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+--- Thread: PLAYOFF ROUND 2 GAME 1: DAL (0-1) vs. PHX (1-0)| 114-121 loss (/showthread.php?tid=2052)
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - MaxiThreeba - 05-02-2022
Such a big talent gap from #2 on down.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - SleepingHero - 05-02-2022
SHEESH LUKA WHAT A SPIN
Dinwiddie and Brunson have been MIA.
Luka has been incredible.
Defense has been awful.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - SwisherPrice - 05-02-2022
Brunson already getting benched like the Clippers series last year
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-02-2022
Ayton is gonna get a big bag.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - cow - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:05 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Brunson already getting benched like the Clippers series last year
3 fouls, no?
(05-02-2022, 10:05 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Ayton is gonna get a big bag.
This is the perfect series for his resume.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-02-2022
Phoenix letting Luka get his. He gets his anyway. But outside of Maxi, they're shutting out everyone else.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - MaxiThreeba - 05-02-2022
Luka 35 shot games incoming. And unfortunately it’s all they have right now. Incomplete grade for JB because of the fouls but it didn’t exactly look promising while he was out there. Dinwiddie being a big time negative is becoming more of a playoff trend than outlier.
Nothing Mavs can do at the 5. That’s a roster issue that can’t be corrected right now. Powell is a mess and Maxi is lighting it up but he can’t stop Ayton…and shouldn’t have to be asked to.
The sins of the past (roster building wise) may just be too much to overcome against a team as solid as the Suns.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - cow - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:08 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Phoenix letting Luka get his. He gets his anyway. But outside of Maxi, they're shutting out everyone else.
Save for some timely shots and the closeout game in Utah, Spencer has mostly shrunk in the playoffs. Jalen in foul trouble so I'm hesitant to be critical. Need more from God King.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - SkenfromLMF - 05-02-2022
Phoenix is not just a clutch team...
They CLOSE EVERY QTR!
They are disciplined and poised and barring an unforeseen injury are looking like the best team in the league.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - VintagePejav2 - 05-02-2022
This will be a sweep. Luka will average 40 a game or whatever, but it won’t matter.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - cow - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:12 PM)VintagePejav2 Wrote: This will be a sweep. Luka will average 40 a game or whatever, but it won’t matter.
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RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - HoosierDaddyKid - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:11 PM)cow Wrote: Save for some timely shots and the closeout game in Utah, Spencer has mostly shrunk in the playoffs. Jalen in foul trouble so I'm hesitant to be critical. Need more from God King.
God King has his hands full guarding Booker. He's not looking to score.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - BolsDamols - 05-02-2022
This was why they were fighting desperately for the 3 seed
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - Smitty - 05-02-2022
Mavs are typically a good 3rd quarter team. They could use one right now! Lot of things went the Suns way and the Mavs are still within striking distance. God-mode Luka with some more help, and we’re in a dog fight.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - cow - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:14 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: God King has his hands full guarding Booker. He's not looking to score.
I don't think he'll get the this playoffs, but he has shown flashes of driving ability and play making. He just needs to get his confidence up and be a little better with his decision making. I expect that from him next season.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - Jommybone - 05-02-2022
Knees a jerkin in this thread. Give the defense a little time to figure out what Suns a doin.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - cow - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:18 PM)Jommybone Wrote: Knees a jerkin in this thread. Give the defense a little time to figure out what Suns a doin.
Suns are really good. As shown, it's hard to play them from behind and even more so being down games in a series. This is such a vastly superior team to Utah and as predicted, Ayton/McGee weren't going to let Dallas get away with the same game plan.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - Kammrath - 05-02-2022
Suns are good, a chemistry and cohesion unlike any team in the NBA......BUT they are not going to keep shooting 64%.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - SleepingHero - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:18 PM)Jommybone Wrote: Knees a jerkin in this thread. Give the defense a little time to figure out what Suns a doin.
Knees should be jerkin. Brunson+Dinwiddie have shat the bed. We have no inside presence. If they don't pull their weight then it'll never work.
RE: GAME 1: DAL (0-0) vs. PHX (0-0)| 9:00pm CST - MaxiThreeba - 05-02-2022
(05-02-2022, 10:18 PM)Jommybone Wrote: Knees a jerkin in this thread. Give the defense a little time to figure out what Suns a doin.
I don’t think it’s necessarily knee jerk to acknowledge that the first half of basketball illustrated the different talent levels of these two rosters.
2nd half adjustments, then game 2 adjustments, and so on…impossible to draw full conclusions from 24 minutes about how this series plays out.
But more than fair to say PHX has a significantly better roster once you get past Luka. Hopefully JB finds a rhythm and avoids fouls in the second half so we can see if our #2 can tilt that imbalance a little more in the Mavs favor