A Few Thoughts on Mavs 107, Jazz 112

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but thinks it tends to put the team at a disadvantage in other respects, such as rebounding and transition D.

Tell that to those who don't care about D (we just need to hit more shots and get better offensive players) and think Rebounding is overrated.

A lot of interesting points have been raised about the offense, and those points are well worth considering and discussing.

Having said that, it didn't seem to me that the offensive scheme was much of a problem in this game. The system was getting the Mavs good looks, and they shot well on the whole -- the shots they missed or declined to take were often open or lightly contested.  However, on the defensive end, the Mavericks sent the Jazz to the line for 22 foul shots, and gave up 28 second-chance points. There's your subpar performance.

I guess one could view the use of the five-out offense as partially responsible for the poor defense. It is employed as a way to make it easier for small lineups to score, and small lineups in general tend to perform worse on defense and rebounding than bigger ones do. And on the offensive side, all those missed free throws did hurt.