04-01-2021, 07:57 AM
(03-31-2021, 11:35 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: Melli got another runout, this time being six minutes in the first and second quarters.After he showed out last game, I was interested in seeing his performance at BOS.
FWIW, he seemed competent defensively. I noticed one possession where he had Tatum 1 on 1 out at the 3pt line and Tatum could not get past him despite multiple tries and ended up passing it off. Next time down Tatum took a 30ft 3pt shot, which he made, but I can live with him taking that shot. Melli was 1 for 3 on shooting, but seemed comfortable stepping into the 3pt one he made. I'm hopeful we have a contributor in this guy.
(04-01-2021, 06:39 AM)omahen Wrote: Luka was brilliant until last quarter. I wonder how much of last quarter is really on Luka. As we all pointed out, Mavs were playing without KP - coach decision. Additionally Mavs extremely slowed down the offense - was that Luka or coaching decision? Luka missed 3 shots in the fourth, same as THJ.BOS was doubling Luka hard and Smart seemed pretty good at digging the ball out of Luka's possession. Which also seemed to frustrate Luka as well. I'm not a coach, but it seems like he could have passed out sooner and avoided the DT while keeping the ball moving.