05-17-2021, 08:45 PM
The thing that's driving me nuts is overanalyzing Mavs in this soft closing schedule including last night. You should throw out all those games. The Mavs were not trying hard enough. That's a problem in some sense sure and I don't like it but the good news is Mavs won't be playing bad teams they don't care about in the playoffs.
Look at games Mavs actually played hard this last month or so:
- Nets - win
- Heat - win
- Wizards - win
- Warriors - win
- Lakers - back to back wins
I am not sure the last game the Mavs actually cared about that they lost since maybe the Knicks in mid-April? I think they played the Knicks hard this season so that was a game the Mavs just lost. But that was a month ago. Mavs have had impressive wins. I don't know what it means exactly for the Clippers except that I expect Mavs to be competitive.
If I were to analyze stats I would want to analyze stats from those types of games that the Mavs clearly saw as important matchups. Since a lot of those games were statement wins I would suppose our defensive and offensive numbers were pretty good. I am not cherry-picking either bc this Mavs team more than any other I can remember clearly plays with 10x more effort in matchups they care about. While its annoying as a fan I am impressed that the Mavs still managed to get the 5th seed despite lazy efforts against teams like the Kings.
Look at games Mavs actually played hard this last month or so:
- Nets - win
- Heat - win
- Wizards - win
- Warriors - win
- Lakers - back to back wins
I am not sure the last game the Mavs actually cared about that they lost since maybe the Knicks in mid-April? I think they played the Knicks hard this season so that was a game the Mavs just lost. But that was a month ago. Mavs have had impressive wins. I don't know what it means exactly for the Clippers except that I expect Mavs to be competitive.
If I were to analyze stats I would want to analyze stats from those types of games that the Mavs clearly saw as important matchups. Since a lot of those games were statement wins I would suppose our defensive and offensive numbers were pretty good. I am not cherry-picking either bc this Mavs team more than any other I can remember clearly plays with 10x more effort in matchups they care about. While its annoying as a fan I am impressed that the Mavs still managed to get the 5th seed despite lazy efforts against teams like the Kings.