GAME 65: UTA (40-24) vs. DAL (40-25) | 111-103 win

[DanSchwartzgan]

 
As far as the Mavs vs the Jazz, the whole thing depends on the pick and roll.   More directly, what happens when Gobert gets switched on Luka.  It appears the games are going to come down to that.   Who gets the better of the other.   It certainly feels the last five minutes it will be Luka vs Gobert.

This isn't a knock on Josh Green because he continues to make a positive impact, but he has some of the ugliest three point misses you can have.    Weird from a guy who was considered a solid shooter in college.  

Dinwidddie didn't force anything but was ready when it was his chance to run the offense.

I don't think Dallas dug too deep into their bag of tricks last night.  I agree we will try to make Utah pay for playing Gobert, but dragging him away from the basket to guard the three point line also works.

Dinwiddie's best year in his career was when he almost single handedly dragged a rag-tag Brooklyn team to the playoffs.  I keep looking for signs that he will try to do too much and other than the first quarter of the Sacramento game, I've not seen it.  Very encouraging.

Can't disagree regarding Green's bad misses.  He's been an integral part of the rotation since the new guys started playing 8 games ago (7-1 since the DS/DB debut against Miami).  In that time Josh has averaged 18 minutes a game and has hit 45% of his 3's (only 1.4 attempts per game).

Edit:  BTW, apologies for the mini run Utah made in the fourth.  I made the mistake of looking at the standings before the game ended and the moment I did it I felt the ju ju shift.  Clearly my fault.