GAME 47: MEM (32-17) @ DAL (27-20)| 91-104 WIN!

[SleepingHero]

Seems like everything Timmy does doesn't end well

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Luka really doesn't get any calls. I know he complains but he's actually getting mauled.

[SleepingHero]

That was definitely late, but Luka got smacked in the face with no call.

[SleepingHero]

KRISTAPS PORZINGIS MY GOODNESS!

[KillerLeft]

KP and DFS are both working their asses off out there.

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THIS is the KP I thought the Mavericks were acquiring and extending.

[SleepingHero]

THIS is the KP I thought the Mavericks were acquiring and extending.

I'm surprised you're so positive since KP hasn't had a stellar offensive game so far.

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I'm confused as to how Luka has 14 points already. He seriously does score so much that it all blends together.

[KillerLeft]

I'm surprised you're so positive since KP hasn't had a stellar offensive game so far.

My complaint all last year was about defense, and he is definitely impacting the game on that end. I think he is having an effect on offense, too. Playing within the scheme, off of Luka, using his gravity to help others.

The biggest factors to me are:

He is playing the five. That should be his position.

He is moving well. I was wrong to predict he never would again.

He is playing hard! Takes a lot of effort to get a body that size moving at an adequate speed. 

Now, the question is whether or not he can do this consistently. I’m starting to get used to it, so it has been fairly consistent recently. If he finishes the season playing like this I will be singing a different tune this summer than I was last summer.

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Honestly, this team as a whole is so much more fun to watch right now than they were for the first month of the season. I don’t even care that they are winning, honestly. It’s just so refreshing to see them look like they have training on both ends.

I guess it takes a while for a new coaching staff to do their thing. That first month of the season scared the stuffing out of me.

[SleepingHero]

I guess it takes a while for a new coaching staff to do their thing. That first month of the season scared the stuffing out of me.

See I'm not convinced yet. I think this team still really has to improve the talent level. I just don't have any realistic idea how to do it. 

I'm waiting to see how this team does in the playoffs before I pass any judgment on Kidd and his schemes. Carlisle nearly beat the Clips 2 years in a row which is no easy task.

[SleepingHero]

Maxi never would have put the ball on the floor like that under RC.

[aguiar95]

Maxi never would have put the ball on the floor like that under RC.

Nor would DFS. Him faking the 3 and going for the dunk/dish has been my favorite move.

[cow]

Nor would DFS. Him faking the 3 and going for the dunk/dish has been my favorite move.

Not even Carlisle good stop the ascension of the God King.

[SleepingHero]

Nor would DFS. Him faking the 3 and going for the dunk/dish has been my favorite move.

Agreed.

Now if THJ can just get back to where he was we'd have something.

[aguiar95]

Agreed.

Now if THJ can just get back to where he was we'd have something.

Yup, if THJ can go back to the Knicks, we'd have a lot going for us.

[SleepingHero]

KP is having himself a game my goodness

[KillerLeft]

Maxi never would have put the ball on the floor like that under RC.

Totally.

Earlier, when I was talking about Kidd, I didn’t mean that I thought they were emerging as contenders, exactly.

It’s just that it was obvious early on this season that his plan for the absence of playmaking was to make everyone on the floor a playmaker, rather than to wait until others could be acquired. I thought this strategy was bananas at first, because it made the team really hard to watch and was extremely ineffective. Lately, Kleber, DFS, Hardaway and others have all shown that they are getting more comfortable doing a wider variety of things on the offensive end. I’m starting to appreciate that aspect of the job Kidd and staff have done this year.

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I have seen more pick and roll between Porzingis and Doncic tonight than I have during the last two years cumulatively, I think.

Please, please, please keep playing him at center!

[aguiar95]

I feel bad for KP. Having a monster game on defense and being frozen by Luka on offense. Must be frustrating as hell.

[SleepingHero]

Totally.

Earlier, when I was talking about Kidd, I didn’t mean that I thought they were emerging as contenders, exactly.

It’s just that it was obvious early on this season that his plan for the absence of playmaking was to make everyone on the floor a playmaker, rather than to wait until others could be acquired. I thought this strategy was bananas at first, because it made the team really hard to watch and was extremely ineffective. Lately, Kleber, DFS, Hardaway and others have all shown that they are getting more comfortable doing a wider variety of things on the offensive end. I’m starting to appreciate that aspect of the job Kidd and staff have done this year.

Ah I agree with you from that POV. I still think there are times where this team is really hard to watch with Maxi/DFS/JB playmaking growing pains but I agree there is a newfound appreciation in these guys aggressiveness.

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KP to Luka! THEN LUKA TO KP! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!

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I feel bad for KP. Having a monster game on defense and being frozen by Luka on offense. Must be frustrating as hell.

Yeah I still don't get how KP gets frozen out of the offense.

[KillerLeft]

We are finally seeing pick and roll between Luka and Porzingis. Porzingis has been involved in almost every action for the last five minutes. Oh, happy day!

[SleepingHero]

Yep. Just how we drew it up. Luka and Powell stalwart rim protectors like we all knew.

[SleepingHero]

DFS God King block right there

[SleepingHero]

Luka taking the game over right now. Just making play after play.