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If you want to be more shell-shocked, from the 7:33 mark of the 3rd qtr until the end of the game, these are the minutes played by our SGs/SFs:

17:22 - THJ
16:37 - Kyrie
7:07 - Green
4:53 - DJJ
0:00 - Hardy

Luka, our star player, played 17:44, to put it into perspective.

I think what this tells us is that right or wrong, the Mavs’ strategists, including Kidd, other coaches and probably Luka/Kyrie, believe that the MOST important need down the stretch for the swingman spot is to hold a defender at the 3-point line, presumably to provide space for the other players. Green has been shooting really well this year, but he is just not feared like Hardaway as a shooter from all over the court. A few corner 3’s just isn’t the same. 

I think people should stop wishing for Hardaway to go away and start wishing for him to play well again, like he has all season until the past couple of weeks. The Mavericks are screaming at the top of their lungs that they believe they need him on the floor. That’s not because their idiots.