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19 and 19 with five blocks combined last night.   I think it is safe to say the Mavs don't win that game last night if we didn't have Gafford.   

Really interested to see how we match up with Sabonis tonight.  He is a handful.

two things that have really impressed me with Gafford.  One, is he always plays hard.   At that to Lively and you have two centers who don't care about touches but always play hard.   

Second, Gafford has great hands and the strength to finish through contact.   A lot of these big guys really struggle if they can't dunk it.   Gafford catches almost everything and really finishes well even if cannot dunk it.  It causes so many problems needing to deal with him on the offensive glass or rim running, but also him getting position in the lane for a basket at the rim.   

 I think having a consistent corner three is the next checkmark.  If we can do that, then defenses need to choose between Luka getting into the paint, a big guy at the rim or a wide open corner three.