11-18-2021, 06:55 PM
One thing that I haven't seen discussed much, and that I think is significant (though not sure exactly how, yet) is this:
I thought the refs really let both teams play last night, even by the standards set early this season. The results were surprising, imo, in that I thought this increased level of allowed physical play benefitted the Mavericks, not the other team.
Not sure whether this is something I'm prepared to make sense of yet, but it has been a WHILE since I thought the Mavs played more physically than a good team during a head-to-head matchup in such a way that influenced the flow of the game.
I thought the refs really let both teams play last night, even by the standards set early this season. The results were surprising, imo, in that I thought this increased level of allowed physical play benefitted the Mavericks, not the other team.
Not sure whether this is something I'm prepared to make sense of yet, but it has been a WHILE since I thought the Mavs played more physically than a good team during a head-to-head matchup in such a way that influenced the flow of the game.