MAVS 114, WIZARDS 120

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I also thought the Mavs coaching was particularly poor. Why burn your challenge in the first quarter on a call that didn’t seem particularly important or even close for that matter (it was a clear cut block)?  How did the Mavs end up with no timeouts in crunch time?  On the last possession down by two with about 24 seconds left, why not  foul the 62% ft shooter when they had the opportunity early in the possession instead of waiting until late in the possession to foul an 87% shooter, especially when you’ve wasted your timeouts already. And, there’s a lot more on that front as the Mavs were caught in bad matchups all night. I don’t get the tactics, but it was some low BB IQ excrement, that’s for sure.

Jason Kidd addressed this situation in his TV post-game interview. Said his players were trying to get a steal, and they came very close to that twice, so he was okay with that decision, even though it didn't work out. 


However, Skin revealed that, if you were actually at the game, you could see Kidd trying to get his players to foul the whole time. 

Sounds like Kidd may have publicly made an excuse for his players' lack of clock awareness in that particular case.