A Few Thoughts on Mavs 123, Nets 111

[j0Shi]

Bullets:

• Big to start off the home stretch with a convincing win. Team pulled away late like a favorite is supposed to. Mavs should have won, but doing this without THJ and KP is nice.
  
• Luka with a big fourth obviously. He had some rough minutes with turnovers and weird foul calls, but played through and came back even stronger. It's what all-stars do. He would have played longer I guess, but pulling off the win with him getting 34 mins only is huge.
  
• Need to highlight Brunson, who played behind JJB with the Mavs shorthanded. I imagine it's frustrating for him, but he hit some big shots late and always tries hard. Tough spot because he's basically Luka's backup and there are only so many minutes.
  
• Good night to praise Maxi as well. Defense, offense, he had everything. Powell has the better +/- numbers (not tonight though), but always feel like Maxi has the bigger potential to impact the game individually.
  
• Last but not least, Curry with 25 points. Hopefully he can somehow find consistency in 2020. Would be big.