Bad loss. New Orleans seems to have an endless supply of long wings. Not sure what to say. On one hand I can understand that injuries are taking its toll and that you can't play at full energy every game. Mavs had no one stepping up from the bench as they collectively scored 16 points. Depleted NO bench scored 32.
Kidd is really not doing GW any favors. Playing him with 4 guards against a guy like JV doesn't seem to have a high probability to succeed. At least pair him with Maxi, if you want shooting to pull JV out of the paint?
NO defense on DJJ showed problems Mavs will be facing in playoffs. Even though DJJ was extremely efficient, NO didn't care and continued with their plan. DJJ scoring 20+ didn't offset all the problems rest of the offense had because playing 4 on 5. Not saying DJJ was the (sole) reason Mavs lost.
At the end of the day, this team just doesn't have enough talent to be more than a fringe playoff team.
Kidd is really not doing GW any favors. Playing him with 4 guards against a guy like JV doesn't seem to have a high probability to succeed. At least pair him with Maxi, if you want shooting to pull JV out of the paint?
NO defense on DJJ showed problems Mavs will be facing in playoffs. Even though DJJ was extremely efficient, NO didn't care and continued with their plan. DJJ scoring 20+ didn't offset all the problems rest of the offense had because playing 4 on 5. Not saying DJJ was the (sole) reason Mavs lost.
At the end of the day, this team just doesn't have enough talent to be more than a fringe playoff team.
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