6 hours ago
(7 hours ago)Smitty Wrote: This game was such a difficult watch. If you weren't a fan of either team, you probably stopped watching halfway through the second quarter. No flow, no rhythm. I had nightmares of whistles blowing in my sleep.
The Mavs get off to a terrible start with PJ getting 2 fouls in the first two minutes. The best perimeter defender on the team. The best Wemby defender. From that point on it was doomed.
Lively... I held back a lot last year on how I thought he regressed from his rookie year. I will probably have to do the same this year. 3 terrible fouls in about a minute, right before the half. Rookie stuff. He was a total non-factor this game. Speaking of non-factors, Klay was tough to watch. I got called out by a few posters the other day, for my opinion that Max is better than him. It's only one game, but sheesh...
Overall, there's no real positive takeaways from this game. The flow was weird from the start. Rotations were wonky due to foul trouble. Top guys had bad nights. And the other team had an alien that took over on both ends.
Like you said, it's early. But Klay looks cooked to me. His shots weren't even close except for a corner 3.