08-01-2020, 09:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2020, 09:15 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
Just rewatched the last 5 minutes of regulation.
5:23 Westbrook turnover. Mavs up 123-131
5:05 DFS and Curry pass the ball around on the perimeter. Curry is forced to drive against Tucker and Westbrook. Curry misses midrange fadeaway. Tucker rebounds. KP never touches the ball. Doncic brings the ball up the floor and never touches it again.
4:57 Curry with the steal vs Westbrook. Mavs fastbreak doesn´t work. Curry penetrates. Kicks to DFS. Pass to Doncic.
4:46 Doncic airballs an stepback 3 with 13s left on the shot clock. Rebound Harden
4:39 THJ fouls RoCo on a dunk attempt. Mavs played terrible transition D. Harden outlets to RW. Attacks the rim and dishes it to RoCo. THJ prevents easy points. RoCo 2/2 from the line. Kleber in DFS out. Mavs up 125-131.
4:21 Doncic-KP two man game. Good defense by the Rockets. KP passes to THJ. THJ misses midrange jumper. KP with the offensive rebound/tip in. Mavs up
125-133.
4:09 Harden brings the ball up the floor. Mavs double. Harden finds Westbrook rolling to the rim. Maxi is late on defense. Open layup. Mavs up 127-133.
3:54 Doncic iso vs Harden penetrates and kicks it to THJ. THJ finds Maxi wide open in the right corner. Maxi misses the 3. Rebound Harden
3:44 Curry reaches in vs Harden. Foul. No freethrows.
3:39 Harden drives. Kick out to RoCo. Missed 3. THJ rebound.
3:20 Doncic hand off with Kleber. Drive to the rim. Spin move. Doncic misses open floater in the paint. Tucker rebounds. KP fouls him. 4th team foul.
3:12 Westbrook dribbles the ball up the court. Takes and contested midrange jumper vs Doncic. Rebound Doncic.
2:55 Doncic-Kleber pick and roll is denied. THJ gets the ball. Drives along the baseline and misses a contested layup. Rebound RoCo.
2:45 Mavs double Harden. Pass to RoCo. Curry intercepts the pass to Tucker. Turnover Rockets. Maxi picks it up and tries to find Curry down the court. Harden intercepts the pass. Turnover Mavs.
2:31 Harden passes out of the double team. Westbrook finds Tucker wide open in the corner. Tucker misses an wide open 3. Maxi rebound.
2:07 Doncic iso vs Harden. Cannot beat him of the dribble. Shot clock is down to 5s. Pass to Maxi. Pass to KP who throws up a prayer with 1s on the clock. Rebound House.
1:55 Mavs double Harden. Luka prevents a pass to Westbrook. Kick ball violation. Houston ball.
1:47 Harden iso vs THJ. Misses step back 3. Westbrook with the offense rebound/tip in over KP and Doncic. Mavs up 129-133.
1:37 Doncic drive to the rim vs RoCo. Makes the layup and draws the foul. Mavs up 129-135
Doncic misses the and1 freethrow. Rebound RoCo.
1:24 Harden finds an open RoCo. RoCo attacks the rim. Throws up a bad layup attempts. Westbrook nearly tips it in again but Doncic gets the rebound.
1:04 Doncic brings the ball up the floor. KP establishes a deep post position vs Harden. Gets the ball. Harden nearly strips the ball. KP recovers and misses and midrange bank shot. KP fouls Harden on the rebound attempt.
Freethrows Harden. 2/2. Mavs up 131-135.
0:45 Doncic iso vs Harden. Westbrook leaves Maxi wide open in the corner. Luka finds him. Maxi nails it. Mavs up 131-138.
0:40 Harden brings the ball up the floor. Takes a quick step back 3 from 30+ ft. Makes it. Nothing the Mavs could do about it. Mavs up 134-138.
0:21 Doncic iso vs Harden. Penetrates. RoCo deflects the the kick out pass to Maxi. Mavs ball. 5s left on the shot clock. Time out Dallas.
0:17 Curry inbounds to KP. Pass to Doncic. Doncic misses a deep 3. Rebound Harden.
0:06 Harden attacks the rim and blows by Curry who does not want to foul. Kick out to House is nearly out of bounds. House barely gets the ball to RoCo. RoCo drives and draws the foul vs THJ. RoCo 2/2 from the line. Mavs up 136-138.
0:05 Doncic inbounds to Curry. Westbrook fouls him. Curry misses the first FT. Makes the 2nd. Mavs up 136-139.
0:04 RoCo inbounds to Harden. DFS fouls him. I think Harden was already in a shooting motion but thankfully the refs ruled in favor of the Mavs.
Harden goes to the FT line. Makes the first. Misses the 2nd. RoCo beats Maxi and tips it in. Tied 139-139.
0:00 Maxi inbounds to Doncic. Doncic misses a highly contested off balance 3. Overtime.
Some noticable tendencies:
- I think force feeding Doncic vs Harden was not the smartest move. When Harden is engaged he is a good defender. It worked in the 2nd and 3rd quarter because Harden was in foul trouble. In the last 5 minutes that´s not as important.
- In total the Mavs had 13 possessions in the last 5 minutes. With a 2-3 possession lead. The clock management was terrible. There is no need for rushed shot attempts with more than 10s on the clock. Especially Lukas step back 3s. Including the made FT from Curry they only scored 4/13 times. Including a terrible 1/6 from 3. With Luka going 0/4 from 3.
- KP was barely involved on offense. One post up. One prayer from 3. One tip in. The Rockets switched the pick and roll and took him out of the game.
- Mavs might have won the rebounding battle but when it mattered most they were asleep. No boxouts at all. Westbrook had multiple opportunities because Doncic did not box out. Maxi missed the crucial boxout that allowed RoCo the tip in to tie the game.
- Don´t know where to start on defense. No energy, no scheme. Has a team ever lost a game despite scoring 139 points in regulation?
5:23 Westbrook turnover. Mavs up 123-131
5:05 DFS and Curry pass the ball around on the perimeter. Curry is forced to drive against Tucker and Westbrook. Curry misses midrange fadeaway. Tucker rebounds. KP never touches the ball. Doncic brings the ball up the floor and never touches it again.
4:57 Curry with the steal vs Westbrook. Mavs fastbreak doesn´t work. Curry penetrates. Kicks to DFS. Pass to Doncic.
4:46 Doncic airballs an stepback 3 with 13s left on the shot clock. Rebound Harden
4:39 THJ fouls RoCo on a dunk attempt. Mavs played terrible transition D. Harden outlets to RW. Attacks the rim and dishes it to RoCo. THJ prevents easy points. RoCo 2/2 from the line. Kleber in DFS out. Mavs up 125-131.
4:21 Doncic-KP two man game. Good defense by the Rockets. KP passes to THJ. THJ misses midrange jumper. KP with the offensive rebound/tip in. Mavs up
125-133.
4:09 Harden brings the ball up the floor. Mavs double. Harden finds Westbrook rolling to the rim. Maxi is late on defense. Open layup. Mavs up 127-133.
3:54 Doncic iso vs Harden penetrates and kicks it to THJ. THJ finds Maxi wide open in the right corner. Maxi misses the 3. Rebound Harden
3:44 Curry reaches in vs Harden. Foul. No freethrows.
3:39 Harden drives. Kick out to RoCo. Missed 3. THJ rebound.
3:20 Doncic hand off with Kleber. Drive to the rim. Spin move. Doncic misses open floater in the paint. Tucker rebounds. KP fouls him. 4th team foul.
3:12 Westbrook dribbles the ball up the court. Takes and contested midrange jumper vs Doncic. Rebound Doncic.
2:55 Doncic-Kleber pick and roll is denied. THJ gets the ball. Drives along the baseline and misses a contested layup. Rebound RoCo.
2:45 Mavs double Harden. Pass to RoCo. Curry intercepts the pass to Tucker. Turnover Rockets. Maxi picks it up and tries to find Curry down the court. Harden intercepts the pass. Turnover Mavs.
2:31 Harden passes out of the double team. Westbrook finds Tucker wide open in the corner. Tucker misses an wide open 3. Maxi rebound.
2:07 Doncic iso vs Harden. Cannot beat him of the dribble. Shot clock is down to 5s. Pass to Maxi. Pass to KP who throws up a prayer with 1s on the clock. Rebound House.
1:55 Mavs double Harden. Luka prevents a pass to Westbrook. Kick ball violation. Houston ball.
1:47 Harden iso vs THJ. Misses step back 3. Westbrook with the offense rebound/tip in over KP and Doncic. Mavs up 129-133.
1:37 Doncic drive to the rim vs RoCo. Makes the layup and draws the foul. Mavs up 129-135
Doncic misses the and1 freethrow. Rebound RoCo.
1:24 Harden finds an open RoCo. RoCo attacks the rim. Throws up a bad layup attempts. Westbrook nearly tips it in again but Doncic gets the rebound.
1:04 Doncic brings the ball up the floor. KP establishes a deep post position vs Harden. Gets the ball. Harden nearly strips the ball. KP recovers and misses and midrange bank shot. KP fouls Harden on the rebound attempt.
Freethrows Harden. 2/2. Mavs up 131-135.
0:45 Doncic iso vs Harden. Westbrook leaves Maxi wide open in the corner. Luka finds him. Maxi nails it. Mavs up 131-138.
0:40 Harden brings the ball up the floor. Takes a quick step back 3 from 30+ ft. Makes it. Nothing the Mavs could do about it. Mavs up 134-138.
0:21 Doncic iso vs Harden. Penetrates. RoCo deflects the the kick out pass to Maxi. Mavs ball. 5s left on the shot clock. Time out Dallas.
0:17 Curry inbounds to KP. Pass to Doncic. Doncic misses a deep 3. Rebound Harden.
0:06 Harden attacks the rim and blows by Curry who does not want to foul. Kick out to House is nearly out of bounds. House barely gets the ball to RoCo. RoCo drives and draws the foul vs THJ. RoCo 2/2 from the line. Mavs up 136-138.
0:05 Doncic inbounds to Curry. Westbrook fouls him. Curry misses the first FT. Makes the 2nd. Mavs up 136-139.
0:04 RoCo inbounds to Harden. DFS fouls him. I think Harden was already in a shooting motion but thankfully the refs ruled in favor of the Mavs.
Harden goes to the FT line. Makes the first. Misses the 2nd. RoCo beats Maxi and tips it in. Tied 139-139.
0:00 Maxi inbounds to Doncic. Doncic misses a highly contested off balance 3. Overtime.
Some noticable tendencies:
- I think force feeding Doncic vs Harden was not the smartest move. When Harden is engaged he is a good defender. It worked in the 2nd and 3rd quarter because Harden was in foul trouble. In the last 5 minutes that´s not as important.
- In total the Mavs had 13 possessions in the last 5 minutes. With a 2-3 possession lead. The clock management was terrible. There is no need for rushed shot attempts with more than 10s on the clock. Especially Lukas step back 3s. Including the made FT from Curry they only scored 4/13 times. Including a terrible 1/6 from 3. With Luka going 0/4 from 3.
- KP was barely involved on offense. One post up. One prayer from 3. One tip in. The Rockets switched the pick and roll and took him out of the game.
- Mavs might have won the rebounding battle but when it mattered most they were asleep. No boxouts at all. Westbrook had multiple opportunities because Doncic did not box out. Maxi missed the crucial boxout that allowed RoCo the tip in to tie the game.
- Don´t know where to start on defense. No energy, no scheme. Has a team ever lost a game despite scoring 139 points in regulation?