05-31-2021, 03:05 PM
Mavs didn't "choke" in game 3. They got off to a hot start but that early in the game doesn't really matter...NBA teams make runs, especially good teams. It's just a bad matchup. The Clippers have the talent and experience for adjustments. Same thing last year after Luka tied it at 2-2 and then the Clips just took over to win in 6 games.
The Mavs are outmatched and RC knows it - that's why he had to resort to giving Boban a try. I expect him to just be throwing anything that he hopes will stick to the wall but it's not looking good.
The damage was done long before this series even started. This is how the Mavs play. They rely on Luka having some of the heaviest usage in the league and then live/die with the others making threes. In a 7 game series (assuming it goes that far), a team can hope to have 2-3 GREAT shooting games and then you have to scrap to survive the rest of the games, whether it's having a horrible shooting game or just average. The Mavs already used up their three great shooting games so it's unlikely they will make 17+ threes again. Now they have to figure out how to win if the shots don't fall and that's a big problem for a team that plays this style.
The Mavs are outmatched and RC knows it - that's why he had to resort to giving Boban a try. I expect him to just be throwing anything that he hopes will stick to the wall but it's not looking good.
The damage was done long before this series even started. This is how the Mavs play. They rely on Luka having some of the heaviest usage in the league and then live/die with the others making threes. In a 7 game series (assuming it goes that far), a team can hope to have 2-3 GREAT shooting games and then you have to scrap to survive the rest of the games, whether it's having a horrible shooting game or just average. The Mavs already used up their three great shooting games so it's unlikely they will make 17+ threes again. Now they have to figure out how to win if the shots don't fall and that's a big problem for a team that plays this style.