12-23-2019, 02:31 PM
When did Barea become the Deus Ex Machina of the league? I don't think we lost that game because of no Barea. Lets not overthink this: Mavs were up by 30 pts and fell asleep at the wheel.
Carlisle decided to go small, zero bigs for 3 minutes in the 4Q: Brunson, Seth, Delon, Bro, DFS. Mavs got outscored by 8 pts in this 3 min stretch. This is a similar line-up that he ran in the final minutes vs MIL, and we all know how that went.
Mavs were still up by 10 pts when Porzingis checked in. Ok that's great but why wasn't Kleber or Powell there to help him? The Mavs were at their best playing 2 big's in Boban/Kleber or Powell/KP in the 2Q/3Q.
Carlisle went away from that for whatever reason. The Mavs run pick 'n rolls more than anybody in the league. Their entire offense is predicated on this. Porzingis is not a good screen setter. This is where Powell, Kleber, or even Boban would have helped.
The press hurt but it's not what killed the Mavs; they simply couldn't score in the half court sets, settling for perimeter, contested shots. KP got plenty of touches but kept passing out. THJ's shot selection was the usual. Guys missed open looks. It sucks but it happens; we'll forget about this game once we're in the playoffs.
Carlisle decided to go small, zero bigs for 3 minutes in the 4Q: Brunson, Seth, Delon, Bro, DFS. Mavs got outscored by 8 pts in this 3 min stretch. This is a similar line-up that he ran in the final minutes vs MIL, and we all know how that went.
Mavs were still up by 10 pts when Porzingis checked in. Ok that's great but why wasn't Kleber or Powell there to help him? The Mavs were at their best playing 2 big's in Boban/Kleber or Powell/KP in the 2Q/3Q.
Carlisle went away from that for whatever reason. The Mavs run pick 'n rolls more than anybody in the league. Their entire offense is predicated on this. Porzingis is not a good screen setter. This is where Powell, Kleber, or even Boban would have helped.
The press hurt but it's not what killed the Mavs; they simply couldn't score in the half court sets, settling for perimeter, contested shots. KP got plenty of touches but kept passing out. THJ's shot selection was the usual. Guys missed open looks. It sucks but it happens; we'll forget about this game once we're in the playoffs.