The game in a nutshell for me:
1) The Mavs played INCREDIBLE, unselfish, ball-movement basketball to get a 30 pt lead.
2) The full court press from a bunch of long athletes completely knocked them out of their rhythm and they lost their flow in the offense. Became stagnant and scared.
3) They have no other alpha with killer instinct other than Luka. This stretch has shown just how much they need Luka in crunch time.
I see this perspective....but I also think Rick is trying to surrender his control freak tendencies to some extent and so I think he is purposely letting them play and learn and fail.
These are invaluable lessons for later this year and in years to come.
1) The Mavs played INCREDIBLE, unselfish, ball-movement basketball to get a 30 pt lead.
2) The full court press from a bunch of long athletes completely knocked them out of their rhythm and they lost their flow in the offense. Became stagnant and scared.
3) They have no other alpha with killer instinct other than Luka. This stretch has shown just how much they need Luka in crunch time.
(12-22-2019, 06:16 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote: Rick failed to adjust. Just foul them hard, where is the problem. Slow down the pace or pressure back.
I see this perspective....but I also think Rick is trying to surrender his control freak tendencies to some extent and so I think he is purposely letting them play and learn and fail.
These are invaluable lessons for later this year and in years to come.