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2015 NBA PLAYOFFS |OT| One man's Smith.. Is another man's treasure.
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CrocMother
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mavs played amazing d and houston jacked up threes at the buzzer twice
perfectchaos007
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Syphon Filter
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dallas frauds
Gave up an offensive rebound and an open corner three to Brewer (another as I'm typing). Only one that was jacked up was the wing one by brewer. Defensive rebounds are part of defense.
UnObtainium17
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CrocMother
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i think nowitzki has 6 turnovers alone
UnObtainium17
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perfectchaos007
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Rondo was Dallas' best player tonight haha
blackaroni
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sf2fanatic
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Time to wrap this game up. Show the Cuban floe face
Which is sad. Mavs will get swept if they have to rely on Rondo on offense.
What does that mean? They're a 7 seed giving a very good team a good game on the road. Have to fix the defense, but I wouldn't be terribly dismayed by this game if I were a Mavs fan.
Was scared we were gonna get nothing but intentional fouls back and forth for a while there. Definitely gonna happen at some point this series.
blackaroni
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perfectchaos007
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look at da flicka da wrist
blackaroni
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I still think this will be a long series and that Dallas has a legitimate chance to win. If Houston's role players play like this then Houston will win, but I don't think they keep that up. Carlisle is a much better coach than McHale and that generally shows as series go on. The difference in talent level between the teams is not that drastic.
Jet and Brewer won't play like this all series, Jet especially. I'm ok with this loss.
ZeroMaverick
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7 dudes in double digits, but the Rockets are 1-dimensional
The_Inquisitor
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Houston hit every 50/50 shot this game. That can't/won't happen every game. To be honest, I think the Mavericks lost the game versus the Rockets winning.
TheSadRanger
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I dunno, while McHale gets a lot of shit. He's a little more liberal in giving his complete bench a chance.
Carlisle's stubborn attitude to keep his favorites in the game even if they're playing like shit really hurts the Mavs. With Felton playing well at the end of the regular season he should have seen some minutes with Harris hurt. Charlie V knocking down two threes in garbage minutes certainly makes me wonder to.
That's why almost every former Mavs player goes banana pants on them. Brewer, Gerald Green, etc, go crazy against the Mavs to show up Carlisle because they never got any minutes here.
Maybe, but McHale is nowhere near the tactician that Carlisle is. Carlisle will make adjustments.
What you say is true to an extent but benches shorten in the playoffs so it's more applicable for building up players in the regular season. It's not the time to be messing with rotations. Plus I don't think more Raymond Felton is the answer. Harris not playing does stretch them a bit though, especially defensively.
Fun first day to the playoffs. Excited for this Clippers/Spurs series so much, that's going to be the war of the first round I hope. That plus Portland/Memphis should be the shit.
On Houston, they probably win this series in 5, but don't expect Terry to continue that kind of output, or so much Brewer either.
On Houston, they probably win this series in 5, but don't expect Terry to continue that kind of output, or so much Brewer either.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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He's a Knicks fan.
Dude was useless in the fourth. Would rather have had Aminu out there, as he actually tries to defend people.
MetalFearSolid
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It's going to be fun watch Cavs dismantle the Celtics. Game will probably be over by the half.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Chezzymann
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Great win for the Rockets. Brewer is crazy good.
Man, I wish we still had D-Mo and Bev. We would have so much depth...
Man, I wish we still had D-Mo and Bev. We would have so much depth...
Still can't believe that overhead of him careening sideways into Dirk (who was just running in a straight line) to draw that foul. NBA needs to stop that shit now. By now I mean invent a new rule for the playoffs if they have to.
Bev might come back by the end of the series.
Syphon Filter
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How you remember? lol.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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I only remember Knicks, Bulls(hehehe) and Lakers fans from here.
Oh yeah, also that 3 year old who rooted for the Rockets.
perfectchaos007
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Don't tease me bro
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Does Josh Smith still have an identity crisis and is shooting you out of games or is he actually taking it to the basket and making an actual impact???
perfectchaos007
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TheSadRanger
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I don't have a shot chart but I wanna say nearly all of his shots were near the rim tonight. I think I saw him take 2 mid range shots but that was about it. He was getting some great feeds on the inside.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Dude is very effective near the basket.
I've seen the Rockets several times this year(though I see more of the East) and just didn't know if The Rockets' version is the Atlanta Hawks' Josh Smith or slightly improved.
From what I have seen this year, he's improved in that regard.
He still feels himself too much from time to time, but it was mostly the turnovers that bothered me from this game. His passing ability (sometimes) and ability to patrol the paint have made him a net positive for Houston.
UnObtainium17
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Dwight was pretty much dominating the paint when he's on the floor. Mavs got no answer for him. Right after halftime Dwight was put back in and just like that rox got the 2ble digit lead back. Rondo made shots but it did t matter because he wasnt getting anyone going. Only him and Dirk played to expectations. Rest were almost non factor. And darn, mavs bench is baaad. Though its not too late for the mavs. As long as they keep the game close they be alright coz every rox lineup they put is susceptible to hack-a-___ .
darkwing-buck
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That spurs vs clippers game.....so hyped.