Man, Dallas fans are really good for a laugh! First fairly officiated game of the series and they are freaking out because they didn't get all the BS calls they are used to. Check out these gems from mavtalk.com .
Thats too funny. Mavs fans complaining about not getting calls. Maybe they havent seen the past 3 games in which the Mavs got every call in crunch time. i am going to enjoy watching the Rockets beat the crap out of the Mavs in game 7. GO ROCKETS !!! CLUTCH CITY III
F..ck those loosers. This is the first fairly officiated game that I remember in years and those bastards are crying about it already. Game 7 better be fair also.. Maybe all the emails that were sent to the NBA really made a difference. I say dont stop now...send more emails to the NBA
So, when the bad calls go the Rockets way, the Rockets win by double figures and in comfortable fashion. When Dallas gets all the bad calls, they eke out wins of 4 pts or less..... Got it.
I listened to the Mavs radio post game show and callers are calling suggesting Dirk isn't a superstar and should be traded. LOL The host are giving credit to T-Mac for his defense and for keeping Dirk in check.
The amazing thing is to think of how Dirk would be doing if the refs actually treated him like a lesser player (hell... like Yao), and force him to absorb contact and not put him on the line each and every time. He'd barely be averging double-figures, on less than 33% shooting from the field... that's not only bad, that's DETRIMENTAL to a team when that player plays so many minutes. This guy is supposedly their franchise... their leader... the guy they're building this team around for the next 10 years...hahaha. The guy is lucky that he gets the calls, otherwise this would be the biggest choke-job of a percieved superstar since Olajuwon completely undressed the newly-annointed MVP David Robinson (who, while soft, was still 100x the player Dirk is).
lol that's the same thing that happened after game 2.....at one point the announcer just hung up on one caller who said dirk isnt a real superstar
As for Dirk...you can't really blame the guy for sucking as much as he is right now. 1. Tmac is guarding him. McGrady and Bowen have been hounding him all series. It's tough to have a target on your back. 2. PG. They have none. Watching the series, I can name at least 5 instances per game where Dirk was set up for an open shot, or a wide open shot, or he had a smaller (i.e. wesley/sura/etc) on him where he did not get the ball. And when he does get the ball, it's either a second to slow/late or he's positioned in a much harder way to be effective. In other words, they're not getting him into HIS flow of the game early and effectively. 3. Defense. He not only has to be the primary threat but then has to guard Yao at times. And this has been working on the negative end for Dirk since he'll pick up one or two fouls guarding Yao. 4. Nash is gone and Finley ain't the Finley of old. Those were the go-to guys Nellie went with in the playoffs every year. Dirk just has to learn to step up and be the franchise player.
Dirk will never be a playoff go-to guy because he doesn't have the strength to post up or the quickness and mobility to shoot off the dribble. In short, he will never be able to consistently create his own shot, much less create for others. Yao on the other hand, for all his inconsistent play and lack of footspeed, is a guy that you can throw the ball into with confidence at the end of a game and ask him to get a high percentage look at the basket.
It's amazing the differences in perception, no? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sorry...I got bored after 15.
Hmmm. 1,2 and 3 all sound eerily familiar as to what Yao is going through (obviously he doesn't have TMac and Bowen guarding him), but he has Dampier and Henderson trying to rough him up. Yao always seems to get the ball a second too late (or not all) when he has position. Yao is also the main defensive stopper (along with Deke) and is often required to play more D and run around alot more than most others. But with 4, Yao has TMac to step up and lead.
I agree. That's why Nash and Finley were the go-to guys. They had the fearlessness in them that made Nellie pick them during crunch time. Dirk, even though he's a killer shooter, has basically 3 moves: 1. Jumper 2. Drive to the middle, pull back jumper 3. Acting He doesn't have even average ball handling skills for a 7 footer (i.e. does anyone think he can pull that behind the back dribble that Yao did ON A FASTBREAK?). And like you said, he doesn't have enough strength to post up any of the good PFs in the west. No doubt he can score but leading a team.....
The Rockets don't play good basketball? This from the team with about 5 different iso players? C'mon. We've been an ugly team in the past. But this time we have screens, pnrs, ball movement, etc. The Mavericks rely on Dirk, Finley, Stackhouse, or Terry to make something happen - and then just keep force feeding it to whoever's hot. We play much more attractive b-ball than they do.
Yea when I was typing it it sounded eerily familiar but you can see it plain as day that that was Yao's issue last year. This year, even though we don't have what people call a bona fide PG, they are feeding him in the paint more and more. Wesley/Sura/Barry/James have learned how to dump the ball inside to Yao and Yao has learned how to go get the ball and not wait for the ball to come to him. Granted it's still not as crisp as we would like, but that's a better improvement on last year's corps. The thing that separates Yao and Dirk is that Yao never shy'd away from crunch time when he's on the court. There have been a few moments during this series where he erupted for 6-8 point bursts in the 4th quarter. The only thing that's holding him on the bench in the 4th is that he's not quick like Deke on the defensive end.
They say Yao is soft. <img src="http://thedallasmavericks.com/web_images/nowitzki_german-lineup.jpg">
