So I only got to watch the last of the 3rd and all the 4th quarter, but was RA either: A). Unhappy about how the starters came out in the 3rd B.) Experimenting with the lineup because this is still very earlier in the season and a win or loss most likely wouldn't matter.
That means he had 3 more to go !!!! He was pretty bad in shooting tonight at 1 for 7, but he had 3 assists and 0 turnovers and 9 rebounds..... I think he needs more time and Battriza less. DD
Has anyone else noticed that our free-throws have sucked horribly this season???? WTH is going on with that... we can't hit 2 in a row to save our life. We were i believe top 5 in the league and now we are looking like 05-08 team again.
I thought he had an injury in the preseason? I didn't get to watch preseason I just thought I read that.
I would have posted earlier but have been so disgusted with Coach 'A' and our play against the Mavericks. I never expected to see Coach ' A' give up on his team like he did to-night. Once Brooks damaged his ankle, we hardly ever played a group of players determined to win this game. PS Was Battier Ill or just too old?
This game is where our weakness showed. Good teams, like Dallas are going to make their defensive adjustments. And we couldnt answer offensively. We all know Terry is a Rocket killer. and Barea went nuts. I am not sure why David Anderson played as much in the 2nd half as he did. Our offense slowed because Dallas changed the tempo. This one was a tough one to watch. When McGrady comes back games like these are where the difference will be. Still a lot of positivity looking forward to the rest of the season, especially when McGrady comes back.
The reason we lost was obvious. We were forced into a half court game and we have no half court players.
Dallas' defense also got 10x better, it seemed. Idk what happened. Seemed like every possession was us passing the ball around the perimeter, until Lowry decided to drive it in, and the refs call a charge on him. :/
What did I say after last game? AB gets trapped too easily at the top of the key, this is gonna be a HUGE problem, just as Yao being fronted was. AB is too small and gets pressured too easily, if he can't pass out of those traps then we need to start Lowry or bring T-mac back fast (if T-mac is even healthy..) Oh well, this was not unexpected, this team is finally falling back to earth after overachieving the past few games.
I was watching the fourth quarter of the game, and only saw Ariza playing the first couple of minutes with bench players. The rest of the quarter, the only starter that appeared was Shane. No Brooks, no Chuck when we were getting scorched on D, no Luis, no Ariza. Why? An 8 point game turned into a blowout. I don't get what Rick is thinking. At the 8' mark, when Nowitzki was put in, we were only down by 12 and I fully expected the starters to go in again and make a run. But nobody came out! I was at school for most of the game so can anybody tell me why Rick pressed all our starters to the bench and watch the Mavs blow us out?? I know Brooks scored 22 so he wasn't playing like crap or anything.... Don't get it, man, don't get it at all.
battier got alot of heart, class, and character for playing on the team that he is playing on right now. if battier would have been any other player, he would have been demanded trades (ellis/ jackson fiasco).
