Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? Man, that was a crappy game.1. Mavericks only played like it was a 45-minute game.2. Dirk only scored 20, and even worse, only hit 5 of his last 14 shots.3. The Mavericks could not make a clutch play on the last play, with Stack hoisting up an impossible 3 instead of driving.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? Stack played a good game....he stepped up to the plate but when the count was full he was caught looking when he hoisted up that prayer. Like my baseball analogy.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Man, that was a crappy game.1. Mavericks only played like it was a 45-minute game.2. Dirk only scored 20, and even worse, only hit 5 of his last 14 shots.3. The Mavericks could not make a clutch play on the last play, with Stack hoisting up an impossible 3 instead of driving.</div> I agree with 1, and that's it. We could have won with Dirk only scoring 20. And you can credit Bowen for that 5-14. He bothered him. Dirk needs to start demanding more of the ball downlow, in the first half, he passed up many opportunities when he had Bowen downlow. I don't know if it was the team not looking for him or what. And the final play, Avery said it was a play that had Dirk going for the shot, that's all they had set up, they didn't have a 2nd option if Dirk was covered, and that's how the play went bad. Dirk forced a bad pass to Stack, who messed up even more by shooting a 3, and it's supposedly being said Stack thought we were down 3. I don't know what happened in that timeout before, but it seems like a badly drawn up play with no knowledge of double teams, score and time. You also missed free throws, they killed us. We shot like the Spurs did from the free throw line. Just awful.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? All I really have to say is Homecourt advantage. Now it is not an excuse but it is a factor as to why the Mavs lost. If the Mavs can put thinks together and get more from Dirk in the next game, then I am pretty sure that they can win it. Every one played a crucial role this game, and could not have done it better. I only hope Dirk can come through and just kill Bowen on the offensive end, He has done it before and he can do it again.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Waqas @ May 7 2006, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Man, that was a crappy game.1. Mavericks only played like it was a 45-minute game.2. Dirk only scored 20, and even worse, only hit 5 of his last 14 shots.[/b]3. The Mavericks could not make a clutch play on the last play, with Stack hoisting up an impossible 3 instead of driving.</div>And they had like 15 seconds to drive to the basket, make a foul, hope the Spurs miss a free throw and go for the win! That's just horrible for the Mavs.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Get used to it guys, face it you can't beat those Spurs.</div> Series isn't over, Spurs were expected to take that one. Can't lie on the ground and say we have no chance.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? If the refs continue to let Bowen hack Dirk and push him out of his sweet spot than Dirk will continue to struggle and Dallas could be in trouble. Hopefully anyone but Danny Crawford is the ref the next game.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ May 8 2006, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Series isn't over, Spurs were expected to take that one. Can't lie on the ground and say we have no chance.</div>I'll say it for you then
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ May 8 2006, 12:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If the refs continue to let Bowen hack Dirk and push him out of his sweet spot than Dirk will continue to struggle and Dallas could be in trouble. Hopefully anyone but Danny Crawford is the ref the next game.</div>You can't blame the refs for the loss. They do their job, Dirk and Bruce Bowen do theirs. Bruce Bowen was doing his job by shutting down Dirk, whatever he did shouldn't affect the outcome if the refs didn't see it. I wouldn't be lying if I don't agree with some of the calls during the course of a Pistons game but come on it's not a reason for losing.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? I was lmao when Dirk shoved a litte push towards Manu and he acted like he got hit in the back hard...and the fans saw Manu fall to the floor and they were outraged.Manu is such a pussy/flopper.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pistonz4life @ May 8 2006, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You can't blame the refs for the loss. They do their job, Dirk and Bruce Bowen do theirs. Bruce Bowen was doing his job by shutting down Dirk, whatever he did shouldn't affect the outcome if the refs didn't see it. I wouldn't be lying if I don't agree with some of the calls during the course of a Pistons game but come on it's not a reason for losing.</div>If you can't blame the refs for last game than you can't blame refs ever. I am so angry by how they allow Bowen to push Dirk. Duncan was treated differently and that is why I am outraged.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBlaze @ May 8 2006, 02:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Get used to it guys, face it you can't beat those Spurs.</div>
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? DAL lost because of poor shot selection and slightly poor defense (Ginobili easily driving in to give SAS 87 pts). As a Spurs fan, GO SPURS!! They are going to have an e z time getting to the Finals.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? ^I wouldn't say that..they played good D in the second half as a whole, look at Duncan scoring 10 points or so in the second half, after scoring 21 in the first.I don't like to complain about refs at all, but all I ask is that they call the game the same on both sides.If TD gets favored, and he does(look at all the easy fouls he got against all 3 Mav centers), then Dirk should get the same respect.I don't expect Harris or Horry to get the same calls as Duncan and Dirk...but I do expect Dirk to get the calls that TD gets.And Bowen is a great defender...but some people could say he's allowed to hang all over a player, and give them tons of touch fouls that don't get called.I do think that we should have won the game without Dirk having a better game.If we hit 4 of the 9 FT's we missed...we win.If Terry has his normal game, not that bad game he threw up the other night, we win.If Josh Howard doesn't dissapear in the second half...we win.(remember we are undefeated when he gets 20 points...he needs to show up.)Alot of what if's. But they lost, and that's it...they need to move on.The thing I took away from that game is that the Spurs didn't outplay, outhussle, and aren't more talented than the Mavs.The ball just bounced their way in game one.I don't expect the Mavs to be outplayed at all this series...I couldn't say that before.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ May 9 2006, 04:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>^I wouldn't say that..they played good D in the second half as a whole, look at Duncan scoring 10 points or so in the second half, after scoring 21 in the first.I don't like to complain about refs at all, but all I ask is that they call the game the same on both sides.If TD gets favored, and he does(look at all the easy fouls he got against all 3 Mav centers), then Dirk should get the same respect.I don't expect Harris or Horry to get the same calls as Duncan and Dirk...but I do expect Dirk to get the calls that TD gets.And Bowen is a great defender...but some people could say he's allowed to hang all over a player, and give them tons of touch fouls that don't get called.I do think that we should have won the game without Dirk having a better game.If we hit 4 of the 9 FT's we missed...we win.If Terry has his normal game, not that bad game he threw up the other night, we win.If Josh Howard doesn't dissapear in the second half...we win.(remember we are undefeated when he gets 20 points...he needs to show up.)Alot of what if's. But they lost, and that's it...they need to move on.The thing I took away from that game is that the Spurs didn't outplay, outhussle, and aren't more talented than the Mavs.The ball just bounced their way in game one.I don't expect the Mavs to be outplayed at all this series...I couldn't say that before.</div>Can I mention Stackhouse getting all the touches being a cause? Howard was almost forgotten and it doesn't make sense. Dirk needs to know who he is passing to. Stackhouse behind the 3 point line is not a good decision. :no3: Dirk was pathetic in that second half so I can blame him to.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sham @ May 8 2006, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>DAL lost because of poor shot selection and slightly poor defense (Ginobili easily driving in to give SAS 87 pts). As a Spurs fan, GO SPURS!! They are going to have an e z time getting to the Finals.</div>If your gonna have such an easy time going to the finals why did you only win by 2 and Greg Pop saying that we got lucky with Bruce's three at the end?I'm saying Mavs in 7 were gonna take the next 2 due to the fact that Avery now knows that the poison he must select isnt Tim Duncan but something else.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Can I mention Stackhouse getting all the touches being a cause? Howard was almost forgotten and it doesn't make sense. Dirk needs to know who he is passing to. Stackhouse behind the 3 point line is not a good decision. :no3: Dirk was pathetic in that second half so I can blame him to.</div> Um not really, that's how our offense runs if you haven't noticed. Howard has a great first half and Dirk usually picks up his game and finishes in the 2nd half. The only problem is Dirk didn't finish like he has. And Howard again disappears in the 2nd half. It's not about touches, Howard was just not aggressive as he was in the 1st half. It's like one of those things he has to fix. Also, Stack hit plenty to require touches as he was a threat in this game. So I don't mind it, and Dirk threw a bad pass that was almost picked up, so I don't see how your saying Dirk needs to know who he's passing too. He didn't know and he F*cked up. Look at the play again, and realize Dirk had plenty of time to recover but instead threw a bad pass quickly when he was bumped. He should have took his time.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? That's the second time Bowen has shut out Dirk. I think Bowen is in Dirk's head. Yeah and also bumping but when Stackhouse gets the ball forget about anyone getting any more touches. He usually doesn't give up the ball. Howard didn't get the ball as well as anyone else after that. San Antonio of this year=Rockets of last year except Terry won't have a great series.
Re: Why The Mavs Lost Game 1!? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ May 9 2006, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's the second time Bowen has shut out Dirk. I think Bowen is in Dirk's head. Yeah and also bumping but when Stackhouse gets the ball forget about anyone getting any more touches. He usually doesn't give up the ball. Howard didn't get the ball as well as anyone else after that. San Antonio of this year=Rockets of last year except Terry won't have a great series.</div>Dirk is being humble is all....Thats how you adress the media IMO by showing that your not too cocky but we need a cocky Dirk to win this series
