I still feel really good about this series!

Golden opportunity to take Game 1 - so proud of our guys to gut out an ugly 1st half. It just was pre-ordained that we were going to lose this game though.

Bull.

Shit.

 

After that second quarter, I wasn't too sure. They played tough defense and ultimately got burned by poor offense and officiating.

Jason Kidd shot the lights out.

Game two is ours.

 

I don't want to harp or Roy cause Wallace was sub par, I would have like to have seen more of Wes since Roy did little to nothing - did not "earn" a lot of his minutes IMO.

 

Did Wesley even score? I sure don't recall him ever doing so.

 

He had one or two buckets. He didn't shoot much when he was out there.

 

Wes 1-3 had 2 pts in 19 minutes, Roy 1-7 and 2 pts in 26 minutes. Neither one played well and Wes got 2 quick early fouls. But Wes can defend way better that Roy and given that Roy was not scoring I would much rather have given Wes most or all of Roy's 4th qtr minutes - he has earned that this year an Roy has not.

 

Sucks that we lost but I feel good too. If we had won tonight, I think would've swept them. Everything we got, we can get again. But Kidd won't give them 27 a night for the rest of the series. I hope the guys don't have their heads down. This series is completely winnable.

 

Either way, 4 points combined from our shooting guards is not going to cut it. We need and should expect better.

 

I just don't trust nate to pull Roy. It also seems we struggle to consistently produce offense.

 

Dallas won Game 1 vs. the Spurs last year too. Then, they lost 4 out of the next 5 to lose the series.

 

We played well enough to win tonight. I thought the execution and defense was excellent. Roy and Wes combined for 4 pts. We let Kidd take some shots that he will not make the rest of the series. And I definitely don't expect them to shoot more than twice as many FTs again. Add all that up, and it just screams of an unsustainable plan of attack for Dallas. I think we can wear them down.

 

I don't think we can hold Dirk to 35% shooting again, but I think enough things broke their way that I like our chances too. I really think we are the better team.

 

I didn't expect a sweep. I wanted Portland to be competitive in the road games, so that they'd have a chance to take one in Dallas, and then win the games at home. This was a game Portland might have grabbed had Kidd not had a very atypical night. Hopefully Portland plays well again and gets game 2.

 

No chance.