This like the 3rd time this year they didn't draw a play up for OJ for the last 10-15 seconds during the season. Arms too short to get a decent shot off
Just messing with ya JA
I'll just say this, I can't WAIT for Dirk to come back man. These rotations Carlisle has are awful, simply awful.
He has Carter playing PF sometimes, and ISOs for Vince to end games. No P+R, no screens, nothing.
Darren has had his worst game of his career probably. Flustered by someone like Curry? Inexcusable. 2/11? Inexcusable. Hated the way he played tonight, far too timid. It's so odd because he played so well earlier in the season. He can't hit ANYTHING.
And when you need buckets, you got Kaman taking one-legged jumpers, Marion 15 footers, and Vince ISOs. I just don't get it. If you want to let Kaman pound it inside the paint, sure. If you want to let Marion cut to the basket, great. If Vince is open at the top of the key, awesome.
OJ showed some guts out there tonight. We needed a lot of buckets and he bucketsed away.
We had no business winning that game though. We were out-rebounded 62 to 43. We can't have that. That's what happens when you got guys like Troy Murphy playing for so long, and Elton Brand rotting on the ******g bench.
I swear I don't get why Rick plays Elton like 15 minutes. He's the best front-court defender the Mavs have behind Marion. Yet he only plays fourteen minutes, and doesn't play at all in 4th/OT, while David Lee and Harrison Barnes combine for 31 rebounds.
So. Terrible.
Dirk doesn't solve all the rebounding issues, but it's better having Dirk out there instead of Vince Carter, and letting Marion play SF is much better than having Marion and Vince being next to Kaman. Length alone shortens up the rebounding issues, not to mention how flat the offense has been.
Suppose to be such a great team I thought?
