Comments on: NBA Playoffs: Mavericks defense looks good thanks to Thunder offense

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:02:05 +0000

I have never seen a team guard the pick and roll quite as efficiently as Dallas. Not to mention how quick they close out on the perimeter.

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:58:37 +0000

Oh god not Crawford. I can see his shiny dome running around throwing techs right now. I feel like I am pretty unbiased because I have an affinity for both teams and whoever wins I wanna take it all. At first I thought they were kinda letting them play because Dirk was getting tossed around a bit and there wasn’t much to it. Then I think it started getting a little rough so they wanted to tighten it up. I don’t know, I do know that I laughed at the replays for Jason Terry’s fouls, then the Tech threw at Chandler for his “vicious” elbow and then the Tech for Westbrook retaliating. Playoff basketball is not suppose to be comedic.

By: delius1967

delius1967 — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:47:22 +0000

The Thunder’s propensity to play isolation basketball was very evident in the series against Memphis. Watching that series it was evident to me that this team, while individually very talented, wouldn’t provide a serious challenge to the Mavericks, as long as Dallas continued to play the excellent team basketball they had been.

That is, if the league hasn’t decided to prevent Cuban from getting to the Finals again. After last night’s game I’m not too sure about that.

By: davidly

davidly — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:33:16 +0000

By the way, that sure was another monster game from Perkins.

By: davidly

davidly — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:26:26 +0000

Last series, the Lakers were responsible. This series it is the Thunder. The Mavs are gonna be scary if they’re ever able to win, instead of the other teams “helping them out” by losing.

You know, there is a reason that teams stand around. There is a reason teams – as you say – “fall out of their sets”. The reason is what Brooks, in this series, and Jackson and Bryant, in the last series, said: They were “taken out” of their sets.

I suppose you’d have to have experience coaching and playing to be able to see that.

By: bittersonicsfan

bittersonicsfan — Sun, 22 May 2011 10:20:18 +0000

jstrizzle

I thought the same thing, these refs were inconsistent on both sides, I’m glad Dallas pulled out the win, Joey Crawford has to be on the horizon, he’ll be consistent. Consistently crazy.

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:41:01 +0000

I feel like the Refs helped them in it a little too. I am not saying that all the trips by OKC to the line were not legit because they were. I just was seeing a lot on the other side that was going uncalled. A 2-1 discrepancy in FTs seems a bit odd. I thought Dirk should have been at the stripe more. And I will point out that I saw a couple bad calls that put Jason Terry on the line that probably shouldn’t have been called. Just kinda bad officiating all around. I guess it is the playoffs so what should I expect. Either way good comeback by OKC but they just fell a bit short.

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