Aubrey: The only silver lining for the mavs is that barea and terry had off nights.
Charlie: i hope that's true but i'm not so sure...i thought it was the unrelenting defensive pressure that threw their games off. (something i thought the announcers were underselling when they kept saying how terry and barea were getting open looks; to me they seemed a lot more contested, not only the shots themselves but the constant spectre of rushing help defenders.) barea was blocked in a most definitive fashion almost every time he tried to drive, and the closeouts on terry were really fast. to me the question is whether the heat can keep up that level of intensity every game, because it seemed to me the mavs were playing pretty well. though i guess it's also true that terry and barea might just individually figure out how to get themselves more space now that they've gotten a feel for the D. but that's also a coaching adjustment.
i feel like this next game is going to be very revealing...
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