I think if the mavs win, obviously dirk gets the glory but rick carlisle will get a ton of credit from the congnosenti. I'm just now listening to the simmons final preview podcast and there is some tentative
speculation about benching deshawn stevenson in place of terry. Evidently pre-finals, the mavs starting five was a net minus for the playoffs. In the last few games, Carlisle has responded, shuffling his starting lineup. And he gets credit for pushing it even further - going with jj and benching stevenson, benching peja for cardinal, and dealing with a ton of injuries (haywood, butler, etc.). I bet we will hear that in the next simmons podcast whenever it comes.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
The Play That Sparked Dallas’ Comeback
Check out this great blog post on the Mavs comeback:
http://nbaplaybook.com/2011/06/03/the-play-that-sparked-dallas-comeback/
http://nbaplaybook.com/2011/06/03/the-play-that-sparked-dallas-comeback/
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Post G1 Finals Analysis
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...
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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