Quote Originally Posted by ILL:
Mavsfan, you say you know you're team very well... so..
1) Where has Peja been this series?
2) Where has Jason Terry been?
3) How will the Mavs generate enough offense to beat the Heat 3 times with 4 games left?
4) What's the team moral after players like Dirk are calling others out? Can this help them?
5) Who can guard D Wade down the stretch?
Honest questions, I would like to hear your responses
For the record, I think Dallas comes out with their hair on fire tonight and probably gets it done.. but I'm on the Heat for the series.
Fair question indeed!
1) Peja is a defensive liability. If he's not hitting his shots he can't stay in the game because he serves no purpose. If he gets a few early looks and find shis stroke he'll be all right. If he doesn't I'd rather see them put Brewer in who I like as a defender and could be useful now.
2) I've watched Terry for a long time. He's streaky and doesn't stay down for long. In fact I'd recommend his prop play tonight of OVER 18.5 points plus assists.
3) Wake up call after the last game, no question. When the Mavs have been pushed this year they've responded well. Blwoing the lead in Portland in the first round, Carlisle calling them soft to the press mid season, OKC beating them at hom in Game 2 of the WCF. There's reason to believe they'll respond here.
4) I'm not sure I'd say Dirk called anyone out although the media has certainly played it up that way. In either case he's the captain so he most certainly has the right to do so. The thing about the Mavs is they are a streaky team and can close up shop for awhile (hence all the come from behind wins). My guess is the Dirk pep talk, call out, whatever you want to call it, brings them back to life and keeps them awake for the rest of the series.
5) If they want to shut Wade down then they'll put Marion on him. They've chosen to limit Lebron by putting Marion on him this series and it has worked. With Wade the Mavs did the right thing by backing off of him when he kept driving to the hoop last game. Although they gave up points (too many for sure) there weren't a lot of fouls called on those plays. That's Miami's game plan, drive to the hoop get a few foul calls and then the phantom calls start coming after that because the refs assume there's a foul each time. It happened in 2006. All that said I'd love to see them try Brewer on him tonight or double him.
Try again rookie
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