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Game Thread Apr 18, 2022 06:30PM MT: Jazz at Mavericks - Game 2

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Mavs attempted 32 3pt shots in game 1 and 47 in game 2. their game plan is the same and it won't change in game3. how do we fix this?
 
Agent#00 said:
Mavs attempted 32 3pt shots in game 1 and 47 in game 2. their game plan is the same and it won't change in game3. how do we fix this?
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Playing like the game means something would be nice. Putting forth a solid team effort on defense would be nice. Playing team ball on offense would be nice. Not collapsing mentally down the stretch would be nice. Winning the damn game would be nice.
 
Yes we have to consider that Dallas make a 100% perfect game. Shotting way better than their usual standard and move the ball as well.
They will not do it every night.
 
I know the Mavs played a near-perfect game, but one reason was we did nearly nothing to disrupt it. These are professional players. If we leave them open they will make shots. Leaving Kleber all alone 7 out of 9 shots will have a very similar outcome in nearly any game. You cannot repeatedly give up practice shots and then just say "well you know these pros won't make that many practice shots again, we good". Of course they will. Something has to change or the outcome will be the same.
 
FrenchJazzFa said:
Yes we have to consider that Dallas make a 100% perfect game. Shotting way better than their usual standard and move the ball as well.
They will not do it every night.
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Those were some famous last words during the Clippers series last year..... It will happen again if we don't play straight up man to man defense and prevent 25 wide open 3's a game.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I know the Mavs played a near-perfect game, but one reason was we did nearly nothing to disrupt it. These are professional players. If we leave them open they will make shots. Leaving Kleber all alone 7 out of 9 shots will have a very similar outcome in nearly any game. You cannot repeatedly give up practice shots and then just say "well you know these pros won't make that many practice shots again, we good". Of course they will. Something has to change or the outcome will be the same.
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Nah, see this is where idiots on the internet who don’t know math go wrong. The odds of correctly guessing a credit card number are astronomical. If you give someone the first 15 digits of the card, it really doesn’t matter if they guess that last digit because the odds of them guessing your credit card number is astronomical.
 
I get that when you prepare for a team like Dallas you can decide to leave Kleber open but in a game when he hits 3-4 of them in a row, playing at home and evidently getting hot you should adjust and start contesting him.
It seems like Quin is unable to get that it's a different kind of moneyball during the regular season over 82 games and different one in the series. Of course Kleber won't have another game like that but just losing that one changes the momentum and gives them confidence.
The same kind of analytical approach seems to be our problem in "whole game vs crunch time" situations. We have very efficient shots chart over the course of the whole game but we seem unable to create efficient shots in crunch time. And yes over the course of a game you can beat someone shooting threes against twos but when it comes to couple of possessions efficient midrange can be better weapon. And every shot you hit is a huge momentum boost.
 
Jazzmix said:
I get that when you prepare for a team like Dallas you can decide to leave Kleber open but in a game when he hits 3-4 of them in a row, playing at home and evidently getting hot you should adjust and start contesting him.
It seems like Quin is unable to get that it's a different kind of moneyball during the regular season over 82 games and different one in the series. Of course Kleber won't have another game like that but just losing that one changes the momentum and gives them confidence.
The same kind of analytical approach seems to be our problem in "whole game vs crunch time" situations. We have very efficient shots chart over the course of the whole game but we seem unable to create efficient shots in crunch time. And yes over the course of a game you can beat someone shooting threes against twos but when it comes to couple of possessions efficient midrange can be better weapon. And every shot you hit is a huge momentum boost.
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I think this plays in to it, Quin like to play the percentages. I also can't imagine Quin coaching the players to not rotate or contest or communicate. The players hold a lot of blame with the open shots as well.
 
Jazzmix said:
I get that when you prepare for a team like Dallas you can decide to leave Kleber open but in a game when he hits 3-4 of them in a row, playing at home and evidently getting hot you should adjust and start contesting him.
It seems like Quin is unable to get that it's a different kind of moneyball during the regular season over 82 games and different one in the series. Of course Kleber won't have another game like that but just losing that one changes the momentum and gives them confidence.
The same kind of analytical approach seems to be our problem in "whole game vs crunch time" situations. We have very efficient shots chart over the course of the whole game but we seem unable to create efficient shots in crunch time. And yes over the course of a game you can beat someone shooting threes against twos but when it comes to couple of possessions efficient midrange can be better weapon. And every shot you hit is a huge momentum boost.
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Momentum and confidence are not measurable variables, not able to be represented on a stat sheet or by moneyball, and therefore don't exist. We just need to execute, apparently. And lack of confidence can't factor in as a variable for not executing because, again, it's not measurable, and doesn't exist.
 
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