Here are key takeaways from last night’s game:
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It was the 3rd game in 4 nights. Some of the squad definitely had dead legs.
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We missed a ton of easy looks early on. LBJ missed something like 3 layups in a row in the first quarter.
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DAL made a concerted effort to scheme out AD with double- and triple-teams. And when he’d kickout we didn’t effectively convert.
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We’re nowhere near 100% in terms of health. In fact, we’re missing 3 of our best onball defenders - Vando, Cam, and Vincent (if you don’t believe in a healthy Vincent, we can bet on a charity).
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This squad is really good if not great. We literally came back from 20 and had the lead with 20 seconds to go. A tough loss but one indicative of how good we are even at something like 75%.
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Also, we’re treating Prince exactly the way we treated KCP when he was in a shooting slump. It’s dumb. Prince is good. I’d argue really good, especially on D.
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All the casuals and mouthbreathers who flood the sub after every loss need to CTFD.
Those 4 straight missed free throws really hurt them. Couldve had 6 pt lead or somthing with 1 min left