Tempo and pushing the ball. Off of nearly every miss and rebound the Mavs pushed the ball up the court. Kyrie, Hardy, Exum, THJ. Rebound, quick outlet and go. That tempo forces the clippers to hustle back which is not something most D’s have to do consistently against the Mavs. What that does is tire out legs and arms more quickly which lead to missed shots.

So many times the Mavs would give up a wide open layup after 6-8 seconds on the shot clock and we would slowly bring the ball up. The D isn’t tired, the D isn’t working hard.

Lively contested every rebound and we pushed the ball a lot and it’s part of why we just demolished them in the 2nd quarter.

Keep that tempo going and we will play ourselves into every game.