he’s right. if you look at the standings, 6 teams are ahead of us: Minny, OKC, Nuggets, Clippers, Kings, Pels. Minny and OKC doesn’t look like they’d fall in the standings any time soon. we don’t have tiebreakers over Denver and LAC. if we want to avoid play-ins, next game against Pels is as close to a must win as it can get
What a weird and ultimately, disappointing week for the Mavs. Look like world beaters vs MIN and NY. Look like something a lot less than that vs shorthanded MEM and NO. Make no mistake, Monday is HUGE, already lost tiebreakers w/DEN & LAC. 0-1 vs SAC. 1-2 vs NO
— Chuck Cooperstein (@coopmavs) January 14, 2024
by botebote77
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This season has taken a disappointing turn. We seem to be clearly headed for the play in unless we get completely healthy and make a trade to go on a big run. West is brutal
the recent losses were when we were expected to win (Jazz, Memphis, Pelicans). Even in the Cavs (and Knicks) game we were up so much that the expectation became a win.
now missing 3 starters in Luka/Exum/Lively means it isn’t necessarily a fundamental problem.
Dwight Powell should have never been resigned. Not only is he terrible, Kidd loves him and will play him over any other backup center they get.
You want to know why they look so bad without Lively, look at whos replacing Lively.
BRB there must be more genius hot takes, on twatter
Our schedule remaining before all-star break are mostly above .500 teams