The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves despite Luka Doncic’s best efforts, did the Mavs just lose because Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry, and more were out? How did Dereck Lively II, Grant Williams, Dante Exum and others fare against Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Rudy Gobert?
Nick Angstadt @LockedOnNBA & Slightly Biased @SlightlyBiased breakdown the Mavs loss to the Timberwolves, how no one stepped up with Luka Doncic, and how the Wolves are still a good matchup for the Mavs if they play each other later on. What did the Mavs do wrong on Naz Reid?! What’s going on with Tim Hardaway Jr, Grant Williams, and others?
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37 Comments
3pt shooting/not hitting open shots
How to make the offense more on drive to the basket efficiently is the key to Dallas , only relies on long periment shot offense approach like rolling a dice in somehow. Coz impactful attack the rim , can a release shooting spacing and also able to draw the foul from opponents
We have to be more than a three-point shooting offense. It’s that simple. When that hits it’s fantastic but when it doesn’t, we have to answer back with something else. Even when we win games, this is what I feel for this team. We got guys missing wide open 3’s and that’s a problem when that’s all we got. There’s just no aggressive two point shots we got guys who will drive the lane and then pass it out to the perimeter even though they could take the shot. Make these guys foul you and get to the free throw line. Make them earn it with their defense don’t just give them the game with “well we aren’t making threes so I guess we’re going to lose.”
The reason why we lost is because THJ and Grant are allergic to passing. Dante Exum was an efficient 14 points from 5-6FG shooting and should've had more shots up! He was open so many times yet no one found him
Twolves are a bad matchup. Mavs have played three games against them already and been completely destroyed every game.
Mavs so far 0-4 against top West teams Min, OKC, SAC and Den. Sadly they lose on their homecourt.
Jason Kidd has to coach this team better we can’t just chuck up 500 3s in a game and hope to make most to win that’s not coaching. When 3s are falling it’s cool n all but when they are not falling we have to drive more. Jason Kidd has to recognize this early and tell someone like Timmy to drive more instead of chucking 100 bricks. If the shots aren’t falling just drive more idk why Kidd doesn’t realize this
Yes one… everyone except Luka went on vacation..
Mavs dont have enough height. Same problem for the past decade
No need to complicate things. Mavs short handed. Period.
How long we waiting on Grant Williams to pan out? Should be on the on block for another 3&D guy.
REFS FIXED THIS GAME IN THE FIRST HALF THAT TOOK ALOT OF PASSION OUT THE MAVS IN THE SECOND HALF. CRAZY CALLS.
Don't let this loss distract you from the fact that Dwight Powell almost landed on THJ….man is a menace! 😅
Did you really want a Draymond – DLive trade, Nick?
Isaac on Saturday's pod?
Because luka cannot match the superstars of minesota big guys towns, edwards, gobert, naz reid, conley there is no kyrie. Mavs has only 1 superstar luka. No match between men & boys
Live by the three die by the three. Prime example this game was.
Mavs might need consistent scoring on and off the bench plus defenders
I actually think hardy should've played longer along with exum. Our shot creation in the 2nd half was awful besides lyka and hardy was solid in the first half ( besides the backdoor cut he gave up )
One reason? How about lack of depth because of injuries?
That wasn't really an outlier game for Exum, this season perhaps on a small sample during limited minutes but hes been like 44% from 3 the last 2 years.
dallas had no kyrie, powell, green and minnesota got their worst ant performance u will see. take what you want from this game
i completely disagree about the matchups. the timberwolves defense is solely designed to beat teams in the half court. yes the mavs have increased their pace and transition a little bit, but once Ant gets healthy, minnesota has 3 elite perimeter defenders in Ant, Jaden and NAW.
Also when Lively goes to the bench, how is dallas supposed to contain Minnesota’s bigs: Gobert, KAT, Naz, Anderson?
i don’t think this is a good matchup at all and we saw a terrible Ant game. and i don’t believe there was a mention about how ant is currently playing through an injury on this show and yet all the praise is going to our guy derek jones? let’s be real here. luka continues to shine still
the only thing i agree upon is the grant KAT matchup, KAT historically does not do well when smaller defenders guard him
Mavs did well it was the open 3s that killed the mavs and like you said if those 3 hit at least 40% of the trees this is a win
Not taking the Wolves seriously will hunt you.
The Wolves has the Mavs numbers, if youre not aware of it. You dont play a serious game against the Lakers and play, like pick ups against the Wolves. Their starting, 5 is way better.
Luka has hit like 40+ straight FTs in last few games. He is focused. Showing immense leadership involving others if they can shoot.
13 assists today, could have been 20+. He must conserve some energy for the fourth qtr allowing others to bring the ball up to the half court now that there are capable ball handlers. Teams are purposely grinding him out there and the double teaming begins right at the half court.
Naz is a kryptonite. Twolves play all three bigs at the same time and Mavs don’t have bigs. What is with Maxi? He is out for more than a month. Who needs a toe for playing basketball? Hard tape that foot and just play. 😄
Luka scoring insane number is an indication:
THAT A TEAM IS NOT BALANCE,
THAT HE DOESNT TRUST THE TEAM.
THAT HE IS MORE INTUNE TO CHASING HIS MVP THAN WINNING.
It's painful to see Luka deflated after working hard to pick apart the defense while our perimeter guys just stand outside the three, get spoon-fed wide-open shots, and just brick them. They should have stats for "Assist Attempts" and "Assist Conversion %" to measure the effort that guys like Luka make to create the opportunities. Luka's Assist Attempts would easily be 20 or more per game.
Does the Dallas offence live and die alone with Luka's brilliance and making threes? Can't Grant and DJJ attack the rim considering their threes are not falling in? Another downside of spreading the floor is that only Lively is there to fight for the offensive rebounds against three opponents while every other Mav is outside the paint.
If the 3s are not falling in the playoffs expect no anwers from the head coach, boys and girls. Yet the fanbase will pile up on whoever is missing shots the most, like today. If THJ’s pull-up shots (pretty much his thing) aren’t falling, JKidd will keep him on the court for +30 minutes (to prove a point at least he understands I guess?). Again, the Mavs have no team offense, it’s all Luka’s genius scoring & playmaking (e.g., in the PNR with D-Live), Kyrie’s superb finishing against tight defenses, *and hoping they’ll shoot +40% from 3 just to compete with elite teams*.
By the way, in spite of what Luka said to R. Nichols today about (not) leaving Dallas for now, make no mistake: he doesn’t want to play for many years like Lebron + he’s obsessed with winning an NBA championship (rather than an MVP award). Do the math.
Its okay to lose when you shoot 25% from three.I am not mad at all.
Dinwiddie dunking over Gobert is one of my favorite Mavs memories.
The Wolves are a terrible matchup for the Mavs. Way too much size in the frontcourt and on the wings.
I don't understand why kidd kept Tim in for soooo many minutes when he couldn't hit a thing
Qne reason: Naz Reid. One solution for all the Mavs problem: Get Naz Reid into Mavs by any means possible!
The team didn’t shoot well but Kidd is just as much to blame for the loss. Exum was the 2nd best player but played the 6th most mins. Grant and Jones Jr went combined 3-19 while O-Max went 1-1 in 3mins- Perfect game to give the kid a chance. THJ played horribly while Hardy played well but hardly played. Try Luka, Hardy, Exum, O-Max, Lively and see what happens.. can’t be worse than what Grant, Jones Jr, THJ we’re doing
What are you talking obout? Empty things…. lets talk some truth: 1. It was a bad coaching game from JKidd. Bad rotations, playing Dwight, not calling time outs, not carring about the game (sometimes he should yell at the refs but he doesn't care)… 2. THJ was just atrocious this game – 0 from 7 for three point shooting – 0 assists – 28% field goals – we are not winning anything with him on the roster 3. Somebody has to teach Grant how to think – his basketball I.Q. is concerning 4. No efforts on rebounding the ball 5. Coach has to tell them to drive to the basket more but specially Tim but he doesn't want to do that…. a very winnable game … have to make some changes with the roster…
I am so done with Grant already. Just a bad signing (amongst a bunch of really good ones). These limited spceialist type players are a thing of the past in the NBA if you want to contend. Dude is nothing but a slow, fat Reggie Bullock. You need dynamic all around players whos only skill isnt standing in the corner waiting for an open 3. Should be replaced asap.
Also THJ showing why he should be traded if any decent oppurtunity arises. He has been good this season but is exactly what he has been his whole career- a streaky low IQ chucker with bad defense. If he is hot he is a slight positive for the team, if he isnt, he loses you the game on his own with his decision making. Need to package those 2+picks for an actual starting PF.