Dallas Gives Another One Away

June 19, 2006

The Mavs gave the game away yesterday with a few mistakes and some help from the refs. Dampier went 1 for 2 late in the fourth quarter. Josh Howard who was 9 for 9, missed 2 straight free throws in OT the he called a timeout which put the Mavs in position to have to go full court in a little over 1 second.

I was disappointed by the mistakes but I was also mad about how the game was called. The refs watched Wade push a man down on the Heats final play of overtime without calling an offensive foul. Then they call a foul on his drive when no one touched him.

I was diappointed with the lineups Avery was playing, I don’t know if it is just me but it seems like everytime I look up Jason Terry hits about 3 or 4 shots in a row and then gets taken out for some rest. Terry should have had a 50 point game in the series by now. In the playoff key guys need to be playing 45 minutes if you ask me.Â I am glad Dirk stepped up and hit those two big shots but I was diappointed on a few plays in which they spent about 18 seconds trying to get him the ball. Terry and Howard were hitting all game, whats the point of spending 18 seconds trying to get person that isn’t doing much the ball? That is what forced them into that late fourth quarter 24 second violation.

Overall the series should be over Mavs 4 to 1 but they have given away 2 games. They will have home court, they will have stackhouse back but will that be enough.