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[QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 5018501, member: 488"]
What happened to Dallas tonight was what I thought would happen to them against Minnesota.  As good as Luka and Kyrie are (obviously Kyrie sucked tonight), it's tough to make hay against an elite defense when you really only have two guys who can create.  Luka seemed worn down from the relentless ball pressure by the time they got to the fourth quarter.

Kyrie will be better and the defense should start to look more like itself as it adjusts to how explosive Boston is.  What does worry me if I'm a Mavs fan, though, is the supporting cast.  Guys 3-8 did not look like they belonged on a finals' floor, and worse yet, Kidd doesn't appear to be any closer to settling on a rotation now than he was before the playoffs.  Gafford's been a rock for them but he basically got played off the floor by the end of the first quarter.  Lively looked like a 19-year-old.  Kleber and Jones are in theory capable 3 and D guys, but as the Celtics have shown us, there's a big difference between being a 3 and D vs. being able to spread the court with five guys who can shoot and put it on the floor.
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