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Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 116, Utah Jazz 101

year2000ready — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:11 -0000

Why is Yi ahead of Brandan Wright in the rotation?

Re: Absolute Fitness

William_JD — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:52:53 -0000

Kidd was -53 in 52 minutes in the Miami and Denver games, which really ought to be treated as a couple of mulligans. That's really skewing the on/off court analysis. I'm sure it's been negative since then, but nothing like a 24.3 point difference.

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 116, Utah Jazz 101

Hector N Rosales — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:33:41 -0000

plus minus is for hockey, this is b-ball

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 116, Utah Jazz 101

William_JD — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:43:07 -0000

Carter was +14 in 28 minutes tonight and continues to lead the Mavs in plus/minus with an outstanding +120 in 327 minutes.

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 116, Utah Jazz 101

William_JD — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:29:32 -0000

Roddy played 35:35 and was -4 in a game the Mavs won by 15.

So, Mavs were +19 (39-20) in 12:25 without Roddy on the court and -4 (77-81) in 35:35 with him.

Given all the spectacular stuff he did on offense, I thought the difference would show up on defense, but the Mavs were actually better without Roddy on offense as well. On a per-minute basis, the Mavs outscored the Jazz 3.14-1.61 without Roddy and were outscored 2.16-2.28 with Roddy.

Re: Absolute Fitness

Dr. Clarkus — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:58 -0000

Great writeup. The net points better/worse stat is very telling.

Re: The Difference: Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Dallas Mavericks 90

Rob Mahoney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:50:09 -0000

Connection between my brain and fingers short-circuited. You're right, and it's been fixed:

"Minnesota isn’t anything more than a playoff contender just yet..."

Fair?

Re: The Difference: Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Dallas Mavericks 90

Mit Long — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:41:40 -0000

"Minnesota obviously isn’t on the playoff cusp just yet."

Minnesota looks exactly like a team that's on the playoff cusp.

Re: The Difference: Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Dallas Mavericks 90

Andrew — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:10:19 -0000

I always love your blog, it is easily one of the best NBA blogs out there. Especially this time Rob did a wonderful job of hitting on the important aspects of this game. Once again, I'm dissapointed with Odom and Terry; Odom because every offensive play he makes seems to be ill-advised and wacky in someway, and Terry because his defense infuriates me. I noticed that several times last night, Terry would bite on pump fakes and not be able to recover in time, and his defender would drive right past him.

Re: The Difference: Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Dallas Mavericks 90

Kirk Henderson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:28 -0000

I'm having a hard time getting over the fact that there was a 29 point swing in that game. Up by 14, lose by 15. Yeesh.

Also, Roddy reverted back to that guy you play pick up ball with - amazingly instinctive, but when the game grinds, he has no clue.

Re: On The Ground Floor

Ajstewie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:36:26 -0000

good stuff. thanks

Re: Smelt as Sweet

Cantrellmarcus — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:17:23 -0000

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Re: On The Ground Floor

Dr. Clarkus — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:06:03 -0000

Excellent article.

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 93, Phoenix Suns 87

Kirk Henderson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:12:34 -0000

Ian Mahinmi time! The man has been a beast since the 3rd quarter of the finals. Love him and Wright playing together. There will be mistakes, but they play SO hard.

Odom's playing better, but I'm starting to have beef with his Caron-Butler-2009 mode where he just stops the ball. When he gets it at the top of the key, I think he has to be more decisive. He sizes up the situation, and by then the defense has rotated. Then he either does his little slow dribble and pull up, or he finally swings the basketball to the next offensive player. He rarely takes a hard dribble towards the hoop.

Rob, where does Odom like the basketball? He hasnt seemed comfortable with it in the half court yet. He brings it up with urgency and seems to make pretty good decisions, but when the offensive is set up, he seems to have no comfort zone.

Re: Promises to Keep

tribbs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:26:24 -0000

i hope the time off helps dirk more than kidd's absence did. kidd is suddenly incapable of maintaining focus or hustling. many long passes intercepted; lazy rotation to the ball on the perimeter (if at all); no blocking out; contested 3's 5 seconds into the possession...and so on. what happened to him?

get better, and actually better, dirk

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 83, New Orleans Hornets 81

Observer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:53:43 -0000

And the stats are back :) Thank you! As always, its a pleasure reading your work.

Re: Just Being Polite

Cantrellmarcus — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:05:08 -0000

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Re: Just Being Polite

Howard — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:38:57 -0000

And how about Yi's block?

Re: Just Being Polite

Fan-Ir — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:47:56 -0000

Love it!

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 94, Utah Jazz 91

Rob Mahoney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:28:02 -0000

I'm missing them, too. Unfortunately, my usual method of obtaining instant advanced game stats has been derailed, leaving me to rely on Hoopdata's useful -- but less than punctual -- advanced box scores. I'm looking into some alternative methods, so bear with me.

Re: The Difference: Dallas Mavericks 94, Utah Jazz 91

Observer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:31:49 -0000

Long time reader here. Love the blog, amazing analysis and great writing. Sorry for complaining, but what has happened to the four factors of winning at the beginning of the posts?
"Game-specific advanced stats forthcoming." most recent games. No big deal, just letting you know they are missed.Keep up the good work!

Re: Cruel Winters

Darali_starscream — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:10 -0000

It's also possible that the situation could resolve itself; "his knee is locking up" is a far easier pill to slwallow than "he's coming to the end of his useful life in the NBA."

Re: The Difference: Los Angeles Clippers 91, Dallas Mavericks 89

Andrew — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:10:15 -0000

I felt the defense, and the offense, of the MAvs were pretty awful. Jason Terry and Jason Kidd not only missed a lot of rotations, but whomever they guarded blew right past them. Dirk was not even TRYING on defense for large stretches, and at the end of the second half it looked like he was gonna faint from exhaustion. Perhaps too many cocktails and shots for Dirk this offseason?
Also, it seemed to me like a big problem with the Mavs offense last night was some serious overpassing, they passed up a lot of open jumpers.

Re: The Difference: Los Angeles Clippers 91, Dallas Mavericks 89

Kirk Henderson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:08:09 -0000

Im glad you addressed Kidd's play. He's been erratic.

Now I know its not popular to be critical of Odom, but we have to at some point. Yet another game where he's a non-facter. He made a couple of crisp passes, but beyond that he settled for jumpers against a player in Griffin who does not know how to defend well yet. He got bullied on the boards repeatedly.

While we're talking bullied on the boards, what in the heck is going on with Dirk? I really enjoyed the few Dirk sneers we got last night, but he's playing like crap, pure and simple. His numbers are masked by the fact that he's had 2-3 really great games, 2-3 mediocre ones, and the rest have been bad. I appreciate his willingness to move the ball in the offense, but Marion is all over the place on that baseline jumper. Dirk is also missing a lot of defensive assignments. I know he cant be superman every game, but he's barely been decent with consistency.

The Mavs have the single worst scoring starting line up in the league. That has to change.

Re: Royalactin

RB — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:22:09 -0000

that question was screwed up...should have read...

Do you think we win with Delonte and Roddy B vs LA last night vs Kidd's 3 point effort? I am finding it hard to see Kidd's impact on the game with no stats to show for the position.