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Two Consecutive Losses

drew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:43 +0000

Okay, I’ve been bad about updates but the Mavericks are going to Utah after consecutive losses, losing to the Suns and then the Trailblazers at home, an OT loss by just 2 points.

Now if anyone hasn’t noticed this season, the Mavericks have not lost more than two games in a row when they do lose. So even though we’re playing a talented team in Utah tonight, I predict a win, maybe not by much but we got to keep our losing streaks limited.

There’s only two other teams this season who don’t have more than 2 consecutive losses in a row and you can likely guess which two, the Cav’s and Lakers.

Almost But Not Quite

drew — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:51:29 +0000

The Suns almost came out with a win but the Mavericks held on to win 102-101 at home.

The big surprise, Josh Howard to the rescue with his sore ankle. Josh actually didn’t get things going until the second half, which is unusual for him since he’s been kn0wn as the 1st quarter guy and usually disappears after getting his 16 or so points.

Howard ended up with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals all in 26 minutes of playing time. Not too shabby.

This was a big game. The Suns are off to a great start this year with their run and gun type offense but have not done so well since December. They only lost 3 games in their first 17 games but have since dropped 4 of their last 5.

The key to winning against the Suns though is, play some defense because they’re going to let you score since they lack defense. They try to win by just outscoring you and running the court. That makes exciting high score games but doesn’t get you far against teams that can play defense.

When you play good defense and you turn Nash into a scorer instead of dishing the ball around to make plays, this works to your advantage as well.

First Consecutive Losses

drew — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:03:01 +0000

The Mavericks suffered their first consecutive loss of the season. The first was against the Grizzlies, which should have been a win but when you shoot as poorly as the Mavericks did, they deserved to lose.

The next was against the Hawks, which I knew was going to be a good matchup but they ended up on the better side, grabbing their win and ending their 5 game skid.

The Mavericks are up against the Suns on Tuesday which will be interesting game and matchup as the Suns are having a great season thus far, let’s just hope they keep this little skid of their own at only two games and bounce back into rhythm.