20 years (and 1 day) later- Finals Game 1 GDT

[Lipoli390]

Jaden saved us that first half. Our best player needs to get his head out of his ass the in the second half.

[davemang]

Kat has been quiet, need him to get some offense going in the second half when our 3pt comes back to earth. Or maybe just pretend we're the celtics and just make so many 3s they can't possibly beat us.

[Q-is-here]

I was hoping to feel a little more comfortable

We've been a second half team though, so I think we should feel pretty good about being up 3 at the half against a team where one of their guys went absolutely nuts. Although those shots he was making are repeatable. No one can stay in front of him.

[Wolvesfan21]

Ant! Ugh. Terrible turnover in that situation.

Yeah just take the last shot there Ant, he was flowing. Defense needs to really get better around the paint. Rudy and KAT need to rebound better. Along with the rest of the defense.

[Coolbreeze44]

Things did not go well when Rudy was off the floor

[Phenom]

I think everyone took Ants quote out of context about Kyrie. Oh well. If that's what Kyrie needs to play well it bodes well for the series.

[Lipoli390]

Things did not go well when Rudy was off the floor

Yep. First time this season I’ve seen the Wolves play drop off significantly without Rudy on the floor. KAT and the rest of the guys need to do a MUCH better job on the boards. We’re getting out-hustled on the boards. No excuse for that.

[Lipoli390]

If KAT and Ant get more aggressive and intense offensively in the second half the Wolves will win.

[davemang]

It will be interesting to see if Mavs get tired like we saw in the wins over Denver. Although the pace is definitely faster than the first 2 series and Ant looked like he was a bit winded a few times.

[SameOldNudityDrew]

We've got the lead, but the path we took to get here is unsustainable.

Jaden has been amazing and should continue to be aggressive, but we can't assume he can do this the whole game and he shouldn't have to. That goes double for SloMo. Our other starters need to find ways to score.

What the Mavs are doing is totally replicable, and that's why we don't feel good despite the lead. We absolutely need to slow down Kyrie. We may want to consider bringing NAW off the bench for Mike early in the second half and put him on Kyrie and move Ant to DJJ. And on the pick and roll defense, if a second guy comes to stop the ball, the help defender has to cover his guy. Too many times in that first half that didn't happen.

Ok, let's do it!