An F for effort The weak, milquetoast Dallas Mavericks dicked around and let the New Orleans Hornets to stay within seven or so points almost all night.
Down seven with a couple minutes left, I knew they'd tie it, possibly win it, but most definitely get it close. Good teams win that game, beating a so-so team in their home building without their best player, arguably the best point guard in the league.
Not the 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks. They're fool's gold. It's time to wake up. Any team worth their weight in jock straps win this game. The Mavericks lose it, 93-92. Good luck in the playoffs.
Why do the Mavericks not have it? They had Tuesday off. Legs are fresh. The Mavericks go out and get creamed on the boards 42-30 even as their center -- Tyson Chandler -- returned from injury and grabbed 13.
That means, in about 220 minutes, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Roddy Beaubois, Shawn Marion, Brendan Haywood, J.J. Barea, Brian Cardinal, Jason Terry and DeShawn Stevenson combined for 17 rebounds.
SEVENTEEN REBOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!
Do you know how hard you would have to try to get 17 total rebounds in 220 minutes of NBA basketball?
You could suit up right now and if you played 220 minutes of NBA basketball, you would get more than 20 total rebounds. Period. End of story.
Beaubois, 0. Nowitzki, 4. Cardinal, 0. Barea, 1. Terry, 1. Kidd, 1.
That is utterly ridiculous. Rebounding is 90 percent effort and 10 percent brains. The Mavericks played with about 10 percent effort, zero percent testicles and zero percent guts. I love them, but they are the most listless top three team EVER.
