Uptime for Downtime
(Originally posted: 12/06/06)
A couple thoughts after watching last night's Mavs/Nets game.
One, are the refs calling traveling particularly tight this year? It seems tightest when a player fakes, either with the ball or his body (or both), one way and goes the other. It has gotten to the point that, even though I'm skeptical the player took an extra step, I know he's going to get called. It just does not look like the pivot foot has been lifted. I need to check the rules (heh, yeah right, whenever I do everything else I need to do).
Two, as entertaining as it is when the Mavs are smoking and raining in shots from all over the place, whether beyond the arc or in the paint, and just befuddling their opponent, I'm more impressed when the get a double-digit win the way they did last night. At first, I didn't think their defense was all that bad (nor the Wizard's all that good) the previous night in D.C. 'The Wizards just can't miss,' I thought. But last night, they looked more aggressive defensively. And Dirk seemed to get more aggressive on the defensive end, particularly on the boards, the more his shots missed. Then, almost as if in payoff, his shots started dropping toward the end of the game, to put the Nets away. In sum, Dirk took over.
A couple thoughts after watching last night's Mavs/Nets game.
One, are the refs calling traveling particularly tight this year? It seems tightest when a player fakes, either with the ball or his body (or both), one way and goes the other. It has gotten to the point that, even though I'm skeptical the player took an extra step, I know he's going to get called. It just does not look like the pivot foot has been lifted. I need to check the rules (heh, yeah right, whenever I do everything else I need to do).
Two, as entertaining as it is when the Mavs are smoking and raining in shots from all over the place, whether beyond the arc or in the paint, and just befuddling their opponent, I'm more impressed when the get a double-digit win the way they did last night. At first, I didn't think their defense was all that bad (nor the Wizard's all that good) the previous night in D.C. 'The Wizards just can't miss,' I thought. But last night, they looked more aggressive defensively. And Dirk seemed to get more aggressive on the defensive end, particularly on the boards, the more his shots missed. Then, almost as if in payoff, his shots started dropping toward the end of the game, to put the Nets away. In sum, Dirk took over.
posted by Chris at 8:31 PM
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