It’s a song that is starting to be known in the NBA circuits. Another defeat? Another brick throwing session for the Mavs. Fighting in Cleveland tonight, Jason Kidd’s men still have to look in the mirror: on the line, the Dallas boys are dramatic.
The simplest gesture is apparently the most complicated.
How many times have Dallas fans wanted to quit the sport, seeing their team plummet in free throws this season?
This Saturday evening, orphaned by several executives, the Mavs fought but notably had to leave the victory to their opponent from Cleveland because of a new collective lack of success on the free throw line.
A sad 12/19 on the line when you lose a match by 1 point, it’s ultra-angry.
And we are entitled to point out a lot of other things, like Christian Wood’s last shot, the effectiveness of other boys in the game, Jason Kidd’s choices or a whole bunch of elements that can come into play. head. However, with Dallas this year, the same scenario is repeating itself.
And the disasterclass the throws are linked, tirelessly. Judge instead:
The Mavs and free throws this season.
21/34 vs. Suns (2pt loss)
17/24 vs. Pelicans (2pts loss)
27/34 vs OKC (loss in OT)
12/21 vs Denver (1pt loss)
14/29 vs. Detroit (loss in OT)
10/24 vs. Bucks (1pt loss)
12/19 vs. Cleveland (1pt loss)????????
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We are therefore talking regarding 7 defeats which might have changed… simply by applying to the throws.
So yes, each match has its own identity, and who knows what might have happened in those encounters as well. However, when Jason Kidd and his staff try to put a game plan in place, some things go together and some don’t. Respecting a system, applying a good execution at the end of a timeout, and seeing a shot not come in, it happens. And it happens a lot of times, without too many problems. It’s the nature of the game, you drew everything well, the shot is well contested, next.
The problem is that these are uncontested shots here. We are talking regarding free throws.
We are therefore talking regarding points “free“, which should go to the Mavs but are left for the opponent.
Et which had already raged terribly once morest Milwaukee repeated itself yet once more, in a game Dallas might have won.
With 73% collective success this season, the Mavs have the 28th percentage in the entire NBA. When you aim for the top of the League, you have to at least start by taking the simplest of shots, the one where you are lonely. What will be the next frustrating defeat with still a nightmare on the line? See you… very soon.
