He got to the line 11 times, a vast improvement over Game 1... he's slowly becoming the real Dirk, i'm not concerned about it at all because he'll be good to go when we get to the WCF (yes I said WHEN). 7-15 (I believe) shooting isn't terrible by any means.
The Mavericks have figured out how to beat the Warriors:
a) Attack the basket and you are pretty much guaranteed someone will swipe at you or try and take a charge (which they aren't really good at getting in position quick enough). You guys are familiar with all the talk of how the Suns don't play defense? Well the same goes for the Warriors only they are like ten times worse, I think the Suns defense myth is exactly what the real Warriors defense is...
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b) Talk some trash and get their tempers going, they have too many hot heads on that team not to take advanatge of, this is a real suggestion... any advantage should be taken. Dirk should do his sasquatch swagger thing and stick out his tongue when he makes shots, Terry should puff his jersey out, Josh should bob his head back and forth etc, it will be too much for Davis and Jackson to handle.
They don't even need to play well in any other aspect if they do those two things right. It has been a fun series to watch, i'm just grateful for game 2 adjustments... I don't think Nellie can counter (but their fans will be going crazy since they haven't had a playoff series in about 14 years).
