anyone else want Dallas to win 4 straight games cuz they kinda feel bad for Dirk?
I want to Dirk to win. He's a better player than he's given credit for.
It's funny, Dallas weren't even that good tonight. Terry and Dirk just dragged them to the win. Kidd was good but the rest were just about passable. Their offense wasn't great by any stretches of the imagination. Some quick breaks led by Kidd were the difference, outside of that I can't think of many easy baskets that they got. Lots of jump shots, contested jump shots.
Josh Howard stunk tonight. They lost that second quarter lead solely because he refused to lead that second unit. C'mon, you have Terry, Stackhouse, Howard, Bass, Allen, that unit should not be collapsing like they did. Howard wasn't even looking for the ball during the collapse. Step up and act like you're a player. 5-15 tonight too, those 17 points are complete and utter lie about his value to their offense tonight.
The reason Dallas' offense is failing is because Josh Howard isn't playing like an all-star. So much one-on-one, it's like he's forgotten how to move the ball and move without it. He still hasn't figured out how to play next to Jason Kidd. If Josh isn't willing to move more that makes it extremely difficult for everyone not named Dirk to get good scoring opportunities while making it very easy for New Orleans to defend them.