What the Dallas Mavericks Need to Change for Game 2 vs the Oklahoma City Thunder

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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. On today's show, the Dallas Mavericks have to make adjustments between game one and game two against the Thunder ORG. We'll tell you what those adjustments have to be on today's Lockdown Mavs ORG.

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You are locked on to the Dallas Mavericks ORG. My name is Nick Engstead, media member and NBA ORG channel manager for the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Thanks for being part of the show making Locktime Mavs are your first listen today, where the best way can help us grow the show is to listen every day on any podcast platform, like the video on YouTube ORG, and comment anything below on the video on YouTube.Let us know what's one thing that has to change between game one and game two of the Mavs ORG series against the thunder and game off. Today's episode is brought to you by Monopoly Go PRODUCT. This fast-based game lets you team up with friends for tournaments to unlock awesome prizes like stickers for trading, cool playing pieces,and hilarious emojis for taunting friends. Download Monopoly Go on the app store or Google Play ORG. And joining me. He was joining me earlier today. We had dinner and then we decided to do a podcast in our separate hotels from the athletic.What's you got for me, Tim Cato?

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We just talked a lot about how that stolf behind you was really empty. So we filled it.

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I was just like, again, I'm in my own hotel room and I'm like,

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what do you have in your hotel room that you can put up there?

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For people listening just on audio, Nick PERSON has, his hotel just has the shelf.

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Just this very barren shelf behind.

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So you know how two shoes, a Mav ORG's hat.

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There you go.

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It has a Mav ORG's logo on it some way.

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It's like I feel, no, I'm going to say it.

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I feel self-conscious that all of these podcasters have this elaborate setup of their backdrop.

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And anybody who's ever seen me on video, on a video video podcast knows that I have just like a window.

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It's because of where my desk is set up in my apartment.

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It's a loft apartment. So I don't have a wall behind me. There's nowhere I could set up my desk where there's like a wall to put like, I was going to say paraphernalia. But that like it has a very specific drug connotation, I feel like.

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I mean, you can put that up there too. That's up to you. It's whatever brand you want connotation, I feel like. I mean, you can put that up there too. That's up to you. It's whatever brand you want to put off on your show.

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Well, you know, we wouldn't get YouTube ORG ad revenue.

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Yeah, you have to check the different box when you do that. If you decide to put that up. But yeah, I decided a long time ago, I'm going to put two shelves up, put my entire childhood and all Mavs ORG paraphernalia that I have. Like, everything that I own that's MVs is on that shelf at home. But here we are.We're in OKC ORG. We're in separate hotels here in the city that is maybe a real city and maybe is not. Maybe it's just a front for casinos. I don't know at this point having been here. But today we're going to talk about things that absolutely have to change for the Mavericks from game one to game two.And so we're going to talk about some things that we saw in game one. And let's start with this. The things that absolutely have to change for the Mavericks ORG. One of the things that really stood out to me watching that game again was 15 turnovers.OKC had 22 points off of those turnovers. And it felt like everybody had an extra turnover. It's like Lively had two. Luke had five, he usually gets four. Kyrie had four. He usually gets like two.It's like everyone had an extra turnover. The Mabs had an 18% turnover rate, which is the ninth percentile, which is very, very low, like awful, awful turnover rate. And it felt like that's one of the things.The Maverick ORG had a really casual start to the game. There's a couple of weird turnovers here and there. And like that has to change from game one to game two. Oklahoma City GPE is a team that's going to turn you over,

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and they're going to turn you over legitimately and they're going to turn you over legitimately. They're going to get some turnovers just because they're very good at doing that. You know, that one play where Lou Dord PERSON dove to the ground, I can't remember who I was talking to. Somebody said that was actually a kickball that just wasn't called in the mix of that. But these are players who arevery good they're very good at getting steals they're very talented they they are going to harass you they're very physical they're very athletic maybe they've got a reputation that you know they're going to get away with a play like that or two and so when i look at this team and i look at a team that is very good at committing you know forcing turnovers and i look at the mavericks who are a team very good at, forcing turnovers. And I look at the Mavericks ORG, who are a team very good at not committing turnovers. Yeah, I look at all of the unnecessary ones. And I say, yeah, that's an issue.That's a problem. I think back to, was it the very first one of the game? There was a Kyrie one where you just tried to hit Gafford PERSON on an inbound pass. And the communication was off. The pass, you know, just skitters into the baseline. There were several alliopes that were just, you know, ambitious at best.And they ended up as turnovers. Those were not good plays. And I thought, I'm sure we're going to get into this. I thought the offense was okay at times. You know, I thought some of the execution was able to be there. You can't be having those unforced errors because the Thunder ORG are the bestthree-point shooting team in the NBA ORG. Dallas ORG is not. They have to make it up somewhere else, whether it's offensive rebounding or just having more possessions because you're not turning it over. You have to do it somehow. Turnovers was one way that they just did not kind of make up that efficiency differenceon Tuesday.

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And the Thunder ORG spent the most time of any team in transition. It's like 20% of the time in transition that they spent according to Synergy ORG. And so you can't just give them those extra possessions. And so early, I mean, the casual start, that that's the thing that can't be the same from game one to game two. The casualness of you had that Luca PERSON turnover where it was actuallyKyrie passing to Luca where Lou Dor PERSON just got the ball and it was an immediate transition possession. Kyrie had a turnover early in the first quarter where he was just dribbling and just turned it over. It's like when does that ever happen but it happened in that game. You had the Luca entry pass to Gafford PERSON where he was like he had giddy on him and soLuca immediately recognized that, threw it to Gafford PERSON in the post. But then Chet PERSON came over and messed it up, and then it was a turnover. And then Kyrie had another turnover in the first quarter. It's like all those little things that just don't happen, they can't happen in the next game. And so those turnovers, you can't just give OKC ORG extra possessions like you mentioned, or else they're just going to turn them over into really big plays.I think another thing that cannot happen in the next in game two, PJ Washington getting into foul trouble. This was something that I think really messed them up early on. He is just such an indispensable player. And it's kind of wild to see how indispensable he's become since they brought him into that trade. And then all of a sudden you're like, man, like you can't sit this guy very often. He got the foul against the Jalen Williams PERSON charge where he was kind of on the move. It's like kind of a questionable call, but that was about halfway through thefirst quarter. Then he had another one where it was a bump foul against SGA ORG where he was trying to stop the ball in transition. He kind of earned that one. He just wanted to stop in transition. And then he had another one after he sat for a little while. Second quarter, 815 left in the quarter. He had his third foul on another transition play where he tried to stop it. So like the stopping the turnovers turns right into PJ Washington fouls because he's trying to stop the thunder in transition. But like PJ Washington getting into foul trouble, that has to change from game one to game two.

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I saw a tweet. I think it was sent Tuesday. And it said something to the effect of, if an NBA ORG player gets a foul, they shouldn't play the rest of the game. You know, maybe they shouldn't play in the league again.

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If you're not willing to step on the court and abide by the rules of the game,

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then honestly, what are we doing here?

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You know?

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So that's, that's my only point.

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Do you think, you think, I think, I don't think kid does this very often,

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but like there are coaches that like take their players out when you're like,

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okay, you found them out of the game yourself and you didn't like,

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you didn't let them get a chance.

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I feel like kid doesn't do that that often. But like first half, it depends on how many you get and how quickly you get. I feel like it takes some people out. And by the by the second half, it was like, oh man, PJ just didn't play enough for the first half. I think what did he play? Like nine first half minutes in this game. It just wasn't enough for them. And then they got that deficit in the second quarter and it ended up really affecting the game.

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I mean, this is an obvious point. But the reason you take a player out when they get fouls, I do think that coaches should be more liberal with the way that they keep players in, keep key players in who they need in a series, especially once you get to the postseason. I think that that's something that is,especially in the postseason, is necessary. That if you need that player out there, you know, just keep them in. But the reason coaches take them out is that they're going to play differently. They're going to, you know, especially a defensive player like there, you know, just keep them in. But the reason coaches take them out is that they're going to play differently. They're, you know, especially a defensive player like PJ Washington. He is the teams now that Maxie PERSON is out of the series, possibly out of the playoffs,you know, Maxey PERSON was the guy who was the low man rotating over to the rim, stopping a lot of these drives. That's PJ PERSON's responsibility. Out of everybody on the team, he is honestly the only like for like. He's not a like for like. He's not a perfect replacement.There's really no replacement for what Maxi brings to this team. PJ PERSON is the closest thing to it. And if he isn't going to play as aggressively, if he can't play as aggressively, that's the reason you take him out. Not because, you know, you don't trust him or anything. It's because he has to play differently. And so, you know, take him out. Not because you don't trust him or anything. It's because he has to play differently.And so take him out, reset, bring him back in when he feels like he can play like the player that you're used to him being again. Can't get in foul trouble. I agree with you.

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Yeah, that's the point, is that they need him to be that version of PJ PERSON. They need him to be the aggressive defender. They need him to be the guy that tries on offense and they can put you know, put the ball in the deck and put a little floater up like he did a couple times in the Thunder game. They need that version of PJ Washington. And so that's why that can't happen from game one to game two. There's a bunch of other things thatcan't happen from game one to game two. The three point shooting, I feel like we'll kind of correct a little bit. We'll talk about that. We'll also talk about Kyrie PERSON. He had a couple of thoughts after the game. We'll hear from him and talk about those things that have to change from game one to game two coming up. Today's episode is brought to you by Yahoo Finance ORG. So wouldn't it be great if you could see all of your investment and retirement accounts in one place with Yahoo Finance ORG, you can do that. Consolidate all of your views from multiple accounts into onehub and access the expert analysis that you need to tend to your entire portfolio with confidence. So you want to grow your portfolio. You want to get better and all that kind of stuff. Check out your mortgage. Pretty much anything standing in the way of your financial freedom. You can check that out with Yahoo Finance ORG.For more than 25 years, Yahoo Finance ORG has been the brand behind every great investor, whether you're a season investor or you're looking for the extra guidance. Yahoo Finance gives you all the tools that you need and the data all in one place. So check it out and check out Yahoo Finance today for comprehensive financial news and analysis. Visit the brand behind every great investor. It's Yahoofinance.com, the number one financial destination. Again, check out Yahoofinance.com. Yahoo!finance.com ORG.

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Three-point shooting. That's the thing that really did the Mavericks ORG in. You can talk about the free throw shooting, and we will a little bit later, but it was the three-point shooting in the third quarter. The Thunder really got hot from three. They ended up shooting 16 of 35 from the game. That's 46%. They're not going to do that again. We hope. The Thunder really got hot from three. They ended up shooting 16 of 35 from the game.That's 46%. They're not going to do that again.

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We hope in game two. But you have guys like Jaylon Williams PERSON.

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That's their shooting team in the NBA ORG. They are.

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You give them the chances and they're going to get them. So I think the real key in this one is you just can't give them the chances, right? You've got to really, the same way that they kind of sold out the three in the Clipper series to stop Hardin PERSON. You kind of have to sell out for the three to stop the thunder from getting them. I mean, Isaiah Joe, two of three. I almost said Andrew Wiggins PERSON.Aaron Wiggins, three of four. Cason Walls, two of four. Jaila Williams got one of the two that he shot. Like those role players, you really have to kind of sell out for those guys to not get those shots. Can I ask a really dumb question?

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Andrew and Aaron Wiggins are not related, right?

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You really have me second guessing that right at this very moment.

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I've never, I've never known. And it's always been not something, I believe they're not related. But it's always been something, right? But it's always been something that's like, it's been a curiosity, but it's never been enough that I've actually typed it into Google.

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Or isn't Andrew Wiggins is Mitchell Wiggins PERSON? Like, he's related to him, right? Like who played in the NBA ORG? And so are they, like, are they all related to him?

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I mean, am I related to Kelvin Cato PERSON? That's a question I get a lot. That's a great.

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All the time, actually.

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Are you? Yeah.

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Are you?

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Yeah. I can answer this. If you look this up, because I think it's time for me to know for sure, I'm going to talk about the three-point shooting. So one thing that worries me.

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You haven't done the 23 and me about you and Kelvin Cato PERSON?

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I think if you look at a photo of him and the photo of me, I think it's pretty clear. I don't think we need to spend money on that. I'm worried, Nick PERSON. I'm worried. Dallas ORG, this is a hard thing. In game one, did, I was really impressed with the way that they were able to maintaintheir rim protection and the way that they walled off the room. This is something that coming into the series, I was starting to get, you know, I just kept looking at this team and I looked at what Dallas ORG was good at. We all talked about how good Dallas ORG was after the All-Star break, after the trade deadline. And we looked at that one little blip. You know, they lost five of six.Remember that five of six stretch.

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You know, one of it was a max sure possible shot. Three of the five teams that they lost to was Indiana

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twice and the Boston Celtics ORG. Losing to the Boston Celtics, that's, you know, that's fine.

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They're Boston. Losing to Indiana, people said that's just a bad matchup. Do you know what's in common about those two teams?

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They both have five out offenses.

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They both play shooting centers. And so I kept looking at Dallas ORG. And I kept looking at what Dallas ORG did that made them so good defensively as the series were on, you know, as the season were on after PJ Washington and Daniel Gaffer PERSON got here. And I do think this team is really good when they have one player they can help off of, whether it's a traditional center, whether it's a player that you're going to dare to shoot.One other game that they allot a lot of points was that huge comeback against the Houston Rockets ORG. And I don't know if it actually helped them that Amin Thompson PERSON, you know, got ejected from that game early on. Obviously, the team was rolling a little bit. But once Amin Thompson got ejected from that game and Shingoon was out with his ankle injury, that was a five-out team and they allowed a 120 plus offensive rating to the Rockets ORG. I was worried about the defense coming in. And Oklahoma City had a really good opposite night.Dallas ORG did a pretty effective job at limiting them from the rim. I thought that their rim protection, their ability to contest and just restrict shots in that area was decent. And if the, you know, if that's going to come at the expense of giving up some threes, and I thought in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter, those were some tough threes.Some of them are really tough ones. This is a good shooting team. I just don't know if this team is going to have the same ability to limit threes in the same way they did against the clippers. I hate to say it, but that's my mildly pessimistic thought, just about how the defense was, because I thought what they did at the rim was actually really impressive comparedto the regular season where they did struggle in these situations. Well, you know, SGA ORG and Jalen Williams

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are going to take those mid-range shots, too. So it's like, okay, you sell out the three, and then you give them the shot that they kind of want. It's like, okay, you're picking your poison at a certain point. But it was, Giddy PERSON was the matchup I kept watching. It's who's going to guard Giddy and they put Luca on him at first. And then they kind of put Gafford or lively on him and then just let him like alone in the corner and just let him do whatever he wants. And then Dagnall benched him, which he's done the whole season. It's not like he's been forcing Giddy PERSON to close games and forcing Giddy to be in the lineup all the time. He benched him and he benched him for the guys that I just mentioned,Kason Wallace, the not related to Andrew Wiggins, Aaron Wiggins, and Isaiah Joe PERSON.

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Okay, you did look this up and it's confirmed. No relation.

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From a fan-sided article that says that they are not related, that that's my source.

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Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was very sure that was the case.

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But it was just like there very sure that was the case,

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but it was just like there's, there's always something in the back of my head that I just wasn't fully sure. Yeah. So I don't think they're related. And yeah, I don't know that Aaron Wiggins is

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related to Mitchell Wiggins, who is related to Andrew Wiggins PERSON. But they're going to, they're going to get those shots. I mean, they've really struggled against shooting Biggs PERSON, like you said. And so, but it's got to, the percentage has got to change. They've at least got to limit the thunder from shooting 46% from 3. That's the thing that I think has got to change. And so that's the one thing I thinkthe Mavericks ORG really need to focus on. Another thing I think they need to focus on is the Biggs PERSON, finishing strong. This was something that Luca PERSON talked about in his post-game presser. I was really fascinated to hear Lucas PERSON answer on thisand how he was pretty open about him talking to Gafford and lively about them finishing strong, and this is what he said after the game. If you're watching on video, and if you've seen that clip, Luca PERSON at the end, kind of like smirks a little bit at the end of that. Like, oh, man, that's just what they got to do. They got to go dunk it.But they do. Like, both those guys. You can see Gafford PERSON early on. He tried some extra stuff. Like, he tried some extra stuff, taking one dribble to the rim. Lively, I felt like it was really reserved and really timid in some of the attempts that he took. But there's going to be a small down there. If Chet is not in the game or if they've got, you know, the switch that Luca PERSON wants or the switch that Kyrie PERSON wants, there's going to be a small on those guys. And they do have to finish strong. And I thought that was really interesting that Luca actually answered in the way that he did, like talking so candidly about those two guys.

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So Gaffer talked in the locker room after the game. And, you know, and we, and I asked him about this. I asked him, you know, so Oklahoma City GPE did a really good job taking away the aliubes. There was one aloeub in the game. It came from Derek Jones Jr. driving and he tossed it to Gafford PERSON.

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Where Gaffer had like a full 15 seconds to like point at the rim, go to the rim,

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and then still finish it where it was like slow motion it felt like. Yeah, yeah, really good play. And Derek Jones Jr. was fantastic in game one. He was excellent. So what Daniel Gafford PERSON got and lively as well, they consistently got catches from the 10 to 15 foot range.And like Lucas said, Chet PERSON was pulled out. Chet PERSON was crashing back and he was trying to affect the play. But these are sinners who were looking at the rim and they had one small, you know, maybe maybe a bigger small, maybe a, you know, J-dub, you know, who is a very capable defender. But they're looking at a smaller player at the rim.So, so Gafford PERSON was, was upset for the game, you know, not, not emotional, but like he's, he was clearly someone who felt like he should have hit far more of the shots than he did. One thing he talked about was just the patience and the ability to take a dribble. He thought that there's times that he should have taken one more dribble and I believe I could find his quote. It's in my article on the athletic, but a lot of those rollouts was, was a term that he used should have been dunks.You know, he thought that if he just waited a beat, you know, put the ball down, positioned himself. That was a situation where he could just go up and he could just slam it. I think he's right to an extent. I think Oklahoma City GPE did a good job. And I think if you're catching, you know, in that 10 to foot range, it's not an automatic two points. But I do think DanielGafford, who is a player who's, you know, hit 33 consecutive shots, who is the NBA ORG's field goal percentage leader is someone who can do that. Lively PERSON's instinct is to pass it out. And I think in some situations, if he's making the right kickout pass, that's also okay. Because when Lively PERSON's catching in that situation situation that means everybody's collapsing on him now the thing is sometimes he would throw it out and find someone who was kind of open sometimes he would throw it out and would pass it between two players and it would go right out of balance that was one of the maverous lastturn over so lively needs to be better about that but finishing in that situation consistently that's a way that you can be the defense making the right passes to an open shooter. That's also a way to beat the defense in those situations. I thought both centers and their respective skill sets, their respective ways they like to play those situations, I thought both of them needed to be better.

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Yeah, there was a moment where Gaffer got fouled on a drive, and then as soon as he gets foul, he turns around, and Luca PERSON is about at half court and then comes up to him and he's like he's like doing the motion where he's like take the one dribble and finish strong at that pointand you just felt like that even during the game and then Luca PERSON saying that afterwards I felt was a very interesting point. I'm curious to see how both the centers react to those

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smaller guys. Luca PERSON usually isn't that like kind of blunt about his other teammates performances. And again, I don't think he was criticizing them. He was just being honest.

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But I agree.

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That kind of stuck out to me as well that Luca PERSON, you know, just kind of said that he's right. And it was constructive criticism. But it did stand out.

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What else stood out to me was Kyrie PERSON talking about how this game was officiated. And that's another thing that has to change is the amount of fouls and the free throw shots, especially in the first half that the Thunder ORG got. What did Kyrie PERSON say about that? We'll hear from him coming up. Today's episode is brought to you by Monopoly Go PRODUCT.You know that if you like to get back with your friends and you like to get back at them, you can use Monopoly Go PRODUCT to get at them. You can use all kinds of stuff in Monopoly Go PRODUCT. Play with them and then you know that you can build up each other's boards and then you can fight them. You can smash their buildings, heist their vaults, things like that. Super fun. You can do use teamwork with them or you can play against them and try to beat them.You can do all kinds of stuff with Monopoly Go PRODUCT. Team up with your friends for time tournaments where you work together, build up each other's boards. There's more you can do when you win together. Awesome prizes you can unlock. Use Monopoly Go PRODUCT right now. There's always new timed events or things to help you win big, massive multipliers for everything you win or rent frenzies. There's always something fun to discover in Monopoly Go PRODUCT. So get off the bench. Go download it now free on the Google Play ORG or the app store. Again, download the Monopoly Go app on the Google Play or theapp store. It's Monopoly Go PRODUCT game on.

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On. All right, Tim Kato, we're talking about things that have to change from game one to game two. We talked about the turnovers. We talked about PJ Washington's ORG foul trouble. We talked about the Biggs being more aggressive with Lucas PERSON quote. And there was something else that caught my attention in post-game pressers.It was this quote that Kyrie PERSON had about the fouls and about the how you can guard Shay Gilger's PERSON Alexander without fouling him. And Kyrie was very the fouls and about the how you can guard Shay Gilger's Alexander without fouling him. And Kyrie PERSON was very candid about this. And let's hear from Kyrie PERSON. I'm It felt like it was interesting.

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It's one thing when it's fans watching a game or like us watching a game where I can be biased where it's like, I never think that, you know, the Mavericks ORG make fouls.

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And then I always think that the fouls that aren't called against Mavericks ORG are so egregious and all that. But like when a player, especially Kyrie, who does not argue with the refs, he is like the anti, he's the opposite of what Luca PERSON does a lot of the time where he does not argue. And when he does argue, you're like, okay, I'm going to listen to you because there's something different in this game. When he says that it felt like a regular season game, that really perked up my ears. I really found that that was interesting.I think if the Minnesota Timberwolves played the same kind of defense, they played against the Nuggets in their game two played in this game of game one of Mavs Thunder ORG, they all would have fouled out. And it felt so different. And it was interesting to hear like a player, especially Kyrie PERSON, call that out. I think he's right for the first half.

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I thought the first half was atypical. It was an aberration from how the playoffs have been called. Quite frankly, it was a, I think the regular season, we all talked about this. Like, the emphasis on the officiating change somewhere around late January, early February. And so people were saying like this felt like aregular season game. No, this felt like a January.

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And that's a difference.

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The play that really stuck out to me was Derek Lively PERSON, so J-Dubb, Jalen Williams, driving to the room, and Derek Lively PERSON went up with verticality. It's possible he was leaning a little to the left, to the right. That has not been called on the Dallas Mavericks ORG, that specific play, and it was a verylate whistle at that. That specific play is the backbone of what has made dallas GPE so good and i have not seen that whistled on them in quite frankly maybe months and and that really stuck out to me another this this is not quite to the point but but one funny thing i really appreciate that you brought up the

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the uh the tony brothers ORG jumbotron thing had you seen that podcast i had not seen that before i don't think i've ever

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seen a jumbo tron highlight a referee i i agree i don't think i've ever seen that before did you i think i'm halfway dude you were you were about to get to that i'm not sure i finished that

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episode did you talk about a smirk oh yeah where he gets booed and then he's like he hears this

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boo and he's like looking off in the distance and And then he looks up and realizes it's him.

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And then just like smirks at the camera.

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Yeah, it's just like a little, just a little cute smile.

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Okay, so kind of like that. Kind of like that. The one funny thing about that verticality call, it was a late whistle.

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Lively PERSON was really upset.

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So Lively PERSON's reaction, his emotions, they lead him beyond the rim kind of like to the,

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to that well, you know, where players can run out. And so he kind of gets to that little passageway

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right behind the basket. And he's just vinting. And then all of a sudden he looks in front of him

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and it's just thunder fans who are berating him and he realized that he like he turns right around because he he's not going to be angry in front of thunder fans who are going to you know saying whatever they want you know saying whatever they they they're saying in that situation i'm not suggesting like you know for all i know it was it was probably just good to sportsmanship like like taunting you know as a fan would do you know but he turns right back around and then he does the rest of his vending on the court. So I just thought that was a little funny thing.And, you know, I didn't see anything, you know, that the, that the Thunder ORG fan base did that was, you know, not appropriate or anything like that. But they have a, you know, a very good, very loud. You, you talked about it. I heard it, you know, it was, it's a really fun atmosphere there. That play really stood out to me. I will say, I don't think the officiating effect of this game.

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Dallas only had three. Wait, you don't think it affected it at all? You don't think it affected it at all?

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Sorry, I don't think it affected the result. Okay. Is that fair?

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But like, it was, it was like the second quarter, the way that they were calling the second quarter, changed the way the Mavs played defense the rest of that quarter and then even in the third quarter.

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And so then I think that did affect the game.

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I'm someone who doesn't really talk about officiating, hardly ever.

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And I did. I said that it, I thought it wasn't, you know, I think the Mavericks are right to feel like the first half was inconsistent and unfair. Not just inconsistent, but inconsistent in a big picture way. Not in a small picture. This is, you know, a weird refereeing crew. I thought it was inconsistent with overall the shift in refereeing how it's gone this, you know, over the course of the league.

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Like I said, that's a place. First quarter to second quarter, I felt like it was inconsistent. Going back at watching it, I was like, they're not calling fouls on these things in the first quarter, and they did in the second quarter.

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Right. I guess I just look at, you know, Oklahoma City had 28 free throws, Dallas at 25. I think at the end of the game, you have to look, you can look at officiating and say that needs to be better,and that might have kept the game closer. The argument you're making with officiating, I think, if you're singling that out for, you know, one of the major reasons, not the only, but one of the major reasons that was lost is, is you're making an argument, if that's your argument, that Dallas should have been up 10 or 15 at halftime and then could have been able to survive that lead, even when everything happened in the second half that it did. So I would like to see the second half of officiating i'd like to seethe consistency of what we've been seeing i'd like to see that verticality be verticality because that's what it's always been over the past few months i just i don't highlight it as like you know one of the top two or three issues i just think it's one of many things that contributed to what was ultimately a 22 point final margin.

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Yeah, and all of this undercuts the big point of yesterday's episode, the post game show, is that Luca PERSON has to be better, right? Like, all of it is dependent on that. Is that if he's not better and if he's not better than he wasn't game one, they don't win the series. They're really just not. We already talked about that yesterday, me and slightly did, so I didn't want to bring it up today as much because there's other things that happened in this game too. The Mavs had a chance. They were close in the third quarter.Like there was a shot, they had a shot in this game, even with Luca PERSON playing as badly as he did for Luca standards. But those are the things that I think the Mavericks ORG have to change. Go check that out. Go check out all the stuff on the athletic from Tim Kato PERSON. And ironically, go check out the only a Mavericks podcast, which is Tim Cato's PERSON show.

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It's not ironic.

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You're a video show.

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Okay.

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It's on video.

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If you're listening on the podcast, just close your ears for the last like 15 seconds or so.

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Go check out that on.

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Thanks, Tim Cato, for hanging out with me on the show today.

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Guys, thanks.

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I have one last question for you.

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Go for it. Did you bring a ring light?

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Like, you're very well lit. Do you like it?

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No, this is my hotel room.

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I've got multiple different kinds of light. There's warm here. There's cool, warm, cool. Like, it's, I don't know how this worked out, but I found the right lighting. We were talking about me being, like, self-conscious that I don't have, like, a cool podcast background. Like, I think I don't know how this worked out, but I found the right lighting. We were talking about me being self-conscious. I don't have like a cool podcast background.

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Like I think I'm just like bad. Like this is this is the desk in my hotel room. Maybe it's just bad. Like I turned on a light behind me. But like your your face is very well lit. And mine is just like half in

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shadows. I've been looking at it this whole time. Like there's no situation. Like this doesn't make it

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better. I look terrifying there. I don't know what the

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answer is, but you did a better job with me. I'll give you one secret is that my table can move, so I can move anywhere I want. So I was able to get like the exact right lighting. So that worked

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out really well. Okay. Well, you know, I have a travel budget, but we can't afford, you know,

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the, the, the bougie hotels like that. I didn't realize that you were at the, uh, with the table on wheels with the desk on wheels in my hotel room.

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I was, I was about to make a very good topical joke, but I can't remember what the really tall

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tower in Oklahoma City GPE is called. Oh, the one that they're building.

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No, well, no, no, that one is insane. That one's wild. Everyone here is like, there's no way that's

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going to happen, but they think it's going to happen. Apparently the Thunder ORG are going to have offices in it too.

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So that could be, you know. Devon ORG. I was going to say Dexon, the Devon Tower FAC.

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It's the one that currently exists.

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Yeah, the real one.

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So Nick is staying on the top floor of the Devon Tower FAC, just overlooking everybody like the eye of sorrow.

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Spotlight in my face.

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You know, the peasantry that is the New York Times, we can't afford stuff like that. Yeah, right. That's right. There you go.

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Guys, thanks for you're listening to Locked On Mabbs WORK_OF_ART. Peace out.

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