Mavs Lose; Conspiracy?
Since I defended against the San Antonio conspiracy theory, I cannot play the conspiracy card for the Mavericks as an explanation for their loss tonight. But I can certainly question several of the foul calls. At the very least, the NBA has a ways to go on their refereeing.
Watching Dwyane Wade initiate contact and get the foul makes me crazy. He did so with Devin Harris and it was blatant. There was another case where he was untouched and drew the foul. And then there was the foul where he pushed off on Dirk and drew the foul. Its certainly true that the league’s stars get the calls, but let’s at least keep it reasonable. Geez.
And though it wouldn’t have helped the cause, did anyone notice the shirt-grab on Jason Terry on the last shot?! How do you have a fist full of jersey and not draw a foul?
Oh well. The Mavericks had a winnable game and their refusal to go to the rack doomed them. They settled for outside shots and though they had early success, they soon went cold. The chill prevailed throughout the evening. In my opinion, when you go cold from the outside, you have to find another way. Drive the rack, boys!
Player of the game for the Mavs: Daniels. Wow. And I wanted to see less of him. I got my wish for Van Horn who ended his year with a DNP.
The worst part of this is that Antoine Walker gets a ring. He’s the most selfish player in the league and somehow gets rewarded. It makes me question my religion.
And finally, now we all know that you don’t plan the parade after your 2nd win. The Basketball Gods are so unforgiving of such egregious sins.
And so it ends for the Mavs; a much better playoff run than the Stars who have been golfing for two months now.
Next up, Aggie football where I do not expect to be blogging about a championship game.