When I am wrong I am really wrong. Dal loses by 12 and the Clips go over by 100. Well, not quite but if you were like me and played the under it seemed like 100. The over was never in jeopardy.
Dec 17 is when Ind has to go to Dal and if the line isn't rediculous I'll probably be on Dal again. I watched the game and this is the way I saw it. See if you saw the same thing I did.
On the surface I felt the refs were pretty consistant but this is mis-leading. They let the teams play physical and Dal without LaFrentz is not a physical team. I felt that Ind played more physical than I have seen them all year and the refs by letting them play a physical game actually gave Ind an advantage. The turning point of the game was the charging foul on Nowitski. If the call had gone the other way it would have been a five point game ( I believe Dal was down by 8 at the time, might be off by 2 here) and might have been enough to get Dirk out of his funk.
Don't get me wrong, I think Ind was more than ready to play and had a great game plan. That might be the best I have ever seen Thomas coach. Going to the zone when Dal went on that run was a killer and totally un-exspected by Dal. But the bottom line is that the refs and a great game plan did not win this game for Ind.
The fact is that Nowitski and Finley went 11-40 and most of those shots were wide open looks at the basket. At the same time the Ind first six were shooting 57% for the game and it wasn't like Dal wasn't playing d. Anything O'neal, Harrington, and B Miller put in the air went in and a lot of those were not easy shots. 64% for the game.
Here's how I see it. Ind outshot Dal by 10 fg and out rebounded Dal 54-36 and still only won by 12. Should have been a lot more. If Nowitxki shoots just 40% (he's a 45% shooter), Dal wins and covers. That's not even counting Finley. If the line isn't totally screwed up on Dec 17 (high) I'll be on Dal. Might even if it looks too high.
Dec 17 is when Ind has to go to Dal and if the line isn't rediculous I'll probably be on Dal again. I watched the game and this is the way I saw it. See if you saw the same thing I did.
On the surface I felt the refs were pretty consistant but this is mis-leading. They let the teams play physical and Dal without LaFrentz is not a physical team. I felt that Ind played more physical than I have seen them all year and the refs by letting them play a physical game actually gave Ind an advantage. The turning point of the game was the charging foul on Nowitski. If the call had gone the other way it would have been a five point game ( I believe Dal was down by 8 at the time, might be off by 2 here) and might have been enough to get Dirk out of his funk.
Don't get me wrong, I think Ind was more than ready to play and had a great game plan. That might be the best I have ever seen Thomas coach. Going to the zone when Dal went on that run was a killer and totally un-exspected by Dal. But the bottom line is that the refs and a great game plan did not win this game for Ind.
The fact is that Nowitski and Finley went 11-40 and most of those shots were wide open looks at the basket. At the same time the Ind first six were shooting 57% for the game and it wasn't like Dal wasn't playing d. Anything O'neal, Harrington, and B Miller put in the air went in and a lot of those were not easy shots. 64% for the game.
Here's how I see it. Ind outshot Dal by 10 fg and out rebounded Dal 54-36 and still only won by 12. Should have been a lot more. If Nowitxki shoots just 40% (he's a 45% shooter), Dal wins and covers. That's not even counting Finley. If the line isn't totally screwed up on Dec 17 (high) I'll be on Dal. Might even if it looks too high.
