Sorry, have been more than a little distracted tonight, so take these with a grain of salt:
Peja ( D- ) -- falls under the "what the hell was that?" rubric. made just enough good plays to avoid the "F", but just an ineffective perfromance. Mavs doubled him at times, smothered him at others, and he was rarely able to even get free, let alone hit shots when he actually was open.
Webb ( A- ) -- looked really good tonight. During one stretch in the first half just repeatedly took it right at Dampier and beat him repeatedly. Reminded you of just how good he can be. Moved well on defense although no huge impact. Rebounding picked up as the game went along. Encouraging performance, but not a dominant one.
Miller ( B ) -- got his butt kicked by Dampier to start the game, and then more troublingly was having all kinds of problems keeping the ghost of Alan Henderson off the board either. Don't know what's up with his rebounding right now, but he's got to figure it out. On the positive side played a nice offensive game, early on taking Dampier off the dribble to try to get him into foul trouble, and later smoothly stroking his jumper. And while his rebounding was never good, he got increasingly scrappy as the game went along and began to bang around, get his hands on balls, and generally make himself a pest.
Evans ( C ) -- seems a little harsh given that we're talking Maurice Evans here who four weeks ago nobody thought would even be in the NBA. But for a night at least he was our stater. And he didn't do much. Had some flashes of energetic play and solid defense. But also had lapses and really did very little whether it be scoring, rebounding or passing.
Bibby ( D ) -- just terrible in the first half. Totally dominated by Mavs rookie Devon Harris who just picked his pocket at will. Stablized a little bit in the second half and hit a big three. But it was bad enough that he got the JWill treatment in the 4th quarter as he watched Bobby run the team down the stretch.
BJax ( B- ) -- not his best effort and a little out of control at times. But made some really strong plays as well and ran a much steadier point in the second half than did Bibby. Looked like the old Bobby.
Songaila ( C ) -- energetic effort, but not a terribly effective one. Did a reasonable job against Dirk, but Dirk was just too strong tonight.
Ostertag ( B- ) -- this is not going to be in the numbers, but Tag came in and did what he does best for a few short stints, namely be big. Helped quiet Dampier after a big start against Miller just by suddenly posing a giant 270lb roadblock. Showed his offensive limitations but played within himself.
Barnes ( A+ ) -- ok, it wasn't truly a perfect game. But this is Matt Barnes we are talking about here. And the guy just came in and kicked ***. Quite possibly the best King, an certainly the best King little man. Great energy, athleticsim that we desperately need, an all around game and tonight was hitting his shots. Maybe our elusive backup SF is already on the roster.
Martin ( INC ) -- I am being kind to him with the INC. Came in and was really ineffective. But it was a very short stint.
Adelman ( B ) -- thought he was a bit slow to react to the Mavs using a full court press against us in the first half. Good decision to stick with Bobby over Bibby down the stretch though. And he found Matt Barnes and stuck with him when it became obvious he was outplaying any of our other smaller players.
Peja ( D- ) -- falls under the "what the hell was that?" rubric. made just enough good plays to avoid the "F", but just an ineffective perfromance. Mavs doubled him at times, smothered him at others, and he was rarely able to even get free, let alone hit shots when he actually was open.
Webb ( A- ) -- looked really good tonight. During one stretch in the first half just repeatedly took it right at Dampier and beat him repeatedly. Reminded you of just how good he can be. Moved well on defense although no huge impact. Rebounding picked up as the game went along. Encouraging performance, but not a dominant one.
Miller ( B ) -- got his butt kicked by Dampier to start the game, and then more troublingly was having all kinds of problems keeping the ghost of Alan Henderson off the board either. Don't know what's up with his rebounding right now, but he's got to figure it out. On the positive side played a nice offensive game, early on taking Dampier off the dribble to try to get him into foul trouble, and later smoothly stroking his jumper. And while his rebounding was never good, he got increasingly scrappy as the game went along and began to bang around, get his hands on balls, and generally make himself a pest.
Evans ( C ) -- seems a little harsh given that we're talking Maurice Evans here who four weeks ago nobody thought would even be in the NBA. But for a night at least he was our stater. And he didn't do much. Had some flashes of energetic play and solid defense. But also had lapses and really did very little whether it be scoring, rebounding or passing.
Bibby ( D ) -- just terrible in the first half. Totally dominated by Mavs rookie Devon Harris who just picked his pocket at will. Stablized a little bit in the second half and hit a big three. But it was bad enough that he got the JWill treatment in the 4th quarter as he watched Bobby run the team down the stretch.
BJax ( B- ) -- not his best effort and a little out of control at times. But made some really strong plays as well and ran a much steadier point in the second half than did Bibby. Looked like the old Bobby.
Songaila ( C ) -- energetic effort, but not a terribly effective one. Did a reasonable job against Dirk, but Dirk was just too strong tonight.
Ostertag ( B- ) -- this is not going to be in the numbers, but Tag came in and did what he does best for a few short stints, namely be big. Helped quiet Dampier after a big start against Miller just by suddenly posing a giant 270lb roadblock. Showed his offensive limitations but played within himself.
Barnes ( A+ ) -- ok, it wasn't truly a perfect game. But this is Matt Barnes we are talking about here. And the guy just came in and kicked ***. Quite possibly the best King, an certainly the best King little man. Great energy, athleticsim that we desperately need, an all around game and tonight was hitting his shots. Maybe our elusive backup SF is already on the roster.
Martin ( INC ) -- I am being kind to him with the INC. Came in and was really ineffective. But it was a very short stint.
Adelman ( B ) -- thought he was a bit slow to react to the Mavs using a full court press against us in the first half. Good decision to stick with Bobby over Bibby down the stretch though. And he found Matt Barnes and stuck with him when it became obvious he was outplaying any of our other smaller players.
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