作者popstarkirby (POP先生)
看板Mavericks
標題[外電] Fight club: Dallas Mavericks must keep battling, Carlisl
時間Fri Jan 16 11:54:16 2009
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If looking for a bright spot about the Mavericks' four-game losing streak,
there is a big difference between this funk and the five-game skid in
November.
Back then, they were five games under .500.
This time, they are five games over .500.
If they can come up with the same sort of manly response they had when things
looked bleak after losing five in a row two months ago, the Mavericks will be
just fine.
That's a big if, however. And it's going to take a spark. Last time, it was
an overtime win at New York that would spring the Mavericks on a 20-6 surge
that lifted them to nine games above .500.
"We fought through a tough stretch early in the year and we're going to fight
through this," coach Rick Carlisle said. "There's no easy way out of a losing
streak. It's got to be a team effort. Everybody can do something better to
help us through this, and that includes coaches, players, everybody."
The backslide has left them at another crossroads. They either fight their
way out of this funk like they did the first time, or they dawdle along and
face the real possibility of missing the playoffs.
The variable in both of those alternatives would be a trade between now and
the Feb. 19 deadline. They are exploring their options, which is no different
than any other season. It was about this time last year that rumblings first
cropped up regarding Jason Kidd.
It's become obvious with Josh Howard out that the Mavericks need another
scorer. But those don't grow on trees.
In the meantime, they will try to clear their heads. The players were given
Thursday off after five games in seven days.
Carlisle used Jason Terry as a prime example of what the Mavericks need.
Terry has been playing on a sore right leg and in Tuesday's game at Denver,
suffered a blow to the other leg. Carlisle said it was the first time all
year that Terry didn't go out and shoot a long session of jump shots before
the game.
"He's a determined guy," Carlisle said. "He's one of the core guys that's
kind of the spirit of our team. He's huge. Any success we've had this year,
he's had a lot to do with.
"He's a fighter, a battler. And right now, we've got to have 14 battlers.
That's where we are. We've got to help each other and get better before
Saturday night."
That would be when Utah visits and if anybody thinks the Mavericks will have
an easy time breaking their losing streak, they haven't been paying attention
to Utah. The Jazz and Mavericks now officially have a history. Dirk Nowitzki
has been suspended for a game after the two most recent trips to Utah. Go
back further and Jerry Stackhouse has accused the Jazz of "cowardly" tactics.
Neither team is particularly fond of the other.
Briefly: The Mavericks plan to have an intense practice session today, since
this is the first time since early December that they have had two full
off-days consecutively without a holiday or travel day in between. Thursday
was used as a rest day, although several players came to the trainer's room
for treatments. ... The Heroes Basketball Organization will unveil plans for
a youth basketball center today that will be named in honor of owner Mark
Cuban. An old YWCA facility at 1800 Bonnie View Road will undergo a major
renovation and become a recreational center with an NBA-style activities area
to focus on basketball, technology, academics and community gatherings.
Jet腳在酸都打的比一堆人好了
看到兩個球員那麼拼還輸球
真不知道其他人在幹麻....
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推 Terryless :被過被擋切就不繼續貼的球員真濫 01/16 11:55
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