5 reasons you can’t blame The Dallas Mavericks loosing to the Golden State Warriors

5.) Dirk Now-slightly above average-itzki

Averaging a mere 20 pts and 11.5 Dirk defiantly lost a step or two; a Perennial all-star and MVP candidate wasn’t what he was during this series. Great moments are born from great opportunity and when your star player does not take advantage of that opportunity and dominate, than your team is doomed for let down. When the light shine brightest the star is supposed to transcend there norms not play a disappearing act. He did have one moment of excellence in game five with 30 points and 12 Rebounds but, then he played a similar disappearing act in Game 6 with only 8 points and 10 Rebounds.

4.) Truffle shuffle of centers

Game 1-Nowitzki, Game 2-Dampier, Game 3-Dampier, Game-4/6 Diop,

With Nowitzki being a complete waste of talent at the center position and the fact that the Mav’s would be better off playing with only four players seeing how pitiful Diop and Dampier have been. In the Games Dampier started he had 5 fouls then 3, and had a cumulative 5 pts to show for nearly 31 minutes of play; and Diop slightly more productive with 16 fouls, 8 pts, and 88 cumulative minutes (not including Games 5&6)

3.) “You are still but a padawan, Avery!”-Don Nelson

True, Don Nelson was the architect of this Maverick team his nurturing turned Dirk Nowitzki into the star he is today; one can claim that because of this he best knew how to shut Dirk down and that thusly resulted in the Mav’s loosing. However, I believe because of Avery inability to motivate his team when he should of and because his mishandling and shuffle of Centers, Avery’s inexperience as a head coach really started to show. He allowed his team to play the Warrior’s game and let them control the tempo which resulted in there losses.

2.) Under Pressure

Shooting under .500 from the field and having a non existent arc game making only .381 may have a little to do with the pressure of the level of hype that surrounds the Mav’s. In that they were the most dominate team in the NBA during the regular season even making a run at Chicago Bull Legend status but falling short of a 72-10 season, they were supposed to dominate Golden State from the very beginning of the game to the very end with ease. Perhaps they took them too lightly or perhaps they were shellshock by the loss in Game 1 and could never regain the same composure they had during the regular season.

1.) Baron Davis is god!

He really is... I have proof… average of 25 pts, 4.75 AST, 2.25 STL, exactly .500 from the field, the Arc, and .740 from the charity stripe. Dare I say this is a very Jordon-esque performance? Davis is playing like an all-star, he has elevated his game and has elevated his team passed the best in the west.

* Most stats were calculated pre-game 5 so they may be a point or two off, however the serve as a generality to prove a point.