re: Monty's rotations in the 4th

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Only other time I was upset was on the inbounds play late in the 3rd or early in the 4th with 9 seconds left on the shot clock. May have been the players fault, I'm not sure, but the inbounds pass was thrown to QPon who then lobbed a slow pass to Tyreke at the half court line. That wasted majority of the shot clock, then Tyreke jacked up a 4 pointer.

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I think Pondexter actually inbounded the ball to Anderson, who was really nonchalant moving it to Evans. It was obvious the design was to inbound to Evans, but he couldn't get open. Pondexter did the right thing by getting it in, but Anderson needed to be more creative than to force a lob to Evans at the mid-court circle.

Sometimes the defense sniffs out the play and then the players need to take over and make a play. On that sequence, Anderson did the exact opposite.

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Then there was the rebound conceded on the missed free throw that resulted in a 3 when we were up 8. Ended up being a 4 point possession. I could understand if Dirk misses his 2nd free throw and it takes a tough hop..... But this was freaking Rondo. He's almost a certainty to miss it. Expect a miss. It was a totally normal rebound that they just allowed a scrub like Powell to come over their back and bat away because they didn't give any effort.

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There was another missed FT where the ball was kind of slowly making its way out of bounds and Anderson just watched it slowly bouncing away rather than getting it. It was moving slow enough for a Mavs player to come from above the FT line to get it fairly easily before it went out, but Anderson didn't even consider grabbing it. That play pissed me off. I thought white guys were supposed to hustle and bring energy with non-stop motors.

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but Anderson didn't even consider grabbing it. That play pissed me off. I thought white guys were supposed to hustle and bring energy with non-stop motors.

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Yea that was infuriating.

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Terrible tonight. Had a chance for a white out and blew it.

Saving his job with 4 white dudes and a Frenchman though. That's pretty cheeky.

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Why rest crucial players when you can break out an NBA lineup circa 1952? We didn't even get a granny shot free throw. So much fail. Fire Monty.