Originally Posted by
ouleaf
I was certainly worried when Portland took the lead late in the 3rd quarter and on into the 4th quarter, but definitely gotta give the Mavs credit for gutting out the win. They played some some pretty good defense in those final minutes and really did a great job of getting knocking down their FT's
MVP of the game has to be Jason Kidd. What a night. Love that he was looking to shoot more and he'll need to keep that mindset going forward. I'm not saying that is a performance he can repeat every game, but it was huge as the Mavs didn't really get a lot of help outside of him and Dirk.
Love to see Stevenson back in the starting lineup...Think he did a good job on Mathews and Roy when he matched up against them. Would like to see him get some more shots to maybe see if he can't catch fire b/c I'm just not sure what we are going to get from Terry against a much bigger Portland team.
Glad to get the first one....definitely helps that there is such a long break b/w games 1 and 2. The extra time off is huge for a guy like Kidd.