Flag goes for 26.
Gafford has 11 boards.
Flag has 8 assists.
And overall, this team was just in a... substantially better place than they have been over the first couple of games.
And that is speaking highly of Dusty May, his ability to coach, his ability to work around a lot of different things that had troubled them in the first couple of games.
But I want to point out the plus minuses.
Obviously, when you win this big, you're going to have a lot of pluses.
Irving goes for just 15 points, but you can tell what difference he makes when he's on the court.
26 minutes, he continues to rise those minutes up.
He's playing more and more each and every single game, but Richa Shea is a big story I want to follow.
28 minutes, 13 points for a guy who's key trade is defense he also had six boards one assist was five for six from the field two for three from three and one for two from the free throw line the three-point percentage really solid 16 three-pointers alongside of the percentage 47 from the field this is a team that i can trust to go in and not just be a play-in team but be even a six five is somewhere in that seed range moving forward Now that ought to be said, it is the Thunder team that is injured.
This is a team that did not have Chet Holmgren, that did not have Alex Carrusco, that did not have the other Jalen Williams, J-Dub, that did not have Cason Wallace.
But take it where it's due, Shea Gilgis-Alexander was on the court.
He scored 21.
A.J. Mitchell is a fantastic player.
He scored 29.
You know what this team is capable of.
You know what the Thunder are capable of.
And so when you look at this box score and you see the minuses on the screen, you know that this team, Mavericks, just beat a really good basketball team.
I don't care what you want to say about injuries, what you want to say about the team that's on the court.
You have to play who's in front of you.
Simple as that.
And the Mavericks did exactly that.
And so for that, I'm really excited.
Flag goes for 26.
Gafford has 11 boards.
Flag has 8 assists.
And overall, this team was just in a... substantially better place than they have been over the first couple of games.
And that is speaking highly of Dusty May, his ability to coach, his ability to work around a lot of different things that had troubled them in the first couple of games.
But I want to point out the plus minuses.
Obviously, when you win this big, you're going to have a lot of pluses.
Irving goes for just 15 points, but you can tell what difference he makes when he's on the court.
26 minutes, he continues to rise those minutes up.
He's playing more and more each and every single game, but Richa Shea is a big story I want to follow.
28 minutes, 13 points for a guy who's key trade is defense he also had six boards one assist was five for six from the field two for three from three and one for two from the free throw line the three-point percentage really solid 16 three-pointers alongside of the percentage 47 from the field this is a team that i can trust to go in and not just be a play-in team but be even a six five is somewhere in that seed range moving forward Now that ought to be said, it is the Thunder team that is injured.
This is a team that did not have Chet Holmgren, that did not have Alex Carrusco, that did not have the other Jalen Williams, J-Dub, that did not have Cason Wallace.
But take it where it's due, Shea Gilgis-Alexander was on the court.
He scored 21.
A.J. Mitchell is a fantastic player.
He scored 29.
You know what this team is capable of.
You know what the Thunder are capable of.
And so when you look at this box score and you see the minuses on the screen, you know that this team, Mavericks, just beat a really good basketball team.
I don't care what you want to say about injuries, what you want to say about the team that's on the court.
You have to play who's in front of you.
Simple as that.
And the Mavericks did exactly that.
And so for that, I'm really excited.
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