Besides our new-found knowledge that Dirk Nowitzki is actually a divine being sent to earth to bless the masses with his prodigious basketball skills, not much actually.
Here’s what I can say with utmost certainty about Dirk NO-MISS-ski:
-Dirk no longer needs to see the basket when shooting; it is merely a luxury reserved for lesser beings.
-As far as Basketball Reference is concerned, Dirk Nowitzki is one of only two players as far back as their database goes to ever score 40 or more points on 15 or less field goals attempted and 15 or less field goals made in a playoff game.
-No one has ever taken more than 21 free throws in a single game and made every single one. Except Dirk.
-I couldn’t hit 24 straight free throws if the basket was a bathtub and the ball had a homing device.
-Dirk Nowitzki is officially unguardable. Even with Ibaka’s oven mitt in his face and not an inch of ground given, Dirk still managed that awkward 17-foot one-legged fall away.
Some other scattered game 1 thoughts…
Russell Westbrook needs to dominate the point guard matchup…
Westbrook, in four games against Dallas this season, has shot 17-59 from the floor for an average of 16 points a game. That obviously needs to be reversed if Oklahoma City has a chance of beating
Dirk’s performance was unholy, butttttt……..
He got a bunch of ticky-tack fouls to go his way. OKC was allowed to play the Grizzlies’ big men physically in round two and they won’t seem to have that luxury against
Oklahoma City is FINE…
The Thunder took the Mav’s best shot and were down only six with two minutes to go. They won the transition battle 22-14, won the battle in the paint 40-36, out-rebounded Dallas, and even got to the line more despite Nowitzki practically living at the stripe. Durant dominated whoever guarded him and James Harden had a solid outing off the bench.
If Westbrook improves and OKC can cool it with the fouls I like my previous prediction of Oklahoma City in six.
Assuming Dirk can't score 60 on 10 shots, that is.
No comments:
Post a Comment