Official Site of the Mavs · May 3, 2022
‘Cracking their guys’ is step one to jump-start Mavs’ rebounding
PHOENIX – It’s been so long since the Mavericks have been out of the first round of the playoffs, they’ve kind of forgotten how to act.
Understandable, since most of their heavy lifters have never played this deep into the NBA postseason.
But what they must convince themselves is that they can’t lean on anything that happened in the 4-2 series win over Utah in the first round.
It’s gone. Nothing that happened is going to make life any better for them after they lost Game 1 to the Phoenix Suns.
Game 2 on Wednesday will require adjustments and upgraded execution.
And holding Phoenix under 121 points.
“That helps, yeah,” as Dwight Powell said Tuesday at practice.
