The honeymoon is over. As much well earned respect that Jason Kidd garnered this season in his first year as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, the tank is running dry. In Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, the Mavericks led by as many as 19 points. That wouldn’t last, as the Golden State Warriors shell shocked the Mavericks.
Everything Dallas did right in the first half evaporated in the second half. It was a tale of two teams as the Mavericks went away from everything that was working for them and fell into the same poor offensive possessions and strategies that tanked them in Game 1.