That Clarkson pass 
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Luka on Utah’s last play 
Luka on Utah’s last play
Watching the Luka Apology Force come out on the Mavs reddit is hilarious
Luka on Utah’s last play
Luka's not entirely to blame.
All started from this -
Grimes cheats off Sexton because he wanted to show a double on Clarkson, leaving Sexton open; Luka sees that Sexton is left open and is in two minds on who he should be defending.
Grimes isn't defending anyone when Collins catches the ball in the paint -
who_better_than_me
Time to go!!
Man Mavs really are built like the old Harden Rockets. They even play Luka inthe same position defensively as Harden. Luka not as good or aware with the switch defense though
who_better_than_me
Time to go!!
They hadn't been doubling Clarkson the entire so why would they start now… looks like Grimes moves up to cheat the passing lane, Utah guards had been struggling the entire 4th to beat the Dallas perimeter defenders one on one . Luka just doesn’t look active or aware on defense. look where he’s facing.Luka's not entirely to blame.
All started from this -
Grimes cheats off Sexton because he wanted to show a double on Clarkson, leaving Sexton open; Luka sees that Sexton is left open and is in two minds on who he should be defending.
Grimes isn't defending anyone when Collins catching the ball in the paint -
Grimes is showing the double to get Clarkson to bite. Who the hell plays the passing lane when Clarkson has the ball?
You either hard double Clarkson or just stay on your man.
It was a completely unnecessary action - Grimes should've just stuck to Sexton like glue.
Given the way they're configured on the court, it looks like it was intentional. Neither Luka nor Grimes are playing M2M, they're just situated in the vicinity to cover those areas of the floor. It's either Grimes and Luka are in the wrong positions, or Lively was in the wrong position. It looks like to me Lively was supposed to stop Collins, after Luka was focused on Sexton, after Grimes was playing up to get Clarkson to bite.
I don't know why they all just didn't stay on their man. Either it's smart dumb coaching or dumb players (or a bit of both).
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Mavs in shambles
Looks like we've found out what went wrong -
Sweeney confusing both Grimes and Luka.
Sweeney confusing both Grimes and Luka.
My GAWD what a terrible defense by Luka
It's still early in the season but so far it looks like Mavs overachieved again, just like that trip they had to conference finals then next season they didn't make the playoffs at all.
I mean they could fire Jason Kidd and hire a better coach, cause that roster has no room for improvement. They overpaid for that squad and they are using Trae Young's regular season strategy of being too bored of non-playoff games
It's still early in the season but so far it looks like Mavs overachieved again, just like that trip they had to conference finals then next season they didn't make the playoffs at all.
I mean they could fire Jason Kidd and hire a better coach, cause that roster has no room for improvement. They overpaid for that squad and they are using Trae Young's regular season strategy of being too bored of non-playoff games
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