After a good positive series, the Dallas Mavericks relapsed with three consecutive losses. Last night, the Texas franchise thus fell face aux Atlanta Hawks (122-130). A setback that is difficult to pass for the Mavs coach Jason Kidd.
Since the start of the season, Dallas has seriously struggled to find consistency defensively. Ranked in 7th place last year, the Mavs now occupy the 25th position in the ranking of defensive efficiency. With 115 points conceded on 100 possessions.
A real problem for the seriously annoyed Kidd.
“If it’s with this group, then you have to, again and again, keep asking or demanding that these guys play in defense. It’s not just the attacking aspect. In this game, we gave 130 points with a team at 57% on shots.
It’s like a shootaround for them. In this League, if you do that, it doesn’t matter if you have Luka, Kareem or LeBron on your team, you’re going to lose. And no matter how many points you score, something is always going to be missing.
So until we put more effort in defense and figure out what to do, we’re going to score 120 points but concede between 130 and 140. One night it might even be 150. But that will be good because we will also score”, blew Jason Kidd at a press conference.
With injuries to Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Green and Maxi Kleber, the Mavs were seriously weakened defensively. And without proceeding to exchanges, Jason Kidd will have to find solutions …
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