Dallas is smooth and well-coached. Players are unselfish. Everybody has a role, and embraces it.
Oklahoma City is young, roles are less defined and players aren't always willing to accept them.
In Dallas, everything revolves around Dirk Nowitzki. Teammates find him. And if defenses are skewed to stop him, Nowitzki often finds the open man.
You saw the selflessness on Nowitzki's three-pointer with 1:14 remaining in Dallas' playoff-clinching victory Wednesday. He missed an earlier three on the sequence. Then his teammates snapped the ball from Maverick to Maverick and ultimately to Nowitzki, who hit the clinching three.
Kevin Durant is a sensational scorer. He is Oklahoma City's Nowitzki. Lesser, but still one of the league's best scorers. The Thunder, however, often ignores him. Hey, who's that open tall guy over there? I don't know, says Russell Westbrook. Never seen him before.
Westbrook shoots too much. The Thunder would still be playing if they had a point guard who looked for Durant.
They don't.
say what you want, but if the bobcats had westbrook then we would be a much better team, westbrook is agreesive young pg and will be good one day..i think its durant fault that he didnt demand the ball..durant need to grow some cahonas..
Posted by: bball madness | May 26, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Tom you are correct; it seems there was a brief period when the Suns were running hard where passing the smart ball was becoming cool again. The fad didn't last for most teams, sad to say.
Great to see you writing about some NBA. Keep it up.
Posted by: Downtown Sports | May 26, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Durant is too much of a pacifist. He is terrified on the big stage. Westbrook is just cocky and arrogant enough and has just enough swagger to want the responsibility of taking a last shot. Durant wants people to think he is trying desperately to get open, but he really isnt.
Posted by: Jason Warren | May 26, 2011 at 01:46 PM
Spot on Tom. i couldn't agree more.
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