The Mavericks had a historically great offense this year. I think the highest ORTG ever. So it was interesting to see many people cite their performance against the clippers as proof of them being “overrated” defensively.
No one else left in the tournament has an offense as good as the Mavs. I’m not suprised the clippers defense is dominating this Denver offense.
Maybe statistically, and they were missing KP for the majority of the series, so I'll acknowledge that. That bench was much better than I thought, the Clips are hard to score on but that Dallas bench scored on the Clips at will basically. A healthy and better KP and smart front office can get that team contending in no time, I think they can plug in better defenders without losing offensive firepower by replacing Kleber and possibly getting a wing defender instead of Jackson or Powell.
With my own eyes I feel that the Rockets are the best offensive team in the league, but they don't have a reliable 1 and 2 option in the clutch and once they slump offensively, they SLUMP, so obviously they are still very beatable. Honestly I'm pleased with the bubble playoffs, it's been good outside of the refs.
