Usually we use that phrase as an all-purpose that can mean literally anything, but after Jerry Stackhouse’s performance in the final seconds of Spurs-Mavs I yesterday, we’re fairly certain if there were a dance, and the Mavs were attending, his teammates would be distancing themselves from him.
In case you missed it, Stack needed two to send it to OT, so he got the ball, dribbled it inexplicably back to the three-point line, made sure he was absolutely mega-covered, and launched. After the game, his teammates were polite in their assertion that what happened simply “wasn’t the play”.
In other horrible news for Mavs fans, Dirk was held to 20 by Bruce Bowen and his magical powers of being magical defensively.
“It’s nothing we haven’t seen,” Nowitzki said. “They’ve been trying to do that for years now. They’re not leaving me. I’m not going to get any open looks in this series. I know that. I’ll have to get my shots off the dribble.”
“It’s what you call bear-hug defense,” Johnson said. “That’s the new NBA rule. I’ve got to try to simulate a drill to help him in what you call that bear-hug defense.”
If you’ve read our crap for any length of tie, you’re aware the first thing we thought after hearing that was “that’d be awesome if he meant that literally.”
Two things would happen – either the Mavs spend their whole practice hugging each other, or they go to the zoo, throw Dirk in the bear exhibit, and see what happens. Game 2 is on some day that’s not today – go read a schedule.
By the way, if you thought that first sentence in this post was long, wait until you see what we have planned for May 19th, 2007. You’ll be freaking blown away. We’re actually starting on it today, because it’s going to take over a year to write.
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Did anyone else think Dirk looked like a big scared kid in a very large yellow shirt in the post-game? That’s frightening on so many levels.
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