Will diagnoses a debilitating 124-122 clutch time loss to the Indiana Pacers in a game where the Mavericks defensive woes were once agin put on full display. Will talks about the Mavericks overfilling the first half and the hot start the Pacers got off to as well as the Mavericks reliance on Luka Doncic to keep them in the game throughout large stretches of this one. He also talks about positives such as the Mavericks pace of play and increased shooting production from Tim Hardaway Jr. and Reggie Bullock but ultimately he talks about the Mavericks downfall that was categorized by a lack of clutch time offense, The Mavericks and Kyrie not capitalizing in the non-Luka minutes, as well as the defense just being too lackluster and non-energetic as a whole. He also talks about the return of Maxi Kleber who hadn't played for 2 1/2 months due to a right hamstring tear and praises him for his ability to come in and play 24 important minutes for the Mavericks after being on a minute restriction, especially the way he played down the stretch defensively. Will also gets into some narrative based topics that emanated from this game such as Christian Wood heading back to the locker room after 2 errant illegal screens, Kyrie's potential confidence issues, as well as Luka's attitude towards the referees and subsequently not getting back on defense because of it. Lastly he talked sparingly about how some of the Pacers played and how good the Haliburton-Turner pick and roll was as well as how good Turner fared defensively along with some other Pacer role players.
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