KERR on 3pt close-outs: “little different when it’s Andrew Wiggins challenging”; Kidd on Luka/Kyrie
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Normally Kyrie Irving would have warmed up by now, but he’s just arrived to AAC, a strong indication he isn’t playing. (Brad Townsend)
• Luka Dončić (left thigh strain) and Markieff Morris (left knee soreness) will be available for tonight’s game against the Warriors. Tim Hardaway Jr. (non-Covid illness) and Kyrie Irving (right foot soreness) will be out. (Mavs PR)
• Mavs head coach Jason Kidd pregame Warriors: he’ll try to hold Doncic under 40 minutes. I thought he was half-joking, but later on he said “if he gets to 40 minutes, I’m sure there will be a discussion because he won’t want to come out.” (Brad Townsend)
• On Luka and Kyrie missing so many games: “The communication of being able to talk to those two on the side, in the office, being able to talk basketball… unfortunately we just can’t get those two to be on the floor at the same time.”
• Steve Kerr pregame Mavericks: Draymond Green and Kevon Looney expected to play tonight in Dallas. (Dalton Johnson)
• On Wiggins and GP2 returning: “We're hopeful to get Wiggs and Gary Payton back. Both of those guys were huge in our championship run a year ago… we can feel it, we're a little short defensively, literally and figuratively, you know?” With GP2, “things are going well… We’re hopeful that he’s gonna be out there on the court before too long,” with re-evaluation expected tomorrow. (Dalton Johnson, Madeline Kenney, Kerith Burke)
• On Andre Iguodala: “I texted with him the day of his surgery a couple days ago. He's in good spirits but it's a really tough way for this season to play out. We really planned for him to be ready for the stretch run… Big loss but it’s just how it is and you have to keep going.” (Kerith Burke, Madeline Kenney)
• On the impact of Andre Iguodala: “You get better shots on offense, and your opponent gets worse shots when Andre's out there. That's just how it works.” (Monte Poole)
• On the road struggles: “The numbers are just shocking in terms of the three-point variance… even guys who aren’t considered three-point shooters… I’m not naive to think that we’re just getting bad luck… the close-out numbers, they base it on how far a guy is away… a little different than if it’s Andrew Wiggins challenging the shot…. Some of the advanced metrics don’t reflect the quality of the shot challenges that we’ve gotten on the road… defense just hasn’t been that great… clearly missed Wiggs… established our defense early (in 2021-22)… confidence… been swimming upstream all year this year.”
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