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Dereck Lively in his NBA Debut: 16/10 on 7-8 shooting, team high +20 (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by juk12@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Lively was the difference maker. Came back on with 2 mins to go and the Mavs went on a 9-2 run. His defensive effort was critical in the win tonight.

His vertical scoring ability as a lob threat completely changes the dynamic of the Mavs offense. Stopping Luka and Lively going downhill is going to be a challenge for the league with Luka’s elite playmaking and scoring ability

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[–] mrwhitaker3@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, not sure why they started Kleber. Lively played well in the preseason. He's an actual rim protector/rim runner as well. I thought Duke used him poorly last year. The fact they have him learning from Tyson Chandler is also a good thing.

[–] imianha@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Kidd said to help him avoid early faults. Tbh, if he’s gonna play 30’ a night and still ENDING the game, im cool with it, though i would like to try him starting and see if he can avoid early faults