Despite opening the series with a victory, the Dallas Mavericks join the Minnesota Timberwolves as being motivated to improve in Game 2.
on Wednesday, marking their first series-opener win during this year's postseason. Both teams see significant room for improvement before Friday's matchup.
Considering the Timberwolves were coming off a hard-fought seven-game series against the Denver Nuggets before advancing past the Western Conference semifinals, Anthony Edwards felt the team was probably "a little tired." After putting a target on his back by name-dropping Kyrie Irving as his assignment after that Game 7 victory over the Nuggets, Edwards was held to 19 points while Irving scored 24 of his 30 points in the first half to set the tone for Dallas.
During Game 2, the Mavericks expect the Timberwolves to take a high volume of 3-point attempts again. Coach Kidd emphasized the importance of continuing to protect the paint but acknowledged how challenging it can be given how many threats Minnesota has to account for. "Some of them we got. We have to be better. When you shoot over 40, you're not going to be able to contest all of them," Kidd said. "But I thought, again, we have to be better. We gave a couple that we knew that we have to be better. So we got to protect the three-point line.... They're saying that they had got good looks. They believe that they can make some of those, and then the game will be different. So we have to be better at guarding the three-point line.
"It's really trying to adapt... We're trying to cover in the paint," Lively said. "But at the same time, we knew it was an inside-outside game to try to be able to contest shots. They were making shots today. We're going to adapt. We're going to be able to just go back, scout, learn, figure out who the shooters, figure out what makes them feel comfortable, where they're shooting from, and try to eliminate that.
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