Playoffs: Game 4 - New Orleans at Dallas

So what happened to the Mavs in Game 4? Everything was looking good in the 1st quarter. They were attacking the basket, drawing the fouls, keeping Chris Paul from scoring and making the plays he did so well in Games 1 and 2.

The second quarter was a disaster and it all went down hill from there. It's like the team stopped executing their orders. They stopped attacking the basket and never even went to the foul line until late into the 3rd quarter.

When a team only shoots 35% from the field, you are destined to lose the game. New Orleans scored 18 of their points on fast breaks which won them the game in my opinion.

Also Kidd was ejected with a flagrant 2 foul on Jannero Pargo, which I honestly felt it was not intentional and should have only been a flagrant 1. With Kidd only having 3 points, 3 assists and 4 rebounds, not like we missed too much from him for the remaining 7:16 left in the game.

The only players who showed up tonight were Jason Terry and Dirk Nowitzki. Josh Howard is in a slump at the worst possible time but then again, he hasn't been the same since Kidd arrived.

This team needs to rebuild themselves around Kidd in the offseason instead of Kidd trying to adjust to them half way through the season.