Mavs Saturday Morning Donuts: Rhapsody In Blue

Mike Fisher -- DB.com

   DONUT 1: The reviews on the Mavs are in from LA and …they like our uniforms! They really like them!

    So does Mavs owner Mark Cuban, reportedly bouncing into action after the Special Blues were the uni of record in Dallas’ 94-80 win at the Lakers. Tony Cubes had already scheduled his Mavs to wear those special-event togs 15 times (that's the NBA max for "third jerseys'')… but it seems he’s going to petition the league to up that number.

    Hey, this is like that "lucky shirt'' you were wearing the first time you kissed a girl. ... you end up wanting to never take it off.

   DONUT 2: Andrew Bynum, the Lakers center, bought a yellow “Bumblebee’’ car like the one in “Transformers.’’

     What is this guy, 22?

     Oh, yeah. That’s exactly what he is.

     So the “Bumblebee,’’ poor taste in film and wet dreams about Megan Fox it is.

    Oh, and by the way: For one night, anyway, Erick Dampier was just fine against Andrew Byrum, thank you.

   DONUT 3: It’s a 9:30 start tonight on TX21. Josh Howard (ankle, but maybe only a week away?) missing for the Mavs and the rookie Blake Griffin sitting out for the Clippers.

   Tonight’s “FISH on ESPN’’ appereance: A full-show extravaganza following TCU football and before the start of regular Mavs programming, tonight from (around) 6-to-8 p.m. on 103.3 ESPN Radio! … and then in the official Mavs pregame show, another segment to take you up to tipoff!

    DONUT 4: Nice of the Clippers’ Blake Griffin to serve as Eddie Sefko’s doorman.

    Eddie, I’m assuming you tipped the lad?

   DONUT 5: Off-topic a bit (though aren't the Spurs always in our heads a bit?): My Spurs-watching spies with a trio of observations about the Mavs rival:

   DONUT 6: How cute! Here’s a Halloween’s-eve tweet from jasonterry31: “Hey is anybody gonna be me for Halloween lol?? Send me ur pics & I'll post em. I'll also pick a winner for best costume & send u a prize!’’

   DONUT 7:  The Mavs really did play in LA as if the Game 1 result against Washington was a black mark in need of erasure.

   Said Jet: “We owed our fans a better performance tonight. We know they were all watching at home.’’

   Added Rick Carlisle: "We always take it personally after we get our asses kicked.’’

   DONUT 8: I went back and looked at that zone featuring The 3-PG Attack. (My full game report is here.) Did Dallas even use it before the fourth quarter? I’ve always thought it was a better “change-up’’ than a “go-to pitch,’’ if you know what I mean. There was no more than eight minutes of it played in that fourth quarter (I think Dallas switched in and out of it at times) and it was certainly effective in providing Kobe with a different challenge.

    It’s also an admission by the Mavs that while I thought Marion was good against The Drama Queen and that Q and Kidd were OK, too, they really don’t have a singular Kobe Stopper.

    But really, who does?

   From Kidd:

    DONUT 9: Wes points out that only twice last season did Raptor-turned-Mav Kris Humphries register 20 minutes in a game.

    After the way he won his wrasslin’ matches against the Lakers in 20 minutes of play, Handsome Humphries ought to top that 20-minute record … like, this week.

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    DONUT 11: Mark Cuban simply cannot help himself. So he’s pointing out that – whether Lamar Kardashian knows it or not – teammate Ron Artest “knew’’ Khloe before Lamar did.

    DONUT 12: Odd quote of the night from LA: “The Lakers, we have huge confidence playing against them. Last year we let three games slip away that we thought we had an opportunity to win.’’ – Jason Terry.

    Really, Jet? Huge confidence?

    DONUT 13: Some media type said to Shawn Marion that because “not a lot of guys were talking about you before the season, maybe this sort of victory puts you on the map?’’

     Marion’s strong response: “We're already on the map.  Just because people didn't talk about us doesn't mean we're not on the map.  Trust me, we're there.  When you go look at the map you see Dallas right there.’’