Mark Daigneault Weighs In On Josh Giddey's Slow Start To Mavericks Series

As the Dallas Mavericks kept the Oklahoma City Thunder at arms length on Thursday en route to a Game 2 win to even the series, a constant thread was the runs the Mavericks were able to go on with Josh Giddey on the floor. The third-year guard who has turned in an up-and-down junior campaign was a -20 in just ten minutes of actions on Thursday - with many defensive lapses and cramping the Thunder's offensive spacing on the other end. This is not uncharted territory for Giddey. Not only did he get off to an extremely slow start this season, but look no further than last week's Pelicans series where the former NBL star did not get heated up until Games 3 and 4 inside the Smoothie King Center - an arena he consistently lights up.