Mavericks’ Jason Kidd lays into team’s defensive effort following loss to Hawks: ‘It’s a shootaround’

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd ripped his team's defensive effort Wednesday night following a 130-122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

"If it’s with this personnel, you got to keep asking or demanding for those guys to play defense," Kidd said when asked how to fix the defense. "It’s not just the offensive end. Tonight, we give up 130, a team shot 57%. It’s a shootaround.

Head coach Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the Clippers game at Crypto.com Arena on Jan. 10, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.or LeBron [James], you’re going to lose. It doesn’t matter how many points you score, you’re always going to be short. So until we put a better effort into playing defense and understanding what we have to do, then we’re going to score 120, but we’re going to give up 130 or 140. One night, we might give up 150.

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