Game 5; Morning Shootaround-Tyson Chandler

By Katrina King
Image by Katrina King
Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center

A must win for the Dallas Mavericks tonight going back to Miami. The series is tied at 2-2 with the best of 3 left to play. Dallas must win tonight in order to placed themselves in a better position to win this series. An absolute must win!.
During shoot around (practice) before game 5, I had the pleasure of speaking with Coach Rick Carlise about Corey Brewers playing time and second chance points.

Q: Coach Carlise, speaking on Corey Brewer, in previous interviews when asked about Corey Brewer, you have said that he's ready and active. We know he can 3 things off the bench: energy, scoring and defense, so the question is will he see some playing in this series?

A: There's a possibility. "What I like about him, he's always ready. It's hard to tell at this point in the game, we'll just have to see depending on how well the game is going. He's definitely ready".
Q: Coach in order to win this series, second chance points are going to be very important. What are your thoughts on grabbing offensive rebounding? " We have got to do a better job on the boards.. We have to work harder and better protecting the boards and not allow the other team to grab those points as well.

Jason Terry seemed pumped up and ready to play saying that the team realizes this is a must win tonight. Not worried about all the hoopla surrounding James and his lack of playing scoring (8 pts in game 4). "Don't care. Our job is to make sure he doesn't score." We've got to be more aggressive and consistent in this game and the remaining two. We know what is at stake tonight."

When ask about consistency in his performance, from game 4, Tyson Chandler says he realizes he must get involved early in the game and stay agressive. The players could care less about LeBron lack of scoring in game 4, JET, says "good if we got in his head, give us motivation".