I'm looking for Gerald to be seriously pissed off about game one. It's not just the scoring that was lacking.
He's really our teams "enforcer tough guy," and he was emotionless out there. He's gone head to head with virtually every elite star in this league and been the better player on a given night. He's nobody's bitch, and he let himself get treated like one in that game. Fuck that.
Marion is about as good a defender as you'll find to guard somebody like him, but it's not like Marion is on him 100% of the time he's out there. When he gets switched onto anybody else, he has to take it as an opportunity to get pissed off.
And if any Mav knocks him down he needs to hop up and start something. Get a tech called if that's what it takes. Make it clear that he's the best defender on either team, and after Dirk and LA he's also the best offensive player.