game about to start. I wonder how long before Luka is injured.
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looks like I was wrong. Doncic playing well. avoiding 3's until he gets hot. not forcing them like last 8 games.Comment -
Interesting to see Hardy enter the fray for the Mavs -a mediocre player... I think they have had enough of Hardaway. Only thing he does well in the playoffs is shoot and he's not elite at it. Expensive shooter.Comment -
Very tight series but the Mavs a bit more battle hardened and that appears the difference.Comment -
People seem to think the T'Wolves have a chance in game 7. Nuggets at their best trumps T'Wolves at their best imo.
As for the victory pattern of the series - LLWWWL - have you ever seen this play out before? Only one I recollect was the Dal/ Hou 1st rnd series of '05... Nowitzki's Mavs vs Yao/ McGrady's Rockets. Mavs being in the Nuggets shoes. They lost game 6 in Houston by 18, then won game 7 at home by 40.
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I think pendulum swings again.. losing by 45 is special humbling experience that requires a response commensurate with degree of criticism. I do think that the pundits influence the games so much.. after Wolves up 2-0, all said sweep, after Nuggets storm back 3 games.. predict Denver closes it out in 6...
..now Stephen A. foolishly puts the burden of delivery on Kyrie, not Luka (perhaps little faith in him).. after lauding SGA vigorously for MVP... OKC heard this and will respond. I think 7.Comment -
Like I say, most of those talking heads are terribly racist. If Mavs win it's because of Irving. If they lose it's Doncic. If T'Wolves lose it's Gobert (white mother). SGA their MVP this year, Embiid their MVP each of the two years prior. Take their words with a pinch of salt. Shannon Sharp is the only one of them that I;ve seen speak honestly.Comment -
Coach Daignault had the guts to put Chet back in with 3 fouls but coach Kidd did not do the same with Washington. So Chet has 16mins at the half and Washington 5.
V.poorly played game by the Mavs.Comment -
You hear the racism in the TV telecasts too. Richard Jefferson (in his Richard Prior cracker cop voice, ironically) has only bad things to say about Doncic but gushes about Irving & SGA. Greg Anthony, Reggie Miller, Grant Hill... all the same.Comment -
Irving has become a 2nd half player!Comment -
Seems like whomever has won the centre matchup in this series has won the game, or even quarter. Lively dominating Chet in this final frame. Rookie vs rookie.Comment -
Gafford/ Lively: 22r
Chet: 3r
Goes to show you how much more valuable scoring is to rebounding -Thunder only lost by a point!!!
Great rookie season for Chet.
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Mavs need to roll with an 8-man rotation (Exum/ Green/ Lively) in the next round. Tell Hardy & Hardaway to kick rocks.Comment -
next round should be interesting.. was not expecting Knicks not to show up.. I think Stephen A. Smith makes it harder for team to perform.. I understand that may be what's going on in his head.. but try to be a proa nd hold it in until they win the whole thing. Barking at them that "THERE IS NO TOMORROW".. is just foolish and condescending.. they know. They are already nervous.. he's like one of those helicopter parents making sure their kid screws up.Comment -
Helluva 2H by the Wolves.. Michael Porter Jr.. sure picked a bad time to go cold.. Aaron Gordon also, single digit scoring. I wonder if Nuggets try to shop Porter for 3rd scorer,.. Jokic and Murray combining for 70 not enough
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Yup, Porter the weak link in Denver. A glorified 6'10 Doug McDermott! Doesn't handle, doesn't defend. They can live with Gordon being non-productive (4 & 4 in 42mins) because he does a lot for them defensively.
Couldn't disagree more on the later point. Vs the Nuggets Doncic would be attacking Jokic off the hs. T'Wolves are going to be a penetrating nightmare for him & Irving ...people will learn to appreciate Gobert's defense a bit more after this series. Mavs will need to try to fastbreak but increasing pace will only get Edwards & Conley going. T'Wolves 1.55. Looking like a very American NBA finals at this point (i.e Edwards vs Tatum/ Brown).Comment -
Haven't seen an NBA game as physical as that since '18 Celtics/ Cavs. Like a FIBA KO game. Favoured the home team in the first half, but then the home team got tight and ceded the transition game. Same thing happened in the other series; Celtics blew a big early lead, settled for MMA fighting rather than running for easier shots.Comment -
I think Dallas is going to do well here. They dont really have a guy to handle Towns.. but I expect Irving to play as hard as he can (could be last opportunity). Doncic I think is quite relieved to play people that are strangers, he dos well against them, he has a mental block with Jokic. Would have played terribly against them. I like Mavs here.
what a disaster last 25 seconds for Pacers. I think if they win last night, they take Celtics down.Comment -
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Got that wrong didn't I? T'Wolves making it easy for the Mavs with ugly offense. Nuggets defended Edwards like he was Steph Curry, all because of that 44pt game 4? Ought to have played him straight up. He aint Jordan -SGA is Jordan
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Edwards is paying the price for disrespecting Jokic in the final minute of the game 7 win. Win with grace & humility kids... especially if the MVP is involved. I'm sure Doncic saw that.Comment -
Never rated McDaniels highly as a defender. Solid 2-way player but not on the level of Dort. Too skinny. Elite scorers just drive straight through him.Comment -
Oof! Shaq & Draymond baited Doncic into mocking Gobert post-game. The thing these jealous scoundrels deliberately leave out when asking whether Doncic wants to take Gobert 1on1 is that if Gobert is on the perimeter he's obviously not protecting the paint -any other player would be pressing up on Doncic so that it's a drive into Gobert. Min+3 Sunday night will be my first bet of the series.Comment -
Good thing TNT are losing the NBA. Beyond Ernie Johnson, and sometimes Barkley, no integrity! No class!Comment -
Jokíc more mature and all around better person than Doncíc/Luke playing well tho. Terrible idea to taunt a player. Most classy and smartest move is to shrug shoulders like Jokíc hitting monster 3 over AD/Lakers last year WCF.
Timberwolves win tonight. Same script as MInn/Den series. Not sure if they tit it up.. but G3 is theirs.
Boston acting stupitt. Sweeping Pacers terrible idea.. waaaay to much time off.. the longer you rest, the colder you get. Dallas beats Timberwolves.. AND Boston.
2024 Dallas Mavericks NBA Champions. Lukie MVP (obviously)
Series 2-1 Dallas after tonite.Comment -
The line has moved 2pts ...you rarely see that unless there's a real injury concern.Comment -
Announcers still hate Doncic & Gobert. Saying Doncic definitely fouled, with X-ray vision? And Gobert should be on the bench, though he has the best plus-minus of any player in the playoffs? HmmmComment -
And imploring Edwards to play selfishly. He takes himself out of rhythm when he's not passing.Comment -
biggest problem so far is both ANT and KAT.. Ant shooting is terrible.. and KAT likes to act like a big making 3PT'ers is a miracle. after taking the shot.. he remains in the shooting pose like even after it has missed and been rebounded. I think he is hoping for a statue and he wants that pose to be his iconic image. Dude is a clown in interviews. Really so full of himself. Hilarious and cringe.
Ant is just over his head. Our of his league for the time being.
I think good move for Dallas to lose a game here. Give Lively chance to recover fully.. adding a couple of days for his body would help, also Boston cools down a bit more. I lick Dallas vs. Boston. Too many skills and no lack of heart in Dallas.Last edited by RunBookRun; 05-28-24, 07:20 PM.Comment
