2024 Playoffs Round 2: Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

[Melonhead]

It doesn?t matter how long Luka is out for. He had almost 4 days of rest and nothing changed. This is the Luka we?re getting with his injury.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Yo what? Gafford driving from the 3 point line now?

Desperate times - desperate measures

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! OKC is chanting "refs you suck"

Most biased game I have seen in the playoffs

[BPo001]

That shot was wet. Nothing but net

[EricaLubarsky]

-15

Lively having he Kai/Luka TOs himself.

[blessednegr0]

GET THJ THE FUCK OUT

[BPo001]

TAKE HARDAWAYS JERSEY AWAY

[EricaLubarsky]

Calling the series now

I'd have Mavs in 6 with a healthy Luka

Thunder in 5 with this hollow husk of Luka

[Melonhead]

Good night folks. Series is over with injured Luka.

[blessednegr0]

Take back Kidd's extension too. This is unbelievable. Rest Luka if he's hurt and not helping the team. Do NOT play THJ. How the hell are we allowing this to happen...

[SMC0007]

Refs gave them a lead and set the tone.

Kyrie waita until ita too late to do shit.

THJ somehow is allowed to fucking put a jersey on.

Aside from that. Okc just wanta it more. We havent gotten any looae balls that bounce right by us and are getting out rebounded and killed in the paint

[EricaLubarsky]

Credit to the Thunder. They are good and playing well.

We're down because we suck.

This is a hollow husk of our potential but with Luka facing leg, knee, and ankle problems for 80%+ of every season, it's certainly looking like Luka won't be healthy again-- ever. Definitely not before we are knocked out of the playoffs.

[EricaLubarsky]

-16

My prediction of -21 is shaping up nicely

[EricaLubarsky]

We've now been outscored in every quarter other than the first where we tied.

[EricaLubarsky]

-19

I just want the Mavs to win one quarter this series.

[SMC0007]

Maybe the coaching staff with provide Kidd with the adjustments again like vs Clips

[BPo001]

Seriously why is THJ out there? Going to give him a quick heat check? I?d rather see Hardy if that?s the case.

[BPo001]

23 sec of amazing defense to give up a 3

[EricaLubarsky]

-22

Maybe my prediction of -21 was too generous

[BPo001]

Put in Powell and the rest of the bums.

[SMC0007]

Leaving Luka in AND not playing a center is as bad as playing thj

[BPo001]

Man these fuckers don?t miss from 3

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs are so fucked. You can't limp into the playoffs with good defense and non-existent offense and win a second-round series. We were honestly lucky we faced the Clippers. Without it, Kidd wouldn't have gotten that extension.

[blessednegr0]

I am fucking sick of this. THJ is the only person I know to leave a fucking 3 point shooter... That's game. How many 3 pointers do we need to see with THJ sagging off of a shooter before we switch shit up. Exum and Green played better. Where the fuck is Hardy? THJ does not need to play again in the playoffs.

[BPo001]

Mavs have 10 points this quarter lol

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Man these fuckers don?t miss from 3

Thunder 47%

They were the #1 team in the league

Mavs 41% from the field, 32% from three, 74% from FT.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Mavs are so fucked. You can't limp into the playoffs with good defense and non-existent offense and win a second-round series. We were honestly lucky we faced the Clippers. Without it, Kidd wouldn't have gotten that extension.

Kidd extension was a Cuban checkers move.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Thunder 47%

They were the #1 team in the league

Mavs 41% from the field, 32% from three, 74% from FT.

Hard to win when the other team shoots almost 50% from 3

[BPo001]

Fucking Powell 0-2 from the line.

[EricaLubarsky]

POSTMORTEM (Beause this one if over)
1) Luka SUCKED. Not even good defense. He was just garbage from every spot on the floor.

2) rebounding SUCKED. We got outrebounded by 6. Six extra shots for them based on our garbage rebounding.

3) TOs. Thunder cause a lot. We had 15 going into the final minutes. They had 9. Six extra shots from TOs.

4) Threes. We can't hit them. They can. Our league-worst 33% isn't going to keep us in games against their league-best 47%

5) PITP - we lost it by 6

6) Fast break - also lost by 1

7) Points off turnovers. We lost that one too 22-9. In a 22pt game, we gave them 13 more points off of our TOs.

8) FTA - they had three more attempts and four more makes

9) Assists? We lost 26-17

WE LOST LITERALLY EVERY STATISTICAL CATEGORY

[BPo001]

Gafford showed up today which is a positive.

[EricaLubarsky]

Half wonder if Luka should have sat and Hardy played. We'd still have lost but at least Luka could rest.

Mavs going nowhere on Luka's knee. Maybe he can get an adamantium knee this post-season in Cancan.

[SMC0007]

Its a no brainer to play Hardy over THJ.

Is Omax available?

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Its a no brainer to play Hardy over THJ.

Is Omax available?

OMax is still injured.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

POSTMORTEM (Beause this one if over)
1) Luka SUCKED. Not even good defense. He was just garbage from every spot on the floor.

2) rebounding SUCKED. We got outrebounded by 6. Six extra shots for them based on our garbage rebounding.

3) TOs. Thunder cause a lot. We had 15 going into the final minutes. They had 9. Six extra shots from TOs.

4) Threes. We can't hit them. They can. Our league-worst 33% isn't going to keep us in games against their league-best 47%

5) PITP - we lost it by 6

6) Fast break - also lost by 1

7) Points off turnovers. We lost that one too 22-9. In a 22pt game, we gave them 13 more points off of our TOs.

8) FTA - they had three more attempts and four more makes

9) Assists? We lost 26-17

WE LOST LITERALLY EVERY STATISTICAL CATEGORY

I thought we would have had more blocks, but even that is tied at 8.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Its a no brainer to play Hardy over THJ.

Is Omax available?

Fuck it give Lawson his minutes. He plays hard every second he?s out there.

[ShaggyDirk]

Luka put on another 5-10 lbs over last 4 days.

[BPo001]

Exum staying ice cold this post season.

[EricaLubarsky]

But seriously, is Luka done?

Midseason he had a game like this and I was so disgusted, but I knew he'd bounce back and never have another game like that.

Then against the Clippers he shot 40.5% from the field and 24% from three FOR A SERIES

Then tonight he shot 32% and 13% from three.

[EricaLubarsky]

Good news is May 13th, Luka can start rehabbing that knee.