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

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

We should also remember that the Thunder were the number 1 seed. Only the Celtics had a better record than them (with Den tied).

So we're right up there with one of the best teams in the league. That's all you can really ask for.

Win% since March 7th when the Mavs finally got healthy (and stopped Kidd's stupid defense)

[blessednegr0]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Win% since March 7th when the Mavs finally got healthy (and stopped Kidd's stupid defense)

Love this. Let's hope it holds true.

[MFFL]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Seriously, if THJ has even one more game like this one, then I'd reconsider trading him in the offseason.

He's gotta go simply because his dad is always stirring up shit. Quote from TODAY

Hardaway Sr. said, "when Luka's not playing, the ball moves better."

https://thesmokingcuban.com/posts/da...ka-doncic-take

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by MFFL

He's gotta go simply because his dad is always stirring up shit. Quote from TODAY

Hardaway Sr. said, "when Luka's not playing, the ball moves better."

https://thesmokingcuban.com/posts/da...ka-doncic-take

I dunno, maybe it lights a fire under Luka's ass. Honestly, anyone who trashes Luka just gives him fuel.

In fact, it almost seems staged at this point because it's so absurd.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Poor Luka...

https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/stat...48450908115133

But we know he is playing.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Fans were screaming all night in OKC and both Luka and Kyrie complained to security to address it. Our guys didn't get anyone kicked out, but security did tell them to chill out. It's the reason both Luka and Kyrie taunted the fans upon leaving (Luka did the arms and Kyrie did a sarcastic wave)

Luka said fans were calling his wife and children names.

Kyrie didn't say the nature of the taunts, but responded with "all races are god's children"

Some clips I saw had fans calling Luka's wife a "b--ch" and "dog face" and I heard the N-word more than once in clips from courtside.

Classless OKC fans.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1788936762426806692

This is surely what Kyrie meant. I didn't know the name Oklahoma had that meaning.

[EricaLubarsky]

As much as THJ got some love (and probably won us the game), it's stormy around Hardaway Lane.

THS (daddy) is talking all sorts of shit about Luka behind the scenes.

AWwwwkkkkward.

[LukaMagic]

How OKC use Dort:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1788826154612187355
(this was the call of the game #1/2)

https://youtu.be/uF_WS0osjx0
(Notice the commentators here. "Looks like something has happened to Luka." Like Luka had a problem on his own. Not due to anyone else. (ps Commentators are hired by the league. As are the refs.))

https://youtu.be/cK1izSyMBf8?t=101
(#2/2 along with this) (This was a critical call. In game one Dort got every single one of these calls)

https://youtu.be/cK1izSyMBf8?t=69
(Notice here how he ACTS LIKE HE IS FALLING TOO while hurting another) (So he is PURPOSEFULLY injuring the star athlete on the other team while acting like it's all an accident. What would happen to him in that game called hockey? Could a nobody thug in a major playoff series go about physically abusing and injuring and getting out of the series Mike Modano? Could that happen? Do you know the game of hockey? Do you know how that game works? Do you know who Mike Modano is?)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Modano)
(https://youtu.be/s1eznDIpXZc)

ps And all the while SGA plays like a merry, barefoot princess in spring time while being louded as the MVP of the league.
pps But a DIRT, DIRTY barefoot princess that dishes out elbows to DJJ's head while acting hurt.

ppps https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/stat...48450908115133
pppps So that is their plan. And it is working. Luka can now basically play only a single quarter. And maybe he will miss a whole game or two.

A n d . t h i s . w a s . j u s t . g a m e . #2 . o f . t h e . s e c o n d . r o u n d . o f . t h e . p l a y o f f s .

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

Luka Doncic was ROBBED OF MVP this season:
34/9/10
1st in points
2nd in assists
73 point game (4th highest ever)
First 33/9/9 season in NBA history
Most 30-PT TD?s since MVP Russ
1st in 25-point games
1st in 35-point games
1st in 40-point games
1st in 45-point games
2nd in 3?s made
Top 10 in steals
61.7% TS
Highest scoring season in Mavs history
Most PPG + RPG + APG since the merger.
Most consecutive 25 point triple-doubles ever
Most consecutive 30 point triple-doubles ever
Lifted Mavs from 11 seed to 5 seed
Most games missed by teammates among all playoff teams
Mavs 50+ wins
Mavs 1st in clutch win%
6th best record in entire NBA

He wasn't even second.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Luka will finish third or fourth next year. National media is done with euros running the league. It?ll be a race between Shai and Ant. They?re exhausted of Luka and he hasn?t even won an mvp. I don?t think he ever will.

This is true. Luka is just a euro. I agree. I don't think he will ever be voted as the MVP. And I also don't think he will ever win a championship if he stays in Dallas.

ps What do you mean by exhausted above? I don't understand the meaning of that word in your sentence. Do you mean that the league is tired of Luka and see him as a dude full of negative antics? If that's what you mean then I again agree with you. That's how the league sees Luka. That's why the refs don't protect him and that's why he is injured now. The league sees SGA very, very differently. SGA has a much brighter future in the league (unless Luka moves out of Dallas and goes to a major, big-market team like LA).

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by LukaMagic

How OKC use Dort:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1788826154612187355
(this was the call of the game #1/2)

https://youtu.be/uF_WS0osjx0
(Notice the commentators here. "Looks like something has happened to Luka." Like Luka had a problem on his own. Not due to anyone else. (ps Commentators are hired by the league. As are the refs.))

https://youtu.be/cK1izSyMBf8?t=101
(#2/2 along with this) (This was a critical call. In game one Dort got every single one of these calls)

https://youtu.be/cK1izSyMBf8?t=69
(Notice here how he ACTS LIKE HE IS FALLING TOO while hurting another) (So he is PURPOSEFULLY injuring the star athlete on the other team while acting like it's all an accident. What would happen to him in that game called hockey? Could a nobody thug in a major playoff series go about physically abusing and injuring and getting out of the series Mike Modano? Could that happen? Do you know the game of hockey? Do you know how that game works? Do you know who Mike Modano is?)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Modano)

ps And all the while SGA plays like a merry, barefoot princess in spring time while being louded as the MVP of the league.
pps But a DIRT, DIRTY barefoot princess that dishes out elbows to DJJ's head while acting hurt.

ppps https://twitter.com/GrantAfseth/stat...48450908115133
pppps So that is their plan. And it is working. Luka can now basically play only a single quarter. And maybe he will miss a whole game or two.

A n d . t h i s . w a s . j u s t . g a m e . #2 . o f . t h e . s e c o n d . r o u n d . o f . t h e . p l a y o f f s .

So you have that above going on, ALL THE WHILE DALLAS' MAVERICKS OWN FANS say things like this:

Originally Posted by twistaeffect2004

Fat Luka is done. Mavs need to do their due diligence and shop Luka this offseason.

And I agree with this again. I think Mavs should sell Luka. It would be better for both parties. Luka can perhaps find a big-market team where he will be better protected by the refs, and Dallas Mavericks can have a new start. Luka is a euro, and a Slav and he may not be very liked by the people of Dallas.

Luka is very much disliked not just by Dallas Mavericks fans. But also by fathers of his teammates who are American and who feel their sons are not getting a fair share in a team that is run by some euro person:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1788910441965457748

[LukaMagic]

https://youtu.be/qAlFHdIW5i4

Here is an example from a press conference IN DALLAS. And look at what Luka says. Luka is calling out a DALLAS MAVERICKS REPORTER who lied and who always writes something negative about him. And even Dallas Mavericks fans insult Luka and call him fat, and want to trade him.

Luka is getting physically abused on the floor, he is playing injured, and he is not getting protected by the referees. But even Dallas Mavericks' own fans and reporters don't like him and write negative stuff about him, and want to trade him, and insult him by calling him fat.

That's why I think that for the long-term benefit of both Luka and the Mavs it might be best for Luka to leave. If Dallas Mavericks own fans are not willing to protect Luka and to complain to the league and to the refs during games that Luka is being physically abused, why would Luka stay in Dallas? Why would Luka stay in Dallas if nobody is booing Dort?

This what you see on that photo is UNHEARD OF in other organizations. There is NO WAY that SGA (for example) is not going to be protected by OKC's OWN REPORTERS, and by OKC's OWN FANS.

[LukaMagic]

https://youtu.be/KB9tNG29Z40

Look what they are doing during OKC press conference. Look at THAT QUESTION. They are saying that Luka and the Mavs are the ones "going crazy" about the refs. That's how they protect their own players and their own organization. That's how they protect Dort and their abuse on Luka. Luka is likely to miss the next game and they are presenting the Mavs as a crazy, idiot team that makes big nonsense fuss about refereeing.

And they also played a SOUND FROM A PORNO when Luka showed up to the press conference. That's how they seek to abuse, and ridicule and make fun of Luka even more. That's how racism works. They are ridiculing him all the while they are insulting him and physically harming him.
(https://youtu.be/KB9tNG29Z40?t=21)

That's what THEY do.

And then when Luka goes back to Dallas, HE GETS ABUSED IN DALLAS TOO. By the fans who are calling him fat and who want to trade him, as well as by the reporters WHO ALWAYS WRITE NEGATIVE SHIT ABOUT HIM.

As well as by fathers of some of his teammates who say shit like "ball moves better when Luka is not playing." That is the stories that are spread IN THE DALLAS LOCKER ROOM around Luka. Those are all signals that he is not really very welcome in Dallas. That is the story that is spread out during playoffs. That Luka is bad influence.

[LukaMagic]

Originally Posted by LukaMagic

That's why I think that for the long-term benefit of both Luka and the Mavs it might be best for Luka to leave. If Dallas Mavericks own fans are not willing to protect Luka and to the complain to the league and to the refs that Luka is being physically abused, why would Luka stay in Dallas?

Dallas Mavericks franchise could acquire a great one, two, or three players if they were to trade Luka.

With Kyrie already on the roster. With Gafford, Lively, PJ and DJJ providing a solid backbone. And along with Green (who is proving to be useful in the playoff situations), and a consistent performer in Kleber . . .

This may be a weird opinion to many of you, but if Mavs were to offload Luka and get something nice in return they could be set for 5-6 years of very solid ring chasing. With Luka I think there will always be major negativity and problems in the squad, and on the floor. Luka is greatly disliked and will never be favoured by the league. There is always negative shit surrounding Luka. He is not respected. People don't like him. Refs don't like him.

Jokic is a euro. And he won the MVP and he won the ring. But Jokic is a QUIET FELLA. He goes along with whatever happens. There's never shit around him. Luka's personality is a bit different. He's something like MJ-type figure. He calls people out for their shit. He calls the refs out. Etc.

ps And Jokic is very, very hated too by the NBA establishment because he is a euro foreigner. But Jokic is quiet. He goes along with whatever happens.

[MFFL]

How do you put people on ignore? I forgot.

[ShaggyDirk]

User cp>edit ignore list>search username

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

As much as THJ got some love (and probably won us the game), it's stormy around Hardaway Lane.

THS (daddy) is talking all sorts of shit about Luka behind the scenes.

AWwwwkkkkward.

Also in front of the scenes.

[Melonhead]

I hate these early game for the team. It?ll take Luka a half to wake up.

[EricaLubarsky]

@espn_macmahon
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7m
Luka Doncic is officially available, per Jason Kidd.

As if there were any doubts, Luka will play through his injury. Right knee sprain and Dorrt injured Luka so he's playing with a tweaked left ankle too. Poor guy.

Omax and Kleber out indefinitely.

[EricaLubarsky]

Team that goes up 2-1 wins most of the time, unsurprisingly.

[BPo001]

Who is going to step up today? PJ? THJ? Exum? Kyrie should have a bigger scoring game. I?m concerned that we have a lot of guys play well in game 2, and we only won by 9.

[Melonhead]

DJJ foul within 30 seconds. Team couldn?t secure the rebound

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

DJJ foul within 30 seconds. Team couldn?t secure the rebound

to be fair, they let Holmgren and Shai get away with absolute murder. It used to be that there was an over-the-back call, but but guys can crash into/over us

[BPo001]

AND 1

[EricaLubarsky]

Love this team

[EricaLubarsky]

Dort literally goes under Luka. Full football tackle and not a foul

[EricaLubarsky]

Dort is trying to end Luka's career with this shit.

At least Luka got the call

[BPo001]

Finally a foul call on Dork

[Melonhead]

Luka tried to copy sga and got caught kicking his leg out

[EricaLubarsky]

watch the refs overturn this.

[BPo001]

Nice, OKC wasted their challenge in the 1st quarter.

[EricaLubarsky]

Dort is a moron for asking for that challenge and coach was stupid to accept it. I know it's a 3-pt play, but it was so clearly a foul.

[BPo001]

Let PJ attack Giddey all game

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs hate Lively

[EricaLubarsky]

Cmon LIvely. I believe in you

[Melonhead]

Lively was fucking set and they still called an offensive foul

[BPo001]

That?s not a moving screen, Hubie.

[BPo001]

SGA literally just did the same step through Luka did, but didn?t get a travel.

[EricaLubarsky]

Such a garbage offensive foul

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by BPo001

That?s not a moving screen, Hubie.

he has to move to be a moving foul, right?

Refs anticipated a call that never happened and called it anyway