2024 Western Conference Finals: Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves

[MFFL]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

hmmmm... is DJJ really that much bigger than Green?
i think DJJ has the better vert and i see a 7' wingspan but in terms of height i see anywhere from 6'5" to 6'7" for DJJ and 6'5" to 6'6" for Josh.

DJJ is definitely a much better defender... can Green get there?
We know Josh has all kinds of athletic tools that we see on display from time to time but can his defense be coached up? He was getting lost on screens all the time. He needs to adjust his close outs to contend but not foul.

Green certainly PLAYS smaller than DJJ. While DJJ will bang with bigger players, Green doesn't seem to like that level of contact. Green seems to play a more active role on D rather than physical.

[Melonhead]

Mavs have their bulletin board material Ant says he?s shooting a lot tonight ultra aggressive etc

Hey less shots for Naz Reid im okay with that.

[EricaLubarsky]

Grant Afseth
@GrantAfseth
Anthony Edwards said at shootaround that he plans to be in attack mode early and often against the Mavericks in Game 3: "I'm gonna be super aggressive... I haven't took more than 16 shots each game, so I'll be ultra-aggressive coming out."

Things gonna be different tonight for sure. Just hope it?s Ant being crazy inefficient in higher volume rather than all of our guys fouling out

We got Mavs-favorite Brothers reffing so could be 5on8. Then again,when hes crew chief, home team wins 64% of the time. Biggest home cookin of any ref

Just gotta see what he leans into more: his hate of Mavs or his love of the home team

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka questionable

There?s no chance he Halliburtons it though

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Luka questionable

There?s no chance he Halliburtons it though

Hasn't he been questionable the entire series or is this something new?

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Hasn't he been questionable the entire series or is this something new?

He was probable for game 1 and 2

I?m guessing just more banged up after game 2

We need the non Kyrie and Luka points big tonight

[SMC0007]

Need to get this one for the home fans and rip any chance of confidence.

Idc how we do it.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Need to get this one for the home fans and rip any chance of confidence.

Idc how we do it.

I want to be confident.

Teams who go up 3-0 have won 100% of the time historically. Only 3% forced a game seven and none of them pulled off the

Teams who go up 2-0 on the road (as we have) have not lost a series (100% success rate)

But there's always a first and what a disgrace that would be. Wolves are favored by everyone and by all means the better team. Maybe it would be close with a 100% healthy Luka, but still. Don't sleep on them.

[JTmoney2424]

Everyone ready for a Tony Brothers takeover?

[JTmoney2424]

Naz Reed is hitting everything in warm ups so far. Let?s hope he goes ice cold when he gets in.

[Melonhead]

Mavs at home favors them re: Tony Brothers, but I don?t see a scenario where the 2-0 team gets a good whistle.

I expect wolves to be at the ft line often

[DevinHarriswillstart]

No call on lively slam. a brothers special so far!

[JTmoney2424]

Obvious and 1 refs miss on lively dunk and blow an out of bounds call on earlier on Gafford

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I want to be confident.

Teams who go up 3-0 have won 100% of the time historically. Only 3% forced a game seven and none of them pulled off the

Teams who go up 2-0 on the road (as we have) have not lost a series (100% success rate)

But there's always a first and what a disgrace that would be. Wolves are favored by everyone and by all means the better team. Maybe it would be close with a 100% healthy Luka, but still. Don't sleep on them.

Idk if the wolves are a better team. When we cranked our dwfense up, it pushed us a lot closer, if not over by a tiny bit.

[Melonhead]

Luka is looking a step quicker so far

[Melonhead]

Green and Hardy can?t be on Ant. He blows by them with one step

[Melonhead]

Wolves are not settling for 3s anymore

No Conley could be big for us

[JTmoney2424]

Brothers with a soft ass call on Hardy there

[Melonhead]

Wolves getting all the foul calls, Luka and Lively nothing

[SMC0007]

How lucky were we to get Lively? I firmly believe he is going to develop an oitside shot which will make him a turbo injected version of Tyson Chandler.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Green and Hardy can?t be on Ant. He blows by them with one step

Green gets up into players too much and he gets called for fouls on unnatural basketball moves. Ant with a wild flail in the paint and gets the call because he is a bit too aggressive with hands and doesnt read the angles quite well enough

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Bad reffing aside, pretty good first quarter.

[Melonhead]

Damnit Luka the quarter was so good until that last 30 seconds

[Melonhead]

That should be an offensive foul, let?s see what they do

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Tony Brothers is so awful goddamn.

[JTmoney2424]

Bad challenge there. Should of held it into something more obvious later in the game

[JTmoney2424]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

That should be an offensive foul, let?s see what they do

Brothers isn?t calling anything in the Mavs favor but tonight unless it?s obvious sadly

[EricaLubarsky]

Cmon refs

Brothers has to control the game

[Melonhead]

How the fuck is that not offensive

[DevinHarriswillstart]

crooked shit man

[Melonhead]

Another Brothers special

[SMC0007]

Challenging any call in first half is just stupid, 90% of the time.

[EricaLubarsky]

Kai needs to practice FT

[Melonhead]

Wtf is going on lol

[Melonhead]

Fuuuuuuuck that?s a concussion

[Melonhead]

Marcus Morris we might need you tonight

[EricaLubarsky]

They had to take Lively out to have a chance

F em

[EricaLubarsky]

Brothers literally trying to put Mavs in the ER

[Melonhead]

We have to hope he can even play game 4. Won?t be surprised if he?s out until game 5 or 6

[EricaLubarsky]

Lively goes out and 5-0 run