2024 Playoffs Rd 1 Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers

[Melonhead]

Really don?t understand Luka. He knows his shot isnt falling. So game 5 he gets to the rim. Game 6? Oh well shooting them anyway.

[LukaMagic]

They just look at the stats and talk about stats. THEY DON'T WATCH THE GAMES.

And that's all that they've said now. Kyrie needs more than 2 points. Luka is missing threes. THEY DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GAME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EVEN WATCHING IT.

This photo of them was taken WHILE THE GAME WAS GOING ON. They went into the studio to introduce the upcoming half-time show. This is what they do DURING GAMES. They see highlights, and they look at the stats. And that's ALL THAT THEY DO.

[JTmoney2424]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Really don?t understand Luka. He knows his shot isnt falling. So game 5 he gets to the rim. Game 6? Oh well shooting them anyway.

Makes 0 sense. Be nice if Ky though can do something in the first half. Been a constant this series.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Really don?t understand Luka. He knows his shot isnt falling. So game 5 he gets to the rim. Game 6? Oh well shooting them anyway.

Yep It's frustrating watching him ho back to jacking 3's

Just punish them inside and stop the 3 point nonsense

[JTmoney2424]

There we go. Hope those 3s finally get them both going.

[BPo001]

Just got home. Did I hear on the radio someone got hurt?

[BPo001]

Kyrie?s first step is so quick

[Melonhead]

Grow up Luka

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Just got home. Did I hear on the radio someone got hurt?

Maxi is hurt. Really bad fall on a foul

[Melonhead]

Kyrieeeeee take over

[BPo001]

That?s how you finish the quarter!

[Dallas41]

Kyrie is a stone cold killa

[blessednegr0]

Kyrie for president! The earth is flat yall!

[JTmoney2424]

Clips are toast now. Good series win for Dallas even with Kawhi out. OKC is the #1 but I can?t see any reason why Dallas can?t beat them too.

[Melonhead]

Mavs have now ended the jazz the suns and now the clippers as currently constructed.

I love you Kyrie

[Scoobay]

luka playing like crap possession after possession... and then not trying on defense

[JTmoney2424]

Luka clearly fouled his hand on the way up and still didn?t like the call.. lol

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by JTmoney2424

Luka clearly fouled his hand on the way up and still didn?t like the call.. lol

honestly if he's hurting (which it looks like it) just take him out...

[EricaLubarsky]

F the Clips!

Go mavvvvvssssssdsd

[Melonhead]

Let?s fucking goooooooooo

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Beating Harden is always a good day.

[Thespiralgoeson]

I fucking love Kyrie Irving. That is all.

[blessednegr0]

Why they have us playing Clippers on Sunday per ESPN for a game 7?

Good win everyone! Let's handle OKC.

[Dallas41]

Great closeout

Luka has to be more efficient vs OKC and I think the way to do that is to reduce the volume of 3's

Kyrie is just amazing.

Both bigs really started playing much better over the last 2-3 games

DJJ doesn't get enough love and J.Kidd has to be most hated coach in the NBA 😂

But you can't question what his done now in just 3 years.

[jleefilled]

Glad they got this done today. Now we have until Tuesday to get Luka some rest for his knee. So happy to see the Mavs send the Clippers into offseason.

Such great chemistry on this team. Kyrie is the leader we didn?t know they needed.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Luka's offensive woes are tired directly to his knee issues.

Man, I hate to say that I hope Kleber is ok, but Kidd finally got something from him playing with Lively. Problem is Maxi sucks when hurt.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Luka's offensive woes are tired directly to his knee issues.

That's exactly it. I just wish he understood that the shot isn't falling, and he's damn near unstoppable midrange. But he just doesn't seem to know or care that the three isn't falling. He just always thinks the shot is going in. He's a gunslinger. It's just who he is.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by blessednegr0

Kyrie for president! The earth is flat yall!

Hahs. And no more vax.

That was very frustrating until about 7 mins left.

We finally got those mfs!

[Melonhead]

PJ was clutch with his threes tonight. Made up for all the Luka bricks from three.

DJJ defense. Stellar

I think we found the secret with Gafford. He plays well when he?s home.

[rimrocker]

Observation on Green...agree or disagree.
Luka's game is too slow for him so in the half-court game, he is best when he can go full speed for offensive rebounds.
When he plays with Kyrie while Luka is on the bench, he seems to be in his comfort zone.

Also, baseball analogy....Luka is our ace starter and Kyrie is our rock solid closer.

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

There was more than one great offensive player on the 2011 Mavs? This is news to me.

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

There was more than one great offensive player on the 2011 Mavs? This is news to me.

JET was one of our best scorers.
I guess "great" would be debatable, but we don't win a championship without his scoring.

Point being, this team is constructed in a similar manner.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

JET was one of our best scorers.
I guess "great" would be debatable, but we don't win a championship without his scoring.

Point being, this team is constructed in a similar manner.

Yeah, he was a good shooter. I?d hardly call him great. Certainly not great like Dirk, Luka, and Kyrie are great. Those are all first ballot Hall of Famer?s, jet never made an All-Star team.

I do take your point about the team being constructed kind of similarly though. The only problem is, I don?t trust our role players as much as that team. At least not on offense. We have too many guys that are extremely streaky and can go ice cold from three for multiple games at a time.

I think that?s the only thing that?s stopping us from winning a title right now, and that?s what we need to focus on in the off-season. We need At least one more very reliable, three-point shooter, preferably more. The other thing I?d say we?re missing is an elite sixth man (like jet.)

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

Yeah, he was a good shooter. I?d hardly call him great. Certainly not great like Dirk, Luka, and Kyrie are great. Those are all first ballot Hall of Famer?s, jet never made an All-Star team.

I do take your point about the team being constructed kind of similarly though. The only problem is, I don?t trust our role players as much as that team. At least not on offense. We have too many guys that are extremely streaky and can go ice cold from three for multiple games at a time.

I think that?s the only thing that?s stopping us from winning a title right now, and that?s what we need to focus on in the off-season. We need At least one more very reliable, three-point shooter, preferably more. The other thing I?d say we?re missing is an elite sixth man (like jet.)

Yeah, if we are going to win this thing it will have to be with our defense.
But this team does have 2 superstars and a very solid defense so we might be able to make it happen.

I thought PJ would need to become a key contributor to our offense for us to have any chance of winning a championship. Someone will need to step it up on that end.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Kidd's response to Maxi's injury was "Next man up"...

That's not good.

I wonder how Omax's ankle sprain is.

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

Observation on Green...agree or disagree.
Luka's game is too slow for him so in the half-court game, he is best when he can go full speed for offensive rebounds.
When he plays with Kyrie while Luka is on the bench, he seems to be in his comfort zone.

Also, baseball analogy....Luka is our ace starter and Kyrie is our rock solid closer.

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

Green's role in half court is a coaching point I hope Kidd works on figuring out...
There's no question to me that it's by design to have him stand in the corner looking for the right opportunity to cut or crash the boards. surely there's more that could be done. He got that alley oop on a back pick. I feel like he should be running around screen and picks more looking to get leverage for an opening.

small hat tip to having Green be last man back on that jump ball... not sure maybe that's just how it worked out but he's one of our fastest players and he tracked that tip down with relative ease.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Kidd's response to Maxi's injury was "Next man up"...

That's not good.

I wonder how Omax's ankle sprain is.

I mean, that fall looked BAD. At first I thought he had either broken or dislocated his shoulder. I was shocked that he came back and made one of his free throws. I assume it's a shoulder sprain.

[EricaLubarsky]

It?s still insane to me that Luka went from a career-best 38% on threes to shooting 24% over the first round

Every other year of Luka?s career that would mean we got swept. This team?s defense and Mr. Second half Kyrie make this team different. Just hoping his shot eventually comes back and he keeps up the 0-20? game he killed the Clips with in game 5

[EricaLubarsky]

Also Gafford has the most meme-able face

https://x.com/NBA/status/1786626036899127394

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

It?s still insane to me that Luka went from a career-best 38% on threes to shooting 24% over the first round

Every other year of Luka?s career that would mean we got swept. This team?s defense and Mr. Second half Kyrie make this team different. Just hoping his shot eventually comes back and he keeps up the 0-20? game he killed the Clips with in game 5

watching highlights, he clearly had more lift earlier in the game and was not looking great at the end. If he's hurt and they want to leave him in then park him in the upper corner and have him rest and let Kyrie go 4v4. otherwise take him out.

hopefully he gets rest and his knee holds up - -we'll definitely need him for this next round.