GDT: Round 1, Game 4 - Mavs (1-2) at Clippers (2-1) 2:30pm ABC

[EricaLubarsky]

Game 4. Mavs have won a game, but need to prove that they can adjust. If we tie it up, it's a best of 3 series. If we lose, we are all but out of this series.

Injury report
Doncic - ankle sprain - questionable
Burke - ankle spreain - probable
KP - heel soreness and knee soreness - probable
Lee - leg - out
Powell - achilles - out
Brunson - shoulder - out

Beverly - calf tightness - doubtful

[ShaggyDirk]

Go Mavs!

[Skywalker]

Bev out again

[FreshJive]

Luka’s status still up in the air

[FreshJive]

Sun 1:27 PM: Doncic will be available to play Sunday after previously being considered questionable with a sprained ankle. He suffered the injury during Friday's loss and returned briefly before being ruled out for the rest of the game. There's been no word of any hard limits for Doncic on Sunday, though it remains to be seen how effective he'll be on that bad ankle. Kristaps Porzingis (heel) and Trey Burke (ankle) remain listed probable.

Woohoo

[SMC0007]

Never a doubt Luka would play.

[FreshJive]

He didn’t appear to be limping at all in the warmups

[EricaLubarsky]

Can ABC be streamed live?

[EricaLubarsky]

I guess I can't get ABC.

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Any links?

[LukaThaDonPart2]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Can ABC be streamed live?

Not legally, but I know some shady sites that can.

[Zaknaf3in]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I guess I can't get ABC.

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Any links?

http://nbastreams.xyz/live/2/

[LukaThaDonPart2]

Sixers tanked for years and it looked like it might equal at least one championship, now it doesn't look like that. Wouldn't be surprised if Simmons or Embiid get traded.

Would you trade for Tobias Harris if he was available?

[LukaThaDonPart2]

Raptors/Celtics will be a good series.

[FreshJive]

“Doncic and Harrell spoke during warmups. Seemed to have a genuinely warm conversation.”

“Luka and Montrezl Harrell with a long heart to heart conversation during the warm up.”

[endtroducing MASKED]

KP out. Welp

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by LukaThaDonPart2

Sixers tanked for years and it looked like it might equal at least one championship, now it doesn't look like that. Wouldn't be surprised if Simmons or Embiid get traded.

Would you trade for Tobias Harris if he was available?

Depends on what they want for him and we'd also have to match salaries which is rough for a guy earning 32mill. I'm not sure we can even swing a trade unless THJ opts into his PO, but also signs off on a trade

THJ+ Wright + DFS would get you there salary-wise, but I'm not sure that would make us better, considering they'd probably also want our draft picks this year too so we couldn't get a 3/D wing in the draft to replace THJ.

KP would get it done by himself, but it's the same salary for the same length of time and KP plays the same position as Embiid, so that would be a no-go probably for both teams)

Other than that, it would take trading a lot of guys for just Harris if you don't trade KP or THJ, then the next best you can do is Powell, Wright, Kleber, Curry, and DFS to get a matching salary. That's a lot of talent for one guy who barely outperformed DFS

[LukaThaDonPart2]

I was on cbssports.com eaerlier and they showed this video of Avery Johnson, he thinks he would have won game 1 if KP not ejected and we would have won Game 3 if Luka didn't get hurt. What a homer.

[LukaThaDonPart2]

KP out wtf.

[FreshJive]

Wow never thought kp beingout was even possible

[endtroducing MASKED]

This sucks ass

[Melonhead]

are you shitting me

[LukaThaDonPart2]

I just hope in the coming years when we're considered contenders, Luka and KP can stay healthy. It seems to always be one or the other with something.

[rimrocker]

This is the reason you keep more than 3 guys over 6'7 on a roster.
Zubac and MH will have career games.

[endtroducing MASKED]

Oh well.

[mavsjunkie]

So far Luka looks a little tentative.

[LukaThaDonPart2]

IMO Kawhi is the best player in the NBA right now.

[FreshJive]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

This is the reason you keep more than 3 guys over 6'7 on a roster.
Zubac and MH will have career games.

I’ll take Burke over random tall guy

[rimrocker]

So Luka is now our 3rd biggest guy.

[EricaLubarsky]

This could be a game where we lose from the tipoff to the end

[LukaThaDonPart2]

If PG is going to hit 3s we're cooked.

[EricaLubarsky]

This is going to be a blowout

[endtroducing MASKED]

There’s very little upside to Doncic being out there. KP’s knee is going to be like this for awhile. If it has to be managed with missing a random playoff game.....we really have to improve the roster

[LukaThaDonPart2]

At least the team can say there were valid reasons for losing these games. KP suspended, Luka injured, KP injured. It wasn't that we were fully healthy and they just dominated us.

[dricas24]

Out with knee soreness? Luka's ankle is sore too, you gotta find a way to get out there!

[mac222b]

Ball clearly off Kawhi, Clippers ball?!

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by endtroducing MASKED

There’s very little upside to Doncic being out there

100%

I know playoff experience is a thing, but honestly all he's going to do is cause more inflammation in that ankle.

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by FreshJive

I’ll take Burke over random tall guy

KP has a history of injuries and Boban is severely limited.
Not having some type of insurance for this situation is piss poor risk management.

I'm a big Donnie and Mark fan but they missed badly on this one.

[SMC0007]

These last 2 games are just show up and go thru the motions. Sheesh

[FreshJive]

Powell is injured. WCS didn’t want to play. It’s silly to blame the Mavs. Porzingis not playing means gg likely anyway.

[EricaLubarsky]

Doncic not even trying to drive

Rest of the team is defeated. No energy.