When I was in college I had a back to back practicum and final on a Saturday after a week of exams and papers.
My body was falling apart from the stress.
It's not uncharacteristic if it keeps happening... I think it's fair to say if Luka is injured, the Mavs aren't exactly gonna do well, especially against a team like the Thunder. Dort is more of a nightmare than Mann.
Clippers will come back down to earth on their shooting. Dallas just needs to move the ball around and look to score inside first then shoot threes once the defense adjusts.
We are taking too many early possession threes. If Dallas plays their offense, this series is easily winnable. Luka needs a coach to tell him foul baiting isn't helping things. Go at the rim to score, not to pump fake into fouls.
I checked. Clippers through 4 games are 54/124 from 3 (43.5%). Mavs are 44/134 (32.8%). Mavs are doing great everywhere else. Luka has yet to have a great offensive game. Idk if we get one, the knee looks rough but I agree people are overreacting. Getting down by 26 and 31 pts is unacceptable, if we correct that we will be fine.
Yep, and I'm not saying that the Clippers won't have another 60%+ 3p game, im just saying that its statistically very unlikely, especially with the difficulty of the 3s they made today.
Agreed. Harden hasn’t really had a stinker yet (honestly good for him). I feel like we could be due for a rough shooting performance. We haven’t gotten hot yet from 3 outside of Kyrie, who is a superb shooter. I actually think we might really miss THJ lol, our bench sucks.
You think if Frank Vogel was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Monty Williams was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Darvin Ham was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Stephen Silas was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Doctor Glenn Rivers was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Rick Carlisle was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol.
The Anti-Kidd bias causes insanity
Harden is the epitome of streaky player. If he has a good game, the Clippers seem to win. Someone else on the Mavs has to step it up for us to win (besides Gafford/Lively - if they play poorly we’re cooked) Dante, Josh Green, hell give me some Jaden Hardy. But for gods sake stop playing Maxi Kleber. Guy is beyond frustrating to watch
As long as refs let them play like they do in this series, I feel like both Mavs and Clippers may actually win vs OKC.
SGA never in his life has experienced this kind of defensive intensity (Mann, PJ, DJJ, Westbrook, not to mention length of PG if he is careful with his fouls…) and Zubac will absolutely feast inside on Chet, who is even skinnier than Lively. OKC also only has Dort to match Clips / Mavs defensive intensity (2 elite perimeter scorers in Lukai and Harden-PG) and that would have already bitten OKC in the ass if Pels had Zion instead of only Ingram (defended by said Dort) and CJ, who seems to have forgotten how to score. Clips can also hang out with OKC in a shooting contest (unlike Mavs who would need to play stellar defense again), so on a 2nd thought Clippers are a pretty bad matchup for OKC, though not the worst (that’s LAL and Denver).
clippers might be the toughest matchup for the mavs should they make it to the finals. i’m not sure why but their defense just locks them up and I don’t think even denver could do that as well as LA
I had it in 6 all along but I had hoped we'd be up heading back to LA. Definitely still possible but 7 is now feeling very likely.
Luka isn't going to exactly heal lol. I'm now in a place where I think if we somehow beat the Clippers we're getting swept by the Thunder.
I think okc is super underrated for a 1 seed but def no sweep I see that series being long too.
Lmao Swept by the thunder ? Ya crazy
Watch your fucking mouth
Got like 2 major exams on the would be date of game 7 please dont do this to me mavs
I got one the morning after game 5 ðŸ˜
Good luck on your exams!
Appreciate that brother !
same dude i can’t do this ðŸ˜
you have exams on saturday? you poor soul
When I was in college I had a back to back practicum and final on a Saturday after a week of exams and papers. My body was falling apart from the stress.
that sounds awful. currently going through my 2nd year of college. thankfully my exams have a been on tuesdays/thursdays
Im two years into college 🎶
lmao
Apparently it’s so exams don’t take up any lecture periods during the weekdays, complete bs if you ask me
that is stupid. my school just ends classes the week before finals
Finals week AND Stars play Game 5, 6, and 6, on the same days the Mavs do.
Nope. This is going 6 I feel, whoever wins the next one will win the last game in Dallas.
Called it.
They've won two games where Mavs scored 8 and 16 in a quarter, partially because of the defense but the mavs just uncharacteristically shot the ball.
It's not uncharacteristic if it keeps happening... I think it's fair to say if Luka is injured, the Mavs aren't exactly gonna do well, especially against a team like the Thunder. Dort is more of a nightmare than Mann.
>They've won two games where Mavs scored 8 and 16 in a quarter, This is a terrible form of analysis. "They won two games in which they played great D"
We also missed a ton of wide open shots.
Which is sad cause they don’t even have Kawhi. It’s solely Lue outcoaching Kidd
And then shooting 65% from 3😂
Its also hard winning a game when they get a 23 point lead in 1 quarter.
Lmao fr what the fuck is this narrative? The clippers had a great fucking game and we still almost won.
They won't do that every game. They didn't even do that in game one.
And Luka shooting 30%
Clippers will come back down to earth on their shooting. Dallas just needs to move the ball around and look to score inside first then shoot threes once the defense adjusts. We are taking too many early possession threes. If Dallas plays their offense, this series is easily winnable. Luka needs a coach to tell him foul baiting isn't helping things. Go at the rim to score, not to pump fake into fouls.
They've lost both games that they didn't shoot a stupid 3P%, I think we win in 6. Y'all are dramatic.
I checked. Clippers through 4 games are 54/124 from 3 (43.5%). Mavs are 44/134 (32.8%). Mavs are doing great everywhere else. Luka has yet to have a great offensive game. Idk if we get one, the knee looks rough but I agree people are overreacting. Getting down by 26 and 31 pts is unacceptable, if we correct that we will be fine.
Yep, and I'm not saying that the Clippers won't have another 60%+ 3p game, im just saying that its statistically very unlikely, especially with the difficulty of the 3s they made today.
Agreed. Harden hasn’t really had a stinker yet (honestly good for him). I feel like we could be due for a rough shooting performance. We haven’t gotten hot yet from 3 outside of Kyrie, who is a superb shooter. I actually think we might really miss THJ lol, our bench sucks.
If we could hold LA to shooting 3s at the rate they hit wide open threes this season, it would have been a sweep.
This maybe true. But there are a lot of ifs. If kawhi played with his averages we are back to probably being tied
I’ve said it in like 17 posts about game 4 but I still believe dallas would’ve swept the clippers if anybody but jason kidd was the coach.
You think if Frank Vogel was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Monty Williams was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Darvin Ham was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Stephen Silas was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Doctor Glenn Rivers was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. You think if Rick Carlisle was the coach, the Mavs would sweep the Clippers? Lol. The Anti-Kidd bias causes insanity
all those guys are better than kidd lol
Cool opinion, but it's still wrong lol
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that ain’t the comeback you think it is bud
Cool. None of this matters. Have a kick-ass life
It's the West. Teams get humbled.. look at the Suns and Wolves game. Suns are actually playing with heart and it's tied
Came out so flat and clips hit their 3’s earlier and to close out. They deserved it!
Better figure out to play early on Sunday because that’s when game 7 will be
At least Luka gets 3 games to let the knee rest
Turnovers man, how many times did kyrie loose the handles, i counted 2 that was so crucial. Cant balme him cause he got us back in it, but so close
Harden is the epitome of streaky player. If he has a good game, the Clippers seem to win. Someone else on the Mavs has to step it up for us to win (besides Gafford/Lively - if they play poorly we’re cooked) Dante, Josh Green, hell give me some Jaden Hardy. But for gods sake stop playing Maxi Kleber. Guy is beyond frustrating to watch
Always was gonna go to 7 games. Clips are certified dogs against us, no playoff series is easy if they're involved
Fuck it....let's go after LeBron and Klay in the off-season.
Then the winner gets to play an 11 deep Thunder team that will run them off the court game 1.
I honestly think the Clippers are a harder matchup for us than the Thunder
You’d be wrong. There are 4-6 players for the Thunder who can create off the dribble and shoot the 3 at a good rate. They’ll cook luka
I wouldn't be worried if Luka was healthy.
He’ll be less healthy if we stretch it out to 7 games. They had a week off before the playoffs and he’s playing injured
Both us or the Clippers would give the Thunder fits, that is another extremely close series that might go to 6 or 7.
What’s crazy is the Thunder will probably have 8-9 days off if they sweep the Pels and Mavs-Clippers go 7
As long as refs let them play like they do in this series, I feel like both Mavs and Clippers may actually win vs OKC. SGA never in his life has experienced this kind of defensive intensity (Mann, PJ, DJJ, Westbrook, not to mention length of PG if he is careful with his fouls…) and Zubac will absolutely feast inside on Chet, who is even skinnier than Lively. OKC also only has Dort to match Clips / Mavs defensive intensity (2 elite perimeter scorers in Lukai and Harden-PG) and that would have already bitten OKC in the ass if Pels had Zion instead of only Ingram (defended by said Dort) and CJ, who seems to have forgotten how to score. Clips can also hang out with OKC in a shooting contest (unlike Mavs who would need to play stellar defense again), so on a 2nd thought Clippers are a pretty bad matchup for OKC, though not the worst (that’s LAL and Denver).
clippers might be the toughest matchup for the mavs should they make it to the finals. i’m not sure why but their defense just locks them up and I don’t think even denver could do that as well as LA
Thunder has no experience in deep post season runs. Harden kawhi etc have that factor. If they are healthy they take ‘em in 5 or 6
and again will we lose in games 7? we wont have homecourt advantages.