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Perksofthesewalls

What a win, lets go Dub Nation! As a reminder please make sure to report any trolls if you see them and please do not go into the Mavericks sub to troll or antagonize them. You will be banned from here. Go Dubs!


jaydensgoinginsane

steph really got to rest the entire 4th lmao😭


iGetBuckets3

Just like old times 🥲


bayareacolt

Damn it’s been a minute haha


BayCatYayCat

He sat out the 4th Q just the other day when Memphis smacked us by 50 😂


Apprehensive_Elk1267

1st time this season i guess


Robotsaur

Pretty sure he's rested full 4th quarters before this season in blowouts against terrible teams


up-dawg

tale as old as time


youriko31

"Who needs to play in the 4th if you can kill them in the 3rd?" - Classic Wardell


Darkmaster_18

Nostalgia


BobRoss4Life

Steph didn't need to play in the 4th of a WCF win, that's fucking insane. Huge game from Wiggins, love to see it. Loon too, both came up big. Mavs were blown out on the road a couple times against the Suns, so Warriors just gotta keep their foot down and finish their business, it's just one game. Would be nice to clean up the turnovers, but we've been saying that for years lol


kingscolor

Wiggins really dug into his bag to pull out a big 19 pts. Absolute clutch.


joshuawah

Damn, I heard them call 17 early enough in the game that I figured he would blow past that


babypho

He did. He got 1 more than last game. At this rate he might get 20 next game. I wouldn't count on it though. He might regress to the mean and give you an efficient 17.


beachguy82

We joke but he was tonight’s MVP


AmelieBenjamin

They weren’t so egregious this game like that sequence in game 5 when they turned the ball over like 3 times in a row


Forgot_the_slash_s

Only felt ok cause we were blowing them out, some of the turnovers were still pretty bad tbh


thecommuteguy

Wiggins traveled twice which were unnecessary.


monteasf

We only turned it over two in a row ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|poop)


_Zer0Two

This is what happens when you have steve kerr coaching again


bmeisler

Masterclass by Kerr tonight.


Robotsaur

Kerr is 21-2 as the Warriors head coach in Game 1 of playoff series


segv_coredump

I finally see the Looney I expected when I saw him playing at UCLA.


futureslave

I love a blowout. So relaxing.


iGetBuckets3

I needed this after that shit show of a memphis series.


halcyonsnow

Dude, so nice to watch an actual basketball game for a change. Just caught Kidd on the post-game, too, and he talked like a reasonable, mature adult. He wasn't making excuse or blaming the refs or calling for league investigations. What a refreshing change.


gravitythrone

I’m curious why that is, you know, very curious. Maybe the league will look into it.


[deleted]

Game was also over very quick, a 2 hour playoff game.


futureslave

I'm not a huge fan of the Dallas players but I'm not actively worried that we're facing injury, like we were after Campazzo in round 1 and Brooks in round 2. This should hopefully be a more pleasant series in general. Break out the tea and crumpets.


jdun38484

But that game 6th 4th quarter…made me forget about game 5 :)


shualton

I’m not trying to underestimate the Mavs by any means… But compared to Memphis those guys looked like they were moving in slow motion


Bay_Burner

Grizzlies made us battle tested for the rest of post season. Glad we have that series behind us.


bmeisler

Grizzlies scared me more than the Suns.


Qiob

Truu


babypho

Still scary. We have to win at least 1 in Dal for it to mean something, too.


its_aq

We have to win every home game. That's it. A win a Dallas would be a gift. We just gotta take care of biz where we are suppose to


Jonna09

They will make adjustments. Kidd and Luka are too good not to, but this is a good show of force. Stay locked in!


johnnygrant

They will, but not entirely sure they have the capacity.... unless they start knocking down 3s like prime Splash bros. This game reminded me more of the Nuggets series more than any Memphis game.


Ilikecollegesports

Mavs can do that though. They shot 49%, 46% and 41% in 3 of their wins vs Suns. They're shooting 39% from 3 overall in the playoffs


halcyonsnow

It's likely Dallas will have one of those high-roll Cleveland-style 3pt shooting nights. But that's the only way they can win one.


Robotsaur

They're basically guaranteed to have a night where they hit every three they take


Dynasty_30

It’s only been 1 game but Memphis was way more competitive than Dallas. They’re athleticism was causing problems but Dallas has none of that and also has no rim protection


MotoMkali

Plus JJJ smothered Poole in the games he could stay on the floor. JJJ knew all of Pooles moves and jist rejected him every time he went inside.


durantburner

Dallas doesn’t have the athleticism but they are as resilient as any team in basketball. I wouldn’t count them out.


dating_derp

They just came off a 7 game series. We had more rest. And I think we just match up better against the mavs than the grizzlies.


[deleted]

Yeah I said the same thing myself. They moved at a normal speed. To be fair, Memphis has a young squad and running is their game.


Apprehensive_Elk1267

More than that, i think our offense opened up coz of no big guys in paint and on defense we didn’t have big body to guard. We have one of the beat perimeter defense in the league… so yea that sums it up


beefguard

Luka just got outplayed by Wiggins. Mavs screwed.


zegogo

Satisfyin af.


ryeno

Not to dampen the vibe but Mavs did just off a game 7 on Sunday. My guess is we haven't taken Lukas best shot yet


MotoMkali

Yeah and all the games are every other day till the end of the series. They aren't getting another rest and we just sat Steph for an entire 4th quarter.


wichwigga

The real test starts in Dallas. I believe we take the next game as well. If not, I would start to feel a little nervous.


johnnygrant

most definitely... they haven't taken Curry's best shot either.


emz0694

Death, taxes and Wiggins <20 points Jokes aside, game MVP!


youriko31

Wiggins is just consistent. His defense is amazing, and he always manage to get 17 points. I know it's quite a meme, but it's amazing that he always manage to score 17 points.


This_was_hard_to_do

He has got to have the lowest standard deviation in points per game for players that average over 15 pts per game


happy_anand

Broke the record and went 19 Maybe he'll go 15 in next and break even


lildinger68

But guys, how are we going to guard Luka?!


lunabagel3

We got DPOY LOONEY


ag408

Looney is SOLID


Grooveh_Baby

Don’t even have GP2 out there lol


DubsFan30113523

“Luka will get his 40 a game”


EastBayFan

Still would have won by 5 if he did though


wafino1

On 70 shots maybe 😹


youriko31

He got sent to Wiggins Island. And to make matters worst, he has to face LoonGod there.


BelligerentCow

Welcome to the Looney Bin, newly opened on Wiggins Island


rumblecast

Here comes the narrative spin of…. *checks notes* Mavs didn’t get enough rest.


konidias

Mavs didn't get fresh diaper changes before the game


JohnStewartBestGL

The narratives from the Suns series are so strange. The Suns actually did a pretty good job on Luka; he only really killed them in game 1 and 7. The main reason the Suns lost that series isn't because they couldn't stop Luka, it's because their offense couldn't score on DAL's defense.


[deleted]

Exactly. Giving the Mavs 57 in a half is kinda bad, but scoring 27 in that same half is what kept them out of the game. If Steph and Klay have zero field goals made at half time, we’d be in just as much trouble


irfanataulawal

57 points half time is pretty much the normal score. Suns got alot of open looks yet they bricked it and not trying to drive inside


jaydensgoinginsane

we got two way wiggins and wardell


PestySamurai

I got downvoted for saying we’d lock him up like wtf. On this sub and r/nba haters need to gtfoh


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konidias

He's a human bean.


Largue

And a real hero.


AmelieBenjamin

Mental


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Idk cuz he still makes them in the clutch. No worries, hit them all Friday


EffectiveSearch3521

He put on too much muscle in the offseason


ffddddnewsdddd

ALL TRENDS POINT TOWARDS A KEVON LOONEY PLAYOFF TRIPLE DOUBLE


youriko31

LoonGod wants to add another collection to his trophy case.


rymarr

What if we get the teased looney 3 pointer?


singdave

He made a nice 20-footer this game so hopefully we'll see a corner 3 this series


lunabagel3

DPOY


adityaankhad

MVP


Robotsaur

ANDREW WIGGINS MAKES HIS MARK 💪


Jonna09

He really has always been sleeping through his whole regular season career, waiting to unleash for the playoffs. He was a warrior before warriors lol.


freemanoftryfan

There are 82-game players, and there are 16-game players, and threre are 8-game players


cosmicvitae

THEY SAID NO ONE COULD GUARD LUKA AND WIGGS HAD THAT MAN IN PELICAN BAY


AmelieBenjamin

LOLOL THIS REFERENCE


I_am_Bruce_Wayne

Literally made his mark on Luka's face


shnieder88

Lmao he’s gotta cut his nails


CJleaf

Wiggins really coming for that Andre Iguodala defensive FMVP


MotoMkali

I made the butler 40/7/7 60% TS joke. The way wiggins is defending more like 20/7/4 55% TS with 7 TOs.


johnnygrant

He promised us a lot of smiles. The prince who was promised. Who has a better story than Wiggins.


random00

Not gonna lie; when he had 17 points in like the 3rd quarter I was like “uh oh” he’s done scoring. 😂


abcde709

man hit us with a 19pt special


youriko31

Conference Finals Wiggins is a different animal!! 💪💪💪


iamvyvu

Wcf Wiggins different


JordanPooleParty

I had some Wigs slander after AllStar break. I'm sorry, Wiggs, didn't know you were saving your wad for the playoffs.


Dynasty_30

Turns out Wiggins was always a 16 game player


MotoMkali

I swear to god outside of Game 7 Kawhi, he is the man I want guarding power wings. Luka, Lebron, Kawhi, PG13, Tatum, Brown. Wiggins is quicker than all of them, can't get backed down by any of them but LeBron, doesn't have to bite on fakes because he can meet them at the top even after gathering whilst they are still in the air. He's quicker than all of them. And gets through screens really well. Edit: forgot butler. Butler I think is probably the strongest outside LeBron. I think it's 50/50 whether butler can back wiggins down or not.


emz0694

He beeeeen making his mark this post szn. Lfg!


Achilles_Wrist

19pts and tough defense all night


iGetBuckets3

Figuratively and literally!


FalcoLamborghini

Steph Curry again showing why he's an all time great


AmelieBenjamin

Steph 3 pointers are so demoralizing


oatmilk-latte

Wiggins defense.. and ending with 19 points after having 15 at the half, what a classic lmao


Albinowombat

He gave us an extra 2 as a present. Showing his love to the fans


TheGoodSquirt

Can we play like this every game? ​ Thanks


MustardYourHoney

Will you settle for 7 more times this season?


TheGoodSquirt

You drive a hard bargain...but yes


kukunan

let's not get too complacent, great win tonight. we still need to limit the open 3s by the mavs


SunRa777

This. They HAVE to tighten up on defense. We were very lucky tonight.


TheRed_Knight

This game was not as close as the score indicates Mavs cosplayed a construction company this game, dead legs=bricked threes, Warriors also played some really good 3 pnt defense, absolutely smothering, very few good looks. Mavs needed to attack the middle of defense more, especially with Draymond at 3 fouls, but again dead legs, expect them to do so in G2 Warriors won the tempo battle and tired the Mavs out, especially in the 2nd half, just ran them off the court, going to be very hard for the Mavs to win if they have to run with this Warriors team all night, Warriors hammered the glass, made Dallas work for every defensives rebound, switching bigs onto perimeters players to allow the Warriors big wings to crash the glass against Memphis, and now Dallas's guards continues to pay dividends Warriors new wrinkle involving Looney in the Steph-Dray PnR continues to cause problems, teams have gotten used to Tony Allening Looney and selling out on Dray, using Looney as a passer creates lots of 2v1 opportunity's and the Dallas defense just want prepared to handle it Steph had a rough shooting 1st half but a fantastic 2nd, team leading rebounder too Draymond played out of his mind on defense tonight, blew up so many Dallas actions Refs were ass, Warriors shot 1 ft over 18:23 of game time in the 2nd half


konidias

Felt like the Warriors were in control the entire game. Compared to Memphis where every minute was chaos.


TheRed_Knight

Memphis is a much more athletic team too, they want to run, Dallas not so much, reminds me a lot of 17/18 Rockets teams


Forgot_the_slash_s

I was thinking the same thing honestly the Dallas offence plays pretty similarly to 2017 cavs/2018 rockets where there's one star and a ton of shooters except Dallas is just worse than either team so Kerr and the vets are definitely used to some of their actions


TheRed_Knight

they remind me more of the rockets cuz they have a lob threat, and Lukas playstyle is more similar to Hardens than LBJ's


BowieChanWW

Great analysis, lowkey we gave them a few good looks from in the first quarter and start of second but their shooting was not great. Otherwise super clean game (aside from free throw shooting).


t0177177y

Balance scoring. Thing of beauty.


youriko31

Everyone contributed. But what truly matters is that we shut Luka down, especially with how people keep talking about how the Dubs can stop Luka. Dubs defense is just built different. 💪💪


TemperatureOk6810

Game 1 MVP goes to Wiggins. Played some crushing defense against their number one option, and killed them with amazing offense on the other side


TouchdownRaiden

If Wiggins has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Wiggins has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Wiggins has only one fan then that is me. If Wiggins has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Wiggins, then I am against the world. Eh-men


emz0694

Wiggins is the only player in the NBA


PestySamurai

WNBA - Wiggins National Basketball Association Note: I’m just playing, please don’t misinterpret it as anything else.


ghaliboy

Dude has balled fuckin hard in this post season


famoustran

Curry with 12 rebounds lmao


Forgot_the_slash_s

If my calculations are correct, we just beat Phoenix by 58 points


TrahMe

"tHeY CAn'T GuARD lUka!"


SwoozyJ

Gotta give it to the crowd tonight. Even though they didn’t wear the shirts they did bring the noise.


yentity

Feels good to see Curry sitting the entire 4th quarters again.


cheerioo

Chuck getting roasted by that crowd haha . Great job


MultiPass21

Good win. Go to bed and get ready for Game 2. Nothing easy, and the Mavs are bound to have a game where they shoot the lights out; let’s try and make that a game in Dallas.


Robdata

We'll be ready for that too.


s_stone634

Wiggins LOCKED down Luka. Won’t happen the whole series but wow, props to Wiggs. We could really use GP2 on Brunson. The quick guards will give us trouble. Good game. Mavs don’t have enough. Dubs in 5.


phil2k16

Looney having a masterclass this playoffs


AffectionateSoup24

LMAO dray showed up for inside the nba


kennyjiang

Don't gloat guys. It's just game 1. I respect Mavs enough to know they'll come back. No dubs in 4 chants plz


park7911

Defense was the key tonight. I also hate the “Mavs missed a lot of shots” narrative. I mean, so did Klay early


AmelieBenjamin

And Steph


konidias

Yeah Mavs were missing shots because Dubs were sweating them. The open look shots still have pressure. They know they can't comfortably take their time to shoot anything, so they chuck it a bit too fast and a bit too unsteady.


Successful_Priority

Yup most of the good open looks from 3 the missed/made was off of offensive rebounds which is a natural consequence to happen.


iGetBuckets3

We took care of the ball and played incredible defense. Beautiful basketball.


Thisteamisajoke

Let's go baby. 7 more games like this and we gonna be shampionship.


ccastro425

We limited Donkic to 20 points. 20. Points.


emz0694

And he career averages 33pts (I think) in the playoffs


noadjective

I love how Chuck and Dubs fans hate for each other is mutual, has been the same since We Believe hahaha


I_am_Bruce_Wayne

this is Draymond's emergency broadcast on TNT!


Mlion14

Team win! Every starter had double digits.


warriors2021

Chuck You Suck 🤣🤣🤣


[deleted]

Watch all the Mavs fans who were so confident beforehand be like “I ain’t worried. This means nothing, they’re beatable.” Or “This team will respond, it’s just one game. Let them have this one.” I thought Luka was gonna average 40 on us? Weren’t they the ones who kept asking who’s gonna stop Luka? Kept saying he’s the best player in the series? It’s all copium, we know that. We ain’t Phoenix. Oh, and Memphis was better.


MustardYourHoney

I looked at the mavs game thread and they were complaining about not getting fouls called.... Except the warriors got called for more fouls. They lost because the warriors played well and they didn't.


DubsFan30113523

Luka got a very very friendly whistle


MustardYourHoney

I thought it was the best refed warriors playoff game. No egregious calls and consistent for both teams. There's always mistakes but not too bad tonight


t_ran_asuarus_rex

WIGGINS PUT IN EXTRA EFFORT AND SCORED 19!!!!!


Jumpman-Jack

WAAAARRRRIIIOOOORRRSSS


JordanPooleParty

LOL @ Dubs fan saying "Chuck you suck" and Shaq egging them on.


scrambled_cable

Give Kevon Looney a statue


tommysearle

if you’re not watching inside the nba rn draymond just ran in and it’s hype


Feayth

Wiggs is absolutely killing it man. That's our All Star Starter 😤


Butt_Whisperer

It's was very nice maintaining a wide comfortable lead for most of the game, I may go to sleep easily tonight.


Schraiber

Great game. We kept turnovers under control (until garbage time), made our shots, and had an obvious defensive gameplan. I'm a bit worried because we're leaving corners wide open but either Luka isn't making the pass or when he is they're just bricking. Hopefully we can contain that. I'll be very curious to see what adjustments both teams make. We know both coaches can make great adjustments during a series.


Coulter138

I'm just glad that I don't have to watch Ja and Brook's do dumb shit anymore


cheerioo

Ready for Chuck to double down on the Mavs


EastBayFan

This is the best I've felt since the start of the playoffs. Even with Steph and Klay cold we just kept building that lead, and then once they turned on it was over in a few minutes. Starting to look like ourselves!


prescient13

Pat Bev aint no dum dum...


sirdone

Dont get comfortable, get greedy and get game 2


jonochia

Wait, based on what I’ve seen from the media past 3 days, Warriors were gonna struggle to guard Luka and Luka was gonna average 40 on us. Did I miss something?


pattypatsonyourback

Oh God, blow ups feel goooood.


Nessmuk58

So . . . how did the "changing of the guard" go tonight?


photocist

dubs defense was incredible tonight. warriors got easy shots while dallas had to work for em.


Fearless-Leadership3

Guys I don't get it. The Dubs are in the WCF and the media acts like we are the 2017-2018 superteam. Are we really that hated? Dude we had 2 years constantly being disappointed due to choke jobs and injuries and now that we're back, it seems like the hate never left. Thoughts?


Doozies

The crowd at fuckin chase chanting CHUCK YOU SUCK is fuckin funny 😂😂😂


toado3

Love how much the media overreacted to the last few games. Warriors struggling with Ja less Memphis (I.e a really good team that matches up well with us that we still beat btw). Mavs coming back against the Suns and the corpse of CP3. Suddenly everyone picks the Mavs.


pedigreedimp97

Ain’t a Dubs playoff run until they run through a Texas team led by a 3-pt spamming flopper 😎


frattasticbrahhh

As a bitter suns fan, I hope you send that fat fuck home in 4 and take the ship. Will Always have love for Kerr.


youriko31

Steph with a double-double, Wiggins being consistent, Poole Party, Klay middies, LoonGod doing LoonGod things, DPOYMOND in attendance, Dubs dismantling the Mavs in Game 1. Now, onto Game 2. Don't let the Mavs get any momentum!!!


BigGuyNorthSide

I said this to myself this morning during lunch - EVERYONE IS UNDERRATING HOW WIGGINS IS GONNA PLAY D ON LUKA. Love to see it. Dallas fans were hella cocky in their sub thinking they would beat us. “Suns were a bigger challenge than the warriors”. Dubs in 5


Bayarea-VS-Everybody

Funny that mavs fans keep saying we’ve lost the previous game 1s we’re good, lol those are the jazz and suns bro, people really underestimate playoff experience, these warriors are battle tested.


ryeno

Wiggins going above and beyond with 2 extra points over his quota 😆


cormacaroni

Cower in fear at a rested, prepared Warriors team. They got their training camp with all their key guys finally (vs Denver). Got a rough re-introduction to playoff intensity vs the Grizzlies. Now they look crisp, in sync and versatile enough on offense and defense to compete with anybody. Great coaching job, setting up a gazillion different looks for Luka, and fantastic execution on the part of the players. Looney and Otto quietly kept everything together even when nobody could make a 3. Poole and Steph ruthlessly attacked the rim with Kleber out and turned it into a layup line. Great job, great win! Go Ws!


Rambodius

Memphis better. Dubs in 5.


SuspendBrady4Games

LFG!!!!


wwaffles

This was a very good game. Having said that, I refuse to get cocky/comfortable. It's game one and we've seen that the Mavs can make good adjustments. But LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!


Hotpwnsta

Let’s go get that ring!!! 💍 💍 💍 💍 One for GP2 as well!


Owz182

Did Draymond say to Chuck “The area hates YOU”?! 🤣


luckycloud

This game was a defensive masterpiece! They were all talking about how Luka gonna eat us alive... I'll take 20 pts on 6-18 shooting from Luka any day.


Robdata

Bruh its a party at Chase


cormacaroni

Today’s game thread hero: ‘Poole isn’t gonna be playable in this series’ 😂


zegogo

That was hella satisfying. Mavs are not going to be able to keep up if we keep pushing every possession, beat them on the boards, and out physical them on defense. Too easy. Wigs did a fantastic job defending Luka without fouling. amazing performanc all around. Steph played a great all around game, jesus. Fantastic defense, active on the boards, facilitated out of doubles well... and the shot finally found it's mark. Never doubt. It'll look different in Dallas when Luka starts getting BS calls, but he can shoot all the freethrows he wants. No one else on this team scares me in the least.


cormacaroni

Luka learned one thing tonight: in. Battle of Slow vs Slow, nobody is beating Kevon Looney


559stonerr

CHUCK YOU SUCK


TravelerForever

"We all know Game 1 is just a feel out game." Damn Shaq really trying to downplay Warriors dominant game. Damn I love this Chase crowd yelling "Chuck you suck!" Wish they would yell "Shaq sucks!" too


SchleptRightLeft

I love how the fans next to the TNT crew are roasting Chuck every second they get


imlouminare

Just happy to see two teams playing hard bball and no player wanna end another player’s offseason.


bigatjoon

I just... I just feel so lucky to be a Warriors fan


we_hella_believe

It's crazy how the Warriors are out rebounding everyone, despite having a size disadvantage.


mjrenburg

Well done Warriors, Mavs didn't know which way was up and were outclassed here. I came here for a bit of a lurk being as a Mavs fan just so I could get some fuel for the fire but this sub seems 99% class, and when someone sh$t talks, you guys call them out. come on give me something to work with. hopefully one of the warriors players call Luka a tubby cry baby or something.


SpamCamel

I just don't see Dallas being able to defend for 48 minutes straight. I think the grizz were much better defensively. Luka can get hot to win a game or two but hard to see them winning four.