2023 - 2024 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - I'm watching, just like you guys

[Vic Mackey 46692]

Is Kyrie shook by the Boston fans? He looks terrible.

[LurkingHorn 1035]

Just a reminder, we were blown out Game 1 against the Clippers and Thunder. They through the first punch. Time to start looking for ways to strike back. 

[Firemans4Horn 17136]

2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Is Kyrie shook by the Boston fans? He looks terrible.

is 12 points on 19 shots bad?

[RexWilson 1341]

Our rim protection has sucked tonight. 

[RexWilson 1341]

Clear the bench, move on to game 2. 

[Vic Mackey 46692]

Boston is a completely different animal than what we have faced so far. Add in they haven't faced one ounce of adversity and are well rested. I hope it's like their 2022 Finals where they went off but never shot like that again but that was the Warriors.

[RexWilson 1341]

The question was how would Boston defend Luka and we have the answer. No blitzes and switch almost every screen. 
 

Luka had some dumb turnovers but it seemed they had gotten so used to being blitzed they forgot how to adjust. 

[Firemans4Horn 17136]

Everyone not named Luka shot 21-55 and 2-14 from 3. You can’t beat the Celtics with the lack of team contributions. Luka also only had 1 assist tonight. Shows you the Celtics defensive game plan worked. 

[dcar00 13956]

44 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Boston is a completely different animal than what we have faced so far. Add in they haven't faced one ounce of adversity and are well rested. I hope it's like their 2022 Finals where they went off but never shot like that again but that was the Warriors.

the funny thing is they only shot 38% from 3.  We are the 5 seed for a reason.  if we were some rolling ball of butcher knives we'd be the one seed.  

[gsoda3 3194]

I don't see what adjustments there are to make aside from hoping we make and hope they miss. They are a terrible matchup for us.

On offense:
Be patient on the switch. Exploit them switching on the Luka PnRs and take it to the rim. If horford's in the game, finish in the paint. If KP 's in, pass to the open three. Tonight we didn't look to pass out.

We don't ever run plays for Kyrie but we need to. Let Kyrie and Luka run the PnR with each other or play the two man game with them.


On defense:
I actually thought we did alright on the perimeter. We need to body up everyone but especially d white once the ball goes up. We gave them a few open 3s but we'll never be able to take that away. We have to win inside the paint especially if we get helpside defense from our bigs. We got beat 75% of the time tonight in an area we should control.

Is Kyrie shook by the Boston fans? He looks terrible.

Yes as much as he says it doesn't bother him those boos affect him.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8789]

the funny thing is they only shot 38% from 3.  We are the 5 seed for a reason.  if we were some rolling ball of butcher knives we'd be the one seed.  

lol calm down. Dallas post trade deadline boasted a team record that would’ve been in line for the 1 seed. Boston had a first qtr for the ages. I had my phone on YTTV while getting food and the entire first qtr was nothing but listening to Breen calling 3PMs for Boston. They were unconscious

That kind of barrage just isn’t sustainable as the next 3 Qtrs was Boston +1. Bottom line is it’s the pure definition of live by the 3 die by the 3…just like GS. Their losses or close wins vs Indy in these playoffs they’ve shot well below 35% from 3. Their blow out wins they’re around 40%

I was surprised Boston and specifically KP didn’t skip a beat after 10 days off.

[Bozo_Casanova 25874]

 

-Boston played well

- Mavs came out cold

- Lively looks like a rookie for the first time in 3 months

- nobody could shoot except Luka

- DJ kept trying to force the same play

- we were on the wrong end of NBA officiating 

all that said, it could have been much worse and there was plenty to like. On to the next one. 

 

[Rockethorn1978 6059]

Mavs win game 2. It’s gonna be a 7 game series. I don’t think the mavs have lost back to back to back games in the playoffs have they? They always respond after a loss. 

[Skipper 5967]

2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

-Boston played well

- Mavs came out cold

- Lively looks like a rookie for the first time in 3 months

- nobody could shoot except Luka

- DJ kept trying to force the same play

- we were on the wrong end of NBA officiating 

 

This pretty much sums it up.   I'm not taking too much away from game 1.   Boston played out of their minds in the first quarter.  Kyrie won't play that poorly again I would bet.  It makes game 2 a bit bigger but we lost game 1 in '11 as well (and game 3 to go down 2-1).  

[Rex Kramer 1239]

12 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

That wasn’t even our worst first half of the playoffs. 

Yes it was. 

[Skipper 5967]

14 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Yes it was. 

Considering the relative quality of teams, I would say worst half of the playoffs was EASILY game 1 of the playoffs.  I mean at least we scored more than 8 points in the 2nd quarter.

[Rex Kramer 1239]

Just now, Skipper said:

Considering the relative quality of teams, I would say worst half of the playoffs was EASILY game 1 of the playoffs.  I mean at least we scored more than 8 points in the 2nd quarter.

We were cold in that game. Last night we were cold and had zero life. I want to say Boston was 2:1 on rebounding margin at half. 

[Vic Mackey 46692]

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[Vertuzzi 1304]

TD was buzzing last night, holy shit. The fucking Mavs players and coaches had that thousand mile stare; they had no idea what they ran into. KP came in and flopped his hairy, Baltic nuts on the table, and the Mavs had no answer for him. Of course, in typical Kyrie fashion, he just can’t keep his mouth shut after his team just got fucking pumped. If he didn’t think last night was loud, he’s got another thing coming in game 2. Go C’s!!

 

[Rex Kramer 1239]

30 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

TD was buzzing last night, holy shit. The fucking Mavs players and coaches had that thousand mile stare; they had no idea what they ran into. KP came in and flopped his hairy, Baltic nuts on the table, and the Mavs had no answer for him. Of course, in typical Kyrie fashion, he just can’t keep his mouth shut after his team just got fucking pumped. If he didn’t think last night was loud, he’s got another thing coming in game 2. Go C’s!!

 

So you’ve come into Stars and Mavs playoff threads to run your mouth.  What a cunt. 

Id neg you but I don’t believe in negging. Plus I laughed at the image of KP’s gangly ass flopping hairy “Baltic” nuts. 

[Skipper 5967]

40 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

TD was buzzing last night, holy shit. The fucking Mavs players and coaches had that thousand mile stare; they had no idea what they ran into. KP came in and flopped his hairy, Baltic nuts on the table, and the Mavs had no answer for him. Of course, in typical Kyrie fashion, he just can’t keep his mouth shut after his team just got fucking pumped. If he didn’t think last night was loud, he’s got another thing coming in game 2. Go C’s!!

 

Cool Story Bro.  The NBA general thread is that way.  Or go start a Boston thread and talk to yourself. Nobody else gives a fuck about that city.

['stache 21564]

We did this Game 1 v OKC and I think LAC too. I'm not too worried . . . yet. 

[Skipper 5967]

40 minutes ago, 'stache said:

We did this Game 1 v OKC and I think LAC too. I'm not too worried . . . yet. 

We have to somehow, someway get this 2-2 and make it a best of 3.  Obviously easiest path would be to grab game 2 Sunday.

[Quagmire 2139]

And that confirms that Boston fans are front running douches, not that surprising

[Rex Kramer 1239]

55 minutes ago, Quagmire said:

And that confirms that Boston fans are front running douches, not that surprising

[Sawbonz 26871]

Porzingis will break

[Vic Mackey 46692]

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[RexWilson 1341]

Pat Beverly and Shaq have recently talked about Luka (bc of his game/trash talk) and Dirk (his wife) and said “they’re invited to the cookout”.

It got me thinking, what would be the white social invite black people would be invited to in a similar comparison?

[Pato del Muerto 52094]

10 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

Pat Beverly and Shaq have recently talked about Luka (bc of his game/trash talk) and Dirk (his wife) and said “they’re invited to the cookout”.

It got me thinking, what would be the white social invite black people would be invited to in a similar comparison?

The golf game?

[LurkingHorn 1035]

I think if Boston is going to allow Luka to cook, he just needs to fucking cook and not worry about assists until they change their tactics. They’re gifting him 1-on-1 matchups, so it’s time to smoke them for 40 points and make them re-think that. Also, DJJ needs to stop trying to drive. 1-7 and was 0-3 on dunk attempts. Stick to 3s and alley oops. No need to try anything more than that. 

[Vertuzzi 1304]

10 hours ago, Quagmire said:

And that confirms that Boston fans are front running douches, not that surprising

Right, like Dallas isn’t a cesspool of douches…Dallas fans are the biggest pussies of all time after Montreal Canadiens fans. They’ve yet to learn their place in the sports world. Other than the fucking cowboys, nobody pays attention to Dallas teams other than the occasional team that makes a deep playoff run once a decade. And I know you will defend him because he’s currently wearing Mavs on his jersey, but you Dallas idiots are going to be in for a rude awakening when Kyrie fucks over your team, as he’s done literally everywhere he’s played. 

[Bozo_Casanova 25874]

20 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

Right, like Dallas isn’t a cesspool of douches…Dallas fans are the biggest pussies of all time after Montreal Canadiens fans*. They’ve yet to learn their place in the sports world. Other than the fucking cowboys, nobody* pays attention to Dallas teams other than the occasional team that makes a deep playoff run once a decade. And I know you will defend him because he’s currently wearing Mavs on his jersey, but you Dallas idiots are going to be in for a rude awakening when Kyrie fucks over your team, as he’s done literally everywhere he’s played***. 

* who gets bent out of shape about fans of the Montreal Canadiens?

** nobody other than people from Dallas? Great. Do you need external validation from national media and t-shirt fans and front runners from other cities to feel good about your home team? Let me tell you something about people from Dallas: we don’t give a fuck. 

*** it’s not your fault, Will.

Edited June 8 by Bozo_Casanova

[Vertuzzi 1304]

11 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

* who gets bent out of shape about fans of the Montreal Canadiens?

** nobody other than people from Dallas? Great. Do you need external validation from national media and t-shirt fans and front runners from other cities to feel good about your home team? Let me tell you something about people from Dallas: we don’t give a fuck. 

*** it’s not your fault, Will.

* My dude, watch a fucking hockey documentary every once in a while. Holy shit. 

** Dallas fans clearly give a fuck considering they bitch non-stop about their lack of coverage from media. What a stupid fucking thing to care about. 

*** Movie came out the year I was born. Here’s a better quote from a Boston movie, “Firefighters are a bunch of homos.” 

[Sawbonz 26871]

15 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

Movie came out the year I was born

[Firemans4Horn 17136]

1 hour ago, Vertuzzi said:

Right, like Dallas isn’t a cesspool of douches…Dallas fans are the biggest pussies of all time after Montreal Canadiens fans. They’ve yet to learn their place in the sports world. Other than the fucking cowboys, nobody pays attention to Dallas teams other than the occasional team that makes a deep playoff run once a decade. And I know you will defend him because he’s currently wearing Mavs on his jersey, but you Dallas idiots are going to be in for a rude awakening when Kyrie fucks over your team, as he’s done literally everywhere he’s played. 

 

Hey @Vertuzzi

 

Spoiler

 

[dcar00 13956]

9 hours ago, Vertuzzi said:

Right, like Dallas isn’t a cesspool of douches…Dallas fans are the biggest pussies of all time after Montreal Canadiens fans. They’ve yet to learn their place in the sports world. Other than the fucking cowboys, nobody pays attention to Dallas teams other than the occasional team that makes a deep playoff run once a decade. And I know you will defend him because he’s currently wearing Mavs on his jersey, but you Dallas idiots are going to be in for a rude awakening when Kyrie fucks over your team, as he’s done literally everywhere he’s played. 

This is cute.  Everyone in the US knows that Boston is the fucking mecca of douchebags.  

[Vic Mackey 46692]

Right, like Dallas isn’t a cesspool of douches…Dallas fans are the biggest pussies of all time after Montreal Canadiens fans. They’ve yet to learn their place in the sports world. Other than the fucking cowboys, nobody pays attention to Dallas teams other than the occasional team that makes a deep playoff run once a decade. And I know you will defend him because he’s currently wearing Mavs on his jersey, but you Dallas idiots are going to be in for a rude awakening when Kyrie fucks over your team, as he’s done literally everywhere he’s played. 

Huge difference of cesspool of douches vs Boston, the biggest trash, racist fan base in sports. Pretty sure they actively have Klan meetings at the games

[InkaUtexas 24932]

Well damn I am in trouble. Mom is from Boston, Dad from Dallas. And here I thought aggy was the biggest douchebag in the nation.

[Minute Bull 243]

Kleber comes in and promptly misses two wide open threes and early mavericks lead erased. Come on man.

[Minute Bull 243]

And then gets stuffed by Porzingis on a layup

[Vic Mackey 46692]

This team looks like a bag of garbage on offense

[dcar00 13956]

Luka really needs to work on his FT shooting.  

and Porzingis travels a ton.

[ITHorn 777]

Maxi has been… not great

[Vic Mackey 46692]

KP yanked his arm and gets a call. Neat. Been that way this whole series

[dcar00 13956]

fucking FT's 

[GenXer 2532]

Make some fucking free throws. You’re professional basketball players for fucks sake.

[dcar00 13956]

gonna lose the game at the line.  just flat Jr high school awful

[Vic Mackey 46692]

Fucking FTs. Embarrassing

[RexWilson 1341]

4-9 from FT is pathetic

[Vic Mackey 46692]

Boston shoots 1 of 9 from 3 and only down 3. That's pathetic from Dallas.