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

[Vic Mackey 47959]

This series looks done.

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

“Kyrie Irving fires another 3… misses”

 

the story of the series

[bluto 4997]

Celtics are just a better team, and their bigs being able to drag the mavs bigs outside is a massive difference. 

[GenXer 3437]

Kyrie can’t play basketball in boston

[Vic Mackey 47959]

Why is Luka deferring to his shitty teammates? I'd rather live and die by him trying to win this game himself.

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Who knew that Josh Green and Jalen Hardy aren’t good?

 

[dcar00 14971]

16 fouls to 8 while Boston is just beating the crap out of our ballhandler every time down the floor.

[Minute Bull 378]

Mavs 4-20 from 3. And mosT of those have been uncontested. 

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Luka’s defense looks like Caitlin Clark

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Mavs can’t even come close to hanging defensively. 

[Minute Bull 378]

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Luka’s defense looks like Caitlin Clark

Well shit he’s got to carry the team offensively.  He can’t do it all himself.

[ITHorn 919]

Goddamn. Holiday may be the best defender in the NBA but he’s been allll over Kyrie tonight. 

[dcar00 14971]

you have to be fucking kidding me. whatever.

[Zeus 6864]

14 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Dallas is fucking dreadful behind the arc. Holy shit.

You would think

Rim Protector

3 point shooters around Luka

 

 instead they try to go for these hybrid guys to do both that can’t do either

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Of course. 

[bluto 4997]

Shit d letting him get that running start

[dcar00 14971]

Luka's gonna try to match that 3.  I hope he makes it.

[Bigpoppapump 535]

So mavs are shooting better, otherwise statistically nearly the same, we’re losing on fts with about the same attempts.

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

3 minutes ago, Minute Bull said:

Well shit he’s got to carry the team offensively.  He can’t do it all himself.

if they are playing 5 out you can’t get absolutely worked by the guy with the ball every possession. Completely leaves our defense scrambling. 

[dcar00 14971]

Doncic needs to quit with the slow up play.  they aren't going to call the foul.  this is Boston in the Garden.

[Sgt Hulk 14446]

They are just better than us 

[Bigpoppapump 535]

Team better shoot 10k fts each after this

[Minute Bull 378]

This is the Peter Pinciple.  The Mavs have risen to the level at which they are no longer competent.  

Got to find another couple good players and dump the dead weight at the bottom of the roster (THJ, Hardy, Exum, Kleber, Green)

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Kyrie Irving: Brick by Brick

 

26 points on 35 fga so far this series. Jesus. 

Edited June 10 by Firemans4Horn

[Fastbreak 4049]

Maxi has been… not great

Playing him at all has been a big mistake. They had good chemistry and a strong rotation without him. 2 points in 31 minutes…

[GenXer 3437]

Porzingas limping. One good game then ineffective. Same as it ever was.

[Zeus 6864]

Dingus is done

 should’ve been a foul too he kicked his leg out to trip the Mavs player there

 of course tripping is just “tough defense” not a foul when the Celtics do it

[gsoda3 3362]

Kyrie's not playing with the same energy on defense as he had been against LAC, OKC, and Minn. I think those series might have taken more out of him than we realize.  He's tired.  I haven't check but this might be the longest streak of games he's ever played. I think he's missed one game since February.

[Rex Kramer 1536]

Luka has given this game away

[LurkingHorn 1093]

You battle back just to gift them a stupid ass turnover. We still don’t have people who can dribble the fucking basketball. 

[Minute Bull 378]

Mavs had a chance. Idiotic turnover by Luka. He’s just been playing shit street ball in Q4. Out of gas and frustrated

[LurkingHorn 1093]

Just now, Rex Kramer said:

Luka has given this game away

That was not on Luka. It was on PJ. Luka had to try to get the ball back over half court with no time left. 

[Rex Kramer 1536]

8 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Playing him at all has been a big mistake. They had good chemistry and a strong rotation without him. 2 points in 31 minutes…

Big mistake. lol. Tell me more how don’t know basketball. 

[Vic Mackey 47959]

Just now, Rex Kramer said:

Luka has given this game away

He refused to sack up and put the game on his shoulders in the 3rd. He kept deferring to his loser teammates who had a big bag of nothing. 

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Kyrie is a mental midget

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

3 minutes ago, Minute Bull said:

Mavs had a chance. Idiotic turnover by Luka. He’s just been playing shit street ball in Q4. Out of gas and frustrated

Celtics have like 7 guys that can gun it from 3 and they pass the ball around until someone is open. The Mavs have 7 guys that are scared of the basketball and pass it as fast as they can to Luka and sometimes he turns it over. 

[dcar00 14971]

so fucking stupid.  so fucking stupid.

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Poor Luka. His teammates are bums. 

[Minute Bull 378]

Mavs don’t have anyone remotely as physical or tough as Tatum, Brown, Holiday or White. Those 4 could beat the Mavs 5 on 4. Series over.

[dcar00 14971]

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

Poor Luka. His teammates are bums. 

all on cubes...

[ITHorn 919]

I love how they just go silent on replay when realizing White slapped shit out of his hand before getting ball. 

[dcar00 14971]

the NBA is not gonna call a foul on the Boston Celtics in the Garden in that situation...

Edited June 10 by dcar00

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Celtics have erased Lively from the series. Good coaching/scouting. 
 

Kyrie needs to suck less in game 3. Mavs have no chance without a second weapon on offense. 

[Zeus 6864]

10 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Luka has given this game away

Luka was the only reason they are even in the game

[Firemans4Horn 18533]

Just now, Zeus said:

Luka was the only reason they are even in the game

Rex Kramer wears a helmet. 

[wutang75 459]

On top of this misery, that Luka 32.5 prop looked good after the first quarter. For fuck sake.

[LurkingHorn 1093]

Look at the shooting from 3 from non-Luka players. But yes, Luka is the problem. The Celtics missed contested 3s. The Mavs pissed their panties about wide open 3s. Crazy. 

[Vic Mackey 47959]

As bad as Boston was from 3 (26%), Dallas was worse at 23%. Abysmal. 

[Rex Kramer 1536]

28 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

That was not on Luka. It was on PJ. Luka had to try to get the ball back over half court with no time left. 

It was totally on Luka as were the other 7 turnovers. He totally threw the ball away all night and it led to either a dunk or a 3 every time. 

19 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Luka was the only reason they are even in the game

Offensively I agree. But a lot of positive stuff he did he literally gave back to Boston by being careless and cute. He’s the most skilled player in the league but not the best because of shit like tonight. He must take better care of the ball. 

5 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

Glass half full:

Tickets to Game 3 (or Game 4, if we go down 0-3 especially) should be more "accessible" for the common man and his kids?

I guess. I’ll be in LA watching the Rangers. 

[Rex Kramer 1536]

24 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Rex Kramer wears a helmet. 

Didn’t pay attention to thread. How many times did you and dcar aimlessly bitch about officiating?