RS 23/24 - Mavs @ Thunder (Sund 3:30PMEST)

[Dirk]

Final game of a roller-coaster season.

Do you think the Mavs would play the full team here if they had beaten the Pistons?

The Thunder can clinch the #1 seed with a W here. Also the likely round 2 rival in the playoffs.

[41Dirk41]

I prefer OKC over Denver all day... They are damn good but very young.

[ChipotleWest]

I prefer OKC over Denver all day... They are damn good but very young.

They need a big or two, especially if we get Lively back him and Gafford will feast. I think we're a bad matchup for them. But we're a bad matchup for almost every team.

You're not going to stop Luka, you're not going to stop Kyrie. Can the rest of the team give enough points is the only question.

[GermanFan120]

I prefer Gafford + Lively to dominate OKC's chopstick bigs over a skilled MVP in Jokic.

[MassimoPayne]

Would love to see a loss here with all of our starters resting. Get OKC the first seed

[Mavrelous]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

[Teffer10]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

So that leaves....

Hardy/Williams
Green/Lawson
Hardaway/Fudge
Prosper/Morris
Powell

[Teffer10]

Any chance Prosper can be the Mavs version of Evan Carter (for those who follow the Texas Rangers)?

[Mavrelous]

It's a dilemma whether to watch Hardy and OMax flashes in a blow out loss or watch the LAL/NOP or PHX/MIN games...

[Teffer10]

It's a dilemma whether to watch Hardy and OMax flashes in a blow out loss or watch the LAL/NOP or PHX/MIN games...

Wouldn't mind watching Fudge.
Of all the athletic freaks on this team, he might be the most athletic.

[daoneandonly]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

Love this. Thj should play to get a rhythm, and let Omax and Hardy fly.

Maxi should probably play for the Sam reason as THJ. Green will help okc nab the #1 seed.

[GermanFan120]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

I know no one gives a f about what the league will do about this. But would Adam Silver act like a diva over something like this?

[Archx]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

I know no one gives a f about what the league will do about this. But would Adam Silver act like a diva over something like this?

He would need to punish entire league. Celtics starting 5 also sitting out, Embiid sitting out, etc...

[Mavrelous]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

I know no one gives a f about what the league will do about this. But would Adam Silver act like a diva over something like this?

What's going on in the east right now is beyond bizarre

[joesha1698]

Luka Doncic - out (left ankle soreness)
Kyrie Irving - out (left hamstring soreness)
Maxi Kleber - out (low back spasms)
Dereck Lively II - out (right knee sprain)
Dante Exum - out (right foot sprain)
Daniel Gafford - out (right elbow soreness)
Derrick Jones Jr. - out (left shoulder sprain)
P.J. Washington - out (right ankle sprain)
Greg Brown III - out (personal reasons)

All top 8 rotation guys are out.

I know no one gives a f about what the league will do about this. But would Adam Silver act like a diva over something like this?

What's going on in the east right now is beyond bizarre

what exactly is going on in the east? (u mean guys sitting out or how close the records are?)

[Mavrelous]

I know no one gives a f about what the league will do about this. But would Adam Silver act like a diva over something like this?

What's going on in the east right now is beyond bizarre

what exactly is going on in the east? (u mean guys sitting out or how close the records are?)

Cavs losing to Hornets after sitting out everyone (what the Mavs did last year ), but also, that fact that the "winner" gets to play Embiid/Butler in the PO

[Mavrelous]

OMax is great, my hope for him is back, as for the 3 guards, not so much...

[tleikheen]

This is why Ive said OMax should get Maxi's minutes ....he's young and going to make mistakes but his physicality meshes with Gafford and Washington better than Maxi

[tleikheen]

LOL Hardy is terrible .....

[dygaction]

Would not mind OMax taking Green/Hardy's minutes this playoff