2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th)

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Who wins the 2024 NBA FINALS?

Poll ended at Sat Jun 8, 2024 3:00 am

Celtics in 4
14
3%
Celtics in 5
60
12%
Celtics in 6
138
29%
Celtics in 7
38
8%
Mavericks in 4
14
3%
Mavericks in 5
19
4%
Mavericks in 6
161
33%
Mavericks in 7
40
8%
 
Total votes: 484

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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#101 » by zimpy27 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:41 am

Kyrie vs Celtics storyline is underrated
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks 

Post#102 » by GrandTheftRondo » Fri May 31, 2024 3:42 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
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Bro ok root for them but don’t bid on them , please save your hard earned money


You don’t think they’re going to win? Celtics are more than 2-1 favorites


Did you watched any of their games ?

They gonna fold faster than umbrella

Judging by your constant rubbish posted all season about them I seriously doubt you watch any of the games
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks 

Post#103 » by KamikazeK » Fri May 31, 2024 3:44 am

GrandTheftRondo wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
You don’t think they’re going to win? Celtics are more than 2-1 favorites


Did you watched any of their games ?

They gonna fold faster than umbrella

Judging by your constant rubbish posted all season about them I seriously doubt you watch any of the games

If I was a Nets fan, I don't think I could bring myself to watch the Celtics either. :lol: Those are your Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum we're winning with.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#104 » by UNCBlue012 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:45 am

zimpy27 wrote:Kyrie vs Celtics storyline is underrated

Underrated? It’s all the media will talk about over the next week lol
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks 

Post#105 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:46 am

KamikazeK wrote:
GrandTheftRondo wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
Did you watched any of their games ?

They gonna fold faster than umbrella

Judging by your constant rubbish posted all season about them I seriously doubt you watch any of the games

If I was a Nets fan, I don't think I could bring myself to watch the Celtics either. :lol: Those are your Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum we're winning with.


Your Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown won as many championships as our Ben Simmons and Lonnie Walker
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#106 » by Residual-Heat » Fri May 31, 2024 3:46 am

Its going to be a good finals. Luka is going to have to work both sides of the court.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#107 » by BliscoSantos » Fri May 31, 2024 3:46 am

I'm hoping the Mavs win but lets not kid ourselves,the Celtics are the heavy favorite...their team is loaded and they were by far the Best team in the regular season...the Mavs were the underdog the entire playoffs, why not surprise everybody one last time...hoping for a competitive series and May the Best team win...bit please let that team be the Mavs :lol:
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#108 » by Yuri36 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:47 am

I have Mavs in 6/7 but could easily be Boston in 7.
Think Boston's small ball won't cut it over the 7 games against a team like Dallas
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1 Thurs June 6th) 

Post#109 » by ajones9219 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:47 am

ForeverTFC wrote:
XTC wrote:
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You disagree that Luka is the best player in the series or that Kyrie is better than Brown?

We can debate the latter, the former is a fact.


Luka


Tatum
Kyrie


Brown


Kyrie a lot closer to Brown, Tatum is in a different tier. But otherwise I agree.

Tier 1: Luka
Tier 2: Tatum
Tier 3: Kyrie, Brown



Luka is better than Tatum...though it's a lot closer than people want to accept. Brown easily clears Irving
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#110 » by ajones9219 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:48 am

Yuri36 wrote:I have Mavs in 6/7 but could easily be Boston in 7.
Think Boston's small ball won't cut it over the 7 games against a team like Dallas


Boston is tailor made to match up against a team like the Mavs. This may actually be the worst matchup for Dallas in the NBA
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#111 » by prejt » Fri May 31, 2024 3:49 am

Boston is not special. They will get locked up just like the star players from other series.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1 Thurs June 6th) 

Post#112 » by Chuck Everett » Fri May 31, 2024 3:49 am

Joe Mazzulla vs. Jason Kidd is really the matchup I'm watching (no more shade for the winner). The Mavs won every game in the WCF when they won the rebounding battle. Porzingis and Kornet are going to have to be healthy enough to compete in the paint and help Horford.

I have the Celtics in seven, but if Lively, Gafford and Kleber dominate the boards, which they just might, this could be a Dallas coronation.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#113 » by Tyrone Messby » Fri May 31, 2024 3:50 am

Mavs in 6

All this Celtics domination talk, I had to double check they hadn’t won 2-3 titles in the last 5 years :lol:
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#114 » by Tyrone Messby » Fri May 31, 2024 3:51 am

I’d say OKC is probably the most difficult match up defensively for the Mavs and well, the Mavs got past em.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#115 » by Green89 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:52 am

Kyrie is 1-10 vs. Celtics since leaving Boston, with no wins in Boston.

C's have beaten the Mavs in 4 straight games the past 2 seasons.

In this season's 2 wins over Dallas, Tatum was the leading scorer with 39 points.

KP missed one of the 2 wins over Dallas this year. Luka and Kyrie played in both.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#116 » by OkcSinceSGA » Fri May 31, 2024 3:53 am

Mavs in 6.
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Re: 2024 NBA Finals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks 

Post#117 » by Sweet Serenity » Fri May 31, 2024 3:54 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:Mavs in 5 , maybe 4


Such a petty little child you are :lol:
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks 

Post#118 » by AussieCeltic » Fri May 31, 2024 3:55 am

GrandTheftRondo wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
You don’t think they’re going to win? Celtics are more than 2-1 favorites


Did you watched any of their games ?

They gonna fold faster than umbrella

Judging by your constant rubbish posted all season about them I seriously doubt you watch any of the games


Don’t get it twisted, he’s been like this since we fleeced the Nets in the KG/PP trade.

Has to make himself known in every Celtics thread.

I bet if the Celtics win, he’ll disappear for awhile
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#119 » by Yuri36 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:57 am

ajones9219 wrote:
Yuri36 wrote:I have Mavs in 6/7 but could easily be Boston in 7.
Think Boston's small ball won't cut it over the 7 games against a team like Dallas


Boston is tailor made to match up against a team like the Mavs. This may actually be the worst matchup for Dallas in the NBA


Not sure about that.
Luka in particular has been a royal pain in Boston's ass the last few years he's played them.
And i don't trust Boston to stop Dallas's twin towers when even Minny couldn't do it.
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Re: 2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th) 

Post#120 » by Lefty20 » Fri May 31, 2024 3:57 am

Rooting for Celtics but betting on Mavs.

That +185 line was just too tempting.

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