2024 NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Finals: #3 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL leads 3-0)

[agentofatlas]

Lesson for Ant

You don’t disrespect one Yugo when you about to start series against another one

I Believe Luka took this a bit more personal than usual

I actually think Kyrie was the one who took this personally.

This is just normal Luka. That dude has gamer rage lol.

[Oscar9992]

I hope Lively will come back. He is the 3'd best player in Mavs & may be the most impactful in the squad overall.

The NBA Finals is June 6th i believe. He can miss Game 4 and we're guaranteed already to have the Celtics-Mavericks NBA Finals.

You don't believe Wolves can come back even in absense of Lively?

[HotRocks34]

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[Yuri36]

It’s all about matchups. Mavs were a bad matchup for the Timberwolves. Timberwolves were the perfect counter to Denver.

As would have been Dallas if you actually think about it.

Hard to see Denver competing with Dallas at this point.

Perhaps i wasn't clear enough but my post actually meant that

[Micah Prescott]

Mavs going to sweep. Like they did against the Lakers before beating the Heat.

Always the underdogs

[_Und3r][D4wg_]

At this point I'm just genuinely sad for the T'wolves fans... They had legitimate reasons to expect a very strong, even dominant run in this series. Many of them were already looking forward to how the T'wolves would handle the Celtics in the Finals...

...Only then to be completely blindsided by a squad of underdawgs who didn't get the memo how they were supposed to be easy wolf-fodder, and led by a pair of cold-'ice-in-their-veins'-blooded assassins, among the deadliest in recent times.

And so Luka's "real MVP" campaign, as well as Kyrie & Kidd's redemption arc rolls on. The Celtics watch & wait with keen interest.

[Forbes]

Lmao KAT saying he’s shooting 1500 shots a day. Why lie?

[Yuri36]

Jokic would have Lively and Gafford in foul trouble by the 3rd quarter. Luka and Lydia would have to Guard MPJ, Murray & KCP thru screens and spot up 3's

PJ Washington and Luka would struggle with Gordon in the dunker position

Feel free to explain us why he would have them in foul trouble by 3rd quarter more than guys like Rudy or Reid?

Because Reid and Gobert are veterans and smart players in the post vs big centers that post up

Lively is a rookie with no experience in the post
And Gafford is just athletic and plays better help defense

It's simple logic

And let me tell you this, your logic is totally flawed

[ArksNetsSince99]

Lesson for Ant

You don’t disrespect one Yugo when you about to start series against another one

I Believe Luka took this a bit more personal than usual

I actually think Kyrie was the one who took this personally.

This is just normal Luka. That dude has gamer rage lol.

I’m all for it , let’s Kyrie show Nets management how dumb they are , he already did actually

And let him earn the bag he deserves

[perempe20]

Can we agree on that the Mavs have the two best players of the series?

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

lmao shaq and klay are a match made in heaven. they telling everyone they have 4 rings, can never be wrong

[Chuck Everett]

I hope Lively will come back. He is the 3'd best player in Mavs & may be the most impactful in the squad overall.

The NBA Finals is June 6th i believe. He can miss Game 4 and we're guaranteed already to have the Celtics-Mavericks NBA Finals.

You don't believe Wolves can come back even in absense of Lively?

Nope. Unless, they have a 15 point lead with 3 minutes to go, I don't trust them to close out a tight game.

[Chuck Everett]

Can we agree on that the Mavs have the two best players of the series?

They might actually have more than that. One of the reasons KAT is playing so poorly is because of PJ Washington's defense.

[Statlanta]

Lmao KAT saying he’s shooting 1500 shots a day. Why lie?

He was smiling before he did it too, gave me Orlando Dwight vibes. He wants Goat big shooter title but all Dirk saw was bricks

[mademan]

Can we agree on that the Mavs have the two best players of the series?

That its been as close as it has is an absolute testament to how good the "others" have been for the Wolves. Tonight McDaniels had 15 points on 8 shots going 3/4 from 3, Conley went for 16 going 4/7 from 3 and while Naz didnt shoot well from 3, he still scored an efficient 14. Even Kyle Anderson gave them great minutes scoring 10 points on 6 shots and playing the best defense on Luka amongst everyone on the Wolves.

This is a big opportunity loss for KAT and Edwards who have gotten incredible contribution from their role players.

[Forbes]

At this point I'm just genuinely sad for the T'wolves fans... They had legitimate reasons to expect a very strong, even dominant run in this series. Many of them were already looking forward to how the T'wolves would handle the Celtics in the Finals...

...Only then to be completely blindsided by a squad of underdawgs who didn't get the memo how they were supposed to be easy wolf-fodder, and led by a pair of cold-'ice-in-their-veins'-blooded assassins, among the deadliest in recent times.

And so Luka's "real MVP" campaign, as well as Kyrie & Kidd's redemption arc rolls on. The Celtics watch & wait with keen interest.

At the beginning of the series in the first threat I told wolves fans what was going to happen and they continued to be cocky. I could tell they haven’t watched the Mavs play. Bias aside, all you have to do is watch teams play to get an idea of how they will perform against other teams. I thought this one was going to be obvious that they haven’t seen this type of defense yet and have no answer for this offense.

Lol I don’t feel sorry for the Wolves fans lol. I hope they get swept.

I do feel bad for Ant because the media kept pushing this Jordan Narrative and he’s not even close to a young Jordan. Let Ant be Ant, he’s still raw and has a lot of growth left in his game. I love that he stays confident and praises his teammates at all times.

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

Can we agree on that the Mavs have the two best players of the series?

They might actually have more than that. One of the reasons KAT is playing so poorly is because of PJ Washington's defense.

Who's the best player on the Wolves this series. Is it Naz? Conley? I kind of don't know. Is it Ant or Gobert by default of what they're doing?

[GeorgeSears]

I believe the Nuggets would've put up a better fight.

Jokic would've put much more pressure on their bigs than Rudy and KAT are currently able to.

The matchups mattered. The TWolves were purpose built to take out the Nuggets, but would probably struggle against the Thunder and are getting picked apart by the Mavs.

[___Rand___]

Losing Lively worries me a lot. This could get rough for them if he's out extended time.

Nah they were fine without him.

It’s about having the size for 48min when on the other side is just 30-32min KP

KP? Are you talking about Celtics? There is a drop off for sure without Lively. I think they can survive it just like tonight. It makes Celtics series harder for Mavs because that's probably the advantage Mavs had in front court with Lively.

[Mavrelous]

Absolute shot making clinic in the 4th by LuKai, the 12-1 run to put the game away started by PJ 3 and ended by Gafford lob, how symbolic.
Critical win since Lively is out for the series most likely.