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

[The Corey's]

Vegas favors Boston. The poll in this thread has Boston slightly ahead. Where is this everyone is picking Dallas narrative coming from?

This thread is like 5 hours long. Come back in 3 days and check the results.

That would have been the smart thing to do instead of just making up narrative. Trying to create a slight/underdog story.

No one is making up anything. Read the western conference threads.

Celtics aren't losing to Jason Kidd. It's not happening.

[FlatearthZorro]

If the Celtics pla they way they can and Porzingis is there, C's in 5.

[The Corey's]

I keep hearing how bad this Pacers team is until you find out they smoked the Mavericks by a combined 39 points in the 2 games they played each other. Oh & before anyone asks, Yes they were both after the deadline & yes everyone on the Mavericks was healthy.

So what is it fellas ? Were those 2 games both aberrations or are we going to give the Celtics credit for sweeping that Pacers team ?

Everyone **** on the Pacers even though they were statistically one of the best offensive teams ever. Made no sense.

Then they say Celtics played a unhealthy pacers even though it was already 2-0 with a fully fielded Pacer roster.

Those **** on the Celtics have a Celtics bias, are Mavs fans or simply can't fathom how a team that looks so bad wins so often.

Luka and Kyrie can score 80 and it's still not gonna be enough.

Celtics in 5.

[RB34]

People have said the Celtics are trash the entire playoffs, now they’re going to be the favourites? Wild times.

literally no1 said the Celtics are trash at any point during the season

Right..

[zonedefense]

This thread is like 5 hours long. Come back in 3 days and check the results.

That would have been the smart thing to do instead of just making up narrative. Trying to create a slight/underdog story.

No one is making up anything. Read the western conference threads.

Celtics aren't losing to Jason Kidd. It's not happening.

You aren't making any sense. I am trying to figure out the perceived slight. You cannot argue that everyone is favoring Dallas. Ignore the poll where the majority picked Boston. And follow it up with a post where you state that a lot of people haven't voted yet. In that case you don't know if "everyone" is going to pick Dallas.

[The Corey's]

That would have been the smart thing to do instead of just making up narrative. Trying to create a slight/underdog story.

No one is making up anything. Read the western conference threads.

Celtics aren't losing to Jason Kidd. It's not happening.

You aren't making any sense. I am trying to figure out the perceived slight. You cannot argue that everyone is favoring Dallas. Ignore the poll where the majority picked Boston. And follow it up with a post where you state that a lot of people haven't voted yet. In that case you don't know if "everyone" is going to pick Dallas.

I can argue it because the poll isn't how I've come to the conclusion.

Celtics are favorites in Vegas because they're going to win. The Celtics are NOT the underdog.

But this board seems to think so.

[PlatinumState]

Rest up and heal up Mavs. I got them in 6. I really cant see Boston beating them in 7 if everyones healthy on Dallas
Only people picking Boston seem to be Boston fans and there are a lot of you here. Well I think you're in for a rude awakening

[zonedefense]

No one is making up anything. Read the western conference threads.

Celtics aren't losing to Jason Kidd. It's not happening.

You aren't making any sense. I am trying to figure out the perceived slight. You cannot argue that everyone is favoring Dallas. Ignore the poll where the majority picked Boston. And follow it up with a post where you state that a lot of people haven't voted yet. In that case you don't know if "everyone" is going to pick Dallas.

I can argue it because the poll isn't how I've come to the conclusion.

Celtics are favorites in Vegas because they're going to win. The Celtics are NOT the underdog.

But this board seems to think so.

Based on your selective perception. Never mind. I thought there was a real source for this.

[jc23]

Dallas is the outlier here when you think about who the finals favorites were at the beginning of the season. 25-1 i think was the odds of them winning it all.

[jc23]

I keep hearing how bad this Pacers team is until you find out they smoked the Mavericks by a combined 39 points in the 2 games they played each other. Oh & before anyone asks, Yes they were both after the deadline & yes everyone on the Mavericks was healthy.

So what is it fellas ? Were those 2 games both aberrations or are we going to give the Celtics credit for sweeping that Pacers team ?

Everyone **** on the Pacers even though they were statistically one of the best offensive teams ever. Made no sense.
Celtics in 5.

every season for the last 10 years there has been a statically best offensive team(s) ever. 73-9 Warriors would probably be middle of the pack today if you compared the numbers.

[um.]

Spoiler:

Jayson "Melo" Tratum shows up but by that I mean doesn't show up.

Kyrie gets his revenge on that racist city.

DONCIC will turn into some Larry Bird Hybrid

Jaylen Brown will have a decent series.

Mavs in 6

Race baiting is not allowed. Do not attack cities/fanbases as racist.

[The Corey's]

You aren't making any sense. I am trying to figure out the perceived slight. You cannot argue that everyone is favoring Dallas. Ignore the poll where the majority picked Boston. And follow it up with a post where you state that a lot of people haven't voted yet. In that case you don't know if "everyone" is going to pick Dallas.

I can argue it because the poll isn't how I've come to the conclusion.

Celtics are favorites in Vegas because they're going to win. The Celtics are NOT the underdog.

But this board seems to think so.

Based on your selective perception. Never mind. I thought there was a real source for this.

Not sure where you got that from. I said from the start that the board is skewed against the Celtics and unlike you apparently I've found that information from the board it self.

The poll in this thread isn't a indication of anything. I my self haven't even voted it it.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Celtics in five. Luka will win a title some day, but it won’t be this year. Celtics have five of the best seven players and homecourt. Now or never.

Yeah but Dallas has number one. It’s always hard to bet against the team that has the best player in the series. And Kyrie is number 3. So that’s 2 of the top 3 players in the series.

Such a simplistic way to look at finals series

The best player doesn’t always win in the finals. History proves this

[The Corey's]

I keep hearing how bad this Pacers team is until you find out they smoked the Mavericks by a combined 39 points in the 2 games they played each other. Oh & before anyone asks, Yes they were both after the deadline & yes everyone on the Mavericks was healthy.

So what is it fellas ? Were those 2 games both aberrations or are we going to give the Celtics credit for sweeping that Pacers team ?

Everyone **** on the Pacers even though they were statistically one of the best offensive teams ever. Made no sense.
Celtics in 5.

every season for the last 10 years there has been a statically best offensive team(s) ever. 73-9 Warriors would probably be middle of the pack today if you compared the numbers.

I don't understand the point your making since it's apparently dismissing the Pacers offense and their ability to hang with the Celtics. Hanging with the Celtics is why people think the Celtics aren't very good. If they can't beat the pacers by 25 a game they must suck attitude is shockingly prevalent here.

That's not how it works.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Because Boston was torching them. This is a bad matchup for the Mavs...plain and simple. You can choose to believe that or not. You'll find out here pretty soon

Yeah we keep hearing since the beginning of those POs that every Mavs opponents are bad matchups for them, especially the last one against Minny (just go to the preview thread poll there, it's almost hilarious to reread most of the comments on that matchup).
Final result? They are in NBA finals after having dispatched Minny in 5 games.

No one thought any of those teams were bad matchups for Dallas.

Clippers? No. OKC? No one, and I mean no one, had OKC winning that series.

It’s comical how much Boston is copping it for their run.

Yeah ours has been easy.

But the Mavs run is fast becoming one of the most overrated I can remember.

Are we all just going to ignore Kawhi playing on one leg and missing games?

OKC were a young inexperienced team right for beating with a centre who weighs absolutely nothing and a starter who was basically benched by the final games.

Minnesota beat Denver so people want to rate them really highly but it’s clear they weren’t nearly as good as people wanted to make out. Ant wasn’t comparable to Luka like people pretended he was. Their offence and its flaws popped up, defensively they had no answers for Doncic.

Denver would have caused Dallas way more headaches.

[zonedefense]

I can argue it because the poll isn't how I've come to the conclusion.

Celtics are favorites in Vegas because they're going to win. The Celtics are NOT the underdog.

But this board seems to think so.

Based on your selective perception. Never mind. I thought there was a real source for this.

Not sure where you got that from. I said from the start that the board is skewed against the Celtics and unlike you apparently I've found that information from the board it self.

The poll in this thread isn't a indication of anything. I my self haven't even voted it it.

Meaning that everything you are stating is your own opinion. Based on your own perception. Not the best available sources (polls, odds).
This is getting nowhere. I don't think you understand the difference.

[WestGOAT]

It will be an all-time choke job if Boston/Mazzulla('s coaching staff) don't manage to exploit Luka and Kyrie on defense. Clippers couldn't rely on past-their-primes PG13 and Harden, OKC only really had SGA to create offense reliably, and MIN is just bad on offense.

If the Celtics don't manage to get Brown and/or Tatum going then this team will never win a 'chip.

[The Corey's]

Based on your selective perception. Never mind. I thought there was a real source for this.

Not sure where you got that from. I said from the start that the board is skewed against the Celtics and unlike you apparently I've found that information from the board it self.

The poll in this thread isn't a indication of anything. I my self haven't even voted it it.

Meaning that everything you are stating is your own opinion. Based on your own perception. Not the best available sources (polls, odds).
This is getting nowhere. I don't think you understand the difference.

You think I don't understand the difference between opinion and fact?

Just say you got Dallas and you're offended by my take and be done with it.

This time tomorrow this very poll will reflect exactly what I said because unlike you I've been reading the threads the last few weeks.

Celtics in 5.

[Black Jack]

Logic says Celtics but my gut says Mavs.

Mavs in 6.

[zonedefense]

Not sure where you got that from. I said from the start that the board is skewed against the Celtics and unlike you apparently I've found that information from the board it self.

The poll in this thread isn't a indication of anything. I my self haven't even voted it it.

Meaning that everything you are stating is your own opinion. Based on your own perception. Not the best available sources (polls, odds).
This is getting nowhere. I don't think you understand the difference.

You think I don't understand the difference between opinion and fact?

Just say you got Dallas and you're offended by my take and be done with it.

This time tomorrow this very poll will reflect exactly what I said because unlike you I've been reading the threads the last few weeks.

Celtics in 5.

Not offended at all. That seemse to be your thing. Triggered because I dared to question a made up narrative. This is hilarious.