2024 NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Finals: #3 Minnesota Timberwolves vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-1)

[ArksNetsSince99]

So if this continues, Luka's GODLY CLOSE OUT ROAD games, via a blowout list now includes;

G7 vs Phoenix Suns
G5 vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Am i forgetting anything?

I peaked into the future

G5 vs Boston Celtics

[Chuck Everett]

Lively is back. Good sign. Brave kid but I hope the staff isn’t being foolish with him.

He stayed in and took the free throws even after the flagrant. He seems to be okay. A week off will do him some good though.

[mademan]

Cant understate how big it is to have Maxi back alongside Lively. 48 minutes of big lineups at the 5 AND 4 gives Luka and Kyrie everything they need.

[G R E Y]

Just got home, turned on the game, all but sure of a competitive tilt...



I did have a feeling Mavs were smarting from letting the sweep slip away and meant business, but not like murder cleanup business.

Wooooooooosh can they ever turn on the fire...

[luciano-davidwesley]

Is KAT having his Keith Van Horn/NJ Nets moment/series?

Time for the Wolves to move on from this guy.

[SweetTouch]

Brad Steven’s your legacy is on the line

[CelticSooner]

Read on Twitter

YIKES!!!

[___Rand___]

Celtics are toast. I knew Mavs would win but I thought maybe by 8.

I think Jrue/Tatum/Brown/White are going to make Luka’s life a living hell in the Finals. Irving too. Holiday’s offense can be iffy but defensively he’s a beast.

I think that's what's going to be interesting - Celtics have the personnel to defend Luka and Kyrie. Mavs have advantage in their centers because Horford is old and short and who knows what shape KP will be in. Mavswill have to count on them to get the offensive boards for more shots in order to win here.

[socal74]

Target with more dirty shots? You’re as classy as the team you root for. Poverty franchise on a one way ticket back to poverty.

Winning one title in 44 years isn’t poverty? I will hate to laugh at you when the Celtics beat you…

The Celtics have one championship since 1986. By now, they're also a poverty franchise.

2 in the last 38

[MetalFingaz]

Can we fade the "KAT is an above average defender" narrative that got started last series because Jokic couldn't consistently blow by him on the perimeter?

[Loaded_Hollows]

And just like that, the lead has been cut to 27!!!!

[Zeno]

When it's all said and done and they ask Kyrie who the best player he ever played with is, I won't be surprised if he says Luka.

I think he’d extremely wrong if he says that as on the defensive end it is not close and I think Lebron even had the edge offensively.

[Blazing_royale]

Kyrie in Kobe mode.

[BliscoSantos]

People saying that the Wolves need to break it up after they just had a 6.4 SRS season and made the WCF is funny

Certainly don't need to break it up, they do need to shuffle some guys around though. Are just trying to beat Denver or win a title? Too defensive heavy and need another guy that will take some pressure off of Edwards.

Wolves need to run it back next year, but the year after they're gonna have to replace Conley and Look to trade Gobert

[Dubnation]

Luka & Snoop.

[jokeboy86]

When it's all said and done and they ask Kyrie who the best player he ever played with is, I won't be surprised if he says Luka.

I mean he does think the earth’s flat

[djsunyc]

mavericks on an 89-60 run.

[CelticSooner]

People saying that the Wolves need to break it up after they just had a 6.4 SRS season and made the WCF is funny

Certainly don't need to break it up, they do need to shuffle some guys around though. Are just trying to beat Denver or win a title? Too defensive heavy and need another guy that will take some pressure off of Edwards.

Wolves need to run it back next year, but the year after they're gonna have to replace Conley and Look to trade Gobert

Gobert has very little trade value with that contract. Towns is guy that needs to go.

[PhilBlackson]

Watch on YouTube

[dygaction]

Kidd, no kidding take kid Lively out