2024 NBA Playoffs - West 1st Round: #4 Los Angeles Clippers vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-2)

[dygaction]

Lessons:
1. if you get two fouls in the first quarter, sit. Luka not being able to defend hurt the team;
2. Don't dig a 31 pt hole in the first half;
3. Either Gafford or Lively II needs to be on the court;
4. Luka was not himself and played bad, but he played 45 min with a +10. Go back to watch the game, what on earth happened during that 3 min with a -15?

[Marvin Martian]

Harden sounded pretty confident there.

He knows Kidd is a trash coach and they don't need the claw to beat them

[California Gold]

Wasted effort, couldn’t get the job done and could cost them the series. Oh Mavs, i really believed you could beat the Thunder, Nuggets… but after this? Not sure anymore.

Luka not 100% the injuries league wide are getting wild.

Everyone in the NBA is playing hurt this time of year. Tired of seeing the Luka not 100% excuses. NOBODY is playing at 100%.

[jkvonny]

What a performance from Kyrie George and Harden

Professional shooters.

[Scoundreldays]

Just sit Kawhi for the rest of the series. Not saying we will win without him but he is clearly not ready to be back. The team is more fun (still stressful) to watch without him playing hobbled.

[OkcSinceSGA]

Read on Twitter

Haha

[uncleduck13]

Harden has been awesome in these playoffs

[VanWest82]

Luka is 13-49 on 3s this series and has given up 68 blow bys. One of these is a real number and the other is just an approximate. Can you tell which is which without looking?

[zshawn10]

Luka has a 50.6 percent TS; 38.6FG and 27 percent from 3. He just doesn’t look right

[California Gold]

Luka is 13-49 on 3s this series and has given up 78 blow bys. One of these is a real number and the other is just an approximate. Can you tell which is which without looking?

Oh don't worry he's not at 100%.

[LoveMyRaps]

Wasted effort, couldn’t get the job done and could cost them the series. Oh Mavs, i really believed you could beat the Thunder, Nuggets… but after this? Not sure anymore.

Luka not 100% the injuries league wide are getting wild.

Everyone in the NBA is playing hurt this time of year. Tired of seeing the Luka not 100% excuses. NOBODY is playing at 100%.

Exactly.
Injuries always pile up this time of the year.
No one is healthy, no one is 100%.

Hence why the championship is awarded to the LAST TEAM STANDING.

[nbafan38]

The bad Maverick defense in the final few minutes is likely due to fatigue, coming back from 31 down takes enormous energy. The problem for Dallas is why they were down 31 in the first place.

[Zeno]

Its so obvious that the Clippers should move on from Kawhi but he’s got the rest of the league scared to trade for him and Ballmer seems in denial or something.

What exactly could they expect to get for him. He obviously prefers to be in LA above all else and just signed an extension. They are also likely to be a 2nd apron team so probably can’t take back more than they send out.

[MaliBrah]

Jason Kidd is worthless man , literally made it so easy for the clippers to win

[jkvonny]

Read on Twitter

Haha

Zzzooooobboookkk!!!!

[Yuri36]

Weak excuse. He's a choker.

Luka a choker? Now I know you dont watch instead look at box-score

Got outplayed by Harden. He's supposed to be the best player on the court. if the Mavs go on to lose this series this would be the game to look at. Kyrie gave it his all, Luka shot poorly and didn't match him.

It's sad to say but 34 years old Harden looks far fitter and athletic than 25 years old Luka....and it's not like Harden has ever been reknown for his athleticism or fitness.

[nbafan38]

Wasted effort, couldn’t get the job done and could cost them the series. Oh Mavs, i really believed you could beat the Thunder, Nuggets… but after this? Not sure anymore.

Luka not 100% the injuries league wide are getting wild.

Everyone in the NBA is playing hurt this time of year. Tired of seeing the Luka not 100% excuses. NOBODY is playing at 100%.

I could care less who wins this series and it's not an excuse it just seemed Luka wasn't 100% and if he's not the Mavericks chances of going deep into the playoffs are decreased.

[Wolfgang630]

Another subpar game from Luka. Soon they gonna call him Fluka

[CobraCommander]

The quality of coaching difference in this game was very obvious. Lue is consistently underrated as a coach while Kidd is correctly rated as a bad coach.

Kidd isn’t a bad coach - he is the worse coach

Kidd is not a bad coach?

No he isn’t A bad coach- kIDD is the WORSE coach

[DonaldSanders]

No he isn’t A bad coach- kIDD is the WORSE coach

Shouldn't you be getting in your sack?