2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-2)

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Who wins and goes to the WCFs?

Thunder in 4
12
4%
Thunder in 5
30
9%
Thunder in 6
67
21%
Thunder in 7
39
12%
Mavericks in 4
3
1%
Mavericks in 5
13
4%
Mavericks in 6
128
39%
Mavericks in 7
34
10%
 
Total votes: 326

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL leads 3-2) 

Post#5821 » by CobraCommander » Sun May 19, 2024 2:24 am

Forbes wrote:SGA is amazing in the mid range. I love this guy aside from them touch fouls he always get. Love when guys master their craft

You can’t blame SGA for those fouls - he doesn’t call them
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Post#5822 » by Baz » Sun May 19, 2024 2:24 am

zshawn10 wrote:
Baz wrote:Lively is our modern day Tyson Chandler. Unlike Tyson we need to actually hang onto him.


How come every tall center the mavs get gets compared to Tyson lol?


Because Tyson is the benchmark for the C position in the Mavericks franchise
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Post#5824 » by Rainwater » Sun May 19, 2024 2:25 am

zshawn10 wrote:
Baz wrote:Lively is our modern day Tyson Chandler. Unlike Tyson we need to actually hang onto him.


How come every tall center the mavs get gets compared to Tyson lol?


Because he really does play like Chandler
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Post#5825 » by CobraCommander » Sun May 19, 2024 2:25 am

We need a game 7 but either way fun series - sga showed up and proved why he was runner up for mvp-

But the delta between Luka and SGa and jokic is like a solar system lol
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Post#5826 » by mfletcher4177 » Sun May 19, 2024 2:25 am

Yuri36 wrote:SGA's mid ranger is even better than MJ's or Kawhi's, that's how good it is.


Kawhi or MJ have to push off every time?
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Post#5827 » by rockmanslim » Sun May 19, 2024 2:25 am

SGA is an automatic 30 pts, just pencil it in every game
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL leads 3-2) 

Post#5828 » by Reeko » Sun May 19, 2024 2:26 am

mfletcher4177 wrote:
Yuri36 wrote:SGA's mid ranger is even better than MJ's or Kawhi's, that's how good it is.


Kawhi or MJ have to push off every time?

MJ's most iconic shot came on the heels of a push off.
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Post#5829 » by TroubleS0me » Sun May 19, 2024 2:26 am

Baz wrote:Lively is our modern day Tyson Chandler. Unlike Tyson we need to actually hang onto him.


future dpoy?
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Post#5830 » by azcatz11 » Sun May 19, 2024 2:26 am

mfletcher4177 wrote:
Yuri36 wrote:SGA's mid ranger is even better than MJ's or Kawhi's, that's how good it is.


Kawhi or MJ have to push off every time?


He doesn’t
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Post#5831 » by RunOKC » Sun May 19, 2024 2:26 am

Chet just needs to roll to the baseline and be a lob threat at this point offensively
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Post#5832 » by GeorgeSears » Sun May 19, 2024 2:26 am

Weird series because the Mavs are clearly the better team, but they do everything they can to lose games.

It reminds me of Knicks vs. Pacers in 2013. The Knicks were so clearly superior, but kept finding ways to lose games in that series and the Pacers just remained steady.
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Post#5833 » by Chuck Everett » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

TroubleS0me wrote:
Baz wrote:Lively is our modern day Tyson Chandler. Unlike Tyson we need to actually hang onto him.


future dpoy?


He has that kind of potential. He's dominating Chet on the boards.
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Post#5834 » by JustBuzzin » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Is Gafford better than Lively?

Mavs have a good situation at the center spot tbh
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Post#5835 » by IG2 » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Lively flat out bailing Dallas out here. This is a 10+ OKC lead without him.
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Post#5836 » by ___Rand___ » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Chet can't play against a skinny like Lively.
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Post#5837 » by vulture » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Man Chet just getting bullied
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Post#5838 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Lively is carrying the Mavs on the boards...incredible
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL leads 3-2) 

Post#5840 » by zshawn10 » Sun May 19, 2024 2:27 am

Baz wrote:
zshawn10 wrote:
Baz wrote:Lively is our modern day Tyson Chandler. Unlike Tyson we need to actually hang onto him.


How come every tall center the mavs get gets compared to Tyson lol?


Because Tyson is the benchmark for the C position in the Mavericks franchise


I guess; I am sure it wouldn’t be good if you called him your next dampier lol

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