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Baseline81 wrote:OKC fans won't want to hear this, but this series showed the Thunder were a phantom one seed.
RB34 wrote:Tha Cynic wrote:RB34 wrote:
Thoroughly outplayed a clearly injured Luka except when it mattered the most. The Pels without Zion aren’t a playoff team and they were up against the 1 seed with an MVP candidate.
What are you going on about? SGA had a great game. SGA was clearly better these playoffs and in this series but the Mavs are better as a playoff team. The Thunder will come back better next season like the Mavs djd after some of their defeats in the past years.
Luka and the Mavs look very good and clearly have figured some things out from the losing they've done in the past - the same losing the OKC Thunder just went through.
I never said SGA had a bad game I just prefer the plays Luka made down the stretch of the last two games.
I never said the Thunder aren’t going to come back from this, they’ve probably for the brightest future out of all the teams. They’ve already got they superstar.
I’m just trying to keep the same energy. It seems some players/teams get the benefit of excuses others don’t.
Mr B wrote:Johnny Firpo wrote:OKC finally diversified their offense better, we needed some luck too. OKC will be great, they need a point guard and a big, and they don't even have to be all-worlders. And they have the pieces too to make that happen. Such a great situation.
Personally I’d like to see the Thunder trade for Cade Cunningham. He hasn’t exactly been what they were hoping for in Detroit and could possibly be available. The Thunder have the assets to trade for him. I think Cade would flourish on this OKC team and his age fits their timeline.
Then go out and find a young defensive run running center. Nic Claxton?
ChipotleWest wrote:CobraCommander wrote:ChipotleWest wrote:
Thank you. Luka got roasted when he was 20 losing to prime Kawhi.
They didn’t play one on one- Luka got roasted and we all gave him a pass cause he was playing prime Kawhi to a damn near stand still-
But that Luka ain’t show up this series -
He has 7+ turn overs in back to back games that Dallas WON-
This Mavs team is complete in ways OKC isn’t -
To the victor goes the spoils-
Go Mavs
"Luka got roasted and we all gave him a pass cause he was playing prime Kawhi"
Just shows you're a clueless hater. Luka had an injured Porzingis the first 3 games of out 6 against Clippers, then Porzingis only scoring 13 ppg in the 2nd one. Luka averaged over 35 in the second series with all solid numbers and 32 in the first one at 20 and 21 years old. One of the starters in the second series was Boban, Brunson was averaging 8 ppg. It's a joke that anyone would blame Luka for either series, I don't care if he's 30 years old. He didn't need a pass he did everything possible but he had no teammates. It's like blaming Michael Jordan for getting swept against the super Celtics before he had Pippen nobody can just win by themselves.
If you're going to blame Luka for that you better blame Shai for losing this series. He had better teammates than Luka did and is 5 years older. I actually don't I give Shai credit, but I want YOU to be consistent.
We have a **** load of cap space and they aren't eligible for extensions yet. This was only their sophomore season. And SGA is already locked up. As is Dort.bluemj32 wrote:OKC needs to add some guys with him too. Dallas has multiple guys hit the glass too.vulture wrote:If Chet doesn’t get bullied by a rookie OKC wins that game. He has all summer to add strength
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sikma42 wrote:Baseline81 wrote:OKC fans won't want to hear this, but this series showed the Thunder were a phantom one seed.
That’s the thing. It cut through all their regular season success. The math doesn’t work. The loss of rebounding for added spacing is a regular season thing.
Denver
Minny
LA
Clippers
They would all beat OKC in the playoffs.
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The Corey's wrote:mademan wrote:The Corey's wrote:
If you are fouled in the act of shooting then it should be a foul.
My point which is she's for you to understand, is that because he got ball first, the elbow is not a foul.
I eagerly await the NBA and their rulebook that describes this very scenario.
I don't expect mav fans to accept it. They can accept that ass whooping the next round though.
If you get ball first and the offensive player still has control, are you allowed to grab their arm after? That makes no sense. PJ still has a chance to make a shot there, even if its a small chance. Shai hitting his arm after removed that possibility
They called it a foul on the floor, reviewed and called it a foul with a good explanation by the ref in the commentator booth. There's no controversy here
This foul doesn't belong in the NBA. If you think it does then it's just a lifetime of NBA conditioning doing it's job.
He didn't grab his damn arm.ArksNetsSince99 wrote:ChipotleWest wrote:
I hope Mavs make the Finals because I got Mavs over Celtics and I challenge you to a bet loser leaves for a week. Unfortunately they don't have a cupcake like you do so they may or may not be there.
You mean KYRIE beating the Celtics in the finals ????
That’s like hell on earth for Celtics
I like your idea
Dallas is a 4 to 0 sweep going the Celtics way. Ain't no one worried about that simpleton.KyRo23 wrote:The Corey's wrote:
You clearly comprehended what I said incorrectly. Go back and read it slowly .
I mean….
“Everything else after should be kosher. Including throwing his ass in the front row.“
You’re unhinged
NBA has everyone soft. You can't even get your hand on the ball anymore without there being rules on how you're allowed to do it.
It's wild.The Warrior wrote:The Corey's wrote:
You reward the player for getting his hand on the ball. You don't call the contact on his arm AFTER the ball was touched.
It's never called like that.
If you disagree with it fine, but it's literally in the rulebook. Contact is allowed on the hand after the ball is touched. If the ball is still in hand and it was before Washington released the shot, it's a foul.
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Still waiting for someone to release the rule in the rule book that describes THIS scenario.
Different situations. OKCs first time in the playoffs, and both Kyrie and Luka have been in these moments dozens of times. But my question is, who is the Mavs 6th man? Kleber?Mavrelous wrote:Don't feed the trolls, Mavs beat #1 seed, while having their 6th man out and Luka hobbled for the 1st 4 games, Luka had positive on/off and on court rating in all games except game 1, but Luka didn't show up...
If Luka lost as the 1st seed, as the favourite, we wouldn't hear the end of it from the same people...
mademan wrote:RB34 wrote:Tha Cynic wrote:
What are you going on about? SGA had a great game. SGA was clearly better these playoffs and in this series but the Mavs are better as a playoff team. The Thunder will come back better next season like the Mavs djd after some of their defeats in the past years.
Luka and the Mavs look very good and clearly have figured some things out from the losing they've done in the past - the same losing the OKC Thunder just went through.
I never said SGA had a bad game I just prefer the plays Luka made down the stretch of the last two games.
I never said the Thunder aren’t going to come back from this, they’ve probably for the brightest future out of all the teams. They’ve already got they superstar.
I’m just trying to keep the same energy. It seems some players/teams get the benefit of excuses others don’t.
Shai made the correct play every time down the stretch, what are you on? OKC wouldve died with like 2 min left if it wasnt for Shai making a play every time down the floor. Dallas won cause they had the last possession.
No doubt in my mind if OKC gets the ball back with 10 seconds left, theyre getting either a shai mid range, which is basically automatic, or dallas will double and they'll get an open look. He did everything he could for them to win the game. His teammates just went cold in the 4th from 3 while Dallas role players made their looks (and Lively gobbled up every offensive board)
Chuck Everett wrote:vulture wrote:Chuck Everett wrote:
He had Biyombo and Muscala sitting on the bench the entire series. Daigneault didn't even try them out for a single second. I agree that Presti should have went out and gotten a big worth a darn, instead of the corpse of Gordon Hayward, but I am pretty sure one of those guys could have at least played a 5 minute stretch in this series through six games.
Those 2 really can’t play in the playoffs. They will get destroyed in the pick and roll.
OKC needs a stout 4 so they can continue to play 5 out
Biyombo can't play in the pick and roll? That's like literally his entire reason for being in the NBA. He's in the NBA for defensive and rebounding purposes.
ChipotleWest wrote:The Corey's wrote:mademan wrote:
If you get ball first and the offensive player still has control, are you allowed to grab their arm after? That makes no sense. PJ still has a chance to make a shot there, even if its a small chance. Shai hitting his arm after removed that possibility
They called it a foul on the floor, reviewed and called it a foul with a good explanation by the ref in the commentator booth. There's no controversy here
This foul doesn't belong in the NBA. If you think it does then it's just a lifetime of NBA conditioning doing it's job.
He didn't grab his damn arm.ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
You mean KYRIE beating the Celtics in the finals ????
That’s like hell on earth for Celtics
I like your idea
Dallas is a 4 to 0 sweep going the Celtics way. Ain't no one worried about that simpleton.KyRo23 wrote:
I mean….
“Everything else after should be kosher. Including throwing his ass in the front row.“
You’re unhinged
NBA has everyone soft. You can't even get your hand on the ball anymore without there being rules on how you're allowed to do it.
It's wild.The Warrior wrote:
If you disagree with it fine, but it's literally in the rulebook. Contact is allowed on the hand after the ball is touched. If the ball is still in hand and it was before Washington released the shot, it's a foul.
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Still waiting for someone to release the rule in the rule book that describes THIS scenario.
Would you shut up about the foul? Even Shai admits it.
Froob wrote:Dallas made the small trades to get the extra edge they needed, OKC didn’t
The Corey's wrote:ChipotleWest wrote:The Corey's wrote:
This foul doesn't belong in the NBA. If you think it does then it's just a lifetime of NBA conditioning doing it's job.
He didn't grab his damn arm.
Dallas is a 4 to 0 sweep going the Celtics way. Ain't no one worried about that simpleton.
NBA has everyone soft. You can't even get your hand on the ball anymore without there being rules on how you're allowed to do it.
It's wild.
Still waiting for someone to release the rule in the rule book that describes THIS scenario.
Would you shut up about the foul? Even Shai admits it.
Actually what he said was was he assumed it's a foul cause they looked at it.
He admitted to having NOT seen it.
Don't you have some parlays to go make?
WestbrookGOATed wrote:Different situations. OKCs first time in the playoffs, and both Kyrie and Luka have been in these moments dozens of times. But my question is, who is the Mavs 6th man? Kleber?
ChipotleWest wrote:The Corey's wrote:mademan wrote:
If you get ball first and the offensive player still has control, are you allowed to grab their arm after? That makes no sense. PJ still has a chance to make a shot there, even if its a small chance. Shai hitting his arm after removed that possibility
They called it a foul on the floor, reviewed and called it a foul with a good explanation by the ref in the commentator booth. There's no controversy here
This foul doesn't belong in the NBA. If you think it does then it's just a lifetime of NBA conditioning doing it's job.
He didn't grab his damn arm.ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
You mean KYRIE beating the Celtics in the finals ????
That’s like hell on earth for Celtics
I like your idea
Dallas is a 4 to 0 sweep going the Celtics way. Ain't no one worried about that simpleton.KyRo23 wrote:
I mean….
“Everything else after should be kosher. Including throwing his ass in the front row.“
You’re unhinged
NBA has everyone soft. You can't even get your hand on the ball anymore without there being rules on how you're allowed to do it.
It's wild.The Warrior wrote:
If you disagree with it fine, but it's literally in the rulebook. Contact is allowed on the hand after the ball is touched. If the ball is still in hand and it was before Washington released the shot, it's a foul.
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Still waiting for someone to release the rule in the rule book that describes THIS scenario.
Would you shut up about the foul? Even Shai admits it.
B-easy wrote:Mavs will beat Minnesota if they play them because they have elite rim protection for Edwards (nuggets/suns had none). Nuggets will be a challenge though.