Playoffs 2024 - R2 - G6 - Mavs vs Thunder (Sat., 8PMEST)

[Forbes]

Now we are in WCF, forgetting about who is better between Nuggets or Wolves for a second, let's do a fun vote:

Who would you PREFER Mavs to face?????

Nuggets. They don’t have the perimeter defense the thunder had. Kyrie and Luka should be able to put up much better numbers in that series. However, jokic on lively is going to be rough. Won’t be surprised if a story of the series is lively in foul trouble.

And they are missing interior defense. All the Mavs need to do is play same physical defense we have been playing and show up on offense. Luka and Kyrie have been missing and now there is literally no excuse if we play Denver.

[Mavrelous]

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[ChipotleWest]

I think there's good and bad about both teams.

Minnesota? Great defense, but so are we. They got Ant, we got Luka and Kyrie.

Denver? They're better on offense, we're better on defense.

Denver has a better top 4 than Minnesota, but Minnesota has more depth.

[ChipotleWest]

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[ChipotleWest]

I know Wolves are a damn good defensive team if we do face them, but I'm just glad there's no more Lu Dort's left in the playoffs. He needs to be punched in the face. Not just for this play either the whole damn series and how he did Luka and others.

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[arkuo]

Who do we want here fellas. Denver or Minnesota?

[Bob8]

Now we are in WCF, forgetting about who is better between Nuggets or Wolves for a second, let's do a fun vote:

Who would you PREFER Mavs to face?????

Nuggets. They don’t have the perimeter defense the thunder had. Kyrie and Luka should be able to put up much better numbers in that series. However, jokic on lively is going to be rough. Won’t be surprised if a story of the series is lively in foul trouble.

And they are missing interior defense. All the Mavs need to do is play same physical defense we have been playing and show up on offense. Luka and Kyrie have been missing and now there is literally no excuse if we play Denver.

It's more about Kyrie, fat but normal Luka can score against anyone, he had 3 very efficient games against OKC. Kyrie was the one that struggled the whole series.

[Bob8]

Who do we want here fellas. Denver or Minnesota?

I want Denver. They are both good, but beating champions with the best player in the world has just far more joy in it. The only thing I don't like about Denver is high altitude.

And after that Kyrie against Boston, that drama has a potential for the movie and we would see the most focused and aggressive Kyrie possible. KP hopefully resting his body like usual.

[Mavrelous]

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[dirkules_41]

I know Wolves are a damn good defensive team if we do face them, but I'm just glad there's no more Lu Dort's left in the playoffs. He needs to be punched in the face. Not just for this play either the whole damn series and how he did Luka and others.

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Lu Dort is like Pat Bev in a linebackers body. Complete ****, who has no place in basketball.

[Mavrelous]

This Luka hating clown doesn't sound a single beep about the attrocious officiating, only to cry about the final call which was correct

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[arkuo]

Who do we want here fellas. Denver or Minnesota?

I want Denver. They are both good, but beating champions with the best player in the world has just far more joy in it. The only thing I don't like about Denver is high altitude.

And after that Kyrie against Boston, that drama has a potential for the movie and we would see the most focused and aggressive Kyrie possible. KP hopefully resting his body like usual.

I see. Dallas has a chance against Denver if they shut out Murray and let Jokic do all the work. The role players cancel each other out it seems.

[Bob8]

Who do we want here fellas. Denver or Minnesota?

I want Denver. They are both good, but beating champions with the best player in the world has just far more joy in it. The only thing I don't like about Denver is high altitude.

And after that Kyrie against Boston, that drama has a potential for the movie and we would see the most focused and aggressive Kyrie possible. KP hopefully resting his body like usual.

I see. Dallas has a chance against Denver if they shut out Murray and let Jokic do all the work. The role players cancel each other out it seems.

If we can win rebounding battle, which we can, and Luka and Kyrie have good series, Mavs will be very competitive for sure. I expect totally different Kyrie against Denver.

Wolves might look easier on paper, but are much more difficult matchup for Kyrie.

Anyway I like our chances against both teams, we won't be favourites, but have everything to win.

Sadly we have 2 games 7 tomorrow, if it was only 1, I could watch Denver vs. Minnesota at 10 pm, now it's at 2 AM.

[Bob8]

This Luka hating clown doesn't sound a single beep about the attrocious officiating, only to cry about the final call which was correct

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Who cares about those clowns, we won, they can ...

[Mavrelous]

This Luka hating clown doesn't sound a single beep about the attrocious officiating, only to cry about the final call which was correct

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Who cares about those clowns, we won, they can ...

you should, we all do...
This guy is one of main drivers of the MVP narrative in the media, and he's been on anti-Luka crusade since the Kyrie trade, while pushing the 2 guys who benefit the most from absurd officiating calls, Embiid and SGA.
There were some truly awful calls today, there have been awful calls all series (and in the Clippers series also), none of them decided any game's outcome, had the Mavs lost today, and they were VERY close to losing, it would've been because of the refs.

[Bob8]

This Luka hating clown doesn't sound a single beep about the attrocious officiating, only to cry about the final call which was correct

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Who cares about those clowns, we won, they can ...

you should, we all do...
This guy is one of main drivers of the MVP narrative in the media, and he's been on anti-Luka crusade since the Kyrie trade, while pushing the 2 guys who benefit the most from absurd officiating calls, Embiid and SGA.
There were some truly awful calls today, there have been awful calls all series (and in the Clippers series also), none of them decided any game's outcome, had the Mavs lost today, and they were VERY close to losing, it would've been because of the refs.

Sure, but we won. Those things won't change no matter what we think or do. Better to just enjoy.

The best case for Luka getting MVP next year is winning the title this year. Many narratives about Luka will die with the ring. And honestly if we win, who cares about MVP in the first place. We didn't have realistic shot for the title in 22 now we have.

[ChipotleWest]

Tony Brothers let OKC get away with hate crimes and meanwhile called ticky tack fouls on the Mavs all night. On the second what is this hockey where you can just shove someone into a wall?

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[ChipotleWest]

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[Archx]

Tony Brothers let OKC get away with hate crimes and meanwhile called ticky tack fouls on the Mavs all night. On the second what is this hockey where you can just shove someone into a wall?

We knew this will happen before the game when Brothers was announced, chill man, you're stressed way too much with this ref thing lol... You gonna give yourself a heart attack.

I woke up 30 mins ago and it's a nice thing that i can re-watch the game in peace knowing they won. And i want to see how the hell did Lively go +26 in a 1 pt win while Gafford was -25. Holy **** how does that happen.

[ChipotleWest]

Tony Brothers let OKC get away with hate crimes and meanwhile called ticky tack fouls on the Mavs all night. On the second what is this hockey where you can just shove someone into a wall?

We knew this will happen before the game when Brothers was announced, chill man, you're stressed way too much with this ref thing lol... You gonna give yourself a heart attack.

I woke up 30 mins ago and it's a nice thing that i can re-watch the game in peace knowing they won. And i want to see how the hell did Lively go +26 in a 1 pt win while Gafford was -25. Holy **** how does that happen.

I'm not stressed at all about it. What's wrong with pointing out what happened? Dirk makes video cuts after most games showing bad calls against the Mavs, even if the Mavs win.

Just because the Mavs won we're supposed to just ignore the terrible officiating? F*ck that. What if the refs screwed up one more call at the end then we lose thankfully they finally got one right. We could see this crew again in Denver or Minnesota.