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[Son of Ra]

Irving and Doncic finished with 33 points apiece, becoming the first starting backcourt in the last 50 years to each tally 30-plus points in the same postseason game on three occasions, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Absolutely wild stat. Really? So hard to believe it hasn't happened before.

[lilfishi22]

Irving and Doncic finished with 33 points apiece, becoming the first starting backcourt in the last 50 years to each tally 30-plus points in the same postseason game on three occasions, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Absolutely wild stat. Really? So hard to believe it hasn't happened before.

Yeah seems like a relatively low bar but the impressive part is the 3 occasions bit

[Son of Ra]

Irving and Doncic finished with 33 points apiece, becoming the first starting backcourt in the last 50 years to each tally 30-plus points in the same postseason game on three occasions, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Absolutely wild stat. Really? So hard to believe it hasn't happened before.

Yeah seems like a relatively low bar but the impressive part is the 3 occasions bit

I would understand consecutive and even that I wouldn't be sure about.
Would you have bet against, just from recent memory, say Curry and Klay having managed that? I would've quite confidently said I'm sure they have, why not.

[Fo-Real]

Dougie Buckets sighting in the Boston/Indy series!!!

[sunsbg]

Damn, Celtics with 23 finals appearances, Suns with 3 and disparity will only increase in coming years.

Counting only post Russell Celtics when Suns joined the league it's 4:1 ratio.

Mavs will reach the finals for 3rd time after joining the league in 1980. If they win they'll have a nice 2:1 win ratio.

[Puff]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

[Son of Ra]

I didn't watch the series, just going by box score;
Did the Pacers really choke away three of the four games? Or did the Celtics just not (have to) take them seriously and only turn it on in the 4th?

[sunsbg]

I didn't watch the series, just going by box score;
Did the Pacers really choke away three of the four games? Or did the Celtics just not (have to) take them seriously and only turn it in in the 4th?

It's weird both series can finish 4:0 with the games being so close and the winner coming from behind in Q4 in majority of the games. Pacers biggest choke job was in Gm1 with Hali's TO in last seconds. Celtics were not that big favorite without KP, but Pacers were missing Hali in some games too. Interesting to see if the final will be decided by who chokes less. Luka and Kyrie are clutch players so Celtics better have a good defensive plan. From what I have seen in regular season they will play them straight. Tatum I see as a better defensive version of Booker with all the shortcomings. If his ISO game works against Mavs D he'll look like a superstar, but there is a chance he turns into inefficient chucker like in his previous finals appearance.

[Qwigglez]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

Hard to not root for the Mavs when that team could have been the Suns.

I haven't really watched many Celtics games. I think the Eastern Conference is relatively boring. The Celtics had such a cakewalk to the Finals too. Mavs on the other hand... it may look like they didn't have a difficult path but hats only because they have been so monstrous against their opponents.

[garrick]

I didn't watch the series, just going by box score;
Did the Pacers really choke away three of the four games? Or did the Celtics just not (have to) take them seriously and only turn it in in the 4th?

It's weird both series can finish 4:0 with the games being so close and the winner coming from behind in Q4 in majority of the games. Pacers biggest choke job was in Gm1 with Hali's TO in last seconds. Celtics were not that big favorite without KP, but Pacers were missing Hali in some games too. Interesting to see if the final will be decided by who chokes less. Luka and Kyrie are clutch players so Celtics better have a good defensive plan. From what I have seen in regular season they will play them straight. Tatum I see as a better defensive version of Booker with all the shortcomings. If his ISO game works against Mavs D he'll look like a superstar, but there is a chance he turns into inefficient chucker like in his previous finals appearance.

The Pacers had no chance with Hali not playing but even with him they were underdogs to beat the Celtics since they lack a true closer and Hali nor Siakam are those guys.

The Wolves aren't able to focus on one guy like they did with Denver so they are having a handful trying to contain both Kyrie and Luka, having two lob threats and rim protectors in Lively and Gafford is huge too because it makes Ant far less effective on his drives.

I also don't know what the hell happened to KAT but he really reverted back to the low IQ shot chucking player people always criticized him for. He went 0-7 in game 3 and kept on shooting despite being ice cold, the man is a 7 footer and needs to act like it.

[Puff]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

Hard to not root for the Mavs when that team could have been the Suns. :lol:

I haven't really watched many Celtics games. I think the Eastern Conference is relatively boring. The Celtics had such a cakewalk to the Finals too. Mavs on the other hand... it may look like they didn't have a difficult path but hats only because they have been so monstrous against their opponents.

I can't wait to see Tatum and Brown throw out their forearms at Likely, Gafford and Washington along with Derick Jones. I think it could get real nasty especially if they try to mess with Luka.

They are far better than we would be due to having a legit front office and an owner that listens to his basketball people.

Take a look at their roster. They are loaded for at least the next three years with lots of legit tradeable contracts if they need to make a move in the next three years. This could be a dynasty.

Why didn't their GM win GM/Executive of the year. He just killed it at the trade deadline.

I am jealous.

I wanted you badly Luka. Our dumbass owner made one of the worst choices in the history of the NBA draft. Then Sacramento followed suit. How in the world did you end up 3rd in the draft. I guess we had company. Oh Yeah Atlanta traded the 3rd pick to the Mavs for Tre Young. On top of that we decided to take Mikal Bridges rather than SGA with pick #10. Bridges just was not the right choice then or especially now.

We turned our heads on not 1 but 2 1st team All NBA players in that draft to protect our 3r team All NBA player. What a fooked draft we had in 2018.

[lilfishi22]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

Hard to not root for the Mavs when that team could have been the Suns.

I haven't really watched many Celtics games. I think the Eastern Conference is relatively boring. The Celtics had such a cakewalk to the Finals too. Mavs on the other hand... it may look like they didn't have a difficult path but hats only because they have been so monstrous against their opponents.

Can't root for the Mavs. Embarrassed us too recently and it's a reminder of what could've been if we didn't make such a monumental mistake in that 18 draft

I also dislike the C's but they are the logical favourites with how stacked they are

[bwgood77]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

Hard to not root for the Mavs when that team could have been the Suns.

I haven't really watched many Celtics games. I think the Eastern Conference is relatively boring. The Celtics had such a cakewalk to the Finals too. Mavs on the other hand... it may look like they didn't have a difficult path but hats only because they have been so monstrous against their opponents.

Celtics beat the Heat without Butler, avoided the Sixers and Knicks, beat the Cavs who were missing some players and Mitchell in at least one game, and then the Pacers where they lucked out in game 1 and in game 3 and then Haliburton missed the rest of the games.

Mavs had the Clippers, the Thunder and now the Wolves who swept us and beat the defending champs..3 games in Denver including game 7....and they are up 3-1 on the Wolves. Mavs are super impressive.

I feel like the Mavs have bigger time clutch players with great role players. Boston has a stacked starting lineup so it could be a great series.

I would definitely pull for the Mavs though. They are more fun to watch, and the Celtics have 17 championships, not to mention the Patriots dynasty as well as the Red Sox and Bruins. Their fans are spoiled and obnoxious.

[Slim Charless]

I am not a Maverick Fan, but they will be my favorite team in the finals as they are playing the Celtics. Go Luka!

I really do not like any of the Celtic players.

I guess I would love them if they were on the Suns. That Green jersey just makes me want to vomit.

Hard to not root for the Mavs when that team could have been the Suns.

I haven't really watched many Celtics games. I think the Eastern Conference is relatively boring. The Celtics had such a cakewalk to the Finals too. Mavs on the other hand... it may look like they didn't have a difficult path but hats only because they have been so monstrous against their opponents.

Celtics beat the Heat without Butler, avoided the Sixers and Knicks, beat the Cavs who were missing some players and Mitchell in at least one game, and then the Pacers where they lucked out in game 1 and in game 3 and then Haliburton missed the rest of the games.

Mavs had the Clippers, the Thunder and now the Wolves who swept us and beat the defending champs..3 games in Denver including game 7....and they are up 3-1 on the Wolves. Mavs are super impressive.

I feel like the Mavs have bigger time clutch players with great role players. Boston has a stacked starting lineup so it could be a great series.

I would definitely pull for the Mavs though. They are more fun to watch, and the Celtics have 17 championships, not to mention the Patriots dynasty as well as the Red Sox and Bruins. Their fans are spoiled and obnoxious.

Anyone watch the alt broadcast of this game? They're talking about why we didn't take Luka. It was known that it was a Sarver call.

I hole we can finally put it to rest that McD or JJ or anyone else made that call. Which also makes it impossible that Ishbia can pass up him on the crappy owners list. Passing on the next GOAT for Ayton makes me sad.....

PS: The alternate broadcast is on TruTV and is basically the NBA version of the ManningCast.

[Stix]

Can't believe Dallas has made it this far without having enough time to gel (like us). Seriously, they made the same type of trades we did minus the stupid Beal trade. Instead they picked up two valuable pieces at the deadline in Gafford/Washington.

Its just so surprising. They honestly had the same amount of time to "gel" if not less... and now they are going to the finals.

How did they do it? How did they gel so fast? Unbelievable.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

[sunskerr]

Can't believe Dallas has made it this far without having enough time to gel (like us). Seriously, they made the same type of trades we did minus the stupid Beal trade. Instead they picked up two valuable pieces at the deadline in Gafford/Washington.

Its just so surprising. They honestly had the same amount of time to "gel" if not less... and now they are going to the finals.

How did they do it? How did they gel so fast? Unbelievable.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

From an asset standpoint:

-Luka is a better player than Booker and KD.
-Kyrie is about as good offensively as Booker and KD.
-We gave more assets up for KD than they did for Kyrie
-Since they gave up less assets for Kyrie, they had some left for Gafford/PJ Washington

[Stix]

Can't believe Dallas has made it this far without having enough time to gel (like us). Seriously, they made the same type of trades we did minus the stupid Beal trade. Instead they picked up two valuable pieces at the deadline in Gafford/Washington.

Its just so surprising. They honestly had the same amount of time to "gel" if not less... and now they are going to the finals.

How did they do it? How did they gel so fast? Unbelievable.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

From an asset standpoint:

-Luka is a better player than Booker and KD.
-Kyrie is about as good offensively as Booker and KD.
-We gave more assets up for KD than they did for Kyrie
-Since they gave up less assets for Kyrie, they had some left for Gafford/PJ Washington

So you wanna answer the question now? Has nothing to do with building team chemistry or being a deep team.

[Stix]

We acquired KD the same time that they acquired Kyrie.

We got Brad WAAAAAAAAAY before they got Gafford/Washington.

The excuse from the front office was that they "ran out of time" to gel...

https://youtu.be/IsAKITYkenc?si=bRflovOke7QxcyEh&t=568

Straight from Jones' mouf.

[sunskerr]

Can't believe Dallas has made it this far without having enough time to gel (like us). Seriously, they made the same type of trades we did minus the stupid Beal trade. Instead they picked up two valuable pieces at the deadline in Gafford/Washington.

Its just so surprising. They honestly had the same amount of time to "gel" if not less... and now they are going to the finals.

How did they do it? How did they gel so fast? Unbelievable.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

From an asset standpoint:

-Luka is a better player than Booker and KD.
-Kyrie is about as good offensively as Booker and KD.
-We gave more assets up for KD than they did for Kyrie
-Since they gave up less assets for Kyrie, they had some left for Gafford/PJ Washington

So you wanna answer the question now? Has nothing to do with building team chemistry or being a deep team.

If you wanna be an ass I can make you look like an idiot sure

[Stix]

If you wanna be an ass I can make you look like an idiot sure

I have no doubt about that, you certainly do a good job of making yourself look like one.

From an asset standpoint:

-Luka is a better player than Booker and KD.
-Kyrie is about as good offensively as Booker and KD.
-We gave more assets up for KD than they did for Kyrie
-Since they gave up less assets for Kyrie, they had some left for Gafford/PJ Washington