2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (Game 1: Thursday June 6th)

[UglyBugBall]

Damn. I've got to read these NBA All Defensive teams again. Must have missed those guys on Dallas.

Just go back and rewatch the Dallas playoffs this year. You’ll see all the top defenders in the NBA before they went home.

Sooo theres no substance to saying that Dallas has the three best defenders in the series. Just making sure I wasn't missing anything. Saying that Dallas could play better defense in this series isn't the same comment.

There's substance. You're just not familiar with it yet. While you keep pointing at past all NBA selections and more, I'll just point you to the next few weeks. They'll provide all the evidence you'll need. Book it.

[bluejerseyjinx]

Just go back and rewatch the Dallas playoffs this year. You’ll see all the top defenders in the NBA before they went home.

Sooo theres no substance to saying that Dallas has the three best defenders in the series. Just making sure I wasn't missing anything. Saying that Dallas could play better defense in this series isn't the same comment.

I never said the Mavs have the 3 best defenders in this series. I’m saying the Mavs have faced better defenders than anyone the Celtics can throw at them. Jrue is their best defender. He alone is not stopping the Mavs especially if they put him on Luka.

Jaylen Brown will most likely guard Luca most of the time and he can handle it. Luca had horrible stats when guarded by Brown in their previous match ups. I admit 2 games is a small sample size, but the numbers reflect it. And I also feel in all your previous posts that you are trying to punish the Celtics for handing there regular season business better than anyone else by far. We earned the right to have the easiest path to where we are today because of the dominating fashion we did it in. And then you talk about all the key and top players that were out throughout our playoff run so far. WE had to do that without KP from almost the very start. KP is not Brown and Tatum level, but he is perhaps the third or fourth best player on the team and almost the most important. He opens up everything for the offense and prevents teams from doubling Tatum and Brown. When KP is sticking his 3's and giving us 20 points a night, I don't think there is a tea in the NBA that can beat us. And damn, I haven't even got to the Derick White effect yet.

[bluejerseyjinx]

Just go back and rewatch the Dallas playoffs this year. You’ll see all the top defenders in the NBA before they went home.

Sooo theres no substance to saying that Dallas has the three best defenders in the series. Just making sure I wasn't missing anything. Saying that Dallas could play better defense in this series isn't the same comment.

I never said the Mavs have the 3 best defenders in this series. I’m saying the Mavs have faced better defenders than anyone the Celtics can throw at them. Jrue is their best defender. He alone is not stopping the Mavs especially if they put him on Luka.

Its so obvious you haven't watched many Celtic games this year. I have watched 79 of the 82 regular season games this year and I can make a case that the Celtics have 5 players that are better on defense than anything the Mav's have. Kyrie and especially Luca doesn't even know what defense is. I find Luca a total stiff on defense which will be exposed in this series. I don't think Luca is going like getting attacked by who ever he is guarding this series which will take away from his offense.

[CD_41]

Sooo theres no substance to saying that Dallas has the three best defenders in the series. Just making sure I wasn't missing anything. Saying that Dallas could play better defense in this series isn't the same comment.

I never said the Mavs have the 3 best defenders in this series. I’m saying the Mavs have faced better defenders than anyone the Celtics can throw at them. Jrue is their best defender. He alone is not stopping the Mavs especially if they put him on Luka.

Its so obvious you haven't watched many Celtic games this year. I have watched 79 of the 82 regular season games this year and I can make a case that the Celtics have 5 players that are better on defense than anything the Mav's have. Kyrie and especially Luca doesn't even know what defense is. I find Luca a total stiff on defense which will be exposed in this series. I don't think Luca is going like getting attacked by who ever he is guarding this series which will take away from his offense.

I think you're not getting what he is trying to say. He is refering to the defenders the Mavs faced, not the Mavs player themselves.

That being said: I think the Celtics are the favorite for a reason, but this series is really hard to project in my eyes.
Just hoping for some great games.

[ciueli]

I question the Celtics because most of the time a team needs 7 reliable guys to win a title and I don't know who their 7 are if they don't have Porzingis. Even with Porzingis I feel they are one player short, I guess Payton Prichard is the 7th man but he only played spot minutes in the Pacers series.

Riding your starters hard works in short series against weak competition, I question whether it will work against Dallas.

[The Corey's]

If the Celtics didn’t have an easy road to the Finals by playing 3 injured teams they might not even be in the Finals.

Ahh. Disregard my last post then. You obviously don't know what you're talking about then.

Miami and Cleveland combined for ONE win the entire season against the Celtics when fully healthy but by all means buy into the narrative the Celtics backed their way in instead of dominating start to finish.

You mean the regular season, right? We already know Miami don't care about the regular season.

Got it. Celtics get zero credit for destroying Miami and Dallas in the regular season and they get zero credit for being in the finals with only 2 loses and undefeated on the road.

[bluejerseyjinx]

I never said the Mavs have the 3 best defenders in this series. I’m saying the Mavs have faced better defenders than anyone the Celtics can throw at them. Jrue is their best defender. He alone is not stopping the Mavs especially if they put him on Luka.

Its so obvious you haven't watched many Celtic games this year. I have watched 79 of the 82 regular season games this year and I can make a case that the Celtics have 5 players that are better on defense than anything the Mav's have. Kyrie and especially Luca doesn't even know what defense is. I find Luca a total stiff on defense which will be exposed in this series. I don't think Luca is going like getting attacked by who ever he is guarding this series which will take away from his offense.

I think you're not getting what he is trying to say. He is refering to the defenders the Mavs faced, not the Mavs player themselves.

That being said: I think the Celtics are the favorite for a reason, but this series is really hard to project in my eyes.
Just hoping for some great games.

Celtics were the 2nd best defense in the league this year. Only one team above them was Minnesota. Unlike the Wolves, we don't play stupid. Mav's have no idea what is about to happen to them.

[CD_41]

Its so obvious you haven't watched many Celtic games this year. I have watched 79 of the 82 regular season games this year and I can make a case that the Celtics have 5 players that are better on defense than anything the Mav's have. Kyrie and especially Luca doesn't even know what defense is. I find Luca a total stiff on defense which will be exposed in this series. I don't think Luca is going like getting attacked by who ever he is guarding this series which will take away from his offense.

I think you're not getting what he is trying to say. He is refering to the defenders the Mavs faced, not the Mavs player themselves.

That being said: I think the Celtics are the favorite for a reason, but this series is really hard to project in my eyes.
Just hoping for some great games.

Celtics were the 2nd best defense in the league this year. Only one team above them was Minnesota. Unlike the Wolves, we don't play stupid. Mav's have no idea what is about to happen to them.

Why not say "Oh, yeah, I think I misunderstood him?"
Why the need to be so arrogant?

I defended the Celtics a lot against the "easiest path to the finals ever" argument.
And I really respect their talent.
But people like you are the reason the team is not well liked around here.
Be better.

[Sweet Serenity]

In fact let me go further. PJ, DJJ and lively are the three best defenders in the series. Kleber number 5, because I have a lot of respect for Jrue.

You’re not going to be taken very seriously with comments like this mate.

You'll take me plenty serious after the finals are over.

You better keep that same energy if the Mavs lose

[The Corey's]

You’re not going to be taken very seriously with comments like this mate.

You'll take me plenty serious after the finals are over.

You better keep that same energy if the Mavs lose

Ive put my self in a situation where if the Celtics don't win in 5 I'm gonna take a bunch of ****.

Not that I care. Long as they win baby.

[KamikazeK]

This annoying mavs fan might be the worst poster I've ever seen on here. I don't want to see his nonsense at all after we win

[Oscar9992]

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[Backcountry]

I'm one of the few who has Mavs in 7. I think they are pretty even, but also think that Lula and Kyrie are the most consistently great stars in this series. Boston's depth should keep it close, but I also like the energy of Lively and Gafford better than anyone else on Boston. If KP is 100% then it could swing the other way, but I'm guessing he isn't. Hopefully it will be a good, competitive, at least 6 game series...

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[Mavrelous]

This annoying mavs fan might be the worst poster I've ever seen on here. I don't want to see his nonsense at all after we win

Oh I've seen worse, in this thread even...

[Dundalis]

Its so obvious you haven't watched many Celtic games this year. I have watched 79 of the 82 regular season games this year and I can make a case that the Celtics have 5 players that are better on defense than anything the Mav's have. Kyrie and especially Luca doesn't even know what defense is. I find Luca a total stiff on defense which will be exposed in this series. I don't think Luca is going like getting attacked by who ever he is guarding this series which will take away from his offense.

I think you're not getting what he is trying to say. He is refering to the defenders the Mavs faced, not the Mavs player themselves.

That being said: I think the Celtics are the favorite for a reason, but this series is really hard to project in my eyes.
Just hoping for some great games.

Celtics were the 2nd best defense in the league this year. Only one team above them was Minnesota. Unlike the Wolves, we don't play stupid. Mav's have no idea what is about to happen to them.

Why weren't you ranked first? TWolves clearly trash. Are you actually stupid?

[Astaluego]

Why is there so much arrogance on the part of Celtics fans? Is it perhaps a sign of insecurity? Losing that final against the Warriors or last year against the Heat with everything in their favor, it really hurt them.

[Jellybeans]

Arrogance on our part?
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[Rust_Cohle]

Mavs in 5, Luka and Kyrie are too much.

[Dundalis]

Why is there so much arrogance on the part of Celtics fans? Is it perhaps a sign of insecurity? Losing that final against the Warriors or last year against the Heat with everything in their favor, it really hurt them.

They hate Luka, because everyone knows Tatum isn't in the same convo as him as a player. It's always about how his defense makes up the clear gap Luka has in scoring and the huge gap he has in playmaking. You'd have thought Tatum would have made 5 all nba defensive teams, rather than zero. Kyrie also plays here, and no one from Boston ever wants to see him do well at anything.

[jpengland]

If the Mavs can get Luka rested and at 95% before the series starts then it's a Mavs title IMO.

Luka is on a different planet to anybody else on that court.