2024 NBA FINALS: #1 Boston Celtics vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (BOS leads 1-0)

[The Corey's]

That’s gotta be the quietest 30 of all time. Felt like anytime Luka did anything KP answered

As we been saying.

Luka can have his.

They gonna need way more than Luka and Kyrie.

Well they have to at least have Kyrie show up to have any chance

Kyrie has struggled against the Celtics for a long time. He may show up for I doubt he's gonna go off over the next 6 games.

[GSP]

Dallas has been getting outscored from 3 basically all playoffs. They give up alot of em and help off shooters. Okc just shot 30% on open 3s and Wolves are a mediocre offense.

We won the 3pt battle decisively like many games they won the difference is we didnt give up 100 lobs in the paint to Lively and Gafford like their other opponents did

[jehosafats]

Boston showing us what championship pedigree looks like. The Mavs came into Game 1 too smiley for my tastes.

[JustBuzzin]

what's your obsession with Brown over Tatum about?

Fans been trying to cause dissention between the two for almost a decade now.

It's a good thing they don't listen to that nonsense.

Pretty annoying because it's a team built around 2 max contract wing players. Paying Brown 50-60m per season, you obviously hope he has nights/stretches where he outplays Tatum.

Great duo. I just think Brown wants the big moments more. He literally stopped the Mavs from a comeback with his defense late in that 3rd quarter. If nobody will step up Brown will.

ECF MVP Jaylen Brown.

[Apz]

Damn mavs, why cant u play good in game 1s?

[azcatz11]

Tatum trying to stat pad before Brown returns to close the deal like a real alpha.

what's your obsession with Brown over Tatum about?

Just a truth teller.

Brown is underrated.

I don’t think you have an obsession. A player of Tatums stature is going to get praised or criticized even after a win or a loss. I’m not sure why we’re not allowed to talk about him in the negative

[GrandTheftRondo]

Tatum isn’t a superstar. He just got drafted to a team who doesn’t need much from him.


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What a **** take

[FrodoFraggins]

Hardy stat padding!

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Kidd might want to play Hardy some minutes next game


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[AussieCeltic]

They will but it’s clear they’re not a serious threat with healthy KP. Without KP this series would have been a tossup imo

C's mauled everybody with or without KP. They are a serious threat with or without him.

But to be fair Dallas would not be a serious threat without Kyrie.

They had the second highest winning margin in NBA history in the first 2 rounds.

Pacers are one of the best offensive teams and could beat anyone on their night.

Don’t fall into that narrative that the Celtics weren’t good

They played down to their opponents all POs without him. Tatum sucked tonight except for a little play making. I stand by my statement

[RB34]

Hardy’s magnum opus.

[durden_tyler]

Damn mavs, why cant u play good in game 1s?

You already did in G1 vs Minnesota. Boston just too good to be surprised like that. G2 is you shot to make a series out of this. Going down 2-0 will be a big uphill battle.

[knuckles862]

#12 must be the wish version of JB

[SerialChiller]

Why didn't Kyrie stomp on center court after this game?

[FarBeyondDriven]

scheduled loss. You could just tell by the Mavs body language. None of the other games will remotely resemble this one. Series will be tied 2-2 heading back to Boston for Game 5

[TheNewEra]

Celtics are the amped up version of the 213 clips Luka has been facing so it’s not surprising the healthy duo with better overall talent will likely take the series.


For however Kryie improves you have to take into account Tatum scoring better as well.

[Tha Cynic]

Why didn't Kyrie stomp on center court after this game?

Are people really that worked up about a player stomping on a picture?

[Chuck Everett]

I'm just talking from a team defense perspective, both of these guys are very good at pressuring and also doubling the ball handler. There's really nothing anyone can do to him one on one, Brown's staying in front but Luka's just drilling middies in his face.

Yeah Boston have the personnel to defend Luka and Kyrie like NO OTHER TEAM. It's bearing out. I thought Lively and Gafford will make Horford look old, but KP's return this healthy has negated that advantage. He's the biggest X factor out there.

Jrue and White is an all-defensive backcourt, but Dallas has been shredding some pretty impressive defensive backcourts. Dort/J-Dub/Shai in OKC, then Jaden/Ant/NAW in Minnesota. Even if you like Boston's backcourt best, it's not like this is the first time Dallas is seeing elite defensive guards in this playoff run.

Boston's defenders though can get 20 in any given game (even Pritchard). Mavs are going to need elite offense to beat the Celtics. I don't think they can hold them to low 100's every game. They should earmark 112-115 if they want to win.

[Capn'O]

Championship level performance

[Sweet Serenity]

scheduled loss. You could just tell by the Mavs body language. None of the other games will remotely resemble this one. Series will be tied 2-2 heading back to Boston for Game 5

Excuses excuses ..