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[kennydorglas]

Warriors rely on 3 pt shooting. Dallas is great at guarding the 3. If they play small who does Draymond guard? Who guards Doncic? Wiggins?

Dray will guard doncic all series long imo.

You think he can stay with Doncic?

Oh yeah, doncic won't even dare to post him up.

[garrick]

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Watching this is so annoying, Doncic mocking and taunting like he usually does is just infuriating so I will be rooting against him the rest of the way.

It'll be interesting to see Draymond and Luka go at it against each other, The GP2 injury could be huge for GSW because that's another strong defender that could have given meaningful minutes guarding either Luka or Brunson.

[RaisingArizona]

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Watching this is so annoying, Doncic mocking and taunting like he usually does is just infuriating so I will be rooting against him the rest of the way.

It'll be interesting to see Draymond and Luka go at it against each other, The GP2 injury could be huge for GSW because that's another strong defender that could have given meaningful minutes guarding either Luka or Brunson.

Those antics didn't seem to bother the Suns as they laid down and got beat down by 60 in the last two games of the series. I have no bad feelings for Doncic or Dallas. When a team quits, it's more on them than anything else.

[bwgood77]

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Watching this is so annoying, Doncic mocking and taunting like he usually does is just infuriating so I will be rooting against him the rest of the way.

It'll be interesting to see Draymond and Luka go at it against each other, The GP2 injury could be huge for GSW because that's another strong defender that could have given meaningful minutes guarding either Luka or Brunson.

Those antics didn't seem to bother the Suns as they laid down and got beat down by 60 in the last two games of the series. I have no bad feelings for Doncic or Dallas. When a team quits, it's more on them than anything else.

Yeah, at this point there is no reason for me not to root for Dallas. Firstly, they beat us so it's a better look for us. But very tired of all the Warriors, Celtics and Heat championships anyway. Why pull for any of those guys?

Luka can be fun to watch when he's not playing against you.

[grumpysaddle]

Pulling hard for Miami or Boston. Now that the Suns are out, it feels kind of fun to watch basketball again without a horse in the race and worrying if they'll show up to play or not.

[grumpysaddle]

I can't stand Mark Cuban and don't want him to have another ring. Also, the Mavs flopping is worse than CP3's ever was, but every single game. I can't stand the way the Warriors behave. Some call it "swag", I call it being a **** prick.

Spoelstra is a great coach and seems like a good dude. I used to not care for Jimmy Butler but he's grown on me a lot.

Boston is where I went to college (for half of it anyway), and I don't feel like they play the theatrics that either of the WC teams left use. They can be terrible offensively, but unlike the Suns, they never give up on D.

[garrick]

Catching the 4Q of the ECF, can't believe JJ didn't try to make a play for PJ Tucker since he really looks like still has a bit of juice left.

He's just the sort of defender we could have used against Luka but that is just one of the many mistakes JJ made in the offseason.

[lilfishi22]

Catching the 4Q of the ECF, can't believe JJ didn't try to make a play for PJ Tucker since he really looks like still has a bit of juice left.

He's just the sort of defender we could have used against Luka but that is just one of the many mistakes JJ made in the offseason.

I think in many ways Crowder is our PJ. Doesn't do a ton offensively other than shoot 3's, is the "tough guy" enforcer dude on the team and is mainly a defensive player. Crowder is much younger, only a bit more expensive and a solid cultural fit. I haven't seen the stats but I thought just based on the eye test Crowder did a better job on Luka than Mikal because Luka couldn't bully Crowder with his weight and strength as much as he could with the wiry Mikal.

PJ has looked really damn solid even as he turns 37 and you'd think a guy built him and the way he plays, he'd break down, become slower and just be less impactful defensively but the guy has been an absolute work horse, a machine.

Hindsight is 20/20 and there probably are better Luka defenders out there but we had who we had and I honestly don't think any other team has as good a rotation of the lengthy, and disciplined defensive wings (Mikal, Crowder, Cam, Craig) to throw at Luka as we do but the guy is just ELITE. Luka just torched everybody and he'd probably torch PJ too.

[bwgood77]

Butler monster night with 41, 9, 5, 4, 3. Bam with a great 10 and 4. Wonder if Heat fans are blasting him for those #s. He is a good passer but had 1 ast.

[starbosa10]

I'm pulling for Miami but wouldn't mind Boston. Spolestra is a great coach and Miami plays great team basketball.

[garrick]

After Luka's trash talking I can't wait to see them get waxed by Boston or Miami. A sad Luka is the best Luka.

[Sunlight]

GSW no chance against Luka. They lost regular season 1-3 and Mavs much better team last half of the season.

[handsome salary]

GSW no chance against Luka. They lost regular season 1-3 and Mavs much better team last half of the season.

That's what they said about the Suns/Mavs at the beginning or up 2-0 and look how it ended.

[SunsRback4Good]

After Luka's trash talking I can't wait to see them get waxed by Boston or Miami. A sad Luka is the best Luka.

Most players trash talk like Draymond, Luka, Beverly etc so you’re just going to hate more than half the league? Who cares? I like Luka and he stuck it perfectly to a washed up Suns team who happened to have the greatest regular season in franchise history. Your anger should be directed towards Jones & Monty for not forming a three point specialist team. You can’t win in todays league by trading two for threes. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

[Sunlight]

GSW no chance against Luka. They lost regular season 1-3 and Mavs much better team last half of the season.

That's what they said about the Suns/Mavs at the beginning or up 2-0 and look how it ended.

Yes. I thought Suns much tougher matchup to mavs than GSW because our paint force but this is basketball. Still hard to see how splash brothers with their best days far behind can beat Luka who just humiliated best guard combo in NBA. And GSW dont have that paint force what Suns have.

[handsome salary]

GSW no chance against Luka. They lost regular season 1-3 and Mavs much better team last half of the season.

That's what they said about the Suns/Mavs at the beginning or up 2-0 and look how it ended.

Yes. I thought Suns much tougher matchup to mavs than GSW because our paint force but this is basketball. Still hard to see how splash brothers with their best days far behind can beat Luka who just humiliated best guard combo in NBA. And GSW dont have that paint force what Suns have.

With CP3 being a shell the last 5 games all the Mavs had to do was focus completely on Booker who was not ready for it and Monty made no adjustments to help him. Curry and Kerr are better at dealing with that amount of attention and making adjustments. I wish they both could lose though.

[spanishninja]

That's what they said about the Suns/Mavs at the beginning or up 2-0 and look how it ended.

Yes. I thought Suns much tougher matchup to mavs than GSW because our paint force but this is basketball. Still hard to see how splash brothers with their best days far behind can beat Luka who just humiliated best guard combo in NBA. And GSW dont have that paint force what Suns have.

With CP3 being a shell the last 5 games all the Mavs had to do was focus completely on Booker who was not ready for it and Monty made no adjustments to help him. Curry and Kerr are better at dealing with that amount of attention and making adjustments. I wish they both could lose though.

well, in time they will both lose. Champs are coming out of the East again, I'm almost certain of it. Both Miami and Boston have the grit and grind culture that you don't see from either the Mavs or the Warriors.

[bwgood77]

I can understand wanting to root against Luka but I can't understand pulling for GS, MIA or BOS to win more championships. I generally like BOS's team but their fanbase is entitled due to the Celtics, Patriots, Bruins, Red Sox, all the success. Miami had their big 3 and championships with Wade/Shaq and then 2 with the big 3 and the Warriors had all those super teams and Draymond always trash talking the Suns.

At least if Dallas won it our loss in 7 games wouldn't look so bad (except for the manner in which we lost those last to games after being up 3-2 in a big game 5 win and trash talking about the Luka special and all that).

[spanishninja]

I can understand wanting to root against Luka but I can't understand pulling for GS, MIA or BOS to win more championships. I generally like BOS's team but their fanbase is entitled due to the Celtics, Patriots, Bruins, Red Sox, all the success. Miami had their big 3 and championships with Wade/Shaq and then 2 with the big 3 and the Warriors had all those super teams and Draymond always trash talking the Suns.

At least if Dallas won it our loss in 7 games wouldn't look so bad (except for the manner in which we lost those last to games after being up 3-2 in a big game 5 win and trash talking about the Luka special and all that).

eh, I have always hated showboating players/teams, even though this year we have become one of those teams. I would prefer Miami win it over any of those other three because that Heat culture is legit. And they also don't have a huge floppers as stars like the other teams do (again, I know the Suns are guilty as well).

[WeekapaugGroove]

Now the Mavs can't make 3s. Super

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