Can Luka Tha Don prevent a Phoenix dawn? | Official Mavs (#4) vs. Suns (#1) West Semifinals Thread

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Hypris

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The Suns took their foot off the gas in the 4th. It's like they knew the game was over and just waited for it to end. Just chucking up shots and lazy defense. Didn't even bother to feed Ayton. It was almost disrespectful to the Mavs. Like "we'll let you come back because we know you're not winning even if it's close".
 

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The Suns took their foot off the gas in the 4th. It's like they knew the game was over and just waited for it to end. Just chucking up shots and lazy defense. Didn't even bother to feed Ayton. It was almost disrespectful to the Mavs. Like "we'll let you come back because we know you're not winning even if it's close".
Mavs remembered to play defense in the forth.

All in all they aren’t going to shoot like this all series
 

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The Suns took their foot off the gas in the 4th. It's like they knew the game was over and just waited for it to end. Just chucking up shots and lazy defense. Didn't even bother to feed Ayton. It was almost disrespectful to the Mavs. Like "we'll let you come back because we know you're not winning even if it's close".
Luka singlehandily almost made a comeback lol
 

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It's really no different from all the other times the Mavs have been eliminated: Luka can go off, stack up points and assists but it never really results in consistent wins.

Problem is, that's going to get exposed bad this series against a legit elite team vs those inconsistent Clippers teams the last couple of years.

Luka will get stats, but like others have mentioned: that style of ball-dominant play won't win them rings no matter how good it makes a stat sheet look. It's practically Harden all over again.

Mavs need an offense to move the ball and they need a second superstar: preferably a three level scorer can play on and off-ball, pass and play defense
 
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