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

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Sad that both teams I'm pulling the most for are meeting so early.

Going with the Suns here in 5. They just have too many advantages on all three levels offensively and too many ways to make adjustments.
 
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Despite winning 8 games in a row vs the Mavs, they usually play us close.We normally just execute better in the clutch, and pull away in the 4th.Luka will get his.Wouldn't be shocked to see him average a 40 point triple double.Suns in 6.
 

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Suns in 5. Someone said it in the other thread, either DAL gonna win a game by a blow out or lose. Suns too clutch at the end of games
 

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Dallas can’t play small ball like they did with Gobert because Ayton would eat them up. Tough road ahead for Dallas.
 

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Phoenix in 5

Utah made Dallas look better than they were. A competent team would have gotten them out in 5. I also think Phoenix is just a bad matchup for them. Suns should have a prettt easy road to the finals if Memph can take care of GS
 

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Suns in 5

We can’t beat the Suns or Knicks. If Mavs can push it to even 6 games, I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Ayton going to average near 30 and Bridges and Crowder will have wide open looks from 3 all series long

But but what about Chicken Fixins tho? :ohhh:
 

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Suns in 6. This is Ayton’s time. Mavs don’t have a scoring threat like Valanciunas to match-up with him. It’s time to eat
 
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Book loves playing against the Mavs throughout his career.More than any other squad.If that hamstring's healed up, I'm expecting him to put up some big numbers.Ayton normally plays with a lil extra pep in his step when going up against Luka, to.On paper, the Mavs are a much better match up for the Suns.The Pels had enough size & length to push the Suns around.They basically bullied the Suns all series.It's just that CP3 decided to win gms 1, 3, and 6 by his damn self.I don't see the Mavs having that kind of physical advantage.I can still see them playing with more energy & out-hustling the Suns far as effort, but physically pushing then around like the Pels did? Nah.Other than Luka, the guy I'm worried about is Brunson.He played really well against the Suns during the regular season.Tim Hardaway Jr always gave us some problems, but I'm not sure what's going on with him?
 

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outside of Paul & Booker, there really aren't defenders for Luka to hunt on the switch and even then Paul & Booker aren't slouches

for the Mavs to win this, they'll need some of the movement their offense showed early in the Jazz series (Luka off the ball, backdoor cuts, etc)

Suns probably take this in 5
 
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