Ebony & Ivory with Burning Sage vs. Lucky Charms & Unicorns Colliding on Flat Earth | Official Mavericks (#5) vs. Celtics (#1) 2024 NBA Finals Thread

[StatUS]

Boston in 6.

 

[FireFatMike]

C'mon Knicks fans, Heat fans, Laker fans, Bucks fans, Sixers fans and that 1 Pacer fan. We need to send our energy to the Mavs to beat the Celtics

 

[FAH1223]

 

[ItzDaKiing]

Dallas has the 2 best players on the court and have had no issues with 3 of the top 5 defenses in the league so far, this won’t be any different

Theyll get it done in 6 games, Luka Doncic has arrived

Boston couldn’t stop Andrew fukkin Nembhart but dudes thinking they gon stop Luka and Ky

 

[Copy Ninja]

Boston couldn’t stop Andrew fukkin Nembhart but dudes thinking they gon stop Luka and Ky

It'll be different. The C's didn't key on anyone defensively once Haliburton was out and that allowed Nembhart to go one on one a lot with no help. Everyone stayed home on their man. Best believe they're gonna key on Luka and Ky and there's gonna be help coming.

Also, who's Luka and Ky gonna be guarding? Luka's gonna be food if he tries to guard Tatum or Brown. Ky's gonna get bullied by Jrue if he tries to guard Jrue. Both Luka and Kyrie are going to be the worst defenders on the court. Nobody seems to be talking about that. Minnesota is just too dumb to go small and take advantage of those matchups.

 

[ItzDaKiing]

It'll be different. The C's didn't key on anyone defensively once Haliburton was out and that allowed Nembhart to go one on one a lot with no help. Everyone stayed home on their man. Best believe they're gonna key on Luka and Ky and there's gonna be help coming.

Also, who's Luka and Ky gonna be guarding? Luka's gonna be food if he tries to guard Tatum or Brown. Ky's gonna get bullied by Jrue if he tries to guard Jrue. Both Luka and Kyrie are going to be the worst defenders on the court. Nobody seems to be talking about that. Minnesota is just too dumb to go small and take advantage of those matchups.

Tatum and brown basically beat themselves. Dallas has already faced some of the toughest defenses in the NBA thus far, soft ass finesse Boston ain’t stoping no one

 

[Copy Ninja]

Tatum and brown basically beat themselves. Dallas has already faced some of the toughest defenses in the NBA thus far, soft ass finesse Boston ain’t stoping no one

Is this the basketball analysis you're going with?

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Hopefully Porzingis is getting healthy.

Calf injuries are incredibly tricky. That's why I knew Giannis had no shot to come back in the playoffs.

You basically have to shut everything down, let the strain heal, rebuild strength in the calf and take it slow because any setback puts you back to square one. Thursday is 1 month after the strain and they have an extra week off before game 1. I think he'll definitely play this series - it's the Finals - but his effectiveness and health are very questionable to me IMO

 

[ItzDaKiing]

Is this the basketball analysis you're going with?

Show me where I’m wrong

 

[Regular_P]

It'll be different. The C's didn't key on anyone defensively once Haliburton was out and that allowed Nembhart to go one on one a lot with no help. Everyone stayed home on their man. Best believe they're gonna key on Luka and Ky and there's gonna be help coming.

Also, who's Luka and Ky gonna be guarding? Luka's gonna be food if he tries to guard Tatum or Brown. Ky's gonna get bullied by Jrue if he tries to guard Jrue. Both Luka and Kyrie are going to be the worst defenders on the court. Nobody seems to be talking about that. Minnesota is just too dumb to go small and take advantage of those matchups.

Boston will hunt switches but Luka will be matched with Jrue and Kyrie on White.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Calf injuries are incredibly tricky. That's why I knew Giannis had no shot to come back in the playoffs.

You basically have to shut everything down, let the strain heal, rebuild strength in the calf and take it slow because any setback puts you back to square one. Thursday is 1 month after the strain and they have an extra week off before game 1. I think he'll definitely play this series - it's the Finals - but his effectiveness and health are very questionable to me IMO

I said from the jump he would miss at least a month

I think they still have enough to win the title without Porzingis but if even he’s only 80% that’s still a much better option than anyone else they can throw out there

 

[ROFL_GUY]

DAL in 5

Ky/Luka > all Boston perimiter defenders

Pj matches up very well against Tatum/brown

Bos has no answer for lively/gafford. Bos has played no one who plays defense outside of bam in the playoffs

 

[UpAndComing]

It'll be different. The C's didn't key on anyone defensively once Haliburton was out and that allowed Nembhart to go one on one a lot with no help. Everyone stayed home on their man. Best believe they're gonna key on Luka and Ky and there's gonna be help coming.

Also, who's Luka and Ky gonna be guarding? Luka's gonna be food if he tries to guard Tatum or Brown. Ky's gonna get bullied by Jrue if he tries to guard Jrue. Both Luka and Kyrie are going to be the worst defenders on the court. Nobody seems to be talking about that. Minnesota is just too dumb to go small and take advantage of those matchups.

 

[Copy Ninja]

That fat Euro is gonna be food on defense. Why the Wolves haven't exploited this I don't know.

 

[UpAndComing]

That fat Euro is gonna be food on defense. Why the Wolves haven't exploited this I don't know.

It's because Anthony Edwards is the only player on the Wolves that can dribble lol. Kyrie and Luka have been able to rest on defense the entire series

That's why I laugh when people do Basketball analysis like it's an And 1 mixtape