Manifest Destiny: Claiming the West Starts with Taming the Wolves! Official Mavs (#5) vs. Timberwolves (#3) WCF Thread

Who goes to the NBA Finals?


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Hawala Man

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You won't be getting another McDaniels 24pts all series long or consistently.

63 pts from Ky and Luka when Luka played bad first half. It was Ky who had a great first half Ant called him out and he dropped 20+ first half.

Wolves experimenting with line ups in WCF plugging guys in shows you the coaching mismatch.

Lively outplayed Gobert as a rookie.
 

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You make a good point. I’d probably hide him on Derrick Jones, Tim Hardaway or whomever they bring in at SF though.

Gobert probably wouldn’t play quite as much and I’d let McDaniels absorb some of those minutes he’s a better matchup for this series anyway. Gobert doesn’t give them enough offensively.
Gobert likes to play drop coverage, which is an issue against Dallas. Against die hard analytics teams, it can work because their perimeter defenders can fight around screens. But Luka and Kyrie will take AND make middies. That's a bread and butter shot for them. They also started the screens so far up the floor that they got running starts going to the rim.

Looking at the box score and seeing Gobert having by far the best +/- on the team is shocking. He didn't grab many boards and Luka/Kyrie can get a good shot any time he's out there.
 
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