Manifest Destiny: Claiming the West Starts with Taming the Wolves! Official Mavs (#5) vs. Timberwolves (#3) WCF Thread
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AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
spot on. i've never seen him try this hard
espcially on defense
he is happy and likes it in dallas
jason kidd is a players coach and mark cuban is a players owner
Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
He didn’t care that much in Boston either in 2019.( I give him a pass in 2018 because he was injured and done for the year right before the playoffs)
I guess this is too early to make conclusions about this third round , but let’s be honest, mavs/wolves is a better conference final series than pacers/celts. The level of play, pace, effort, grit, defense, performance/poise under pressure, attention to details, intensity, skill, talent, physicality, execution and team chemistry is much much higher in The west final than in the east final . Mavs and wolves are both evenly matched teams. Mavs have a slight edge in playoff experience, because Kyrie won a chip and went to two finals and Luka went to the WCF 2 years ago, but with the exception of that, both teams are evenly matched.The WCF is a legitimate heavyweight fight between two worthy equals. The celts are the best team in the league and the top seed in the east facing the Cinderella 6th seed pacers. Pacers have a lot of promising talent, they got a lot of shooters, but they’re stil a young, inexperienced and immature team prone to sloppy execution and dumb mistakes. One of the main reasons They are playing in the ECF right now is because the depleted bucks and Knicks had too many injuries on their side. They don’t belong there. The ecf is just a far superior team at their peak against a young and dumb team who is not at this level yet. This east final is not a competitive fight between two worthy equals…
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Gotta lean on our starting 5 more. Still think Wolves in 6. Emotional game 7 wore them out because they did not looked checked in until late. We’ll see how they bounce back. Not at all worried yet especially considering they’re 5-1 on the road these playoffs so far. I have faith in the defense’s ability to bounce back.
OGBobbyJohnson
Veteran
Good catch, and yea McDaniels was fukking up.
What was underrated about Dort was that he did not get killed on screens. He often timed it right to shoot through the gap at the same time as Luka (this also led to offensive fouls on the DAL bigs), or if he did go under, he was aggressive to come back up and crowd Luka’s space. Basically he did not allow himself to get behind Luka/put in jail.
Whereas you see in both those plays you cited, McDaniels was already beat off the dribble and a step behind even before the screen came into the equation. He’s not seeing the screen and is reacting late. He gotta be more proactive.
It’s time baby
7th Letter Specialist
I’m in a S-C 4 double-O…stick to tha flo!
Who saw the PAWG in the background while KAT was shooting around ?
Boonapalist
Superstar
Let’s see can Ant finally bounce back tonight
Chrishaune
Veteran
All that overtalking on the pregame show......Too many people on the panel.
Take Draymond out. Adding Reggie for that segment, ok, but 3 people with Ernie should be the limit.
Take Draymond out. Adding Reggie for that segment, ok, but 3 people with Ernie should be the limit.