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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Marcel Martin breaks down the ups and downs of the Dallas Mavericks so far in the NBA Finals.
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WE CAN BE DELUSIONAL WHEN WE GOT LUKA ON THE TEAM, MAVS IN 7 🐴🐴🐴🐴
nah bruh its over
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… maybe next year
Might as well be delusional until we lose 4 😂😂😂
MAVS in 12
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The headlines will be, Choker Doncic
@kgar5String Luka has made mistakes these last 3 games, but at least he's showed up and scored for all 3. Mavs would be a lottery team without Luka.
@@kgar5StringNo, that headline is reserved for Chokic.. I mean Jokic and Co. 😉
@@ZeroSilence8 right it’s trendy to drag Luka, but not a word for that second round exit “”MVP”” Jokic 🤣 lost to a team that Mavs gentleman swept
That lost broke my ❤ Bro, Still MFFL!!
It's not looking like your year, but I still think Luka can be the best player in the league, or at least top 3, he just needs to evolve in his mentality and defensively
I truly believe this team could make a comeback if Brickaway and Maxi stay on the bench.
fax
Trade these two, they are average at best
Nah ik u didnt
We cannot play Tim that much
He’s gone after this season him and his bad juju and his dad
At all!!!! COWBOYS 🤠 SUPERBOWL
@@tacocasa9812 bro it is a sacrifice for the Cowboys! Last time this happened the Rangers went to the World Series and lost but the Mavericks won it the next year. I am just grasping at straws lol
Don’t play him at all and trade his ass ASAP he’s a liability
@@MoreSportsTalkthat's not how sacrifices work bub
Look for Zachary Hubbard
BREAKING NEWS!!! THJ has just been sponsored by Acme brick
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I was screaming at my T.V at Jkidd to take him tf out litteraly hardy is better than him dante is better than him josh is better Tim needs to sit the rest of the series I thought this was the worst game to be trying new things possible especially THB
@@SmoovPlayaaas They get milions, we get heart attack 🥴
Thank you, Luka. I really enjoyed this season, so many memories.
“If you don’t believe you shouldn’t be here”
we will win next 4
His cheat pain has resulted in him being unable to move on D, unable to stay in front of his opponent and his crazy number of fouls. He’s getting pain killer injections into his chest wall from a chest contusion and I’m sure he’s refusing to complain. But he’s in pain.
He’s been a total nonfactor on D for years, consistently ranked in the 400s in D Rating in a league with 450 roster spots. Dude is a literal cone on defense.
@@cineM4RL
He is in the Celtics series, hasnt been all playoffs, thats the point hes making.
Feel free to go to Awful Coachings channel and watch all the vids he made on Luka/Kyries great defense all playoffs as well as the latest ones ripping them to shreds in the Celtics series.
His chest pain isn't the reason he was ball watching and let Brown cut in front of him to the basketball for a layup. His chest pain wasn't the reason he was ball watching Tatum and leaving Hauser in the corner with an open 3. His chest pain wasn't the reason why he flopped onto the ground twice on his 3's allowing his defender to leak out for an easy bucket.
@@cineM4RLWhat are you talking about he had a 112.6 dRTG this season
@@drpeppster3417He’s focusing on the last two years prior. Two years ago Luka was a come on defense. Now he’s not at all.
Im a Spurs fan rooting for the Mavs. Still hoping they can come back. Go Mavs.
Everyone who wanted THJ and sure got him, bad defense, no offense, and just garbage play outright. This was and should have been expected and he got far too much minutes, this outright is typical stupid Kidd decisions leading to obvious outcomes.
Yeah idk why media and fans were calling for more THJ minutes. Mavs fans know he’s the most hot cold player on the team.
You brought up a great point Marcel. Not sure why they pulled Dante Exum because when he was in the energy was there and he was playing well and so was the rest of the team. Taking him out really messed up the flow
And I think that’s what Luca was talking about last night in his interview. When he said we shouldn’t have change the rotations we should’ve kept the guys in there that we’re in there. I think he was talking about Exum. He also got that dunk.
@@Nancy-M745 that Dunk was absolutely energetic and was during that run. I think Exum brings a lot of movement as well
@@Nancy-M745 Exum also had a nice contest on defense that won't show up on box score. Tatum took a jumper at the free throw line and Exum left his man to contest Tatum from the side which led to a miss. I thought Exum should've got more minutes. It's not easy for players to get a rhythm when they don't know if they are gonna get minutes and if they do its sporadic.
yep, Exum has been playing well the last 5 games, 1st at game 4 in minessota with some solid defense on Ant and going 2/3 in 4 min, 1/2 from 3
Exum was that missing play maker to take Luka and kyrie off the ball to score more but Kidd didn’t realize it
This is on Coach. Mavs have not made a single adjustment in three games. Shaking up the rotation is not enough.
True true true. 100% true. Kidd was a little stubborn or maybe just not creative enough because he’s just doing the same thing over and over again.
Well they did make changes from the first game. They for sure stopped doubling as much which has helped big time imo. They just can’t keep up with the Celtics ball movement as well as there ability to score across the team. It’s Luka and kyrie basically vs the entire Celtics starters.
He made adjustments. What else do you expect him to do against the Celtics lockdown defense when Luka & Kyrie don't play defense? The Celtics are the better team hands down. This is going to be a sweep and deservedly so.
He’s making adjustments, it’s just that boston has a counter for just about everything dallas tries to do
Let's not blame Kidd here. There is a personnel issue. This was inevitable when your 3rd highest paid player is literally scoring 0 points.
I would love for this to reach luka somehow but probably wont . I'm a long time "soccer" fan from Brazil, that saw neymar , our greatest idol of the modern times be completely targeted by players and referees. Because people knew they could make him mad somehow, making him rage with the refs or with the player that fouled him. This is not supposed to he a thing , but it is . Referees usually make bad decisions on players that are famous for being "cry babys" cause they think the player is trying to make pressure on the ref to get some kind of advantage. So please luka . The only way out of this. Is to try your hardest to became only famous about how great you are on the game and not about how much you cry over refs.
Don´t worry.
I consider Luka a legend already.
Just look at his numbers!
You want him to be the best defensive player as well?
Get real....
No, we just want him to be a serviceable defender, which has been far from the case in this series
@@SquidysTents In this series?!
He is the sole reason Mavs are in the playoffs! You must be a MAGA-fan...
Yeah! He is the only reason Mavs are in the playoffs! And who would of thought they would go all the way to the Finals! No one!!!! They did not make the playoffs last year? Luka is already a legend if he retires tomorrow! At young age of 25. Luka is clearly not healthy! They come at him with all they’re might, they have hurt him.
@johannbogason1662 Bro what a weird ass thing to say, what??
@@johannbogason1662what the hell does basketball have to do with MAGA? 😂😂😂 that’s a damn reach
Thank you for being so positive! I haven’t hardly slept over this man. I’ve been a Mavs fan since I was 8. This hurts especially because my son is hurting too now
idc no more we have 2 completely useless players that need to be traded thj and unfortunately maxi not because he is trash but he is too injoury prone and it won't get better since he is 30 and on a 3 year deal... i can trust ky to figure it out next uear against Boston we need reliable scorer that can play a better defense than what tim and josh gree can
players on the move :josh green , thj and maxi + we have 2 firsts and 4 seconds... we can improve massively... we have a young team with still some assets
Don’t forget Powell. Literally no reason to keep him around.
@@MoreSportsTalk i would love to agree with you but there Is no reason to trade Powell.. i mean his contract Is not a big one that imoacts out cap like maxi and he has no trade value... meaning that altough he Is pretty useless It would hurt to trade him unless we throw him as a salary matcher and a team takes the bait💀
@@leonardo_mrll you would be surprised crazier things have happened. There are too many players on the roster that are just taking up room. Even if they keep Powell they need to replace about 4 players ideally 5 but that probably won’t happen. I think if they really focus on optimizing the roster they will be back next year
@@MoreSportsTalkI agree but who should we target in the off season? What teams are willingly to trade reliable shooters for our mid tier players?
@@drpeppster3417 it’s a good question but there are tons of options to be honest. You can shop for players by trading players and draft picks. Also there are other players in free agency. deRozan is an UFA. He’s just an example we won’t know until it’s the offseason when other teams make their decisions. You can also trade players for cash considerations to free up other teams cap space. Plenty of possibilities
Unfortunately Luka is injured, I saw a lot of pushes in the back on layups that are not being called.
Yes, Luka's complaining is annoying to watch and will get to the nerves of even his biggests fans, it's kinda unsportsmanlike, perhaps unprofessional, comes back to bite him in the ass etc.
But even with all that I cut him a slack because I just cannot imagine what it must feel like when you are an offensive basketball GENIUS and there's NOTHING ANYONE can do to stop you (except yourself, when your shooting is off even though you still ALWAYS get to your spots), then you go up and you KNOW you have been fouled (you FELT it in your BODY) but the ref will let it go. Then you look around and see some guys that are very good in their game but don't come even CLOSE to you overall (SGA, Embiid) simply living on the FT line because someone sneezed next to them.
Boy, that must be infuriating to the core.
I remember when we were up 3-0 on Minnesota, and everybody was saying we were in trouble cause wolves won a game, and that we had better win game 5. Will they have the same energy if we win next game?
Kidd really messed up taking that timeout when the Mavs were continuing their comeback and were only down by 3, had all the momentum, were actually playing fast, and had just got another stop on defense. Coming out of that timeout the team looked like they lost all rhythm and Boston got settled.
I hate to blame officials, but Tony Brothers? 🤬. He ALWAYS screws the Mavs. Then, last night White is literally yanking on the arm of Hardaway Jr, looking at the ref, pointing out that he's fouling, and they just let White keep doing it while Hardaway tried to shoot a 3 and the refs STILL wouldn't call a foul on Boston.
It's not all on the officiaiting, but the officiating definitely has not been fair. There's been so many fouls that Luka should have got an and 1 on and the refs just won't call them. They're letting Boston play like it's WWE out there.
If it's possible for the Celtics to sweep, it's possible for the Mavs to win 4 straight
With compromised Luka 0.1 % to be generous. Hope we can at least string 1-2 wins
I've always believed that other than Luka and Kyrie, Mavericks have too many streaky shooters.
If one is having a bad shooting game, they all tend to have bad shooting game.
Shooting, good or bad, seems to be contagious amongst to Mavericks. 😂
That’s why they need a consistent third option who can score regularly.
That’s why they need a 3rd true shooter. 3 and D players are too inconsistent you only really need one and if I were the Mavs I would keep PJ in this case and let DJJ test free agency
The role players need more playoff/finals experience. Celtics have been there a ton of times.
Realistically it’s just not happening. The odds just aren’t right for the mavs. Luka won’t be more healthy soon and kyries needs to play good in Boston which he couldn’t do until now. Doesn’t help that Kidd is using regular season lineups and can’t bench players like Kleber who play like trash. If they manage the first 0-3 comeback ever, Luka will be a legend but I can’t see a way how. Doesn’t help that the mavs looked inferior even without kp playing. They need more time to develop. I believe that the mavs can be real contenders with more time to play together but it needs to happen soon because Kyrie is already 32
Healthy Luka from 2022 would have the Mavs up 3-2 rn
@@ASAReborn yes the last two games were close but Luka was just dead after carrying in the first half
I feel like Kyrie is 32 going on 36.
maxi is one of our best perimeter defender. if you call him trash then might as well call the other 3 (djj, pj, josh) trash too.
@@leoreoibardo9294 he’s just not the same after the injury. He’s clearly rusty atm and doesn’t help the team
Let's stop with the injury excuse. I remember the series against clippers or thunders, we lost a game where Luka was throwing tantrums all game, he got righfully criticized and came out next game without foul baiting and complaining. That means that he can do it if he wants to, no more excuses.
It's the finals. That excuse ain't gonna fly. Not sure if he's gonna learn anytime soon though. Luka got booted from a FIFA World Cup quarter final game last summer too.
Excuses for complaining are terrible… I do think Luka is physically not there … just too banged up…. This has lead to more frustration and bad habits.
@@minyeongchung How can a 25 yr old, who ONLY plays 50% of the game, be "physically not there"?
Luka's making Bad decisions.
Cries after every call.
Throws a tantrums at his coaching staff.
WTF is he doing?
It's embarrassing.
It's cringe.
Luka has become Enfant Terrible.
I appreciate the positivity. It's not over til it's over.
Thanks for the optimism! If we can even win 2 games, that's a big W for me and will show people we competed at least. Going out 4-0, we'll have to hear how the mavs wasted everybody's time by making it to the finals over the summer, essentially.
Id like to see Omax instead of Kleber, Exum over Hardaway.
yeah, a rookie who hasn't play all season on games that matters can save us all. lol stop!
@@leoreoibardo9294 To be clear we're done. There is no saving this. Just wanted him to get his post season feet wet. Maxi can't help us much given his condition anyway. And Exum at least has earned it over Hardaway and still has future value imvho.
@@carnivalgods4573 it's like you're suggesting to bench the starting five. no! not gonna happen
@@leoreoibardo9294 Nah, Kleber and Hardaway aren't starters and don't figure much in the future plans.
@@carnivalgods4573 I don't care about thj but maxi is one of our the best perimeter defender. you're suggesting to downgrade to omax because we are losing anyway. That's why I said if you want to downgrade because where losing anyway then just don't play the starters. I'm not saying they are both starters. Hopefully that make sense.
History can only be made if no one has ever done it before. We are in a great position imo
4 straight!!! Let’s go Dallas !!! Mavs in 7
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Been saying this since 7.feb. You guys are 2 trades away from being a contender. Good job making the finals tho
Luka getting “blown by” is by design
We heard “funel the shooters to the paint and rely on your centers…” for 6 weeks….
Luka is obviously hesitant to get bumped into/shouldered into with his rib injury. he is usually more physical with his body
the rest of the team is literally not making any buckets. Timmy played 20 mins, zero buckets, WTF
Luka and Kyrie need to have a monster game the rest of the series because the other players aren't playing well
"We win together" let's Go MAVS!!!
Luka needs to grow up. I'm a Celts fan who's been watching Tatum and Brown go through a maturation process -- they're not quite there, but they've made lots of progress. There's a reason Kristaps has been smiling all season, and it's not merely that his team is winning. He admitted that his own immaturity got in the way with Luka in Dallas, and he's now ready to serve the greater good of the team. And he's with a bunch of talented guys who also get that. (What he did not say -- because he, himself has matured since that time -- is that Luka also had maturity issues.)
Luka is still too much about Luka. Losing this series may end up being a beautiful wake-up call for him. Painful for him and you fans, but good in the long run. (Like the Celtics loss in the Finals two years ago, then not making it back the following year. It humbled them, and made them more motivated to play as a team. I hope something like that is in y'all's future.) ☘
Hey man, you're the nicest guy I've ever listened to, being a Mav's fan, and me from MA. I really didn't think the C's were as nasty as they are proving to be. Its gotta be tough to watch. All my exes live in Texas.....
This is a Champions Dream!: To be down three games and fight back and win four in a row with Kyrie Irving Silencing his critics FOREVER with a last second Three! He and tge rest of the Mavs would be instant LEGENDS. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌃🙏🙏🙏🙏
These dudes delusional 😭😂😂😂 Celtics in 4 🍀🏆
Mavs were #3 seed in West before Kyrie started missing games(21 to be exact). Then the started falling, all the way to the 10-seed and worked their way back up to 5-seed.
Clearly they were good enough to be a #1-2 seed in West if Ky was healthier all season.
not ture Luka kept Mavs at 8th seed and this was not only Kyrie 7 players missed a lot of games due to injuries Mavs was was top 3 most injured teams in the league , so dont start that sh
it saying Kyries injury is the only reason why Mavs was not good in the reg season
Mavs should focus on shot selection. Too many bad shots that lead to leak outs and fast break points.
100% agreed. Those just become wasted possessions that turn out to be wasted opportunities
@@MoreSportsTalk It's worse than wasted possession because it leads to an advantage for the other team. Hardy took two advised quick shots that led to easy Boston buckets. That's probably why he was benched the remainder of the game. Luka took that top of the key 3 at the end of the half and flopped, which led to an easy leak out bucket for Tatum.
@@good2go619 yeah those are so painful for the win. Stuff like that can’t happen that’s where the Celtics are way better because they don’t take bad shots or just chuck up stuff high percentage shots
In luka I trust. Idc if we lose the finals. This run was epic fun and it will be important in future years.
This is the point in the movie where the underdog (Irving) finds himself and his guys with their backs against the walls and his enemies are laughing at them as they prepare to eliminate our heros. The main guy is injured and now it's do or die for our hero. If The Mavs can do a 20-2 run on the Celtics then the Celtics can be blown out. No team has come back from 3-0. This is how legends are made. Are the Mavs capable of being legendary? DAMN STRAIGHT 💥🇺🇸💥
The likelihood of Mavs winning even one game is less than 50%. Pride and pulling out a game, with Boston realizing they can win at home for their fans is the only chance the Mavs have to win once. The Mavs are too good to be swept, but Boston has this championship in 5.
I agree. I will be so sad if they don’t take at least one game but even if they do, I expect Boston to close this in 5. Maybe the Mavs can shock us all and make this a series? I’m all for it, but from what I’ve seen it’s either Celtics in 4,5,6, or 7 😂
Maybe I’m a bad fan but I don’t see Mavs having the answer to the Celtics playstyle this year
what a goal
@@dpend i want them to win! Sich a disappointment Boston has their number
Thank you! I was watching mavs today guys earlier and they said Boston is going to win. They gave up. I told them if they do t believe they shouldn’t be here. They got a quick unfollow. Like I told them. Murphy’s Law, what can happen will happen. There is always going to be a first time for everything. And like you say why not us?
Something is going on with Luka's health. He was skinny as a rail as a kid. He came into the league fit. He's 25. If he's working hard, how is he tubby and huffing up and down the court?
You have to get lots and lots of sleep and have a good diet if your lifestyle is as stressful to your body as professional basketball is. My guess is he doesn’t get enough sleep and recovery time and his diet is not on point. Who knows tho.
The Mavs didn’t dig themselves a hole. The Celtics did that.
History in the making!
Celtics fan for over 30 years. Hoping for a gentlemen's sweep in 5 because:
1. Really enjoyed the Mavs in the playoffs. I'm worried if yhey get swept, owners/management may blow up the team. Irving & Doncic are fun to watch.
2. I'm on the road today. I will miss Boston's first chip in 16 years. 🙃
As painful as this has been i still have faith and regardless this series has shown us what NEEDS to change going forward bye thj powell
Boston is a much more difficult team to defend for two reasons, this is probably the most open team in the NBA due to their so many three - points shooters, so it is normal that a player like Luka that is slow and has injury issues and also doesn't jump fast and high will be getting worst defense. The other reason is that makes Boston so unguardable is referees calling fouls on the opposite team for things that rarely call fouls on Boston, that way the opposite team will always have to be softer on Boston while Boston can make rougher entrances into Dallas players etc. It is not strange that in two games in a row, Dallas had two key players in key moments of the game got into 6 fouls out, with a couple of straight fouls that weren't rougher than plays that Boston players were doing precisely during the same part of the game. The result was easily observable if you watch closely every play, and this is something that happens mostly at the beginning of the games, giving an unfair advantage to Boston, or in the middle of the game, precisely when Mavs are getting into a very dynamic stage. Against Boston, it is specially difficult because it is truly an excellent team, if it gets this type of favorable treatment, it is almost impossible to combat. I've seen the same referee's behavior several times in other Dallas playoffs.
Mavs fan here. The Celtics are just the better team. Been playing longer together, been in the big games and can score from any position consistently. Sure the Mavs could win 4 in a row, but I don't see the Celtics losing four in a row.
you cannot win playing scrubs like layup line Maxie misalot or super Dwight's face or no defense, no dribble bombsaway jr, until fans understand that, and they are gone we are doomed to fail.
If mavs can win game 4, it’ll give them some more belief and confidence going back to Boston.
From a Celtic fan I’ll give you props for being positive.m
Your team is not going to come back from this .
You have too many questions and no answers. You need more than two players.
The reality is you don’t have them. You might win tonight, but you won’t beat the Celtics four in a row. Good luck to you and your team today.
May the better team win 🫡
Come on Marcel, I’m not coming here to drink the Koolaid. Put the hammer sown
I hate to be that but the Mavs aren't just down 0 and 3 against the Celtics. They are 0 and 3 even with Porzingus out. In fact they are 0 and 5 this season. The celtics have not dropped a game to the mavs all year. It would truly be a miracle if they all of a sudden dropped 4 in a row.
It's not about Doncic. It's about the system that Dallas runs. 1:1, over dribbling, zero ball movement, flat footed on defense, etc. just won't cut it. So tell me, can they address all these by Game 4? I don't think so. Series over!
Watching Mav’s media members prove that the Celtics aren’t the only ones sweeping. They got the Brooms out for Luka hard yesterday.
Luka's banged up and looks finished for this year. He needs to stay off the beer this summer and get in the gym.
They gettin swept and no amount of positivity is gonna change that. It's embarrassing and as a Mavs fan, It boils my blood how horribly they've been playing. Luka needs to stop practicing trick shots before games and practice more free throws and chippies. His chippie-choking alone probably cost them the last game.
If jaylen had stayed with lively would the mavs match boston Energy.
I think exum in game 2 was a bettter starting defense then hardy size wise he stops Celtics shots 10:23
Not sure why the hate for Kidd. I thank him for getting the mavs to the finals 2 years ahead of schedule. The dudes a basketball savant. I rather have him than the Celtics coach. That dude has a full roster of animals. We have two. A full second year for lively and full year for gafford and Washington will be huge. As much as I don’t care for the guy bring lebron in.
I got permanently banned in the r/Mavericks subreddit because I posted this:
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"You know, if you're one of those "fans" who blames Luka for CARRYING this ass team to the finals, then maybe just demand to trade Luka for someone else. Let's see if this team would even sniff WCF if it happens. It would be sweet revenge if Luka wins a chip on another team, playing like a playoff demon while he talks trash to your bumass team then laughs at your misery as a fan, while this team declines to irrelevancy.
Yeah, I want to see that happen rather than him rotting in this team for years to come."
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And to be honest, if this is the kind of fan that doesn't see the point I'm making, then I'd really want this to happen despite being a Mavs fan since 2003.
Towards the end of the regular season everyone was praising the Mavs as “the best team since they won the championship with Dirk” and now all the sudden they’re trash??
Also praising Luka and Ky as the “best backcourt in basketball.”
You have some serious recency bias pal.
Luka needs to grow up. I'm a Celts fan who's been watching Tatum and Brown go through a maturation process -- they're not quite there, but they've made lots of progress. There's a reason Kristaps has been smiling all season, and it's not merely that his team is winning. He admitted that his own immaturity got in the way with Luka in Dallas, and he's now ready to serve the greater good of the team. And he's with a bunch of talented guys who also get that. (What he did not say -- because he, himself has matured since that time -- is that Luka also had maturity issues.)
Luka is still too much about Luka. Losing this series may end up being a beautiful wake-up call for him. Painful for him and you fans, but good in the long run. (Like the Celtics loss in the Finals two years ago, then not making it back the following year. It humbled them, and made them more motivated to play as a team. I hope something like that is in y'all's future.) ☘
@@ZeroSilence8 the point I'm trying to make, is while Luka may not be your above average defender, he is not the reason the team is losing. And if you still do not understand this point, then I fvcking dare the Mavs trade him away to with someone else.
Let's see if this roster without Luka can even sniff WCF.
@@jimreadey4837 what I really hate is putting all the blame on Luka. Guys has been playing with a body that's probably held together by flex tape. Is it his fault that the players around him can't shoot the rock whenever Luka makes a play for them? Is it his fault if his teammates keep on biting for pump fakes that get them blown by?
I just hope that before they start yapping about how the game was lost because Luka was a liability, maybe they need to ask themselves, is his team doing enough to help him?
Our team defense may have been better compared to before, but it sacrificed too much of our offense that we can't even score beyond 100 on a team without Porzingis.
How is he can he carrying a team with arguably one of the best guards in history on the team. You people just don't want to accept the dude too unathletic and can't play defense. Of course anybody would have those types of numbers on offense if they dont play defense.And the man's entire offensive game is based on the refs calling fouls cause he keep baiting people into fouling him with ball fakes stopping short and jumping into people. He is way to unathletic to blow pass anybody. Lebron carried the 2018 Cavs to the finals Iverson carried the sixers to the finals. Luka got carried to the finals with that style of isolation ball hogging and resting on the defense.
We did not improve from game 2 to 3. While games 1 and 2 I’d argue we looked like a team that was finding themselves in game 3 it looked like the coaching staff gave up on our gameplan. Kidd lost us game 3 and I think he’s given up on the team. I fully except to get swept Kidd is mentally done with this series like he was last year when we missed the playoffs.
I just hope Luka can learn how to take care and strengthen his body so we can see him healthy in the playoffs in the next few years.
That’s why this Finals is so devastating: we don’t know if we’ll be “healthy” like this again.
Regular season usage rate has to go down. Need more 2 way players that can actually shoot also
You might win if your super duper superstar played defense better than a child.
I see no way they can come back. They only got their missing pieces at the end of the season. They will survive and only get better.
You're putting way too much effort in listening to the hateful ESPN bums. Just block them out, life (and basketball knowledge) is much better.
Why did Jason put Exum in for one explosive play and then take him out? He brought some much needed energy. I do NOT get it! Jason is basically out coached too.
We can do it I have faith 👍
sorry mav fans not this year and you have no pics in the draft.
The challenges where a waste but they where to keep luka in
Imma be delulu. It’s not over till it’s over. If you don’t believe you shouldn’t be here.
1:18 You were down by as *little* as two points...
Only way the mavs win the series is if the refs flip script and start calling the game for the Celtics like they have on the Mavs. If that happens, Mavs win each game by more than 8pts. Celtics have been shooting TERRIBLE all series. The fouls is what slows the game down and takes away any momentum from the Mavs. The Mavs have the pieces to win and the refs aren’t allowing it.
Finals have been a mismatch of a superior team, personnel, talent, and play, vs an inferior "team" based on two stars that cannot make the other members of their team better.
Here is why I believe that Mavs still have a (small but not negligible) chance (about 10%) to beat the Celtics and win the championship. People generally are terrible at using probabilities, making sense of statistical results, etc. Let me try and analyze what the historical data on NBA playoff series, where teams have gotten to a 3-0 deficiency, really implies. Firstly, let’s see the data. We have so far 156 such series, where 95 resulted to 4-0, 46 to 4-1, 11 to 4-2, and 4 to 4-3, all in favor of the leading team. This means that if we do not have any other information about the teams we expect the trailing team to win game 4 in 61 out of 156 times (about 39% probability), games 4 and 5 in 15 out of 156 times (about 9.5% probability), games 4, 5, and 6 in 4 out of 156 times (about 2.5% probability), and of course 0 out of 156 times (0% probability) to win all 4 next games. Notice that this pattern looks close to what we should expect from a series being 3-0, where the trailing team has about 40% (or a bit less, e.g. 35%) chance to win any given game in the series (game 4 40%, games 4 and 5 16%, games 4, 5, and 6 6.4%). All that being said we have to clarify two things: i) all this analysis is completely useless once you have more data on the teams and how they play each other, and ii) after each game, because of the independence of the results between the games we should re-evaluate the probabilities from scratch. Thus, for point (i) let’s hypothesize that the two teams are about equal and have 50% chance to win any given game in this series. The team that is trailing has now to win four games in a row which amounts to a probability of 6.25%. Thus, you can see that is still highly improbable but not impossible as implied by the 0 out of 156 records. This makes sense because we expect very few teams (if any at all) in those 156 3-0 series to be about equal and the record is not extremely relevant for our outlier case of the 50% chance to win teams. However, given enough series between equal teams occur we can get 3-0 scores also (due to symmetry) for 6.25% of the time and in those cases, the trailing team is just unlucky and most probably will not be able to bounce back. Now let’s get to point (ii), which is more related to what most people get wrong, and see how we should reason about the chances of the trailing team on a game by game basis. Let’s say that the trailing team that has 50% chance to win game 4, indeed wins it (there is no big surprise there). Now the score is 3-1.How we got to 3-1 does NOT matter for calculating the probabilities of winning the next games. It could have been the case that it was 2-1 and the leading team won game 4. The probability for the trailing team to win game 5 is again 50% and to win the whole series is (0.5*0.5*0.5*100% = 12.5%). The same logic applies to the next game after winning game 5 (50% chance to win game 6 and 25% chance to win the series). Finally, if they win game 6, there is 50% chance to win game 7 and the series. The overall conclusion is that it is far more informative to assess the probability of winning each game and calculate the actual probabilities than relying to the historic record of 156 games with very different team dynamics. For example, let’s say that 3 of the best players of the leading team are injured at the beginning of game 4, and this event increases the chances of the trailing team to win any remaining game in the series to 90%. Then, the chances to win the whole series is now slightly above 65%. Thus, in that case, the trailing team is actually expected to win the series. Now let’s apply the above approach to the Celtics vs Mavs series, with a small tweak. Let’s account for some extra information, e.g. homecourt advantages, assuming Porzingis will not play the rest of the series (which of course may not be the case after all), etc. I give Mavs 65% chance of winning game 4 (because they have homecourt, Luka usually plays better after a bad game, Mavs will probably play harder than any previous game because they are facing elimination this time, Celtics although they will play freely, they might not rise their intensity as much as the Mavs do, since for them is just the first of potential 4 close out games, etc.). Then, I give the Mavs 50% chance to win game 5 in Boston (since it is an elimination game on the road and we know how Luka plays in these games. I also expect Kyrie to play well, but I am not sure about the others and that is why I believe that the result in this case, will be more of a coin toss), 55% to win game 6 in Dallas (slight edge because of homecourt and perhaps some nerves from the Celtics that could not close the series in two previous attempts), and 60% to win game 7 in Boston (if it gets to game 7 I believe the Celtics team might let some frustration impact their game that is why in that case I give the edge to the Mavs). Thus, in total I estimate about 10% chance for the Mavs to win the championship. It is very small but on the other hand, it is not entirely hopeless if my probability estimates for each individual game are somewhat reasonable (which may very well not be reasonable at all since they are based on highly subjective evaluation of the two teams' performance). Please like this comment if you agree with the 10% chance or above and dislike if you think that it is far less. Even better, if you can, reply with your own Mavs-winning probability estimates for each one of the potential 4 remaining games!
This is the math that turns doubters to believers
Coming back after game 4 for some more analysis from the statistics point of view. Let's clarify that the 3-0 narrative is no longer relevant. If we still want to just rely on historical data we should look into what happened with teams being 3-1 down. Even if we just narrow the sample down to only teams that were 3-0 down and took game four, we have 15 out of these 61 teams winning game 5. But as I said above these statistics are not as relevant as the specific evaluations of the two actual teams playing currently. Here is a wild take. What if the two teams were about equal when Porzingis was playing and now without Porzingis the Mavs have 80% chance of winning any remaining game. This would mean that they would have about 51% chance of winning the championship!
Jason Kidd is getting our coach. He's not making good adjustments. Put in players in is not adjusting
Mavs management must hire additional good shooters. If not, luka should ask for trade for a better team.
Mavs needs a third guy like derrick white.
we're done as dinner
if i was Luka i would not explain anything and i would never say its my bad , why would i explain my self to the scrubs that dont show up at all
It’s not happening. I get it though your whole thing is based on keeping people interested and watching.
now you gonna hate on Luka too
Usually when Luka checks out mentally, so too does his defense
Drop Luka off the key defensively, put him down low guarding horrorford
There is so little easy buckets, team don't create enough... you can't beat good team by taking forced heavy shoots all night even if you are best player in the world.... ball need to go faster it's team sport.
He must stop flopping too.
I don't believe that Luka has the body to compete for a long duration, he will end up like T-Mac. Specially after a run like that, that forced to play injured for so long.
PS: Are you going to accept a good result if Scott Foster would be involved?
PS2: Even if Luka learn how to play defense over a night, what about Kyrie?
I dont put any stock in anything Windbag says tbh. he is near the bottom
Can you blame Luka when nobody else is contributing?
Valid effor from the mavs. They def need better coaching but I look at them a lot like this Celtics team a few years ago. Bright young star that just doesn’t quiet yet understand what it takes to win it all. This will be a good learning experience for them and mayb drop kyrie and get someone better for luka who can play defense 😂
The Celtics have another gear in the second half.
He needs to slim down a little to get quicker and get stronger.
Luka is going to need a Super Team to Win!!!! I dont see him winning other wise...
Powel isn’t are starter 4 maybe a gafford and lively and pj run big 3 then luka with hardaway jr
This is on Jason Kidd. Pullin Exum, playing tim and not playing Hardy. You will never win a chip with Jason Kidd.
Not winning a chip because Exum and Hardy😂😂get real
@edgarbier7461 How many points did exum have and mins, and how many points did Tim have with the amount of minutes he got?? Some people really don't think before they talk lol
Luka used to break record. He will do it again😊😊
Respect for YOU. But one thing is bothering me, if this Cross in your ear is for decoration or becouse of Your Faith. Because for me is the most Saint symbol on Earth and is disrespectfull badly if Someone use Cross for "fun". Please taka IT off if it is the only for "Good looking"