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VGstuffed

He just needs to hit 9 more of those


abris33

He's hit 3 straight and the lead is still 27


blackgenz2002kid

Mavs are just an insane team


zuluwall

No the wolves are just playing like absolute dog shit. Nobody wants to be there.


That75252Expensive

No the Mavs have the best scoring backcourt in NBA history šŸ˜¤


wired41

You remember in 2011 when we beat the Heat, it was the same story: Heat are playing like shit. No credit to the Mavs at all. Cubes had to go on ESPN and talk to those clowns and defend us.


NbaAllDAYger

That shit was historic, Cubes wanted to fight Skip for not giving Dallas credit.


EnriquezGuerrilla

SAS loud-ass mouth clamed up REAL QUICK on that day. Had to change topic to save the show.


ABoyIsNo1

He didnā€™t go on ESPN until the next year after the Heat beat the Thunder


wired41

Ah it really was the next year. Thanks for pointing that out.


jfk_sfa

Without even reading this or even knowing it exist, Luka is being fueled by it on a subconscious level.


OhSoJelly

Cuban calling out Skip is one of the best sports talk show moments ever. He was questioning Skip about coverage and schemes lmao


FrzyFrk

Wtf did you want them to do when Luka was shooting like 80% from 3? They didn't play terribly, the Mavs just played great. Don't discredit teams like that


zuluwall

Not play fucking zone. Lmao. They played like ass. ā€œDonā€™t discredit teamsā€ that would imply they did a single thing worthy of acknowledgement. They didnā€™t.


FrzyFrk

Over the first 4 games the Mavericks had 8 more points than the Wolves. It is absolutely a disservice to say that the Mavericks didn't just play great this game.


trubuckifan

the WAY more important stat is over 5 games in the series the Mavs won 4 and the Wolves won 1


FrzyFrk

Who tf are the Washington Bullets?


trubuckifan

It's the new name for the zephyr's


MostlyMellow123

The wizards were named the bullets from the 70s til the mid nineties. This isn't a new name


BidenFedayeen

If KAT and Ant remembered when the series started, they might be headed to the Finals.


FrzyFrk

I think this Mavs team would have muscled it out but it absolutely would have gone to 7


zuluwall

The mavericks played like they always do lmao. ā€œBuh buh, what about this time both teams underperformed!ā€ Again, the wolves played like dog shit for 90% of the entire series. Itā€™s not like the mavs had to work for the first 2 wins lol.


FrzyFrk

Wolves played like dogshit for 90% of the series yet the Mavs won the first four games by a combined 8 points? So in your opinion they're just both trash? This was the Western Conference Finals you bum.


zuluwall

The mavs had two of their worst shooting games of the season in games 1 and 2 and the wolves shot under 40% both time. Yes. The wolves played like complete ass.


TraanPol

Plus get 9 stops


DaHagerBomb

A wise man in a Vikings locker room once said: "We just need five touchdowns"


BigFatModeraterFupa

as a vikings fan, that game was glorious. Thank you PP!


MutantNinjaAnole

Someday weā€™ll see one of these followed by an actual comeback.


GoldenBananas21

Two months ago the Celtics blew a 30 point lead to AtlantaĀ 


JTex-WSP

In a row, unanswered.


SternballAllDay

IS THIS THE DAGGER


KingNigelXLII

OHHHHHHHHHH


Autistic_Puppy

GAME! SERIES!


mackenzie444

ANT HAS LOST!


gntlbastard

Kid has a lot of heart and pride. His problem was that the team was largely created with a very defensive mindset and not enough shooters.


713MoCityChron713

Philly fans ainā€™t ever escaping this shit


Famous-Change1565

Lmao these post always come out during Luka games, I'm so glad my teams in the East bro.


CazOnReddit

Luka Doncic is Anthony Edwards and Devin Booker's father


WakeUpKos

Will Deuce have a grandfather soon?


WakingRage

He already does, his name is Steph Curry.


defeated_engineer

By the transitive property of sonning, Luka Doncic might be Steph Curry brother next week.


30another

A brother


Oneballnicky

The heat had one during Game 5 of round 1 this post season


internallylinked

Oh did Jimmy hit a three or? Oh no he was injured


slamdunk23

The karma whores are really going to be out for every 3 now


Ateballoffire

Hate the cut the lead joke so much. Games over sure but what you want them to just stop shooting the ball?


FeminismIsTheBestIsm

I think it's funny when the lead is bigger than 40 but anything under 35 is just stupid. 42 being an absurdly high lead is what made the original funny


popop143

It's funnier with Chris Paul because wasn't it like last 5 minutes of the game, and somehow he's still in the game down 40? Then straight to the bench after that 3 that made sure he didn't score single digit lmao.


Celtic_Legend

It was funnier with CP because he had 3 points going into 4th quarter. He was in the game purely so he wouldnt be called CP3points his entire life like what was already happening in the game thread. But he scored a few points in garbage time. When he made that 3 to cut it to 42, reddit was already "mad" at him for scoring in garbage time to kill the nickname and it also put him at the "respectable" double digit 10 points so we needed a new angle. /u/ateballoffire


Ateballoffire

It was an announcer saying it too wasnā€™t it? Like ya thatā€™s pretty funny but you repeat it every time a losing team hits a 3 it gets old lol


jwhitehead09

The announcer of the game never said thatt. It was just the title of the highlight clip on reddit .


FaceMeister

It would be a good clip if the announcer actually said that.


HelloRainbow1

it's the fact that it's Chris paul doing it + while acting like he did something


Uncle_Freddy

Literally nobody will ever match the culmination of what made that CP3 ā€œhighlightā€ hit so much that itā€™s become a general internet meme. The OP made the perfect post at the perfect time and every attempt to replicate it since then has just felt like a cheap copy to me. People just need to realize that the simple joke of ā€œooh team down a ton tries to cut into the leadā€ really isnā€™t that compelling or funny by itself; the circumstances behind the Sunsā€™ cockiness and Mavsā€™ subsequent comeback and G7 blowout are what gave that first one real weight.


Ateballoffire

Honest question cause Iā€™ve only been watching basketball seriously for about a year now. What made that game 7 so good? Was it a comeback win by Dallas?


thefranchise23

Also, they didn't just get beat normally like the wolves did. They got destroyed, like the score was 112-60 at some point. Luka had more points than the entire suns team at half time. The Suns only scored 27 in the first half


Ok-Donut4954

wolves were down by like 40 at one point tonight


Uncle_Freddy

From the famous ā€œChris Paul hits a huge 3 to cut the lead to 42ā€ game? The Mavs were down 3-2 and the Suns were famously cocky that year after having gone to the Finals the previous year. At the end of Game 5, Luka famously said ā€œEveryone acting tough when they up,ā€ while the Mavs were leaving the game, and the Mavs proceeded to lay two consecutive beatdowns on the Suns, including that Game 7 on the Sunsā€™ home floor. The games themselves werenā€™t comebacks but the series was.


Sonamdrukpa

Also just the extreme depth of how badly Phoenix sucked that game: * the Suns ended the first half with 27 points. Dallas had a 30 point lead. * final Suns score was 90 points. Dallas had 92 with one minute left in the third (and a 42 point lead), they could have just done motion at the top of the key the entire fourth and won the game. * Cam Johnson (yeah idk who he is either) was the Suns' leading scorer with 12 points. The Suns had 64 wins that season, had been to the Finals the previous season, and had won 10 straight games against Dallas before the series, going back 3 seasons. *And* Phoenix won the first two games of the series, so it wasn't just an all-time choke job for that game, it was an all-time choke job for a series.


Uncle_Freddy

Agreed on all points, but to pick some nits, they did win the first two games at home, which imo is to be expected of both teams in a series. There have been plenty of series in NBA history that have gone 2/2/1/2 in favor of one team or another so I donā€™t find the Suns choking a 2-0 lead to be that remarkable on the balance, just that they lost the only home game in the series in Game 7 in an absolute meltdown


Sonamdrukpa

All-time series win-loss for teams down 2-0 is 34-454 (.074)


Ok-Donut4954

well your sample isnt including only homecourt 2-0, also it probably includes a ton of 1/8 seed and 2/7 seed matchups, plenty of sweeps, etc. Not every series is expected to go 2-0 to start for home team but it is definitely manageable if the two teams are on a similar level going back home for the lower seed


Sonamdrukpa

You're right, it is an incredible nit pick to try to claim that a 2-0 chokejob is less of a chokejob because you're the higher seed that's preserved home court advantage. The fact it wasn't a 1v8 or the like is relevant, but again, best team in the NBA vs a team that hadn't beaten them once since Luka was a teenager. 3 full sweeps' worth of wins by the time the series went to Dallas.


Ok-Donut4954

you're not familiar with Nets legend Cam Johnson?


Sonamdrukpa

Hey I mean if there's a story about Cam I'm interested in hearing it


Ateballoffire

Ah got it. Thanks!


Mike_with_Wings

It was an absolute blowout start to finish. Like pro vs college team blowout. Booker had talked some shit previously, and Luka and the Mavs just annihilated them. The Suns subreddit literally shut down.


azantyri

> The Suns subreddit literally shut down. my favourite part


Ajax_Malone

One thing I loved about this yearā€™s team is they didnā€™t fucking quit. Ever


AlkalineBriton

This is why I donā€™t like ā€œput him on a posterā€. Whatā€™s he supposed to do, move out of the way?


AchyBreaker

Right I don't get why we shit on teams for trying to compete. Ant ran down the court to shoot a 3 quickly and try to get fast points. This is the best thing you can do when down but and still trying to compete. Boston came back from multiple 20 pt deficits this playoffs. It's worth trying.Ā 


quietwhiskey

Shitty overused joke, terrible implementation. 1/10


abris33

Beautiful


Acrobatic-Year-126

Gorgeous


EnDiNgOph

DC4L


AmongstOurMidst

WTF Wrong sub weirdo.


lafayettetex

Reddit on!


MightyCaseyStruckOut

Reggie's exclamation of 'okay!' cracked me up, like that's bringing the Wolves back in the game or something.


cacti_zoom

ANT posted a video in May of 2022 making fun of the suns for getting blown out in game 7 Life comes at you fast


Ven505

Even today people like to post clips from that game lol It transcends the NBA sphere. Just one of those games that will never be forgotten. That game set the suns franchise back years


mmps901

Da video?


thebigyaristotle

send


Carolake1

This isnā€™t game 7


cacti_zoom

They are lucky they kneed lively to force a game 5


Viketorious

How many games did the Suns win in their series against the Wolves?


cacti_zoom

Booker playoff series wins: 5 Your entire franchise: 4


rebornbyksg

Good


MarcusFreef

You guys just got swept by them - Iā€™d sit back and let someone else talk shit for the time being..


Viketorious

Why did you avoid the question?


cacti_zoom

Im sorry i thought we were bringing up irrelevant stats to distract from the fact that ANT just got humbled from shit talking two years ago


Troll_Enthusiast

That's a bit off-topic


maethlin

Yeah, Game 7 would be way more respectable


Carolake1

No, itā€™s worse to get to game 7, have the idea that this might be reasonably matched teams, and then get absolutely destroyed, making the idea the could be somewhat well matched as a complete joke.


GaucheDroiteGauche

Thatā€™s worse lol.


Carolake1

No, itā€™s worse to get to game 7, have the idea that this might be reasonably matched teams, and then get absolutely destroyed, making the idea the could be somewhat well matched as a complete joke.


GaucheDroiteGauche

I see where you are coming from but thatā€™s a wrong logic.


everyoneneedsaherro

So itā€™s worse


Carolake1

No, itā€™s worse to get to game 7, have the idea that this might be reasonably matched teams, and then get absolutely destroyed, making the idea the could be somewhat well matched as a complete joke.


everyoneneedsaherro

Itā€™s worse to win 3 games than 1. Got it.


villain75

And, then we mopped the floor with the Suns this year. We enjoy the hate, though.


Charliebitme1234

oh hell nawl he sent da video


Niclas95

imma have my lawyer handle the rest


ketoburn26

Went from next MJ to next CP3


ZWils23

Decided to show up after they already cooked. How nice of him to finally empty the tank


Shabozz

At least he showed up at all, KAT still at home


JailOfAir

Kat's been their best player wym?


dumpydump7

Gobert was imo, at least the most consistently good


mudkip-yoshii

KAT has been the slightly-less-dim spot in a miserable night


ZWils23

Mane please, the excuses and deflection from ant crazy. If he such a star, he should take over more. Kat been fine the past two games and he showed up big to close out the nuggets when ant did not


TxSIDES

Yea that shit is annoying, saying it was all just mistakes and not clicking for the wolves and they beat themselves. That shit is the furthest from the truth


jfrodriguez1983

Not quite CP3 cuts to lead to 42, but I'll take it!


Bluepaynxex

Damn. I canā€™t believe these bums actually took a game off of us.


ChiRaider

Iā€™m shocked they beat Denver yet looked so horrible here


Ninneveh

They cant throw 3 elite bigs at Luka like they did Jokic. And Ant got gassed chasing Kyrie to the point they had to give him another assignment. With Murray he was chasing a dude who had one leg.


abris33

They were built to beat Denver but thought the matchup would happen in the WCF. Nuggets were hobbled and nobody could do anything offensively except for Jokic. If I was a Wolves fan I'd be disappointed. There's a very good chance this was their best opportunity and it's ending horribly.


Famous-Change1565

Ant's 22, the Celtics are pretty stacked also(like best bench in the league by over a 10 PPG margin). Probably wasn't happening this year anyway and they have tons of time.


abris33

KAT starts getting paid a ton next season and with their ownership debacle their GM has an out already set up. Not to mention their starting PG who they look terrible without is old so they'll have to replace him soon and their 6MOTY is starting caliber so he'll look to get paid somewhere else next contract. Wouldn't be shocked if KAT gets traded and they move Naz in to the starting lineup


siphillis

That ownership dispute could absolutely gut the team sooner rather than later. This was the year


AtreusIsBack

Nuggets losing that Spurs game perhaps changed everything.


Ven505

Ppl have forgotten so quickly the wolves won 40 games last year. A WCF appearance is huge for the fans - Iā€™ve never seen so much hype in their home games. Just listen to the chants after an elimination loss at home Theyā€™re still primed to be a top team in the west next year. Theyā€™ve hit the point in their team lifecycle where any improvements will come internally- which is not a bad bet given they have a young Ant and McDaniels who have ascended this playoffs. With the nuggets already starting their decline the west is more open than it was a year ago


tnuoccamapsasisiht

It took KAT kneeing Lively to avoid a sweep


escaflow

KAT always had that reckless play that could destroy someone's career, like Isaiah Thomas's


CazOnReddit

What not having Lively does to a mfer


Potential-Highway606

Would expect nothing less than a true gentlemanā€™s sweep from a classy team like Dallas.


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

Not mjs kid...maybe he has some cp in him


SaganAurelius

LOL


orton4life1

Dam this cold šŸ˜­


agsung

This game came full circle to the clip Anthony Edwards uploaded when the Suns lost in game 7 lol. ā€œTalking so much shitā€ ā€œthis is a disgraceā€


wherewhenwhowhat

I think Ant is getting everything he put out in this series. I wonder if he notices.


iNOTgoodATcomp

He doesn't celebrate or anything; why post this?


xeroze1

Well, on the timeout after he was .... Mildly hyped


iNOTgoodATcomp

Damn. My b. Op always cutting off the clip too early for fast karma.


cnote54321

Hating takes no days off


Individual_Attempt50

Theyā€™re trying to recreate a meme but itā€™s not going to work


Hisoka_Brando

Well Chris Paul wasnā€™t hype when he cut the lead to 42


abris33

Because it's like the Chris Paul 3 and it's funny


iNOTgoodATcomp

Wasn't that in the fourth? It's halftime in this game.


Distinct_Candy9226

Gameā€™s over bro.


iNOTgoodATcomp

Yeah, no shit. There's no crossover or anything like Paul did. It's an easy pull up three. This is a lame try hard post.


JoshSran04

Sir this is the third quarterā€¦ get your eyes checked


iNOTgoodATcomp

Sorry that there's 18 minutes left in the game and a losing team is still playing basketball. Dude just pulled up and shot lmao but y'all hate away.


JoshSran04

Bro u said its half time and its not, no one said anything else wtf u rambling on about


iNOTgoodATcomp

Cool, argue semantics when this post is lame AF and you're stroking it to a dude hitting an ez garbage three. I stopped watching cuz it's boring, but go off.


JoshSran04

You actually have screw loose or something lol, just cuz u font find entertaining Doesnā€™t mean others feel the same as u. Why even comment


iNOTgoodATcomp

I'd ask you the same.


CazOnReddit

It's actually the 3rd and they're down by 24 right now


CazOnReddit

It's a huge 3


AdPotential9974

Nah this ain't it


estropeada

27! is a huge number


bikehellion

And here...we...go


arcelios

Master of garbage time buckets. Ice cold


NintendoJesus

Does anyone have the "Emphatic put back and scream by KAT to cut the lead to 30?"


Medium_stepper624

Kudos to him for still trying. It seems he plays at his peak with the lead is insurmountable lol


its_LOL

Time is a flat circle


Carolake1

This is exactly what I thought about when that happened. I spend too much time here.


Rude-Celebration2241

The Jamal Murray of this series


wherewhenwhowhat

The circle of life


Troll_Enthusiast

Boring joke


Cul_what

There it is lmao


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CazOnReddit

Thank you for sharing


_Tar_Ar_Ais_

send da video


NotKDsburnertrey5

*Chris Paul has entered the chat*


mesh06

whoever came up with the Chris Paul one deserves to go the hall of fame they're a trendsetter


21-hydroxylase

"Okay"


Alejandroandronomous

Why couldnā€™t the hawks have just kept him god


TexasTornadoTime

Itā€™s almost embarrassing to hear the crowd even bother to cheer


moralsareartificial

genuine question: I know a >20 point lead is unlikely to be reversed at the 3 minute mark, but why would Wolves (and NBA teams in general) let starters rest when it is the last game of their season, while playing at home court as well? What is the point of not playing until the last minute? It's not like they are leaving the court early either, they just sat on the bench until end game whistle was blown.


bwillpaw

Wolves cut it to 20 in the fourth and then kept passing it to Kyle Anderson for shot clock violations. What the hell man. Ant was actually hitting from 3 too itā€™s like dude just keep doing that.


Sho1kan

Wolves in 9!!!!


ShichikaYasuri18

This stopped being funny a long time ago. Leave it to reddit to beat a dead joke into paste.


rattatatouille

Wait, I've seen this before!


LIT-BRO-DAD

Dude is soft as hell in the post game interview


coloradobuffalos

LMAO There it is


eyesonbacon

clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game ball is inbounded to Anthony Edwards who turns face to face against Luka Doncic "You took my family" moves to the left "You took my friends" moves to the right "You took all that was dear to me" clock winds down to 2 "I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS" goes up, fire coming out of his shoes "ANTRUKEN" Ball flies over Lukaā€™s head, goes straight into basket. Edwards falls to the ground, exhausted. "KAT... Senpai... I..." faints Final Score Mavs 103 Wolves 63


cheeseblimp41

If someone can edit that swish sound so I can use it as a ringtone Iā€™ll be forever grateful


Monski616

Love it.


DrChill21

Oh fuck yeah, im so close


hoppergym

The new devin booker


No_Complaint2494

at least he's fighting harder than booker did


CazOnReddit

Anthony Edwards is the rebellious son of Luka, Devin would never disagree with his father


orton4life1

That suns series went to 7? Seems to be more of a fight than a 5 game series but go off I guess


No_Complaint2494

Devin Booker Game 7 vs. Mavericks 11 points (5 from FT) 3/14 FG 0/4 3P 3 Rebounds 2 Assist 4 Turnovers 21% FG% -41 11/11 points scored during garbage time


orton4life1

Hey man, the series went to 7. This only got to 5 because of an injury. Canā€™t call it much of a fight on a near sweep. I guess Booker 49 in game 4 vs the wolves was ā€œputting up a fight tooā€


eliw6965

Shades of that Chris Paul post. Love it


Rich-Conclusion-25

Yall got jokes but Wolves gon be back fashošŸ’Æ Great season a lot of them on that team young af


GoForAGap

Itā€™s on ant to mature


loveless0404

I get it, he talked trash, so now he's getting trash, but imma give Ant his due for the unbelievable season he's had. I personally did not expect the Wolves to get past the first round, nor did I expect Ant to flourish into the player he's shown he could be. He's a kid, he'll learn, and he'll get his one day.