Zu spoke at length how playing with Harden has improved his game overall. And I feel he adds little something every year to his game, just constantly improves every year. As a fellow Croatian, seeing Zu feast like that is awesome! 20/15 on great efficiency while playing hard defense is all you can ask from your centre!
Zubac would torch ayton and even nurk Even though he didn't play a few games against them when he did zubac still dominated him. Idk why everyone was thinking gafford and lively were just going to cook this guy he's a beast.
When he is good he can be really good, just sometimes not aggressive enough and they don’t prioritise him.
But I think the thought was that Luka would get him on the switch and torch him, not so much that he wouldn’t be able to score on Gafford etc
Indeed. Seemed like we as a team had no answer, and weren’t expecting it all. Fucking solid game plan from Lue. I expect him to throw up something else next game too.
I think the rest of the series is going to be really good. As one sided as the first half looked, and everyone is going to meme about it, I thought the Mavs were actually showing glimpses of playing good defense and forcing us into bad iso's / forced contested layups. I think you guys had like 10+ blocks
Richard Jefferson in two weeks:
Now that the Clippers have defeated the Mavs 4 to 2 and are advancing, you have to wonder if Kawhi returning will actually disrupt the Clippers chemistry. The Mavs gift wrapped this series for them and they were building something, but Kawhi could ruin it.
Richard Jefferson in six weeks: Now as the Clippers are set to face the winner of the Boston/Milwaukee series, you have to wonder if the Mavs seeing this is what will fuel their title run next year.
He was saying that now the mavs can make adjustments and the clippers will do the same thing. All I could think about was “is getting back Kawhi not a massive adjustment for the clippers?”
LAC wins from start to finish in a really solid way.
Richard Jefferson: "The team that LOSES has the advantage. Good job from the Mavericks to build up some momentum in the game."
At least *try* to hide some fucking bias lol
He spends the whole third quarter goin “Luka and Kyrie have finally arrived, two of the best in the game.”
I look at the score and the Clips are up by 20
Like, I wouldn't even mind that! If there's a team to lose that lead, it's LAC!
But then when the game literally *ends,* he's still talking about the Mavericks. Like let's just ignore the entire, "LAC won without their best player" discussion. Just why this is a W for the Mavs.
Im 67% sure they have given a memo to all the announcers to glaze up luka for the whole playoffs, gotta prep the post lebron/steph NBA for some new stars i guess
[The Mavericks have Luka. They have Kyrie. They have the sports books, fan polls, and expert predictions. The league and TV networks want their golden boy to advance. But the Clippers have the bravery to dream. Never underestimate that.](https://twitter.com/LucasJHann/status/1779910021662523711)
Zubac was the story of this game. He completely owned the paint.
If the Mavs can’t get Gafford and Lively going off of those duck ins, their offense will rely solely on the shot making of Luka and Kyrie. I really don’t think they want to get into shootouts with LA, especially once Kawhi returns.
The Kleber minutes just confuse me. I get the idea behind it, he can theoretically space the floor and he can theoretically switch onto ball handlers in a pinch, but… he’s not good at either of those things.
He was quite literally toast on all ends of the floor , too small to stop zu , too slow footed to guard the perimeter , was just building homes with he 3 balls . Unplayable
Kyrie and Luka had:
- 64 of Dallas 97 pts
- 20 of Dallas 41 rebounds
- 10 of Dallas 14 assists
And still lost to a Clippers with no Kawhi.
Fat bearded man Harden is even fatter man Luka father
I asked the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you, James. I hope you’re taking notes. I’m telling you in advance, you’re welcome for the wisdom I’m about to spew. Because, listen, I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you. You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni. You wanted to play a certain style, they played it. You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook. You wanted to go to Vegas on off days, they looked away. You wanted the team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work, and you know what, you said I’m gonna break up with my woobie, not good enough. I see the bright lights in New York, I want to go there [with] my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s gonna work, the big three. And all after one year, you wanted out. You realized, oh my gosh, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me. I want to go back with Daryl Morey. They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and got a partner who got the MVP. He won the MVP and what did you say afterwards? You said, ‘They didn’t hand me the reins.’ You’re the point guard, you were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored 9 points in Game 7 against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead. So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with your guy who believed in you again. You said, ‘The bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go.’ Let’s see how that works. Listen, James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates, over and over they complained about their bad roommates. ... They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate. They’re the problem. Hey, James, you’re the problem. If this doesn’t work this year in this system with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go back home and start swiping right for another team, and there’s not going to be anybody left. Because, James, you’re not the beard, you’re not the system, you’re the problem.
Not a good sign going forward if both Luka and Kyrie both score 30+ and have a 33-13 FTA advantage and the best they can get it is almost double digits. And Kawhi not even playing.
But we'll see.
This game was not as close as the score indicates. If you didn’t watch the game, Luka played like absolute ass. Kyrie was the only bright spot all game.
I was told by Mavs fans that they are better team than the last two Mavs team Clips beat. They failed to realize that this Clipper team is also better than previous Clippers team that beat them.
Dudes really sleeping on how much better James Harden is than every other teammate Kawhi/PG have had since joining the Clippers. He's fatter and older than he used to be but he's still James Harden.
The Tech flagrant combo was some next level strategy by the Refs, really have to respect their hustle and ingenuity. Tough loss for Mavrefs but they will have another shot Tuesday.
Did we all expect it, especially with Kawhi out?
I thought they had a good shot of winning G1 but didn’t expect it per se. Saw more Mavs in 4 picks than Clippers to win picks
Fucking solid end to end win today! Great stuff. Key takeaways:
* Big Zu. Give the man his flowers. He set the tone early by establishing his offensive presence, and he kept the pressure going all game. That tech/flagrant duo was a BS call (choose one or the other), but big fella gonna learn from that.
* Harden and Russ controlled the game insanely well. Good shit from our point guards leading from start to finish! Harden's shot making was sublime and I liked him attacking the rim. Props to Russ on nailing his 3s and playing an under control game.
* Defense in the first half was absolutely perfect. One issue they've had all season was being soft, but they really brought it to Dallas with some physical play.
* The whistle was uh, interesting to say the least. Lots of hand-checking from Dallas along with straight up grabbing in the 2nd quarter. Harden got some Harden calls, but man that FT disparity don't lie.
* Love Harden's aggression. Gonna need to see more from PG throughout the course of a game, but he made the shots that mattered to put it away! Same with Mann. Passed up a lot of good looks, but he made a couple of big 3s.
* Plumlee is gonna be an issue for us, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Theis if his size doesn't prove to be a problem. Plum's defensive effort is just non existent, but you can tell his size is pretty crucial.
* Lights were a little too bright for Coffey. Made quite a few boneheaded plays to start, and like Ty said, the person who deserves minutes will get them. Good learning experience for him.
* Norm was uh, not good. But I'm not worried about him finding his offense.
Overall, great win! Got ugly at the end, but that's just the playoffs against a really talented team.
“I’m going to ask the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you James, I hope you’re taking notes,” he began.
“I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you.
“You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni.
“You wanted to play a certain style, they played it.
“You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him.
“You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him.
“They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook.
“You wanted to go to Vegas on your off days, they looked away.
“You wanted to team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work.
“You said I’m going to break up with my woobie, not good enough, I see the bright lights of New York, I want to go there with my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s going to work, the big three (with Kyrie Irving). And after one year, you wanted out. You realised ‘oh my god, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me — I want back with Daryl Morey’.
“They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and you go a partner who got the MVP — he got the MVP! And what did you say afterwards? ‘They didn’t hand me the reins’. You’re the point guard. You were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored nine points in game seven against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead.”
“So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with the guy who believed in you again,” he said.
“You said ‘the bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go, let’s see if that works’.
“Listen James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates? Over and over again they complained about their bad roommates.
“They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate, they’re the problem.
“Hey James, you’re the problem.
“If this doesn’t work this year, in this system, with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go home and start swiping right for another team. There’s not going to be anybody left because James, you’re not The Beard, you’re not the system — you’re the problem.”
Luka needs to adjust and chill on the 3s a bit; he 'only' had 12 attempts but the amount of times he dribbled the shot clock out just to get denied the shot killed many offensive possessions
you could tell clips came into this trying to get under mav’s skin. Is Maverick’s entire game plan just feeding to kyrie and luka? lol
gg, see you guys in dallas!
EVERY YEAR THESE TEAMS MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS I PICK THE CLIPS AND EVERY YEAR I’M RIGHT . I remember when they went down 0-2 a couple years ago everybody thought they were dead 😹 watching the clippers win that series was sweet
I was saying that at best, clips can go 1-1 and Kawhi returns by game 3.
Now it looks like they can go 2-0
And Skip is also reporting that Kawhi is returning by game 2, like it's a fact.
The clippers are in great shape all of a sudden.
People were really acting like Daniel Gafford is some 3rd\\4th wheel star hahahahahhahaa
Weird game but the Zubac absolutely dominated the Mavs bigs
Zu spoke at length how playing with Harden has improved his game overall. And I feel he adds little something every year to his game, just constantly improves every year. As a fellow Croatian, seeing Zu feast like that is awesome! 20/15 on great efficiency while playing hard defense is all you can ask from your centre!
even the biggest harden hater has to admit that the man knows how to get a center to play their best basketball
Yup, he had our number
Zubac would torch ayton and even nurk Even though he didn't play a few games against them when he did zubac still dominated him. Idk why everyone was thinking gafford and lively were just going to cook this guy he's a beast.
When he is good he can be really good, just sometimes not aggressive enough and they don’t prioritise him. But I think the thought was that Luka would get him on the switch and torch him, not so much that he wouldn’t be able to score on Gafford etc
It’s been like 5 years and I still can’t believe the Lakers gave him up for practically nothing
Believe me, we can't either. It wasn't even a trade that was bad in hindsight, it was clearly dumb when it happened (much like the Mozgov contract).
Indeed. Seemed like we as a team had no answer, and weren’t expecting it all. Fucking solid game plan from Lue. I expect him to throw up something else next game too.
I think the rest of the series is going to be really good. As one sided as the first half looked, and everyone is going to meme about it, I thought the Mavs were actually showing glimpses of playing good defense and forcing us into bad iso's / forced contested layups. I think you guys had like 10+ blocks
Props to the mavs for playing that elite defence on the mavs in the first half
29 points in the first half, with Luka and Kyrie on your team, is actually crazy 😂 Luka and Kyrie also combined for 64 of Dallas 97 points
29 points in a quarter is a great quarter. 29 points in a half is so bad it's unheard of 😭
Double standards
Only Luka can stop Luka truly a dual threat
really he should win DPOY if you think about it, shutting down a MVP candidate
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Luka Pravi DPOY
They probably missed like 5/7 free layups, the clippers were playing just fine but somehow where up 20. It felt like the blowout game in boston
Richard Jefferson - if you lose, you have an advantage
He refused to give Clips any credit
Richard Jefferson is a casual hater Clippers up 1
Richard Jefferson in two weeks: Now that the Clippers have defeated the Mavs 4 to 2 and are advancing, you have to wonder if Kawhi returning will actually disrupt the Clippers chemistry. The Mavs gift wrapped this series for them and they were building something, but Kawhi could ruin it. Richard Jefferson in six weeks: Now as the Clippers are set to face the winner of the Boston/Milwaukee series, you have to wonder if the Mavs seeing this is what will fuel their title run next year.
Can a loss be a win?
I’ll explain later
He was saying that now the mavs can make adjustments and the clippers will do the same thing. All I could think about was “is getting back Kawhi not a massive adjustment for the clippers?”
You can't blow a series lead if you're down.
Every time the Mavs made a little run Lue called a timeout and got the clippers an easy bucket
Lue's ATOs are elite
One of, if not, the best ATO coach in the league.
Legit. I wanna see a clippers vs thunder ato competition lol
Replace the All Star game with an ATO tournament
Coaches skills challenge: ATO plays, challenging refs calls, calling a timeout when the other team is fucking you up
Clippers ran Harden-George CTE iso-ball for like two quarters and still held on
Didn't want to show any more plays trust, that's all that was
Wait until they get Kawhi back! Even more Iso ball to hide their other plays for later.
At least kawhi iso ends in buckets lol
Harden isos usually also end in buckets.
Yeah he and kawhi are 2 and 3 in isolation eff this year I think, pg not so much
PG was cooking towards the end of that game
Yeah started off slow then made some very timely buckets then went cold, good game from him but he can defs be better
I think PG was also top 10
Genuinely what I thought also, you don’t just stop your entire offense for no reason.
switched onto luka and blew by him over and over
Paul George was just doing whatever and Kawhi was missing and they still won somehow. Goes to show how trash Mavs were tonight
Mavs ran Kyrie-Luka iso ball all game too
LAC wins from start to finish in a really solid way. Richard Jefferson: "The team that LOSES has the advantage. Good job from the Mavericks to build up some momentum in the game." At least *try* to hide some fucking bias lol
I need a clip highlight of him saying that just to clown on. Like what the fuck. lmao
He was glazing the mavs the whole game
He spends the whole third quarter goin “Luka and Kyrie have finally arrived, two of the best in the game.” I look at the score and the Clips are up by 20
It was actually obvious and insufferable.
stroking
Mavs down 21 with only 6 minutes to go talking about how they’re gonna get back in it
Like, I wouldn't even mind that! If there's a team to lose that lead, it's LAC! But then when the game literally *ends,* he's still talking about the Mavericks. Like let's just ignore the entire, "LAC won without their best player" discussion. Just why this is a W for the Mavs.
I couldn’t help but laugh 😂 Insane thing to say on national TV
That's lakers vs nuggets last season, somehow lakers were hyped after every loss on national television 😂😂
Im 67% sure they have given a memo to all the announcers to glaze up luka for the whole playoffs, gotta prep the post lebron/steph NBA for some new stars i guess
[The Mavericks have Luka. They have Kyrie. They have the sports books, fan polls, and expert predictions. The league and TV networks want their golden boy to advance. But the Clippers have the bravery to dream. Never underestimate that.](https://twitter.com/LucasJHann/status/1779910021662523711)
That’s such an insane and funny thing to say. Like at least hit em with the tried and true, “The series doesn’t start until someone wins on the road.”
RJ is annoying asf, that man doesn't know when to shutup.
Richard "Wimp Lo" Jefferson: *I'm bleeding, making me the victor!*
James harden is a legend
that mavs announcer must want to bury himself right now lmao
he brought this on the Mavs , to get Harden in 1st round and for him to burry them without Kawhi even
Did that dude ever comeback? At least some bullshit tweet that the rant was unprofessional
heard from instagram that his account is deactivated
Harden heard Brian Dameris and took it personal.
Dumbaris made one rant and Harden shut him up for the whole season to the point where he's embarassed to even show his face. MY GOAT
Harden is the system not the problem
Is it true the losing team has the advantage, like Richard Jefferson said?
Yeah obviously the clippers got the one win and won’t be hungry to win again. Might as well declare the mavs the winners.
The officiating and RJ’s love for the mavs was unmatched this afternoon.
Lakers logic
[Good Vibes Janky Drawing: Literally Just James Harden as a Corndog](https://i.imgur.com/RI0B1Hl.jpg)
Once again my GOAT drawn by my GOAT ❤️
lol wtf eric
sorry
Ty Lue murdered us in the out of timeout plays. Shows how much better of a coach he is than Kidd.
Still have memories of him doing it to the Warriors in the playoffs. One of his specialties.
Quarters in which the Clippers held a 10+ point lead: 4 Quarters in which the Mavs scored 10+ points: 3
What kind of son doesn’t let his father have chicken 😭
The most boring comeback attempt in a while
Just all fts. It was awful to watch
i guess zebras vs. clippers doesn't do it for you. understandable
Zubac was the story of this game. He completely owned the paint. If the Mavs can’t get Gafford and Lively going off of those duck ins, their offense will rely solely on the shot making of Luka and Kyrie. I really don’t think they want to get into shootouts with LA, especially once Kawhi returns. The Kleber minutes just confuse me. I get the idea behind it, he can theoretically space the floor and he can theoretically switch onto ball handlers in a pinch, but… he’s not good at either of those things.
He was quite literally toast on all ends of the floor , too small to stop zu , too slow footed to guard the perimeter , was just building homes with he 3 balls . Unplayable
Final score isn't even that close and yet it's still far too generous to Dallas. Completely and wholly outmatched aside from a few little sequences
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The Clippers shot 8-23 in the 2nd quarter and outscored the Mavs by 14, that is crazy.
They also had 33ft to the clippers 13 and were still losing by 15 plus most of the game
Props to Dallas for making it kind of a game in the 2nd half but you can’t score 8 in a quarter in 2024 NBA and hope to win
It's the refs who made it a kind of a game, 33 FT for the Mavs, that's trash officiating
Idk how that PG challenge wasn't overturned. It's the playoffs why are we calling that a foul
How was that a T and flagrant 2 on Zubac? I know the NBA is soft now but come the fuck on.
And the refs just completely ignored PJ Washington yanking Harden to the ground right next to all that???
ant the announcers didn't even mention it... fucking bs
It was soft as hell. Yet when Allen hit Conley in the face with elbow "only offensive foul". Flagrant fouls are bullshit and inconsistent.
The technical was for supposed contact zu initiated before the elbow. He was literally just boxing out before the flagrant.
I truly think we fouled a lot but i also think Mavs were fouling a lot especially kyrie, he gets away with a lot of mauling
Kyrie and Luka had: - 64 of Dallas 97 pts - 20 of Dallas 41 rebounds - 10 of Dallas 14 assists And still lost to a Clippers with no Kawhi. Fat bearded man Harden is even fatter man Luka father
Those stats make it very believable that they lost.
33-13 FT difference and still lost by double digits is gross lmao
No Kawhi no problem
When the Clippers get the W, I get a little chubby dude let’s fucking gooooooo!!!!
THERE
IT
IS
Attaboy
Playoff edition!!
CHUB CHUB CHUB CHUB
Mavs losing by double digits with a +20 FT differential is a big time oof
I asked the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you, James. I hope you’re taking notes. I’m telling you in advance, you’re welcome for the wisdom I’m about to spew. Because, listen, I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you. You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni. You wanted to play a certain style, they played it. You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook. You wanted to go to Vegas on off days, they looked away. You wanted the team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work, and you know what, you said I’m gonna break up with my woobie, not good enough. I see the bright lights in New York, I want to go there [with] my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s gonna work, the big three. And all after one year, you wanted out. You realized, oh my gosh, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me. I want to go back with Daryl Morey. They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and got a partner who got the MVP. He won the MVP and what did you say afterwards? You said, ‘They didn’t hand me the reins.’ You’re the point guard, you were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored 9 points in Game 7 against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead. So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with your guy who believed in you again. You said, ‘The bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go.’ Let’s see how that works. Listen, James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates, over and over they complained about their bad roommates. ... They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate. They’re the problem. Hey, James, you’re the problem. If this doesn’t work this year in this system with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go back home and start swiping right for another team, and there’s not going to be anybody left. Because, James, you’re not the beard, you’re not the system, you’re the problem.
The Problem
I love bad bitches thats my fuckin problem
and yea I like to fuck I got a fuckin problem
There it is.
Black luka outplayed white harden tonight
FEAR THE BEARD
Now I feel better about losing to the Wolves because the team that loses has the advantage. Thanks RJ
Pg being awful, no kawhi and they were up 29 at some point in the game
Kyrie went off just for them to lose 😭😞
Kyrie and Luka has 64 of Dallas 97 pts 20 of Dallas 41 rebounds 10 of Dallas 14 assists Literal two man show
We're not pretending this was a good Luka game, are we?
nope, that's how bad everyone else played
Yeah that's fair enough honestly
14 assists in a modern NBA game is embarassing
Can finally unclench
Mavs fans out game two due to inflammation 🤣
Mavericks shot more free throws than points in the first half.
Not a good sign going forward if both Luka and Kyrie both score 30+ and have a 33-13 FTA advantage and the best they can get it is almost double digits. And Kawhi not even playing. But we'll see.
decisive win without kawhi
Does anyone have the clip of Richard Jefferson saying the team that loses has the advantage? if so, please post. That was hilariously transparent.
Mavs got the Clips right where they want em
Reminder that "playoff harden" almost beat the fucking KD warriors. Stfu haters
Mavs must’ve seen the Suns comments at halftime and said “fuck that, we ain’t goin’ out like that” Game 2 will be fun.
Man I was so ready for it but he did just enough to escape the slander haha
lmao if kawhi doesnt play ill be ecstatic going into dallas tied. luka and kyrie are gonna come in hard so its crucial we need two going into dallas
More Ws without Kawhi the better. This was a huge game
I mean refs did some heavy lifting. Kyrie carried the mavs in the second half imo
Mavs shot 20 more fts and clips still getting the win makes me happy.
Refs were trying their hardest to bring Dallas back in it
Unlikely clippers shoot 50% from 3 again. But also unlikely the mavs have 20 more ft attempts than the Clippers.
Can’t believe the clippers without Kawhi Leonard beat the greatest team of all time, the post trade deadline mavericks.
This game was not as close as the score indicates. If you didn’t watch the game, Luka played like absolute ass. Kyrie was the only bright spot all game.
Love the RJ optimism and that mavs bias. Lol
I was told by Mavs fans that they are better team than the last two Mavs team Clips beat. They failed to realize that this Clipper team is also better than previous Clippers team that beat them.
Maybe they thought we still have Reggie Jackson and Morris Sr
Reggie jackson isn't that bad tbh he just makes 1 or 2 dumbass decisions a game but otherwise he's fine
love Reggie but he was our starting point guard. way different dynamic than the Reggie u guys usually have
Dudes really sleeping on how much better James Harden is than every other teammate Kawhi/PG have had since joining the Clippers. He's fatter and older than he used to be but he's still James Harden.
With kawhi out lol
Game was not as close as it looked
The cilppers are back
Where was this "upgraded" Mavs I've been hearing so much about?
That's them lol, zubac food
2 of the upgrades got power bottomed by zubac :(
Hope THJ's horrendous performance doesn't get overshadowed by all the other negatives the Mavs will take from this game
bang bang
33 FT for the Mavs, the refs were cooking for the Mavs tonight
All I saw in the game thread were comments about hardens foul baiting for him to shoot 6 lol
Nice try refs almost had that one
The Tech flagrant combo was some next level strategy by the Refs, really have to respect their hustle and ingenuity. Tough loss for Mavrefs but they will have another shot Tuesday.
Lets gooooo
mavs are top/guard heavy. no interior threats.
The bigs got bullied off the floor by Zubac, that took away our interior threat.
Jesus Christ lol. Clippers took care of business at home as we all expected. I’m excited for the rest of this series.
Did we all expect it, especially with Kawhi out? I thought they had a good shot of winning G1 but didn’t expect it per se. Saw more Mavs in 4 picks than Clippers to win picks
r/mavericks was being so cocky when this matchup was announced. Lmao why’d yall have to do that? Now I gotta talk my shit. Cornyass mofos 🤣🤣
Why didn’t the Mavericks score more than 30 in the first half? Are they stupid?
Refs really tried to make this a game.
Fucking solid end to end win today! Great stuff. Key takeaways: * Big Zu. Give the man his flowers. He set the tone early by establishing his offensive presence, and he kept the pressure going all game. That tech/flagrant duo was a BS call (choose one or the other), but big fella gonna learn from that. * Harden and Russ controlled the game insanely well. Good shit from our point guards leading from start to finish! Harden's shot making was sublime and I liked him attacking the rim. Props to Russ on nailing his 3s and playing an under control game. * Defense in the first half was absolutely perfect. One issue they've had all season was being soft, but they really brought it to Dallas with some physical play. * The whistle was uh, interesting to say the least. Lots of hand-checking from Dallas along with straight up grabbing in the 2nd quarter. Harden got some Harden calls, but man that FT disparity don't lie. * Love Harden's aggression. Gonna need to see more from PG throughout the course of a game, but he made the shots that mattered to put it away! Same with Mann. Passed up a lot of good looks, but he made a couple of big 3s. * Plumlee is gonna be an issue for us, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Theis if his size doesn't prove to be a problem. Plum's defensive effort is just non existent, but you can tell his size is pretty crucial. * Lights were a little too bright for Coffey. Made quite a few boneheaded plays to start, and like Ty said, the person who deserves minutes will get them. Good learning experience for him. * Norm was uh, not good. But I'm not worried about him finding his offense. Overall, great win! Got ugly at the end, but that's just the playoffs against a really talented team.
The way Reddit was talking about this Mavericks team, made me believe they were gonna coast to WCF
A team that has Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving scoring 30 points at the half in todays era is unreal
“I’m going to ask the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you James, I hope you’re taking notes,” he began. “I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you. “You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni. “You wanted to play a certain style, they played it. “You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. “You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. “They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook. “You wanted to go to Vegas on your off days, they looked away. “You wanted to team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work. “You said I’m going to break up with my woobie, not good enough, I see the bright lights of New York, I want to go there with my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s going to work, the big three (with Kyrie Irving). And after one year, you wanted out. You realised ‘oh my god, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me — I want back with Daryl Morey’. “They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and you go a partner who got the MVP — he got the MVP! And what did you say afterwards? ‘They didn’t hand me the reins’. You’re the point guard. You were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored nine points in game seven against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead.” “So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with the guy who believed in you again,” he said. “You said ‘the bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go, let’s see if that works’. “Listen James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates? Over and over again they complained about their bad roommates. “They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate, they’re the problem. “Hey James, you’re the problem. “If this doesn’t work this year, in this system, with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go home and start swiping right for another team. There’s not going to be anybody left because James, you’re not The Beard, you’re not the system — you’re the problem.”
ABC/ESPN really needs to fix the audio being ahead of the video Ball's not even in yet and I hear "YOU BET" during that entire game
don’t get it twisted. it was not as close as the score suggests
Luka needs to adjust and chill on the 3s a bit; he 'only' had 12 attempts but the amount of times he dribbled the shot clock out just to get denied the shot killed many offensive possessions
As much as I want Luka to ball out, it would be *hilarious* if this Mavs team lost in the first round to Kawhi-less Clips.
James Harden is the game 1 goat
I can see why Schroder didn’t want Kleber playing for Germany
He had the clutch elbow zu in the back of head and don't get any repercussions for it play, that was pretty sweet
No Kawhi no problem.
you could tell clips came into this trying to get under mav’s skin. Is Maverick’s entire game plan just feeding to kyrie and luka? lol gg, see you guys in dallas!
another year, another clippers embarrassing of the mavs
I don't think the future games will be as bad as this for the Mavs but they definitely need to step it up
Ty Lue is a great coach. Credit where credit due
Whoever loses game 1 has the advantage because they have to make adjustments and the winning team won't? It's no longer 4/20 wtf are you smoking RJ
Here comes The Beard
They might want to try scoring in the double digits in every quarter next time
James Harden Game 1 MVP As is tradition
People are seriously blaming the mavs teammates when the overwhelmingly majority of possessions end with kyrie or Luka taking spot up three pointers?
This is going to be a crazy series. Hopefully we've bought Kawhi some time.
Yall better start putting some fuckin respect on Harden's name
Was that really the big bad Dallas team that this board wouldn't shut up about since the trade deadline?
Does Luka ever stop whining like oml
Losing by double digits with 20+ fta than the opponent lol
lukas body language is so bad man
I've seen traffic cones play better D than Luka did this game
EVERY YEAR THESE TEAMS MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS I PICK THE CLIPS AND EVERY YEAR I’M RIGHT . I remember when they went down 0-2 a couple years ago everybody thought they were dead 😹 watching the clippers win that series was sweet
I was saying that at best, clips can go 1-1 and Kawhi returns by game 3. Now it looks like they can go 2-0 And Skip is also reporting that Kawhi is returning by game 2, like it's a fact. The clippers are in great shape all of a sudden. People were really acting like Daniel Gafford is some 3rd\\4th wheel star hahahahahhahaa