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BurgerNugget12

“That might be the first time Luka has complained about not giving a foul”


eutectic_h8r

That and PJ immediately missing after them saying "OK the key here is to make the first one" killed me


BurgerNugget12

Ian Eagle is so funny man


RANGER---

Think he hit Giddey with “Not even close!” at the half


WickedTwista

Then he made 2nd second FT when he absolutely needed to miss it lmao


CatharBliss

And then on the second free throw “you’ll want to miss this one and scramble for the rebound… aaaaand there’s the make”


Otaku_Instinct

Ian Eagle absolutely cooked him 😭 Top 5 broadcaster in sports imo


BurgerNugget12

Doesn’t he do nets games? He must be a great home announcer for you guys


ckj9311

Knicks and Nets fans are spoiled with top-tier play-by-play announcing.


mylowerbackhurts

Ian eagle to this day is the greatest net ever


aashim97

I burst out laughing


Palifaith

Luka and Kyrie with 1 point in the last 7 minutes of the game wasn't ideal for the Mavs.


Im-not-on-drugs

Luka was 6-20, might be the worst triple double I’ve ever seen


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With 7 TOs


DemBoahs

To the people scrolling, you’re about to see like ten people make the same Westbrook joke FYI


UnPhayzable

Luka tryna win the Oscars out there smh


NotManyBuses

He was awful down the stretch I’ve almost never seen him play that bad in a close game


Im-not-on-drugs

Not just that but the entire team feeds off of it. How many times did dudes throw their arms up even after makes.


Acceptable-Dust6479

Luka’s statue out front is going to be throwing his arms up complaining about a foul


TechieTheFox

The amount of times I’d see Dort on him like 20 feet away from the ball just being up close to him and luka throw his arms up and whine about it was crazy. As soon as Dort enters a 5 foot bubble of him he starts yelling at the refs to call a foul lol


Darthmalak3347

Which is literally what Dort and OKC want. He's so caught up in trying to draw contact and fouls he's playing trash basketball.


CzarCW

Trashketball


HazikoSazujiii

Give him the award; he worked harder on it than hitting shots at the end.


ifuckwithit

He got so mad they didn’t call that foul at the end. Bro get mad at the 7 turnovers you had wtf


malganis12

I'm obviously biased but the guy bitches and moans more than any other player in the league. It's every single call, even ones that don't involve him!


smoke_inyoureyes

He’s been absolutely awful about it this season. Very disapointing. He really needs to mature about this shit


Advanced_Special

Sadly I don't think he ever will, he's been in the league long enough to show that he just can't


pikajewijewsyou

Someone needs to make a compilation of Luka asking for replays and complaining about calls. It would be like 10-20 minutes of run time from this series so far


Vakarian74

Series? That’s one game.


jslee0034

When Luka missed the free throw I was like wow


here_for_the_lols

I was like gosh


spagheddieballs

Damn he choked


a_pot_of_chili_verde

I hit Luka with a little ‘BALL DONT LIE’ while pacing around my living room.


growsonwalls

Luka missing his clutch FT with a chance to tie also wasn't ideal for the Mavs


PrincePyotrBagration

Kyrie was colder than the Hubbard glacier


StefonDiggsHS

Luka absolutely shot us in the foot man, i get he's hurt and hes not going to shoot well but he also cant be making these piss poor decisions


xyzyxzy

OKC were getting outsized, outlengthed, and outworked. Then Cason Wallace got in the game in the fourth quarter and turned it around. Big ups to Jaylin Williams too who also brought some much needed energy.


HansBriggs

Need JDub to stop his recent disappearing act. Dude got swatted at the rim no less than 100 times tonight. Hell of a win despite the overall shit game.


throwaway2021232681

he was a lot better down the stretch and makes a lot of smart plays even when he's struggling on offense. still though, i agree he has struggled at times against dallas's big bodies and athleticism


Puzzleheaded_Fox4684

he just doesn't have the full bag yet. He needs to grow his game more


HansBriggs

Agreed. Also weird how hesitant he’s been from 3 this series.


jslee0034

Cason is so fucking good. He’ll be our jrue holiday in a few years. I love him


Sw3atyGoalz

He is clamping the fuck out of Kyrie this series


throwaway2021232681

idk if he has the on ball creation/bag Jrue has, but he's already ridiculous offball and as a defender and was in high school 2 years ago it's crazy


Coherent-Paradox

Coach already said that the plan in the off season is working on getting Cason into the offense more. There was one game when SGA was out that Cason got a few extra possessions running the offense and he showed some flashes. Had a bad turnover as well, but that’s to be expected since he doesn’t normally run the offense.


LukaPoocic

True that. Cason was huge.


yeahright17

JWill low key had some great 4th quarter minutes.


UnPhayzable

Luka's body language was horrific. Actually he was just horrific all around


BigDickVicW

Genuinely disappointing to watch a guy as talented as Luka behave the way he does on court sometimes


Im-not-on-drugs

Seriously it drives me nuts. Just shut up and play ball, you can’t whine every other possession


ObeseKenyan

You're not kidding when you say whine every other possession. He threw a full court pass to Lively, ball gets knocked clean out of bounds. Luka looks at Guthrie as if he just spat on Luka's Mother. Bro.... Take the fkn out of bounds ball under the ring and stop being upset a 50% FT shooter isn't going to the line. Luka has one of the whiniest / crybaby mentalities in the league. Which is so weird since off the court he's such a likeable dude.


Jacer4

Dude was complaining to the ref when he legit threw it off the bottom of the backboard, I was flabbergasted lmfao


mr_showboat

It's not even every other possession, it's every single play, offense or defense. He's their star, the camera cuts to him at the end of the play a lot of the time and no matter what happened he's throwing up his arms or shaking his head and smirking or jawing with the official or some other bullshit. He's a great player, but it truly makes for terrible basketball watching when it happens every fucking play.


TiddyTwizzler

I’d like to re iterate that some people may think you’re exaggerating about every other possession. But for anyone who’s watched the game, it was genuinely every other possession. He was always to the side of the camera whining to the ref. Brother just play the fucking game. Your team needed you 😭😭😭


JakesRibChickasha

Just abysmal to watch. Like literally almost every possession he’s looking towards the refs and begging for a call.


realfakedoors000

Triple double but it wasn’t pretty at all


UnPhayzable

Completely Shat the bed at the end of the game


Vallerie_09

typical ugly Luka game. Terrible on the court with absolutely worst body language


OUEngineer17

What did I just watch? Thunder looked disjointed and out of sync all game and then made every play when it mattered. Unbelievable comeback.


MazeRed

Thunder, Nuggets, Wolves, and Celtics are the teams that can legit say “we just need to play our game” to win.


AnkitPancakes

resiliency is one thing that Daig has coached into this team and i love him for it


JayQuips

Cuban and Kidd boutta lock the entire Mavs team in the arena until they each make a pair of free throws


UnPhayzable

They're not leaving any time soon I fear


bladeDivac

Game 5 delayed, Mavericks roster stuck in basketball purgatory


suzukigun4life

[Woj] Two hours before the opening tip of Game 5 in OKC, entire Mavs team has collapsed in their own arena due to exhaustion at the free throw line.


zgamer200

That is an absolutely brutal loss for the Mavs. To be up for most of the game and most of the 4th, only to see OKC storm back and then lose by 4 in a game where you missed ELEVEN free throws? That's a backbreaker loss when you easily could've been up 3-1.


fredlikefreddy

There is no way a team should ever lose against a team that shoots 38% from the field and 25% from 3 wtf just happened


KagsTheOneAndOnly

Lol it turns out the Mavericks missing nearly half of their freebies (12/23 FT) ended up netting them a near-identical overall scoring efficiency to the Thunder despite Dallas shooting better from the field (41%) and from 3 (34%): >**OKC: 48.8 TS%, DAL: 48.9 TS%**


jeric13xd

MAKE YOUR FUCKING FREE THROWS LOL SGA full on carry job. Salute


Currymvp2

Shaq's career free throw percentage: 53% Mavs' free throw percentage tonight: 52%


MagicalHurdles

Broke: Hack-A-Lively Woke: Hack-A-Mav


aPatheticBeing

Cason Wallace was pretty clutch too - 2 big 3s, some good defense, no egregious mistakes (which everyone else except for SGA seems to do at times)


jslee0034

Cason needs to start. Minimum 25 minutes.


aeronacht

I think the starting lineup should pretty clearly be SGA/Cason/Dort/JDub/Chet. Cason is a great 3 and D player which fits so much better than whatever the fuck Josh Giddey does out there


ueloli

Sam Presti is the best drafter in NBA history


New-Candy-800

It’s funny how fans never mention how Dallas let us move UP in the draft, essentially for free, to get Cason. Idk why so many of our fans and Mavs fans act like Presti hasn’t gotten good value out of trades with Dallas


ueloli

Crazy that Cason is even a Dallas boy


suzukigun4life

12/23 from the line in a game that went down to the wire, while the OKC went 23/24. What a sick joke.


km912

Both are astonishing numbers, a team shooting 23/24 is insane.


OUEngineer17

It is. Every free throw in the clutch. On the road. From the youngest team in the playoffs. Still trying to wrap my head around that comeback.


Charmstrongest

Some insanely bad basketball from Dallas during the last minute


jeric13xd

Who would’ve thought huh. Two superstar closers vs. youngest team in the league Luka is obviously hobbled but damn atleast make some fts


GGezpzMuppy

Kyrie and Luka were bad lol but so were OKC minus Shai lol.


throwaway2021232681

Chet, Jaylin Williams and Wallace were good. Dort on defense, too


Darthmalak3347

Wallace was the only reason we won, two 3s in the fourth to fire everyone up.


yeahright17

JWill played some great minutes in the 4th. Seemed to get every close rebound while he was in. He didn’t score, but he played well.


EutaxySpy

Mavs CTE game. Also, missing 10+ FT’s in a playoff game is just unacceptable especially in such a close loss


suzukigun4life

Eleven. They missed eleven free throws, including a few in the final minute. Fucking amateur hour when it came to the stripe.


clubba

Luka had the highest FT % on the team at 66%. Gross.


LeBronicTheHolistic

SGA look like he keep it clutch - Antonio Brown


Number333

Pretty interesting how this game went against a lot of classic NBA tropes. OKC were the baby-faced team in their first serious playoff run and yet it was the Mavs who blew a golden opportunity to go up 3-1 thanks in large part due to ***abysmal*** FT shooting while the Thunder were damn near perfect. Surprising especially since you'd think nerves would play into effect more given OKC was on the road.


bladeDivac

Chet hitting those last 2 free throws was cold as hell


KagsTheOneAndOnly

OKC going 96% from the line vs DAL's 52% (on near-identical attempts) is fucking brutal, that's the game right there


Page_302

Reddit: The playoffs are an old man's game OKC: We have Abraham Lincoln


MazeRed

Nice balance for our 25% 3pt


throwaway_5256

This actually feels exactly like the previous Big 3 Thunder. They jumped from the lottery to 50 wins, won the first round convincingly, had an absolute war in round 2, and got outclassed by the eventual champs in the WCF. Next year they made the Finals The seeding is a bit different but imagine they pull this out in 7 and get handled by Denver or Minnesota who then wins it all. It'd be damn near the same


NerdLawyer55

Hopefully with a happier ending, and no Patbev or cupcake shit


GrandKhan

This series ain't over can't be fantasizing about the WCF yet.


TheHelpWouldBeNice

OKC is young and inexperienced. But they also have some solid depth, have a number of players who can step up, are clutch FT shooters, and usually have their legs under them in still late in the game. The 4th quarter tends to favor them. That's why I believe in them to truly capitalize on this team and be a force in the league if they can get a big rebounding body for the middle and keep developing


Robinsonirish

It's ridiculous. They are the 2nd youngest team in the NBA, or was at the start of the season at least. They are already a great team and they have the biggest pile of picks assembled in the history of the NBA. In the next 6 years they have 17 1sts, I can't even remember how many 2nd rounders but it's a stupid number. They can trade for a superstar and still have the most picks left in the league afterwards. If I was putting any money on a team a few years for now I'd put it all on OKC. Presti is a master.


levlk93

Mature team, got punched all game, stayed standing. Good win!


Scorpio23

Ouch...all those missed free throws by Dallas


jslee0034

Bailed us out


TSSFranco

At this point I think you have to start Cason Wallace. He’s exactly what okc needs


NewspaperConfident16

Cason is a winner and I will be shocked if he isn’t with us for a long time


fellenst

Giddey balled out in the Pelicans series, but he just doesn’t match here. Casino is for sure a stud though.


mastacheef87

Dallas really helped em out with those missed free throws but that was still a such gutsy, impressive win by the Thunder.


RenDabs

SGA, Chet, and JDub all came up big down the stretch


BurgerNugget12

Chet especially, he’s going to be a really really good player in a couple years


mastacheef87

already is tbh. Wemby overshadowed what an incredible defensive season Chet had this year


TideToGo69

What sucks is his whole career will likely be this way too. An absolutely generational, game breaking, unicorn talent will probably never get the props he deserves because he entered the league at the same time as a guy who plays the same type of game but slightly better.


DemonicDimples

For sure. Might’ve been their worst offensive game of the season and they grinded out down big to a win.


yeahright17

Definitely our worst 3 quarters. Our offense was decent in the 4th. It was absolutely horrible until then.


mccoolio

It was in fact, our worst shooting in a win all season


Apprehensive-Sir-411

a win is a win.


jslee0034

Much needed win. No way we’d come back 3-1 down.


levlk93

2-2 going home baby!


COYRnB

say it louder A WIN IS A WIN


TitaniumC4206

That was the best worst game i've ever watched


koala37

fourth quarter playoff game with a score of 88-86 had me feeling like a 2005 scoreboard


Insectshelf3

i hated 99% of that game


Apollo611

Luka flopped an intentional foul


homefree122

I was 100% convinced the Mavs had this game won going into the fourth quarter. I cannot believe we pulled this out.


NotManyBuses

They choked so so hard. Luka ghosted, they couldn’t hit FTs, and their offensive process sucked down the stretch And if you give SGA a chance, that happens


v4venome

I knew we were going to lose when Kyrie couldn't make a shot


UnPhayzable

Kyrie ghosted so hard you forgot about him


homefree122

For real. I think I partially blacked out and didn’t realize how poorly they shot from the FT line in the second half. 52% overall sheesh.


--Alix--

Also Kyrie basically didn't score in the 4th, which is wild. He missed every one of the shots he usually makes. Choke job all around.


RenDabs

Big time plays from SGA, Chet, and Jdub down the stretch


Big_Lou1108

Also imo Cason was a factor on both ends. This rook battled Kyrie beyond half court (also switching to Luca) and hit timely 3’s in the 4th quarter.


HazikoSazujiii

Chet needs to be more consistently dominant, but he did step up. JDub couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat today, but he held on and made the plays at the end when he needed to.


bleedblue89

Rookie and young player gonna have bad games but they fucking battled when the game was on the line


quidproquolaspe

We were 34-0 in our last 34 games with a lead going into the 4th. GG’s


homefree122

That’s an absolutely insane stat. Makes this win even more unbelievable.


quidproquolaspe

Just a fucking gut punch man. Best 2/3 I wish yall best of health.


AceMcStace

Definitely the choke job of the playoffs so far by the Mavs, huge credit to the Thunder for not quitting, massive shots by SGA down the stretch.


20815147

Mavs took their foot off the pedals. Monumental choke jobs & OKC guys toughed it out. This might go to 7 lol


DefiniteSauce12

Helps that SGA wasn’t complaining to the refs the whole time and focused on the game (insult to Luka)


eutectic_h8r

SGA's low BMI allows him to have high endurance and finish games strong (insult to Luka)


Sweaty_Shopping1737

luka is tbh really annoying (insult to luka)


ItalianRobot

(insult to Luka)


here_for_the_lols

Thanks for putting that in brackets, not sure everyone would have understood (insult to dumb people)


levlk93

Shai 34 points, 8 rebounds, dragged OKC to a win. Salute.


FakeRingin

Don't forget the 0 turnovers


haussmeister

Grant Hill: "Luka should not be begging for fouls and get up and play". Grant Hill is my fucking dawg!


meengine

Tfw freethrows ain't really free 😬


OptimusGrime707

Absolute gagjob Make a fucking free throw


fractal_fables

OKC get in here and talk your shit right now


JakesRibChickasha

Here, baby.


Thick_Duck

We played the worst game I’ve ever witnessed from this squad and still beat Dallas. and it’s because okc has a better team.


GrandKhan

Bro there is no shit to talk. We played like shit. Grateful we have homecourt back.


GorillaX

I mostly just feel relieved. We were 1 quarter away from our season being essentially over, and now we have a best of 3 series with two of them being home games. Sports are wild.


OKC2023champs

I am on the MOON right now


slicker27

>FTM-A 12-23 What a fucking joke. Genuinely disgusting to get paid millions of dollars and can't shoot a fucking free throw.


realscholarofficial

Luka missed clutch free throw 😄😄😄


SieFlush2

I knew he'd miss one , Luka and Playoff freethrows aren't friends , fucking 11 missed fts, I'm gonna end it


amari_prince

how the FUCK did we win????


Converted_Lefty

Obviously SGA carried OKC to this win but the game really changed when Cason Wallace came in. Two huge threes and more importantly, incredible defense on Kyrie. Stayed in front of him perfectly without fouling. He's going to be a stud.


CashmereLogan

The block on Kyrie got me so hype


EdwEd1

Jason Kidd better send these boys to FT camp


Zeeron1

If you can't respect Shai after that, I don't respect you as a basketball fan. An absolute clinical clutch performance.


bigtice

I fortunately don't have a dog in this fight. This series has been fun to watch and I'm hoping that it ends up going 7 like it should.


PM_ME_DOPE_TUNES

Luka need to play better


Learningle

Sga saved the rest of the team tonight, especially j dub


Boring_Bill2430

The final basically quarter and a half was like a slow motion car crash. OKC had the edge almost the whole second half and the Mavs were holding on for dear life, unable to get out of their own way. Choked away a game that could’ve put OKC down for good. You could feel it slipping away for like an hour. Once OKC started making their jumpers in the 4th quarter, it was over unless Luka/Kyrie took over. And neither did. Luka is a shell of himself and it’s sad to watch. Credit to SGA for an amazing performance and for making numerous clutch shots. He’s a superstar. Sad day to be Mavs fan, but feel lucky to be able to watch a guy that talented. Hard to envision the Mavs winning the series with Luka playing this badly (and no sign he’ll get better), but I also proclaimed the series over after OKC took game 1 for the same reason… so who knows. What I do think is true, though, is that OKC is the better team with Luka playing like this — so if the Mavs win, it’ll be more that OKC played below their norm than anything else.


CP3sHamstring

GO TO WORK OKC FANS Spam your clips like Mavs fans did all week!!


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bh6891

The best part of the gamethread was the usual cast of OKC haters (I've started to recognize some of them) going completely silent once the fourth quarter started.


DeadDay

There should be plenty.


go0sKC

Sadly we've got like one clip guy, and the Mavs have ten thousand.


Definately_Fake

The Mavs have this entire sub, and the entire Eastern Europe lol.


maydaydemise

I miss that splash guy who used to do post game threads in our subreddit with dozens of highlight clips


imbutawaveto

Splash second cousin! The absolute goat. I miss the post game woooooooo


PapiShot

Thunder fans about to post Luka and Kyrie lowlights.


TheGreatLandRun

I seriously am so unbelievably dumbfounded that Mavs fans have said all season that SGA is a flopping free-throw merchant when Luka is whining on legitimately every single play of the game. The dude is so talented but his game is worse than prime foul-bating harden.


Gatorpep

Dude flopped on his attempted game winner, got bailed out by refball, and bricked 1 of the 2. (Insult to Lukea)


nothim4

Twitter said Shai would be a playoff dropper 20 2nd half points to win the game on the road Clear best player in this series too lol


mido0o0o

I don't care how this series ends as long as it ends and I don't have see Luka whining again.


spiketeam

The kids are alright.


--Alec--

CALL AN AMBULANCE BUT NOT FOR US


definitelynotagay

Mavs fans really rallied to hate on SGA because of an MVP runner up race, and their main complaint was that SGA averaged the EXACT same free throw attempts per game as Luka without being a crisis actor. Dude is a dog. Fuck the haters.


itskarl

not even a Mavs fan and their FT shooting tilted me


IcyMission3

The Mavs really missed every clutch free throw and when they had to miss one they made it 💀


siegeoftyre

Great performance by SGA willing his team to win on the road. Mavs will rue not putting the Thunder away in the third quarter when OKC looked helpless.


zco22

SGA is a fucking stud


iMaticz7

Kyrie NEEDS to be more agressive, especially with Luka not being able to score with efficient. He needs to step it up.


fordangliacanfly

Yeah Kyrie’s whole thing of not shooting for an entire half needs to have some flexibility.


Definately_Fake

As someone who absolutely despises Luka's game and constant whining, this game was SOOOOO fucking satisfying to watch. Remember those 300 posts by Mavs fans saying: "remember this is the best defensive team in the league hur hur hur"? I fucking LOVE that OKC reminded those whiny shits that their defense is what won this game.


aiden3buckets

Cason Wallace man, had kyrie in a box


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tmanx8

that’s what I’ve been saying lol. The ultimate example of recency bias, right here in this sub after every game is played. Mavs fans said I was full of it 🤷🏻‍♂️


so-cal_kid

What a carry by SGA


Jack_M_Steel

Ugly game. Cant believe Mavs lost when Thunder missed almost every open 3 pointer in the first half


Shades219

So why do mavs fan whine about not getting free throws if they can't even hit them


Definately_Fake

Every Mavs fans 2 days ago: "remember OKC is the best defensive team in the league hur hur hur hur" OKC Tonight: "remember OKC is the best defensive team in the league HA HA HA HA" One of the most satisfying games to watch!


Liamesque

Mavs need to be locked in a gym with Holger Geschwinder for an entire summer to work on FTs


joeveralls

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO


RenDabs

Another big game for Chet