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DJJ got blocked like five times.
He's the problem right now. Dribbling off his foot, bounce passing to nobody in the backcourt, getting blocked on point blank layup attempts.
DJJ got blocked like five times.
KP has been a huge difference maker. He and Brown have made all those usually free layins anything but.
Loby city got shut down for the Mavs tonight. Gafford & Lively had been feasting on that for like 20 easy pts/game.
Man, I expected a great game of basketball. Mavs are a bunch of assholes, tbh
Still think the celtics will choke this series away….
mavs will steal game 2 and go home…
Mavs are getting swept no question barring the common celtics choke in game 2
lol Uncle Kyrie. ting the bed.
Mavs Assists = 9
Celtics Blocks = 9
Gotta be first, right?
Celts need to win this championship, they´ve been ting the bed lots of times, finals, conf finals.
This is now or never, Al Horford is such a ing scrub, thank god they have Porzingis to get the job done.
BOS in 6
How did they know the Celtics would be in the Finals....
same thing was said about the t wolves when they were up 2-0 going home...
Edwards was the new MJ
T wolves were the new dynasty...
they still beat the nuggets but then they flamed out...
mavs arent going away - they have been playing well, porzingis will be injured by game 3 or 4
still a ways to go...
What date is it in your universe?
Never mind, just bet the farm on Celtics winning game one against Mavs in 2024 NBA Finals. Or if the spread odds are better, take Celtics winning by 15 points or more.
You can thank me later.
BTW: Are we cheering for or against Dallas regarding the pick swap in about halve a century? Sure, the run will really help them keep Luka, but could the disease of more also make them explode cap wise and so on?
Is it still to early to think about that?
This is their ceiling, more or less.
Their 2024 FRP goes to NY, 2027 GOES TO Charlotte, 2028 goes to OKC.
They have 2025 and 2026, which will obviously be in mid-late 20s.
Their payroll for the next season is at $173M with DJJ being FA.
Their only realistic move is to package one of their remaining picks with THJ's expiring contract.
Depending on how things go at the deadline, they could get a useful veteran, but major roster moves aren't an option.
Kyrie is 32 already, his contract ends in 2026, same goes for most of the supporting cast.
Really bad timing because at that point they won't have any tradeable picks.
To me it still seems like they blew their load too early and that this is their best chance.
Will stay on the same level next year, after that it's hard to tell. But I can't see a realistic option for them to get much better.
Boston is winning this year.
Boston played about as well as they were able and Dallas played about as badly as they could. Esp outside of Doncic.
Sprinkle in the MavsRef to neutralize Lively / propel Brown after Dallas had pulled to within 8.
Dallas can make this 1-1 for sure and series back on.
Zinger had a career playoff game, quite literally.
Kobme Tatum resisted his chuckfest and dropped off good passes after driving into the key.
If Tatum keeps this up and Zinger remains in even a milder version of his coma, looking good for Celts.
But same was said before their puss out and gift giving to the Warriors.
So lets see.
Hitting Dallas hard on the money line for game 2.
Kyrie always melts everywhere, eventually. Give him another year, maybe two.
Celtics are the much deeper and better team
I picked the Celtics a week or so ago, and now that I've seen Porzingis back, if he stays healthy, they're still the favorites IMO. I thought they were the best team all year. Not sure why people keep ting on them. First, people said they weren't tested in the East playoffs, well, they just destroyed the Western Conference team in game 1 that supposedly was tested and went through tougher compe ion. It was just Porzingis being injured that I thought Dallas might have a slight chance, but if Boston finish the series at full strength, they'll win it all IMO. Still a long way to go, but as I said a week or so ago, Boston has been the better team all season, so I expect them to show it in this finals series. We'll see what happens. Hopefully since this is the finals, the refs let the teams play with physicality.
BOS is on that SA 2014 trajectory, just a little out of order. SA lost WCF 2012, Finals 2013 and won Finals 2014.
BOS lost Finals 2022, lost ECF 2023 and now they seem very determined to not let this one get away. We will see how DAL responds, still a lot of series left.
I like BOS in 6
Looking back on the Porzingis trade, it's amazing how little Washington got in return: Tyus Jones, Gallinari, Muscala, and pick #35. Boston got Porzingis and 2 FRPs. It was a daring move by Brad Stevens that has paid off, in part due to good luck. The thing that kept offers low on Porzingis-- who'd just had his best season as a pro-- was the worry of him being injury prone, and he did, in fact, miss a big chunk of these playoffs with an injury, only to be ready just in time for game 1 of the finals. If the timeline for that injury is two weeks later, the critics have a field day with it.
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