NBA Season 2021-22

[Phantom255x]

Golden State is really tough.  We're in for a dogfight that should be a great series.

Dude, we haven't even made the Finals lets not get far ahead of ourselves lol

But yeah looks like Golden State is in cruise control now. Dinwiddie has 17 but Doncic surprisingly only has 6 points.

The defensive scheme on Doncic has been super aggressive. Double-teaming on PnR's and basically trapping him back to the halfcourt line. Dallas has nice role players, but Brunson is kinda limited as an initiator and Dinwiddie is super streaky.

I don't think our defence will give up nearly 70 in a half though...

Assuming the C's advance, I think something to watch out for is that Golden State's shooting is much better than Miami's and Milwaukee's outside their star players. Curry doesn't even have to go off every game, they got Klay/Poole/Wiggins who are capable too. Now I agree we won't give up 70 to them in a half but we'll have to really tighten up and can't afford to play sloppy for large stretches. Golden State is battle tested and has obviously "been there, done that".

But we can diagnose the matchups more once the C's officially take care of business 

Miami was a better shooting team than Golden State throughout the season, and both Brooklyn and Milwaukee were within 0.3% of them. I don't really get your point when you say " outside their star players" - Milwaukee and Miami both have stars who rely entirely on inside the arc offence and we still have handled their shooting fairly well.

They will also go from having a huge advantage on the interior to a massive disadvantage. Timelord helping off of Looney will stop everything at the rim. I'm confident.

We'll handle Miami tomorrow too

Oh yeah for sure the C's will have the advantage in the frontcourt. Looney has looked like an all-star against Dallas but Dallas does not have Timelord/Horford. C's could dominate them there.

So my point more so is that when you take away the best player (so Giannis, Butler, and Curry) and then look at the next 2-3 guys/shooters for each team, the Warriors probably have the better shooters. Klay, Poole, Wiggins. Not too shabby. Now maybe our defense is a reason Miami and Milwaukee's other starters/role players haven't shot as well but guys like Klay are definitely experienced and battle tested in the postseason too. Poole has been awesome as well

[gouki88]

Shameful performance from Luka tonight.

Looks completely gassed, which is fair given his stupid offensive load, but yeah - not a great performance. Still, Dallas should be proud to have made it this far

[Phantom255x]

Shameful performance from Luka tonight.

Looks completely gassed, which is fair given his stupid offensive load, but yeah - not a great performance. Still, Dallas should be proud to have made it this far

Yeah I don't really fault Luka. He's given it his all and as you said, DAL should be proud to have made it this far. But Luka's basically being asked to put up around or close to 40 each night and that's not sustainable. Dinwiddie, Brunson and Bullock are sort of inconsistent in when they show up too

[Phantom255x]

If you're a neutral fan these playoffs must feel kinda boring. Every game since the first round has basically felt like a blowout lol.

[Phantom255x]

Oh wow, 11-0 Mavs run and it's now a 9-point game. Doncic up to 20 points

[tarheelsxxiii]

Shameful performance from Luka tonight.

He heard you

[gouki88]

Shameful performance from Luka tonight.

Looks completely gassed, which is fair given his stupid offensive load, but yeah - not a great performance. Still, Dallas should be proud to have made it this far

Yeah I don't really fault Luka. He's given it his all and as you said, DAL should be proud to have made it this far. But Luka's basically being asked to put up around or close to 40 each night and that's not sustainable. Dinwiddie, Brunson and Bullock are sort of inconsistent in when they show up too

Talk about reverse jinx

[Phantom255x]

Shameful performance from Luka tonight.

Looks completely gassed, which is fair given his stupid offensive load, but yeah - not a great performance. Still, Dallas should be proud to have made it this far

Yeah I don't really fault Luka. He's given it his all and as you said, DAL should be proud to have made it this far. But Luka's basically being asked to put up around or close to 40 each night and that's not sustainable. Dinwiddie, Brunson and Bullock are sort of inconsistent in when they show up too

Talk about reverse jinx

Lol. Although Warriors back up 16 now

[tarheelsxxiii]

Was the instrumental to Tupac's "changes" just playing in the background? Or is someone in my home?

[Goldstar88]

Was the instrumental to Tupac's "changes" just playing in the background? Or is someone in my home?

I think someone is in your home…

[gouki88]

Kevon Looney for WCF MVP

[Goldstar88]

Mavs need to use the Bucks roster building formula. I think Brunson can be a 3rd option, like a slightly worse version of Jrue Holiday. They need a legit #2 that can shoot the lights out, though. Then just surround Luka with more shooters so that he can drive and dish the ball to guys that hit the 3 at a high percentage, which is basically what Giannis does most of the time. It's really hard to stop.

[Phantom255x]

Wow, so a few years after KD left the Warriors are back in the Finals

Hopefully the C's can punch their ticket tomorrow

[SparzWizard]

Wow, so a few years after KD left the Warriors are back in the Finals

Hopefully the C's can punch their ticket tomorrow

Bet KD's thinking that he should've stayed with the Warriors lol.

But man, it's been like a whole different era since the Warriors last made it to the Finals and I remember they were always in it like every year.

[hpantazo]

I'm surprised Magic Johnson wasn't there in person to present the new trophy tonight.