Mavericks (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Finals Game #1 6/6/24

[celticinorlando]

Game changed when Jrue backed Washington down into the lane and scored in the paint.

[SparzWizard]

Who’s the player of the game so far? JB or KP?

Its close

I'll give KP the nod. Rim protection and offensive firepower. Insane

[Who]

25pt lead. 5 min to go. Dallas waves the white flag.

[Silas]

Feeling better?  Defense wins. 

[SCeltic34]

Just have to accept that JB isn't a good FT shooter, and likely never will be.  If he can hit 70% I'm fine with it.  Because he's been so [dang] good at everything else in the playoffs I won't gripe much about it.

[cman88]

Quiet half for KP. Have to wonder if he’s gassed. Guy played all out

[Big333223]

Wow. Luka and Kyrie taken out. Dallas throwing in the towel with more than 5 minutes left.

[Vermont Green]

Wow. Dallas conceding already. Luca is tired. I guess they don’t want to wear him out. But this gives Boston some rest too. Glad to see it. Let some bench guys get some run. This helps Boston too.

[BringToughnessBack]

Wow. Luka and Kyrie taken out. Dallas throwing in the towel with more than 5 minutes left.

James Brown song says it all!

[Redz]

Who’s the player of the game so far? JB or KP?

Its close

I’d go with JB because he came up big when the Mavs were making their push.

[keevsnick]

Jaylen Brown's only weakness this playoff run has been FT's. Everything else is A+.

[celticinorlando]

KP's defense and rebounding has been clutch this half.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Game changed when Jrue backed Washington down into the lane and scored in the paint.

jrue is unstoppable in paint

told yall

[ozgod]

Tatum will of course get raked on social media for not having a big scoring game, but outside of the turnovers he's been excellent this game.

With how they're guarding him he's just not going to score as much with them collapsing on him every time, but his gravity is so strong and he's playmaking for others so well that his presence is so deadly out there even when not scoring.

And that’s the big difference between last year and this year. He’s learned to emphasize other parts of his game when the shots aren’t falling.

And he’s learned to not care if his points aren’t there. He talked a lot about sacrifice and this is it. He drove and passed a lot of times to open shooters while there were 2 on him, that’s what you want him doing, making the right play.

[hpantazo]

Kidd waiving the white flag