Celtics (2-0) at Mavericks (0-2) NBA Finals Game #3 6/12/24

[SparzWizard]

Odds went up to -3 DAL tonight

[celticinorlando]

Game 3 Officials tonight:

Marc Davis
James Capers
Kevin Scott

Replay Center: Zach Zarba

Welp

Scottt Foster gets Game 4.

Davis gave us a tough whistle vs Indy

Road nerves kicking in at its only 3 pm.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Odds went up to -3 DAL tonight

ok. i need a confirmation if KP is playing or not before i take that bet or add points to it as a buffer. If he is not playing all bets are off for me.

[celticinorlando]

Odds went up to -3 DAL tonight

ok. i need a confirmation if KP is playing or not before i take that bet or add points to it as a buffer. If he is not playing all bets are off for me.

I don't think he plays tonight. I think they see if they can "steal" one without him or see if they lose to get him back with a bit more rest and rehab because game 4 then becomes the game in the series.

[blink]

Interesting how suddenly the media are saying the Celtics are in trouble with Porzingis? injury but ignored Porzingis? absence all throughout the playoffs and pretended the Celtics were fully healthy and considered them lucky to face injured teams.

Newsflash. We?ve been without Porzingis for practically the entire playoffs and when he did play in games 1&2 he played short minutes off the bench

You knew this was coming. National narrative will be that the mavs still win this series.

oh man I didn't know how much the media would just flip to the mavs, it is kind of disrespectful to the C's and Al.  I watched a couple of those dumb stories on youtube.   Celtics can absolutely still win the series without KP.   

But I think KP is going to suit up tonight and at least give it a go.  C's want to make the Mavs worry about it.  I say KP gets at least 10 min tonight.  It might not be pretty minutes.

[SparzWizard]

Odds went up to -3 DAL tonight

ok. i need a confirmation if KP is playing or not before i take that bet or add points to it as a buffer. If he is not playing all bets are off for me.

Perhaps moneyline on DAL lol they have to win after all. And KP is banged up. 

[Phantom255x]

It's either gonna be a Celtics blowout, or Mavericks close win late. Don't see any in-between or a Mavs blowout happening.

[Birdman]

Celtics 101- Dallas 99

[celticinorlando]

It's either gonna be a Celtics blowout, or Mavericks close win late. Don't see any in-between or a Mavs blowout happening.

I see that as the opposite. Dallas wins in a blow out or Boston wins close possibly in OT

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

It's either gonna be a Celtics blowout, or Mavericks close win late. Don't see any in-between or a Mavs blowout happening.

i do not see us getting blown out either

[celticinorlando]

Dallas has won every game 3 at home in these playoffs.

They have lost every game 4 at home in these playoffs.

Boston is undefeated on the road.

[FLCeltsFan]

Official Report

Crew Chief - Marc Davis

Davis has a home win/loss record of 41-36 this season. He calls 51% of fouls on the road team and 49% on the home team. Boston is 8-2 in their last 10 games with Davis as the crew chief, including the May 1 win over Miami in the first round and May 13 win over Cleveland in Game 5 and Game 3 win over Indiana.   Dallas is 8-2 in their last 10 with Davis, including 4/23 win over the Clippers, 5/22 and 5/30 wins over Minnesota. Boston is 55-56 all time with Davis as a ref and Dallas is 57-38 all time with Davis as a ref.   Davis was voted the third worst referee in the league in a poll of the players, behind Scott Foster and Tony Brothers. Comments from players say he is arrogant and will sometime instigate things. He wasn?t bad in the Celtics 3 games so far in these playoffs.

Referee - James Capers

Capers has a home win/loss record of 29-29 this season. He calls 53% of fouls against the road team and 47% against the home team. The Celtics are 7-3 in their last 10 games with Capers including the 5/27 win over the Pacers. The Mavericks are 7-3 in their last 10 games with Capers, including including the 5/22 and 5/30 wins over the Wolves, 5/15 win over OKC and 4/23 win over the Clippers.   The Celtics are 55-58 all time in games called by Capers while the Mavericks are 73-45 all time with Capers as a ref. 

Umpire - Kevin Scott

Scott has a home win/loss record or 41-21 this season.  He calls 51% of the fouls against the road team and 49% against the home team.  The Celtics are 7-3 this season with Scott and this is their first game in these playoffs with Scott.  The Mavericks are 10-0 with Scott as a ref in their last 10 games including 4/23 win over the Clippers, 5/15 win over the Thunder and 5/22 and 5/30 wins over the Timber Wolves.  The Celtics are 28-23 all time with Scott as a referee while the Mavericks are 26-26 all time with Scott calling the games. 

[celticinorlando]

Worrisome about Scott having had the mavs several times in this playoffs already and the Celtics not once.

Can see him being comfortable with the mavs.

[angryguy77]

Worrisome about Scott having had the mavs several times in this playoffs already and the Celtics not once.

Can see him being comfortable with the mavs.

Are we sure that's not foster in a mask?

[liam]

Official Report

Crew Chief - Marc Davis

Davis has a home win/loss record of 41-36 this season. He calls 51% of fouls on the road team and 49% on the home team. Boston is 8-2 in their last 10 games with Davis as the crew chief, including the May 1 win over Miami in the first round and May 13 win over Cleveland in Game 5 and Game 3 win over Indiana.   Dallas is 8-2 in their last 10 with Davis, including 4/23 win over the Clippers, 5/22 and 5/30 wins over Minnesota. Boston is 55-56 all time with Davis as a ref and Dallas is 57-38 all time with Davis as a ref.   Davis was voted the third worst referee in the league in a poll of the players, behind Scott Foster and Tony Brothers. Comments from players say he is arrogant and will sometime instigate things. He wasn?t bad in the Celtics 3 games so far in these playoffs.

Referee - James Capers

Capers has a home win/loss record of 29-29 this season. He calls 53% of fouls against the road team and 47% against the home team. The Celtics are 7-3 in their last 10 games with Capers including the 5/27 win over the Pacers. The Mavericks are 7-3 in their last 10 games with Capers, including including the 5/22 and 5/30 wins over the Wolves, 5/15 win over OKC and 4/23 win over the Clippers.   The Celtics are 55-58 all time in games called by Capers while the Mavericks are 73-45 all time with Capers as a ref. 

Umpire - Kevin Scott

Scott has a home win/loss record or 41-21 this season.  He calls 51% of the fouls against the road team and 49% against the home team.  The Celtics are 7-3 this season with Scott and this is their first game in these playoffs with Scott.  The Mavericks are 10-0 with Scott as a ref in their last 10 games including 4/23 win over the Clippers, 5/15 win over the Thunder and 5/22 and 5/30 wins over the Timber Wolves.  The Celtics are 28-23 all time with Scott as a referee while the Mavericks are 26-26 all time with Scott calling the games.

Marc Davis ick!