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NBA Finals Thread - Celtics vs Mavericks

BigErnMcCracken said:
I knew it. When I was watching him after Game 2 I immediately thought "it looks like he's got a torn medial retinaculum - I hope that doesn't allow dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon."
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I hope they pack him with huge ice packs all over his body before the game. Seemed to work for Luka.
 
Matrim55 said:


He's actually been the most efficient playmaker in the postseason out of the pick-and-roll, which is significant given this is the spread pick-and-roll era. And Boston's ORtg with him on the court in the playoffs is 122, which craters down to 107.6 when he's not.

But I understand casuals aren't able to comprehend anything more complex than FG%.
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The Celtics have been cruising throughout the playoffs, so much of the postseason has been garbage time with clock-killing, which will drive efficiency down with the second unit.

Secondly, are you saying that Tatum is a good player? You needed to go to a deep stat analysis to come up with that insight? Maybe you should be careful about who you call a casual.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Didn’t think the Celtics could get away with Tatum playing this bad and still winning. Still have to win on the road too so it’s not over!
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No they don’t. Do you know the Celtics have home court advantage in this series? There could be 4 games in Boston and at most 3 in Dallas.

You’re all over the place in this thread. You should just give up on the Celtics hate. :)
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Celtics have been cruising throughout the playoffs, so much of the postseason has been garbage time with clock-killing, which will drive efficiency down with the second unit.

Secondly, are you saying that Tatum is a good player? You needed to go to a deep stat analysis to come up with that insight? Maybe you should be careful about who you call a casual.
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Not sure why you thought insulting Matrim for using statistical evidence to rebut the argument that Tatum is "super inefficient offensively" was a smart idea.
 
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HooperScooper said:
You should just give up on the Celtics hate. :)
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Not Gonna Happen No Way GIF by FaZe Clan
 
nomar said:
Not sure why you thought insulting Matrim for using statistical evidence to rebut the argument that Tatum is "super inefficient offensively" was a smart idea.
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I don’t care what advanced stats yall want to pull out yall rear.

If a guy continues to take the most shots in a game and struggles to make most of the them, that is an inefficient player.

ESPECIALLY when he should have all the room and spacing in the world that players of his caliber do not get.
 
tzznandrew said:
He's missed a lot of good shots. He's getting into the lane at will because Luka's been a turnstyle. He missed like 4 driving layups he normally hit by shooting too hard.

He's been shooting as bad as possible, but most of it doesn't feel like the late game Celtics ** offense. I think it's a combination of the Mavs selling out to stop him and him not rising fully to the moment. At least he has contributed defensively and elsewhere on offense. He has 20 rebounds and 17 assists over the two games.
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He also got fouled on some of those. But that’s the way the NBA is calling things.
 
Devastating blow. This reminds me of Perk blowing out his knee in Game 6, which cost us a title against the Lakers. I dont think the C's can beat the Mavs without an effective Porzingis.
 
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Well, we’re likely going to be up 2-1 after tonight, so maybe the medical staff won’t be so conservative for Game 4

Celtics look like dogshlt
 
Dallas came out white hot. I blinked and suddenly Cs were back in it at the end of Q1. These guys score quick!

On a 26-11 run.
 
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nomar said:
Well, we’re likely going to be up 2-1 after tonight, so maybe the medical staff won’t be so conservative for Game 4

Celtics look like dogshlt
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Early. Way too early. You can see why not having Porzingis hurts the rim protection.
 
I am watching the game synced with the Awful Coaching commentary. That guy is insane but entertaining
 
Luka breaking out his whiner routine at home. Considering the really blatant offensive fouls he’s getting away with he might want to to stop yapping and get back on D. Kyrie has been superb.

White looks out of it and Brown is off too. Thank God Hauser is due to make about 14 3s in a row to revert to the norm. Playing decent D too. Tatum is close to coming out of his slump.
 
Impressive stuff to overcome that early avalanche, now just don't revert to CTE ball for this last quarter
 
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I'm excited to go back and find my "I'd rather have Jayson Tatum than Luka Doncic in the playoffs because Tatum's defense is that much better than Luka's offense is better than Tatum's" take from like 5 years ago.

Celtics are relentlessly targeting Doncic on defense and he's not holding up well.
 
Celtics have been shooting poorly all season. Now they are finally reverting to the norm and the difference in these teams is even more stark. Better at every phase of the game. Brown really came alive in the 3rd and is the MVP right now.
 
What a boring finals. No real energy to it. It’s a team that’s much better on paper playing to their potential versus two good scorers and a bunch of bums
 
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