NBA Finals Thread - Celtics vs Mavericks

[aceboon]

Impressive stuff to overcome that early avalanche, now just don't revert to CTE ball for this last quarter

CTE ball fully activated

 

[superjohn]

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.

Luka is at like 40%

You don't seriously think Tatum is better than Doncic and you wouldn't rather build a team around him. I can understand wanting Tatum for this team because they all work so well together now and they have the players/pieces.

 

[aceboon]

Playjng too much Iso like Dallas was playing l. Need to pass the ball to the open man.

They went completely away from what got them the 20 pt lead

 

[aceboon]

Celtics blow this game this would be backbreaking, I can't believe they're melting down like this

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I haven't watched a minute of the NBA's regular season nor playoffs - until half an hour ago and I am totally reminded why I don't watch it. Simply a boring, lazy brand of basketball. November and the Huskies can't come soon enough.

 

[aceboon]

I haven't watched a minute of the NBA's regular season nor playoffs - until half an hour ago and I am totally reminded why I don't watch it. Simply a boring, lazy brand of basketball. November and the Huskies can't come soon enough.

Yea this is lazy and neither team is competing, man get lost

 

[CardiacAndre7]

C’s seem to be getting nearly every call

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

C’s seem to be getting nearly every call

A truly insane take.

 

[CTBasketball]

A gross last 5 minutes of basketball.

 

[aceboon]

A truly insane take.

Tatum getting bumped all over the place, multiple finishes through contact at the rim and he couldn't get a call. Those Luka fouls were 100% legit.

 

[HuskyHawk]

A truly insane take.

The non calls on Tatum dunks that should have been and 1s would have ended this game early.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

A truly insane take.

Not a fan of either team. Don’t think Luka’s 6th was a block, Brown extended.

Tatum clearly fouled Luka on a layup and was sent into the crowd and no call.

 

[nomar]

I mean a win is a win but yikes

I hate that the Celts went from looking like a dominant champion to a choker benefiting from a DQ in a flash

 

[tzznandrew]

Edit: Mavs in 6*

 

[nomar]

Not a fan of either team. Don’t think Luka’s 6th was a block, Brown extended.

Tatum clearly fouled Luka on a layup and was sent into the crowd and no call.

That was Luka’s 7th.

How about when Tatum got obviously fouled on his dunk?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Not a fan of either team. Don’t think Luka’s 6th was a block, Brown extended.

Tatum clearly fouled Luka on a layup and was sent into the crowd and no call.

Ok.

I genuinely don’t know what you were watching if you thought the Celtics were getting every call. That’s inexplicable to me.

 

[nomar]

Impressive stuff to overcome that early avalanche, now just don't revert to CTE ball for this last quarter

That wasn’t CTE. That was no brain activity detected.

 

[tzznandrew]

That wasn’t CTE. That was no brain activity detected.

I don't know man. Get a 21 point lead, might as well let Pritchard cook. What could go wrong!?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

That was Luka’s 7th.

How about when Tatum got obviously fouled on his dunk?

That’s fine, I understand im in the thunderdome here. Last ~7 minutes seemed like Celtics got a lot of calls. Although Horford did get fouled on that late out of bounds.

 

[nomar]

Luka is at like 40%

You don't seriously think Tatum is better than Doncic and you wouldn't rather build a team around him. I can understand wanting Tatum for this team because they all work so well together now and they have the players/pieces.

Doncic is better but he’s not at 40%. Let’s not be silly. He’s scoring as usual.

It’s not just an injury. It’s his attitude. He doesn’t contest. He doesn’t get back. Also, him being so slow on offense plays into Boston’s hands, although that’s more on Kidd, I guess.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Doncic is better but he’s not at 40%. Let’s not be silly. He’s scoring as usual.

It’s not just an injury. It’s his attitude. He doesn’t contest. He doesn’t get back. Also, him being so slow on offense plays into Boston’s hands, although that’s more on Kidd, I guess.

He’s an awesome offensive player but I’d love to see what he’d look like if he took this seriously. He’s a fat traffic cone on one side of the court and he spends half the game begging for calls.

 

[nomar]

I don't know man. Get a 21 point lead, might as well let Pritchard cook. What could go wrong!?

I literally LOLed when Doris said “there is not a detail missed” regarding Mazzulla.

This about the only guy in the world who didn’t notice there was a 7’3” guy hobbling up and down the court for 2 minutes.

 

[HooperScooper]

Not a fan of either team. Don’t think Luka’s 6th was a block, Brown extended.

You clearly are wrong. Everyone on the telecast and the refs, including the review, thought it was a block.

 

[nomar]

That’s fine, I understand im in the thunderdome here. Last ~7 minutes seemed like Celtics got a lot of calls. Although Horford did get fouled on that late out of bounds.

Burke and Breen would’ve let everyone know if they thought you were right

 

[Woodson]

I literally LOLed when Doris said “there is not a detail missed” regarding Mazzulla.

This about the only guy in the world who didn’t notice there was a 7’3” guy hobbling up and down the court for 2 minutes.

How do they not call time out with Horford running down the court with the ball???
I was losing it

*I also may have blacked out at some point during that comeback so if we had already burned them all - that’s my bad

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Burke and Breen would’ve let everyone know if they thought you were right

Not basing my opinion off Doris, and JJ thought it was borderline, I tend to lean on one side of that border I guess, just as you do. And that PJ Washington screen was a flop job. That screen happens 20x a game and isn’t called.

 

[aceboon]

One of the most egregious moving screens you will ever see, Josh Green channeling the spirit of Larry Allen

 

[nomar]

How do they not call time out with Horford running down the court with the ball???
I was losing it

Apparently Mazzulla called for it and the ref didn’t see him or wouldn’t give it (a la the ref ignoring White’s intentional foul at the end)

But WTF was Al doing? That brain dead play was contagious

 

[superjohn]

Doncic is better but he’s not at 40%. Let’s not be silly. He’s scoring as usual.

It’s not just an injury. It’s his attitude. He doesn’t contest. He doesn’t get back. Also, him being so slow on offense plays into Boston’s hands, although that’s more on Kidd, I guess.

He can barely move out there. We all know he's not the fastest guy around but he's in slow motion these playoffs. Whatever percentage you want to put it at is fine but he's seriously compromised. He legit can't even move for loose balls that are right by him and he's saving what he has for offense and abandoning defense. He needs to get a lot better on defense but I haven't seen him move like this on either end of the court in my years watching him.

Credit to the Celtics, they are loaded with good perimeter defenders but he's nowhere near healthy. He has a bum knee, a bum, ankle, and he's getting shots for his chest injury.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

This series is quintessential Kyrie