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Yeah, Luka getting fouled out in the game was really huge, as the offense became more predictable with only Irving making plays. If Luka had been there, they might have completed the comeback, and this series could already be 2-2. What I saw in game 4 was the Dallas team that beat the Wolves; they got everyone involved, and that momentum should carry into game 5.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the lowest output for the Celtics in the playoffs, or even in the regular season. They only scored 84 points and were really outrebounded by Dallas by a huge margin, 52-31.

I don’t believe that they intentionally loss this game since this is championship and they have nothing to gain for doing that. Besides, a lose is expected for them after getting a 3-0 advantage since they will relax a little bit.

If you watch again game 1-3, You will notice that Dallas always rally to close the gap during the second half. Dallas almost win game 3 if Luka didn’t fouled out. Dallas has a potential to beat badly Celtics if they will start strong which what they did on game 4. Let’s see if they can keep up with this phase for not giving Boston a chance for the lead on the game.

So you are saying that they rigged that game to extend the series? 

I believe that NBA can be rigged but not from the cooperation of the players, refs can rig it but not the players. let's just say that the body language of a team that are down big time is really different when they are up, and in that game where Dallas have a huge lead early and no matter what the Celtics do they cannot go back, so it's kinda mix emotion to them that they are frustrated at the same time. Man, let's just give that to Dallas, but if Dallas still beat Celtics in game 5, then that would prove they didn't rig it, Dallas just found the way to beat them.

Even during 1st half, Celtics starter is suspiciously not playing 100%. There’s a lot of airball 3 points which is not happening during game 1 to 3 and also a lot of miss drive despite there’s enough space to make the shot.

Not to mention that Brown and Tatum is playing weak on this match unlike their regular play. I think this match might prolong up to game 6 or 7 if Boston will keep playing like this.

It’s very rare for White to shoot 3 with an airball. The direction is already there but it looks like he purposely weakening his shot just to not hit the ring.

They were pulled out in the 3rd quarter because the lead was too big that it's almost impossible for them to come back. That's a great decision to avoid injury, and even if they were blowout that big, it's still equivalent to 1 win for Dallas. Well, we now have game 5 and Mavericks are going to travel back to Boston to try to keep their hope alive, if they'll win then that's another interesting story to follow.

The Celtics were suspiciously weak in this game. Almost all Celtics players didn't even play 30 minutes, and their top players made only 10-12 shot attempts. I had previously assumed that the Celtics planned a gentleman's sweep in this series, but I didn't expect them to do it this way.

Kidd should have figured that out on the early games. But then, he's got to rotate most of the useful from the bench.

Game 5 will be tougher as the Mavs has only one breathing game and they're all dead while the Celtics can still breathe pretty easy and nice going with the upcoming matches.

But I think that whatever happens on this next game, Joe won't do this early defeat benching. They're confident but they need to be careful.

We can really see that this is the effect of the absence of Porzingis in the court since we could able to see that Mavs can fight back since they will not get pressured for the presence or performance what able could contribute inside the court. If Luka didn't get fouled out on game 3 maybe they could able to take that game but unwanted things happened on their side. But we are seeing now that Mavs dominate totally and out scored Celtics then for what they are showing then if they are consistent on their performance then there's huge chance that they could able to stretch this series and might we could see Mavs in 6.

Not sure about this stats though, just nice to haves and I don't think that it's crazy as it sounds as in this game, the Dallas team won by a huge margin and so it will offset what the Boston winning gap in the first 3 games.

I just watched a video of a Laker fan and thru an insider that they are going to pursue Donovan Mitchell with Reaves and Rui + multiple 1st round future draft picks. But it is still early to speculate, but I think this rumored has been with the Lakers since the trade deadline last February.

Yes, perhaps Mazzula thinks that they will go back to Boston Garden so it make sense to not force this game on them. They still lead the series and let the Mavs takes this one as as they are still very much in the lead with 3-1 and going back to their homecourt.

And it's just about time that the bench of the Mavs get it going. As what we have seen, it's only Luka and Kyrie that is taking the load, but in this game, the bench really took it personally and then smothered the Celtics with their defense and at the same time everyone who plays in their side almost contributed to this game.

Anything is possible and if Klay Thompson is open for the trade why not that last performance that he gave was really not that bad but it was really short as there are many mistakes that have happened on the part of Draymond Green and the call of Steve Kerr was really off that time, for me, Kerr should have given many opportunities for Jonathan Kuminga as he is still an improving player he surely needs a lot of experience he can get but if he decided to make trades for himself I think it is a lost for the Warriors for getting him traded to the other team.

For me, Andrew Wiggins is good to go that slump and out-of-focus play at the start of the season were not really needed after getting that big pay cut he is starting to be like Jordan Poole his hunger was gone I think Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins are a good option for a trade next season.


This happened in the 3rd game the Dallas Mavericks were dominating at the start of the game and Dereck Lively II was doing great in getting that alley-oops his defense was really something in this game the dominating aura of the Dallas Mavericks did not fade and continued until the end of the game if this happens again in game 5 then I am seeing the Dallas Mavericks will tie the finals in game 6 but if Luka Doncic or Kyrie Irving will get injuries or be fouled out again a strong start will surely be cut short.

That was a sign of early defeat when the coach have already benched their superstars. Since they're on a 3-0, a given lose of 1 game won't matter to thme.

But this is all about hope for the Mavs. Court will be on the side of Celtics next but still, this series hasn't ended yet.

So let's wait and see if there will be new history for the Mavs or it will be for the Celtics.

I just read a crazy stat. After tonight’s game, the Dallas Mavericks are actually outscoring the Boston Celtics in the series 408 to 402. Granted, tonight was a gimme game to get back to Boston, but it’s still wild to think that being down 3-1 you could still have more total points than the other team.

That was a really huge and bold statement from the Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks, but they might have just saved their loss for another day. No disrespect to the mavericks defensive prowess tonight, but then I really believe that the Celtics were the one that beat themselves tonight, there was a huge level of complacency from their body language, no extra passes, no finding the open guy just each guy trying to outplay themselves, I really don't know if that was a play the finals MVP and whatnot, but now really isn't the time to get cocky and all that!

Keep your brooms. No sweep will happen.

Damn, the Mavericks really played strong today. I never expected them to go that far but I know they can win games. 30+ points lead and the Celtics already benched their stars before the 4th quarter started. Yes, It's a whole 4th quarter of garbage time but thankfully Tim Hardaway Jr. made it fun by shooting 5 consecutive threes in the distance.

Luka playing defense. I think I have said it here before, he is the weakness when it comes to defense and he will also be the key for them to win their games. Just that little bit of level-up in moving his feet on the defensive end will make them win. No doubt with his offense but look how good they are when he is complete on both ends of the floor.

The Celtics really phoned this one in. I guess they decided they’d rather win the championship in front of their home crowd on Monday. I think a certain amount of respect is probably at play here too. Sweeping a team destroys people’s legacies these days, so I’m glad Luka saved himself that label forever, but it’s still Boston in 5.

Definitely not, especially when the other team doesn't mind losing it while the other is giving their all.

This game looks funny to me. The Boston aren't themselves. I can see White not hitting the basket when he's been an amazing shooter. I can see Holiday not shooting the ball and prefers doing a hard pass when he's widely open.

Well, it's probably understandable. To be proclaimed the champions at home and in front of your own crowd certainly feels better.

Def not going to see a sweep in the series. Dallas is up by 33 currently and not looking like they will slow down. Boston has 3 guys in foul trouble as well Tatum with 4, Brown with 3, and Horford with 3.

I don't see the Mavericks winning the series since noone has come back from down 3-0, but if they can do this for 3 more games it would be historic.

I do agree, we should give credit to the Boston Celtics, and I wouldn't say it's a easy path although when they faces team in the playoff, it's very unfortunately that the franchise player got injured. But I still I think that the Celtics will win against Miami even if Butler is healthy, in my opinion.

Mavs though is leading the game right now, it's a huge lead so maybe they are not going to be swept here.

For me the Finals MVP should be given to JB, in my opinion.

I think it's pretty obvious that Klay might not be sign by the Warriors again based on last season's performance alone and there have been a lot of trade talks already. To be fair, not just him, but Looney, Kuminga and Andrew Wiggins names are floating.

Nothing personal though, it's just business and if he can get a bigger contract on other teams so why not take that opportunity?

Of course for Warriors fan, they wanted him to stay, but everything is up on the air right now.