Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 149. (Read 914668 times)

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.

I know that this means business to them when they get to transfer to another one, but is it necessary to just unfollow and undo everything that has signed you for almost all or half of your career?

Anyway, that's for sure that he'd be out for the Dub nation.

And going with game 4 today with Mavs and Celtics, looking like we're going to see an extension of it. Anyway, it's just on 2nd quarter and will wait until it ends.

Klay Thompson has removed Warriors references from his social media and unfollowed the Warriors on Instagram. Seems like we may have a trade on our hands here. Klay had a pretty bad year so this isn’t surprising news. Now we wait to see where he ends up and how he feels about it. I’d guess he wants to end his career as a Laker like his Dad, but we’ll see.

Despite that, they still get a lot of hate but I guess haters are everywhere and even in the most beloved teams and players.

That might be a factor but not really a big thing at all. Fans are throwing to them this matter as an advantage for them but what they can do? it's not their fault that they're healthy and their opponents through the ladder of the finals are on that situation.

The Celtics were the only team that deserved to be champions with their performance from the beginning to the end of the season. Their opponents' injury problems and the claim that they are on an easy path can't overshadow their championship. They also had the best record in the regular season, beating every team.
Today the Mavs can make one last stand and win a game. Dončić and Kyrie won't want to be remembered as the team that got swept in the finals, but their mood after Game 3 didn't look good. The Celtics may not be too hung up on tonight's game to celebrate at home. In the end, the Celtics are guaranteed to be champions. The big question is whether the FMVP will be JB or JT.

Let's wait if they can force to game 5 later. The world is tuning in for this match because many are expecting that this has to be their ending. But even if everyone wants to see them go at all in the game 7, the odds are very low that they're going to be there. I'm not sure if that article that I've seen or just an headline that I pass through that Luka is blaming Kidd for his actions? That's no good if that's really happening there, many didn't believed a Luka-Kyrie tandem but they made it far but not so far in the finals.

The bench can be somehow helpful if there are reserved that are future superstars. But most of them are just literally for reserve and we've only seen a few of them that came from being benched to becoming a first five. And for these games that are in the finals, the team has to secure their title especially for the Boston and they'll only be given playing time if the time is lesser and the lead that they have is no longer reachable. We get to see this kind of plays from teams and allowing the benchies to play and have some play time but it doesn't really matter that much at all.

Or, when their opposing team is on the lead and they can't reach it anymore. And so, coaches allows these benchies to play and just let the time tick until it goes to zero. Let's see if the Celtics are going to do that but IMO, Joe won't allow that and they have to secure this and everyone from the bench is going to understand that. Or who knows if they'll be given playing time this time since it's very likely that this is the last match of the series.