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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 10:25:12 PM

Dallas just couldn’t catch a break. I think everyone has to accept that Boston’s time has come. Taytum and Brown are getting their first chip. They really owe Luka because without Dallas beating Minnesota I don’t think we’d be in the position we’re in. As for the future for Dallas, I think this was their shot and they don’t make another NBA Finals for a long time.

Yeah, it's just that the Celtics is too strong and too good for them. I think this is the game that that could have won, because they took a good lead in the first quarter and then remain consistent in the second quarter. But the Celtics found their rhythm on the third and I thought that it was over. But Dallas come back to the delight of the crowd and I thought that they can do it.

And we can't really deny that this is Boston time though, after their lost to the Warriors in 2022, they come back strong in 2024, having the best record in the NBA and now one win away from post era of Pierce, KG, Rondo and Ray Allen and win another championship.

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Quote from: Questat on June 13, 2024, 12:33:15 AM

But how about the Dallas vs Celtics, can Luka win the FMVP?

I think it's unlikely to happen especially if Dallas will get swept. When the opposing team are not competitive, there's no chance their best player will win a Finals MVP. If we compared the individual record, of course Luka would have an upper hand as he has been carrying his team in the last 3 games, but the Celtics played great teamwork, so the NBA will just pick one of them.

IMO, this could only be between Brownd and Tatum.

So let's compare their statistics.
Name Game Points, Rebounds, Assist
Tatum 1 16 11 5
Brown 1 22 6 2

Name Game Points, Rebounds, Assist
Tatum 2 18 9 12
Brown 2 21 4 7

Name Game Points, Rebounds, Assist
Tatum 3 31 6 5
Brown 3 30 8 8

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on June 12, 2024, 11:46:29 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 10:25:12 PM

Dallas just couldn’t catch a break. I think everyone has to accept that Boston’s time has come. Taytum and Brown are getting their first chip. They really owe Luka because without Dallas beating Minnesota I don’t think we’d be in the position we’re in. As for the future for Dallas, I think this was their shot and they don’t make another NBA Finals for a long time.

I predicted that the Mavericks would win in 7 games in this series, but I didn't expect that the Celtics will just dominate them, and we saw it in Game 3. Now I guess with this win, we pretty much know the outcome of this, right? No team lost after having a 3-0 lead in the playoffs.

I want to win the Celtics now not only because they're stronger against the Celtics in all aspects, but I want Bob Cousy to see the Celtics winning its 18th title before leaving the Earth. He said in one interview that he's 95 years old already, and he wants to see the Celtics winning another title. With one win away, I guess what he wants will became a reality, eh. The duo for both teams really stepped especially Tatum and Irving who played awfully in the first 2 games. In the end, the Mavericks just couldn't stop their three-point shooting as they shot 17/46 as for the Mavericks 9/25. Anyway, this is pretty much over already. Congratulations Boston Celtics in Advance.

Celtics are just too good for the Dallas, they are full of shooters that Dallas could not stop. I've seen how they are confident in game 3, they are not hesitating their shots and that alone is already a big advantage for the team. Though Irving had bounce back from a bad scoring in game 1 and 2, but his points are hard earned, not easily looks but able to score. It's just unfortunate that Luka were fouled out after the Dallas had a great run, but it was too late for them, they can't play catch up against a team who have all the weapons to win.

It seems like the loss of KP does not affect the team negatively, in fact, they win the game easily.

Quote from: LogitechMouse on June 12, 2024, 11:46:29 PM

Just to add, I would like to say Rest in Peace to "The Logo" Jerry West who just passed away a few hours ago. I will not forget 2 things about him.
- His more than 3/4's buzzer beater shot, and the only player who won the Finals MVP despite his team losing. The 2nd achievement will stand alone in NBA history.

ohh... RIP to him too. People come and go but he'll be remembered as a legend in the NBA. About the FMVP on the losing team, I thought Lebron also won that but I confirmed he didn't he just almost won it in 2015.

But how about the Dallas vs Celtics, can Luka win the FMVP?

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 10:25:12 PM

Dallas just couldn’t catch a break. I think everyone has to accept that Boston’s time has come. Taytum and Brown are getting their first chip. They really owe Luka because without Dallas beating Minnesota I don’t think we’d be in the position we’re in. As for the future for Dallas, I think this was their shot and they don’t make another NBA Finals for a long time.

I predicted that the Mavericks would win in 7 games in this series, but I didn't expect that the Celtics will just dominate them, and we saw it in Game 3. Now I guess with this win, we pretty much know the outcome of this, right? No team lost after having a 3-0 lead in the playoffs.

I want to win the Celtics now not only because they're stronger against the Celtics in all aspects, but I want Bob Cousy to see the Celtics winning its 18th title before leaving the Earth. He said in one interview that he's 95 years old already, and he wants to see the Celtics winning another title. With one win away, I guess what he wants will became a reality, eh. The duo for both teams really stepped especially Tatum and Irving who played awfully in the first 2 games. In the end, the Mavericks just couldn't stop their three-point shooting as they shot 17/46 as for the Mavericks 9/25. Anyway, this is pretty much over already. Congratulations Boston Celtics in Advance.

Just to add, I would like to say Rest in Peace to "The Logo" Jerry West who just passed away a few hours ago. I will not forget 2 things about him.
- His more than 3/4's buzzer beater shot, and the only player who won the Finals MVP despite his team losing. The 2nd achievement will stand alone in NBA history.

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 10:25:12 PM

Dallas just couldn’t catch a break. I think everyone has to accept that Boston’s time has come. Taytum and Brown are getting their first chip. They really owe Luka because without Dallas beating Minnesota I don’t think we’d be in the position we’re in. As for the future for Dallas, I think this was their shot and they don’t make another NBA Finals for a long time.

They were almost there. They caught with the Celtics 21-point lead and yet another officiating problem. Why is it that everytime the Mavericks are near at taking the lead from a huge deficit, the referee's will start stepping in and call stupid fouls or no call at all.
Again with Doncic attacking the paint a lot of times and yet you will hear no whistle. I mean, the Celtics could've been in a big foul trouble in the 3rd quarter if all of those were called.

Anyway, congratulations to the Celtics.
Luka post-game interview was asked about the officiating and he just said "I don't know.", I think he just doesn't want to get in trouble especially now that they still have a chance to fight back. There's actually something he can do, stop barking in Game 4, and start boxing out, I think that is his greatest weakness, he ain't boxing out anyone.

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Dallas just couldn’t catch a break. I think everyone has to accept that Boston’s time has come. Taytum and Brown are getting their first chip. They really owe Luka because without Dallas beating Minnesota I don’t think we’d be in the position we’re in. As for the future for Dallas, I think this was their shot and they don’t make another NBA Finals for a long time.

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Anyways, I see Kyrie continuing to struggle in the remaining games. And Dallas cannot win if only Luka is the one producing good outputs. It's going to be 4-0 for Boston. Grin

I'm not sure about 4-0. However, based on the results of the two games of the final series, I would say that the Celtics look better than the Mavs as a team. You're right that the Mavs really only have Luka, who has been performing consistently and trying to do something against the Celtics. Maybe the outcome would have been different if Kyrie had performed better, but so far his performance has been mediocre.

We will see the ML since the game will be in the home court of the Dallas team, they are the favorite, so it could be a good indication that maybe the Mavs can take game 3 because it's going to be in their homecourt.

But it should be a team effort though, not just Luka but for the core specially Kyrie who has been missing in this finals. PJ Washington, Lively and Gafford should also help and not allow themselves to be outrebounded in the next game as it is also crucial for them to control the board and then run.

All of them needs to help, it's now on their homecourt and maybe they'll get some favor from the ref hehehe, but kidding aside, it's a team game and they need to have everyone to involve on both side, they need more on thier offense and not just mostly from Luka but all the core players needs to step up and play their role to win and gain that confidence and switch the momentum, it's more on team adjsutments and they almost have that last game 2,

though for sure, most fans who watch that game still have that questionable calls from the refs, especially that possible momentum changer if that attempts of dunks fromWashington recieve that push contact from Brown the chance of snatching that game is possible for the Mavs, but, no call means to move forward and look for that clean win at home.

And looking at the first half, Luka and Kyrie has support already, with Lively and Washington and even Exum has a dunk. They even take a good lead in the first quarter to double digits but the Boston Celtics come back and now at the end of the first half, Dallas with a slim 1 point advantage. Luka though is shooting too much in this game and missing a lot, just saying. But it was also same with Boston, Jayson Tatum is having the best game of this series, still shooting from the outside. But it was more of Jaylen Brown, who is not into his shooting form in this game. But still they manage to hang on, and even taking the lead at times in the second quarter.

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 05:51:09 PM

Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out officially for tonight. If Dallas can’t pull out a win here, it’s over. Even if they do win it is still an uphill battle, but tonight everything seems to be aligned for them to get a win. Kyrie needs to have a good game and redeem himself a little bit and I think Kristaps being out gives Doncic a slight advantage offensively. We’ll see…

This is already one factor for them to win the game tonight.

Since Kristaps Porzingis has played, he did great for the past game that he's in. But the Mavs won't still be confident with that, they can move and still play well even if he's not there.

We've seen that in their games when KP has been ruled out and not able to play. Luka and Kyrie needs to do it properly and they need to lead the team better than the recent games they've got.

Krista's porzingas was the x factor here tonight just like he was in the first 2 games. Dallas needs to figure out how to contain Tatum to make sure he doesn't have one of those 50 point games. Think Dallas smells blood and with them being at home I like theor chances here. Luka for 40-15-10 tonight.

So far the Mavs are shooting good in the first quarter and they've taken a good lead as Boston is struggling with their offense. And we can see that there's already a lob pass inside so that is a good sign that their offense is really looking good here.

Let's see how it goes, maybe Boston will comeback strong later and make this game a bit closer.

Or the Mavs pulling away to make it 2-1 in this series.

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Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out officially for tonight. If Dallas can’t pull out a win here, it’s over. Even if they do win it is still an uphill battle, but tonight everything seems to be aligned for them to get a win. Kyrie needs to have a good game and redeem himself a little bit and I think Kristaps being out gives Doncic a slight advantage offensively. We’ll see…

This is already one factor for them to win the game tonight.

Since Kristaps Porzingis has played, he did great for the past game that he's in. But the Mavs won't still be confident with that, they can move and still play well even if he's not there.

We've seen that in their games when KP has been ruled out and not able to play. Luka and Kyrie needs to do it properly and they need to lead the team better than the recent games they've got.

Krista's porzingas was the x factor here tonight just like he was in the first 2 games. Dallas needs to figure out how to contain Tatum to make sure he doesn't have one of those 50 point games. Think Dallas smells blood and with them being at home I like theor chances here. Luka for 40-15-10 tonight.

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 05:51:09 PM

Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out officially for tonight. If Dallas can’t pull out a win here, it’s over. Even if they do win it is still an uphill battle, but tonight everything seems to be aligned for them to get a win. Kyrie needs to have a good game and redeem himself a little bit and I think Kristaps being out gives Doncic a slight advantage offensively. We’ll see…

This is already one factor for them to win the game tonight.

Since Kristaps Porzingis has played, he did great for the past game that he's in. But the Mavs won't still be confident with that, they can move and still play well even if he's not there.

We've seen that in their games when KP has been ruled out and not able to play. Luka and Kyrie needs to do it properly and they need to lead the team better than the recent games they've got.

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Quote from: MK-74 on June 12, 2024, 05:35:52 PM

Game 3 of the final series will start in 2 hours.
I hope Dallas wins this game, I still want them to win.
Kyrie needs to show himself now.

Kristaps Porzingis in Boston is uncertain to play tonight. If he doesn't, he could be a major loss for Boston.

Doncic in Dallas is still injured but continues to play.

Let's see how tonight turns out.

Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out officially for tonight. If Dallas can’t pull out a win here, it’s over. Even if they do win it is still an uphill battle, but tonight everything seems to be aligned for them to get a win. Kyrie needs to have a good game and redeem himself a little bit and I think Kristaps being out gives Doncic a slight advantage offensively. We’ll see…

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Quote from: danherbias07 on June 12, 2024, 08:22:01 AM

Finally, Game 3 is coming later.
It felt like forever. I guess I got used to the season where every day I would wake up early to watch the game. Grin

I hope this series will be longer.

Missing those days in the playoffs that we get to see games everyday and they're the most crucial games for most of the participating teams.
Good luck to our bets mate. Cheesy

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RIP to Jerry West.

Rest in paradise, Jerry!

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It's a good advantage of the Mavericks if KP will indeed not gonna play, but as we all see in the last game, he tored his ankle and after that he wasn't moving the same anymore, so I guess it's Dallas time to win.

It is certainly an advantage for the Mavs if Porzingis isn't going to play. That's what the news that I've seen a while ago and I'm not sure if I'd be happy with that as I want to see how the Mavs can prove themselves with a healthy line up. But even so, with or without him I've bet already for the Mavs to win this game. So, there goes the handicap for this game 3 and the Mavs are determined to win this or else, that's going to be the near to death of their journey for this very finals. I've watched a video about Mark Cuban being asked what's the best gift that he can give to Luka or vice versa, he need 'a championship'.

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Game 3 of the final series will start in 2 hours.
I hope Dallas wins this game, I still want them to win.
Kyrie needs to show himself now.

Kristaps Porzingis in Boston is uncertain to play tonight. If he doesn't, he could be a major loss for Boston.

Doncic in Dallas is still injured but continues to play.

Let's see how tonight turns out.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on June 12, 2024, 03:26:24 PM

If Kyrie was 25 years old magically, I think this series would be singing a different tune entirely. I mean, is that even debatable? Going down 2-0 is not bueno for the Mavs. I'm kind of surprised to see that Dallas is favored by -2.5 pts currently for tonight's game. I guess having home court advantage finally, and at least the last game was closer, but certainly Boston has all the momentum on their side. They know if they go up 3-0, it's over. This game is of course beyond pivotal for the Mavs..can't wait.

Yes, it's a win or burst situation for the Mavericks tonight, and the homecourt really does play a part in the Odds distribution, but I still don't believe the Maverick should be the favorite at that, although Porzingis effect was minimal in game 2, compared to the first game but if he misses tonight's game that would be an extra boost for the Mavericks, they however, still have a lot of fire power from the Celtics roster to be worried about. Should be a more interesting game tonight, I hope!

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 02:10:02 PM

RIP to Jerry West. The man was literally the logo of the NBA and one of its most respected historical players. I really loved the Winning Time show that featured him in it as a character. He’s a Lakers legend, an NBA legend, and he will no doubt live on as the logo for the NBA around the world for many years to come…

This is heartbreaking.

I've just seen this news as well and thought that someone would notice that here, RIP Jerry West.

A legend and one of the most notable players that ever came to NBA. His legacy will forever with basketball and not just on the league.

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If Kyrie was 25 years old magically, I think this series would be singing a different tune entirely. I mean, is that even debatable? Going down 2-0 is not bueno for the Mavs. I'm kind of surprised to see that Dallas is favored by -2.5 pts currently for tonight's game. I guess having home court advantage finally, and at least the last game was closer, but certainly Boston has all the momentum on their side. They know if they go up 3-0, it's over. This game is of course beyond pivotal for the Mavs..can't wait.

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I can say that the Boston Celtics are the best team since Golden State in 2017. The quality of the roster between the two teams is evident in the finals. The dream is about to end for Dallas and the Boston Celtics are the heavy favorites in the final series. The Celtics, who have the best players in the NBA, are not at the mercy of a single player and that's the difference in this series. The next games may be the ones where Dallas will show their stuff, but I think the Boston Celtics will win the championship with the strength of their roster quality and their performance throughout the season.

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RIP to Jerry West. The man was literally the logo of the NBA and one of its most respected historical players. I really loved the Winning Time show that featured him in it as a character. He’s a Lakers legend, an NBA legend, and he will no doubt live on as the logo for the NBA around the world for many years to come…

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Finally, Game 3 is coming later.
It felt like forever. I guess I got used to the season where every day I would wake up early to watch the game. Grin

I hope this series will be longer.

The game will now be shifted to Dallas home and I bet the Mavs' fans are excited to see their stars play in the Finals one more time.
The last time they were in this position was with Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, JJ Barea, Peja Stojakovic, Tyson Chandler, and more. I will never forget that moment when Dirk scored 45/46 free throws in the series against the Heat. I was watching that game live.
Now here goes Mavs again and I bet they will receive a hot welcome from their fans.

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Quote from: Finestream on June 12, 2024, 07:00:31 AM

It's a good advantage of the Mavericks if KP will indeed not gonna play, but as we all see in the last game, he tored his ankle and after that he wasn't moving the same anymore, so I guess it's Dallas time to win.

That's the reason why the line now is -2.5 for Dallas. It opened at -1.5 but when the news surpased that KP is doubtful, it move to -2.5. IMO, this movement is not so sigificant because it's still going to attract Dallas bettors considering they are back at home and down 0-2 in the series.

How about the total here? I mean, the last 2 games went under because Dallas struggles with their scoring, so if they'll win game 3, they should be able to easily scor over 100 points, with that said, this over 213 should easily hit.

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