Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 154. (Read 914668 times)

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.

Its good to address those miss calls so that fans will not get angry on the results or think about that the referees are helping Boston to win. There are fans saying that and want to discredit the win of Celtics, although its clear that they are having a total dominance between this match up but its still good if officials will be careful and pay attention on what they are doing.

Boston is in control so getting choke might not gonna happen since this is important game and for sure they do all they can so that Mavs cannot take advantage on them then secure their win for a possible sweep. If Boston can do that then this might be the one biggest win of their franchise. Don't know what happen to Kyrie but it show that Boston know how to handle him that's why he struggle so much on finals.

I wanted Boston to not just to win the series but by 4-0. But it is good that people are mentioning the wrong calls and decisions of referees. It is even better if it trends because the referees will do their job better next time.

Boston was only in control in game 2 but never been so dominant like in game 1. And as mentioned, it's 50 seconds to go. That's a lot of time. Some people say Boston is a choker team and it could happen when the game is so close with seconds remaining.

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.

Mavs is what we call the sentimental favorites for basketball fans across US. I don't know why they have the hate against Celtics though, maybe it was that Boston has many championships already and that's why they wanted for the Mavs and Luka to get one at least in his career.

I do agree that homecourt advantage is still an advantage. Usually, teams perform very well in their homecourt with their fans behind them with all the support and love. Hopefully, it will be true that the Dallas team can get 1 win in this series, to get him confidence to get back and tie in in game 4.

I don't see a sweep but maybe a 4-1 win by the Mavs here. So I'm not surprised that they are the favorite in game 3 because of their home court advantage. Kyrie will have to produce a great game here and I think he will do everything, including the bench because they need to help Luka.

You can see the frustrations on Luka's face though in game 2 as if he has given up and could be looking at American Arena to at least take a W and make the series more interesting for us.

Yeah I don't think they should be favored here.  Boston has too many weapons and even with Luka playing well they can't seem to figure out how to slow them down.  Games have been hitting the under but if Boston wants to turn it up they can.  I think they have just been dictating the pace.  We could legitimately see a sweep here.

The Celtics are deaf with the crowd noise but homecourt advantage is still an advantage for any team that they're playing at their own home.

I've seen a survey that most of the states in the US except one are in wanting to see the Dallas Mavericks win the ring this season. But let's see if that will matter.

I am starting to see fans tell that Celtics @ 4.

The crazy thing is that the Mavericks are the favorites to win game 3… In not sure home court advantage can make up for the shortcomings we’ve been witnessing.

^That last possesion with 51 seconds left at 98-103 was definitely a foul, you can see clearly that both Brown is pushing from behind but also White is hitting the hand as well, it was a clear clear foul but these days referees are so terrible that we got used to these calls. Boston definitely came to play, because they made fewer mistakes, whereas Dallas played "better" but they made more mistakes, the turnovers right at the most important moments allowed Boston to take advantage and do better.

I feel like we are talking about something that would take some time and Dallas needs to recollect their minds. If the first two games are any indicator, we can say that Boston will definitely win, just not sure how it goes when Dallas decides to change some things.

The Boston Celtics are now 2-0, just 2 wins away from becoming champions. I don't think Dallas can turn the series around from here, Doncic is fighting on his own. Kyrie couldn't handle the pressure, he was affected by the crowd in Boston. The other players didn't contribute enough. Jason Kidd couldn't get anything out of the wide rotation. I think the Celtics are very close to winning the championship and the FMVP will be Brown or Holiday. If Tatum continues like this, it seems like he won't get the FMVP either.

To be honest, I didn't think they would win the first game, but I thought they would at least get a win in the second game. They must be feeling a lot of pressure right now. We can say that if they cannot win the next match, they will have no chance anymore. Actually, there can be legendary comebacks in final matches, but I don't think such a thing will happen right now. Dallas is playing with the wrong strategy and something needs to change in the team. The next match is very critical, maybe we will see that we have reached the end of another season after one match

I suddenly remembered Lebron's face at that moment.
A lot of bad calls actually and no calls. Luka is being hit hard inside the paint and you will hear no whistle. There was also a time Jones Jr. was passing the ball and he was hit in the hands and no call too, turnover for the Mavs.
Despite all this, Luka is still not retaliating against the referee's he is talking peacefully and never claimed a technical foul yet. When did we hear a tech against him?

Yes, that's why it is crucial to win that one game against the Celtics because of that percentage. Well, we have seen some things that surprised us and who knows what could happen.
First things first, the Mavs must win both games at their homecourt too.

Let's just give that last two games to the Boston Celtics but game 3 there should be no more excuses for the Dallas Mavericks if they still loss. They actually have a chance in game 2 but they are missing a lot of free throws which are very important in a game that is close. Dallas were able to limit the production of the Celtics in the outside, but the problem is their shooting are also not good, so hopefully they'll shoot better on their own homecourt.

If I have to bet, I will not hesitate betting on the Mavericks in game 3 as in the next 2 games, game 3 is the best game which I think there's a huge chance of winning, of course no team would want to be at 0-3 disadvantage.

Just 2 more wins and the Boston Celtics will be the NBA champion this season but there are a lot of reports that the Boston Celtics have the Easiest run this season according to theringer.com because their opponents team have some replacement from the above valued players playing the game all due because of injuries so according to the article that I mentioned base on the statistics that the Boston Celtics indeed have the easiest road to the finals and contrary to that the Miami Heat doesn't have Jimmy Butler for the entire round series, the Cavaliers doesn't have Jarrett Allen, the entire series and Donovan Mitchell who couldn't play after game 3, and on the Conference Finals the Pacers were down without Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin for the entire series so the Boston Celtics have faced teams that are handicap with injuries.

I don't really hate the Boston Celtics at all and I am not a fan of the Dallas Mavericks right now I just said this as I have seen and have analyzed that they surely have an easy path going to the finals not unlike the Mavericks anyway if they become champions this season I don't really have any problem at all but for me, I think that they have the easy path going into the finals if they win the easy path getting the championship this is just statistics and I really love to hear what you guys think.

The Mavs usually steal the show in their away games in the playoffs this year but this time their luck ran off and they already lost the opportunity to put pressure to the Celtics rather they are the ones are pressured now because they need to win this upcoming game at home to make it more convincing that they gonna have some chance to win a championship this season but until then, they need to get something working on their offense because it's currently not working against the Celtics in their last 2 games.

I reckon, mostly of the blame goes to Kidd as he's the tactician of how his boys are going to play. Well, wrong calls, plays and decision making should be corrected on the 3rd game.

They really are capable and let's see if the situation will change when they play on their home court. Many are counting on how the Dallas will close a game and hopes are still there.

By game 3, many fans are hoping for that.

That definitely right, and Luka was the only one still do the heavy lifting. Actually, for Dallas to win game 3, Kyrie needs to turn himself to the Kyrie we saw on previous round. 7-18 a better shooting compared to the game 1 but the points made is not enough to help Luka.

The bigs this series are not so effective also, just this game, Lively only score 2 points. Another point is the 3 point shooting, they are below 30%, so how can they win if one of their main weapon is not working.

We'll never know if he's up for something that he believes that's going to work. But looking at how tough the defense of Celtics, they should be credited for that. But I'm sure that Kidd has realized a lot of things and this is no joke to retain this kind of approach on an NBA finals if it failed him and the team for two important games already. We don't want to see this go on a sweep as I want the Dallas to win it but Celtics is just showing that they are the owner of their own court and Dallas can't do sh!t against them for which what they've done against the Timberwolves.

He has to use each and everyone of them even in the bench, I know that it's kind of hard to trust with the benchwarmers but it's not like that. He has to do some rebalancing of it but if he'd do that on 3, I think that it's too late for him to realize and he'd get use to the strategy that he's done for these two games. He has sure realized this after the game a while ago and he needs to strategize and make use of everyone not just for Kyrie and Luka and other big men of the team.

People need to move on miss call on PJ Washington since even if they call it a foul nothing well change. Dallas has been dominated so much by Celtics and leave them no chance to win. Mavs really got a problem with Celtics roster since they are struggling to have proper match up. For sure Kidd already know that there's nothing they can do anymore since its like Celtics is having a good party and again they are dominating on game 2.

The problem with Mavs is if Kyrie continue to struggle then their total team performance will get affected. So hopefully we could able to see a explosive Kyrie on game 3 since if again they lose to Celtics then I think the game is already over and we could able to agree that Celtics is the champ for this season and Mavs most likely have high chance to get sweep on finals this season.

Luka nearly did it and made it a a 5-point game. Derrick White's block on P.J. Washington should've been a foul and that would've made it a 3-point lead by Boston with 50 seconds to go.

I don't know if Jason Kidd made the right call by just giving up the game. I would've preferred to at least made an intentional foul and then a quick 3 as my last resort.

Anyways, Dallas showed in this game that they're capable of making the game close. We'll see how they fare when they're at home playing. But for me, I can smell a 4-0 if Kyrie continues to get shut down.