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Quote from: OgNasty on June 12, 2024, 03:10:02 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, 08:00:31 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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Quote from: ultrloa on June 12, 2024, 07:23:40 AM

It maybe huge lose for losing Porzingis on their roster but still Celtics is fine. They already reach up to finals even if he's not around. Its just unfortunate that Celtics that he's out again due to injury since his presence will make Celtics became more stronger.

But unfortunately bad luck happen and he suffer from rare injury that's why Celtics maybe need to adjust their rotation again to remain their positive flow on finals. Game 3 will be exciting for both Mavs and Celtics fans since for sure that Porzingis absence will give certain hope for Mavs that they can eliminate those disadvantages what Porzingis could bring in the court.

That's the reality we can't deny but the job of the Dallas in scoring the paint would be easier as Celtics does not have big men that are good defenders. Well, Al horford is there but he'll get tired and will not be effective in scoring if he'll continue to defend the paint, and we all know he is old or getting old, so he can't play heavy minutes defending.

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.

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EDIT: Report from twitter states: “Kristaps Porzingis Reportedly Has A Torn Medial Retinaculum In His Left Leg And His Status For The Rest Of The Finals Is Up In The Air”

Dallas with some hope for game 3…

It's funny, Porzingis just recovered from an injury, surprised everyone in the first game of the finals series, and then got injured again. Let's see if he'll be able to play in the upcoming games, but as far as I know, his status is listed as questionable. I hope the Celtics medical staff might let him play in the remaining games of the series, although with some limitations.

Yeah, we can see that Porzingis is enjoying game 1, shooting from the outside and then at if teaching Lively and going him to school with his moves. So it will be another losing opportunity for the Celtics if Porzingis will be out indefinitely and it could be the whole series and not help the Celtics here.

And that's why I said that I'm going to bet on Mavs here at ML, without Porzingis presence, maybe it will be the first time in this series that Luka can finally make a lob pass and enjoy the game as he used to like the series against the Wolves wherein he has a lot of assists inside with just throwing it to either Lively or Gafford.

It maybe huge lose for losing Porzingis on their roster but still Celtics is fine. They already reach up to finals even if he's not around. Its just unfortunate that Celtics that he's out again due to injury since his presence will make Celtics became more stronger.

But unfortunately bad luck happen and he suffer from rare injury that's why Celtics maybe need to adjust their rotation again to remain their positive flow on finals. Game 3 will be exciting for both Mavs and Celtics fans since for sure that Porzingis absence will give certain hope for Mavs that they can eliminate those disadvantages what Porzingis could bring in the court.

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EDIT: Report from twitter states: “Kristaps Porzingis Reportedly Has A Torn Medial Retinaculum In His Left Leg And His Status For The Rest Of The Finals Is Up In The Air”

Dallas with some hope for game 3…

It's funny, Porzingis just recovered from an injury, surprised everyone in the first game of the finals series, and then got injured again. Let's see if he'll be able to play in the upcoming games, but as far as I know, his status is listed as questionable. I hope the Celtics medical staff might let him play in the remaining games of the series, although with some limitations.

Yeah, we can see that Porzingis is enjoying game 1, shooting from the outside and then at if teaching Lively and going him to school with his moves. So it will be another losing opportunity for the Celtics if Porzingis will be out indefinitely and it could be the whole series and not help the Celtics here.

And that's why I said that I'm going to bet on Mavs here at ML, without Porzingis presence, maybe it will be the first time in this series that Luka can finally make a lob pass and enjoy the game as he used to like the series against the Wolves wherein he has a lot of assists inside with just throwing it to either Lively or Gafford.

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Quote from: Natalim on June 12, 2024, 02:58:59 AM

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Yeap, it's going to be a battle of momentum, just one game at a time, and if they win game 3, the next game will still be in their homecourt so t hey can tie the series and then go back to Boston Garden and hopefully steal one game.

I think Dallas will win if KP will not play, as for the latest update, the big man is questionable.

Porzingis has rare tendon issue in lower left leg, is questionable for Game 3 of NBA Finals

Game 2 was close but not almost, so they need to correct every mistake they have and should play perfect at home and consider it as a do or die game, actually every game as currently being down 0-2, they don't have the odds in winning the series.

Thanks for this info, and perhaps that's why KP is not really showing that good in game 2 as compare to his performance in game 1. So if he is not going to play, then maybe we will see lob passes by Luka and Kyrie to Lively, Gafford and even PJ Washington because that's what they are missing, easy points in that paint with that lob pass.

And most likely this is the reason why the Mavs are the favorite going into game 3, it will be at American arena in which they are comfortable and then KP is not there to man the middle against them.

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 11, 2024, 01:46:05 PM

EDIT: Report from twitter states: “Kristaps Porzingis Reportedly Has A Torn Medial Retinaculum In His Left Leg And His Status For The Rest Of The Finals Is Up In The Air”

Dallas with some hope for game 3…

It's funny, Porzingis just recovered from an injury, surprised everyone in the first game of the finals series, and then got injured again. Let's see if he'll be able to play in the upcoming games, but as far as I know, his status is listed as questionable. I hope the Celtics medical staff might let him play in the remaining games of the series, although with some limitations.

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Quote from: Dave1 on June 11, 2024, 11:29:17 PM

Yeap, it's going to be a battle of momentum, just one game at a time, and if they win game 3, the next game will still be in their homecourt so t hey can tie the series and then go back to Boston Garden and hopefully steal one game.

I think Dallas will win if KP will not play, as for the latest update, the big man is questionable.

Porzingis has rare tendon issue in lower left leg, is questionable for Game 3 of NBA Finals

Game 2 was close but not almost, so they need to correct every mistake they have and should play perfect at home and consider it as a do or die game, actually every game as currently being down 0-2, they don't have the odds in winning the series.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on June 11, 2024, 11:14:21 PM

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The series is 2-0, Boston won both games using home advantage. Now they will go to Dallas, let's see what kind of result they get there.
I still think Dallas will win this cup, I want to think so.
Tomorrow night the hird game of the series will be played, I hope Dallas wins this time.

It's probably the most important game for Dallas tomorrow. They badly needed a win or else no team has ever won a series after a 0-3 deficit. But pretty sure Boston also knows how important game 3 will be. Boston will continue playing at their best or even better because they are challenged with a huge Dallas home crowd.

Yes, it's a must win situation for them, they can't afford to take another L, otherwise it will be 3-0, and they don't want to be on that big hole as no one has ever comeback to win the finals. So they better had plans to stop Tatum and Brown or even KP. Kyrie should really show his best, and I will assume that he had that in mind and I'm seeing him scoring 30+ points here.

Quote from: inthelongrun on June 11, 2024, 11:14:21 PM

You maybe right, if Dallas wins game 3 and starts a momentum, they can still pull this series. But first, they need to get game 3 which I believe is very difficult to achieve. Boston has to continue its defense and put Kyrie's offense into waste.

Yeap, it's going to be a battle of momentum, just one game at a time, and if they win game 3, the next game will still be in their homecourt so t hey can tie the series and then go back to Boston Garden and hopefully steal one game.

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Quote from: MK-74 on June 11, 2024, 05:08:33 PM

The series is 2-0, Boston won both games using home advantage. Now they will go to Dallas, let's see what kind of result they get there.
I still think Dallas will win this cup, I want to think so.
Tomorrow night the hird game of the series will be played, I hope Dallas wins this time.

It's probably the most important game for Dallas tomorrow. They badly needed a win or else no team has ever won a series after a 0-3 deficit. But pretty sure Boston also knows how important game 3 will be. Boston will continue playing at their best or even better because they are challenged with a huge Dallas home crowd.

You maybe right, if Dallas wins game 3 and starts a momentum, they can still pull this series. But first, they need to get game 3 which I believe is very difficult to achieve. Boston has to continue its defense and put Kyrie's offense into waste.

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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.

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.

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.

Maybe that's a reason.

People just want to see another team take the ring. Like for last year, despite that Nuggets took their first one, they're being loved afterward.

This time, it's gonna be with the Mavs. I guess we get that a lot when a team gets a lot of rings already. Also, I don't like those court reactions of fans against Mavs players like Kyrie.

Yeah, the boos that Kyrie got from the fans of the Celtics but I guess the memory is still fresh when Kyrie played with them and didn't bring any plus when he stomped their lucky logo in the middle.

But game 3 might be different for the Mavericks, it's back to where they could be comfortable playing, without the booing fans so I expect Kyrie to be himself and wax hot early. He just need someone to poke him, just like what ANT did to him in their series against the Wolves and Kyrie performing just like the old version of himself like he was still in Cleveland. We need that version of him in this series to make it more interesting.

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Quote from: TravelMug on June 10, 2024, 09:12:42 PM

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 10, 2024, 04:49:13 PM

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.

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.

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.

Maybe that's a reason.

People just want to see another team take the ring. Like for last year, despite that Nuggets took their first one, they're being loved afterward.

This time, it's gonna be with the Mavs. I guess we get that a lot when a team gets a lot of rings already. Also, I don't like those court reactions of fans against Mavs players like Kyrie.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on June 11, 2024, 12:37:43 PM

Poor Dallas Mavericks they are in a really abd situation if they lose only one of their home games they know they are out of the race.

I know right and that's going to lose them not just the ring but emotionally as well. How many games and championships before that have been into this situation that they've never won in the series? I don't know how many are they but this is emotionally going to beat the Mavs, I mean everyone and key role players are going to be the most affected one. But I still hope that they're going to win.

Quote from: Volgastallion on June 11, 2024, 12:37:43 PM

The second game for them was better than the first one, but i still think they stand 0 chance against this Boston Celtics team. You cant make a team only suported in two super stars. In any time a real team is gonna show up and destroy you like Boston is doing with them.

Don't say that bud, but you're right that if the next game will be Celtics' then they had no chance at all. But even with that, I am still counting for them and despite with the 2 losing streak already, I have some hopes for them to win and I'll still bet them. I've got already two losses with my bet on them but still, the 3rd game, I'll still going to bet with them and it doesn't matter whether they'd win or lose.

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The series is 2-0, Boston won both games using home advantage. Now they will go to Dallas, let's see what kind of result they get there.
I still think Dallas will win this cup, I want to think so.
Tomorrow night the hird game of the series will be played, I hope Dallas wins this time.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on June 10, 2024, 07:25:10 PM

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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.

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.

I guess if you were going to favor Dallas in a game it would be this one. A loss tomorrow effectively ends their season. Nobody has ever come back down 0-3 in the Finals. So I’m sure we’ll see them give their best effort of the season. It’s a lost cause though. Boston has their number and I don’t think this series goes longer than 5 games. Most likely only 4.

EDIT: Report from twitter states: “Kristaps Porzingis Reportedly Has A Torn Medial Retinaculum In His Left Leg And His Status For The Rest Of The Finals Is Up In The Air”

Dallas with some hope for game 3…

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Poor Dallas Mavericks they are in a really abd situation if they lose only one of their home games they know they are out of the race.

The second game for them was better than the first one, but i still think they stand 0 chance against this Boston Celtics team. You cant make a team only suported in two super stars. In any time a real team is gonna show up and destroy you like Boston is doing with them.

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