2024 NBA Season

[rhomelmabini]

What do you guys thought on Miami Heat without Kyle Lowry again and PJ Tucker? Both are questionable leading to their game 3 series at the homecourt of Boston Celtics. Currently Miami Heat is at +6.5 but is this enough? Who will guard Jason Tatum? I think PJ Tucker is so important in this current Heat line up. The old man is has the experience and can play defense. Maybe they will use Dedmon and Adebayo at pf?     

It's still questionable so it wasn't yet confirmed if both of them are still out, if the Heat really need their presence and they can play without pushing it too far, then, I guess they still have the chance. I think Markieff Morris is an option as well but I guess Dedmon or Adebayo can do the frontcourt with the absence of Tucker's Hell defense.

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[danherbias07]

What do you guys thought on Miami Heat without Kyle Lowry again and PJ Tucker? Both are questionable leading to their game 3 series at the homecourt of Boston Celtics. Currently Miami Heat is at +6.5 but is this enough? Who will guard Jason Tatum? I think PJ Tucker is so important in this current Heat line up. The old man is has the experience and can play defense. Maybe they will use Dedmon and Adebayo at pf?     

They are losing because of the tall line-up. I think they will go small now, but without PJ Tucker that would be difficult to maintain.
Speed is what they need so I guess they will come up with another solution using their bench. Strus, Vincent, and Caleb Martin. These three guys will definitely gain more minutes in the next game but I doubt about Duncan Robinson because he can be used as their weak point in the defensive end.
+6.5 may not be enough and it's the homecourt of the Boston Celtics this time.

[goinmerry]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

[Hypnosis00]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

Yes, they have a chance to even the series but they gave up a huge lead. That only tells that Dallas does not have a good defense, they rely so much on their shooting but it's just that Warriors are also good so they can come back in the game, and they always win in game 2. As of now, Warriors are still undefeated at home in the playoffs, they are the only team left that is undefeated.

[Sanitough]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

Yes, they have a chance to even the series but they gave up a huge lead. That only tells that Dallas does not have a good defense, they rely so much on their shooting but it's just that Warriors are also good so they can come back in the game, and they always win in game 2. As of now, Warriors are still undefeated at home in the playoffs, they are the only team left that is undefeated.

As what the commentators said about the Warriors, there's no such safe big lead against them because they are a team that could come back with their great offense and defense. Mavericks were able to score, they have a good shooting night but their lack of defense made them suffer in the 2nd half.

They need to win game 3 now, they are at home so no more excuses for them.
Good luck to them because if they'll allow a 3-0 lead, then most likely the series will be over in 4 or 5.

[agustina2]

They need to win game 3 now, they are at home so no more excuses for them.
Good luck to them because if they'll allow a 3-0 lead, then most likely the series will be over in 4 or 5.

Correct. 2-1 is necessary to bring back their momentum and intensity. I can imagine their feeling right now where they almost have the chance but in the end, they still end up losing by 9 points. They surely regret it and think about why it happened. Mavericks should not blame themselves as it just means the Warriors did their best.

I've bet on them on that +6.5 handicap. Even if they lose the game, I should be fine now if only they covered that spread. I was already clapping at the half thinking I will win my bet:-\

[Hypnosis00]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

Yes, they have a chance to even the series but they gave up a huge lead. That only tells that Dallas does not have a good defense, they rely so much on their shooting but it's just that Warriors are also good so they can come back in the game, and they always win in game 2. As of now, Warriors are still undefeated at home in the playoffs, they are the only team left that is undefeated.

As what the commentators said about the Warriors, there's no such safe big lead against them because they are a team that could come back with their great offense and defense. Mavericks were able to score, they have a good shooting night but their lack of defense made them suffer in the 2nd half.

They need to win game 3 now, they are at home so no more excuses for them.
Good luck to them because if they'll allow a 3-0 lead, then most likely the series will be over in 4 or 5.

That's right, maybe we should realize now that the Warriors aren't the Suns. Warriors have the championship DNA in their blood, so they will never give up even down big time. Curry and company will make sure they'll advance in the NBA Finals again, they missed many seasons due to injury problems, and now that they are here, they will seize the moment.

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

[Russlenat]

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

It's hard to answer that question because the Mavericks would not allow that.
However, Warriors are just a good team, it's hard to beat them, so Luka does need more help from his teammates especially on the defensive side.

Once again, Dinwiddie was inconsistent, on game 2, he only scored 4 and made 4 turnovers, he need to score like 20+ so Mavs will have a better chance to win.

[ultrloa]

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

It's hard to answer that question because the Mavericks would not allow that.
However, Warriors are just a good team, it's hard to beat them, so Luka does need more help from his teammates especially on the defensive side.

Once again, Dinwiddie was inconsistent, on game 2, he only scored 4 and made 4 turnovers, he need to score like 20+ so Mavs will have a better chance to win.

The problem of Mavs on GSW is they have consistent shooters which can give them a problem in any quarter almost all of them can able to step up even if their main guys struggle. And also their defensive anchors are gaining much confidence for the result of their campaign. So this is really a huge problem with Mavs, they should take a huge adjustment and create more good executions so that they can limit the shooters of GSW to contribute very well.

[LogitechMouse]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

Yes, they have a chance to even the series but they gave up a huge lead. That only tells that Dallas does not have a good defense, they rely so much on their shooting but it's just that Warriors are also good so they can come back in the game, and they always win in game 2. As of now, Warriors are still undefeated at home in the playoffs, they are the only team left that is undefeated.

As what the commentators said about the Warriors, there's no such safe big lead against them because they are a team that could come back with their great offense and defense. Mavericks were able to score, they have a good shooting night but their lack of defense made them suffer in the 2nd half.

They need to win game 3 now, they are at home so no more excuses for them.
Good luck to them because if they'll allow a 3-0 lead, then most likely the series will be over in 4 or 5.

That's right, maybe we should realize now that the Warriors aren't the Suns. Warriors have the championship DNA in their blood, so they will never give up even down big time. Curry and company will make sure they'll advance in the NBA Finals again, they missed many seasons due to injury problems, and now that they are here, they will seize the moment.

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

TBH, it's hard to know if we will see a 3-0 on their next game but if that happens then we will know what's next already.
On the other hand, I don't see that this will end up in a 0-3. The Mavericks played really well against the top-seeded Suns on their home, so I expect the same against the Warriors and I don't think that the Mavericks will just let them go 0-3.

Even though I'm betting for the Warriors to win in this series, I still expect that this will end in at least 6 games or 7 maybe. It's time for the Warriors to regain the championship after years of tanking, getting some good draft picks and getting some good role players as well.

[Botnake]

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

It's hard to answer that question because the Mavericks would not allow that.
However, Warriors are just a good team, it's hard to beat them, so Luka does need more help from his teammates especially on the defensive side.

Once again, Dinwiddie was inconsistent, on game 2, he only scored 4 and made 4 turnovers, he need to score like 20+ so Mavs will have a better chance to win.

The problem of Mavs on GSW is they have consistent shooters which can give them a problem in any quarter almost all of them can able to step up even if their main guys struggle. And also their defensive anchors are gaining much confidence for the result of their campaign. So this is really a huge problem with Mavs, they should take a huge adjustment and create more good executions so that they can limit the shooters of GSW to contribute very well.

They just could not limit the shooter of the Warriors because they are moving the ball very well.
How can they limit shooters when even Wiggins is shooting well in the 3-point line.

Also, we have to notice what Looney has been doing so far for the Warriors, again, he had a great game having a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds, and 5 of that total rebounds are offensive rebounds.

[Pamadar]

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

It's hard to answer that question because the Mavericks would not allow that.
However, Warriors are just a good team, it's hard to beat them, so Luka does need more help from his teammates especially on the defensive side.

Once again, Dinwiddie was inconsistent, on game 2, he only scored 4 and made 4 turnovers, he need to score like 20+ so Mavs will have a better chance to win.

They almost break the defense system of the Warriors, but the team is really too much for them.

They are always good coming back from behind wins. That 2nd half run really gives them the win. Luka and Brunson need more
help, aside from the offense but also with the defense, they need a good stop. Giving the warriors that kind of momentum
they will take it and will surely let you regret.

[stadus]

3rd quarter Warriors are back! Down 17 at the start of the 3rd quarter and somehow they brought it down to just 2 by the end of 3rd. Mavs changed the way they played the first half, expecting Warriors to have found the answers but have gotten it very wrong. They are trying to go through Looney and that's not working at all. 4th quarter up next. Can Mavs take a game off of Warriors at the Chase center?

As I was expecting, that live by the three die by the three approach to the game backfired in the third quarter. Nobody is attacking other than Luka. Mavs is even lucky that Curry is misfiring but he's done well distributing the ball. To think that they managed to close the gap to just two points while Draymond is sitting the rest of the third quarter with three points.

Luka and Brunson got it going but it surely wasnt enough to match the star power of Curry, Thompson, Green and Looney stepping up for both games. While the bench playing crucial role as well, with Otto Porter and Wiggins and Poole all getting double digit scores at times where Curry was rested and offense was lacking.

That is why the Golden State Warriors is hard to beat despite of their lack of defense, I mean they have some defensive player which gives some hard time on the opposing team but mostly, majority of their players are good in the offense like the ones you stated. Their best defense is their offense and the trust that they built with each other is definitely different compared to the other teams.

[mirakal]

The next 2 games will be held on Celtics ground with their advantage on it, let's see if the Heat can also steal 1 game.

If the Heat will win one game, it cannot be in game 3 because they have to make the right adjustment first playing on the road. With that said, I think I'll bet on the Celtics to win game 3, and the current spread tells me that Celtics is going to win by a huge margin again.

By the way, Celtics is -6.5 in game 3, compared to the -2 or -3.5 of Heat in game 1 and 2 respectively.
You can tell the difference judging by the lines offered alone.

Sports bookies are trying to make the people and bettors more confuse on which team would they bet but if you're that someone who's an avid fan of basketball (neither of the team stated) you can truly say who have the more chance to win in Game 3.

You got that right mate, betting on the Heat have some chance but it's better to bet in different option and not the handicap as it's hard to deny that the Celtics have the advantage this time as they will play the Game 3 on Boston ground.

[Dart18]

Experience won. Luka Doncic is still young. This will not be the end of his career even if they lost. But let's not get ahead yet. 2 games in Dallas Mavericks land and they might show us something different from the past two games. I did expect they can win it during the first half but the Warriors have history of come backs during the second half and we witnessed it again.

Heat or Celtics? They are giving away +7 but when we look at what happened at Game 2 that amount may not suffice. From a blowout in Miami to their homecourt, it could've been better.

[OgNasty]

Experience won. Luka Doncic is still young. This will not be the end of his career even if they lost. But let's not get ahead yet. 2 games in Dallas Mavericks land and they might show us something different from the past two games. I did expect they can win it during the first half but the Warriors have history of come backs during the second half and we witnessed it again.

Heat or Celtics? They are giving away +7 but when we look at what happened at Game 2 that amount may not suffice. From a blowout in Miami to their homecourt, it could've been better.

I think if I were a gambling man (I'm not betting on this game) I would have to take the Celtics +7.  I think the Heat are just overmatched and now that Smart and Horford are back it would take a bit of a miracle game for Jimmy Butler to be able to carry the Heat to victory over the Celtics.  This is pretty much a must win game for them though or else they'll be down 3-1 and facing elimination.  I expect we'll see them give their all tonight, but I still don't think it will be enough.  This series has really showed just how much Boston relies on Marcus Smart for their defense.  While Taytum and Brown get all the credit, they couldn't do it without Smart.

[Distraction]

The second game of the Warriors - Mavericks series was last night and I was confident about Warriors to win this game also. And they didn't make me surprised by doing so. But this time there were a much better Mavericks playing against them. Doncic and Brunson had an insane performance each. Doncic had 42 points and Brunson had 31. Only two them scored many more than the half of their total points. For Warriors, Curry had a good performance by 32 points and the reason why they still won was that they got point contribution from more players compared to their opponent.

[dezoel]

If you watched the whole game you will realize that the difference was made when Luka was playing, and the difference got closer when Luka wasn't playing. It's clear that Luka could be the best player in the playoffs left, he is just a superstar that is unstoppable.

But, as a whole team Warriors are much much better. Mavs are playing with the "give the ball to luka and watch him score" method and even though it works time to time with some superstars, you can't really do that easily against Warriors, even Lebron needed Kyrie to do that. So all in all, I would guess that Warriors will get this series and they will win, but it won't be because of lack of trying by Luka.

[Sanitough]

Dallas Mavericks is now trouble. They gave up a 19-point lead in a Conference Finals, it's alarming.

Still not an automatic win for the Warriors but the Mavericks should bounce back as much as they could next game. Game 3 is important. If they still lose it and are able to win at Game 4, it will be hard for them to return to Chase Arena with a 1-3 disadvantage. They need to even the series at all costs.

The same offensive power should be shown again by Luka's teammate or much better if more than that.

Yes, they have a chance to even the series but they gave up a huge lead. That only tells that Dallas does not have a good defense, they rely so much on their shooting but it's just that Warriors are also good so they can come back in the game, and they always win in game 2. As of now, Warriors are still undefeated at home in the playoffs, they are the only team left that is undefeated.

As what the commentators said about the Warriors, there's no such safe big lead against them because they are a team that could come back with their great offense and defense. Mavericks were able to score, they have a good shooting night but their lack of defense made them suffer in the 2nd half.

They need to win game 3 now, they are at home so no more excuses for them.
Good luck to them because if they'll allow a 3-0 lead, then most likely the series will be over in 4 or 5.

That's right, maybe we should realize now that the Warriors aren't the Suns. Warriors have the championship DNA in their blood, so they will never give up even down big time. Curry and company will make sure they'll advance in the NBA Finals again, they missed many seasons due to injury problems, and now that they are here, they will seize the moment.

Will we see a 3-0 after game 3?

TBH, it's hard to know if we will see a 3-0 on their next game but if that happens then we will know what's next already.
On the other hand, I don't see that this will end up in a 0-3. The Mavericks played really well against the top-seeded Suns on their home, so I expect the same against the Warriors and I don't think that the Mavericks will just let them go 0-3.

Even though I'm betting for the Warriors to win in this series, I still expect that this will end in at least 6 games or 7 maybe. It's time for the Warriors to regain the championship after years of tanking, getting some good draft picks and getting some good role players as well.

That's why game 3 is very important for the Mavericks. If you still remember the first round (GSW vs Nuggets, the Warriors win game 3 and they lose in game 4 that's why the series ends in game 5. So if the Mavericks lose in game 3, the same thing might happen, but if they'll win game 3, this series might be even after game 4, that's my prediction.

[Ziskinberg]

So if the Mavericks lose in game 3, the same thing might happen, but if they'll win game 3, this series might be even after game 4, that's my prediction.

If that is the argument, then game 3 is the best game for us to bet if we are thinking that Dallas would bounce back. I'll prepare a little bet on this, just want to have some fun although my bet already goes to the Warriors going to win the series, just for this one game though.