2024 NBA Season

[yahoo62278]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

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I think Steve Kerr decision to cut there bench momentum is a very bad idea considering how bad the shooting accuracy of his starting player is. I believe the Mavs points advantage will be lower than 8 if the bench continues the momentum since the game tempo change when the starting player come back again and take over the game.

Maybe it was a poor call but with the starters well rested and the game became close, I think any coach would have done the same thing. The bench did a good job cutting the lead with their high pace plays but Kerr probably thought they're still inexperienced how to finish the game.

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but I doubt that they are going to win this series.

Only the die hard Mavs fan would think they can still win.

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Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

Yeah, the guy is just 23 y/o. Maybe cut down on his weight with a little workout too. He really looks slow and heavy for a professional basketball player his age.

[LogitechMouse]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

I didn't watch the whole game because I taught that this is over already when the Mavericks are leading by 20+ but when I saw the final score, I was surprised a bit that the game ended up the Mavericks winning by only 10 points.

TBH, I'm not surprised that this will happen. I'm thinking that the Warriors want to win on their home court before going to the NBA Finals. Another one is they gave Kuminga and Moody more minutes. In a normal playoff game, Coach Kerr doesn't give them that much time to play and there are times that Kuminga doesn't play at all. I mean the Warriors know that they got this already that is why they are doing a bit of experiments and make some adjustments for Game 5.

Correct me but in this game, the Mavericks just exposed themselves. In Game 3, Bullock, Kleber and Finney-Smith shot very terrible that's why they lost. In this game, they shot very well that's why they got the win. Base on my observation, putting a great Warrior defender to at least these 3 players will increase their chances of winning. If they are having a bad night, they will lose. Of course not a certainty though but just my observation.

I believe that this will end in 5 games. I believe that the Warriors will end it on their next game and wait for the winner in the East.

[danherbias07]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

I will just criticize the Mavs bench. All they had to do is dribble the ball until the shot-clock is almost depleted and score a pair. That's it, then they can keep the lead to maybe above 15 at 2 minutes making their starters rest more in preparation for Game 5. But that's not what happened. They made them worry and were put back in to secure it.
What if Luka was injured at that time? They are going to receive a lot more than criticism afterward. 
They will lose Game 5, no doubt. I see a winning player in the Mavs team but not a winning team. That's why MJ loves him.

[Oasisman]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

I missed the game today, but I guess you are correct. Why not extend the series for one more game and win at home. Mavs only has little to non chances of winning this series though. And, so much for Luka trying to be LeBron carrying the Mavs to the finals. I'm not even sure why the Luka and Porzingis didn't worked out. I think experience and maturity is really essential for Luka for the team to work whoever important pieces the Mavs will acquire.

[Reid]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

And better roleplayers. I am not saying they are bad but it lacks something. They won against Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns but why does it look like they are mismatch for the Warriors in such a big gap. I think it's the winning material that they are missing.
I'd keep Brunson and Dinwiddie for these guys best describes a wingman of Luka whenever he needs help. But for their forwards and centers, I may only keep Powell.
I wish this won't be like what happened to Dirk when he is near retirement (33) before he claimed the victory of a Finals. It may be sweet but more championships while being young is sweeter.

[Pamadar]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

And better roleplayers. I am not saying they are bad but it lacks something. They won against Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns but why does it look like they are mismatch for the Warriors in such a big gap. I think it's the winning material that they are missing.
I'd keep Brunson and Dinwiddie for these guys best describes a wingman of Luka whenever he needs help. But for their forwards and centers, I may only keep Powell.
I wish this won't be like what happened to Dirk when he is near retirement (33) before he claimed the victory of a Finals. It may be sweet but more championships while being young is sweeter.

Mavs needs more players who can help Luka, Brunson and Dinwiddie are not consistent in terms of lift that Luka needs.

Another star or a great set of role players who can bring more help in both ways.
look how the Warriors are playing right now, whoever coach Kerr is bringing inside
the player is making sure that he will add something that will be felt by the team,
they are all dedicated according to the role the coach calls them to help.

[Dart18]

It's too obvious from Coach Kerr, that is a give away. Their bench is paved a way to make it a close match and he could've called Curry and Klay as early as they could but it's like there's a lag before he did it. It doesn't matter, the Warriors will definitely win this in game 5.
How about Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics later. This series is kinda unpredictable and I could not tell if the Heat do have the upper hand at their home. Boston stole one from them and it could happen again.
I may just watch the game and forget about betting.

[OgNasty]

It's too obvious from Coach Kerr, that is a give away. Their bench is paved a way to make it a close match and he could've called Curry and Klay as early as they could but it's like there's a lag before he did it. It doesn't matter, the Warriors will definitely win this in game 5.
How about Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics later. This series is kinda unpredictable and I could not tell if the Heat do have the upper hand at their home. Boston stole one from them and it could happen again.
I may just watch the game and forget about betting.

I was a bit surprised that the Warriors didn't close out the Mavericks yesterday, but maybe they wanted some more ad revenue or something...  Even watching the game it didn't make sense they were losing.  It was like they weren't really trying.

I think Miami is done.  They got a couple of wins that I would characterize as getting some good breaks.  Marcus Smart and Al Horford have had enough time to get back to being near 100% healthy.  I'm going with Boston tonight.

[mirakal]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

It was clear enough though that the Warriors was just toying the Mavericks game earlier because they want to eliminate the latter in the next game at their homecourt, even the Dallas fans sure knows that because even the bench players of Warriors have cut that big lead like Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, they even made double digit score with that window.

[FanEagle]

I am guessing that Kerr just didn't care about this game all that much. Between his father being killed by a gunman in a school, and him being just near a school shooting all over again, and seeing how reacted to it on the interview, we know that he cared about this too much to really care for this game.

Not saying that he throw the game away, he just didn't care about this game because he knew that there was a more important thing going on in that situation. They were 3-0 up anyway, 3-1 means nothing, they still have 3 more tries to win and I am pretty sure that they will win the next game and will not care about the situation and just win that and move on.

[chaser15]

Mavs needs more players who can help Luka, Brunson and Dinwiddie are not consistent in terms of lift that Luka needs.

Another star or a great set of role players who can bring more help in both ways.
look how the Warriors are playing right now, whoever coach Kerr is bringing inside
the player is making sure that he will add something that will be felt by the team,
they are all dedicated according to the role the coach calls them to help.

I disagree with you about Brunson. He is consistent since the beginning as a good role player even when the Mavericks lose a game. Dinwiddie is the one who is not consistent. He always feels nervous from what I noticed. He just feels confident when they are up by big points. But in a close game, I never saw him doing some effort to give his best.

Dallas Mavericks are no need for another star or another role player. It's just that Golden State Warriors is a difficult and tough team to beat. Who are the current players there? Mostly part of their championship season guiding their young cores.

[wheelz1200]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

It was clear enough though that the Warriors was just toying the Mavericks game earlier because they want to eliminate the latter in the next game at their homecourt, even the Dallas fans sure knows that because even the bench players of Warriors have cut that big lead like Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, they even made double digit score with that window.

No team gives games away in a chance to go to the finals.  The reason is Dallas was against the wall and Warriors relaxed to much.  But they didn't give the game away so they can try to win it back home.  If Warriors lose game 5, then what they face a ge 6 on the road against a hungry mavs team.  Mavs just flat outplayed and oitgustled them.

[agustina2]

It was clear enough though that the Warriors was just toying the Mavericks game earlier because they want to eliminate the latter in the next game at their homecourt, even the Dallas fans sure knows that because even the bench players of Warriors have cut that big lead like Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, they even made double digit score with that window.

That was a nasty reason for losing that game. Warriors ain't like that. They just become relaxed because no pressure at all even if they lose the game. If they are toying with the Warriors, why it's just in the 4th Quarter that all bench squad plays the game where in fact they are behind the whole game.

Dallas Mavericks won that game not because the Warriors are toying with them. Let's give credit to what Mavericks did in Game 4. It's now clear that the Warriors' young players can do the best performance if no one from the main starters will limit them. If Curry is there, they have to make way for Curry to shoot the ball instead of doing their own offense.

If it's really true that the Warriors give that game to Mavericks, then I hope something miraculous will happen and they will lose. That is disrespectful to the young players of the Mavericks who are trying their best to win against the most monster team left in the playoffs right now.

[Velvet78]

Dallas Mavericks managed to win a game finally last night. It was a decent win by a ten-point gap too. They really needed this to start recovering and pull themselves together. Doncic's performance was impressive as usual. Now we see that the series is 3-1. Warriors are still in a very comfortable position though but this win can still play a big role in Mavericks' continuing to win too. They might win one or two more wins at least too even if they lose the series against Warriors. Because I don't see Mavericks having much chance to advance now.

[Yogee]

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It was clear enough though that the Warriors was just toying the Mavericks game earlier because they want to eliminate the latter in the next game at their homecourt, even the Dallas fans sure knows that because even the bench players of Warriors have cut that big lead like Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, they even made double digit score with that window.

I said something similar during the Warriors vs Grizz series but this game is different. They still tried to win in the final minutes when the bench unexpectedly cut the lead to a single digit. It was just a bad night overall and it happens to all teams.

[dwyane36]

How about Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics later. This series is kinda unpredictable and I could not tell if the Heat do have the upper hand at their home. Boston stole one from them and it could happen again.
I may just watch the game and forget about betting.

It's pretty hard to predict who will win Game 5, even though the bookmakers think the Celtics are the favorites tonight. In addition, there is already an injury update, and the Celtics said that Smart and Williams will play, while the Heat said that Herro is out tonight. However, I think the Heat will have a chance to beat the Celtics if they can defend as they did in Game 3.

[harizen]

Steve Kerr almost calls it a game because of 99-70 behind entering the 4th Quarter. But his bench squad managed to cut it by 8 points haha.

I don't know if Kerr will put back his main starters lol. The Warriors outscored the Mavericks by 32-13 with 3 minutes left in the final quarter.

What a rally from the Warriors bench lol. This is the problem of the Mavericks since the beginning of this series. I'm expecting lots of criticism later after the game even if the Mavericks will win this game.

EDIT: 119-109 Mavericks

Mavericks pulled off 1 win, I think the series ends in game 5. GSW will close it out at home. Luka is a good player, but he is a ball hog and needs a couple more years to mature.

Honestly, there's no problem about Luka being ball-hog or slow. That's the usual him and it's effective for the team. We can take a look at all of his attempted assists regardless of whether it's nailed or not by his teammates and that will show that he is not really a ball hog literally.

My main concern is not him but his supporting cast. I know these guys are not at a superstar or all-star level but in times like this, they really need to show their best aggressively. It will be a great appreciation if they will be able to give the Warriors a close fight in the series.

[Harkorede]

How about Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics later. This series is kinda unpredictable and I could not tell if the Heat do have the upper hand at their home. Boston stole one from them and it could happen again.
I may just watch the game and forget about betting.

It's pretty hard to predict who will win Game 5, even though the bookmakers think the Celtics are the favorites tonight. In addition, there is already an injury update, and the Celtics said that Smart and Williams will play, while the Heat said that Herro is out tonight. However, I think the Heat will have a chance to beat the Celtics if they can defend as they did in Game 3.

While I agree that the it's more like coin flip bet to pick a side here, I'd say over the course of the 4 games played so far, the Celtics have been the better side, neither of the game they won have been convincing enough for to me to believe that those wins weren't just fluke, they win won the games by playing very well in just one or two quarters, down the stretch you'll need more than just two quarters to win a game.

Unfortunately for Heat, Herro would have been a great addition to count on because of how awful they were offensively in game 4, and there's no news about Gabe Vincent as well, but I think he'll probably be available, my only surprise is why Duncan Robinson who's also a great shooter and offensive player hasn't been getting more minutes despite several injury worries for the Heat.

[LogitechMouse]

My main concern is not him but his supporting cast. I know these guys are not at a superstar or all-star level but in times like this, they really need to show their best aggressively. It will be a great appreciation if they will be able to give the Warriors a close fight in the series.

Well, these players who are either undrafted or picked at the lower spot of the draft surprised everybody by defeating the top seeded Suns team who most of the analysts will be the champion this season. Maybe they need to reshuffle the team again in the off-season and pick some better players.

On the other hand, I agree with you that these players aren't enough to help Luka or at least help him in the playoffs to the point that they are a championship caliber team. Right now, if you want to get a title, your team must have at least 2 all superstar players, and we can see it base on the past champions in every season. I want this series to be a close one like the Suns-Mavericks, but it seems like that Game 3 win said it all already because it would be a different scenario if it ended up being 2-1 and being 3-0.