2024 NBA Season

[Baofeng]

Cleveland was trash, the Celtics should've swept this team but glad Celtics now get time to rest and now it's on to the next road.

I wouldn't say trash but it's just unfortunate that their best player good injured and so when Mitchell went down, it's obvious that they will not go and win the series and as you have said, the Celtics should have swept them. And as expected, the Boston Celtics is already in the Eastern conference finals again, and waiting for their opponents, either the Knicks or Pacers.

On the West side, Mavs looking good and as we have seen Jokic and Doncic elevated their games in game 5 to push their team to a commanding 3-2 lead.

[Questat]

Cleveland was trash, the Celtics should've swept this team but glad Celtics now get time to rest and now it's on to the next road.

I wouldn't say trash but it's just unfortunate that their best player good injured and so when Mitchell went down, it's obvious that they will not go and win the series and as you have said, the Celtics should have swept them. And as expected, the Boston Celtics is already in the Eastern conference finals again, and waiting for their opponents, either the Knicks or Pacers.

I guess even if Mitchell played the result is still the same, but who knows the series will be extended. Cavaliers playing undermanned or missing their best player knows already that the end is near for them, and just what most of us predicted, it ended in the home court of the Celtics.

As to their opponent, it's not certain yet because if the Pacers will take this to game 7, I'd say it's 50-50 even if the pacers are playing on the road.

On the West side, Mavs looking good and as we have seen Jokic and Doncic elevated their games in game 5 to push their team to a commanding 3-2 lead.

Mavs steal another win on the road, it's time to close the game in 6. Actually, Mavs could have ended the series already if they were more careful in game 4.

[Kelvinid]

Mavs steal another win on the road, it's time to close the game in 6. Actually, Mavs could have ended the series already if they were more careful in game 4.

There's no other players from the OKC stepping up, unlike with the Mavs where their bigs have stepped up. SGA is good as we can see on his output, but him alone carrying the team would give them a slim chance of coming back. Well, a win in game 6 would bring this game to 7,  but how sure they are they can win game 7?  I don't know, the OKC have the chance to take the lead as they are at home, but that two losses at home resulting them to be down 3-2 in the series.

OKC only shoots 25% from 3, it was suppose to be their strength, so when they struggle in that area, we know they'll likely loss.

their average this season was almost 40%.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/thunder-3pt-percentage

[Fredomago]

Luka Doncic did it again. Triple-double against the rough defense of Dort. That's tough. 31/10/11

3-2 Dallas Mavericks now have the advantage and they are going back home to Dallas to possibly end this series against the OKC Thunder.
The key players today are Derrick Jones Jr. and PJ Washington, still no show on the offensive end for Kyrie Irving. I hope he is preserving all that power in Game 6 because they will need him to show up. It's like his confidence is shattered or he is just too focused on passing the ball. Twice, he had the opportunity to shoot the ball near the rim and yet he still passed it to the big man which led to a turnover and one got lucky that Gafford was fouled.
Still, Luka was so unstoppable in the offensive end shooting threes way outside and distributing the ball so accurately to give his team an open shot.

Mavs is still doing good even if Kyrie is not putting the points that we expect him to do in this playoff. But with Luka's triple double and then the Lively, Jones and Washington giving enough support for Luka to steal one at OKC homecourt. I don't know though the crowd there, they are not that loud as compare to other fans to let's say Madison Square Garden.

Anyhow, it's the inexperience of the Thunder are in full display here, it's only SGA that putting points. There was one instance that Chet was block for a great dunk by Jones Jr and it stop their run as they were able to cut the lead into single digit. So finals in the West could be Nuggets vs Mavs.

It's really good to see that those fresh legs are really lifting and helping Luka in producing numbers, though like what you mentioned Kyrie's productions is not that impacting but he's presence already creates impacts as the respect on the defensive side really giving his teammates enough spaces to create thier shots.

Meanwhile, with OKC that inexperieced side the support for SGA is barely needed if they want to extend this series he can't carry the load alone, the competition between him and Luka will rely on how the super cores will bring all in helping them in winning the series.

[Japinat]

>.. though like what you mentioned Kyrie's productions is not that impacting....

I like the kind of contribution from Irving, better that way as he makes his teammates better. I've seen some games of the Dallas in the regular season where Luka and Irving scored 30+ points, and IIRC, most of the outcome are not good. So here, Irving just being the facilitator, and making timely shots, that's what matters most, and that way also he'll not be tired in the 4th quarter so he can make his own shot if its really needed.

[Shinpako09]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13. The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

[boyptc]

Cleveland was trash, the Celtics should've swept this team but glad Celtics now get time to rest and now it's on to the next road.

I wouldn't say that they are. They're able to make it that far and not all teams are reaching what they've reached.

Well, there's still a lot of things needed for them to adjust for their roster to get some buff. They're strong and they'll become stronger if they add a bigger man that and a scorer that will help Donovan together with Garland.

Mobley is good but he needs someone to help him with his posting or he needs to thicken his body more.

[inthelongrun]

Mavs steal another win on the road, it's time to close the game in 6. Actually, Mavs could have ended the series already if they were more careful in game 4.

There's no other players from the OKC stepping up, unlike with the Mavs where their bigs have stepped up. SGA is good as we can see on his output, but him alone carrying the team would give them a slim chance of coming back. Well, a win in game 6 would bring this game to 7,  but how sure they are they can win game 7?  I don't know, the OKC have the chance to take the lead as they are at home, but that two losses at home resulting them to be down 3-2 in the series.

OKC only shoots 25% from 3, it was suppose to be their strength, so when they struggle in that area, we know they'll likely loss.

their average this season was almost 40%.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/thunder-3pt-percentage

Experience also played a huge role here. Looking at the attempts, OKC missed a lot of opportunities while Dallas converted over 50% of their shots. Luka have two minor injuries which means he can still be stopped. SGA seems like the only one the remained composed in their young team. I have a series bet on OKC but I already accepted that this is a 50/50 series because the team made it at top 1 but obviously lacked the playoffs experience. But I am still hoping OKC will also once again steal a game in Dallas to force a game 7 at home.

[dwyane36]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13. The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

It looks like the Thunder have chosen some strange strategy for this game. I mean, what was the point of continuing to make so many three-pointers if they already had a poor shooting percentage after the first quarter. Anyway, let's see what will happen in game 6, but if the Thunder can't adapt during the game, they will probably lose this series.

[arwin100]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13. The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

It looks like the Thunder have chosen some strange strategy for this game. I mean, what was the point of continuing to make so many three-pointers if they already had a poor shooting percentage after the first quarter. Anyway, let's see what will happen in game 6, but if the Thunder can't adapt during the game, they will probably lose this series.

Can't blame them to do that since Mavs have good defenders so maybe they are trying their best to became hot on rainbow area so they could take the advantage on situation. But it comes up short with them since Mavs is in the momentum today. Its good to see a good series between this match up since we could able to see that even though they are struggling still we can see a great plays made by OKC. But what's really bothering today is Chet has been totally limited by Lively so maybe on their next game they should adjust with that and make sure that Chet could contribute some good numbers since OKC need him in this crucial game. Its do or die game for them on game 6 so I guess we could see more intense game since OKC would provably adjust to have more great execution and they need to out perform Mavs to survive until they push to have a game 7 on this series.

[Dave1]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13. The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

It looks like the Thunder have chosen some strange strategy for this game. I mean, what was the point of continuing to make so many three-pointers if they already had a poor shooting percentage after the first quarter. Anyway, let's see what will happen in game 6, but if the Thunder can't adapt during the game, they will probably lose this series.

Well they might thought that it will be enough to overcome the Mavs. But unfortunately, in their homecourt, perhaps the biggest game as they will take a good lead, the inexperienced OKC Thunder was not able to respond.

And the more that the fans taunted Luka and Irving, the more they responded. And there are a lot of players that step up in this game for the Mavs.

So what do you think of a series between the Nuggets vs Mavs in the potential West finals?

[TravelMug]

Mavs steal another win on the road, it's time to close the game in 6. Actually, Mavs could have ended the series already if they were more careful in game 4.

There's no other players from the OKC stepping up, unlike with the Mavs where their bigs have stepped up. SGA is good as we can see on his output, but him alone carrying the team would give them a slim chance of coming back. Well, a win in game 6 would bring this game to 7,  but how sure they are they can win game 7?  I don't know, the OKC have the chance to take the lead as they are at home, but that two losses at home resulting them to be down 3-2 in the series.

OKC only shoots 25% from 3, it was suppose to be their strength, so when they struggle in that area, we know they'll likely loss.

their average this season was almost 40%.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/thunder-3pt-percentage

Thunder has a very slim odd to win as per sports bookies with this win and now going back to their homecourt, the Mavs are the favorite. Although the OKC steal one at Mavs homecourt, Luka might not give them the chance again and finished the series and so they can rest before facing the winner of Nuggets vs Wolves. I do agree, there's no one stepping up in this game, Chet and Giddey are a non-factor in this series and they should be the one helping SGA who are doing everything and carrying this team in his shoulders. As compare to the Mavs, although Kyrie is not scoring that much and contented to be just a play maker, Gafford, PJ Washington, Lively and Derrick Jones are doing everything at both ends of the floor.

[blockman]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13.

Me too. I like to see Mavs move on. OKC is still young but I think that they can do better next season whilst for Luka. I want to see him reach newer highs together with Kyrie and their stack.

The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

And as long as Luka won't choke with his offense then they'd close this series on game 6.

[Yaunfitda]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13.

Me too. I like to see Mavs move on. OKC is still young but I think that they can do better next season whilst for Luka. I want to see him reach newer highs together with Kyrie and their stack.

The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

And as long as Luka won't choke with his offense then they'd close this series on game 6.

I think majority here is rooting for the Mavs to win, it's not that we don't like OKC or SGA, they are a good team, they are the number 1 seed in the West, but I felt that it's not their time to shine, not yet. On the other hand, the Mavs with Luka as putting up a good series against them and the whole team are putting effort for them to win this series against the inexperience OKC. And it also shows their defense as well, with their new acquisition in the trade deadline, anchoring everything with Gafford and PJ Washington. So now the next game will be at Dallas homecourt, one of the loudest arena, it will be crazy if they are going to beat the Thunder.

[Finestream]

I think majority here is rooting for the Mavs to win, it's not that we don't like OKC or SGA, they are a good team, they are the number 1 seed in the West, but I felt that it's not their time to shine, not yet. On the other hand, the Mavs with Luka as putting up a good series against them and the whole team are putting effort for them to win this series against the inexperience OKC. And it also shows their defense as well, with their new acquisition in the trade deadline, anchoring everything with Gafford and PJ Washington. So now the next game will be at Dallas homecourt, one of the loudest arena, it will be crazy if they are going to beat the Thunder.

I think the Mavericks and I'm rooting for them to win because they have the better experience than the OKC. though it's not over yet but it's likely that they'll advance since we are not seeing new from the OKC, it's all SGA and eventually this guy will feel the fatigued, so I think his production will drop. In a do or die game and the Mavs want to finish the series, expect a more physical game, but thus far, OKC can't match the physicality of the Mavericks so that's a big factor why I believe Dallas will finish them in 6.

[Maslate]

So we have the game 6 tomorrow between the Nuggets and Wolves.

Who among us here still believe that the Wolves could bring the series to Nuggets? Personally, I find it almost impossible for the Wolves to win after Jokic torture the defensive player in game 5, and judging on the outcome of the last 3 games, Wolves IMO has no chance of winning.

game 3 112 - 97
game 4 115 - 107
game 5 117 - 90

Game 4 was the closest but it was already controlled by the Denver.

[Twentyonepaylots]

I'm always rooting for the Mavs to win the series against the Thunder. OKC took a lot of 3-point attempts, but they only made 10 out of 40. SGA scored 30 points, but the second-highest scorer, Chet, only made 13. The Mavs lead the series and will play at home in Game 6. As long as they can't stop Luka's offense, which is likely to happen, they are bound to lose.

Me too; I was rooting for Luka and the Mavs to win this series. Actually, I was also rooting for Luka to win the MVP, but sadly, he didn't get it, and I really don't like the disrespect Luka gets. They say that Shai is a better player overall compared to Luka, and this kind of narrative is being used in the MVP talks. For me, they are both talented, but Luka has been great ever since he got to the league, while SGA is a late bloomer. So, if the Mavs win this series against the OKC, it will shut down those critics of him. Also, if he ever wins the Championship this season, it is a great story for him; after not winning the MVP, he gets the Ring and the Finals MVP. Sounds like a great story for Luka and the Mavs, also for the NBA.

[Coin_trader]

So we have the game 6 tomorrow between the Nuggets and Wolves.

Who among us here still believe that the Wolves could bring the series to Nuggets? Personally, I find it almost impossible for the Wolves to win after Jokic torture the defensive player in game 5, and judging on the outcome of the last 3 games, Wolves IMO has no chance of winning.

game 3 112 - 97
game 4 115 - 107
game 5 117 - 90

Game 4 was the closest but it was already controlled by the Denver.

It’s nearly impossible to beat the Nuggets unless Wolves will find a way to lock down Jokic(Maybe double team him). I notice that Wolves usually do an isolation defense against Jokic with Gobert that makes it not effective anymore since Jokic already knew how to break the defense of Gobert.

Wolves need to double team Jokic with KAT and limit him to pass the ball before he can even make a play. They should just improve what they are doing on game 1 and 2. Stop relying to Gobert defense alone to contain Jokic because it’s proven not effective anymore his defense.

I still believe that they can push Game 7 if they just lock down Jokic.

[Volgastallion]

Yesterday Luka Doncic play much better tha other games and reach a triple double for him, anyways i still think he needs to improve his accuracy he is missing so many shots right now.

Dallas with this win put a feet in the final of conference but still a way to go, is not a easy team to beat Oklahoma, and i dont think they are gonna give up right now.

[FanEagle]

Experience also played a huge role here. Looking at the attempts, OKC missed a lot of opportunities while Dallas converted over 50% of their shots. Luka have two minor injuries which means he can still be stopped. SGA seems like the only one the remained composed in their young team. I have a series bet on OKC but I already accepted that this is a 50/50 series because the team made it at top 1 but obviously lacked the playoffs experience. But I am still hoping OKC will also once again steal a game in Dallas to force a game 7 at home.

Honestly, when you haven't been to this level of playoffs before it is going to be scary for all those young players, OKC is building a team that could be around these levels for many years in a row if they do not ruin the team, they have a great star and they are doing quite well right now.

However, this is the first time, and that means we are going to see them have anxiety when they are shooting, and if your hand trembles when you shoot, you are going to miss those shots and have these type of games. In the end they are doing well so far, and in a few years I am expecting them to fight for a title, be a contender at least. But as long as Nuggets and Jokic keeps going like this, it is going to be tough for anyone else.