2024 NBA Season

[wheelz1200]

Pacers 116 - 103 New York Knicks
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Based on the quarter results of this game, the Pacers and Knicks performed about the same except for the second quarter performance. In this quarter, the Knicks clearly performed weakly because of the low field goal percentage, which most likely was the reason for their loss in this game. Anyway, I think Game 7 will be interesting, and if Brunson turns on the berserk mode, the Knicks can probably win this series.

Brunson always steps up his game, but he cannot carry his team alone. They have already missed some key players, and now it looks like Hart is not even certain if he'll play in Game 7. Slowly, the Knicks are going down as they continue losing players due to injury, but if Hart comes back in Game 7, even without OG, I think they are capable of beating the Pacers, as they did in Game 5.

Yeah it's difficult for Brunson to carry the loads alone, as Pacers still have their cores and with that win from their homecrowd they might be pushing for this one and we never know what will be the fate of NYK, they almost have it but now they back home and will push for the last ride, without a complete core players they will again lean with Brunson's shoulders though we never know if there's someone that will step up and will help him trying to protect their home crowd and who knows they will manage to win the series and finally move forward for the conference finals.

Game 7 is going to be interesting.  If Josh hart can't play up to his potential because of his injury that's probably too much to overcome.  When he was injured and on the court the Pacers looked to attack him.  I think post injury they shot 11-18 when Josh hart was guarding.  As a knicks fan of course I'd like to see them win but don't know if they can overcome 4-5 rotation players not available because of injury.  Just too much.

[jossiel]

I still see Dallas as favourites, a lot of people are not happy with Luka during this playoffs period, but I think he is doing fine (with a 30 point triple double he shut the doubters up) but it is still his team meaning that if he plays well then they will probably win, and all depends on what he will do this game too.

OKC is a good "team", like they have SGA but they have a good team around him, whereas Luka is a star that team is built around, so it all depends on how he plays, sure others help but if Luka doesn't play well, others can't help getting a win because of the strategy they have, if SGA plays badly, they do not emphasize him alone, they can just play with others. That matters a lot, and I think what will happen all depends on how Luka ends up playing tonight for sure.

Dallas Mavericks is no doubt the favorite on this game 7. I agree to what you've said that if Luka don't play well, it's a domino effect to the entire team.

That seems to be where they're getting their strength and how they play well. But good thing for the team that there's Kyrie and he's known and no doubt a star as well.

That's why if the other don't play well, there's still the other one that will catch all of that bad shot to try and make things right.

[wheelz1200]

I still see Dallas as favourites, a lot of people are not happy with Luka during this playoffs period, but I think he is doing fine (with a 30 point triple double he shut the doubters up) but it is still his team meaning that if he plays well then they will probably win, and all depends on what he will do this game too.

OKC is a good "team", like they have SGA but they have a good team around him, whereas Luka is a star that team is built around, so it all depends on how he plays, sure others help but if Luka doesn't play well, others can't help getting a win because of the strategy they have, if SGA plays badly, they do not emphasize him alone, they can just play with others. That matters a lot, and I think what will happen all depends on how Luka ends up playing tonight for sure.

Dallas Mavericks is no doubt the favorite on this game 7. I agree to what you've said that if Luka don't play well, it's a domino effect to the entire team.

That seems to be where they're getting their strength and how they play well. But good thing for the team that there's Kyrie and he's known and no doubt a star as well.

That's why if the other don't play well, there's still the other one that will catch all of that bad shot to try and make things right.

It's actually only game six and yeah they are favorites pretty much because they are playing at home.  I think these 2 teams match up real well against each other.  If okc can squeeze out a win they likely will be favorites playing at home in the game 7.  I'm hoping to see that.  A 1 game win and in game between these 2 teams would be insane. 

[inthelongrun]

I still see Dallas as favourites, a lot of people are not happy with Luka during this playoffs period, but I think he is doing fine (with a 30 point triple double he shut the doubters up) but it is still his team meaning that if he plays well then they will probably win, and all depends on what he will do this game too.

OKC is a good "team", like they have SGA but they have a good team around him, whereas Luka is a star that team is built around, so it all depends on how he plays, sure others help but if Luka doesn't play well, others can't help getting a win because of the strategy they have, if SGA plays badly, they do not emphasize him alone, they can just play with others. That matters a lot, and I think what will happen all depends on how Luka ends up playing tonight for sure.

Dallas Mavericks is no doubt the favorite on this game 7. I agree to what you've said that if Luka don't play well, it's a domino effect to the entire team.

That seems to be where they're getting their strength and how they play well. But good thing for the team that there's Kyrie and he's known and no doubt a star as well.

That's why if the other don't play well, there's still the other one that will catch all of that bad shot to try and make things right.

Luka is indeed necessary in Dallas even if there is Kyrie Irving. According to the stats, they lose when Luka performed badly. Luka had 31.6% and 30% FG when Dallas lost to OKC. In game 3 where Dallas escaped with a 4 point lead, Luka's FG was 41.2%. There rest of the 2 games where Dallas won, Lukas FG was over 50%. So it is too dangerous not to focus the defense on Luka even if his other teammates will step up. And if I am correct, Luka still have two minor injuries. So this is how good Luka is.

Still hoping for OKC to win game 6 and force a game 7 though.

[danherbias07]

No game 7 for the Dallas Mavericks versus the Oklahoma City Thunder series.

The Mavs ended it now with an amazing performance. They were down by 16 in the first half but somehow got it back in the second half. With the help of Jones Jr.'s three-point shooting and Kyrie Irving's aggressive attack on the paint and some outside shots. But Lively was the key player in this game as his offensive rebounds were so helpful to give the Mavs second chance opportunities.
PJ Washington on the other hand activated his game-winning talent. He was scoreless in the first half after receiving 3 could and benched for the whole 2nd quarter if I remember it right. But then, most of the points in the 4th came from him including the free-throw win.

Mavs advances to the WCF.
OKC is a great talented young team. Next year they will come back better.

[OgNasty]

No game 7 for the Dallas Mavericks versus the Oklahoma City Thunder series.

The Mavs ended it now with an amazing performance. They were down by 16 in the first half but somehow got it back in the second half. With the help of Jones Jr.'s three-point shooting and Kyrie Irving's aggressive attack on the paint and some outside shots. But Lively was the key player in this game as his offensive rebounds were so helpful to give the Mavs second chance opportunities.
PJ Washington on the other hand activated his game-winning talent. He was scoreless in the first half after receiving 3 could and benched for the whole 2nd quarter if I remember it right. But then, most of the points in the 4th came from him including the free-throw win.

Mavs advances to the WCF.
OKC is a great talented young team. Next year they will come back better.

Congrats to the Mavs. I’m glad the deal to get Kyrie finally seems to be paying off. The OKC Thunder didn’t make much of an effort on the boards tonight and it’s hard to win a game when you’re outrebounded by so much and also shoot a lower fg% than your opponent. Looking at the box score, I’m actually surprised it was as close as it was.

[inthelongrun]

Heartbreaking defeat by the young OKC team. And once again Luka is the key to Dallas. Luka once again was shooting over 50% and it spells disaster to OKC. Luka was on triple double and once again he is back to the western conference finals after failing to reach the playoffs last season with Kyrie joining the team.

Dallas followed Boston on the teams awaiting for their opponents in the conference finals. Tomorrow will the decision maker as New York will host Indiana while defending champion Denver hosts Minnesota.

[Viscore]

Heartbreaking defeat by the young OKC team. And once again Luka is the key to Dallas. Luka once again was shooting over 50% and it spells disaster to OKC. Luka was on triple double and once again he is back to the western conference finals after failing to reach the playoffs last season with Kyrie joining the team.

OKC almost look sure to have win it as they were able to lead by 15 points or more, but Dallas cameback slowly and in the 4th quarter they have a run that they were able to take the lead. PJ washington wasn't shooting well but his timing was very timely, from the 3 point shots that he made and that failed 3 point shot but he was able to get fouled, and this guy is very clutch as he didnt miss a free throw and played well the last shot by intentionally not shooting the ball.

Yeah, Dallas my team, welcome back to the WCF.

Dallas followed Boston on the teams awaiting for their opponents in the conference finals. Tomorrow will the decision maker as New York will host Indiana while defending champion Denver hosts Minnesota.

2 games tomorrow which is very unpredictable, however, I'd choose the home teams especially for the Knicks if Hart is playing.

[Shinpako09]

Still an impressive game by SGA, dropping 36 points. The Thunder had 2 more field goals, but the Mavs had more free throws and were ahead by one 3-point shot. They were also beaten in rebounding by a difference of 16. That is very frustrating, losing your chance to go to the WCF by only 1 point. Anyway, I got 1 correct answer in the poll; the only one left is for the Wolves to win.

[stadus]

Still an impressive game by SGA, dropping 36 points. The Thunder had 2 more field goals, but the Mavs had more free throws and were ahead by one 3-point shot. They were also beaten in rebounding by a difference of 16. That is very frustrating, losing your chance to go to the WCF by only 1 point. Anyway, I got 1 correct answer in the poll; the only one left is for the Wolves to win.

You have to remember that there's a game 7 if OKC succeeds in that game, so even if they win, it's still not guaranteed that they'll win in game 7. It's more disappointing for Dallas if they are not able to win that game when the opportunities were given to them. They came back from a big deficit and finished it right. I think they are more deserving of that spot.

I have PJ Washington as the hero of the game although Luka had a great performance and Irving played well too.

[avp2306]

Still an impressive game by SGA, dropping 36 points. The Thunder had 2 more field goals, but the Mavs had more free throws and were ahead by one 3-point shot. They were also beaten in rebounding by a difference of 16. That is very frustrating, losing your chance to go to the WCF by only 1 point. Anyway, I got 1 correct answer in the poll; the only one left is for the Wolves to win.

Its undeniable that SGA and OKC crew is really impressive at game 6 they didn't give any easy win for Mavs but its just they are been out of luck and Mavs hit those lucky shot to win game 6 then advance to conference finals.

Got nervous when PJ Washington commit crucial mistake since I really thought at that time that this will be the turnout and OKC will win but suddenly there is unwanted foul committed and Washington go to free throw line and make the two shots and intentionally miss the last one so the shot clock will continue and OKC will not have any chance to do their last shot anymore.

Now this is really great since Mavs can take a rest then wait for Knicks and Pacers result since both team will be another tough match up for them.

[malcovi2]

once again Luka is the key to Dallas. Luka once again was shooting over 50% and it spells disaster to OKC. Luka was on triple double and once again he is back to the western conference finals after failing to reach the playoffs last season with Kyrie joining the team.

yeah, He was contributing in both defence and offence. You wouldn't see him most of the time contesting shots and filling the gaps on the defense during the regular season. Also the easy points because of the lob pass he was doing for his team.

[boyptc]

once again Luka is the key to Dallas. Luka once again was shooting over 50% and it spells disaster to OKC. Luka was on triple double and once again he is back to the western conference finals after failing to reach the playoffs last season with Kyrie joining the team.

Dallas did great on this season and now they are back to the conference finals.

Having Kyrie was a great addition to the team and we all have seen that.

Now we have to wait who they will be against, Nuggets or Wolves.

[wheelz1200]

Still an impressive game by SGA, dropping 36 points. The Thunder had 2 more field goals, but the Mavs had more free throws and were ahead by one 3-point shot. They were also beaten in rebounding by a difference of 16. That is very frustrating, losing your chance to go to the WCF by only 1 point. Anyway, I got 1 correct answer in the poll; the only one left is for the Wolves to win.

You have to remember that there's a game 7 if OKC succeeds in that game, so even if they win, it's still not guaranteed that they'll win in game 7. It's more disappointing for Dallas if they are not able to win that game when the opportunities were given to them. They came back from a big deficit and finished it right. I think they are more deserving of that spot.

I have PJ Washington as the hero of the game although Luka had a great performance and Irving played well too.

PJ Washington hero for sure.  Those 3 point shots at the end were daggers.  He misses one of those makes amd its a whole different game.  I know the coach has to try to challenge but any little contact and they can't over turn it.  I would have rather seen them take the foul shots amd save the one timeout so they could advance the ball.  Basically if you lose the challenge you lose the game with the timeout you still get a real good shot with 2.5 seconds left.

[el kaka22]

We are going to end up seeing one of the most important game sevens of this season, well most important playoff games of this season. Wolves really built a team that works perfectly against Nuggets, every team should work towards finding how to be so well matched up against the champions. I am not saying that Wolves will win, and of course this win made it a lot better for them to have a chance but at the same time we are talking about something that does involve Wolves having a chance now.

I do not know what is going to happen afterwards, but this does look like very good two teams facing each other, and the winner may end up being the title winners unless they are way too tired. Celtics on the other side still looks quite strong though.

[OgNasty]

Seems like NY has a few injured players trying to tough it out today. Probably not the best idea in a game 7. I’m guessing Indiana takes the win today but I guess we’ll find out in a couple hours. A shame injuries always play such a big role in the NBA Playoffs.

[püsür]

once again Luka is the key to Dallas. Luka once again was shooting over 50% and it spells disaster to OKC. Luka was on triple double and once again he is back to the western conference finals after failing to reach the playoffs last season with Kyrie joining the team.

Dallas did great on this season and now they are back to the conference finals.

Having Kyrie was a great addition to the team and we all have seen that.

Now we have to wait who they will be against, Nuggets or Wolves.

I think especially in this series we have seen the effects of Kyrie.Iit's really pleasing that he reached a level close to his prime after years, but it's not the same kyrie in terms of playing style. After luka's performance decline, there is a kyrie who can see the team more, manage the team and take full control and carry the team when necessary. His last quarter performance and clutch plays are also very good in these playoffs. There is a huge game tonight for WCF and I am very eager to see what Kyrie will do against the winner of tonight's game. If Luka is healthy, we might see very interesting results in the WCF.

[Distinctin]

Seems like NY has a few injured players trying to tough it out today. Probably not the best idea in a game 7. I’m guessing Indiana takes the win today but I guess we’ll find out in a couple hours. A shame injuries always play such a big role in the NBA Playoffs.

New York Knicks able to cut it to a single digit deficit but the Pacers have another run in the 3rd as well, so the huge lead still remain and I don't see NYK able to come back in the 4th quarter anymore. OG came played but less than 10 minutes only, while Hart is back but he wasn't contributing much with 10 points only. The biggest problem is Brunson who is shooting poorly, with his current 6/17 shooting, this could only mean that the team will struggle.

[yahoo62278]

Seems like NY has a few injured players trying to tough it out today. Probably not the best idea in a game 7. I’m guessing Indiana takes the win today but I guess we’ll find out in a couple hours. A shame injuries always play such a big role in the NBA Playoffs.

New York Knicks able to cut it to a single digit deficit but the Pacers have another run in the 3rd as well, so the huge lead still remain and I don't see NYK able to come back in the 4th quarter anymore. OG came played but less than 10 minutes only, while Hart is back but he wasn't contributing much with 10 points only. The biggest problem is Brunson who is shooting poorly, with his current 6/17 shooting, this could only mean that the team will struggle.

Pacers should hold on to close out this series. NY looked like they were gonna comeback at the start of the 2nd half, fortunately for the Pacers they got hot again and took control of the game.

[jossiel]

Dallas Mavericks is no doubt the favorite on this game 7. I agree to what you've said that if Luka don't play well, it's a domino effect to the entire team.

That seems to be where they're getting their strength and how they play well. But good thing for the team that there's Kyrie and he's known and no doubt a star as well.

That's why if the other don't play well, there's still the other one that will catch all of that bad shot to try and make things right.

It's actually only game six and yeah they are favorites pretty much because they are playing at home.  I think these 2 teams match up real well against each other.  If okc can squeeze out a win they likely will be favorites playing at home in the game 7.  I'm hoping to see that.  A 1 game win and in game between these 2 teams would be insane. 

Yeah, game 6 it was a typo error.

The game was intense and I thought that this is going to be a record for Chet that with his first actual season playing with the team, he'd be able to get into the conference finals.

To be honest, I like that last slam dunk alley hoop that he has made telling to everyone that the game hasn't ended yet.

The last free throw was missed on a purpose and it was so close if ever the last ball handler was close to the OKC's ring, it was a flop against the Mavs.