2024 NBA Season

[blockman]

They said the plan was to really foul Jaylen Brown or not give him a three and foul him when is going to make a 2. However, Pascal Siakam said that he is very far and that he switch very late and so he didn't commit the foul because he knows that it will give Brown a chance to tie it with a 3 free throws. Unfortunately, Brown did make the 3 from the corner and they've lost steamed in the OT and take a lot of turnover. I don't think that they will be swept here, Pacers are good at making adjustments, so most likely in their homecourt they are going to win at least a game. However, Celtics might be too strong for them to handle in this series.

I think that three won't even happen before if Pascal didn't touched the ball when the 4th quarter was about to end. But it was last touched by the Celtics but when it was already out of bounds, he still tried to get it so it was a last touch of Pacers. That was a crucial time and I think the game result won't even lead to an OT if that was made right and he didn't chased for the ball.

[MK-74]

We watched a very exciting game last night, Boston Celtics won in overtime..

Tonight it's Minnesota Timberwolves - Dallas Mavericks, my favorite is Dallas Mavericks, but Minnesota is also a very strong team.
I want Dallas to win because I want my favorite guy in the NBA to win the cup again. Kyrie Irving

[Yogee]

First quarter is over so how do you think this game will play out? I'm a bit surprised that Kyrie is already taking over the scoring this early. I already placed a bet on Wolves -4.5 and I'm thinking of adding another one since Irving could be scoring over 30 points in regular time.

[EFS]

In Game 7, the pieces didn't work except Jokić and Murray, Nuggets didn't have the right offense at the end of the game. For the Wolves, everyone did what they had to do, from McDaniels to Reid, they played the right game. That was the factor that won them the game. The Timberwolves are back in the Conference finals after 20 years and now they pick up where they left off. They scored against the Mavericks with McDaniels and Anderson. For the Mavs, no one is helping Kyrie. It's in series like this that you realize how important the side pieces are.

[Harkorede]

The Timberwolves are back in the Conference finals after 20 years and now they pick up where they left off. They scored against the Mavericks with McDaniels and Anderson. For the Mavs, no one is helping Kyrie. It's in series like this that you realize how important the side pieces are.

It's been a really competitive first half between Mavericks and Timberwolves, Jaden McDaniels just can't miss and as you've pointed out, Slow-Mo was impressive as well, he's shooting the ball pretty well.

It's just rather funny how Dallas were just trailing by a few points in the first half because, Wolves were literally score 3 points shot with quite some ease.

That's said, it still anyone's game right now, and whichever team is able to stay locked in down the stretch would win this game imho.

[Yogee]

Three quarters in and it's turning out to be a brick throwing contest between Luka and ANT hehe. Good thing for the Mavs is that Kyrie is on point while McDaniels covering for both KAT and ANT. One thing that the Mavs have to look out for going into the fourth quarter is how they are turning the ball twice as many as the Wolves.

[OgNasty]

Three quarters in and it's turning out to be a brick throwing contest between Luka and ANT hehe. Good thing for the Mavs is that Kyrie is on point while McDaniels covering for both KAT and ANT. One thing that the Mavs have to look out for going into the fourth quarter is how they are turning the ball twice as many as the Wolves.

Definitely a good game and coming down to the wire. I’m surprised how good Kyrie specifically is doing but Dallas as a whole is shooting great. I’m surprised they’re losing when looking at the stats. They’re only down 3 though and Luka is just starting to get hot, so I’m expecting the end of this one to be worth sticking around for.

Edit: Luka just went on a 7-0 run by himself and gave the Mavs the lead.

[Harkorede]

Three quarters in and it's turning out to be a brick throwing contest between Luka and ANT hehe. Good thing for the Mavs is that Kyrie is on point while McDaniels covering for both KAT and ANT. One thing that the Mavs have to look out for going into the fourth quarter is how they are turning the ball twice as many as the Wolves.

Definitely a good game and coming down to the wire. I’m surprised how good Kyrie specifically is doing but Dallas as a whole is shooting great. I’m surprised they’re losing when looking at the stats. They’re only down 3 though and Luka is just starting to get hot, so I’m expecting the end of this one to be worth sticking around for.

Edit: Luka just went on a 7-0 run by himself and gave the Mavs the lead.

From the way the game started, It was quite evident that it would come down to last few shots, Kyrie Irving was foe to be reckoned with in the first half, before Luka Doncic took complete charge for most of the second half.

Dallas Maverick could have easily got blown out from the first half alone, but Irving kept the in the game with is 24 first half points, if not Mavs could have been trailing by as much 20+ by halftime. If there is anything I noticed pretty well today, was that Mike Conley doesn't seem to be fit, just like some news sources have made known earlier, perhaps he should just a take a rest, rather than just costing his teammates with his struggles on the court.

[GreatArkansas]

This duo in Dallas Mavericks is insane! 30+ points to each of them. The teamwork is really alive and their chemistry, compared to other teams there is only 1 player that got the most points. LuKai is doing it.

[LogitechMouse]

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This duo in Dallas Mavericks is insane! 30+ points to each of them. The teamwork is really alive and their chemistry, compared to other teams there is only 1 player that got the most points. LuKai is doing it.

On the other hand, Edwards seems tired in the final minutes of the game. No, he really is tired because there are plays where he doesn't run back and opt to go to the sideline because he's exhausted for whatever reason it is.

It's a close game indeed, and well, we are in the Conference Finals, so I guess it's a bit expected that we will see some close games like this one, and in the East as well. The defense of the Timberwolves didn't work with the duo of Luka and Kyrie as they scored 30+ points each. The Wolves focused on their distributed offense, but they just fell short. Anyway, I underestimated the Mavericks a bit, but I believe that the Wolves will get Game 2.

Does anybody saw Luka's knees during the game? There's some blood on it. I wonder if it will bother him in the future games.

[danherbias07]

Like I told you guys most in my posts about the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving will be the key player of the game. If he starts aggressive early in the game, the Mavs will survive anything and it will boost the offensive energy of his teammates which happened today.

A very close game and it was so damn entertaining, teeth-clenching, heart-stopping, and exciting. I cannot even count how many times I stopped breathing for a while because of how close the game was. This is the playoffs that we had been waiting for.

The Mavs stopped AntMan at 19 points, Gobert at 7 rebounds only (not normal), and Towns at 16 points. That's the recipe to win a game. Don't let Ant get his rhythm and get offensive rebounds as much as possible which I believe is credited to their Twin Towers Lively (4/11 off. rebounds) and Gafford (4/9 off. rebounds). All of that could've been for Gobert but those two did a great job giving their team a second chance opportunity. 



Let's see how the Wolves will adjust in Game 2.

[Dave1]

Like I told you guys most in my posts about the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving will be the key player of the game. If he starts aggressive early in the game, the Mavs will survive anything and it will boost the offensive energy of his teammates which happened today.

A very close game and it was so damn entertaining, teeth-clenching, heart-stopping, and exciting. I cannot even count how many times I stopped breathing for a while because of how close the game was. This is the playoffs that we had been waiting for.

The Mavs stopped AntMan at 19 points, Gobert at 7 rebounds only (not normal), and Towns at 16 points. That's the recipe to win a game. Don't let Ant get his rhythm and get offensive rebounds as much as possible which I believe is credited to their Twin Towers Lively (4/11 off. rebounds) and Gafford (4/9 off. rebounds). All of that could've been for Gobert but those two did a great job giving their team a second chance opportunity. 

Yea, as what we have been seeing, Kyrie doesn't have a good series OKC, but here he did step up and that is scary for the Wolves in game 1. He looks like he is looking for this kind of game to show his talent again, whether he goes left or right of even if it is the DPOY in front of him, he will take his shot.

I thought it will be a good match up down with Gafford and Lively against Gobert and Towns, but it was the Mavs who are more dominant and Gobert didn't get his usual rebounds. Although Towns scores, he has difficulty against Lively as he was blocked twice in one possession.

[avp2306]

Like I told you guys most in my posts about the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving will be the key player of the game. If he starts aggressive early in the game, the Mavs will survive anything and it will boost the offensive energy of his teammates which happened today.

A very close game and it was so damn entertaining, teeth-clenching, heart-stopping, and exciting. I cannot even count how many times I stopped breathing for a while because of how close the game was. This is the playoffs that we had been waiting for.

The Mavs stopped AntMan at 19 points, Gobert at 7 rebounds only (not normal), and Towns at 16 points. That's the recipe to win a game. Don't let Ant get his rhythm and get offensive rebounds as much as possible which I believe is credited to their Twin Towers Lively (4/11 off. rebounds) and Gafford (4/9 off. rebounds). All of that could've been for Gobert but those two did a great job giving their team a second chance opportunity. 

Yea, as what we have been seeing, Kyrie doesn't have a good series OKC, but here he did step up and that is scary for the Wolves in game 1. He looks like he is looking for this kind of game to show his talent again, whether he goes left or right of even if it is the DPOY in front of him, he will take his shot.

I thought it will be a good match up down with Gafford and Lively against Gobert and Towns, but it was the Mavs who are more dominant and Gobert didn't get his usual rebounds. Although Towns scores, he has difficulty against Lively as he was blocked twice in one possession.

He need to teach ANT a lesson that he is no easy opponent for him and its good to see him that he step up since that leave some statement that he need to respect the veteran like him. But this is a intense match and Wolves also show some quality performance. I really think earlier that they could take the win on game one since they are dictating the phase of the game and they shoot a lot of three pointers while Mavs struggling in rainbow area. But what make Mavs alive is their inside offense and second chance opportunity that's why Wolves didn't get a far lead from Mavs.

Also its really amazing to see the young big man of Mavs perform so well since they really bring a big help to get the win on game 1.

[Fredomago]

Like I told you guys most in my posts about the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving will be the key player of the game. If he starts aggressive early in the game, the Mavs will survive anything and it will boost the offensive energy of his teammates which happened today.

A very close game and it was so damn entertaining, teeth-clenching, heart-stopping, and exciting. I cannot even count how many times I stopped breathing for a while because of how close the game was. This is the playoffs that we had been waiting for.

The Mavs stopped AntMan at 19 points, Gobert at 7 rebounds only (not normal), and Towns at 16 points. That's the recipe to win a game. Don't let Ant get his rhythm and get offensive rebounds as much as possible which I believe is credited to their Twin Towers Lively (4/11 off. rebounds) and Gafford (4/9 off. rebounds). All of that could've been for Gobert but those two did a great job giving their team a second chance opportunity. 

Yea, as what we have been seeing, Kyrie doesn't have a good series OKC, but here he did step up and that is scary for the Wolves in game 1. He looks like he is looking for this kind of game to show his talent again, whether he goes left or right of even if it is the DPOY in front of him, he will take his shot.

I thought it will be a good match up down with Gafford and Lively against Gobert and Towns, but it was the Mavs who are more dominant and Gobert didn't get his usual rebounds. Although Towns scores, he has difficulty against Lively as he was blocked twice in one possession.

He need to teach ANT a lesson that he is no easy opponent for him and its good to see him that he step up since that leave some statement that he need to respect the veteran like him. But this is a intense match and Wolves also show some quality performance. I really think earlier that they could take the win on game one since they are dictating the phase of the game and they shoot a lot of three pointers while Mavs struggling in rainbow area. But what make Mavs alive is their inside offense and second chance opportunity that's why Wolves didn't get a far lead from Mavs.

Also its really amazing to see the young big man of Mavs perform so well since they really bring a big help to get the win on game 1.

Yeah he needs to show some respect though it's his gesture of being competitive and it might inspire him to play hard just like how Kyrie play being inspire by that kind of challenge, proving that you can still bring something and manage to win the game, I like the exchange attacks of Kyrie and Luka they are not forcing it but instead they really managing the help that they can get from all their teammates, like what you said those young big man they all working hard fighting for the second chance points.

[yazher]

Yeah he needs to show some respect though it's his gesture of being competitive and it might inspire him to play hard just like how Kyrie play being inspire by that kind of challenge, proving that you can still bring something and manage to win the game, I like the exchange attacks of Kyrie and Luka they are not forcing it but instead they really managing the help that they can get from all their teammates, like what you said those young big man they all working hard fighting for the second chance points.

It's tough for them and they are against a team who beat the defending champion and still managed to win game one with a hard-fought battle. It wasn't an easy game for them and they needed to win number 1 as much as possible because winning against Timberwolves when their big men are healthy is almost impossible. Thankfully, they were sinking threes and sometimes back to back to get the lead or not to be left behind too long. which is kinda bad in the NBA playoff games because they are having a hard time catching up in the last quarter because they won't be given any easy chance to do so.

[ultrloa]

Yeah he needs to show some respect though it's his gesture of being competitive and it might inspire him to play hard just like how Kyrie play being inspire by that kind of challenge, proving that you can still bring something and manage to win the game, I like the exchange attacks of Kyrie and Luka they are not forcing it but instead they really managing the help that they can get from all their teammates, like what you said those young big man they all working hard fighting for the second chance points.

It's tough for them and they are against a team who beat the defending champion and still managed to win game one with a hard-fought battle. It wasn't an easy game for them and they needed to win number 1 as much as possible because winning against Timberwolves when their big men are healthy is almost impossible. Thankfully, they were sinking threes and sometimes back to back to get the lead or not to be left behind too long. which is kinda bad in the NBA playoff games because they are having a hard time catching up in the last quarter because they won't be given any easy chance to do so.

Really wasn't easy for Dallas to defeat the Wolves since we see that each of them is really connecting well and provide more better defense its just Dallas is showing some great experience and take advantage to take the lead for the first game of this series. We see a lot of actions happening and for sure people watching the game is satisfied for what they see on that game. Its great to see a classic Kyrie stepping up and provide some good numbers for his team since it really show they are  trying their best  to take the lead and possible get the advantage before the Wolves will gather its momentum. I expect that game two would be more intense since for sure its time for Wolves to take revenge and they provably won't allow Dallas to get another win since this will be dangerous for them if they allow that.

[Finestream]

Yeah he needs to show some respect though it's his gesture of being competitive and it might inspire him to play hard just like how Kyrie play being inspire by that kind of challenge, proving that you can still bring something and manage to win the game, I like the exchange attacks of Kyrie and Luka they are not forcing it but instead they really managing the help that they can get from all their teammates, like what you said those young big man they all working hard fighting for the second chance points.

It's tough for them and they are against a team who beat the defending champion and still managed to win game one with a hard-fought battle. It wasn't an easy game for them and they needed to win number 1 as much as possible because winning against Timberwolves when their big men are healthy is almost impossible. Thankfully, they were sinking threes and sometimes back to back to get the lead or not to be left behind too long. which is kinda bad in the NBA playoff games because they are having a hard time catching up in the last quarter because they won't be given any easy chance to do so.

Really wasn't easy for Dallas to defeat the Wolves since we see that each of them is really connecting well and provide more better defense its just Dallas is showing some great experience and take advantage to take the lead for the first game of this series. We see a lot of actions happening and for sure people watching the game is satisfied for what they see on that game. Its great to see a classic Kyrie stepping up and provide some good numbers for his team since it really show they are  trying their best  to take the lead and possible get the advantage before the Wolves will gather its momentum. I expect that game two would be more intense since for sure its time for Wolves to take revenge and they provably won't allow Dallas to get another win since this will be dangerous for them if they allow that.

Kyrie will probably remain unstoppable as he had already proved it in game 1. he like the match up with ANT which is the best player of the wolves. Luka as well is playing great basketball, his shooting struggled at the beginning but in the 2nd half, especially in the 4th quarter, he exploded again.

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

[Kelvinid]

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

True, but as a Mavericks fun this already bring safisfaction, one win at a time, I trust Kyrie and Luka to deliver so I'm very positive with the possible outcome of the series that will favor the Mavs. There will be more adjustments that will happen, just like the Nuggets vs Wolves series, every game was really unpredictable, Wolves took 2 games on the road  and they loss 2 at their homecourt as well, who would  even thought of that?

now the series odds has changed, it's quite the opposite before game 1.

Dallas now at 1.59 and Wolves at 2.38.

[dwyane36]

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

True, but as a Mavericks fun this already bring safisfaction, one win at a time, I trust Kyrie and Luka to deliver so I'm very positive with the possible outcome of the series that will favor the Mavs. There will be more adjustments that will happen, just like the Nuggets vs Wolves series, every game was really unpredictable, Wolves took 2 games on the road  and they loss 2 at their homecourt as well, who would  even thought of that?

now the series odds has changed, it's quite the opposite before game 1.

Dallas now at 1.59 and Wolves at 2.38.

It's no surprise that the odds changed in favor of the Mavs after the first game. However, I still think the Wolves will finally win this series and become the Western Conference champions. Objectively speaking, the Nuggets were clearly a tougher opponent for the Wolves than the Mavs.

[livingfree]

This duo in Dallas Mavericks is insane! 30+ points to each of them. The teamwork is really alive and their chemistry, compared to other teams there is only 1 player that got the most points. LuKai is doing it.

Well done for this tandem. Despite that it was an homecourt advantage for the Timberwolves, LuKy was able to score this match.

Mike Conley was the key player on the possible overtime when there were few seconds left. He's fouled at 3 point line and Dallas was on the 4 points lead.

He has to shoot first and second free throw and possibly to miss the third one and get a quick response to have two points to just tie the game.

But he didn't shoot the 2nd shot and by that time, Luka already clapped and that's their victory.