2024 NBA Season

[Volgastallion]

What the hell has just passed last night, Boston Celtics destroy Indiana Pacers so easily , in the first game Indiana force an extratime abut now they cant do anything against this Boston push, Brown was on flames with 40 points.

About the game of tonight because the main problem with Dallas is only one an that is they are super irregular, so i also dont know what to bet on that game.

[LGD2Business]

What the hell has just passed last night, Boston Celtics destroy Indiana Pacers so easily , in the first game Indiana force an extratime abut now they cant do anything against this Boston push, Brown was on flames with 40 points.

Indiana played well in the first game and was very close to winning, but it wouldn't be right to expect them to play like this every game. They are not that good of a team, they finished the regular season in 5th place. If it wasn't for opponents injury problems, they wouldn't have gotten past the Bucks and Knicks. It wouldn't be surprising if the Celtics sweep them. At best, they win a game at home and the series ends 4-1. It's also an accomplishment for Indiana to get this far, but Haliburton is gone now and they have no chance of winning the series. Unless Siakam scores 50 points and wins every game, the finals are a dream for the Pacers.

[doomloop]

I'm sure the Pacers cannot forget their big mistake in game 1, they could have won it and the series after game 2 is tied. That would still make them confident going home with 1-1 record. But now, they'll be playing with 0-2 record and they'll need to win both game 3 and 4 so they have a chance to beat the Celtics. I hope the injury of their main man is nothing serious, he'll come back in game 3 and showed their dominance at home, they can get back in the series.

I do agree that Brown has been more consistent, it is not about who is better or who is worse, but who is giving their all every game. If Tatum plays 100/100 one game and 50/100 another game while Brown plays 85/100 in both games, the averages means that Brown is better. Could we see Brown MVP? Maybe, but it also depends on the rest of the games, we still have a few more games and I think that things could change during that time, I do not imagine the changes will be all that easy.

I do hope that we can do better eventually, we should consider how we could improve so that is the most important part. We are not going to get anything crazy out of this situation and we should consider the situation to be changing on the long run.

[Fredomago]

I'm sure the Pacers cannot forget their big mistake in game 1, they could have won it and the series after game 2 is tied. That would still make them confident going home with 1-1 record. But now, they'll be playing with 0-2 record and they'll need to win both game 3 and 4 so they have a chance to beat the Celtics. I hope the injury of their main man is nothing serious, he'll come back in game 3 and showed their dominance at home, they can get back in the series.

I do agree that Brown has been more consistent, it is not about who is better or who is worse, but who is giving their all every game. If Tatum plays 100/100 one game and 50/100 another game while Brown plays 85/100 in both games, the averages means that Brown is better. Could we see Brown MVP? Maybe, but it also depends on the rest of the games, we still have a few more games and I think that things could change during that time, I do not imagine the changes will be all that easy.

I do hope that we can do better eventually, we should consider how we could improve so that is the most important part. We are not going to get anything crazy out of this situation and we should consider the situation to be changing on the long run.

I agree to that,  we can't tell whether who's going to be better though from how they are playing the game there's really a noticeable improvement from Brown's performances and if he will continue doing that there's a big possibility that he might earn the finals MVP though still early for that, it's still a long series as knowing how the pacers played this  season they always good in doing the adjustments that they needed,  more on how they will going to play at home to avoid taking the early rest from this series.

[boyptc]

I do agree that Brown has been more consistent, it is not about who is better or who is worse, but who is giving their all every game.

It's only for the recent game. But check out his stats for the other games, he's not that consistent at all. He just got some clutch shots and that's why he made it look like he's consistent at all and those shots were critical and crucial for the team so it has been grandstanding.

And I agree about the latter.

It's not about who points more or the most but whoever does the clutch shots and make the team win.

[MK-74]

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks will start in 1 hour. Game 2 of the series, Dallas won the first game.
Minnesota can win this game, but my favorite is Dallas again.
I think they will win the cup this year.

I predict that the final matchup will be Boston Celtics - Dallas Mavericks and Dallas will be the champion.

[yahoo62278]

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks will start in 1 hour. Game 2 of the series, Dallas won the first game.
Minnesota can win this game, but my favorite is Dallas again.
I think they will win the cup this year.

I predict that the final matchup will be Boston Celtics - Dallas Mavericks and Dallas will be the champion.

So far Minnesota has come out strong and has control of this game at halftime. Currently up by 14 with 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. I think Dallas comes back and makes the game close, but Minnesota will prob hold on for the win in this game. Seems like they're playing pretty hard tonight.

[malcovi2]

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

[OgNasty]

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

That game winner was impressive. Luka is that guy… The Minnesota Timberwolves have got to be careful here. If they give up game 3 then all the sudden they’ll find themselves in an impossible situation. I expect they’ll respond with a win, but that’s what I thought we’d see today and the Mavericks got it done.

[danherbias07]

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

Luka is a monster, he made Rudy dance.  
0-2.

Chuck said the Timberwolves don't have a chance to win. I disagree. They almost won that game today but Luka is just doing his normal things and it went in.
Wrong strategic plan, Kenny was right and so was Coach Stan Van Gundy. They all know that the Mavs are going for the win, every person who has basketball knowledge actually knows it will be Luka who will do the final shot. Why put Rudy? He is great at protecting the paint but not against guards on outside shots.
A very big mistake in planning the last defensive possession.
Actually, the stars on both teams did not play well today because of the hard defense. Kyrie only got 20 points and Edwards only had 21 points.
The pressure is on the Mavs next game, they must keep that hunger to win the game if they want a sweep.

[STINKYBEE]

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

Wolves are mentally still at the previous series. They thought they could win it all after beating nuggets 

[livingfree]

I don't understand the Timberwolves and what Finch has told them to do when they're on a big lead. They keep on shooting outside and threes and they keep on missing.

They have a lot of turnovers and then until the Mavs able to cope with their lead, they have to real shoot the threes. Thanks to Naz Reid, to be honest he's able to carry the team not until that very last three that has been passed to him, I thought that he'd be on a three's streak.

But that very needed shot didn't got in.

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

That game winner was impressive. Luka is that guy… The Minnesota Timberwolves have got to be careful here. If they give up game 3 then all the sudden they’ll find themselves in an impossible situation. I expect they’ll respond with a win, but that’s what I thought we’d see today and the Mavericks got it done.

It's hard to defend against Luka, a slow-mo crossover and you'd never know his eyes where at. Probably at the ring or someone who's free on the three point line.

[TravelMug]

Luka is carrying the Mavs the whole game and if the Wolves can't lock him down, I don't see a chance of them winning.

Wolves are mentally still at the previous series. They thought they could win it all after beating nuggets 

I don't think so, Wolves are prepared in this series, but they think that they can continue with their torrid shooting. As for Luka, no one in the league can lock him up. He can still if he wanted to, he had a lot of tools so no matter what you the Wolves are going to put into him, he will score. The scary part is that he has this whole arsenal, he is not just pure scoring, but he can pass the ball as well and good at finding open men when they double team him. So the Wolves are not in a good position already in this series, they are down 0-2 and so I doubt that they can comeback in this series to even it out at Mavs homecourt.

[boyptc]

Poor Timberwolves, got beaten twice.

Maybe they like to get their win on Mavs court.

Wolves are mentally still at the previous series. They thought they could win it all after beating nuggets 

They don't like that they do but this 2nd lost for the conference finals will definitely going to put some mental battle for each of them.

[Oasisman]

I’m not decided yet on who I think will win tonight’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves but I’m glad the game is on TNT while we still get to enjoy Ernie, Shaq, Chuck, & Kenny while we’re able to. I expect another close game, but I think eventually Minnesota will get it figured out how to win this series.

Close game it is, but the Mavs took 2 games in Minnesota and are now on a 2-0 lead while heading home for game 3 and 4. However, I can't tell yet whether the Mavs are gonna win this series or not. With the game that close, I think the Wolves may be able to bounce back in games 3 and 4, cause it seems like home court advantages is not really a huge of an advantage now unlike what we've thought it was before.
BUT, if the Wolves are gonna lose on Sunday, then I have to consider it the series is done. Since there are no team in the NBA who win a series being down 0-3.
I felt really bad for Gobert, he's been criticized over and over again in every series for his DPOY award. That Luka game winning three in his face may serves as a reminder that he need to play more defense. All I know is when the Wolves plays good defense, it's like an automatic W for them. Let's see what will happen in game 3. 

[Shinpako09]

I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

[Japinat]

I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

It was Conley and Reid who made them compete with the shooting of the Mavs. It's been 2 games already that ANT has been struggling, he cannot carry his team with that kind of shooting. Now down 0-2,  I don't think we will see the same scenario of their last game where they won on the road, or if that will happen, it's still Mavericks that will advance as they'll win game 7.

Kyrie came up cluctch in the 4th quarter again, when Luka needed him, he is their  to step up and carry the team, but the winning shot of Luka changes everything, that puts a dagger to the heart of the Wolves and even trash talked Gobert.

[Maslate]

I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

It was Conley and Reid who made them compete with the shooting of the Mavs. It's been 2 games already that ANT has been struggling, he cannot carry his team with that kind of shooting. Now down 0-2,  I don't think we will see the same scenario of their last game where they won on the road, or if that will happen, it's still Mavericks that will advance as they'll win game 7.

Yeah these two really help the team to lead. At first, when they are up like 15 points, I thought it's going to be a blowout win by the Wolves and they'll even the series, but slowly the Mavericks came back and the Wolves offense slowly to deteriorate. Reid was really awesome, he was almost perfect in the 3 point  are until he miss 1 and then miss the supposed game winning shot.

The role players played well but the starters really struggled in this games.

Edwards    5-17
Towns     4-16
McDaniels 1-6

And they are outrebounded again by the smaller Mavs. And look at these two bigs from the mavs, you can appreciate their consistency.

Gafford 8-10
Lively II 6-6

Kyrie came up clutch in the 4th quarter again, when Luka needed him, he is their  to step up and carry the team, but the winning shot of Luka changes everything, that puts a dagger to the heart of the Wolves and even trash talked Gobert.

He didn't start strong but in the 4th quarter, a barrage of 3 point shots were on display that was able to keep them close with the Wolves.
That turnover by ANT in less than a minute was huge, and because of that Dallas were able to call a timeout, design a great play that resulted to a winning shot by Luka.

So who's the real MVP now?

[dwyane36]

I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

The Wolves continue to frustrate their fans in this series. It looks like the Wolves players underestimated their opponent and were very irresponsible in the second half. Just look at the fact that the Wolves led by 18 points with 3 minutes left in the first half but still managed to lose by 1 point. That's an epic fail.

[ultrloa]

I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

The Wolves continue to frustrate their fans in this series. It looks like the Wolves players underestimated their opponent and were very irresponsible in the second half. Just look at the fact that the Wolves led by 18 points with 3 minutes left in the first half but still managed to lose by 1 point. That's an epic fail.

They are giving false hope to their fans since imagine that they are dominating on early quarter and they really show an impressive performance which leave some thoughts to their fans that they are winning. But they always come up short especially when it comes in late quarter. They allow Dallas to execute their plays and eat those big leads that's why they got choked and lose. Lucky they have Naz Reid always giving them some hope since he is so consistent on this series.

I wonder what Dallas feel on the last shot take by Reid since for sure they provably got nervous when he take that shot knowing that he is capable to knock that off especially that he is doing good on 3 pt area but he come up short with that. Game 3 I think it became more questionable to them since as we see right now that Dallas is already gaining a lot of confident for winning 2 consecutive games on the road. Luka is also hurt since he got a lot of injury but he still provide a solid performance to help his team to win on game two. His clutch 3 point is so solid and that secure Dallas to win this game.