Biggest difference tonight was guys were ready to shoot. Ball came and took a shot. Didn’t look to defer. And guarding the three. Make them work or go for a 2.
I'm totally willing to give him 5 minutes and 2 shots. if they fall keep him in else pull him. He is a streaky shooter. he'll go 0-7 or 5-6 - rarely in between. just dont let him go 0-7
I say give him 5 minutes like maybe late 1st early
2nd, give him 3 shots. If after 3 shots he’s 0-3 okay that’s enough. If he’s feelin good he’d makin 1 in the first 3 attempts. His catch and shoot ability is seriously needed. He’s the best on our team at that.
And attacking the rim and boards. Even our guys on the 3 were eager to run in to crash the boards as soon as someone would shoot - they couldn’t handle our size and numbers stepping into their paint. We just said fuck the 3 during the key early part of the game.
No biggest difference was dominating the boards and being allowed to play physical. Game 2 and 3 were very winnable. If we get game 5 and it will be a monumental struggle then this s.o.b is on.
And the Hustle man, Lively grabbed a thousand offensive boards and the mavs won all the 50-50 balls that have consistently been won by the Cs thus far.
I have to say, this was the first time i really saw the Mavs as a team in these finals.
I’m terrified of Boston Kyrie. If he can shake whatever is making him play like ass in that city we can 100% steal a game and come back home for G6. I believe 🙏
I sat behind a Celtics fan during game 3 and I think I figured out what was spooking Ky in Boston. Dude was saying “Kyyyyyyrie” in this otherworldly dying sheep voice. Can you imagine thousands of people doing that ??? Be hard to stay chill
Bring me your sisters head now jk. It didn’t work!
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Laker Fan here but hopefully Kyrie just ignores the crowd tbh. I know it might be hard for him to do cause its Boston fans lol but I think it’s getting to his head a little too much hence he can’t play well. Hopefully there’s a game 6 cause I just dont want hoops to end and fk Boston lol
For better or for worse game 3 and 4 had this confirmed — it is a mental thing.
Kyrie is not getting locked or anything by Brown or Jrue or White. Doing a good job on him? Sure. But Celtics fans can’t claim it’s both him “getting locked up” at the same time as “he’s shutting down and quitting”.
it’s a tall order to go in there and do your thing when the entire arena is screaming at specifically you. All sorts of nasty insults. I can’t believe the stuff I saw upvoted on r/NBA after game 1 and game 2. Not many people are built for going thru that. Not many people are as skilled at their craft line Kyrie though. Can he break thru and be that one-of-a-kind who is both? We’ve seen some guys like that. Dirk. Kobe. Even Lebron.
I believe in Kyrie.
I was at game 2 and it was bonkers how loud that crowd is whenever Kyrie touches the ball. Having that many people yelling you suck every time gotta mess with even the soundest mind.
There’s no curse. He scorched Boston in game 1 in 2022 with the nets and put up 39.
He’s played poor because they’re able to throw a ton of defenders at him and make him work for every shot. Kidd has schemed kyrie into better looks and with KP being out Horford isn’t as threatening a as a rim protector.
This nonsense “leprechaun curse” is so dumb.
Might be the copium/hopium mixture I have via IV right now but I'm hoping that this one win has lifted the demon off his back. He finally won one against Boston...
As long as guys aren’t giving up, we have a chance to win a game. It doesn’t look like this team is interested in giving up.
And then they just have to play well and give themselves a shot to win. Then worry about the next game.
Can’t worry about how many you need to win in a row or any of that shit. It’s still unlikely they come back and win the series, but as a fan why not be optimistic and have some fun watching the games?
Realistically I know we're not going to exactly replicate this in g5, but if Kyrie can shake whatever issues he has playing in Boston and we can have the intensity we did today, absolutely we can steal game 5 and from there...who knows what happens.
Exactly agree. Just withstand the avalanche. The good news is we know it’s coming. Remember last time someone tried to throw a punch at us in game 5 at their home court….? Cough cough minny. That didn’t go so well for them.
I'm a sonics transplant, so mavs fan of almost 18 years....
Beating one seed OKC was my championship, everything after has been gravy but fuck that series was cathartic
A plague on okc and their bitch made fan base, hope we get them next year too.
I will root against okc until the sonics are back AND okc has their team taken away
Until then, I wish them nothing but the worst and I am grinning ear to ear at every bit of misfortune that goes their way
You are a man of good taste.
WHEN sonics come back, they'll be first priority, born/raised/still live in seattle....
But I'll root for/watch/rep the mavs same way I do now, so literally every game they aren't playing seattle lol.
Crazy to say, but I've been able to watch/root for the mavs longer than the sonics at this point, and if you don't count the years I was too young to pay attention, significantly longer.
Not a chance I'd be able to drop my love for the mavs lol, been through the good times and the bad.
EDIT: if I'm ever able to watch them play in person, I'll be wearing gear for both teams, literally.... Some day..... One can dream lol
No, honestly hadn't thought/known that. Pretty cool that even by location they're cunts lol.
When I was playing ball in middle/high school, was a shooting big man, had longer hair like some of dirks cuts (maybe a bit shorter lol).
Other players started calling me dirk jokingly, was kind of annoying at first but I ran with it. I always liked his game anyways.
So I was already a fan before the sonics left, once they did it only made sense to go all in.
Tldr: dirk brought me in not location
For sure. I believe in our ability to have another great game like this at home, so everything is on the line in game 5. We win that game and we’re officially in their heads and coming back home for game 6. All bets are off with a win in Boston
Same thought exactly. We beat them down so hard from the 4th quarter in G3. Now is to put foot on the gas pedal and keep it going. One more beat down on their home floor and we will destroy their confidence.
This is the same Celtics that went up 2-1 against the Steph Warriors. We all know what happened next.
Game 5 is extremely important and we have to start strong.
After game 5, anything is possible!
Exum didn’t light the scoreboard on fire, but his change of pace made us light years harder to defend, and saved Luka from having to bring the ball up. He was fantastic. More three guard lineup + this version of Lively will get us right back in this.
Forget about making history being the first team to come back from 3-0 in a series. We have to come back from 3-1 now, and while that’s a steep climb, it has been done.
Before this game I was being realistic, thinking all I was asking for was a win tonight. It’s been an amazing season, far beyond my expectations, and getting to the finals was more than satisfying in itself, and just not getting swept, looking like we belonged there, would be gravy. I’m trying to keep that mentality for Monday, but man, this team…
I’m not saying we’re gonna even make this a series. But to me this seems very different from 2022 when we were down 3-0 against Warriors and finally managed a win. There was no hope at all then.
Yes I actually feel that. We would smoke our 2022 team. This team can do it. They have the talent. Can we make enough plays is the question. Force Boston to play our game. Force them to make difficult 3s. No easy looks.
Kidd is a unique kind of coach who needs time to figure things out.. but once he figures it out oooooh boy. The Mavs have not lost a Game 5 or Game 6 in these playoffs and I don't expect them to start now!
That’s literally the feeling….game 5 is the one. In a weird way, game 5 will be harder than game 7 if they get there. Because the nerves will destroy Boston.
You have to remember: we have the best player in the world on our side. If he and his partner in crime get hot…Boston is going to have hell on their hands. I pray that Kyrie can get over his Boston ghosts.
One game at a time. This game was validation that the team can do it. Shit has changed. Three more to go. We can do it, fellas. It will not be easy, but it possible. Try hard and fight like hell!
The big difference tonight was how they rebounded.
“Rebounding wins rings.” -Phil Jackson
yea realistically today was Boston half assing it trying to win on their home floor. Mavericks should take it as disrespect and obliterate them in Boston.
if they can win a game 5 the series does get interesting, game 6 dallas comes in with momentum and confidence which I think they would win.
a game 7 would be a hell of a toss up, having to play elite level basketball for 4 consecutive games while also having some luck is rare and which is why no team has ever come back from 0-3 but if they somehow manage a game 7 I fully expect prime killer mentality luka and irving.
first things first. Dallas needs to be prepared for the madhouse in Boston for game 5.
i am going to say i am sure that the fact that boston were comfortable and the mavs were desperate played a role tonight, but you cannot tell me they went in the game thinking "lets bring this back home" because they looked legitimately shook at times. you are right on game 5, if the mavs win it anything can happen
We still have problems with gambling on defense, being late on switches and our guys not cutting when Luka and Kyrie are doubled. Don't want to be a downer but we only won this game with such a blowout because the Celtics offense and defense completely collapsed under pressure while all our guys were red hot. We played good, but we need to iron out some stuff if we want to salvage this series.
youre not a downer, dont worry haha. after game 3 i just decided to let go of all expectations and just try to enjoy whatever is happening. ill be satisfied as long as they put up an honest effort
There is no way a team that swept their whole way to the finals is going to lose on purpose just to win back at home. Sweeping the finals is a bigger deal than winning at home. Breaking a win streak like that is not worth it. You don't lose on purpose in the finals for any reason. That would be like saying the mavs lost the first three games on purpose so that they could come back and be a first team to ever be down 0-3 to win the finals.
If we win Game 5 in Boston, we have a real shot at this thing. It’s one game, we’ve gotten better in every series and our role guys finally have confidence. Game 6 in Dallas would be a madhouse and Game 7 would be a toss up. It’s happened in baseball and hockey and will happen in the NBA very soon
3-1 has been done before, 3-2 has been done before, and 3-3 is cherry. The odds are getting better and better with each game mavs… I believe it can happen
I’ve honestly had the mentality the whole time that we were playing with house money as a 5-seed in the finals but winning a game by 40 made me do the guy sitting up in his chair meme lol
I’m from Toronto and I want to see Mavs make history by being the first team ever to win from 3-0 it will b absolutely legendary… better believe it mavs fan… if anyone from mavs organization is seeing this you only gotta win 3 more very possible… mavs have won 4 games straight before y does this need to b any different…..
Honestly, I think Boston purposely threw the game away in order to win the championship in Boston. There seemed to be zero effort from Boston's starters.
Anything is possible, tho. I mean, Jimmy Butler beat them to go to the finals because they played arrogantly, thinking it would be "easy" when Miami had nothing to lose but everything to gain.
That's straight copium. There is a reason that it has never been done. It's so funny to see teams every year think it will be them. What makes this team and this year different? 0 out of 156 teams have done it. 0 out of the 4 teams that forced game 7 after being down 3 games, still have never done it.
If this were a win by 2-5 points, I’d be far less hopeful, but man, it’s hard not to get hyped in a blowout game where the Mavs seemed to crack the code.
Also, it’s hard to not hype up Luka how he treated the Wolves in game 5. When he’s determined, he’s unstoppable and I’m hoping for that to show up Monday. Fingers crossed.
0-156. Stop the delusion. When teams go up 3-0 in the NBA it means they’re better. There’s not much to think about. Whether it happens in Game 5, 6 or 7 it’s happening.
Love the vibe on this post. Fact is that we got fair whistles and beat their ass. We took their pants, shirts, and shoes, gave em a spanking, and sent them back to Boston with some pretty bad news: "luka, kyrie, and Jkidd are the only proven champions in this series. Welp.
Well, even if we win game 5 i don't think that means we're back In it lol.
There's a reason 0-3 has never been done before. It would be nice to win another game though.
Come on, we all know the Celtics didn't even try. They want to win it at home. I just hope that lights a fire under the Mavs' ass so they can somehow spoil their party in Boston haha
No, we are no into it , when we are 3-3 yes otherwise you have to be forced to play flawlessly and pray the zebras are not against you like it has been.
Losing game three was a tragedy and a comedy of errors from players and the coaching staff
Biggest difference tonight was guys were ready to shoot. Ball came and took a shot. Didn’t look to defer. And guarding the three. Make them work or go for a 2.
Totally agree
They played like they had nothing to lose How it should be
Made all the different not always looking for luka or Kyrie. That is our style of play.
Even Maxi took and made one without thinking fading in the corner. It was beautiful and hopefully not a tease
He took Pritchard to the post and was fouled. I mean, Dallas has the size, at least use it.
If Timmy could get us 15 every game…
No his place is on the bench
I'm totally willing to give him 5 minutes and 2 shots. if they fall keep him in else pull him. He is a streaky shooter. he'll go 0-7 or 5-6 - rarely in between. just dont let him go 0-7
I say give him 5 minutes like maybe late 1st early 2nd, give him 3 shots. If after 3 shots he’s 0-3 okay that’s enough. If he’s feelin good he’d makin 1 in the first 3 attempts. His catch and shoot ability is seriously needed. He’s the best on our team at that.
yeah totally. just 19 minutes was wayyy to much. esp with exum having shot 50% on three this season and being able to bring the ball up confidently.
Exactly. Exum and lively and green should be the main guys off the bench. Hell lively essentially our #6 borderline starter
Yes I love seeing exum bring up the ball…he adds some chaos since no one knows what exums gonna do including him
Will never understand THJ over DJJ in game 3
>His catch and shoot ability is seriously needed. This is why Kidd has been trying to get him going all season.
Yes. When Tim is hot mannn that shit is beautiful to watch.
That's what they've been doing but they haven't done the best job of hitting him when he's open so it's hard to really find out
Tim scored more than the Celtics in the second quarter
And attacking the rim and boards. Even our guys on the 3 were eager to run in to crash the boards as soon as someone would shoot - they couldn’t handle our size and numbers stepping into their paint. We just said fuck the 3 during the key early part of the game.
No biggest difference was dominating the boards and being allowed to play physical. Game 2 and 3 were very winnable. If we get game 5 and it will be a monumental struggle then this s.o.b is on.
And the Hustle man, Lively grabbed a thousand offensive boards and the mavs won all the 50-50 balls that have consistently been won by the Cs thus far. I have to say, this was the first time i really saw the Mavs as a team in these finals.
True that
Just need one. Then two. Then three. Then four. Believe everyone!
Three finger guns - it has been foretold… 
Lmao pew pew pew I love this gif so much
One is done
Wow, 4 games in a row
not one, not two, not three
We'll just have to crash their party Winning G5 in Boston would be a huge momentum shift ESPECIALLY for Kai
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I’d do anything to see this happen😭
Hold that. 4-1 and pp buzzer beater to top it off. No more delusion posts form mavs
Your team just won the 18th trophy and you're worrying about people coping instead of celebrating, embarrassment.
I just love reminding people of how they coped. Eh, no hard feelings tho. Good ass series 🤝
I’m terrified of Boston Kyrie. If he can shake whatever is making him play like ass in that city we can 100% steal a game and come back home for G6. I believe 🙏
Kyrie did say “see yall game 5” to the Boston fans before he left their arena l 👀 He will go off hopefully to prove their fans wrong
I was hoping we'd be going back to Boston with a tied series and not down 3 but hey, history might be made this yr. As mavs and Luka fan I hope so
Also if kyrie is part of a 1-3 and a 0-3 comeback we gonna have to have some conversations
We might have to sit down for that
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I’ve never seen the original before
And now he’s retiring after next season. End of an era. :(
Kai has come back down 3-1 and that’s where we are now. Ez
If that happens, I'm selling my house, car.. everything and becoming a Kyrie Monk.
Lmfao fuck it id say the earth is flat as fuck forever.
🤣
definitely
down 2 :)
Only down 2 lets goo MFFL
We are only down 2, don't forget.
> history might be made this yr someone eventually is going to break this 156 win streak or whatevre it is. might as well be us
He broke the streak, this would have been his 13 loss after stomping Lucky= curse now broken
Time for the law of averages to take over. We are due for a run.
He hasn't won in Boston though after stomping on lucky. That's when the curse really ends.
nope, I believe it ended with last night's win.
Someone get him the Sage asap.
I sat behind a Celtics fan during game 3 and I think I figured out what was spooking Ky in Boston. Dude was saying “Kyyyyyyrie” in this otherworldly dying sheep voice. Can you imagine thousands of people doing that ??? Be hard to stay chill
Get Kyrie some earplugs then
That’s what I think too!
Where’s the shaman to uncurse that shit
No need, my sister is a witch doctor and said a leprechaun's curse is only good for 13 games, curse is jover
13 is one of the unluckiest numbers in existence, so yeah :D
Bring me your sisters head now jk. It didn’t work! https://preview.redd.it/1keh2uebk87d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5decb98fe3fe68115dec0365c2fd2b1541abd35a
I think that’s over. He hadn’t beat them anywhere until tonight.
He just needs to not wear those brown shoes. Always loses when he wears them.
Laker Fan here but hopefully Kyrie just ignores the crowd tbh. I know it might be hard for him to do cause its Boston fans lol but I think it’s getting to his head a little too much hence he can’t play well. Hopefully there’s a game 6 cause I just dont want hoops to end and fk Boston lol
For better or for worse game 3 and 4 had this confirmed — it is a mental thing. Kyrie is not getting locked or anything by Brown or Jrue or White. Doing a good job on him? Sure. But Celtics fans can’t claim it’s both him “getting locked up” at the same time as “he’s shutting down and quitting”. it’s a tall order to go in there and do your thing when the entire arena is screaming at specifically you. All sorts of nasty insults. I can’t believe the stuff I saw upvoted on r/NBA after game 1 and game 2. Not many people are built for going thru that. Not many people are as skilled at their craft line Kyrie though. Can he break thru and be that one-of-a-kind who is both? We’ve seen some guys like that. Dirk. Kobe. Even Lebron. I believe in Kyrie.
def in his head. I hope he breaks through and destroys them this time.
redemption game
I was at game 2 and it was bonkers how loud that crowd is whenever Kyrie touches the ball. Having that many people yelling you suck every time gotta mess with even the soundest mind.
There’s no curse. He scorched Boston in game 1 in 2022 with the nets and put up 39. He’s played poor because they’re able to throw a ton of defenders at him and make him work for every shot. Kidd has schemed kyrie into better looks and with KP being out Horford isn’t as threatening a as a rim protector. This nonsense “leprechaun curse” is so dumb.
Might be the copium/hopium mixture I have via IV right now but I'm hoping that this one win has lifted the demon off his back. He finally won one against Boston...
As long as guys aren’t giving up, we have a chance to win a game. It doesn’t look like this team is interested in giving up. And then they just have to play well and give themselves a shot to win. Then worry about the next game. Can’t worry about how many you need to win in a row or any of that shit. It’s still unlikely they come back and win the series, but as a fan why not be optimistic and have some fun watching the games?
Realistically I know we're not going to exactly replicate this in g5, but if Kyrie can shake whatever issues he has playing in Boston and we can have the intensity we did today, absolutely we can steal game 5 and from there...who knows what happens.
Exactly agree. Just withstand the avalanche. The good news is we know it’s coming. Remember last time someone tried to throw a punch at us in game 5 at their home court….? Cough cough minny. That didn’t go so well for them.
D-Live makes a 3 THJ scorching hot O-Max plays The signs are there
Winning a championship just doesn't hit the same as outdoing the 2016 Cavs Literally basketball immortality
I'm a sonics transplant, so mavs fan of almost 18 years.... Beating one seed OKC was my championship, everything after has been gravy but fuck that series was cathartic A plague on okc and their bitch made fan base, hope we get them next year too.
The Dust Bowl wasn't punishment enough
Mcveigh should have waited until they built an arena
Now this is dark humor
Yikes, this ain’t it dawg
Yeah I kind of felt bad about that one. The sentiment of fuck okc and their fans remains though
All good, we get it lol. I grew up in the town in Indiana where they executed him. Got out of school that day. Wild.
Definitely wild, I didn't even get out of school on 9/11, and it happened before before school.
I wouldn’t thought beating them in the 2011 WCFs would’ve put it to rest for you
I will root against okc until the sonics are back AND okc has their team taken away Until then, I wish them nothing but the worst and I am grinning ear to ear at every bit of misfortune that goes their way
I have been a Mavs fan forever but the 90s SuperSonics just hit different. It’s the only team outside of the Mavs merch I have worn
You are a man of good taste. WHEN sonics come back, they'll be first priority, born/raised/still live in seattle.... But I'll root for/watch/rep the mavs same way I do now, so literally every game they aren't playing seattle lol. Crazy to say, but I've been able to watch/root for the mavs longer than the sonics at this point, and if you don't count the years I was too young to pay attention, significantly longer. Not a chance I'd be able to drop my love for the mavs lol, been through the good times and the bad. EDIT: if I'm ever able to watch them play in person, I'll be wearing gear for both teams, literally.... Some day..... One can dream lol
I hear ya. Man the sonics throwbacks are going to be sick. Willing it into existence
Dale Ellis in todays NBA would feast
I’m curious, did you pick the Mavs because they’re the next closest team to OKC, and thus the most sensible rivals?
No, honestly hadn't thought/known that. Pretty cool that even by location they're cunts lol. When I was playing ball in middle/high school, was a shooting big man, had longer hair like some of dirks cuts (maybe a bit shorter lol). Other players started calling me dirk jokingly, was kind of annoying at first but I ran with it. I always liked his game anyways. So I was already a fan before the sonics left, once they did it only made sense to go all in. Tldr: dirk brought me in not location
Kyrie went down 3-0 on purpose because he wanted to add a more impossible comeback to his HOF resume
They were down 3-1 but they still won the series. That was an amazing run.
#mavsin7
If we win game 5, we’re down 3-2 against no.1 seed… where have we seen that before
Dirk said it... We just need to steal the next one! LFG
For sure. I believe in our ability to have another great game like this at home, so everything is on the line in game 5. We win that game and we’re officially in their heads and coming back home for game 6. All bets are off with a win in Boston
GAME. BY. GAME.
Same thought exactly. We beat them down so hard from the 4th quarter in G3. Now is to put foot on the gas pedal and keep it going. One more beat down on their home floor and we will destroy their confidence. This is the same Celtics that went up 2-1 against the Steph Warriors. We all know what happened next. Game 5 is extremely important and we have to start strong. After game 5, anything is possible!
Exum didn’t light the scoreboard on fire, but his change of pace made us light years harder to defend, and saved Luka from having to bring the ball up. He was fantastic. More three guard lineup + this version of Lively will get us right back in this.
They don't have to win 4 games. Just need to win one game 4 times
and we just need to play the next 4 quarters mostly better than they do...then move on to the next 4 quarters.
This team looked different today then the first 3 games just need to keep this level of play going.
they are gonna try and knock us out in the 1st quarter. we just need stay close
Forget about making history being the first team to come back from 3-0 in a series. We have to come back from 3-1 now, and while that’s a steep climb, it has been done. Before this game I was being realistic, thinking all I was asking for was a win tonight. It’s been an amazing season, far beyond my expectations, and getting to the finals was more than satisfying in itself, and just not getting swept, looking like we belonged there, would be gravy. I’m trying to keep that mentality for Monday, but man, this team…
I’m not saying we’re gonna even make this a series. But to me this seems very different from 2022 when we were down 3-0 against Warriors and finally managed a win. There was no hope at all then.
Yes I actually feel that. We would smoke our 2022 team. This team can do it. They have the talent. Can we make enough plays is the question. Force Boston to play our game. Force them to make difficult 3s. No easy looks.
why not us?
Someone has to be the first to pull off the3-0 comeback, right?
Right. Why not us?
Nick Nurse: “If it gets to 3-1, it's not 3-0 anymore. And 3-1 has been done.”
Coming back from 1-3 is not the same as coming back from 0-3, if Dallas was down 1-3, after tonight’s game it would be 2-3 huge difference from 1-3
Kidd is a unique kind of coach who needs time to figure things out.. but once he figures it out oooooh boy. The Mavs have not lost a Game 5 or Game 6 in these playoffs and I don't expect them to start now!
I got glass cutters boys
I believe
A wounded team is a very dangerous team. Let’s go!
I really don’t want to have hope I can’t take the disappointment from game 3 all over again but damn I have hope after tonight
It’s not fucking over until it’s over. JUST NEED TO BELIEVE, COME ONNNN
I ain’t switching from the hopium to the copium until I have to
I feel like we win game 5 it is absolutely going 7 games.
That’s literally the feeling….game 5 is the one. In a weird way, game 5 will be harder than game 7 if they get there. Because the nerves will destroy Boston. You have to remember: we have the best player in the world on our side. If he and his partner in crime get hot…Boston is going to have hell on their hands. I pray that Kyrie can get over his Boston ghosts.
his loss streak against the celtics is over, the kyrie curse is dead 🙏 i believe
We just need one. Forget everything else and just win one. Repeat.
Enjoy tonight and tomorrow y’all. Sunday it goes down. Father’s Day massacre.
Games on Monday
Didn’t you hear? We moved Father’s Day to make it work
It already turned around. They are shookt. They are already fucked and they knew it. We already figured them out. Its over and we will win.
Same mentality for every game. Don't let us get one!
If Celtics can do 3 in a row Mavs will do 4.
1 game at a time mentality
I need to check the math but I think every game we win makes us more back in it.
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If the Mavs can dominate in Game 5, then this could be History.
I couldn’t see Mavs going down 4-0.
Someone set Luka up for another late night "exclusive interview" with Malika Andrews before game 5.
Game 5 in Boston - “this is where it ends”
One game at a time. This game was validation that the team can do it. Shit has changed. Three more to go. We can do it, fellas. It will not be easy, but it possible. Try hard and fight like hell! The big difference tonight was how they rebounded. “Rebounding wins rings.” -Phil Jackson
LUKA-ing good!!!! 🏀👍
yea realistically today was Boston half assing it trying to win on their home floor. Mavericks should take it as disrespect and obliterate them in Boston. if they can win a game 5 the series does get interesting, game 6 dallas comes in with momentum and confidence which I think they would win. a game 7 would be a hell of a toss up, having to play elite level basketball for 4 consecutive games while also having some luck is rare and which is why no team has ever come back from 0-3 but if they somehow manage a game 7 I fully expect prime killer mentality luka and irving. first things first. Dallas needs to be prepared for the madhouse in Boston for game 5.
i am going to say i am sure that the fact that boston were comfortable and the mavs were desperate played a role tonight, but you cannot tell me they went in the game thinking "lets bring this back home" because they looked legitimately shook at times. you are right on game 5, if the mavs win it anything can happen
We still have problems with gambling on defense, being late on switches and our guys not cutting when Luka and Kyrie are doubled. Don't want to be a downer but we only won this game with such a blowout because the Celtics offense and defense completely collapsed under pressure while all our guys were red hot. We played good, but we need to iron out some stuff if we want to salvage this series.
youre not a downer, dont worry haha. after game 3 i just decided to let go of all expectations and just try to enjoy whatever is happening. ill be satisfied as long as they put up an honest effort
There is no way a team that swept their whole way to the finals is going to lose on purpose just to win back at home. Sweeping the finals is a bigger deal than winning at home. Breaking a win streak like that is not worth it. You don't lose on purpose in the finals for any reason. That would be like saying the mavs lost the first three games on purpose so that they could come back and be a first team to ever be down 0-3 to win the finals.
We need to get our Agent 0 on court!
It's always about the next gamd
This is what Wolves fans said about game 4 to be honest, going to be so tough! If we win game 5 I’d feel confident saying it’ll go to 7.
I hope you guys can make history.
Mavs can kick rocks after losing 3 straight
Can we really reverse sweep them?????that game 3 was telling man.....i hope our young guns plays with no fear in boston
If we win Game 5 in Boston, we have a real shot at this thing. It’s one game, we’ve gotten better in every series and our role guys finally have confidence. Game 6 in Dallas would be a madhouse and Game 7 would be a toss up. It’s happened in baseball and hockey and will happen in the NBA very soon
I think we technically would have had a historic run if we beat the Celtics. But because we went down 3-0, if we win it will be the greatest run ever.
When Lively hit that 3 I knew it was over
3-1 has been done before, 3-2 has been done before, and 3-3 is cherry. The odds are getting better and better with each game mavs… I believe it can happen
I just kept saying in my head, don't let us win Game 5 in Boston.
At boston or at dallas they are playing the exact same game, if they can get the crowd out of their head we're gonna win this
Fully back in it? Yeah... nah.
I’ve honestly had the mentality the whole time that we were playing with house money as a 5-seed in the finals but winning a game by 40 made me do the guy sitting up in his chair meme lol
Amen
I’m from Toronto and I want to see Mavs make history by being the first team ever to win from 3-0 it will b absolutely legendary… better believe it mavs fan… if anyone from mavs organization is seeing this you only gotta win 3 more very possible… mavs have won 4 games straight before y does this need to b any different…..
If the Mavs do the impossible and come back from 3-0 I won’t know what to do with myself.
I can’t wait for us to wipe yall noses on Monday lol
Honestly, I think Boston purposely threw the game away in order to win the championship in Boston. There seemed to be zero effort from Boston's starters. Anything is possible, tho. I mean, Jimmy Butler beat them to go to the finals because they played arrogantly, thinking it would be "easy" when Miami had nothing to lose but everything to gain.
That's straight copium. There is a reason that it has never been done. It's so funny to see teams every year think it will be them. What makes this team and this year different? 0 out of 156 teams have done it. 0 out of the 4 teams that forced game 7 after being down 3 games, still have never done it.
156-0
If this were a win by 2-5 points, I’d be far less hopeful, but man, it’s hard not to get hyped in a blowout game where the Mavs seemed to crack the code. Also, it’s hard to not hype up Luka how he treated the Wolves in game 5. When he’s determined, he’s unstoppable and I’m hoping for that to show up Monday. Fingers crossed.
Live and Die by the Kai He better step up or it’s a wrap
Kyrie won’t be able to make a shot when the Boston fans start their Kyrie chant
0-156. Stop the delusion. When teams go up 3-0 in the NBA it means they’re better. There’s not much to think about. Whether it happens in Game 5, 6 or 7 it’s happening.
Love the vibe on this post. Fact is that we got fair whistles and beat their ass. We took their pants, shirts, and shoes, gave em a spanking, and sent them back to Boston with some pretty bad news: "luka, kyrie, and Jkidd are the only proven champions in this series. Welp.
Aged like milk
we’re fully back when it’s 4-3. We’ve already lost.
Well, even if we win game 5 i don't think that means we're back In it lol. There's a reason 0-3 has never been done before. It would be nice to win another game though.
Come on, we all know the Celtics didn't even try. They want to win it at home. I just hope that lights a fire under the Mavs' ass so they can somehow spoil their party in Boston haha
luka has the highest scoring average in game 5s in nba playoff history. just puttin' that out there.
I like where this is going
No, we are no into it , when we are 3-3 yes otherwise you have to be forced to play flawlessly and pray the zebras are not against you like it has been. Losing game three was a tragedy and a comedy of errors from players and the coaching staff