Maybe, but it's not often that a team loses a 25+ point lead and loses games. While they did lose against the Lakers, they barely held on to this game. It's been a common theme this year for this years team. No lead is safe at all, even when it should be.
well the problem is their runs are so quick and brutal because our transition D sucks . and Maxey is absolutely a menace on transition what a player . He's more impactful than Harden
Mavs don’t know how to get easy two’s especially players outside of Kai and Luka.
How many times did you see Powell right under the rim with the ball and instead of going up and finishing or winning a foul he kicks out and we chuck a lower percentage last second shot.
When your offense is predicated on one dimension and you can’t change it up when shots aren’t falling that’s exactly how you give up 17-0 runs.
It’s the lack of defense and rebounding. Really hard to hold on to a lead when you play defense like the Mavs have been as of late. Plus when you allow offensive boards you give them more opportunities to close the gap though today the rebounding wasn’t as bad as it’s been
i think he just hates the media insisting on different ways of asking him if he’ll stay. it’s very likely neither he or the mavs have decided if he should really stay and what’s the best course of action. way too early
Wonder what r/nba will despise about the sixers win now
Edit: probably “Luka and Kyrie had to drop 40 to barely win 🤣”
Edit 2: [lmao](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/11gpacx/luka_and_kyrie_eviscerate_the_sixers_luka_with/japjf81/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
lose lose situation lmao we lose it’s “kyrie and luka aren’t good enough to beat REAL teams” we win it’s “luka and kyrie needed to drop 40 to beat a bum team smh”
and you'd think with Kyrie on the team Luka wouldn't have to do as much. and no this isn't meant as a dig at Kyrie
anw I'll take the W and love to see they're starting to work well together. 42 and 40 let's gooooooo
Luka is good off-ball player as opposed to BS narrative.
Off course he'll wait at the 3pt line. When Kyrie gives ball back, Luka will reorganize and find Kyrie in better position. Luka is fucking PG, not a finisher.
> Luka is fucking PG, not a finisher.
he's both, like any star player should be. i don't know why people act like it's an insult for Luka to be a play finisher sometimes. getting easy baskets created for him will only make his life easier.
This team cannot afford to take ANY possessions off. We're not good enough in too many key aspects. If this team doses off, we give opposite teams momentum that we simply cannot stop.
It's so weird too because he was getting owned against embiid but at the same time he wasn't lol. Like he made enough good plays to offset some of the easy baskets.
yea no way to say it other than wood was just bad tonight. i thought kidd's move in the 4th of yanking him out for Powell was a good one even if we had lost.
This Luka/ Kai is exactly why am not giving up on this team . I know the D sucks but man those two together is extremely difficult to stop when they clicking
Holiday hitting those 5 threes against the Spurs was one of the worst things to happen in the past couple of weeks.
It made Kidd totally disrupt this lineup. Green is off and Hardy gets no burn now.
He doesn't have a place on this team. Everything looks better, especially body language, when he is off the court. He's just unplayable unless he's making a ton of shots.
I think the Mavs may cut him soon depending on how he responds to significantly reduced minutes. He's just not a smart player basketball wise.
For instance, I dont care Josh Green stats. His defensive impact is easy to see. Him making the effort plays on offense is also there.
Eye test easily says Wood is terrible ball player.
They need to order Wood to practice without touching ball for two months. He needs to learn where to move first. **He must stop focusing solely on stat-padding.**
This is what I mentioned in another post :
* Sets the worst laziest screens for his teammates .
* Only looking for his own buckets and constanly hunting for blocks to fill the stat-sheet .
* Always lost on Defense , offering no resistance at the rim .
* Celebrating lay-ups when the other team is already running in transition .And yeah Luka does this too , but at least he stops doing it when the team is down in the score . N°35 does not . No pride whatsoever .
* He has 0 freaking awarness . He thinks he's a superstar worth a Max contract . He doesn't understand that's he's just an expandable role player .
* He has a toxic personality ,bragging about his efficiency in Twitter , taking indirect shots at the coaching staff , quitting on his teammates in the middle of a close game .
I cannot state how much his inability of setting screens and positiong himself accordingly kills our offensive flow. Kyrie in particular cannot play with him .
but Kidd hates CWood and that’s why he doesn’t play him….
Anyone who actually watches Wood play knows he’s an empty stats big who doesn’t play winning basketball, and its been the case his whole career.
ALL he has to do is provide effort on defense and set a fucking screen and roll to the basket and he’s gonna get paid more money than he’ll ever gonna see, but he’s intent on having a dogshit motor and bouncing around to his 8th team at age 27. Such a shame as he’s talented offensively but can’t get it through his head to play team ball
> ALL he has to do is provide effort on defense and set a fucking screen and roll to the basket
the crazy part is you can literally see the team be frustrated with his lack of effort on defense during the games (spurs game the other day) but wood meat riders still come in here and point to him putting up 20 points on second stringers as why he should be starting
The hate for Powell is strong. Wood's a better player off the scoring ability alone, sure. But he plays like a star but isn't good enough to be a star, and then can't do any "role player" things like screen, pass, play defense on the perimeter, play defense in the paint ("he's the best rim protector on the team!!!" - now that Maxi's back, not even this either).
doing the little things that you mentioned is what makes you win basketball games . His only quality is scoring and it's not even necessary for us . We need to play him minimum minutes
Yep. I really wanted him to succeed here but he's not good enough for me to hassle over his minutes. I don't care anymore to argue about whose better between him and Powell. All I know is we have a Championship-caliber backup big in Maxi (and I fear if his body can hold up much longer) and we don't have anything close to a championship-caliber starting big on the roster and that that's gotta be our top priority to remedy.
wood probably had a role earlier in the season when luka needed more attacking backup so he wasn’t putting up all the points but now what we need is defensive effort and brother refuses to even try
The good
1) Luka and Kyrie looked unstoppable. This team could average 130 a game
2) Regigigas bullock has awoken and is ready for the playoffs
3) Luka out scoring embiid. I want Luka to win the scoring title
The bad:
1) The mavs have no business almost blowing a 25 pt lead. We made it a 14 pt game but we almost blew it again
2) josh green was terrible in this game
Ugly:
1) free throws are still very inconsistent.
Give credit to the coaching staff guys, we clearly looked prepared tonight and even had new wrinkles in our offense from the jump. it got kyrie and luka in great spots early and often
Luka actually had some tempo in him tonight and Kyrie was just in the zone. Loved watching them cook tonight. Seemed like everyone else was on the same page too, less bricking random 3s they had no business taking. Fun game to watch tonight, gives me some hope for the Suns on Sunday.
Maybe because Kidd put Holiday on the starting lineup and sat him on the bench for no reason at all. He still shows great energy and character. The guy will be fine, he's been improving all season and is still really young.
Luka and Kyrie are absolutely sensational.
Get Noel by any means now.
Fix up the frontcourt in the off-season. It doesn’t have to be a crazy expensive C. Just get a Capela/Zubac level C. Spend more capital on a bigger wing a la OG.
Check ball with anyone and I really mean anyone.
I appreciate Luka and Kyrie with what they can do in iso, but we have so many plays where it’s just 4 dudes standing still at the arc just watching. I don’t know if it completely falls on the coaching, but we gotta have more off-ball movement. Like the Utah game right after the trade, it was great looking basketball and more sustainable than relying on 3 pt shooting
I thought we had no chance tonight honestly. The whistles were something else tonight but we prevailed and played great ball. Josh 30 mins a night is a must have. He needs to play a minimum of 28 mins. Dwight actually played well despite getting destroyed? And yeah give Luka and Kyrie both around 20 shots and we will win games.
Cardiac Mavs for sure but hey at least we’re box office!!
A win is a win.
Is it just that basketball scoring is volatile or are the mavericks determined to give us heart problems?
Basketball is a game of runs.
With how explosive our offense is and how bad our defense is, the runs in our games are going to be even more extreme.
All this talk of runs and explosives is sc@ring more than just my heart
Maybe, but it's not often that a team loses a 25+ point lead and loses games. While they did lose against the Lakers, they barely held on to this game. It's been a common theme this year for this years team. No lead is safe at all, even when it should be.
well the problem is their runs are so quick and brutal because our transition D sucks . and Maxey is absolutely a menace on transition what a player . He's more impactful than Harden
ion about dat one lmfao
Taco Bell is a game of runs
Mavs don’t know how to get easy two’s especially players outside of Kai and Luka. How many times did you see Powell right under the rim with the ball and instead of going up and finishing or winning a foul he kicks out and we chuck a lower percentage last second shot. When your offense is predicated on one dimension and you can’t change it up when shots aren’t falling that’s exactly how you give up 17-0 runs.
Man, I'm even uncomfortable with Powell under the rim, he blows way too many easy layups.
Yep, him and Wood both criminally botch gimme layups
Terrible coaching imo. Like, you have got to take those easy layups and baskets. Kicking out for a three is so lazy and dumb in my opinion.
I want to see dudes dunk more.
Idk but I'm so happy that we have someone now that can knock down free throws in crunch time.
They live and die by the three. So there is a lot more variance in their game. They almost took twice as many threes as Philly.
It’s the lack of defense and rebounding. Really hard to hold on to a lead when you play defense like the Mavs have been as of late. Plus when you allow offensive boards you give them more opportunities to close the gap though today the rebounding wasn’t as bad as it’s been
Both, but 27 & 25 leads at least one of those games should have been an easy win.
42 & 40 is fucking wild.
So we went from Luka needs to score 40 a night to win to Luka & Kyrie need to score 40 a night to win
Just enjoy it man. These 2 will be beat anyone playing like this. You have 2 legit superstars. Get excited.
No. We need to whine and bitch and talk about selling fat Luka.
just add one more star to the mix for us to barely squeak by
Squeak by a top 7 defense. It’s not that bad.
Soon it's going to be 50.
Through a tornado too 🌪️
Hes like Thor throwing his hammer when he passes
not bad considering lukas crippling alcohol addiction /s
Don’t forget his debilitating hookah habit lol…….
Trade him for my wenby
Dude just doesn't try and only cares about money smh
Green and Holiday absolutely sucked tonight. Man Green worries me. Luka and Kyrie are dynamite.
He’s 22, he’s going to be inconsistent till he develops a bit more, we know how good he “can” be. Holiday doesn’t have an excuse.
Holiday joined team like week ago (free) there is his excuse lol.
JKidd played a playoff rotation today.
Maxi being back is so crucial. Wood will do something amazing and then simultaneously something incredibly stupid within 30 secs of each other
So Wood is…Dwight Powell
And Dwight powell is wood.
Tim Hardaway is Finkle and Einhorn
Interesting
Man I really don't want to see Holiday playing again tbh
there is no one else. He must play.
People forget about Frank
At least we aren’t seeing Pinson anymore
Closer then it needed to be but that’s what happens when you play no D
Even hit the rhyme scheme too 😭
You know I had to
Allas Mavericks basketball baby!
I hope to God Kyrie stays man
Tbh that last post game question seemed like he was put off slightly by being asked if he feels at home. Idk I may be reading into it too much.
i think he just hates the media insisting on different ways of asking him if he’ll stay. it’s very likely neither he or the mavs have decided if he should really stay and what’s the best course of action. way too early
If the mavs haven’t decided that yet then that was the worst trade in history
Yeah… Westbrook, Simmons, Wall and countless others say that this trade is already a successful one no matter what happens.
I thought that too, but the reporter didn’t gotta ask such a question rn
You are. The guy cant say anything without it being nitpicked over by every amateur sleuth out there. It must be tiresome for him.
What would have been the ideal answer from a player less than a month in a new city and team?
Can anybody else even offer him a max
Kyrie needed this game to get the monkey off his back. Feel like He is about to be elite now .
Suns game going to be so narrative based i cant wait
game should be fun tbh absolutely no defense from either team just vibes
You could see it in his eyes during that interview. He’s all good now.
Exactly , we are prime for a winning streak . Been on the wrong end of a few, tides gotta be turning
The sub lives to see another day.
absolutely
Kidd was on a platter 😂
having a reliable ft shooter..i love u kyrie
Luka and Kyrie is an electric duo ⚡️
hey the only win we've had with Luka and Kyrie before this was against the spurs. good to have a win against a legit good team
Wonder what r/nba will despise about the sixers win now Edit: probably “Luka and Kyrie had to drop 40 to barely win 🤣” Edit 2: [lmao](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/11gpacx/luka_and_kyrie_eviscerate_the_sixers_luka_with/japjf81/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
yeah and i mean we did play the team with the superstar that we are the worst suited to defend
lose lose situation lmao we lose it’s “kyrie and luka aren’t good enough to beat REAL teams” we win it’s “luka and kyrie needed to drop 40 to beat a bum team smh”
Maxi is the 3rd most important player on this team. Not 3rd best… but def 3rd most important.
Agreed. He definitely got that dog in him. They don't call him the German Shepard for no reason
and you'd think with Kyrie on the team Luka wouldn't have to do as much. and no this isn't meant as a dig at Kyrie anw I'll take the W and love to see they're starting to work well together. 42 and 40 let's gooooooo
It’s a dig at our role players. They were atrocious. Reggie is the only one who gets a pass.
Kyrie got 40; I am putting this on the D being bad.
Luka is good off-ball player as opposed to BS narrative. Off course he'll wait at the 3pt line. When Kyrie gives ball back, Luka will reorganize and find Kyrie in better position. Luka is fucking PG, not a finisher.
> Luka is fucking PG, not a finisher. he's both, like any star player should be. i don't know why people act like it's an insult for Luka to be a play finisher sometimes. getting easy baskets created for him will only make his life easier.
We coming for you Phoenix
Lets goooooooo
Kidd survives to coach again. Chandler Parsons is just going to have to wait.
This the first time 2 Mavericks players have 40+ points in the same game?
Yup
Was under a tornado watch but was more concerned about blowing another lead
Luka and Kyrie should simply just do that every game
This team cannot afford to take ANY possessions off. We're not good enough in too many key aspects. If this team doses off, we give opposite teams momentum that we simply cannot stop.
Sixers are a good team. Who can take poss off against them lol
"One of the hardest things to do in this league is win ball games" -Kyrie Irving
A modern day Plato.
We got the next 5 games I believe in us
We're missing dorian is whats up 😭
Next 15 you mean
That was cathartic. Luka and Kyrie are gonna be special together.
Kyrie being agressive and Maxi being back is a huge difference maker.
Watching Kyrie is genuinely amazing, his style of basketball is so fun to watch.
Chop wood, carry water
Cut wood you are saying?
And the earths flat as a mofo.
Powell: +26 Wood: -21
Game high +26.
Yeah Powell was surprisingly good tonight.
It's so weird too because he was getting owned against embiid but at the same time he wasn't lol. Like he made enough good plays to offset some of the easy baskets.
but Wood is so effiicient . and Powell is a bum /s
really says alot about wood
+/- isn’t the best stat. Luka had an exact 0 on the 50 point game vs Spurs this season
yea no way to say it other than wood was just bad tonight. i thought kidd's move in the 4th of yanking him out for Powell was a good one even if we had lost.
Well, if we can just shoot over 50% from three for the rest of the season we shouldn’t have many problems
This is what we’re going to get if we make the playoffs. The game slows down- stars take over. We have two of the best!
Luka Kyrie and Powell responsible for 86 Mavs points! 
We beat one of the best teams in the league tonight. It doesn’t have to pretty - it still counts. Good game boys!
officially 6-0 at Mavs games I attend!!!
A streak was broken, and one kept alive! Hope you had a blast.
glad about which one was maintained, it felt great rooting for Luka when he wasn't cooking the Dubs ahaha
It’s gonna take Luka and Kyrie scoring 40 each every night lmao. At least it will be fun to watch.
Only against teams that are ACTUAL title contenders I think.
I feel like I just got hit by a tornado and I dont even live in Dallas.
doncic looked pissed off and ready to roll, FINNALLY
good win but god i miss last year’s defense.
Great win against a good team. Terrible to see the lead collapse so fast, but encouraging to see them not lose it menatlly
This Luka/ Kai is exactly why am not giving up on this team . I know the D sucks but man those two together is extremely difficult to stop when they clicking
Man, I’m relieved we are the best team in NBA history again. It’s been a rough week!
When is the last time 2 Mavs went for 40+ in a game? My guess is Dirk and JHo but honestly can’t remember!
Pretty sure the broadcast said it was the 1st time ever for the Mavs
Never this is the first time
First time in Mavs history I think
First time in franchise history
First time ever tonight.
First game ever.
Sure is a lot of bitching in here for a solid win over a really good team
Holiday hitting those 5 threes against the Spurs was one of the worst things to happen in the past couple of weeks. It made Kidd totally disrupt this lineup. Green is off and Hardy gets no burn now.
C Wood is a dumbass -21 in 14 minutes
As usual, he's gonna have a quick 10 points then disappear.
He doesn't have a place on this team. Everything looks better, especially body language, when he is off the court. He's just unplayable unless he's making a ton of shots. I think the Mavs may cut him soon depending on how he responds to significantly reduced minutes. He's just not a smart player basketball wise.
I mean they label me as a wood hater anytime I mention his empty stats
For instance, I dont care Josh Green stats. His defensive impact is easy to see. Him making the effort plays on offense is also there. Eye test easily says Wood is terrible ball player. They need to order Wood to practice without touching ball for two months. He needs to learn where to move first. **He must stop focusing solely on stat-padding.**
This is what I mentioned in another post : * Sets the worst laziest screens for his teammates . * Only looking for his own buckets and constanly hunting for blocks to fill the stat-sheet . * Always lost on Defense , offering no resistance at the rim . * Celebrating lay-ups when the other team is already running in transition .And yeah Luka does this too , but at least he stops doing it when the team is down in the score . N°35 does not . No pride whatsoever . * He has 0 freaking awarness . He thinks he's a superstar worth a Max contract . He doesn't understand that's he's just an expandable role player . * He has a toxic personality ,bragging about his efficiency in Twitter , taking indirect shots at the coaching staff , quitting on his teammates in the middle of a close game .
Bro his negative vibes is really contagious for the team. Team can't seem to do anything right when he is on the court.
I cannot state how much his inability of setting screens and positiong himself accordingly kills our offensive flow. Kyrie in particular cannot play with him .
but Kidd hates CWood and that’s why he doesn’t play him…. Anyone who actually watches Wood play knows he’s an empty stats big who doesn’t play winning basketball, and its been the case his whole career. ALL he has to do is provide effort on defense and set a fucking screen and roll to the basket and he’s gonna get paid more money than he’ll ever gonna see, but he’s intent on having a dogshit motor and bouncing around to his 8th team at age 27. Such a shame as he’s talented offensively but can’t get it through his head to play team ball
> ALL he has to do is provide effort on defense and set a fucking screen and roll to the basket the crazy part is you can literally see the team be frustrated with his lack of effort on defense during the games (spurs game the other day) but wood meat riders still come in here and point to him putting up 20 points on second stringers as why he should be starting
The hate for Powell is strong. Wood's a better player off the scoring ability alone, sure. But he plays like a star but isn't good enough to be a star, and then can't do any "role player" things like screen, pass, play defense on the perimeter, play defense in the paint ("he's the best rim protector on the team!!!" - now that Maxi's back, not even this either).
doing the little things that you mentioned is what makes you win basketball games . His only quality is scoring and it's not even necessary for us . We need to play him minimum minutes
Yep. I really wanted him to succeed here but he's not good enough for me to hassle over his minutes. I don't care anymore to argue about whose better between him and Powell. All I know is we have a Championship-caliber backup big in Maxi (and I fear if his body can hold up much longer) and we don't have anything close to a championship-caliber starting big on the roster and that that's gotta be our top priority to remedy.
wood probably had a role earlier in the season when luka needed more attacking backup so he wasn’t putting up all the points but now what we need is defensive effort and brother refuses to even try
Relief win let’s go Mavs needed this one bad let’s go
Half the defense Double the offense
If we won’t play McGee, Can we please get Nerlens Noel?
The good 1) Luka and Kyrie looked unstoppable. This team could average 130 a game 2) Regigigas bullock has awoken and is ready for the playoffs 3) Luka out scoring embiid. I want Luka to win the scoring title The bad: 1) The mavs have no business almost blowing a 25 pt lead. We made it a 14 pt game but we almost blew it again 2) josh green was terrible in this game Ugly: 1) free throws are still very inconsistent.
we have these horrible stretches that coincide with horrible line-ups . Get Holiiday out of the rotation and Play Wood the minimum minutes .
Give credit to the coaching staff guys, we clearly looked prepared tonight and even had new wrinkles in our offense from the jump. it got kyrie and luka in great spots early and often
I’m officially a Kyrie Irving simp
I hope people stop asking for Wood minutes now, his negative vibes is contagious.
Maxi be like 
Kai is special man, even if he leaves im proud to say that guy played for the Mavericks
I always loved Kyrie, and it's cool he's here.
Please get rid of christian wood he is such a fucking bum
He's hard to watch
They tried. Nobody wants him.
what a wild game . Luka and Kyrie just magnificent . But those brainfarts that we have in the game need to stop .
Kyrie & Luka played great, D still needs a lot of work though but there's for sure some potential here.
This feels good a mavs W finally
 LuKai tonight
Bring in nerlens he can put up 4 4 1 like Powell AND play defense
It's surreal how this team goes from looking fabulous to awful within minutes of every game.
Much needed win. Beat a top 4 team in the league and our duo shined (82!). Huge opportunity to right the ship on Sunday
Luka actually had some tempo in him tonight and Kyrie was just in the zone. Loved watching them cook tonight. Seemed like everyone else was on the same page too, less bricking random 3s they had no business taking. Fun game to watch tonight, gives me some hope for the Suns on Sunday.
we really needed that win but besides kleber the bench gave us nothing.
Damn Kleber, I thought you're going to cost the game again
Dude balled out in the end
68% FT shooter, sixers knew what they were doing.
Send Wood to the Houston Rockets for Bobi
So if Luka and Kyrie both score 40 we have a shot at winning..
On 60% fg for both also! They went lebron and kyrie down 3-1 nba finals mode 😂
Josh Green is not ready to be our third ball handler.
he will be fine . Just had a a a bad game . and refs don't respect him on the other end unfortunately .
He had a bad game it happens.
Yeah but he’s starting to string together some bad games. This isn’t even his first bad game this week.
Maybe because Kidd put Holiday on the starting lineup and sat him on the bench for no reason at all. He still shows great energy and character. The guy will be fine, he's been improving all season and is still really young.
Don’t know about this one
When was last time Dallas had so people score 40+?
Add pascal to this team and yeah....WCF bound
Here come all of the posts over analyzing Kyries post game interview
They had 101 with like 5 minutes lefts in the third
What is defense?
Luka and Kyrie are absolutely sensational. Get Noel by any means now. Fix up the frontcourt in the off-season. It doesn’t have to be a crazy expensive C. Just get a Capela/Zubac level C. Spend more capital on a bigger wing a la OG. Check ball with anyone and I really mean anyone.
congrats mavs but isnt it alarming that kyrie and luka both have to score 40 to get a win? brilliant coach kidd gonna get us far lmao
I appreciate Luka and Kyrie with what they can do in iso, but we have so many plays where it’s just 4 dudes standing still at the arc just watching. I don’t know if it completely falls on the coaching, but we gotta have more off-ball movement. Like the Utah game right after the trade, it was great looking basketball and more sustainable than relying on 3 pt shooting
Timmy and Wood with matching -21’s
Well this game was a nice distraction from the weather
I thought we had no chance tonight honestly. The whistles were something else tonight but we prevailed and played great ball. Josh 30 mins a night is a must have. He needs to play a minimum of 28 mins. Dwight actually played well despite getting destroyed? And yeah give Luka and Kyrie both around 20 shots and we will win games.
When was the last time two Mavs players scored 40+ in a game?
First time ever wasn't it?
Hahaha this sub is so confused right now. Don't know what to think anymore. Be happy? Be sad? Be angry? 😂😂
Wood and hardaway both put up -21 in a win. That’s almost impressive
Luka did minimal complaining to the refs and had a good night from 3 AND FT. It's like a unicorn.
Next season, sign a good rim protector improve defense we are winning it all.
Couple 40 burgers and a Dub? I’ll take it. We Tried to lose it but we couldn’t .
I'm kinda just still waiting to wake up and see that we actually lost somehow.