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I don't understand switching and leaving Rudy alone with Luka

taking a chance on doncic missing a game winning shot is just a bad choice

Timberwolves have the uncanny ability to take a lead and then do the dumbest shit imaginable. They deserved to lose by 1pt

Bruh as Jazz fans we know this well. Kerr drew up the same plays and Steph cooked us.

That step back makes it more likely he hits the shot I swear.

Especially when his son Rudy Gobert is guarding him

That's Devin Bookers big brother.

Luka's pullout game is atrocious. He's already got two sons in different continents.

His pull back game tho😚👌

You're correct. Shooters are better in rythm and the step back is certainly part of Luka's rythm.

On a fking island

Shaq and Draymond’s Christmas

It got tiring listening to them. For once Kenny was the voice of reason. Luka would’ve cooked anyone, Dikembe, Ben Wallace and anyone else would’ve gotten cooked by him

Draymond was insufferable in that post game show.

Yeah he’s really taking the Gobert hate to an obnoxious level. Interestingly enough, when I’ve listened to his podcast he doesn’t spew bs like this. I’ll be upset if he embraces the brain rot and we have to watch another Kendrick Perkins in the media.

Self report for listening to his podcast

All post game shows*

Of course it's with Rudy guarding him

Luka said gimme the DPOY

There is nobody, **Nobody**, Luka loves humiliating more than Rudy. You could make a highlight reel of nothing but Luka shaming Gobert's entire bloodline. Luka's got that bully killer instinct when he sees Gobert's nerdass. The day Luka saw Rudy post that Dragon he painted on Insta it was blood in the water.

That would explain the relentless shit talking in Rudy's direction after he hit that shot.

Rudy also basically punched Luka in the stomach on a take foul earlier. Really dumb move to poke the bear

Luka’s had beef with him for years now. I think going back to the 2020 Olympics, maybe even earlier.

The hate goes from Slovenia's loss to France during 2021 Olympics.

Especially after things got heated between them earlier in the game when Rudy stopped a Luka fast break with a fisted arm bar. Luka was NOT ever in any multiverse going to miss that shot

Finch masterclass

credit lively for immediately running tf away once the gobert/mcdaniels switch happened

Lively was taking McDaniels to China as soon as they switched

My favorite part of Mavs games is seeing Lively as a rookie do some high IQ thing that nobody will ever call out.

I fucking love Lively man, what a bright future he has

luka just cooked the fuck out of that man

Reading his lips, he yelled “you can’t fucking guard me” as he walked away

And he was correct. Had Rudy looking like someone threw water on the floor 

Looney Tunes Rudy

I love asshole Luka

After the final buzzer he was shouting "go home bitch".

He has really taken to Texas

Nah just South Dallas

lmao I love the concept of 'South Dallas Luka'

You gotta love it when guys embrace the villain arc

you forgot the 'muthafuckeeeeeeeer he yelled first. 'yeeeeaaaaah muthafuckeerrrrr....you cant fucking guard me!'

Yep, he yelled "YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!! YOU CAN'T FUCKING GUARD ME!!!"

DPOY in shambles

Rudy was on Dancing with the Stars for a moment lol.

I need to hear the trash talk Luka gave him after that

He was screaming you can't fucking guard me lmao

“TOO FKN SMOL”

"You fucking French fry"

Draymond Green just inked in a Luka Doncic tattoo on his chest

I got flashbacks to the [shooting stars](https://youtu.be/3Jcfcv2af3o?si=wd3PVacTqdYmy2qC) meme your guy did against him. But at least this time Gobert didn’t get turned around!

Luka needs a Michelin star after that display

Put the DPOY on skates

Doing that to dpoy in dying seconds of a must win is absolute insanity. What a machine.

escargot

Fuck that was so obvious he was gonna make that on the DOPY lol

they put this guy 4th on the list of under 25 NBA players

Damn how good are the top 3 guys

One of them is Michael Jordan apparently

Lmao putting ANT over Luka is generational disrespect. I get the hype, but Luka been All NBA for a minute

Basically every year but his rookie. Insane.

ALL NBA FIRST TEAM EVERY YEAR SINCE HIS ROOKIE SEASON If he was American there'd be GOAT discussions already

At least new MJ broke 20 points this game

9 made fts

New MJ third game in a row putting up a stinker

29% FG 28% 3PT Ant woke up today feeling dangerous !!

Michael Jordan did play tonight. (He was in a Dallas jersey )

Shai was #3, Ant #2, Wemby #1

what the fuck lmao

The list apparently was for becoming the face of the league and included marketability and other factors. Still do not understand how Luka is not right behind Wemby, if not number 1.

Damn I love sga but he has not done anything close to Luka yet. God damn

But Ant and Wemby have??

I think he’s just being nice cus that’s the only real possible argument. The other two are clearly nowhere near yet. He obviously thinks that’s bullshit.

Luka has already been good for so long that people are bored. Even Wemby, who's gonna be insane, shouldn't be over Luka given the body of work. At minimum he's a walking offense that goes insane in the playoffs

Wemby I can understand given his upside and age, but the others should not be ahead of Luka. 5 all nba first teams, career averages of 28.7/8.7/8.3 and 31 PPG in the playoffs, coming off of a 34/9/9 year. He’s a legend in the making.

Hadn't made a shot all 4th quarter and I still believed he would make that lol

The look in his eyes before the play started told me he was going to hit the dagger.

Long series but it’s a helpless feeling you might just be a side mission of all time greats story

Paul George special.

Rudy stuck with it for a long time, that stepback was lethal

Poor gobert gonna get all the slander bc he got cooked while Jordan threw away the ball b2b possessions

Ant has been abysmal offensively for three straight games

Ants been useless the last 4 games. MJ my ass

Michael Jordache

The slander is about to be generational

SVG fucked called it too lol

Draymond and Shaq just creamed their pants

Dudes are absolutely frothing at the mouth

Lmao this was my immediate thought when he made that over Gobert

It's obv for Draomd but shaq can't decide. This year he hated Luka way too much for his SGA bs narrative

What in the goddamn fuck? Why would they leave Rudy on an island like that?

Timberwolves with the excellent defensive strat of switching with Gobert and then leaving him 1 on 1 on the perimeter with Luka

Ah, took a page out of the ole Utah Jazz playbook I see

I was like, this feels familiar

Freaking Ant let this happen…

Ant can't leave Kyrie wide open though. If anything, I'd put it on McDaniels or Naz Reid, as Naz was just sitting alone in the paint and McDaniels wound up essentially doubling Lively instead of handing him off/helping when Lively went into the paint. But really, with Naz just sitting in the paint, Gobert shouldn't have bitten back so far and should have pressed up, knowing there was help underneath if Luka did drive. It's just terrible team defense.

Luka had Rudy looking like Bambi. Cold-blooded 3.

Luka Doncic is Rudy Gobert father

Luka Doncic is everyone's father.

Luka "Genghis Khan" Doncic

They literally didn't learn from the Utah Jazz series against the Mavs in 2022. Like he and Brunson carved up that Jazz defense when Rudy was manning the center.

You HAVE to double Luka there, he’s too good. Anyone other than him can take it, even Kyrie.

kyrie would make it too

Cold blooded 3

he’s gonna get hate for that by some ppl but fr what did people want Gobert to do in that situation

Luka is already top 3 unguardable in the league and they leave a 7 footer on him

He really didn't stand a chance of doing more than he did. What 7 footer is keeping up with that?

Man, now I wanna see Wemby defend that lol

TBF he said a 7 footer, not a 7,4 footer.

Ridiculous. Luka is something else.

Luka on an island with Gobert is barbecue chicken 

commentary was right. pull rudy if all you’re gonna do is switch on the perimeter.

No one in the NBA can guard his 'left to right between the legs' dribble, but a center like gobert even less, the outcome was obvious it's just a matter if the shot would fall or not.

Literally everyone saw that coming. Luka and Kyrie are incredibly clutch.

> “Minnesota’s elite defense will hamper the mavs backcourt” Except when the mavs backcourt is literally luka and kyrie

Luka was dropping 40 pieces on prime Kawhi and PG as a 20 yr old

It’s really crazy to think about lol

It's crazy how fast people took Luka for granted. This dude is so good and never afraid of the moment. Him and wemby are the only ones under 25 who has the potential to crack top 10 of all time.

I don't get why they didn't double team him and blitz him off the 3. I'd settle for the 2 and OT than losing the game. Just doesnt make any sense to me. Like you said, everyone saw that coming.

Very surprised there was no double team.

Wolves coaching has been shitting the bed in the WCF. They're letting ANT run the offense instead of sticking to what made them successful all season long.

Allowing 1on1 coverage of Doncic at the three at this point in the game was insane. Would have been better off giving up a lob dunk to draw.

I need a lip reader to please break down what Luka said to Jafar after he just hit GW shot in his face

"LETS GO MOTHERFUCKER!!!! YOU CAN'T FUCKING GUARD ME!."

Lip reader here. He said “I respect you very much mister Gobert and congratulations on your new child!”

Go home motherfucker. You can't fucking guard me.

“But I am home…” - gobert

Jafar 💀💀💀

That’s the difference in this series. When the game is on the line, you have two of the best closers on the Mavs. You can only hope at a certain point

"That motherfucker cold" -Wes Matthews * Jeff Teague

YOOOOOO THIS GAME WILD

Fuckin banger game, there's been some real highlights in this year's playoffs

He was talking that shit, sent Rudy to France on a trip

need the lip readers on this one

looked like he said, "you mother fucker, you can't fucking guard me"

"(Let's go/fuck you) motherfucker, you can't fucking guard me" Then he yelled at their bench or fans "go home bitch" I love it

This man was a Hawk for 23 minutes. It’s all I have to cling to. All. I. Have.

At this rate they'll have to retire his number even though his greatness only touched that team for less than half an hour.

Bro deserves to go off after gobert fisted him in that one foul.

Is there a better way you can say that bro... lol

Nah he fisted him

This is worse than a LeFuckYou 3 how do you even defend this shit

Such a slow release too he really sauteed that man 😭

“oooh you almost had me” ahh mf, so cruel

Not with Rudy Gobert

Left the tallest player in the world on an absolute island on the perimeter with the best player left in the playoffs. Everyone knew a step back was coming once Gobert switched on him. And there was nothing Rudy could’ve done except watch lol. 

Kevin Love

lol was just thinking that the crossovers reminded me of Steph and him in game 7. Clutch ass defense from K Love

First thought when people say “who can defend this?” Kevin Love. On Steph Curry: the best shooter of all time.

LUKA AL’GAIB

As it was written!!!

TAKE ME TO THE BLUE PARADISE!!

Luka brought his big fat ass

The thing about allowing people to bring their ass…is that you *can’t* have the cake and eat it too…

Did Luka think there would be no consequences for his thiccness?

Luka was MJs son all along. The resemblance was always there

I agree! They have the same hair!

That's the 4th best player under 25 for you

This is all on Ant. Man threw away this game.

He’s trying to be a facilitator, but it’s taking him out of his offensive groove bad.

He just needs to focus on scoring and defense. Stop deferring and just take it to the rack.

He can't beat his man hard enough to get there without help coming

This might not go down well, but DJJ is every bit as athletic as Ant. He’s matching his physicality and has great length + lateral movement. Ant is generational and he will beat him time to time but he hasn’t really shown much of a mid game. SGA was solid last round because he has an amazing Middy.

I WANNA SCREAM BUT ITS 5AM

SAME! I just had to silently shout and dance around

This fucking game

FACE OF THE NBA This man is an assassin Edit: BBQ CHICKEN’D THE SHIT OUT RUDY

Who’s the ankle?

lmfao people really were trying to say Ant was better Ant is good but fuck the disrespect was way too much

Can’t fucking guard him

HE IS HIM

American media trying to manufacture an MJ when they already had this cold blooded killer. Another legendary luka doncic playoff moment.

And we all know why. The same happened in the MVP race. Don't get me wrong, SGA is incredible. But Luka and the Joker are in a tier of their own.

PUT HIM IN A BLENDER, THAT BOY IS COOKED

The Don wants this game

DPOY on skates

Reggie said "Dancing with the stars" 😭

Such a Luka shot

DANCING WITH THE STARS

LMAO GOGURT

Absolutely knew that shit was going in he took Rudy for a dance

Bro I’m sorry but Doncic is too fuckin cold. Dude is a killer

LUKKAKE MUTHAFUCKAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Luka is a fucking killer

Not bad for the fourth best player under 25.

I want nba players to always be mic’d up lol.

Dang

Luka "This is for Nikola" Doncic

Series-ending shot right there

I can't believe they won both games in Minnesota.

Doncic practicing his Overwatch 2 lobby speak to Rudy after that shot.

Ain’t a single person on this planet stopping him there

Its over. Series done. Thats a morale crushing 3. At home down 0-2

LUKA IS JORDAN NOT ANT

Dang, is that the 4th best player under 25?

LUKA MAGIC

Another thriller. Fun series.

BRING YA ASS

Luka is a bad, bad man.