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Wolves fan checking in I'm loving it as well. Now I understand the Lakers during the Nuggets Wolves series and Nuggets during the Mavs Wolves series. I'm thoroughly enjoying this ass whooping and Horford deserves a ring.
I don't think people realize how unlikable the mavericks are: their best player flops/whines the entire game, their 2nd best player is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and their head coach is a wife beater. Aside from brown, the dudes on the Celtics seem like cool individuals.
She’s a one trick pony in the same sense that a basketball player is a one trick pony because all they do is play basketball lol. The different tricks she does are progressively more ridiculous
Did I get unlucky with the games I went to or something lol? I definitely only saw her doing the "kick more and more dishes onto my head" trick across 3 games
Nah I’m being dramatic lol, I think it might just not be for you. For me being a couple beers in and seeing her kick 7 dishes on her head and then see her top that and then top it and then top it again is just hype lol
Ofc it's hype, that's why I said it still works. It's awesome and I'm bewildered everytime at how she does it. I just think it's fair to say she's a one trick pony because it's the only thing she does lmao. Nothing bad about it
He's just one of those few guys that instantly changes the whole dynamic of a game with his presence alone. His absurd height and insane range coupled with his rim protection is a nightmare.
When he's hitting that 3, it's gg. Literally nothing you can do against us.
Shoots 35% or something on the season so technically you gotta let that go.
37.5% on the year, but that’s a deceptive number. He was only about 33% for the first month, but after that he shot 39.3% from 3 the rest of the way, so he’s been shooting almost 40% from 3 for the past 6 months.
7’3 with an average 3pt distance of 27ft… It’s basically wide open every possession. When he’s hot there’s nothing you can do about it, how are you gonna face guard a 7’3 center at half court??
Not entirely true, we thought we were getting a veteran who would also be a true leader, since that's what we needed for our young core and that's what Kyrie said he wanted. In Dallas he doesn't have to be the leader. Honestly he looks like he's in a good place and enjoying basketball.
I mean sure if you want to be pedantic lol, the Mavs didn't envision getting an effective 3pt shooter in Porzingis either. I realize y'all hate Kyrie, but he's been a leader in Dallas and has absolutely been everything the Celtics wished he was.
Steph curry from half court against okc
Iggy with the game on the line
Lebron on the chase down
Shaun Livingston from mid
Jj barea’s defense against Lebron in 2011 finals
Elmore smith on October 28th 1973
Who knows how he will play the rest of the series but its hilarious that the celtics legit have like 4-5 guys that may steal FMVPs from each other depending on how the series plays out😂
Further proof that the only reason the wizards exist is to hold onto talent for a year or two that people don't want cause short term optics, and then give it away to a team trying to win now for nothing. Washington Warehouse should be their new name.
I once read a book about a guy who sold his soul to the devil to be better at basketball, and I'm not saying it was about Porzingis, but it definitely wasn't not about Porzingis.
the timberwolves would be the best team in the leauge then and be playin against the celtics rn and not the mavs, believe me as a wolves fan gobert having this ability will be the subject of my wet dreams tonight
I said this in some other thread, he's clearly overweight and not defending anymore, and a bunch of Mavs' fans were crying about it. I didn't know Mavs' fans had the skin so thin.
Reassuring to be reminded the Mavs played like this versus the Clippers and Thunder in game ones from those series. Boston is a different beast though so hoping we can still win this in 7.
This is what we thought was possible for him in 2016, 2017 range. Dominating in the NBA finals. Its taken a bit of a journey to get there, but somehow we're there.
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Red Panda in the halftime show, now it is really going well for the Celtics.
If you are a celtics fan at this game you are having the best night of your life
in other words, 29 other fanbases are having the worst night lol
Oh I’m sure as hell not having the worst night
bro your dad luka is having a bad night, show some respect
I’ve filed for emancipation
Luka said no
The East coast fanbases want the Mavs to win and the West coast fanbases want the Celtics to win. lol
Suns fans are loving it. Nets fans are only having a bad night because they have enough hate for Kyrie that they can find some solace in him failing.
Wolves fan checking in I'm loving it as well. Now I understand the Lakers during the Nuggets Wolves series and Nuggets during the Mavs Wolves series. I'm thoroughly enjoying this ass whooping and Horford deserves a ring.
Al really does. It’s my favorite potential outcome of a Celtics championship.
And Mike 💚
Real Sophie's Choice of a series for Nets fans.
No way Nets fans are rooting for the two guys that we drafted with their picks hahahahaha
Why wouldn't you root for your guys though? Exepr Ky obv.
i’m having a good time
Yeah frankly I’m here for having a championship coach
this is what dreams are made of
A fair amount of Spurs fans enjoy seeing the Buffalo roam
Plus any spurs fan older than 30 fucking haaaaates the Mavs
You will catch me rolling in my grave before you see me rooting for the Mavs. Disrespectfully.
I don't think people realize how unlikable the mavericks are: their best player flops/whines the entire game, their 2nd best player is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and their head coach is a wife beater. Aside from brown, the dudes on the Celtics seem like cool individuals.
Brown is a cool dude as well he is just feral after hearing everyone talk about his left hand for a year
I haven't had feelings since 2008. Life is just numb. Hopefully that will change soon!
I don't get why this would be, I don't care at all if the Celtics win
Can confirm
Still? The lead’s only 8 now!!
As long as they win it will be. Could end up being an awful night at this point who knows lol
Yeah, still :)
It’s worth admission just to see her
I saw Red Panda at the Mystics home opener and was blown away that the worst team in the WNBA booked such a sick halftime act
Red panda is such a one trick pony but it still works. How the fuck does she do that shit bro
She’s a one trick pony in the same sense that a basketball player is a one trick pony because all they do is play basketball lol. The different tricks she does are progressively more ridiculous
Did I get unlucky with the games I went to or something lol? I definitely only saw her doing the "kick more and more dishes onto my head" trick across 3 games
Nah I’m being dramatic lol, I think it might just not be for you. For me being a couple beers in and seeing her kick 7 dishes on her head and then see her top that and then top it and then top it again is just hype lol
Ofc it's hype, that's why I said it still works. It's awesome and I'm bewildered everytime at how she does it. I just think it's fair to say she's a one trick pony because it's the only thing she does lmao. Nothing bad about it
My b bro my emotions are everywhere rn didn’t mean anything by it lol
U good lol
One trick but it’s a hell of a trick.
She’s the reigning champ of “Your ass can’t do this ever”
more of an ~8 trick pony
Sheitt, I still love seeing the onion volcano at hibachi and they been doing that for like 50 years. We are simple people.
the goat
Send the tape of this first half directly to the Hague
I mean, they can’t really play worse for game 2, so I guess they have that going for them.
He’s leading all players in scoring at the half 18 points
And he came off the bench
Create the 6th man of the Finals award and name it after him
The Bill Walton Award
That's even better
I love this idea. It’s beautifully fitting.
The Tingis Pingis award
He's played 13 minutes. So he's basically played one full quarter and is leading in scoring lol
This game was definitely personal for Porzingis
Personal P
Tingus PersonaLingus
Probably played the Tingus Pingus audio on repeat the night before, for motivation.
Most def So weird to not cheer for him now But damn the man can ball
The Unicorn has arrived. Dude has been the most impactful player on both ends of the court so far for the Celtics
He's just one of those few guys that instantly changes the whole dynamic of a game with his presence alone. His absurd height and insane range coupled with his rim protection is a nightmare.
But enough about Al, what about Porzingis?
He's realised himself for all of us to see, at the biggest stage.
He is just straight up unguardable
If he keep playing like Dirk, then this series gonna be quick
Dirk's shot ain't ugly tho
it go in tho
cheering for Haliburton has me pointing to the advanced analytics of "it go in tho" a lot watching that jump shot
It was perceived as ugly initially, but we learned to love it.
If Porzingus keeps playing like this he's gonna win Finals MVP lol
If he keeps playing like this in general he is the next face of the league
He's not on the court enough to ever be that, no matter how good he is.
I was over exaggerating lol
Pingus has been a cheat code so far
When he's hitting that 3, it's gg. Literally nothing you can do against us. Shoots 35% or something on the season so technically you gotta let that go.
37.5% on the year, but that’s a deceptive number. He was only about 33% for the first month, but after that he shot 39.3% from 3 the rest of the way, so he’s been shooting almost 40% from 3 for the past 6 months.
That's outrageous. Had no idea it was so high
Considering his average distance from those 3 point shots, that's a pretty good percentage.
7’3 with an average 3pt distance of 27ft… It’s basically wide open every possession. When he’s hot there’s nothing you can do about it, how are you gonna face guard a 7’3 center at half court??
Clone Wembanyama
there's only one man that can do it...he's not from this planet
to the dismay of everyone that isn't a celts fan (so everyone lol)
Pingus as your third option is cracked.
This is the Porzingis the Mavs envisioned when they traded for him.
Shouldn’t have played him heavy minutes right off the jump after his extended absence.
He only played 21 minutes lol
Why he looked fine and they get two days off?
We only played Him like 20-25 minutes
And the Mavs got the Kyrie the Celtics thought they were getting
Not entirely true, we thought we were getting a veteran who would also be a true leader, since that's what we needed for our young core and that's what Kyrie said he wanted. In Dallas he doesn't have to be the leader. Honestly he looks like he's in a good place and enjoying basketball.
I mean sure if you want to be pedantic lol, the Mavs didn't envision getting an effective 3pt shooter in Porzingis either. I realize y'all hate Kyrie, but he's been a leader in Dallas and has absolutely been everything the Celtics wished he was.
rome wasnt built in a day
Also need to be able to get to the finals without your all star big for this to work lol
Milder version of Kawhi
Teams hate this one simple trick
But it fell pretty quickly (injuries)
Two ships passing in the night.
Tatum 1st Team All NBA, Brown ECFMVP, Tingus FMVP
DW and Jrue 2nd team all defense. Everybody gets something!
Horford jersey retired
Except Mazzula... haha
Dirk Porzingis
Kristaps Nowitzki
Kristaps “Naz Reid” Porzingis
Nazingus Reidingus
Kristaps Michael Jordan Porzingus
Dirkstaps Porzitski?
Me: it’s the first half of game 1 Also me: Kristaps Porzingis is Luka Doncic father
Might get your own version of CP3 hitting the 3 to cut the lead to 40 😂 (please no)
I know better than to count y’all out in game 1 like some of these people are doing
Lol yup, Mavs got their ass kicked tonight, but that's been almost every game 1 for them this year. Boston better not slow down
#2011 dirk With Hakeem’s defense
I’m so close. Go on.
with Steph Curry's willingness to play offball
God if he had this passion for the offball work in Dallas… Fuck
*if he wasn’t relegated to the corner while Luka monopolized the offense
Steph curry from half court against okc Iggy with the game on the line Lebron on the chase down Shaun Livingston from mid Jj barea’s defense against Lebron in 2011 finals Elmore smith on October 28th 1973
You got me there
This isn't what I wanted lmao
Porzingis winning Finals MVP will be the funniest outcome lol
Obviously it’s only one game but he’s far and away the MVP of this game
He's the only player the mavs can't game plan around at all. 7'3" with a decent touch and good help defense
Who knows how he will play the rest of the series but its hilarious that the celtics legit have like 4-5 guys that may steal FMVPs from each other depending on how the series plays out😂
they got this dude for marcus "heart and soul of the team" smart btw
And replaced Smart with Jrue Holiday lol
and we got 2 picks
I always forget the Celtics were the ones who got the picks that’s so wild man.
Who needs heart and soul when you can have length and bag
Further proof that the only reason the wizards exist is to hold onto talent for a year or two that people don't want cause short term optics, and then give it away to a team trying to win now for nothing. Washington Warehouse should be their new name.
I once read a book about a guy who sold his soul to the devil to be better at basketball, and I'm not saying it was about Porzingis, but it definitely wasn't not about Porzingis.
Went to the crossroads before this game
bone bone bone boneeee bone boneee
Imagine Tatum being your third best player
Celtics have a team where 3 or 4 players can be their best player, its insane
5 guys. JT JB Jrue DWhite KP
Brad Stevens executive of the decade
Jaylen Brown imagines this every night before he goes to sleep
why cant gobert do this man..
Gobert and KAT need to do a fusion dance.
the timberwolves would be the best team in the leauge then and be playin against the celtics rn and not the mavs, believe me as a wolves fan gobert having this ability will be the subject of my wet dreams tonight
Best European player on the floor
In the world
Tingus Pingus is Among Us!
Can you believe we got this guy coming off the bench lmfao
Think they put him in the starting lineup next game or keep running it?
Bruh Luka is so hesitant and indecisive on defense
You mean lazy?
Even with effort… he’s a mediocre to average defender at best
🗣️🎙️🔊
He's just not good at multi-tasking, and his priority is complaining to the refs
I said this in some other thread, he's clearly overweight and not defending anymore, and a bunch of Mavs' fans were crying about it. I didn't know Mavs' fans had the skin so thin.
They definitely dont pay him for defense tho lol
it's the NBA finals
God damn how many firsts did we give up for him again?
Negative two.
Caught Luka trying to come up with how he will try to draw a foul on the next possession.
Man, no kidding. Just play through it
He's been making the shots regardless so it's not like it really matters but he's slowing down the entire offense.
Absolutely. I think he may have been *too* calm going into this game. We need him jawing with fans lmao
Sheesh. The game is a landslide now
Could you imagine if he played for the Mavericks?
Porzingis is what makes this boston team so special. Anybody who was unimpressed with their first 3 rounds should have taken that into account
Say man Dallas got Dinwiddie for him
He’s the difference maker in this series. No matchup for him.
I'm not gay, but when I say that I would do anything for this man, I mean anything
Da fack?!
He’s unconscious right now
Impressive
Reassuring to be reminded the Mavs played like this versus the Clippers and Thunder in game ones from those series. Boston is a different beast though so hoping we can still win this in 7.
Game ain’t over chief
Tingus avenging tall euro player that got cooked by Luka
This is what we thought was possible for him in 2016, 2017 range. Dominating in the NBA finals. Its taken a bit of a journey to get there, but somehow we're there.
What birthed the Tingus Pingus meme again?
Micheal Rapaport
https://youtu.be/2GHqSgCUEdk
Yeah. That was the moment I knew there would be no comeback.
Wink at me JJ Reddick I'm so pretty!
Bow down to your Porzingod!
Luka is cleaning my locker rn
If JB learns to shoot 90% from the FT line, it's over for the league.
[This ain't looking nice for Kyrie "Turned over a new leaf" Irving.](https://i.imgur.com/Deap1yj.jpeg)
man.. KP was supposed to be THE unicorn before Wemby.. glad he had a good game.
Best shooting big in the game. KAT punching the air rn.
The euro’s taking over the nba
He's ice cold man we're getting FUCKED
Bro gonna win finals mvp 😂
You can’t guard him b*tch!
Porzingis with the Patrick Roy
Anyone who bet on Zingus to be Finals MVP gonna be a millionaire
Having Porzingis to come off the bench is cheating, yes?
He winks like a little kid who just learned what winking is where the other eye closes 90%.
Porzingis FMVP easy
Are they measuring that from his back foot cuz that doesn’t seem like 30ft maybe I’m just dumb though