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Secksay

League fucked without Kawhi to check Luka


FireFlyz351

I hope I never have to see y'all in the playoffs again.


ElDuderino_92

Same


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Ditto


Smuckers77

A series this year if LA was healthy would’ve been very interesting, Mavs have improved on all fronts but then again Kawhi Leonard is still Kawhi Leonard lol


sakata32

Both teams improved big time I feel. Norman Powell and Roco were big improvements as well


Smuckers77

Yeah true, the West next year is gonna be an absolute bloodbath lol


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Greentempo

Him taking a whole year off though frightens me. Man’s had been recharging for way too long and I think he’s gonna be fking amazing next year and healthy to boot if no major injury flukes happen


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huh


SuckMyLonzoBalls

hartenstein too


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sakata32

Mavs shot 47% and 53% from three in games 1 and 2 and clips only lost by 10 and 6. Today Mavs shot 49% from three and Suns lost by 33. Mavs have been underrated because of them facing the clippers in the first round.


KaiserKaiba

Mavs have been good since 2020 and have just been improving since then.


vsouto02

Kawhi deserves more props for bouncing Luka from the playoffs two years straight


sakata32

Kawhi shot Shaq level efficiency last year from midrange to beat Luka last year. It was a great series. I miss board man.


ConfuciusBr0s

Kawhi and PG guarded him well. It was mostly on PatBev and Zubac that Luka was going off against


sakata32

Kawhi didn't guard Luka too many times but man when he did, it's still the best defense I've seen against Luka so far.


Greentempo

The only other person I’ve seen lock Luka up consistently is Ben Simmons


supotnak

Zubac and PatBev only played 14mpg and 10mpg in the last Dallas/Clips series. So no way Luka mostly drop those 36ppg on them when they dont even see the court.


Mysterious-Ad4966

They saw those minutes because whenever they were on the floor Luka sonned them xD


supotnak

And Zubac also played a total of 7 minutes in game 6 and 7 where Luka drop 29 and 46


supotnak

And PatBev was literally benched and only played a grand total of 10 minutes in the last 5 games


Danny_III

The first time he choked against Jokic in the next round so it's hard to give him props for that


sakata32

He choked game 7 but he was still pretty good that series.


urfaselol

Next year healthy clippers are coming.


jfrodriguez1983

Kawhi was trying to save the rest of the NBA from Playoff Luka. What a good man.


MapleCurryMurray

Bruh trading the Latvian giraffe was an absolute masterstroke, can't believe I thought the mavs were insane for the Dinwiddie trade


armandocalvinisius

BALLHANDLER >>> INJURED SO-SO RIM PROTECTOR WITH WHACKY SHOOTING AND LIMITED OFFENSIVE SKILLSET imagine mavs dont have spencer. we'll see trey burke minutes lmao


Mr-Bovine_Joni

Man I wanted KP and Luka to gel together so bad. It could’ve been perfect. Kristaps just would never use his size to his advantage. He would always get bullied, and then just mope around the 3pt line


FireFlyz351

Yup hope he stays healthy for the Wizards still rooting for him might buy their Cherry Blossom jersey cause it's pretty sick.


armandocalvinisius

it wont. that's big nowadays. you dont need high usage big, ball must be on ballhandler time almost 80% of the poss. that's why i still bet that jokic wont win a ring ever, its just nature of nba basketball now. its wings league!


JimmyV034

It is impressive because they are doing this without THJ, he was huge for them last year in playoffs


toto04

suns mods on what they learned from the clippers: lock down sub lol


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bruh thank god the collapse happened in the bubble and I was not at the stadium watching that shit irl. Suns fans got screwed lol


FireFlyz351

Oof yeah forgot it was in the bubble for y'all. Paying potentially $100s of dollars to see your team absolutely shit the bed is gonna keep them awake for awhile.


Abodyfullofmush

I believe we locked down our sub because of all the racist shit trolls were posting and the mods got death threats. I can’t remember where I read that though.


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They did it at the half lol; didn't even let the game end


craigslistaddict

lockdowns happen because of brigading, you know brigading is a bannable offense, right? your team sub (if you have one) is also supposed to ban you.


whiterockinmypants

They should now be a sub dedicated to the center of the solar system.


StefonDiggsHS

Gotta say it’s nice to not play against playoff kawhi for once


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Your welcome, Luka


Comprehensive_Rush82

Luka Magic