Imagine being in the building to see that comeback and the role guys hitting the huge clutch shots, really happy for them. This round 2 has really blessed us with some heat.
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Sports NBA Thread: 2023-2024 Season
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Are any of you Dallas fans CaptKirby in disguise from over 10 years ago in this topic?
This team is so fun to watch between being lob city, playing great defense and never giving up. You can see the chemistry they have and it's special not to mention the entire roster is under contract heading into next year aside from DJJ(BRING HIM BACK NICO) and they can only build on this success.
Well, what do you know?
No
Told ya, as a Thibs fan idk why they extended him bro has a solid bench but decides to play a 7 man rotation
as a mavs fan, be honest are we really getting past the nuggets / wolves?
Luka has a shot at the ring, huh.
As a Mavs fan I'm gonna say it's highly unlikely, I think matchup wise it's just difficult for the Mavs, Edwards will lock down Kyrie, McDaniels / Alexander Walker for Luka (Injured), KAT / Naz Reid I think will be a bit much for PJ Washington, and if they decide to put either at the 5 I think we're fucked. Would love to be proven wrong though.
I wouldn't say impossible not with how good we've been defensively but definitely tough especially with Luka hurt
don't think ant can lock down Kyrie though he's a good defender but Kyrie will get his I do unfortunately agree Luka probably will struggle with McDaniels due to his knee and him being an elite defender. It'll come down to kyrie and the role players stepping up again like PJ, DJJ and lively did vs thunder.
My initial thoughts on Mavs/Wolves is that this is the first time in the playoffs the Mavericks will play a team longer and bigger (as far as size) than they are. OKC and Clippers were primarily wingmen trying to drive and shoot. Wolves are aggressive and (strangely) aren't a strong defensive rebounding team but still managed against Denver.
Honestly Edwards could bother Kyrie quite a bit if Murray was any indication. It's not like Kyrie has had a great OKC series. I think the Wolves being early slight favorites makes sense.
Honestly Edwards could bother Kyrie quite a bit if Murray was any indication. It's not like Kyrie has had a great OKC series. I think the Wolves being early slight favorites makes sense.
Oh I'm not saying ant can't bother him he definitely has the ability to slow Kyrie down I just disagreed with locking him up Kyrie has a bigger bag and far better handles compared to Murray. I expect a good series that probably goes 6 or 7 and could go either way.
I hope so our def is why I have faith we can pull it off. Ngl it feels weird saying that after we've been so bad on that end for so long lol but things change fast.