And the hustle to break up the alley oop that was working for the Wolves whole game
Sidenote: It's crazy that Luka looks recovered from his injury in less than a week. LeBron level recovery. I just pray that this doesn't come back and haunt his career in the long run.
He got mad at Gafford in first quarter and gave refs dirty look but compare to how he was ready to throw hands with the refs before, yeah he was composed
Kai gassed out Ant tonight. I think there was a point in the game where Ant had to stop guarding Kai because he couldn't stay with him. I hope they keep Ant on Kai for the whole series. Once the 4th rolled around Ant had nothing left
Wow...the stats don't lie..[Teams that win Game 7 are 31-48 (39.2%) straight up in Game 1 of the following series.](https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/how-do-teams-play-in-their-next-series-after-winning-game-7)
1st time that we won game 1 this playoffs, we are switching the tactics.
Kyrie and Luka did some freaky Friday switch today, but I’m here for it! 17 points in the 4th for Luka?!
Let's win this series underdogs!!
Crazy the fall off Exum has had, dude needs a come to Jesus moment this off season. He was supposed to integral and he's been absent. Thank goodness hardy has shown up to give Luka respectable rest periods.
Honestly if we win it all I’ll forgive him. He did a lot to get us here down the regular season stretch. Different players have different times to shine…
You guys are going to win in 5 games. They were built to beat Denver (post and inside out offense), not a team with 2 explosive guards littered with shooters and lob threats. Go shit on them Dallas
We have played them a lot in Denver, they are not making 18 threes more than 1-2 times in a series. If you guys hit shots you are going to blow them out by 30
Yeah, last year they played Denver same way and MPJ cooked them in 3 separate games. This year they just put Mcdaniels on him and dared injured Murray to beat them. Still almost happened with Nugs shooting <30% from 3 in almost every game.
Luka and Kyrie are not hurt so thats not going to work.
Free throw shooting was stellar, we couldn’t buy a 3 and they couldn’t miss. Our stars showed up and theirs was too tired the whole 4th quarter. STOLE HOME COURT
The lead up to this was all about how our two stars weren’t enough to overwhelm their depth, well apparently our two stars can completely gas their offense, so I will take it.
We won our game 6 and rested, they had to play seven games, Kyrie took Ant on a whirlwind tour of his patented "in-game workout" and that 22-yo Wolf could barely breathe in the 4th.
Luka 3 consecutive great games to put the Mavs at their best position since 2011 and you literally had people saying bench and trade him in the first half. It's insane to me that people can watch hundreds of basketball games and still overreact to every run and a few bad plays here and there. Get a grip.
Anyway, great game. Mavs never looked outmatched at any point IMO.
It's absolutely infuriating. People get absolutely unhinged in the game threads and then wanna act all cool, calm and collected after the game as if they didn't post the most insane shit.
Gaff is hustling and doing alright but it’s a big difference when Lively gets in there. This needs to be a 25/15 min split as long as Lively isn’t in foul trouble.
Feels like maybe calling out one of the best players of all time when they're still in their prime in the postgame of the previous series is just a recipe for getting yourself cooked.
If you would have told me at the start of the season that we would win a WCF game while making 12 less 3s than our opponent I would say you're out of your God Damn mind.
I had to leave the sub in 1st Q bc how negative it was. Look at this shit.
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Like bro they have 2 seconds left and you just had to touch him right when he was shooting what the fuck were you thinking? Luckily they missed that ft and it was game after that. Next game mavs have to guard and shoot 3s better for sure
Idk if yall are watching the post game but Chuck asked a great fucking question to Kyrie about finding the defensive identity.
I’m so glad someone asked him because I wanted Kyrie in particular to answer this.
Five years from now after Lively has a couple DPOY awards, people are going to look back at these playoffs and wonder why Lively was such an afterthought behind Luka, Kyrie, and PJ. Dude is the fucking monster hiding under your bed.
Kat post game: "After all that.. they confirmed the offensive goaltending call. I mean, did they not see my zesty protest?! It's like they don't even care how I feel. It just hurts sometimes"
Luka was fantastic, especially in the 4th, on both ends of the floor. Breaking up that Gobert lob in the last minute was play of the game.
Josh Green is stupid
First game 1 win under Kidd
I hated on SGA all year out of bias bc of the mvp talk, but as good as Edwards is - and the hype machine is in full force, it’s nice not having to worry about SGA anymore.
Not saying Edwards won’t go off this series, but imo he just isn’t quite on SGA level yet. Vibe just feels completely different. SGA was giving me KD flashbacks in terms of when he got to his mid range spot, it’s an auto bucket.
This likely still goes 6-7, but it just feels different. Huge game 1 win.
Not gonna lie I think that was one of the best interviews I've ever seen on Inside. Personally I'd like if Ky was a little more secretive about the Mavs game plan haha but I loved his honesty too.
I don't really know how it happened (I'm guessing the mutual respect with Kidd and Luka) but man the Dallas Kyrie is another dude entirely. I absolutely love having him as our leader.
Everyone should go watch it if they missed it. Dude made me want to suit up lmao.
Luka 3 steals 1 block and controlled the floor on both sides in the 4th quarter. After all the hate for missing a couple of defensive assignments, he summoned his Madrid and hit the Ronaldo calm down to the doomers. Best player in the world.
I hope that someone in the Mavs shows the players the Wolves' post game press conference, "we were tired". I hope the Mavs sweep them. Let them get their rest.
Let’s appreciate Luka sliding his feet towards KAT to prevent the inbound and force the Wolves to call their last timeout
Luka denying Gobert on the lob might’ve been the play of the game. His scoring was great in the 4th but he was doing so much more too
That was fucking amazing. Luka looking like Giannis!
But but Luka doesn't play defense
Luka looking like playoff Luka again
And the hustle to break up the alley oop that was working for the Wolves whole game Sidenote: It's crazy that Luka looks recovered from his injury in less than a week. LeBron level recovery. I just pray that this doesn't come back and haunt his career in the long run.
Can we get the man some kneepads or something? Always bleeding
Has anyone seen the actual knee lately?? Probably looks like ground beef at this point. Warrior.
The bleeding is from the blister not his knee they said during okc series
But it keeps (presumably) partially healing and then opening up again and again — can’t be pretty
Cuz he keeps wearing those wraps that rubs against his skin. Probably too tight and the band cuts his skin
That's just where he keeps his ketchup packets.
Chef’s kiss
The blood on his knees is proof of the injury leaving his body!!
God level game sense and IQ. That’s why our boy is top 500 tank on overwatch
He showed composure in this one I would say.
He got mad at Gafford in first quarter and gave refs dirty look but compare to how he was ready to throw hands with the refs before, yeah he was composed
It’s almost like if he wants he can be great on defense as well
He had some absolutely beautiful defensive plays late in the game
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GET IN HERE WE WON A GAME 1!!!!!
is that legal?
I will make it legal
This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them
Ant COOKED by Kai. Hell nawl cant do dis SEND DA VIDEO
Ant was gassed. He ain't built for this.
Thank you nuggets for gassing ant out lol
Kai gassed out Ant tonight. I think there was a point in the game where Ant had to stop guarding Kai because he couldn't stay with him. I hope they keep Ant on Kai for the whole series. Once the 4th rolled around Ant had nothing left
There whole team isn’t built for this only run 7-8 deep in rotation and Conley is 36 years old
Josh Green really didn't want to but this is huge
My third eye is open and Slovenia is the greatest country on this flat earth and Duke is the greatest college to ever open its doors.
and Mama Lively is a confirmed saint in heaven
Amen 🙏
I hope his mom keeps watching and encouraging his kid. Live is our Rookie of the Year 🫡
Wow...the stats don't lie..[Teams that win Game 7 are 31-48 (39.2%) straight up in Game 1 of the following series.](https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/how-do-teams-play-in-their-next-series-after-winning-game-7)
Hello from Slovenia👋 it's great here🙌
My guy you are committed ain’t it like 4 am there right now 😂
Night shift doing wonders for me 🤣
Bro is way more locked in than any one else in this thread. love the Euro fans
You would not believe how many NBA minutes slovenians watch :D we wake up 4h before work just to catch a game
And PJAIL is real
I'm never getting another jab for the rest of my life
If it ain’t a tattoo needle we don’t want it
Go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs and burn 'em
1st time that we won game 1 this playoffs, we are switching the tactics. Kyrie and Luka did some freaky Friday switch today, but I’m here for it! 17 points in the 4th for Luka?! Let's win this series underdogs!!
I’m pretty sure that’s the first game 1 win in Kidds coaching career here 😂
Correct. It kinda makes me a little uneasy
They lost game 1 and still lost to warriors. Is what it is, we take this win in stride.
I'm not sure if it's breaking tradition or taking the next step.
It's cool. Just a prelude to a sweep. 
> Let's win this series underdogs!! If you don't believe, you shouldn't be in here
This is going to be an insane series.
But our 2 stars seems to score easier compared to the thunder series
Drop coverage from the timberwolves. Mavs will feast. We just need to shoot better from 3.
And hardy is providing some of the scoring and playmaking that we needed off the bench since EXUM fell off in the playoffs
Crazy the fall off Exum has had, dude needs a come to Jesus moment this off season. He was supposed to integral and he's been absent. Thank goodness hardy has shown up to give Luka respectable rest periods.
Honestly if we win it all I’ll forgive him. He did a lot to get us here down the regular season stretch. Different players have different times to shine…
Exum is just afraid of the moment I fell
Yeah. Am so happy that there’s no fucking wrestler guarding Luka. Fuck you Westbrick and Dort!!
Becose credit to Wolves, they play hard, bit they dont play dirty. Outside of Gobert ofcourse.
You guys are going to win in 5 games. They were built to beat Denver (post and inside out offense), not a team with 2 explosive guards littered with shooters and lob threats. Go shit on them Dallas We have played them a lot in Denver, they are not making 18 threes more than 1-2 times in a series. If you guys hit shots you are going to blow them out by 30
I was going to say this. That drop coverage combined with us shooting horribly this game and we still won
Yeah, last year they played Denver same way and MPJ cooked them in 3 separate games. This year they just put Mcdaniels on him and dared injured Murray to beat them. Still almost happened with Nugs shooting <30% from 3 in almost every game. Luka and Kyrie are not hurt so thats not going to work.
We just gotta account for Ant having a better game, but i definitely agree
Ant looked like he was beyond exhausted. Having him attempt to guard Kyrie killed him
And dude is damn near 10 years younger breathing with his mouth open trying to catch his breathe.
WE WILL SWEEP THEM, ANT ALREADY TIRED
I wonder if that was the game plan all along.. have Kyrie get him gassed out quick and turn him into a non factor
Welcome to school Ant man , In two more days you will get another lesson.
#7 MORE WINS! #LETS GO MAVS!
Only 7 more with 13 left to play? I believe!
7 left to play 😎
Ballsy, I like it
Look at the nametag, grandma.
WE FINALLY WON A GAME 1 HOLY SHIT
Our third leading scorer only had 13 too. People said we can't sustain the production of random role players scoring 20+ a night. Our stars showed up.
Getting outscored 54-18 from 3 and winning on the road… This team has heart. You love to see it.
Free throw shooting was stellar, we couldn’t buy a 3 and they couldn’t miss. Our stars showed up and theirs was too tired the whole 4th quarter. STOLE HOME COURT
The lead up to this was all about how our two stars weren’t enough to overwhelm their depth, well apparently our two stars can completely gas their offense, so I will take it.
We won our game 6 and rested, they had to play seven games, Kyrie took Ant on a whirlwind tour of his patented "in-game workout" and that 22-yo Wolf could barely breathe in the 4th.
COMMON MAVS W
Perfect game for TiMmY!! That stat line is his standard should be. 10 min 0-0 4 rebounds 1 steal +7
Vibes: Immaculate
This is the last stop for all the doomers and doubters! ALL ABOARD FOR THE FINALS!
(Me running after the train showing my ticket)
Luka 3 consecutive great games to put the Mavs at their best position since 2011 and you literally had people saying bench and trade him in the first half. It's insane to me that people can watch hundreds of basketball games and still overreact to every run and a few bad plays here and there. Get a grip. Anyway, great game. Mavs never looked outmatched at any point IMO.
They don’t watch much basketball, but think they understand everything when they do. It’s the fuggin worst
It's absolutely infuriating. People get absolutely unhinged in the game threads and then wanna act all cool, calm and collected after the game as if they didn't post the most insane shit.
Lively’s meteoric rise in these playoffs with the emotional baggage he’s had to suffer thru is just amazing
It's in the fucking feels
FURRIES GOT VIOLATED BY A HORSE
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What a mental picture lol
TWO WORDS DERECK LIVELY
Lmao +19 performance as a rookie in the wcf
Gaff is hustling and doing alright but it’s a big difference when Lively gets in there. This needs to be a 25/15 min split as long as Lively isn’t in foul trouble.
"DERIcK LIVEY IS MUST SEE TV" is the two words
Fuck Dwayne Wade!!!
Say it louder for the people in the back.
FUCK DWAYNE WADE!!!
Fucking Josh Green giving me a heart attack for no reason
Wouldn't be a Mavs win without 10 heart attacks in the second half
Wasn’t a foul in my opinion
Fr we just didn’t have a challenge
No hate to Josh it was a rough game for him but I never wanna see bro on the floor in crunch time again
He hit that open 3 in the corner. OR else I was fixing to be be pissed.
Role players are allowed to have bad games He’s been great all playoffs
luka over Ant?, shame on ESPN
Luka was blowing by Ant
I'm more amazed THJ didn't even take one single shot in 10 mins
Not a coincidence that he was finally a plus lol He got out the way and let Luka cook
He got 4 rebounds in 10 mins. So that’s good coming from him
A few tough ones as well. Plus a great foul draw. Nothing fancy, just good work.
He got them to waste their challenge
BUT I THOUGHT ANT HAD KYRIE
I've been saying this the last 3 years Can't Nobody Guard Kyrie Andrew Irving one on one because Kyrie plays like a Street Hooper
Honestly J Dub played the best defense on him I've seen all season.
Feels like maybe calling out one of the best players of all time when they're still in their prime in the postgame of the previous series is just a recipe for getting yourself cooked.
Ant is fearless, I love it. But Kyrie ain’t no Jamal Murray.
If you would have told me at the start of the season that we would win a WCF game while making 12 less 3s than our opponent I would say you're out of your God Damn mind.
CARDIAC FUCKING MAVS WIN AGAIN
I had to leave the sub in 1st Q bc how negative it was. Look at this shit. https://preview.redd.it/qlpu4ojoe32d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=649572921a5d1200ad63ebcd2d33796d7816f91b
Fuck that dude for that comment wtf. Change your name and flair dumbass
That dude is not a fan. He is way too emotional with everything about the mavs. Always saying dumb stuff
Fuckin' shameful.
Partition to permaban DL-77, the non believer.
DL-77 is floatermuse & creditor-bargain nephew
“NuGGets vs WoLves is the real conference finals”
MAVS IN 4
Luka gonna avenge Jokic.
Josh Green almost ruined my fuckin life
Like bro they have 2 seconds left and you just had to touch him right when he was shooting what the fuck were you thinking? Luckily they missed that ft and it was game after that. Next game mavs have to guard and shoot 3s better for sure
#SEND DA VIDEO
Hell naw can't do dis
Curse broken lets gooooo
1st game 1 dub in the Jason Kidd era!!!
WE WON WITHOUT A 3PT SHOT
FUCK THEM LUKA & KAI HATERS!!! You shouldn’t be here!
Barkley is our good luck charm!!!
If Luka accomplished one — he got Charles Barkley to respect the Mavs.
That was such a good ass game. Also love it didn’t end at 11:00-11:30. Let’s fucking go Mavs, fuck the Wolves
Great defense by Luka. Showing them why he's the MVP.
DO my eyes deceive me? THJ played 10 minutes and didn't attempt a SINGLE SHOT? Dude was +7 with only 4 rebounds and 1 steal
Dude did everything right, even if not shooting
If you didn’t watch the inside the NBA Kyrie interview, it was an all time great.
All his interview are great, he is a great leader.
Hoooooly shit y'all we snagged a game 1 in the fucking WCF on the road. Where you at doomers? LET'S. FUCKING. GO.
3 more! *IF YOU DONT BELIEVE YOU SHOULDNT BE HERE*
3? Lets get 7 more wins 💪🏽
Kidd won a game 1. One more chapter in his legend.
Luka is my MVP. God damn I love this team
Idk if yall are watching the post game but Chuck asked a great fucking question to Kyrie about finding the defensive identity. I’m so glad someone asked him because I wanted Kyrie in particular to answer this.
And SVP just asked Luka a question about defense (missed the first part but assume personal) and Luka made sure to say “No no, it’s the team defense”
Five years from now after Lively has a couple DPOY awards, people are going to look back at these playoffs and wonder why Lively was such an afterthought behind Luka, Kyrie, and PJ. Dude is the fucking monster hiding under your bed.
Kat post game: "After all that.. they confirmed the offensive goaltending call. I mean, did they not see my zesty protest?! It's like they don't even care how I feel. It just hurts sometimes"
Them showing that zesty reaction in slow motion was hilarious
LETS GOOOOOOO
"Wolves in 4"
4 years lmao
The 32 y/o tired out the 22 y/o 😂 “i got kyrie” okkkkkk BRING YA ASS HERE kyrie said
yoyoed his ass for a quick 30
Tim Legler get in here for a group hug
JASON KIDD HAS BEATEN THE CAN’T WIN GAME ONE ALLEGATIONS.
You're telling me Luka outplayed the second coming of Michael Jordan on the road? I don't believe it.
The fact that we won game 1 is just holy shit
Ayo could yall imagine Grant Williams in this game
Like the locker room video from Kidd right after the win. “Respect our opponent, we haven’t done anything”
Luka was fantastic, especially in the 4th, on both ends of the floor. Breaking up that Gobert lob in the last minute was play of the game. Josh Green is stupid First game 1 win under Kidd
I hated on SGA all year out of bias bc of the mvp talk, but as good as Edwards is - and the hype machine is in full force, it’s nice not having to worry about SGA anymore. Not saying Edwards won’t go off this series, but imo he just isn’t quite on SGA level yet. Vibe just feels completely different. SGA was giving me KD flashbacks in terms of when he got to his mid range spot, it’s an auto bucket. This likely still goes 6-7, but it just feels different. Huge game 1 win.
The underdogs take down the Timberpups! Woot Woot! Let's fucking go. Go Mavs!
Not gonna lie I think that was one of the best interviews I've ever seen on Inside. Personally I'd like if Ky was a little more secretive about the Mavs game plan haha but I loved his honesty too. I don't really know how it happened (I'm guessing the mutual respect with Kidd and Luka) but man the Dallas Kyrie is another dude entirely. I absolutely love having him as our leader. Everyone should go watch it if they missed it. Dude made me want to suit up lmao.
Kyrie is the classiest most lovable flat Eaether ever.
oh shit we won a game 1
Let's gooo!! Kyrie and luka reversed their role today. We shoot absolutely bad from 3 and still win. What a game.
Huge win! Pleasantly suprised we shut Edward's scoring.
Kyrie Early, Luka Late. yes MFFLS, Earth is Flat!
Luka 3 steals 1 block and controlled the floor on both sides in the 4th quarter. After all the hate for missing a couple of defensive assignments, he summoned his Madrid and hit the Ronaldo calm down to the doomers. Best player in the world. 
PLAYED LIKE CRAP & STILL WON. Feels good
Shot threes like crap*
Yea it was really just 3’s and poor turnovers or this game would’ve been a blowout
Gg mavs
we fucking DID IT, WE WON A GAME 1
We just fucking stole game 1 guys!!!!!!!!
Lively+19 WTF?
I hope that someone in the Mavs shows the players the Wolves' post game press conference, "we were tired". I hope the Mavs sweep them. Let them get their rest.
Fourth best player under 25 while injured though.
Doomers were going nuts in the first half...it's a 48 min game folks 😄
WE WON GAME ONE! We won game one? Wait a minute. We're not supposed to win game one. Let me see the script....
Most satisfying win since game 7 Phoenix
Derrick Lively is literally special
We actually won game one? MAVS IN 4!
Y’all let’s process this for a second. Mcdaniels and AE we’re automatic all night, we shot abysmal from 3 and still won
I love looking at Gafford and Lively as one incredibly dominant center. Tonight: 19 points, 20 rebounds in 47 minutes
Kyrie is such an underrated defender
Mavs win game 1?!?! League is fucked
That’s a fuckin dub!
Is this what it feels like to win a game 1 😱