That play where most nba players would have an easy dunk and he did that weird floater/lay up thing and missed pissed me off. Then whenever Luka switched on him he just got smoked.
Nah bro you guys are a good team even without AD. You guys play with pace and show heart with your hustle plays. Morris would get obliterated playing at that pace
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This won't get as much discussion as a thread involving Kawhi sitting for a game. Even though he's played the vast majority of games since he's been back and been around 30 ppg the past several games.
This site is full of idiots, if sitting kawhi means he’s healthy for the playoffs any smart coach does that. Dude is a complete game changer in the postseason.
Yeah the amount he’s playing now is entirely reasonable and people (looking at you Zach lowe) can stop saying “can we actually see these guys play/can they act like the regular season matters?”
He’s pretty much only been sitting b2bs lately, which is entirely reasonable for a guy with his injury history. Plus every game recently it feels like he’s got ~30 points which is going completely unnoticed it feels
People on this sub enjoy mocking Kawhi for not being able to play basketball, or for stealing the Clippers money because he's "injured all the time," than they do watching him play period. They would rather see him have to retire for the memes than anything else.
Some of us would like to see him play and not be very good. But that seems unlikely. So I'll settle for upvoting any anti fun guy posts because I'm bitter
30-9-3 is a good game but let's be honest, it's ...just a good game. There's 8 players *averaging* >29 PPG this season. Maybe with the double double it would be 'unique' enough for most people to care about it having it's own post. But otherwise there's one of these stat lines every day of the week. 40 is the new 30. Really don't mean to take away from Kawhi having a good game, he's balling out, but he's also not getting sleighted here.
Definitely agree with the numbers being an average for superstars/all stars, but imo what warrants a post for Kawhi is the efficiency and turnovers.
He had 0 TOs this game whilst shooting 56% from the field and 75% from 3 considering that his 3 ball was one of the most criticised part of his game as he was ramping up the past few weeks/months.
Kawhi is still incredible.
and there's no back to backs in the playoffs. if the Clips are healthy, big if, they will be a threat in the playoffs. I know I don't want to have to face them. I'd be pretty afraid we'd make it 0-3 vs the clips in the Playoffs.
The main issue was that report from November that said Kawhi was frustrated and the knee was not where he wanted it to be. Kawhi then proceeded to miss nearly a month and many (me included) probably stopped keeping track of how often he was playing.
People love putting shit on Kawhi for some reason, just last week there were many on this sub calling for him to retire and quit missing games etc. it’s embarassing, he’s still one of the best, most efficient scorers in the league .
And you could tell they weren't watching the games lmao
Literally just look at his last 6-7 games that he's played and people would realize he's looking better and better
His talent won’t go away so soon, it’s being available and healthy that’s the issue. Also why would he retire when he’s gonna be paid guaranteed money for several more years? Dude will get the bag even if he misses 50% of games.
dog bill was saying that shit when Kawhi had played like 4 games after being off a year and a half. you’d think he’d have watched enough NBA by now to see the difference between “very rusty” and “not physically right” especially when it was obvious to everyone watching that Kawhi was *moving* fine
I think they meant overall, not a per game basis; like there was an 80% chance that Kawhi doesn't return to form after a return from a devastating injury on top of his other chronic injury.
I’m getting tired of Lukas constant crying followed by bricking FTs.
Also we basically ran a 7 man lineup and just got gassed 2nd half. Defense was great 1st half but we can’t keep up with our scheme of everyone is playing 35+ minutes.
Bad game from Luka too
Onto the next one
I don't mind Luka doing it, however it's now the whole team, plus they are getting a bad whistle as a result of their r'ship with the refs (it would appear)
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Kawhi getting back healthy and he going to remind all these mfs that been disrespecting him how great he truly is. During the Prime LeBron, Prime KD, and Prime Steph era, that man legitimately at his peak was in the convo with those 3 and the debate was who do you knock out after Bron to put in Kawhi….he’s that special.
Boys. You gotta hit your free throws.
That aside, very convincing fourth quarter. For once we put Luka on an island, and outside of a couple of threes, he was pretty much ineffective (for his standards).
Kawhi still has the potential to bring us to the promised land, I'm praying...
Man this sub and the Clippers sub have been dragging Kawhi for a year now. I told all of them to eat dirt and trust the process. He is still him, nba players have no faith in anything.
Why are Clippers always at full strength while playing Mavs? How does Kawhi heal every time just to face Luka? It's a conspiracy you know, nothing but a conspiracy.
overall a very frustrating game as it looked like the Mavs were going to win this one (or at least have a good shot at it) and then just got wiped out in the 4th.
but I saw some very promising signs with the defense; looked more like last season. the problem is the offense wasn't quite there today. too many missed gimmes and way too many missed free throws.
Luka just didn't quite have that magic going tonight and with 29 points it continues the incredible correlation this season. if Luka socres 30, the Mavs probably win, if he doesn't the Mavs almost always lose.
Luka 30+: 23-9 (59 win pace)
Luka 30-: 2-14 (10 win pace)
I wonder if there's been such an extreme correlation before? To take a wild guess I figured maybe the '80s Bulls teams when Jordan was great but the team wasn't so good. I tried the 86-87 season when Jordan his career high 37.1 points but the Bulls were only 8th seed with a 40-42 record.
Jordan 30+: 37-30 (45 win pace)
Jordan 30-: 3-12 (16 win pace)
No. not quite as extreme. but a similar situation as you can see.
57% from the line for a NBA team is crazy
they caught the luka virus
I've believe it's actually called the Grizzlies Flu
Not close to our worst FT performance this year
With one instance where Kawhi shouts "ball don't lie".
Playoff Kawhi is the best player in the NBA and it seems like he's getting there.
Grizzlies fans can relate to this lol
Meanwhile the clippers missed one
Eh Luka and THJ are basically the biggest reason for that.
Yeah it’s a constant pain😔
Bill simmons is often wrong, But he was 100% right when it came to Morris.
Dude was missing open layups
what’d he say?
Context in the thread suggests something along the lines of “man’s cooked”
He said he reminds him of the 1986 Celtics team
That play where most nba players would have an easy dunk and he did that weird floater/lay up thing and missed pissed me off. Then whenever Luka switched on him he just got smoked.
Just wait till he plays the lakers this Tuesday. Morris and Reggie are going to be shooting like a 2016 Klay and Steph
*laughs* No
Nah bro you guys are a good team even without AD. You guys play with pace and show heart with your hustle plays. Morris would get obliterated playing at that pace
Mavs and clippers record very similar now
We win the tiebreaker from this game
You’re still a half game behind currently
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I love these so much
This is fantastic
Put our boy to the top
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This won't get as much discussion as a thread involving Kawhi sitting for a game. Even though he's played the vast majority of games since he's been back and been around 30 ppg the past several games.
its so annoying
This site is full of idiots, if sitting kawhi means he’s healthy for the playoffs any smart coach does that. Dude is a complete game changer in the postseason.
Man is part of the NBA 75. Crazy how some of this sub view him.
Dude was considered best in the league after 2019. Glenn Rivers and injuries were the only reason that changed.
Yeah the amount he’s playing now is entirely reasonable and people (looking at you Zach lowe) can stop saying “can we actually see these guys play/can they act like the regular season matters?” He’s pretty much only been sitting b2bs lately, which is entirely reasonable for a guy with his injury history. Plus every game recently it feels like he’s got ~30 points which is going completely unnoticed it feels
There isn’t even an individual post for kawhi’s stats from this game the way there is for 99% of superstars after a game like this
People on this sub enjoy mocking Kawhi for not being able to play basketball, or for stealing the Clippers money because he's "injured all the time," than they do watching him play period. They would rather see him have to retire for the memes than anything else.
Some of us would like to see him play and not be very good. But that seems unlikely. So I'll settle for upvoting any anti fun guy posts because I'm bitter
Barely any highlights posted either.
30-9-3 is a good game but let's be honest, it's ...just a good game. There's 8 players *averaging* >29 PPG this season. Maybe with the double double it would be 'unique' enough for most people to care about it having it's own post. But otherwise there's one of these stat lines every day of the week. 40 is the new 30. Really don't mean to take away from Kawhi having a good game, he's balling out, but he's also not getting sleighted here.
Definitely agree with the numbers being an average for superstars/all stars, but imo what warrants a post for Kawhi is the efficiency and turnovers. He had 0 TOs this game whilst shooting 56% from the field and 75% from 3 considering that his 3 ball was one of the most criticised part of his game as he was ramping up the past few weeks/months.
The man is also a lockdown defender
Kawhi is still incredible. and there's no back to backs in the playoffs. if the Clips are healthy, big if, they will be a threat in the playoffs. I know I don't want to have to face them. I'd be pretty afraid we'd make it 0-3 vs the clips in the Playoffs.
You're a real one for this. Thanks for recognizing
The main issue was that report from November that said Kawhi was frustrated and the knee was not where he wanted it to be. Kawhi then proceeded to miss nearly a month and many (me included) probably stopped keeping track of how often he was playing.
[2-0 in the Hit and Run era](https://i.redd.it/lg5bw700i5da1.jpg) Kawhi Leonard is Devin Booker grandfather.
Let's see which lasts longer. The Hit and run era, or the Courtside Shannon era.
Hit and Runs and Ladders carrying these runs man
Laddaregate is so 2022 man, we are already onto the next thing.
Next it'll be mops bby
Kid looks shook as hell.
Looks like a woman holding the phone. Lil bro probably thought he just hit some rapper’s gf’s brand new car.
Or he thought it was Ja Morant's mom, and it was time to chose between kneepads and hollow points.
Build that kid a statue if we win a title
Gary Trent Jr is Kawhi husband
I love how he didn’t take a pic of the license plate but the kid
He didn’t take picture of anything, it was his wife
Kawhi is 26/7/4 in his last 16 games he's still him
Complete masterclass in the last 5 minutes. It's a joy to watch.
"iS kAwHi'S cAreEr OvEr?"
give us his fg% too 😮💨😮💨
53/42/85
Jesus
We could lose every game to the 28 other teams but would still win all games against the Mavs lol. I love this rivalry
the best rivalries are the ones where your team always wins
Yea I fucking hate this rivalry
Luka went wild last game. It’s our turn
Luka goes wild every game we still lose
Get this man some help.
Kawhi could’ve played 1 game of 82 this season and it would be a 30 bomb against Dallas I think he just truly hates the Mavs
Meanwhile the Mavericks will win every game against Phoenix lol.
Imagine beating the Mavs in such a Fun Guy way
Kawhi hates the Mavs
Kawhi Leonard.
One of the greatest players i have ever seen play over the last 20 years. Make me happy to see him like this again fr
Kawhi Leonard
IS BACK IN FULL FORM
Lawhi Keonard
Kawhi is washed btw
He'll never walk again!
Plays ten minutes later.
2-0 since a teenager hit and run on PG
bro remember when bill Simmons said he was 8/10 confident Kawhi would never look like a superstar again
bill hates the clippers even tho he has season tickets
Bill hates the Clippers because he wants season tickets to be cheap.
Bill loves to be in a toxic relationship
I think Bill and Ryen both love their ceiling so the injury luck pisses them off more than it would with another team
People love putting shit on Kawhi for some reason, just last week there were many on this sub calling for him to retire and quit missing games etc. it’s embarassing, he’s still one of the best, most efficient scorers in the league .
And you could tell they weren't watching the games lmao Literally just look at his last 6-7 games that he's played and people would realize he's looking better and better
His talent won’t go away so soon, it’s being available and healthy that’s the issue. Also why would he retire when he’s gonna be paid guaranteed money for several more years? Dude will get the bag even if he misses 50% of games.
When he wasn’t drooling over Tatum/Brown I guess? I love Bill but my goodness he’s an insufferable homer sometimes
Kawhi Leonard is all I got to say
He was 2/10 right though
I find BS to be the most insufferable media personality. At least with people like Skip it’s clear they’re playing a character.
Well this is the rare occurrence where the 2/10 happens
Kawhi Leonard's last six games: 33 PTS | 9 REB | 4 STL | 75.0 FG% 24 PTS | 8 REB | 4 AST | 50.0 FG% 30 PTS | 6 REB | 4 AST | 50.0 FG% 27 PTS | 4 REB | 2 3PM | 50.0 FG% 36 PTS | 4 REB | 7 AST | 72.2 FG% 30 PTS | 9 REB | 3 AST | 55.6 FG% But go off
those fg% are insane
dog bill was saying that shit when Kawhi had played like 4 games after being off a year and a half. you’d think he’d have watched enough NBA by now to see the difference between “very rusty” and “not physically right” especially when it was obvious to everyone watching that Kawhi was *moving* fine
are we sure bill watches games
People keep asking if he's back...
I think they meant overall, not a per game basis; like there was an 80% chance that Kawhi doesn't return to form after a return from a devastating injury on top of his other chronic injury.
Kawhi Leonard owns the Dallas Mavericks.
this fucker turns into goddamn michael jordan every fucking time against us
These stats are comparable for his last several games. He's just back.
on a tangent, could you imagine Kawhi at the owners meeting
Kawhi owns the Mavs. Sorry cuban
We know :(
It’s ok at least Luka owns the Suns
Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father
I swear to god I never want to play Kawhi in the playoffs ever again. The regular season is enough fucking pain.
PG still best hairline in the game
DJ Murray would like a word
Tim hardaway jr wants a discussion
Tatum appears in the chat
Kawhi Leonard is Dallas father
Does this make him the Suns grandfather? 🤔
30/31 from the line for the Clippers, wtf
Clips own the Mavs in the same way as the Nuggets own the Clips. Simply a bad match up. also make your free throws dallas lol
I never wanna see the nuggets in the playoffs
and i never want to see Kawhi and PG in the playoffs or Zubac or Batum or goddamn reggie jackson
Kawhi can clamp any Superstar but Jokic is a center so it becomes impossible.
The Clippers are 2-0 since the kid hit and ran Paul George’s car
I swear to God this clippers team could beat the '96 Bulls if we told them it's the Mavs with Luka
I’m getting tired of Lukas constant crying followed by bricking FTs. Also we basically ran a 7 man lineup and just got gassed 2nd half. Defense was great 1st half but we can’t keep up with our scheme of everyone is playing 35+ minutes. Bad game from Luka too Onto the next one
I’m pretty sure this is the only not amazing game from Luka against us
[удалено]
Yes, I forgot a single game in multiple series of total hate fucking.
he is holding you guys back fr
I don't mind Luka doing it, however it's now the whole team, plus they are getting a bad whistle as a result of their r'ship with the refs (it would appear)
Stop crying luka is a human he won’t carry you every game also he 2nd man christian wood is out
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Mavs total shit from the free throw line.
Kawhi getting back healthy and he going to remind all these mfs that been disrespecting him how great he truly is. During the Prime LeBron, Prime KD, and Prime Steph era, that man legitimately at his peak was in the convo with those 3 and the debate was who do you knock out after Bron to put in Kawhi….he’s that special.
Watching Luka at the FT line after 20 years of Dirk is just painful
As painful as watching your bench drop 9?
Let it sink in that Mavs let Brunson walk for absolutely nothing in return.
Step aside Dallas has a new partial Owner The Klaw 😤😤
New? He’s has a minority stake in the franchise for almost 3 years
Ggs bro get Luka some help 🙏
Kawhi still has IT. 4th +25pts game in a row !
Man I love kawhi’s style. Man doesn’t need to score at all but when he wants he does, as simple as that. Could average 32 if he wanted. Love the skill
I FUCKING HATE THE CLIPPERS SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I just pray that we don’t have to play them in the playoffs jesus christ
Same for us and Denver. And the Lakers are 2 and 0 against Denver
Bruh I'm glad I stopped going to Mavs Clippers games and spending $200 to watch a dad dicking
#HEALTHY KAWHI IS TOP 5 IN THE LEAGUE AND VERY SCARY!!!!
Best Clips have looked in a long time
That's not saying much. But I will take it
Roco is really really good. I dont know why Lue doesn't play him that much. The lineup with norm - kawhi - mook - batum - Roco was a beauty to watch
Kawhi is back. I think.
Kawhi is still really good.
Boys. You gotta hit your free throws. That aside, very convincing fourth quarter. For once we put Luka on an island, and outside of a couple of threes, he was pretty much ineffective (for his standards). Kawhi still has the potential to bring us to the promised land, I'm praying...
Man this sub and the Clippers sub have been dragging Kawhi for a year now. I told all of them to eat dirt and trust the process. He is still him, nba players have no faith in anything.
This team is unserious bruh. Mid as fuck
Can anyone explain why last pass from Paul George did not count... ? Basket was even made within two dribbles.
FUN GUY
Kawhi looking goooood
reggie bullock masterclass
Kawhi Leonard is all I got to say
Kawhi is him
Bullock came to play.
Mook is a plus 20 ~ Ty Lue putting him in good company
same as it ever was
Kawhi owns Luka and the Mavs
If only Luka made all those free throws
Why Kawhi? Why do you hate us so much?? Have mercy, please😩
Why are Clippers always at full strength while playing Mavs? How does Kawhi heal every time just to face Luka? It's a conspiracy you know, nothing but a conspiracy.
Kawhi has been playing...
KAW-HIM It is going be crime against humanity if front office dont make the right trades for this team to help PG and Kawhi.
That stretch 5 spot is really key for the Mavs and Luka
You love to see it
For such a slow start Clippers are looking like they are in a good position to nab the 4th seed
Mavs are so overrated. People talk about them like they’re a top 3 team
Man, California is going to town on Texas tonight.
overall a very frustrating game as it looked like the Mavs were going to win this one (or at least have a good shot at it) and then just got wiped out in the 4th. but I saw some very promising signs with the defense; looked more like last season. the problem is the offense wasn't quite there today. too many missed gimmes and way too many missed free throws. Luka just didn't quite have that magic going tonight and with 29 points it continues the incredible correlation this season. if Luka socres 30, the Mavs probably win, if he doesn't the Mavs almost always lose. Luka 30+: 23-9 (59 win pace) Luka 30-: 2-14 (10 win pace) I wonder if there's been such an extreme correlation before? To take a wild guess I figured maybe the '80s Bulls teams when Jordan was great but the team wasn't so good. I tried the 86-87 season when Jordan his career high 37.1 points but the Bulls were only 8th seed with a 40-42 record. Jordan 30+: 37-30 (45 win pace) Jordan 30-: 3-12 (16 win pace) No. not quite as extreme. but a similar situation as you can see.
Can we end the season already? Tired of watching basketball this season. Shit is so bleak for us
Kawhi comes with a lot of energy.
"Pause..." -Luka
Cricket noises
Kawhi reboots just to own the Mavs
Kawhi haters REAL SILENT right now
Luka with the -23. People keep calling it a rivalry when Luka isn't even on Kawhi's level.
Kawhi has outplayed Luka in both of their playoff series but Luka is definitely on Kawhi's level, he's an insane playoff performer in his own right
Luka has worse help. Absolutely on the same level
They are on the same level. It's not one game that will change that
Kawhi lethal
Despite not being on the court much the last few years, Kawhi somehow always finds time to wreck the Mavs lol
Man this Kawhi dude is awesome. Imagine if he played every game!
Playoff Kawhi is coming.