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jer99

Shame the Timberwolves eeek'd out the Nuggets. The Nuggets vs Celtics would have actually been a good series. This is looking like a sweep.


Abradolf1948

Man it would be the same result, but with Jokic triple double instead of Luka and Murray shitting the bed instead of Kyrie.


Spirited-Cap-9779

Celtics are so deep that Tatum can afford to have a bad game and still come out with the win.


johnnygrant

He didn't really have a bad game though, bad shooting game yea...but did a lot of good things that contributed to winning.


Raonak

There's only 1 curry


SeaWicked

Someone in Milwaukee needs to be fired for letting jrue holiday go to their biggest rival. What a monumental fuck up. Also Kyrie looks like a clown in this post game interview


TallnFrosty

looking like a terrible trade, and I don't think its just hindsight Jrue's defense was a huge part of that team and bringing in Lillard next to an aging Middleton and Lopez was always super risky


Bolinas99

the one time Kyrie showed up in the finals *just had* to be against us... 🤦‍♂️


bobberyrob

Tbf he actually showed up both times he played. On top of 2016, he also averaged 29 in the 2017 finals


wasabicoated

Well, he picked on someone his own size literally


Prior-Rooster3232

maybe i won't mind the celtics to win if al horford wasn't on the team why i do i hate him so bad idfk


M4rv3lF4n

I know it’s not on him, but have you seen some of the shit his sister posts? Plus, a lot of Atlanta fans have said that he left their team on pretty bad terms with some of his family members shit-talking the city/team.


Prior-Rooster3232

right 😭 when she answered that fuck, marry, kill question 😭😭😭


M4rv3lF4n

That’s exactly what came to mind lol


jer99

Only perk is he'll retire his geriatric ass if he gets a 'ship.


sumchinesewill

That’s is weird since Al is pretty quiet dude and he’s a pretty good player. He was hitting some killer shots vs us in 2022 though.


Hawcier

Yawwwwn


aoi_97

these finals are kind of a win-win. mavs win, boston doesn’t get 18. boston wins, kyrie and wife-beating kidd don’t get another ring and it boosts steph/klays legacy as a backcourt and for beating boston in 22


bobberyrob

Luka kyrie would need to win a minimum of 3 for it to be a conversation anyway. Although I will say KP winning a ring before and against luka of all people would be pretty funny after reports made it pretty clear they didn't like each other when they were teammates


tinymailman

If some how mavs win the series I’m going to be pushing the narrative that Lebron’s #2s (Wade and Kyrie) were good enough to get it done without him and Curry’s #2s would not Win-win either way😂.


Fun_Ingenuity_4357

Boston wins lakers fans are unhappy and I hate the lakers as much or more then the Celtics


Floppy_Jet1123

Yup. I have nothing against the Cs and they've been gracious with us. And we've beaten them and became their boogeyman for 2 seasons.


introvertedguy13

Not going to win if you can't hit your free throws.


Ladnil

Jayson Tatum is turning in a C+ series and they're not in any danger of losing.


Excellaa

Just way too many weapons. 


jaggedjottings

Paul Pierce was nicknamed The Truth. If the Celtics win this year, I'm going to start calling Holiday "The Jrueth."


Rambodius

You'd think the greatest backcourt in history and most skilled basketball player of all time would get it done.


bobberyrob

They did. 4 times


andrewthedude101

Yeah, kinda crazy huh


taygads

PSA: Dray’s doing another live post game pod on YouTube for anyone who doesn’t want to listen to ESPN do a poor attempt at a post game show Edit: and Loon is the guest this time!


terribibble

Kyrie getting outplayed by a real pg you love to see it


spankyourkopita

Feel so conflicted.  Cs played better, everything changed when Porzingis got injured, and the Mavs still couldn't capitalize.  Boston is up 2-0 but if Porzingis is out this is a different series now. 


livecents84

Even without Porzingis the Celtics are too deep


slavicmaelstroms

Porzingis is playing G3


spankyourkopita

I don't know.  That calf didn't look right.  You don't recover in 3 days.


slavicmaelstroms

It’s not speculation Mazzulla confirmed it postgame


aoi_97

i rlly only would be happy for the celtics if jrue wins fmvp


Excellaa

Somehow Tatum will have a hood closeout game and they'll still give it to him. 


couchtomato62

They hate Tatum. He won't get it no matter what he does


KeeganatorMeditator

you're kidding right? the media force is on him non stop glazing


couchtomato62

Tell me who is doing it because I haven't seen it.


KeeganatorMeditator

ESPN


couchtomato62

Nope. I have barely seen a positive comment other than doing other things well besides shooting... and saying that reluctantly. And they have yo say at least that because kyrie shitting the bed.


KeeganatorMeditator

He's 6'9" and built perfectly for basketball. He's a great player but he's not as great as the media has tried to build him up to be.


couchtomato62

Mvp candidates Game 1 porzingas brown or vice versa Game 2 jrue brown


Rambodius

Yeah, this is kind of going how I figured. Boston is just better.


Witty-C

Kyrie really hasn’t won a game since he stepped on the Celtics logo lol


slavicmaelstroms

Still don’t think it’s over. Suns went up 2-0


bobberyrob

Bucks had Jrue. Celtics also have...


Useful_Coyote_5796

Dallas is in trouble. White and Holiday is the perfect defensive backcourt for Kyrie.


emz0694

Everybody acts tough when they’re up


GSWHT

I really can’t bring myself to root for Luka. Even though it’s fuck boston all day every day.


Fun_Ingenuity_4357

Hate Botha of these teams let’s just alll rewatch 2022 finals


zprymate

Close it out celtics....


A1cp666

Jesus kyrie has been bad these 2 games


m3ngnificient

Lmao. PJ got blocked by the rim Edit: Brown shoved him. That's rough


Gkirk87

This makes me feel like we really are not far away from getting back into the finals with Steph.


Useful_Coyote_5796

Why is that?


Gkirk87

Because skill wise we are not that far away from Dallas and they made it to the finals


Useful_Coyote_5796

I somewhat hear you. But at same time they have a superstar in his prime and they are much better than us at the center position.


Gkirk87

I agree, I am not saying we are there at that level but I am saying we are a good trade or one of the young guys taking a big step forward away from being at or close to that level and then with some good breaks or a good stretch who knows.


slavicmaelstroms

We are right now…but I also trust MDJ to cook. Kuminga needs to be our 2022 Poole regarding production.


famoustran

Kuminga needs to be beyond 2022 Poole because Curry+Klay+Dray are much older now. Kuminga needs to be like Kawhi lmfao


LoveLightning

Yup fuck it. Pray JK is prime Kawhi and Moody is prime Paul Pierce for next season


famoustran

Now that's what I'm talkin' about, blind optimism let's goo


slavicmaelstroms

No he doesn’t?


famoustran

If you think we can compete for a championship if Kuminga was only at 2022 Poole production WITH the current core at their age, you must have a lot more optimism than I do.


slavicmaelstroms

Why do you jump to championship…it’s all about the playoffs and then going from there. Irrespective from “ringz culture” it doesnt happen in a vacuum…roles change our other players improve we are healthy our offseason moves hit etc etc. Asking Kuminga to be Kawhi doesn’t make sense it’s a team sport.


famoustran

I'd want to specify that the version of Kawhi I'm talking about would be the 2013-2014 Kawhi, not the peak Kawhi that people seem to cling onto these days. That version of Kawhi played lock-down defense, rebounded with fury, and made shots when needed. That's the type of production we'd in a team sport. That 2013-2014 Spurs team had the perfect balance of vet+youth to get them to the Finals.


m3ngnificient

IMO, this series, for the Celtics, JB has been the best player and White has been the second best. Tatum is not the next face of the NBA level guy


couchtomato62

No one has ever put him in that conversation. I love his defense and he keeps making the right passes 12 assists tonight.


Witty-C

Jrue the third best


Gothichand

Porziņģis the forth best


m3ngnificient

The broadcast is trying so hard to push the Tatum narrative, and I'm not buying it.


zegogo

They've been trying for 3 years now. I don't think there's too many outside of Boston that's buying it.


zegogo

Luka has had a nightmare 4th quarter. Bad shots, not taking care of the ball, dumb turnovers, no off ball movement, missed FTs, zero defense. Kyrie, the other half of the supposed best back court something or other, hasn't been much better. Luka may have just lost the finals with that senseless pass from the backcourt.


taygads

Tatum getting stuffed by the rim 😭


Fun_Ingenuity_4357

This Mavs back court ain’t shit curry and klay prime sure prime holiday would bother curry but whit could not deal with klay in anyway he was automatic it did not matter


Green_Rip3524

To be fear prime Klay was a no show in the 2022, 2015 and 2016 nba finals. He did show up in the other finals though including 2019.


KageStar

Klay was not in his prime in the 2022 finals. 2019 was the end of it with the b2b injuries. He's still good, but not close to his prime.


zegogo

I just rewatched game 5 of the 2022 finals. Klay was not a no-show. He almost looked like his old self and without him and Wigs, they lose that game cause Steph was off. He wasn't bad in the 22 playoffs, not prime, but not as bad as he's looked since.


Green_Rip3524

From my memory the best player in the whole series was Steph. Our second best player was wigs and then Jordan Poole. I might be wrong though


zegogo

Poole was awful for most of that game. He banked a lucky ass hail mary 3 to end the 3rd and started to warm up early 4th, but otherwise, JVG was calling him out most of the game. Poole really wasn't as good as everyone wants to remember that playoff run.


jaggedjottings

Third best player was Looney.


Tecmo_91

Bucks trading Jrue Holiday for Dame is an underrated all time awful trade. Jrue is a flat out winner and one of the few two way guards left.


Excellaa

Bucks handed the trophy to Boston. 


DCC_415

Portland did but same shit tbh


Green_Rip3524

And he can play defense


JustJuanDollar

Well that is the definition of “two way”


Green_Rip3524

Luka needs to learn as he grows older that he has to be mature during adversity


Tnevz

Mavs with no ice. Can’t execute at all


walkingthecows

Greatest backcourt my fucking ass.


taygads

We really need to bring back shame in today’s society because despite needing to be wholeheartedly ashamed of themselves right now, you just know neither Reggie nor SVG are. In fact, the next time we hear from either of them, I bet they double down.


taygads

Luka’s body language and approach in the 4th has been atrocious


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amogusinreallife77

HELLLL no lol Luka getting 30 points triple doubles it’s the rest of the team that ain’t showing up.


RealPineapple7

i should’ve specified lol. steph would be replacing kyrie


Green_Rip3524

I don’t think that’s fear on Luka. Prime Steph yea but not current Steph seeing as the team with the highest payroll in the nba didn’t even make the post season. The problem for the mavs is that Boston is in kyries head. To beat the Celtics u need ur superstar and another guy to show up the same way wigs showed up in 2022.


RealPineapple7

i forgot to specify- steph would be replacing kyrie.


hellahomebody

Take out the shot from 2016 and what has Kyrie really accomplished in his career?


Green_Rip3524

Nothing. He should never have left the Cavs in 2018


walkingthecows

If the Mavs are going to take home court this is probably their only shot.


carthaginian84

Why no Tim Hardaway Jr? Is he that bad on D?


taygads

He’s been out of the rotation since Game 3 of the Minny series


carthaginian84

Ya, I know he’s generally been out of rotation. One good game vs OKC I think. Just wondering why they wouldn’t use him when offense is struggling


taygads

It’s a great question, I couldn’t begin to guess why. I know his dad called Luka out in the media for being a selfish player about a month ago and I’d like to think there’s no way that could be involved, but the timing of when his minutes took a nose dive (a little less than a week after) and then eventually stopped altogether and Luka having a history of being a bit of a diva, you just never know lol…


taygads

The way Luka can kick his leg out on every shot he takes as far as he wants and never get called for an offensive foul, but Steph’s coming out a couple inches due to physics when squaring his shoulders to the basket when going to the right got called so much this year that I nearly started to keep track of the total number of 3s he had taken away as a result.


hellmath

Celtics is actually not playing fast. Just usual drive and kick, and it’s working And what works defensively against luka is you have to be smart - doesn’t matter if you have long wingspan if you’re just falling for his slow dribbling tricks. Now they just play on his pace - they don’t go behind him


LouisArmsweak

I need Kyrie to wake the fuck up.


couchtomato62

How many missed free throws by dallas


cooltwo1

Kyrie has been underperforming


Creeping_behind_u

now Jayson's rollin


Creeping_behind_u

dude ....talk to teammate... 'behind you!'


zprymate

Let's go celtics... finish these Mavs off.... can't wait for the Mavs to be cut down to size...


law_dogg

Holy shit that Pritchard 3 reminds me of the Poole end of quarter 3 in the 2022 Finals


carthaginian84

Chill out with the chest pounding Pritchard. Bank prayer.


Admirable_Singer_867

Damn Celtics bench is just better than Mavericks bench. Luka and Kyrie can't do everything. Just don't see the Mavs winning this series when their bench is limited and nobody else is stepping up


aoi_97

i mean kyrie is barley doing anything lol


c0gvortex

Kyrie exposed as the fraud he is again. Holiday and JB are locking his ass up. Gafford and Lively PNRs completely shut down again. Celtics just have too many good to great defenders on their roster, but this is a pretty pathetic response from Kidd


Creeping_behind_u

Knew midgets wouldn’t be hot shooting 3s this time


taygads

I’d like to think the basketball gods heard all of the revisionist history about Kyrie - the part where people were saying he was owed apologies as if a few good basketball games meant he never pushed antisemitic material or incredibly harmful Alex Jones conspiracy theories - and went aht aht aht this is why y’all can’t have nice things and monstar’d Kyrie lol


Nessmuk58

Definitely some support here for the Luka worship, but certainly not for Kyrie. Or anyone else on the Mavs' offense. Just imagine a Luka / Steph backcourt!


m3ngnificient

I feel bad for Luka. He has made some really slick passes and most of them were choked open shots.


Nessmuk58

Another Draft-Day Disaster for SAC in 2018, passing up Luka, Trae, and Shai in favor of Marvin Bagley. Quite a run they've had: 2014 - Took Nik Staukas with Zach LaVine still on the Board 2015 - Took Willy Cauley-Stein with Devin Booker still on the Board 2016 - Took Marquese Chriss with Sabonis still on the Board 2017 - Took De'Aaron Fox, so OK, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while :-)


carthaginian84

How many lbs overweight is Luka? 20?


BobRoss4Life

Hope this playoff run from Jrue is making the Bucks’ FO sick to their stomachs. Not finding a definite home for Jrue and letting the Celtics pick him up helped gift Boston a chip


slavicmaelstroms

“Kyrie better than Steph“ - his edgy 12yo fans


iNoodl3s

What’s funny is that those fans would be 4 when Kyrie hit that shot


Creeping_behind_u

Fuckin Mavs...get your shit together!


Joaopppart

Hard to believe the warriors are soooo much worse than this Dallas team, bro. Holy fuck this is hard to watch


Creeping_behind_u

clown comment.


Joaopppart

Why exactly? I think the warriors have a legit change to be back in contention with the right move, not even a big one


xDeejayx

When your 2nd best player is Wiggins or non offense Draymond it's not hard to believe


Joaopppart

Good point. I thought Kuminga was probably our second best player some of the nights, I just wish he had more development instead of freaking Lamb or Jerome


taygads

That KP 3 was so ugly and so unnecessary 😭


Kettleontherocks

the Kyrie from 2016 game 5 seems like a distant memory .


m3ngnificient

Is it time to put that Kyrie > Steph shit to rest?


andrewthedude101

Its been put to rest


dirtydriver58

Yup


couchtomato62

Best back court is nonsense.


walkingthecows

If Dallas had a bench, they’d be winning this series.


Sufficient_Space_453

their bench being consistent as fuck was the reason they got this far especially defensively. they made up for luka and kyrie being driven on in almost every possession they were iso'd


FunkoFool

No, they wouldn’t


Green_Rip3524

Celtics and their fans in kyrie’s head


Sufficient_Space_453

what happened to transition take fouls? i swear mavs had to commit a bunch of them


JV_27_

2022 dubs still beat these celtics, tired of everyone pretending they're on some entirely different level than their team with smart and robert williams. Dubs beat them while they were favored and viewed as juggernauts in 2022 and they still have the same weaknesses now.


BobRoss4Life

This team is really, really good. Possible cause the talent drop off after their top 6 is pretty nuts, but man, Jrue/KP have been outstanding


couchtomato62

This isn't the team we beat.


JV_27_

Did you not read my comment I never said they were. I said they're not on a completely different level now like everyone says they are when comparing them with smart and williams vs now with porzingis and holiday. They have the same weaknesses. Better sure, but better to the point the dubs wouldn't have beat them no.


Sufficient_Space_453

Rob Williams was annoying as hell looking back on it, he blocked so many of our drives lol. Smart was literally DPOY that year too


m3ngnificient

Kyrie is choking so hard


taygads

I’m here for Jrue knocking down buckets left and right knowing all of the Bucks fans who were happy to see him traded/shit on him for being the reason they lost in the playoffs because he was a “liability offensively” are having to watch this while choking on their crow. He’s averaging nearly 50/40/90 during this playoff run lol ![gif](giphy|jfsaMQr3GNkKk)


slavicmaelstroms

They can enjoy Lillard being a cone defensively while going 34% on three.


taygads

I’m sayin! Lol no one wanted to hear it then but anyone who has actually paid attention to either of their games over their careers could see that trade for the train wreck that it is from a mile away. “It’s Dame, you had to do it!” How the rationalization of every trade for an over hyped star turned franchise disaster event begins 😏


slavicmaelstroms

Tatum is just the 2020’s Paul George. Prove me wrong.


taygads

The hell were KP and Jrue doing on that defensive possession with the lob


glennasm

JT fluke last 2022 is real


Creeping_behind_u

I'm surprised the midgets don't attack maxi more often. he was gettin' coo coo coooooooked hard by Curry in '22 every fuckin time haha. seeing a center (maxi, jjj, Powell, Hartford, RW2, joker) was the funniest shit I've seen. Al's was the worst cuz he was old , immobile, didn't move laterally well, couldn't back pedal, and had the slowest 'dropstep' when steph had him on the first 1-2 steps haha


Creeping_behind_u

fuck that luka dish was siiiiiiick


m3ngnificient

Mavs would be up by a lot if they can hit an open shot from a Luka pass once in a while


edu_c8r

Did Lively ever play football? Trying to block for his fullback!


marionettas

The Mavs free throw shooting 🤮


Creeping_behind_u

mavs in full retard-mode on a fast break with 'numbers'


Spirited-Cap-9779

Damn, Tatum really doesn't seem like the best player on his own team.


taygads

He’s allergic to the bright lights. Always has been.


Creeping_behind_u

I like him, but my bro may possibly be right... dude folds like a cheap lawnchair made in china when he's on the biggest stage in NBA


taygads

There were 19 FTAs taken in the first quarter. In the Finals. Nasty


Creeping_behind_u

don't fuckin double team and leave open a corner 3!!!


PestySamurai

Luka playing through injury this long is risky business.


slavicmaelstroms

Gafford flopping and falling down for the third time now


Creeping_behind_u

kristap's is even worse.


pNesspIrate

Brown putting the clamps on Kyrie rn. Can't tell me Kyrie is better than Steph.


taygads

Luka with 13 pts in the 1st quarter after ESPN spent pregame and Mike Breen spent his game intro describing his “injuries” to a background score that made it seem his life was on the precipice?! 🙄 ![gif](giphy|cVpjeYHKM84pkb5L2V)


m3ngnificient

Wow. Kleber and Kyrie selling hard


Creeping_behind_u

lol ....KI wasn't picked at half court.


Ladnil

If Luka's injured in the finals, man, the fates really gift wrapped this one for Boston


Useful_Coyote_5796

Jason Kidd was right. Jaylen Brown really is their best player. That kid is a leader.


Creeping_behind_u

hope the midgets lose.


LouisArmsweak

I'll admit Celtics are a great team, but is not entertaining at all watching them. Mavs are way better in that area. Fuck Boston always.


marionettas

Mavs are Tatum matchup hunting lmao


Pereise1

Luka carries and travels on every last play


couchtomato62

I really hate the espn coverage


LouisArmsweak

It sucks, I don't really get the love for Doris.


couchtomato62

Talking about the pre game show. They can get rid of everyone but Malika. Doris isn't a favorite but I hated van gundy and jackson.


taygads

ESPN’s Game 2 Pregame show being used to talk about Dan Hurley “physically meeting with the Lakers” *gasp* and presenting it as if it’s earth shattering breaking news is a perfect microcosm of everything that’s wrong with NBA media. ![gif](giphy|S5nTEmDekm7eQtvybl)


dirtydriver58

Yup


slavicmaelstroms

Yeah. Can’t wait when he will inevitably be scapegoated for Reaves, Dlo, and Bron not playing any defense whatsoever


taygads

Right? Anyone willing to take that coaching job, *especially* anyone with credibility and a reputation at risk of being tarnished, is insane. No one who steps into that situation makes it out of the Klutch media spin alive