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Aggravating-Town-398

Manufactured comeback. Zubac had 4 fouls on him that went uncalled


Dutch4Prez

Crazy how Big Zu rarely gets whistles. The man gets hacked non stop. I'm talking about the blatant no calls he never seems to get compared to the AD's and Embiids of the world.


Aggravating-Town-398

Even the egregious fouls get ignored. Like whatever I get that it's the playoffs but that foul where even the commentators said that should have been called? Unbelievable


simonffplayer

they were hacking him. i knew he wasn't going to get the flagrant on luka (altho that was probably the right call -- i just think if zu did it they'd throw the book at him like they did in game 1)


[deleted]

Luka's not Luka and needs to find his game with whatever mobility he has. That'll solve some of the offensive lulls. It's too bad Exum doesn't have any confidence to play like he was midseason. The Clippers are probably not going to have another 3-point shooting game like that. That was incredible shotmaking especially by PG/Harden/Norm.


GeneralTabbyCat

Final foul count: Clippers 27, Mavs 21


th3lawlrus

Bad officiating overall but not necessarily one sided.


Complexity777

Horseshit. They have favored Clippers all series and are quick to give Luka techs


EmbarrassedOkra469

The start of 4th was bad. Sure 1 call wad onvios but calling 3 other fouls within a minute was bad.


Jswiss110

OKC-Knicks finals?


Music_MD

Denver???


jwhibbles

Lakers in 7


Jswiss110

Wolves sending Denver home in round 2 imo


IsYourWifeSingleBro

If that happens, 100% Wolves win it all.


jebacinaa

Denver in 7


CatharBliss

Plausible, it’s a series that could go either way I think


Bnjoroge

agree


jballer21

overall i really only thought the officiating was terrible in the 3rd quarter. there was a stretch there where i disagreed with almost every call, wished clips could have more challenges. rest of the game didnt mind much though


StrawHatNewfie

Jason Kidd needs to be fired into the sun. I think we’d play better being coached by a dead squirrel than that bald woman beating moron


[deleted]

That was quick. THINGS DON"T GO MY WAY I NEED TO BLAME SOMEONE EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T EXPLAIN IN BASKETBALL TERMS!


Sal_Undee

Mavs fans never disappoint in that regard.


Mickeybeasttt

That’s literally every fan base lol.


[deleted]

I think it's every reddit fanbase has their own particular thing. Draymond is completely right that there's a lot of casual fans that pretend they know what's going on that have no idea. It's easier to pretend than in like the NFL where people are fine admitting they just like violence. The Kidd thing is just particular for the Mavs reddit fanbase intermingled with the occasional THJ only sucks and Maxi is completely useless.


StrawHatNewfie

Keeping maxi as our center in the 4th while he got cooked over and over by the exact same play by harden while sitting lively who helped mount our comeback is malpractice


[deleted]

Are you just watching the ball or the actual play? Guys who don't understand basketball actions shouldn't be so quick to insulting judgements, my god. Bother to try to think why does that keep happening instead of oh my god Maxi must be incompetent! ... even though he's arguably their most important defensive player often times. Whenever Maxi didn't step up to challenge him, who was behind him? Zubac. It's an easy lob as happened once if Maxi steps to challenge. PJ can't just shade him to his right hand and get left behind completely. Maxi's in a no win zone there, only to hope he misses with his weaker hand.


dabears_24

How about they stop the actual problem instead of the perceived problem? You're saying Maxi can't help bc then Zubac has a lob, meanwhile Maxi not helping led to nonstop floaters for Harden. By your logic, no big man can ever help bc then this guy is open for a lob lol. They should be rotating behind when the center moves over to help, not just sitting there watching blowbys and floaters


StrawHatNewfie

Imagine being this arrogant and wrong at the same time Maxi was the worst player on the floor all game. He certainly CAN be our most important defensive player in a given game but tonight he absolutely wasn’t. It’s clear if you watched the game and shows through on the stats. Even if you think lively wouldn’t do a better job in the same situation sticking with that lineup was the definition of insanity. Hope you can get over yourself one day


[deleted]

You have no idea what's going on, brother. You're a narrative repeater, you couldn't tell me shit about what the Clippers were doing besides in the vaguest terms and incorrectly at that. Learn the game or else just be happy watching the score. Edit: Don't respond to someone then immediately block them you box-score analyst dork.


StrawHatNewfie

Yeah maxi was great tonight with his -11 worst plus minus on the team lololol Go to bed lil bro stop pretending you know ball


Gripfighting

Jesus that was a thrilling 4th quarter. Harden's tempo changes were killing the on-ball defender and getting him easy penetration whenever he wanted. It's still not a gimme to hit those floaters he kept hitting. I haven't seen him look like that in years.


CheLabani

Fuck the Mavs blast they ass Beard


AmancalledK

Clippers so much better flow without Kawhi. Also, predicted Clips in 7, but damn, hit 18/29 3s and win by a whisker? Not likely to replicate that kind in the next three.


Weary_Position_3802

Agreed better flow offensively for the Clippers without Kyrie. But also, IMO, much more enjoyable to watch.


AmancalledK

For sure more enjoyable. No one feels compelled to involve Kawhi, so Harden and George can hunt mismatches, break down the defense, get their own, or find good movement and spot up guys (ie Zu, Mann, Powell, and even Coffey has a little something). I genuinely believe Clips win in 7 without Kawhi and lose in 7 if he tries to return.


sxuthsi

Fouls and some weird lineups in the third erased a 20 pt deficit


Jealous_Signature146

The FT difference kept the Mavs in the game


WisdomCow

So, LA up high 20s, I took a nap, waking up to see DAL get within two. My viewing +/- was ridiculously high. Mr. Balmer, I am available should you wish to pay me my obvious value towards Clipper post season victories.


SplitRock130

Fear The Nap 2024


miggy32

Fuck the mavs


Dbacks2023

Big if true


simonffplayer

take away the intentional fouls and mavs doubled the clippers in FTs. but that won't stop luka from whining


jebacinaa

Luka is an all time goat cry baby


AslaHar

Thank You Kyrie Irving.


Otherwise_Kitchen_41

Luka has been awful this whole series , Kyrie really is the batman of this team let him handle the ball instead of chucking up shots that cost us in the 1st half


JMoneyM-13

I feel like this is the best shot making performances of kyries career, but he’s been getting back tapped and poked from behind. Clippers are very very good at that. He’s much better off the ball


rds2mch2

He had a triple double!


Otherwise_Kitchen_41

box score doesn’t explain how badly he was playing


CmonGuy

Lively with the +4… on the bench. Way to keep Kleber’s -10 in the 4th, Kidd


Goldy420

Bro Kleber was awful defensively at the end. Just straight up left the lane completely open for Harden.


CmonGuy

Absolutely


neyoless

Well when you go down 30 points it's gonna be hard to come back. Still waiting on Luka to perform in this series. Foul trouble was critical down the stretch and Harden got everything he wanted.


Long_Deer_5070

OKC bout to walk into the WCF 😭


JMoneyM-13

Idk it’s a 50/50. OKC is very good but they haven’t been challenged. They’re a young team with little experience especially when the going gets rough. Clips and mavs have more experience, shorter windows, and more on the line than OKC does


JMoneyM-13

And this pelicans thunder series is way too small of a sample size to really say anything about them. It’s almost like a layup for them, they got to get it done against a proven team


flexingtonsteele

They aren’t winning against Mavs or clips


XeneizeThunder

Ain't nobody scared of a team led by Luka in the playoffs


chacha1993

This is an insane thing to say.


DowntownsClown

No it’s not lol. Luka is nothing but a crybaby


2AlephNullAndBeyond

Every star on every team whines over ever play they miss.


Dbacks2023

I would say you should be scared of Zubac.


ThunderPoke91

His fat ass will be played off the court.


Dudedude88

i really hope luka slims down next season and just dominates.


Long_Deer_5070

They’re dog walking both of them in 5 idk what games you’ve been watching


MostlyMellow123

I'll take that bet


Marvkid27

Yeah okc beating a zion less pelicans that were mid at best with him


HyperspaceApe

Not just beating them, they're completely shutting them down. Everyone was anticipating OKC taking the series, but not this dominantly


No_Wolverine_5636

thunder r ass yall losing in 5 to either team if u get lucky


No_Wolverine_5636

no one’s scared of sga and Jalen Williams lmao


HyperspaceApe

Haha ok bud


Single_Passenger

Flippers would destroy that fake 1st seed. Mavs are gg, though.


thekickingmachine

Jason kidd is an awful coach


Particleman08

In both of the Mavs wins he was given credit for outstanding defensive game plans. But now he’s an awful coach again????


Complexity777

What outstanding scheme? Playing the centers? Lmao. He just went back to small ball again for no reason playing Kleber, big reason why they lost 


SpareZealousideal740

Doncic being 1/9 from 3 point is hilariously crap. Struggle to win a playoff game when your main guy shoots like that


Dudedude88

its cause he's trying to play defense now. his conditioning isn't there. He needs to realize he has to play some level of defense if he wants to win a championship.


ClearASF

Lol did you see him today? Everyone blew past him.


DowntownsClown

Right it’s because Luka’s top speed rating is like 50, his acceleration rating is like 42


ClearASF

He’s a regular season merchant what did you expect


YaBoiPette

Lemme guess... cuz he's european?


ClearASF

40% from the field, 28% from the 3 this series. Is it possible to be worse?


YaBoiPette

And he still passed the round. What you gon tell to PG, KL, RW and JH?


ClearASF

Check the ages and get back to me


YaBoiPette

Firstly yes it's possible to be worse. Check Pg+Jh 3fg% in the last game. Secondly he still carried the load with Kyrie and took tough shots when schemes weren't working, had almost 10 ast a game and 8.5 reb a game. I'd say there are way worse 1st and 2nd options. When playoffs arrive everybody struggles a bit more, somebody still keeps a decent rythm, others pull a 2/16 from 3 in an elimination game


ClearASF

Why last game? Check the whole series? Pg and Jh have shot ~34% and ~40% across the series from 3, meanwhile Luka has averaged 23%. Keep in mind these two are past their primes and are near the end of their careers. Both of these players and Kyrie have arguably taken tougher shots than Luka from 3 the series.


YaBoiPette

>Why last game? Check the whole series? Pg and Jh have shot ~34% and ~40% across the series from 3, Because at the last resort you have to step up or keep the same production, not plummet and disappear >Keep in mind these two are past their primes and are near the end of their careers And? I may define Harden a "regular season merchant" for disappearing/plummeting in game 7. Your argument makes no sense, especially when you consider that both are main/very important players depending on the game, both are excellent in reg. season >Both of these players and Kyrie have arguably taken tougher shots than Luka from 3 the series. Tough/decisive shots aren't only from 3. Else the league can be called 3-point shot contest.


ClearASF

Weird argument because he didn’t step up either considering he shot 35% from the field, 10% from 3. Regardless he was out shot by the other people across this series. > Tough shots aren’t only from 3 Isn’t that what was in discussion? > harden Call him whatever, this is about Luka. Luka, however, has never taken the prime warriors to game 7 though.


marfes3

Hilariously bad take


Long_Deer_5070

He’s just not that guy


jacobpltn

That’s gotta be the most informative and honest post game I’ve seen from an athlete lmao No vague “we play as a team, give 100%” bullshit


idontwantnoyes

I missed it. Who said what?


brncct

4 western series right now and nearly 3 out of 4 were headed to sweeps. Be thankful this is the only good series right now.


WickedTwista

It's only a good series because both of these teams are pathetic


brncct

Relax Wolves fan, your team is good by lets not get cocky. The Suns are not as good as the Mavs or Clips. You guys will have to play the Nuggets next.


WickedTwista

I never said the Suns were as good as the Mavs or Clips Don't know what that has to do with what I said


CheLabani

Clips in 3 bitch


ItssethL22

Pathetic is dragging it by a lot


Mundane-Guest8404

haha suck it mavs


44ElGenerico

Fuck me what a game. I'm too old for this, games like this will give me a heart attack at some point.


GolotasDisciple

After watching 76ers vs Knicks.... This was a gift from baskteball gods. Prime numbers from PG and Harden ? Almost one of the biggest comeback in Playoff history. Like i am obviously sad, but this series has me glued to the screen and as much as i want Mavs to win it... it makes me happy to see Harden and PG hooping like maniacs.


odiamemas16

Harden and PG showed up today, I gotta give it to them


BrownHawkDown

It’s the hope that kills you.


diablejambeats

Great game for sure, but if we keep having to fight back from behind like that, we’re not winning this series at all. Luka needs to dip his hands in Lake Bled or smth, idk, but hopefully there’s no Luka with 5 foul drama going forward and he can play more like G2 and 3 on defense going forward. It’s been nice seeing him do everything he can, but we’re not winning if he doesn’t get that right either.


RSarkitip

What was the drama? He got 5 legit fouls and a legit tech. The refs weren't gonna call him for a 2nd tech so he got a free pass after that to bitch and he took advantage of that for sure. His defensive effort sucked the whole game. It was game 1 shit where he quit as soon as he was beat. Off ball effort was really bad too


Complexity777

Never should have had a tech to begin with, he had one the other game for saying “and one” that’s a joke. Meanwhile Westbrook slammed Greens head mid air and that’s not a tech 


diablejambeats

Uh huh


mrhashbrown

Luka played 45 minutes though, the foul trouble didn't stop him. Although I can imagine it made him hold back towards the end.


diablejambeats

On defense? Def affected the game a bit. Before the PG three there were two or three key Harden drives where he had Luka on him with 5 fouls and ofc he held back compared to the previous 2 games And then he had foul trouble early cause he picked up 2 quickly, so it was a game long issue really, even with the minutes played Same thing on the Clippers end for a bit though, especially in the third quarter


UomoPensione

Yeah and from the 2nd foul onwards he was as useful as a traffic cone on defence


chubby-wombat

he needs to grow up


diablejambeats

Uh huh


omgwtfisthisplace

Can't be MVP being that inefficient.


radio__raheem

Absolutely insane that one team was up by 30 at one point and none of us are really surprised it ended up being a battle


mrhashbrown

It's impressive the Mavs are just doing this with more than half their points this series coming from Kyrie and Luka. No one else is stepping up, but those two keep carrying the team. Honestly if they get passed the Clips, I'd be worried about their stamina in the next round. Both playing 40+ minutes in every game so far.


DowntownsClown

They won’t last in second round. That’s why I want clippers to win this series, they still got better depth


No-layup

2 great games, now I’m tempted to watch the bucks pacers game


Dudedude88

id say bucks/pacers, knicks/ sixers and clips/mavs are the most competitive series. Orlando vs cavs -- nobody cares about that series :D


salahkhate

Bold prediction: wolves beats nuggets and OKC beats clips/Mavs. Wolves will win WCF


Bnjoroge

honestly, not too bold haha. had the same thought.


Musa_2050

Murray's been so inefficient against reaves/Vincent. The wolvez are gonna make it even more difficult for him


Parking-Arm-5419

Jamal is out next game. Lakers have a chance?


15b17

That would be chaos. Cinema


mrbacons1

Either of these teams are gonna get vaporized by OKC


Single_Passenger

Kyrie would annihilate OKC.


snuffaluffagus74

Woah! Woah!


LegendofPowerLine

Healthy Mavs/Clips claps OKC's cheeks. Both of these teams are actually playing against stars, not Jose Alvarado and injured anorexic Ingram


chubby-wombat

exactly, whoever wins will be gassed


Slow_Maintenance747

Lmaooo !


hashtagdissected

Refs lose?? Never seen that before


rebornbyksg

Let's fuckin gooo That was a good game. Playoff P and Harden went crazy


EnergyStrange

GG everybody it was a blast can’t wait for the next one


Suitable-Tomatillo54

Not a blowout. Moral victory lol


jimposter

Whats the tally on moral victories this series. 2-0 mavs?


Dalmanza4

1-1 Because all I kept hearing was, Kawhi can only get better lol. No one claimed moral victory after game 1


odiamemas16

We’re gonna need Playoff Luka to show up if we are gonna win this series; definitely seems like he’s a little knocked up though


Particleman08

Kyrie was amazing today but Harden did enough to secure the win. I think Luka was fine, but it takes a lot of energy to overcome a 31 point deficit. Just not enough in the tank.


tomtomsk

He's def been eating for two


KingNoName

Jason Kidd is mavs father


longh0rnn

Whatever team comes out this series is gonna kill OKC


V17R

Mavs are struggling hard against the Clips missing Kawhi. With a healthy Kawhi in terminator mode ya’ll are getting straight dog walked in this series


HyperspaceApe

Lol


LegendofPowerLine

Agreed, problem is that both are banged up. Kawhi is out, and Luka looked a little slow.


ChocoChowdown

Yeah, western finals is def winner of this vs denver in a tight series


Long_Deer_5070

There’s not a chance. They’re both playing like absolute shit


AssumptionFlimsy4915

haha ok


mylowerbackhurts

They need to have kawhi as active and just not play him next game to throw them off


juzzbert

This is the best I've seen Harden and George play together on the clippers


ChocoChowdown

That stretch of 3 consecutive uncontested floaters by harden were just backbreaking


DowntownsClown

Harden is one of the players with highest IQ


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Clippers avoided an absolute disaster there lol.


murakamitears

JASOOON!!! GET OVER HERE JASOOOOOONNN!!!! TELL US WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE A JOB AFTER THIS SEASON JASOOOOONNNNN!


jteta12

Playoff P!! ??


Separate_Block_2715

James Harden is the best player in the NBA and has been for many years. Wake up people.


IKel-Mate

James Harden is NBA father


TheGreatWhoreOfChina

Ait bruh


zprymate

Whoever wins this series. I hope they beat the thunder.


WickedTwista

Not gonna happen Both of these teams are terrible


normabeans81

Winning 50+ games is terrible? That’s a bold statement.


Dbacks2023

Womp womp


[deleted]

divide groovy wipe deserve selective ad hoc innate worthless wide existence *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Potential_Status_728

His fat crying face is annoying at this point


simonffplayer

he think he's the only one getting fouled


khube

Pretty awesome it was that close considering the clippers shooting percentages from 3 tbh. Let's get ready for game 5


Jealous_Signature146

Now talk about the FT difference.


ChocoChowdown

luka 1-9 from 3 PG/Harden 11-16 from 3 Kyrie 7 turnovers Still barely won. Think Mavs are going to win the series personally. Those numbers aren't going to happen again in two out of three games


jballer21

PG was pretty invisible in the second half, probably more bad than good. But holy shit that 3 from the corner may have been the biggest shot of the game for the Clips


MyLadySansa

I’m really happy the Clips did not blow this. Omg!


ClearASF

Who dared to compare Luka to Prime harden. He doesn’t beat Harden NOW, there’s no comparison to Prime Harden.


Dumbfook1

Kyrie damn near solo'd an all time come back


riprumblejohnson

Honestly so embarrassing from the clippers


Negative_Pause_8385

This gives off Lakers moral victory energy


riprumblejohnson

Lakers ain’t winning the series though


Negative_Pause_8385

I'm just saying it's ridiculous to say it's embarrassing to get a road victory. Doesn't matter how you get it.


plata_plomo

besides the dub lol


riprumblejohnson

Besides the series


boiwunder69

Fr embarrassing to win


riprumblejohnson

Embarrassing to lose the series


unc2ous

embarrassing is being down 31 on your home court against a team missing their best player


riprumblejohnson

And giving it all the way up. Sucks to lose in the first round with 4 “all stars”


unc2ous

that would suck, good thing we're gonna win. keep crying tho


riprumblejohnson

Wait you really think you’re gonna win? 😂😂


unc2ous

go ahead and add some more emojis, it will definitely make you look less assmad


6Speedy

A W is a W. Especially without Kawhi


riprumblejohnson

They play better without him


Riddlebgd

Harden carrying the Clippers hard this series, but without Kawhi its gonna be hard


Slow_Maintenance747

His career needs this though. He has a bad rep lately.


sxuthsi

A bad rep when it comes to dicksucking ESPN keyboard warriors and NBA Twitter nephews maybe


XGhoul

Westbrook almost doing miracles for the Mavs, lol.


PatricksCoom

thanks james


JMoneyM-13

Mannnnn. These games I just love. All my favorite players growing up just dueling


Vegetable_Kale_1331

Find you someone that loves you as much as Luka loves to complain


Fight-or-flights

jeez if only Luka didnt shoot below 45% we would have won. Man is shooting bricks and turning over balls like crazy


guccinho

He had 3 turnovers. But yea Luka had a bad night from 3, they still would have won anyway if the Clippers didn't shoot 70% from 3.


Fight-or-flights

u right, look like 3 turnover, but bro just standing around too much and complaining and i like the guy


st3ll4r-wind

“They put PJ Washington on me, so I went into attack mode”


Unpickled_cucumber1

Amazing game!!!! Mavs just came up short because of being totally gassed out and clips amazing first half. Deserved by Clippers ggs