Mavs vs Brooklyn - Game Thread and predictions (bring it!)

[90sgoat]

Wow really looking forward to this one!

On paper Mavs should have no chance here, going against a much better team on almost all positions.

I see Mavs trying to slow it down and look for mismatches. One such mismatch I could see happen would be Kyrie, Luka going directly at Kyrie again and again in the post to tire him out.

What do you think will happen?

[Axe]

But kyrie isn't playing again.

[90sgoat]

But kyrie isn't playing again.

The NBA regular season is such a letdown.

They need to pay these dudes pr game played.

[Manny98]

Is that Doris Burke?

She looks like she's aged Damm near 20 years since the last time I saw her, maybe it's because she's not wearing glasses or summin :oldlol:

[Manny98]

Nothing but love for Dinwiddie welcome back to Barclays!

[Manny98]

But kyrie isn't playing again.

No Curry either, going to be a tough one

Simmons still out he has some chronic back issue :(

[Manny98]

KD just casually shoots over 3 Mavs defenders :oldlol:

[Manny98]

Best rebounder in basketball :bowdown:

[Manny98]

What the actual ****, KD is unreal

[90sgoat]

Kyrie is out but Luka is applying the tactic I thought he would.

Isolate the smaller Brooklyn guards on the block.

[90sgoat]

Mavs lack of rebounding really showing.

[90sgoat]

Dinwiddie is a high IQ ballplayer

[Manny98]

Dragic earning his minutes!

[Axe]

Luka already has 24 in the first half.

[90sgoat]

I was saying recently how Luka somehow has become a real leader. I feel like you can tell his teammates are now playing with supreme confidence because of his leadership.

[Axe]

I was saying recently how Luka somehow has become a real leader. I feel like you can tell his teammates are now playing with supreme confidence because of his leadership.
He's only like 23 lol

[90sgoat]

He's only like 23 lol

Yeah its crazy, like if you follow Mavs you can literally see him get better month by month adding some new tricks. Don't think I've ever seen that before.

[Axe]

Yeah its crazy, like if you follow Mavs you can literally see him get better month by month adding some new tricks. Don't think I've ever seen that before.
After fat luka it seems like it.

[Axe]

Drummond is having a good game.

[90sgoat]

Drummond is having a good game.

Every capable big will feast on the Mavs.

Current 2 big men are Maxi and Kleber and neither is a center.

[Manny98]

KDs basketball IQ has gone up massively from his 3 years in Golden State

He truly understands what it takes to win and be a great leader

[Axe]

Every capable big will feast on the Mavs.

Current 2 big men are Maxi and Kleber and neither is a center.
Maxi and kleber? Err, aren't they the same player? Lol.

[Axe]

A tie-game here now.

[SouBeachTalents]

The end of basketball games are seriously fcking brutal. I've run out of patience with how long they take to conclude.

[90sgoat]

I still don't like Durant flopping around.

[90sgoat]

Woaooaooaoahhh

[Proctor]

Damn Durant :applause:

[BigShotBob]

Only Steve Nash lets players like Luka play one on one against generational transcendent defenders like Dragic and not send a double....

[Proctor]

Dinwiddie is that dude...:bowdown::bowdown:

[90sgoat]

WTF!

What a crazy game wow

[Spurs m8]

Dinwiddie is that dude...:bowdown::bowdown:

:bowdown:

[tpols]

WOW. Nets played that perfect. Dinwiddie really hit that shot. Wow.

[90sgoat]

Winwiddie! :oldlol::bowdown::bowdown:

[MannyO]

Back to Back Gamewinners!!
Spence DinWid! Great pickup Dallas

[Manny98]

Can't even be mad, Dinwiddie is a bad mother****er :facepalm

Great game!

[highwhey]

what an ending, great game. dallas is for real.

[jlip]

That was exciting. Jason Kidd's strategy to trap KD worked well.

[tpols]

Only Steve Nash lets players like Luka play one on one against generational transcendent defenders like Dragic and not send a double....

I didn't understand why Luka gets single coverage all game on mismatches even, while KD gets doubled every single play. That's the defensive difference you get when one coach is Jason Kidd and the other is Steve Nash. Kidd totally outdueled him.

[MannyO]

He used to play for Brooklyn not long ago too. Must be a great feeling hitting that dagger.

[Axe]

Goddamn.

[MannyO]

Overall great game. Last three shots super clutch.

[BigShotBob]

I didn't understand why Luka gets single coverage all game on mismatches even, while KD gets doubled every single play. That's the defensive difference you get when one coach is Jason Kidd and the other is Steve Nash. Kidd totally outdueled him.

Yes it's annoying to watch as just a basketball fan. Luka is allowed to play on an island and to get switched on by bigs and smaller guards all the time. Even the Clippers kept letting him do it too until they finally went small. It's ridiculous and shows you the difference between eras.

[FultzNationRISE]

Those final moments were just super Lebron-esque, with big shot after big shot.

Credit to those guys for knocking em down, but also credit to Lebron for inspiring them.

[kentatm]

I don’t understand how it’s happened bc the guy could never shoot a lick for 8 years in the L but being paired w/Luka has turned Dinwiddie into an all star caliber player.

[NBAGOAT]

I don’t understand how it’s happened bc the guy could never shoot a lick for 8 years in the L but being paired w/Luka has turned Dinwiddie into an all star caliber player.

he'll cool off I think but yea there's still a good chance he's going play the best basketball of his career with luka

[90sgoat]

he'll cool off I think but yea there's still a good chance he's going play the best basketball of his career with luka

He sure fits well in the scheme.

It's funny he reminds me of Michael Carter Williams or rather, who we thought he would be.

[ImKobe]

I don’t understand how it’s happened bc the guy could never shoot a lick for 8 years in the L but being paired w/Luka has turned Dinwiddie into an all star caliber player.

To be fair he was an All-Star caliber player in Brooklyn when he was arguably their best player after Kyrie's injury & helped lead them into the POs.
He's coming off an ACL injury as well. He's not an ideal fit offensively with Luka as he's still not a consistent shooter but he's really good in a 6th man role. They've been giving him starters' minutes as Brunson was out in some of these games as well but IMO he should be the first guy off the bench in the POs. The 3PT% will come down but his efficiency should be higher as he's not asked to do as much with the ball in his hands, now he's more of a play finisher and has better options around him as well so he's going to get higher quality looks.
The shooting stats right now show that he's shooting more assisted 3s and he's also taking a lot more corner 3s (10% higher assisted rate, twice as many attempts percentage-wise from the corner), so he's shooting more off the catch and from better spots as opposed to forcing some of the bad 3s off the dribble that he did in Washington.