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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 6/6/2024 8:01 pm
A lot of fun subplots:

1) Kyrie going against his old team.
2) Zinger too going against his old team.
3) Luka's first Finals.
4) A lot of talk about who is 'the man' on the Cs...Tatum or Brown? I find this talk silly, as Tatum is a top 6-7 player in the NBA & has made three straight All NBA First Teams. Brown is a helluva player no doubt, winning ECF MVP.
4) Cs have been knocking on the door of an NBA title for awhile now. Is this the year they break down that door?

I'm rooting for Dallas. I fucking love Luka. I love his game & his intensity. That said, Boston has been the best team since the jump this season. They're 78-20, including the postseason. I'm going Boston in 7, with Tatum winning Finals MVP.

What say you?
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The Celtics are the Celtics. As a 50-year Knicks fan,  
81_Great_Dane : 6/6/2024 8:07 pm : link
I can’t root for them. Dallas has that notorious promoter of anti-Semitic propaganda playing for them. A pox on both their houses.
It's a great match up, great story lines  
dannysection 313 : 6/6/2024 8:08 pm : link
But....

Why do they wait a full week for game one....of course, they then wait three days before game two, so one game in 10 days.

I kind of lost track of the series with all these days off.

Glad others enjoy the NBA; obviously, many do and it should be a great series....
Awkwardly I am a C's fan  
emcca005 : 6/6/2024 8:13 pm : link
Have been since the days of Dee Brown. However Luka is my favorite player and is absolutely must see TV.
Heart says C's in 6.
Head says Dallas seems destined to win it
The Celtics aren't going to wear their green jerseys  
Sean : 6/6/2024 8:20 pm : link
In any of the first four games. Nike has destroyed NBA team branding.
Mavs in 6 is my prediction.  
Optimus-NY : 6/6/2024 8:20 pm : link
They've played tougher teams in the playoffs (Clippers in 6, Thunder in 6, T-Wolves in 5) compared to the Celtics (Heat in 5, Cavs in 5, and Pacers in a sweep).

Mavs are on a roll now. Kristaps's health has me worried if I'm Beantown.


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Porzingis will play, but I've heard that he's not 100%. The big  
Ira : 6/6/2024 8:23 pm : link
question in my mind is how close to 100% he is.
I don’t think Tatum/Brown is as far apart as you do  
UConn4523 : 6/6/2024 8:45 pm : link
Brown has shown that killer instinct which closes the gap between the two, talent wise. This is Tatum’s time to take his game to the next level and enter the top 5 NBA players - will he do it?
RE: Porzingis will play, but I've heard that he's not 100%. The big  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 8:49 pm : link
In comment 16532242 Ira said:
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question in my mind is how close to 100% he is.


I hope he is healthy enough to play, hate to see another KD situation
...  
christian : 6/6/2024 9:04 pm : link
The Celtics went a little NBA Jam on fire there for a minute. That was ridiculous.
Fuck Porzingis  
Anakim : 6/6/2024 9:16 pm : link
Fuck the Celtics
Mavs look absolutely shook  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 9:17 pm : link
the role players doing absolutely nothing offensively and defensively they look terrible..

Doncic and Kyrie are forced to go 1 on 1 the entire time
RE: RE: Porzingis will play, but I've heard that he's not 100%. The big  
cuty suzuki : 6/6/2024 9:17 pm : link
In comment 16532266 nygiants16 said:
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In comment 16532242 Ira said:


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question in my mind is how close to 100% he is.



I hope he is healthy enough to play, hate to see another KD situation


He looks like 200% right now!
RE: Fuck Porzingis  
Giantsbigblue : 6/6/2024 9:17 pm : link
In comment 16532284 Anakim said:
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Fuck the Celtics


Triggered!
Doncic looks hurt  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 9:22 pm : link
..
Well this sucks  
JT039 : 6/6/2024 9:24 pm : link
It’s Doris Burke’s fault.  
81_Great_Dane : 6/6/2024 9:32 pm : link
.
 
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 6/6/2024 9:57 pm : link
Mavs just need a split in Boston.
Mavs clawing their way back into it.  
bceagle05 : 6/6/2024 9:58 pm : link
.
Lead down to 11.  
bceagle05 : 6/6/2024 10:05 pm : link
Boston ice cold from three now.
Make it eight.  
bceagle05 : 6/6/2024 10:06 pm : link
.
Boston ice cold  
JT039 : 6/6/2024 10:07 pm : link
Which happens a lot to them.

Here comes Luka…
The Mavs role players  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 10:15 pm : link
have been absolute dogshit and that inckudes Kyrie..They are absolutely killing the Mavs
Travel on Lively  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 10:16 pm : link
killed the momentum
 
christian : 6/6/2024 10:23 pm : link
Lively is a pretty unlikable character.
How many times  
nygiants16 : 6/6/2024 10:28 pm : link
is Jones going to drive into 3 people just to get his shot blocked?
 
christian : 6/6/2024 10:33 pm : link
Holiday looks like a street baller. His moves around the hoop are so slick. I love his game.
RE: …  
Giantsbigblue : 6/6/2024 10:38 pm : link
In comment 16532323 christian said:
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Holiday looks like a street baller. His moves around the hoop are so slick. I love his game.


He is like having Marcus Smart without the dumb play.
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christian : 6/6/2024 10:42 pm : link
In comment 16532326 Giantsbigblue said:
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Holiday looks like a street baller. His moves around the hoop are so slick. I love his game.

He is like having Marcus Smart without the dumb play.


I love Smart, but he was too erratic. This group is just very surgical. And when the effort level gets low, Brown is the shot in the arm.
RE: RE: RE: …  
Giantsbigblue : 6/6/2024 10:44 pm : link
In comment 16532328 christian said:
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In comment 16532326 Giantsbigblue said:


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Holiday looks like a street baller. His moves around the hoop are so slick. I love his game.

He is like having Marcus Smart without the dumb play.



I love Smart, but he was too erratic. This group is just very surgical. And when the effort level gets low, Brown is the shot in the arm.


Brown having a left hand has taken his game to another level. He is embracing these playoffs much more than Tatum.
 
christian : 6/6/2024 11:04 pm : link
The Celtics had the one cold streak where Dallas cut it down in the 3rd, but defensively that was a clinic.

RE: Tatum, at this point it's almost like he's underrated. He is who he is. With the talent around him, he's just kind of settled into a role.
RE: Fuck Porzingis  
Swizzle : 6/7/2024 12:57 pm : link
In comment 16532284 Anakim said:
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Fuck the Celtics


Fuck you too. I smell a sweep coming.
Outside of when the Knicks were in it  
Stu11 : 6/7/2024 1:02 pm : link
This is the worst playoff of my lifetime. Blowout after blowout, teams decimated and series basically decided by injuries. Awful. Can't wait till this series is over and we get into the draft and Summer moves.
...  
christian : 6/7/2024 1:16 pm : link
It was really eye opening the difference Porzingis made protecting the rim. Boston did a great job switching when Dallas tried to a few times to get Luka on Porzingis at the top of the key. Porzingis can get bullied outside of the paint, but as a stationary rim protector forget it. Dallas doesn't have anyone who can go up above him.
And to think  
redwhiteandbigblue : 6/8/2024 12:50 pm : link
All that was talked about was how all the teams they faced were depleted by injuries to key players. Very little was said about Porzingus missing 2 games at Miami and the entire Cleveland and Indy series. He comes back after 38 days and bang! Look at the difference he makes.
 
christian : 6/9/2024 8:52 pm : link
Is there a bigger asshole than Lively in the league today?
This game is  
JT039 : 6/9/2024 8:53 pm : link
1.5 versus 5.

Dallas has gotten absolutely shit from Jones, Lively, Gafford, and Kleber.
 
christian : 6/9/2024 9:08 pm : link
Luka is going to pass out from exhaustion. He's carrying the whole load.
Kyrie has been brutal  
JT039 : 6/9/2024 9:42 pm : link
These two games.
The fact Doncic made the Finals  
nygiants16 : 6/9/2024 9:44 pm : link
with these role players is really impressive
Tatum impresses me so much  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 6/9/2024 9:45 pm : link
even his shot isn't falling, he makes such a positive impact in so many different ways. And he seems like a true gentleman off the court. I hate how disrespected he's been getting with these wild Brown > Tatum takes. But he truly doesn't seem to care about it. Maybe my favorite personality from a superstar since Duncan.

Both teams are awful from 3 right now, wonder if one teams gets hot the rest of way.
 
christian : 6/9/2024 9:57 pm : link
That was Curry like right there.
Gafford has to be the slowest help defender  
nygiants16 : 6/9/2024 10:06 pm : link
i have ever seen, he is terrible protecting the paint
The dallas defense is just stupid  
nygiants16 : 6/9/2024 10:12 pm : link
Why are you switching and then having your center play out on the perimiter with literally no help?
 
christian : 6/9/2024 10:16 pm : link
Porzingis got his leg whipped around. Guy can't catch a break.
Luka just gave up  
UConn4523 : 6/9/2024 10:19 pm : link
yeesh
RE: …  
nygiants16 : 6/9/2024 10:23 pm : link
In comment 16533712 christian said:
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Porzingis got his leg whipped around. Guy can't catch a break.


He was limping before the leg whip
White  
Giantsbigblue : 6/9/2024 10:26 pm : link
Is so good
Kyrie can’t pass it off there.  
bceagle05 : 6/9/2024 10:26 pm : link
You’re the HOFer - get to the free throw line at least.
RE: Tatum impresses me so much  
JoeyBigBlue : 6/9/2024 10:42 pm : link
In comment 16533689 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:
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even his shot isn't falling, he makes such a positive impact in so many different ways. And he seems like a true gentleman off the court. I hate how disrespected he's been getting with these wild Brown > Tatum takes. But he truly doesn't seem to care about it. Maybe my favorite personality from a superstar since Duncan.

Both teams are awful from 3 right now, wonder if one teams gets hot the rest of way.



Brown has been significantly better than Tatum this series.

Absolutely  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 6/9/2024 10:53 pm : link
Tatum has been awful shooting the ball so far and they’re still up 2-0 which is a bad sign for Dallas.

Tatum has been shooting poorly this whole playoffs though while Brown has been shooting well. But there’s no question who the best player on that team has been throughout the year. I just think people hate on Tatum because he’s closer to the 7th best player than a Top 3 guy like Jokic/Luka/Giannis.

Series isn’t over. But it will be tough unless Kyrie drops 25+ alongside Luka. Maybe he does better at home.
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