[NBA] West Finals

[Tetsujin]

Feels like Dallas just let their chance to tie up this series slip away.

 

[KainLear]

Feels like Dallas just let their chance to tie up this series slip away.

Yeah... the way they've been missing shots, it's inevitable for the veteran team to make that comeback.

 

[fansinceday1]

They had GS in the penalty with 6 left in the 3rd and all they did was take 3's.

 

[KainLear]

I mean, it did take the Mavs 2 Ls before they found the formula for the Suns...

 

[Tetsujin]

Warriors starting to show the Mavs the drawback of playing a bunch of guards and then one swing forward at once.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kevon Looney out here having the role player equivalent of Wilt's 100 point game.

 

[Tetsujin]

Moody getting big minutes in the WCF over Kuminga.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1527848475005554688

 

[Tetsujin]

Warriors starting to pick apart the Mavs defense with old fashioned elbow sets.

 

[SLAB]

I hate the Warriors so freakin much.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I hate the Warriors so freakin much.

Not as much as I would hate seeing Luka win a ring so go go go Coach Brown!

 

[Tetsujin]

Luka is so bad at defense, man.

Absolutely amazing on offense but the Warriors are picking on him every damn possession.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Luka is so bad at defense, man.

Absolutely amazing on offense but the Warriors are picking on him every damn possession.

Coach Brown would definitely cut him.

 

[Tetsujin]

Ah yes, the good old "Hide Luka on Curry" strategy. Not gonna work.

 

[Sluggah]

Having 3 +90% FT shooters on your team should be illegal, especially if you can play all 3 at once.

 

[Tetsujin]

I mean, it did take the Mavs 2 Ls before they found the formula for the Suns...

The Suns' locker room was imploding thanks to Ayton not wanting to be there and CP3 forgetting how to play basketball while the Warriors are the Warriors so I don't think that'll work this time.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I mean, it did take the Mavs 2 Ls before they found the formula for the Suns...

The Suns' locker room was imploding while the Warriors are the Warriors so I don't think that'll work this time.

I'm not saying that it won't work, I'm just saying... I hope that ain't Plan A.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1527856301719465984

Whatever defensive adjustments Kerr and Mike Brown made at halftime sure as hell worked.

 

[kingsboi]

some team is going to overpay for Brunson this summer and I don't think it's the Mavs

 

[SacTownKid]

You know you're in trouble when you go nuclear from 3 in the 1st half and you aren't really up by all that much. The Mavs trying to out shoot the Warriors is going to end badly for them.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Not as much as I would hate seeing Luka win a ring so go go go Coach Brown!

In all fairness, you probably should be hating Vlade for passing him up for some dude named Marvin.

 

[Livinthedream]

In all fairness, you probably should be hating Vlade for passing him up for some dude named Marvin.

Nah. It's more about the incessant whining we would continue to hear if Luka won a ring.

I'm over Luka, Dame, Giannis, Kawhi, Curry, Pierce, etc.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

In all fairness, you probably should be hating Vlade for passing him up for some dude named Marvin.

I don't hate Luka - when he gets frustrated because the Mavs can't build around him and joins another team I will let it all go. But if he solo wills this squad to the finals by himself, I fear I may not live to see the Kings make the playoffs.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I don't hate Luka - when he gets frustrated because the Mavs can't build around him and joins another team I will let it all go. But if he solo wills this squad to the finals by himself, I fear I may not live to see the Kings make the playoffs.

I fear that you may not live to see the Kings make the playoffs even if he doesn't...

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I fear that you may not live to see the Kings make the playoffs even if he doesn't...

fair.

I read someone lamenting the Kings had missed the playoffs through his entire 30s.

I am fortunate enough to have seen them in the playoffs in my teens, 20s, 30s and have 2 years left of my 40s

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

fair.

I read someone lamenting the Kings had missed the playoffs through his entire 30s.

I am fortunate enough to have seen them in the playoffs in my teens, 20s, 30s and have 2 years left of my 40s

And sad...Seriously, though...I've asked myself so many times since 2006 if it's still worth it...But, here I am, 16 years later, still bleeding purple and black. I just can't walk away.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

fair.

I read someone lamenting the Kings had missed the playoffs through his entire 30s.

I am fortunate enough to have seen them in the playoffs in my teens, 20s, 30s and have 2 years left of my 40s

Well, unless things turn around super quick, I am afraid that the Kings will miss the playoffs throughout my entire 30s as well. However, I am not going to be a "Debbie Downer" over that, because I can't wait to reacquaint myself with playoff basketball in Sacramento at some point in my 40s

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Well, unless things turn around super quick, I am afraid that the Kings will miss the playoffs throughout my entire 30s as well. However, I am not going to be a "Debbie Downer" over that, because I can't wait to reacquaint myself with playoff basketball in Sacramento at some point in my 40s

I've caught my son playing as the Kings in 2k and he refers to them as "us" despite living his whole life in Portland 2 years after the last playoff appearance. I have passed the curse.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I've caught my son playing as the Kings in 2k and he refers to them as "us" despite living his whole life in Portland 2 years after the last playoff appearance. I have passed the curse.

Nah, you haven't passed the curse. You've just raised him well.

 

[kingdivac]

Luka is so bad at defense, man.

Absolutely amazing on offense but the Warriors are picking on him every damn possession.

He also ball-hogs...I'm not overly impressed. He has excellent poise, shooting range, and calmness in the post, but he holds the ball too long on some possessions, and the offense stagnates.

The Mavericks walked the ball up and were methodically beaten in the 3Q.....they reminded me of the Kings....playing outstanding in half the game and flaccid for the other half. Now they'll have to get results like their earlier Suns series which is not a good position to be in. Was hoping they'd split.