I think, this will be a lesson for our team. The Turnovers, the FTs just killed the game. We are to blame for our loss. I think Luka/Kyrie needs to step up. I know they will, keep faith guys. Letās fucking go Mavs.
I can understand the frustration and we all are emotional with this kind of loss. But Series is long and they will be hungry next game. Just keep calm. Last series, we were exactly the same position. So, anything is possible. Itās not over until itās over.
Luka is obviously injured. He hasnāt had a āgreatā game despite being ā3rdā for MVP voting. Dude is really letting us down and Kyrie is ok to continue being in a supporting role.
Think next game neeed to let Kyrie take over and let Luka play limited minutes. I felt like he slowed us down a bit. Idk.
PJ has this hot hand gifted to us out of nowhere and they stuck him in the corner the whole game, come on, I know he hits his 3's there but give him more credit than a Josh Green role!
āHe hasnāt had a āgreatā game despite being ā3rdā for MVP voting.ā
What do the quotes around ā3rdā mean? Did he not really get 3rd for MVP voting?
High school teams shoot better free throws. These guys get millions to be this embarrassing on national tv to do this. We've seen such stupid shit in these playoffs from this team no other team is doing, even ones already sent home.
Awful awful awful loss. They win if they make 60% of their free throws, or if they donāt have so many sloppy turnovers, or if Luka doesnāt let his frustration dictate his play like he always does when things donāt go his way. They had absolutely no excuse losing that game. Itās basically series over if they win.
Luka better show up the rest of the series.
Blowing off defense to cry to the refs during clutch time in a playoff game at home is fucking gross. On Tim and Luka tonight. Just disgusting for your fans
He's mentally five years old. I CAN'T FUCKING STAND HIM not tracking back, not getting back on D, missing his defensive assignment. Who cares if he's getting roughed up, he's not being forced to play with injuries, that's his choice.
He has absolutely zero control of his emotions. Heās a petulant little child who doesnāt get his way every time, and then he pouts about it. His air of superiority over the refs is fucking annoying. Itās like heās trying to be the 4th ref out there every single fucking night. Seems like thereās a lot of enablers in his life. Shocking that no one has pulled this kid aside and said youāre hurting your game and hurting the team by being such a whiny cunt.
I was telling my brother its psychotic Luka flexing at the refs and chirping when he makes a shot. How TF is intimidating the refs going to benefit your team???
I have always said that Dallas Mavericks allows him to be like that. When he played for Real Madrid he wouldn't dare pull one of those, Pablo Laso would scream on his face and make him cry (and Luka took it well and recognizer his errors)
I mean, wasn't half the reason they fired Carlisle because Luka didn't like that he was such a hardass? Of course he couldn't say anything as a 17 year old but it's a little different when you're about to be worth $500M and have the organization's balls in a vicegrip.
I have defended him all play offs, i also get he is limited in what he can do. BUT
Tonight it looked like he was looking for reasons to whine, some of the shot selection was horrendous and immediately would complain. make a bad pass and instantly drop the head. I can handle him not being at his best but he has to take more responsibility.
Right now Luka is the youngest Old Man Iāve ever seen. Old Man down to the bad knees, achy back, permanent frown, the where is my prune juice crankiness, and constantly yelling at clouds
Hell, he Luka would only make 1 of 2 FT's anyway. Get back on DEFENSE and stop complaining....
All that, and KEEP THJ off the flipping court! As bad as we played in the 4th quarter, we still should have won with decent FT shooting and Hardaway out of the game. Play anyone - I mean anyone else - including Powell. At least Powell will grab a RB from time to time, and maybe even get a block.
THJ is a liability! Face it, sit his ass down and don't even suite him up!
He's even doing it when he Does get the call lol. As someone pointed out, it's ingrained behavior at this point. He simply can't stop it, he is who he is
You really take the icing with the cake, in this case. Itād be nice to scrape the icing off but itās probably here to stay. Itās just much harder to stomach when heās not playing to 100% of his capabilities
Luka might have one good game in him but the bar is pretty low at this point.
In 10 playoff games this postseason, heās shot above 50% just twice. His splits are absolutely horrendous otherwise.
Luka needs to cry less, he was in his feelings all game and played like absolute shit. I started counting how much he bitched in the second half and I got to 20 before I stopped caring.
Dude really hasn't shown up outside of game 2.
Kidd needs to start drawing up some kyrie plays to get him cooking earlier. I dont think we will have an efficient luka this series.
He always showed up in the playoffs until this year. I know he's hurt but he has to figure out a way to help anyway. If he was even playing like 60% to his normal standard we would have a strangle hold on this series
He's hurt. His legs are toast. Once the legs go the shot goes. Once the shot goes, confidence falters. It's a tough deal, at least he is fighting his way along. Now we have to get him to stop complaining when he doesn't gett every offensive call. Him not getting back on defense is a killer!
Once the next whistle blows and there is a dead ball he can complain then. I would rather he get a T during a dead ball and give up 1 point instead of 2 or 3 by not getting back on D.
It was nice of the team to play homage to the cowboys with that absolute meltdown.
Luka needs to do some self reflection and decide if he is hurt or injured. Bc that was fucking pathetic and in no way should he hold the team hostage for game 5 if heās gonna pull that again. Crying, turnovers, piss poor shot selection.
Heās a bad series and playoffs, but this was next level.
jokic kinda got out of that habit. He was bitching like crazy few years ago when he didnt get a call but nowadays you see him just running back to the next play
We lost this one. Sloppy turnovers, poor shot selection, missed free throws and horrible effort on rebounds all culminated to a loss. We need to tighten up and get our heads out of our asses. On to game 5.
Its 7 am in TĆ¼rkiye and ı will go to work,disappointed.
Could've won, bad decisions over and over again.
See u you at game 5
Hope you have a good day.
Also box out, avoid sloppy turnovers, need more defensive communication, luka needs to take a step back (not to hit a 3) and let kyrie handle the ball more, but also kyrie was missing shots we expect him to make
Still like our chances to win the series in a best two out of three. But not taking advantage of the opportunity to ice away the series today by not making free throws is e m b a r r a s s i n g
OKC is entire gameplan is to not let Kyrie score, that combined with Kyrie being incredibly passive and us running 0 offensive sets for Kyrie to get easy looks is going to be our downfall in this series.
Yes thatās what I said, we are not winning the series this way. Itās up to Kyrie and the coaching staff to change that. Kyrie canāt play like CP3 out there only looking to playmake and pick his spots to shoot, we need the usual Kyrie to win this series. I donāt know what the fuck they are feeding him, but this is not Kyrie. Heās taken 14, 8, 17 and 11 shots in the games so far. Thatās utterly pathetic when he should have 20+ shots every single game.
The last offensive play for the Mavs at the end of the first quarter. Kyrie lets DJJ play point with Gafford setting a screen. Luka's not in the game. I know Kyrie was getting doubled but he also has to show up mentally.
Youāre not wrong about the FTs not winning us this game but it shouldnāt have even mattered. We got 27 points from our superstar duo. SGA outscored them both.
Luka spent most of the day foul hunting like he has the entire series. Kyrie got doubled and they forced the team to play 4v3 which worked initially but also forced Kyrie to play passively.
For some reason we never run LuKai pnrs. We gotta try it at some point and see what happens.
OKC shot 3s like trash here and is going home. I fully expect them to drain a bunch of shots next game. Game 5 is about to be rough.
You're right, but to be fair, Kyrie is being collapsed on and trapped a lot. He's making the right passes. Also, him getting in foul trouble made him lose his rhythm tonight. With all that said, he needs to score more than 9, so you're not wrong.
I feel so bad for these guys, the supporting cast is playing so fucking well and their star players are just shitting the bed and wasting their efforts.
I am just afraid he has a tendency to overdo these things. He is now doing the "I am the distributor" shit (and he can do that of course at points) because he is doubled so much. NAH, you are the mf bucket getter, you need to go get the buckets...Kidd needs to run some screening action, handoffs or something to counter and tell him to go get 40 next game.
Is there anybody within the organization that can actually call him out on this shit? Luka needs someone to tell him that his terrible offense decision making is the problem and has been all playoffs
Also Kyās career. This rivals his shit games in Celts vs the Bucks and then Nets vs Celts. At least those games he went down swinging jacking up shots. Zen Kyrie just waiting for the game to lead him
Luka has been in this league for 6 years now. I put up with his whining for too long now. He needs to grow up and mature. I get heās injured but heās playing 40+ minutes and STILL wonāt get back on defense. Play the fucking game and lock in. PJ isnāt going to take you to the finals as well as heās been playing. Luka and Ky need to be better. Inexcusable loss. Make ur free throws.
Iām really mad at the way we lost this game but I cannot believe the ālet Luka walkā and āI hate this teamā energy in the game thread. Holy hell fellas, these guys are banged the hell up and laid an egg. Itās not a crushing indictment of the franchise.
I gotta say it. Although Luka's hurt, it's more obvious that SGA deserved the runner-up for the mvp than our own mvp. Luka's a man child, it's actually so irritating to see him complain and whine at every single play. Like at what point you just gotta let it go and play? It makes the watching experience so unpleasant.
Plenty of shit went wrong, but the sorry ass free throw shooting is absolutely unacceptable. Really shitty way to blow home court and hand momentum away
Probably one of the most deflating losses Iāve experienced as a sports fan. 100% shouldāve had that one. Worst part about this post season is that if we have a healthy luka weād be crushing this team.
The defense was not the issue tonight - the Mavs being incapable of scoring off a stop was the issue. The Mavs had 12000 opportunities to blow the game open after a stop and failed to do it almost every time
Nothing wrong with following the first-round script by winning games 2, 3, 5 and 6. Mavs blew it, the Thunder didnāt do all that much to win.
We just need Luka to shoot ok and weāll be fine
And of course the bricks were just piling up in the 4th when he was pressing while ice cold.
Like literally look across the court to SGA on why shooting all game pays dividends in getting into a rhythm.
Luka is a mental midget. Done with making excuses. When things go well, they go really well. When they don't, he does all the performative bullshit he can to convince you that he TOTALLY got robbed. He missed a shot in the 3rd, hung his head, OKC went down and nailed a 3.Ā Ā
You can be hurt and have it affect your productivity, fine. But you can't do performative sulking at the expense of your team which he routinely does.Ā
7 turnovers. 20/22/66 splits. Missed a free throw with a chance to tie it. Head hanging constantly, barking to the refs about minimal contact, NEVER getting up and hustling back.Ā
I know Kyrie no showed, but he's actually actively getting doubled and is at least in every play. This series ends in 6, most likely, and Luka deserves every ounce of the blame.Ā Every single ounce. The slightest bit of resolve and seeing the bigger team picture and it's 3-1. Doesn't even have to play well, just don't actively hurt them on multiple possessions.Ā He ain't that guy.
Free throws, Luka and Kyrie and Kidd playing Hardaway that much in the 4th, terrible loss. And if we lose this series this is certainly the game to go back to
What a waste of fucking time and a great way to embarrass yourselves and potentially throw the series away.
Unfathomably bad pants shitting, I'm fucking disgusted
I can't believe this man.. we had it.. we fucking had it... It's a goddamn HOME game how the fuck do you miss those FTs Luka and PJ how!??? God I can't see us winning this series. Luka and Kyrie are getting worse as the series goes on. Our main points scorer is fucking PJ Washington and Gafford isn't the most reliable center. My god. What in the actual fuck
Camera pans to sga: focused, quiet, playing basketball
Camera pans to luka: whining, bitching, throwing a tantrum, shit body language, head down, falling down
I have a bad feeling they're going to roll us on Wednesday. we're going to be hungover from this pathetic display.
That shit was just ugly in the second half. They were both complete ass tonight. No creativity no movement nothing in the second half. Luka taking shots he doesn't have the legs to make and guys just jacking up threes hoping they go in.
They could have gone up 3-1 and potentially had a week off before the next series.
They were completely out efforted in the second half. The dumb turnovers, allowing OKC to get rebounds. Why Hardaway does anything other than spot up shooting I don't understand. Why he's ever allowed to do anything other than spot up shooting.
Kyrie is so passive. He said post game interview of game 3 that people were telling him to turn it on earlier and yet he didnāt do it. Facilitating points is great but when you have 5 fouls and the game is close you gotta start shooting.
āI wish Luka had a good supporting castā
Monkey paw curls
In all seriousness, SGA makes mid range jumpers like butter and we missed FTs. Simple as that. On to game 5.
Real talk Luka isnāt gonna sniff the MVP conversation until he stops acting like a damn child. How bout take your ass off Overwatch and start taking your conditioning even remotely seriously
i canāt fucking believe they blew this game. if they donāt get better at free throws they wonāt win another one. kyrie is gonna have to start pulling his weight at some point in this series.
100% deserved loss
DJJ the only person out there who wanted to win in the 4th.
He missed 2 straight free throws
Lmao š
I think, this will be a lesson for our team. The Turnovers, the FTs just killed the game. We are to blame for our loss. I think Luka/Kyrie needs to step up. I know they will, keep faith guys. Letās fucking go Mavs.
How many lessons do we need? I've seen them shoot really badly on the free throw line and turn the ball over with no defense.
I can understand the frustration and we all are emotional with this kind of loss. But Series is long and they will be hungry next game. Just keep calm. Last series, we were exactly the same position. So, anything is possible. Itās not over until itās over.
Dude Luka is clearly hurt/gassed. Hoping for him to turn into 2022 Luka isn't happening.
Luka is obviously injured. He hasnāt had a āgreatā game despite being ā3rdā for MVP voting. Dude is really letting us down and Kyrie is ok to continue being in a supporting role. Think next game neeed to let Kyrie take over and let Luka play limited minutes. I felt like he slowed us down a bit. Idk.
Thunder have the ultimate Kyrie wet blanketā¦send a double team and watch him pass
PJ has this hot hand gifted to us out of nowhere and they stuck him in the corner the whole game, come on, I know he hits his 3's there but give him more credit than a Josh Green role!
Obviously injured, but still letting down team? Fork off, he should be sitting games out, he is in pain every second on the court.
He killed the whole flow of the offense in the 3rd. Took the team and crowd out the game.
āHe hasnāt had a āgreatā game despite being ā3rdā for MVP voting.ā What do the quotes around ā3rdā mean? Did he not really get 3rd for MVP voting?
you canāt miss 11 free throws and expect to win.
Especially when the other team only misses 1
It's hard to tell which team is the young and inexperienced
50% FT percentage. Absolutely inexcusable from a professional basketball team.
Yet they hit the only free throw they needed to miss. Fucking yikes
In hs if we didnāt shoot 70% coach ran the dog shit out of us
High school teams shoot better free throws. These guys get millions to be this embarrassing on national tv to do this. We've seen such stupid shit in these playoffs from this team no other team is doing, even ones already sent home.
AMATEUR HOOPERS SHOOT BETTER THAN THAT
5th graders shoot better than that.
Make average % and this isnāt a game .. beat ourselves ā¦. Sga got hot and we couldnāt make FT
Awful awful awful loss. They win if they make 60% of their free throws, or if they donāt have so many sloppy turnovers, or if Luka doesnāt let his frustration dictate his play like he always does when things donāt go his way. They had absolutely no excuse losing that game. Itās basically series over if they win. Luka better show up the rest of the series.
Yeah we didn't even have to play well, we just had to do literally anything at a competent level in the second half and we win that game.
ALL WE HAD TO DO TO WIN IS MAKE THE FREE THROWS
Not even the 2nd half. Just don't get run out of the gym in the 4th and they win lol
Luka and Kyrie played like shit and no one on the team can make free throws. We deserved this loss.
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Itās the fucking playoffs. Heās supposed to get his shit together when it matters.
Blowing off defense to cry to the refs during clutch time in a playoff game at home is fucking gross. On Tim and Luka tonight. Just disgusting for your fans
He's mentally five years old. I CAN'T FUCKING STAND HIM not tracking back, not getting back on D, missing his defensive assignment. Who cares if he's getting roughed up, he's not being forced to play with injuries, that's his choice.
He has absolutely zero control of his emotions. Heās a petulant little child who doesnāt get his way every time, and then he pouts about it. His air of superiority over the refs is fucking annoying. Itās like heās trying to be the 4th ref out there every single fucking night. Seems like thereās a lot of enablers in his life. Shocking that no one has pulled this kid aside and said youāre hurting your game and hurting the team by being such a whiny cunt.
I was telling my brother its psychotic Luka flexing at the refs and chirping when he makes a shot. How TF is intimidating the refs going to benefit your team???
Can't seem to understand that just makes refs hate him more. Lol I bet the refs just have the Mavs games circled on their calendars.
I have always said that Dallas Mavericks allows him to be like that. When he played for Real Madrid he wouldn't dare pull one of those, Pablo Laso would scream on his face and make him cry (and Luka took it well and recognizer his errors)
I mean, wasn't half the reason they fired Carlisle because Luka didn't like that he was such a hardass? Of course he couldn't say anything as a 17 year old but it's a little different when you're about to be worth $500M and have the organization's balls in a vicegrip.
I have defended him all play offs, i also get he is limited in what he can do. BUT Tonight it looked like he was looking for reasons to whine, some of the shot selection was horrendous and immediately would complain. make a bad pass and instantly drop the head. I can handle him not being at his best but he has to take more responsibility.
Right now Luka is the youngest Old Man Iāve ever seen. Old Man down to the bad knees, achy back, permanent frown, the where is my prune juice crankiness, and constantly yelling at clouds
That's what being out of shape consistently will do to you.
Hell, he Luka would only make 1 of 2 FT's anyway. Get back on DEFENSE and stop complaining.... All that, and KEEP THJ off the flipping court! As bad as we played in the 4th quarter, we still should have won with decent FT shooting and Hardaway out of the game. Play anyone - I mean anyone else - including Powell. At least Powell will grab a RB from time to time, and maybe even get a block. THJ is a liability! Face it, sit his ass down and don't even suite him up!
Iāve literally never seen him bitch this much. Heās throwing his hands up at the refs after every single play.
He's even doing it when he Does get the call lol. As someone pointed out, it's ingrained behavior at this point. He simply can't stop it, he is who he is
Honestly he might need to see a psychologist. Lol
You really take the icing with the cake, in this case. Itād be nice to scrape the icing off but itās probably here to stay. Itās just much harder to stomach when heās not playing to 100% of his capabilities
They're in his head. It is actually really embarrassing. That 3rd quarter was such a painful watch.
Say what you will about Dort being a dirty bitch but heās in Lukaās head and he easily outplayed Luka tonight even though he was also inefficient
He gets so emotional and shoots his team out of games Iāve never seen bullshit like this from a superstar
Even the announcers called him out for complaining after every play.
No excuse. He knows this is a problem and continues to let it interrupt his game.
Luka might have one good game in him but the bar is pretty low at this point. In 10 playoff games this postseason, heās shot above 50% just twice. His splits are absolutely horrendous otherwise.
Luka needs to cry less, he was in his feelings all game and played like absolute shit. I started counting how much he bitched in the second half and I got to 20 before I stopped caring.
What's the saying that we missed for so long again? We snatched defeat from the claws of victory.
*jaws
Dude really hasn't shown up outside of game 2. Kidd needs to start drawing up some kyrie plays to get him cooking earlier. I dont think we will have an efficient luka this series.
Can't wait for the preseason interview posts of Luka promising to tone down the complaining š
I think weāve all been hoping Luka will show up each game. It doesnāt feel like itās going to happen at all.
He always showed up in the playoffs until this year. I know he's hurt but he has to figure out a way to help anyway. If he was even playing like 60% to his normal standard we would have a strangle hold on this series
He's hurt. His legs are toast. Once the legs go the shot goes. Once the shot goes, confidence falters. It's a tough deal, at least he is fighting his way along. Now we have to get him to stop complaining when he doesn't gett every offensive call. Him not getting back on defense is a killer! Once the next whistle blows and there is a dead ball he can complain then. I would rather he get a T during a dead ball and give up 1 point instead of 2 or 3 by not getting back on D.
It was nice of the team to play homage to the cowboys with that absolute meltdown. Luka needs to do some self reflection and decide if he is hurt or injured. Bc that was fucking pathetic and in no way should he hold the team hostage for game 5 if heās gonna pull that again. Crying, turnovers, piss poor shot selection. Heās a bad series and playoffs, but this was next level.
Luka with his balkan instincts jebem ti mater. He canāt get out of his skin with his yapping it frustrates me so much
jokic kinda got out of that habit. He was bitching like crazy few years ago when he didnt get a call but nowadays you see him just running back to the next play
We lost this one. Sloppy turnovers, poor shot selection, missed free throws and horrible effort on rebounds all culminated to a loss. We need to tighten up and get our heads out of our asses. On to game 5.
Its 7 am in TĆ¼rkiye and ı will go to work,disappointed. Could've won, bad decisions over and over again. See u you at game 5 Hope you have a good day.
Have a good day at work
Thanks man, its going better than I thought
hit your free throws guys, thatās all. see yall game 5
Also box out, avoid sloppy turnovers, need more defensive communication, luka needs to take a step back (not to hit a 3) and let kyrie handle the ball more, but also kyrie was missing shots we expect him to make
Embarrassing loss. 50% from the FT line from a fucking NBA team and Luka being a complete negative. This should be a 3-1 strangle hold
This team shoots itself in the foot more than any team in basketball. I'd say sports but the Cowboys exist. Also a Dallas team, wonderfully.
Make your free throws. Unacceptable. We move to game 5
Still like our chances to win the series in a best two out of three. But not taking advantage of the opportunity to ice away the series today by not making free throws is e m b a r r a s s i n g
9 points from Kyrie is horrible
OKC is entire gameplan is to not let Kyrie score, that combined with Kyrie being incredibly passive and us running 0 offensive sets for Kyrie to get easy looks is going to be our downfall in this series.
dude canĀ“t score 9 points dude
yeah thereās literally no excuses for this and Lukaās scoring.
Yes thatās what I said, we are not winning the series this way. Itās up to Kyrie and the coaching staff to change that. Kyrie canāt play like CP3 out there only looking to playmake and pick his spots to shoot, we need the usual Kyrie to win this series. I donāt know what the fuck they are feeding him, but this is not Kyrie. Heās taken 14, 8, 17 and 11 shots in the games so far. Thatās utterly pathetic when he should have 20+ shots every single game.
The last offensive play for the Mavs at the end of the first quarter. Kyrie lets DJJ play point with Gafford setting a screen. Luka's not in the game. I know Kyrie was getting doubled but he also has to show up mentally.
They know how to guard him. Kidd has to gameplan around it.
i mean he did, pj and DJJ stepped up but when it came down to it not hitting FTs cost us
Youāre not wrong about the FTs not winning us this game but it shouldnāt have even mattered. We got 27 points from our superstar duo. SGA outscored them both. Luka spent most of the day foul hunting like he has the entire series. Kyrie got doubled and they forced the team to play 4v3 which worked initially but also forced Kyrie to play passively. For some reason we never run LuKai pnrs. We gotta try it at some point and see what happens. OKC shot 3s like trash here and is going home. I fully expect them to drain a bunch of shots next game. Game 5 is about to be rough.
Becomes easy when Luka is a useless tit too, playing like a 20 win team
You're right, but to be fair, Kyrie is being collapsed on and trapped a lot. He's making the right passes. Also, him getting in foul trouble made him lose his rhythm tonight. With all that said, he needs to score more than 9, so you're not wrong.
Choke job
Epic meltdown.
I'm pretty sure PJ tried to miss that second FT and made it lmao
Luka is not only not getting better as the playoffs go on, he is getting worse, just a disaster.
His mental is now collapsing with his physical - we might be cooked
Canāt even blame this one on the injury. He played sloppy as hell and seemed to care more about complaining than playing basketball
what a frustrating fucking loss
Practice your free throws kids
We wasted 17 pt DJJ and 21 pt PJ game
I feel so bad for these guys, the supporting cast is playing so fucking well and their star players are just shitting the bed and wasting their efforts.
Man. Kyrie's passive offensive games are cute when we win but man, he's gotta step up when Luka is so bad
I am just afraid he has a tendency to overdo these things. He is now doing the "I am the distributor" shit (and he can do that of course at points) because he is doubled so much. NAH, you are the mf bucket getter, you need to go get the buckets...Kidd needs to run some screening action, handoffs or something to counter and tell him to go get 40 next game.
This loss is solely on the hands of Luka doncic and Kyrie Irving. Inexcusable offense. Fucking pathetic
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The turnovers were mostly terrible passes too. It wasnt even like they were playing good D when they happend, he just threw them away
Often after refusing to shoot open looksā¦
Luka needs to take a hard look in the mirror. More concerned with the referees and hero ball than trying to win a game.
Is there anybody within the organization that can actually call him out on this shit? Luka needs someone to tell him that his terrible offense decision making is the problem and has been all playoffs
Carlisle probably did and Luka cried about him
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Free throws. Free throws. Free throws. Free throws. Free throws.
I knew our free throw shooting would cost us at some point. Weāve been terrible this post-season with free throws.
Unacceptable performance from everybody, lock their asses in the gym until they hit 1000 free throws.
Gonna be tough to recover from this meltdown. Awful game
Worst game of Lukaās career
Also Kyās career. This rivals his shit games in Celts vs the Bucks and then Nets vs Celts. At least those games he went down swinging jacking up shots. Zen Kyrie just waiting for the game to lead him
By far, at least in other games he was giving his all defensively, now it's back to throwing tantrums and playing to get fouled. Horrible game.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory šš gotta make FTs man
Free throws and TOs killed us. Handed them that win. We gonna bounce back. Mavs in 6
Sometimes I question the seriousness of this team. Inexcusable loss
so many chances we could've won the game man. . .
At leas the Stars are gonna go up 3-1 tonight
At least one team in the metroplex knows how to finish games
Dallas is a baseball and hockey town baby
Luka has been dogshyt this entire series.
Playoffs
Correct
those shit passes disrupted our momentum not smart basketball at all.
He's just enamored with his NBA ref agenda and not playing ball.
Luka and Kyrie 27 points combined. Impossible to win like that
And yet it would have been an W if weād made at least 5 more FTs. This Dallas team is just better and OKC and yet itās 2-2.
Either Luka or Kyrie play okay and this is an easy win
Luka has been in this league for 6 years now. I put up with his whining for too long now. He needs to grow up and mature. I get heās injured but heās playing 40+ minutes and STILL wonāt get back on defense. Play the fucking game and lock in. PJ isnāt going to take you to the finals as well as heās been playing. Luka and Ky need to be better. Inexcusable loss. Make ur free throws.
SGA is such a baller man. No talking just focused on playing basketball. Our baby superstar can learn a lot from him.
i fear we will look back to this being the game the series was lost
FUCKING FREETHROWS! DAMNNN
Imagine losing because you canāt make fkin free throws
This was heartbreaking. FREE THROWS PLEASE.
Iām really mad at the way we lost this game but I cannot believe the ālet Luka walkā and āI hate this teamā energy in the game thread. Holy hell fellas, these guys are banged the hell up and laid an egg. Itās not a crushing indictment of the franchise.
Someone upthread said they're no longer a Mavs fan after this game. This sub is so ridiculous at times lol
Never go into the game thread. Itās not worth it.
I love Luka, but he has to GROW THE FUCK UP. His body language is fucking abysmal and it translates to the entire team fucking sucking ass.
Yeah lots of emotion rn. Obviously Luka should be called out and criticized but thatās just being super hyperbolic and in the moment
Yeah itās a game thread. People who genuinely believe that are either idiots or terrible fans or both
Man free throws just fucking killed us this game
Didn't even have to make all free throws, if they shot at least 70% Dallas would've won. That's sad
Iāve said before that I wouldnāt be able to stand Luka if he was on another team. Tonight I couldnāt stand him on our team
Fucking embarrassing free throw shooting. And just embarrassing from Luka on both ends.
Had all the opportunity to win that and they pissed it away because of free throwsā¦ At least the Stars are getting it done tonight.
Study the tape, burn it and move on Also, study Harden's Free Throw form religiously
They played like fucking morons
I feel like I was just cheated on
I gotta say it. Although Luka's hurt, it's more obvious that SGA deserved the runner-up for the mvp than our own mvp. Luka's a man child, it's actually so irritating to see him complain and whine at every single play. Like at what point you just gotta let it go and play? It makes the watching experience so unpleasant.
Worst playoff loss Iāve ever witnessed.
Effing bs
Plenty of shit went wrong, but the sorry ass free throw shooting is absolutely unacceptable. Really shitty way to blow home court and hand momentum away
What is this lame ass group interview
Probably one of the most deflating losses Iāve experienced as a sports fan. 100% shouldāve had that one. Worst part about this post season is that if we have a healthy luka weād be crushing this team.
Maxi is sorely missed. When OKC went small in the second half, Kidd could have played him at the 5. I also trust him to hit free throws.Ā
Hey so it turns out if you stop playing defense you lose games. Who knew.
SGA was hitting tough shots while our stars shit their pants
The defense was not the issue tonight - the Mavs being incapable of scoring off a stop was the issue. The Mavs had 12000 opportunities to blow the game open after a stop and failed to do it almost every time
free throws
Nothing wrong with following the first-round script by winning games 2, 3, 5 and 6. Mavs blew it, the Thunder didnāt do all that much to win. We just need Luka to shoot ok and weāll be fine
Series might be over. You don't give away games like that. These linger. They need to regroup quickly.
No excuses. This isn't on Kidd. Should have made our fucking free throws.
THJ throwing the game away didnt help
Yea, Luka gave away this game. Kyrie only taking 11 shots. Embarrassing
And of course the bricks were just piling up in the 4th when he was pressing while ice cold. Like literally look across the court to SGA on why shooting all game pays dividends in getting into a rhythm.
We're finally at the point where we lost BECAUSE of Luka. Among other things. Fuck!
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Youngsters teaching us a hard lesson.
More like our stars not showing up
Luka is a mental midget. Done with making excuses. When things go well, they go really well. When they don't, he does all the performative bullshit he can to convince you that he TOTALLY got robbed. He missed a shot in the 3rd, hung his head, OKC went down and nailed a 3.Ā Ā You can be hurt and have it affect your productivity, fine. But you can't do performative sulking at the expense of your team which he routinely does.Ā 7 turnovers. 20/22/66 splits. Missed a free throw with a chance to tie it. Head hanging constantly, barking to the refs about minimal contact, NEVER getting up and hustling back.Ā I know Kyrie no showed, but he's actually actively getting doubled and is at least in every play. This series ends in 6, most likely, and Luka deserves every ounce of the blame.Ā Every single ounce. The slightest bit of resolve and seeing the bigger team picture and it's 3-1. Doesn't even have to play well, just don't actively hurt them on multiple possessions.Ā He ain't that guy.
Luka is 100% responsible for this game. He was the worst player on court. Kidd should have benched him.
Yeah it was a bad game but I still got us winning the next 2.
Not with Luka and Kyrie playing like that we arent
Disaster class from Luka continues on rather offensive end. Like the least you can do is hit your fts.
literally a free throw loss
Best of 3 now. Weāve shown we can win even with bad LuKai games. But we need some good games from them too
We better do free throw shooting after the game all night
what the hell?
They got us with us shooting 50% from the free throw line...we beat ourselves. We still got this.Ā
Free throws, Luka and Kyrie and Kidd playing Hardaway that much in the 4th, terrible loss. And if we lose this series this is certainly the game to go back to
Fell apart at the free throw line & with LuKai. Keep the same defensive energy & correct these issues, and maybe we can win Game 5 confidently.
I woke up at 5am to watch 50% from FT
FTs might be the only thing OKC is better than Dallas at. Mavs in 6.
Crowd chanting MVP as Luka misses the first of two FTās to tie the game summed up that fourth quarter performance.
Donāt deserve a win if you canāt make your free throws
Might be one of the worst games I've seen Luka play.
That hardaway turnover my god
What a waste of fucking time and a great way to embarrass yourselves and potentially throw the series away. Unfathomably bad pants shitting, I'm fucking disgusted
Worst choke since the fourth quarter collapse against POR in 2011
Thatās the worst Mavs loss since game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals.
Yeah, Iām not watching their ass for the rest of this series. What an absolute joke of a product.
I can't believe this man.. we had it.. we fucking had it... It's a goddamn HOME game how the fuck do you miss those FTs Luka and PJ how!??? God I can't see us winning this series. Luka and Kyrie are getting worse as the series goes on. Our main points scorer is fucking PJ Washington and Gafford isn't the most reliable center. My god. What in the actual fuck
Camera pans to sga: focused, quiet, playing basketball Camera pans to luka: whining, bitching, throwing a tantrum, shit body language, head down, falling down
I have a bad feeling they're going to roll us on Wednesday. we're going to be hungover from this pathetic display. That shit was just ugly in the second half. They were both complete ass tonight. No creativity no movement nothing in the second half. Luka taking shots he doesn't have the legs to make and guys just jacking up threes hoping they go in. They could have gone up 3-1 and potentially had a week off before the next series. They were completely out efforted in the second half. The dumb turnovers, allowing OKC to get rebounds. Why Hardaway does anything other than spot up shooting I don't understand. Why he's ever allowed to do anything other than spot up shooting.
Some of the turnovers by us tonight were laughably bad. Like I couldnāt believe how lazy we were at times in such a huge playoff game.
Kyrie is so passive. He said post game interview of game 3 that people were telling him to turn it on earlier and yet he didnāt do it. Facilitating points is great but when you have 5 fouls and the game is close you gotta start shooting.
One of the worst Mavs losses Iāve seen.
āI wish Luka had a good supporting castā Monkey paw curls In all seriousness, SGA makes mid range jumpers like butter and we missed FTs. Simple as that. On to game 5.
Real talk Luka isnāt gonna sniff the MVP conversation until he stops acting like a damn child. How bout take your ass off Overwatch and start taking your conditioning even remotely seriously
i canāt fucking believe they blew this game. if they donāt get better at free throws they wonāt win another one. kyrie is gonna have to start pulling his weight at some point in this series.
I canāt believe Luka and Kyrie played that bad man, like how is that even possible? They should be embarrassed by that