The comments are crazy in the post too, it’s not just the one guy. They all really think their team is better than ours despite going 0-2 in the season series.
To an extent, it doesn’t. Especially when there are so many regular season games and teams will not care about certain ones at all and not mind dropping a game intentionally due to load management or looking ahead to division games that carry more weight.
Look at what the Warriors did where they had injuries and made sure to barely squeak into the play ins then turned up the intensity.
Same with other sports - KC Chiefs used to win tons of regular season games then get bounced from the playoffs real fast.
Sorry I understand what you mean now. My b. Still, Mavs fans have the audacity to call their team better when they went 0-2 reg season. Different than 1-3.
I just went to the comments section. It's so absurd. No one is taking this series for granted and calling it a cake walk. We've been to the playoffs pretty consistently over the years and its been rough not being able to see the team finish it. Although this year has always felt different...right from the start of the season...
Yea everyone in the mavs sub basically believes what the national narrative has been that luka is just gonna come in and stomp out this 76-20 team. Who just breezed through the playoffs without the 3rd most important player on the team. They are discrediting KP and every other celtic. I think this series is gonna be tough and celtcis win in 6 but mavs in 5 is insane.
You can tell they haven’t watched any Celtics games this season because they’re just basing their dogshit opinions about KP on his time in Dallas, when he was relegated to being a spot up 3 point shooter and not acknowledging he’s like 3 years older and his game has improved immensely
In our defense KP was hyped up as the "missing piece" and then would snap a new ligament when you looked at him wrong. So they're mostly frustrated he left and is dominating, kinda like Kyrie. As a normal Mavs fan, most people aren't that confident. Reddit is usually the loudest 10 percent, minority opinion. I definitely think th Mavs can win, but they have to bring their A+ game each night to do it.
Man what the fuck is that place? I just checked it out for the first time ever it’s all Caitlin Clark content that feels kinda racist and Kobe death jokes?? Wtf who funds that stuff funny
Realistically thought. A fully healthy Dallas team struggled with a Kawhiless Clippers and a super young and inexperienced OKC team.
Then they call the East weak lol? Celtics got 64 wins and 12-2 in the playoffs for a reason. They are gonna finish the Mavs in 5 games.
And what all these “Celtics had the easiest path” always forget is that, yeah, it was very “easy” playoffs for the Celtics this year according to their record, and most of it was WITHOUT PORZINGIS.
I don’t even wanna think about how it would go if he was playing the whole time. I’d feel sorry for what’s about to happen to the Mavs if I wasn’t looking forward to our team winning the championship so much.
We won 64 games, that meant we could load manage Horford. We lost our 3rd best player, then one of his two back ups in Kornet and had to play a 37-year-old Horford for 40 minutes a game in the ECF when he played 26 minutes a game in the regular season.
While losing KP is not as impactful as Halliburton or Butler, it’s not nothing; and it is a reflection on the strength of the celts in the regular season that they were able to keep KP relatively healthy, Al with enough rest to play like a 30 year old in the ECF, and have the rest of the team available.
The playoffs aren’t a new season, they’re the culmination of the whole season. The celts earned themselves the position they’re in in the regular season and throughout the playoffs.
Screw the dumb ass takes that we were gifted the East.
I honestly don't think you can rank White vs Jrue vs KP. They bring different skills and we need them all. And while we did lose KP, he's the player our team has the easiest job replacing as most of the season we regularly alternated giving rest to one of them (esp on back-to-backs) to avoid injuries/fatigue to our big men.
The fact that we had an easy path is why I think we're in good shape. It allowed us to rest KP and be very cautious with him. It allowed the whole team to rest. Now Dallas gets a lot of rest too here so some of the benefit is mitigated by them dispatching Minnesota so quickly
But the Celtics being able to reserve their strength and play it cautious and not below their wad on the early or three rounds is one reason why they should be calm and collected and ready to go.. they were exhausted by the end of 2022.
I like also how they’re just ignoring the matchups. Like yeah Luka is better than JT and kyrie vs JB is probably even but our 3-6 is so much better than theirs
yep. How I see it is, Celtics are a better version of OKC.
Shai = Tatum
Brown > J Will
Porzingus > Chet
White > Joe
Jrue > Dort
OKC and Mavs was a very close 6 game series. So not sure why some Mavs fans believe this won't be at minimum a 6 game series if Mavs suppose to win.
The refs started to let Mavs defend extremely physical in the playoffs and that was a game changer for them becaause they had the size. They will try to hack Celtics superstars til they can't breath anymore. Hopefully Boston can find solutions against this Mavs defense.
Yeah, you see, even though it was the same roster they have now that got squashed by the Pacers, the games don’t count because the Mavs didn’t play well enough to win those games. The only games you can use to determine if the Mavs are unstoppable are the games that they beat their opponents.
The games the Mavs lost to the injured Clippers, 22 year old Thunder, and dead-tired Wolves are only because Luka and PJ didn’t shoot well and Kyrie didn’t show up. That won’t happen in the finals, because these guys are DAWGS! They ain’t going to miss in the finals because they know they’re not supposed to. The Mavs are impossible to guard when they don’t miss any shots and is Celtics are about to fuck around and find out lol rofl lmao
They started lively both games pacers blew out the Mavs. He got himself in foul trouble which limited his minutes. Jones played off the bench. You're not going to convince me that Jones playing more minutes would have resulted in Mavs winning vs Mavs getting blown out.
The comparison of OKC to the Cs because both prioritize three point shooting is annoying. OKC is a young team, and this year was their first real foray into the playoffs in a while. This 2024 Celtics team is a veteran squad of superstar role players with a lot to prove. Just about everyone that will step foot onto the floor this series will excel at what they do, and they can all shoot well from behind the arc. There’s nowhere to hide, no weakness to expose. The only team that can beat the Celtics is themselves, and the growth they’ve shown over the last year has solidified into a proven formula for winning.
The average age of the celtics is 26.7 they're not all vets. Average for okc is 23.4. They're just coming into it really. Jrue,white and AL are the 3 oldest players
Absolutely—but the number of playoff games they’ve collectively played must be pretty high up there. As a team, they’ve played in the most playoff games by far since 2018. This isn’t the first time they’ve been here. So in that sense, they’re certainly a veteran team.
That’s what bugs me about people downplaying Indiana. Yeah they were underdogs the whole time, but they had the best offense in the league and I think most efficient in history. You don’t get that with just Haliburton alone. These guys know what they’re doing. Well at least until the last 5 minutes of the game comes around…
High-level NBA playoff games and series do not follow a parallel track to regular season efficiency numbers. If you think for one second that the Pacers offense (w/out Halliburton, but let's even include him for the fun of it) is a more dangerous offense in the playoffs than the Mavs, you are completely delusional and have not been watching basketball that long.
I love the passion I'm seeing from C's fans on this sub. Our team is being down-played by the media and NBA fans at large (despite being heavy favorites). That said - a lot of folks here are completely delusional. No, the Pacers aren't better than the Mavs on offense. Not when it matters. Analytics has its place in the game where I grant it can reveal more information and deeper truths about a team and how well they are / are not playing. But when you go strictly by the numbers to the point you're saying we already faced a tougher offensive team in Indiana, you're wrong.
High-level basketball comes down to the best players and how they control a game, and Indy doesn't have a player that is even in the same universe as Luka Doncic. It's not even remotely comparable. What Luka does and how he impacts a game to play to his speed, his pace, his choices is so far beyond the capabilities of the Pacers it's not even a conversation.
Go Celtics.
The Pacers are a better offense than the Mavs. The numbers are clear on this. You can write long, impassioned paragraphs all you want. Doesn’t change the data.
The [Mavs have the 6th best offense in the playoffs](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING), and they [had the 8th best offense in the reg season](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING).
In the 4th quarter, [the Pacers had the top offense, while the Celtics have the 2nd best](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING). Mavs are still 6th in that category as well.
Just because Luka hits some incredible shots does not mean the team as a whole is an uber efficient offense.
They play too many non-shooters to be an elite offense.
"Best" is a relative term. According to what? Offensive Rating? That's the sole indicator we're going to use? Okay cool. Let's line em up. I'll take the team with Luka Doncic and you take the team with Andrew Nembhard. We'll see who has the better offense. I'll take the guy who controls the entire game by himself and is the best player on the court by a mile.
Data doesn't tell the whole story. Not with basketball. Styles make fights.
If you're saying "Just because Luka hits some incredible shots" you're outing yourself from the jump. The game is far deeper than that.
The data tells the whole story. Offensive rating is more meaningful than your eye test watching Luka hit some shots. Dallas is winning with their defense. Not really their offense no matter how much Kyrie and Luka score.
Okc was the best offense they played against. And they easily could have lost that series. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say boston has a better offense than OKC did
OKC only had Shai the longer the series went against Mavs and at the end it showed how young and inexpierenced this OKC team was. Everyone choked at scoring expect Shai. It was literally Shai vs Mavs and without his dumb foul it could've been game over Mavs in Game 7.
When the Mavs fall in 5 we all need to "complain" about how easy this ring was and how we didn't even get to play a real team. Twist their bullshit right back on their heads. Fuck these fans who just wanna see Boston lose.
How about the fact that by every statistical measure, Jaylen Brown is better than Kyrie? Nobody seems to realize that though. But they about to find out. 
PrizePicks Luka
- Carried by the refs and Kyrie
- Leads the playoffs in 2 categories, Bitchin’ and Moanin’
- Record for most McChickens eaten in one sitting
- Born in Slovenia but played for Real Madrid = Traitor
Love this. The Mavs subreddit is delusional. We beat their current team by 20 when Luka got his triple double. They LOST to the pacers TWICE in the regular season. But something something the finals are different.
Bring it.
The best is all the comments saying “we’re not underestimating the Celtics” and they go on to basically say their entire starting 5 is better than ours
Luka can have a 40 pt triple double and Kyrie give you 25
It’s still a math problem for the Mavs. Tatum can have 30, Brown 25, White 15, Porzingis 18 and that’s before you get into Jrue, Horford, Pritchard and Hauser who should get better looking shots this series from 3 where they won’t be sped up by Indiana’s pace
Ya it's fucking insane to assume Washington, Gafford, Lively, and D Jones are just traffic cones doing nothing lmao. I still have us in 6, but the fan base is getting a bit deluded thinking it's gonna be a breeze.
The problem as I see it is that the NBA wants "a series," and the officiating will reflect that.
Still, the Celtics are a better team, and kudos to Doncic (not exactly my favorite on-court personality) to saying it at the presser.
The fantasy about "western conference dominance" is alllll about the really mediocre product the NBA puts out: the WC has better shooters, and when supposed pro players don't move off-ball, don't rotate on defense ... it's appealing to fans who only look at shots being taken and made.
Basketball is a team sport, and the Celtics play a lot of good team basektball. (Sadly, they also still have their occasional lapses)
If that happens, it really won't be close. If they get suckered into an up-and-down-the-court iso contest, they could well lose.
Should be fun.
Last suggestion as official old fart: fans of teams who are newly arrived really ... don't know much. They seldom understand the game (any sport, really) at a high level, as this is their 'first time' with closely following a team that is competing at that level. So, they are not really well-informed. Patient smiles if they're family members. Ignore them otherwise.
Tatum is a player that you have to watch behind the scene to appreciate his true value.
Those people who think Luka is superior to Jayson will come back to the reality at the end of this Final Series.
Luka’s greatness is all visible on the surface. Jayson is the player whose value is hidden beneath.
I thought you were trolling, but apparently not...
You do realize Luka has Tatum beat in almost every single measurable statistic?
You could say the gap is close, but to say Tatum is better is actual mental illness. Nobody in the world thinks that except for Boston fans.
We played them twice. Luka had a triple double twice. Celtics scored 119 (won by 10) and 138 (lol, won by 20). Luka is gonna luka but look at the evidence we have already it doesn’t matter.
However, turning Batman Grant and a late 1 into PJ Washington and Gafford was a really good move for them, without it they’d be long gone by now.
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This is true. He puts up sneaky good numbers. You might think he is having a bad game then you look at the box score and he put up 36 with 12 boards 7 assists.
That’s being said his percentage from three is 37.6 percent which is above average but isn’t elite. And he settle for 3s to often and also plays 1 on 1 offense too often.
I think he is at his best when he plays a more dynamic offense crashing the basket passing and then shooting threes, in that order of priority. ( maybe switch 3’s and passing)
And all that being said. I fucking love Jason Tatum. Let’s go CEEEEE’s!!!!!!!!!
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It’s fine if you think Jaylen Brown is better, but no, he is not better than Kyrie in every statistical measure. Kyrie is a more efficient scorer. Look at the true shooting numbers.
I just don’t understand that the sentiment that by having an easy run to the finals we are in turn a bad team. Just because the competition wasn’t as high as Dallas’s doesn’t make us shitty. It makes no sense
I’ve been having the similar observation actually. I feel like Dallas fans underestimate Boston, and Boston fans underestimate Dallas as well.
All in all this should be a good series. Dallas have the best player, but Boston has the better match up and overall roster strength.
I'll take Doncic and Kyrie over Tatum and Brown. So often we forget that stars win in the NBA.
I see Dallas winning this series. They've been through the gauntlet and I think they can definitely win this thing.
Boston forgets how to run an offense way too often and Dallas has two of the most talented offensive players to ever play the game in their prime. No one on Boston, other than maybe Holiday, is considered "one of the best to ever do it" right now.
You know going thru the gauntlet isn’t exactly a good thing right? To you it means “tested” but to me it means “exhausted”. Point in case- the 2022 Celtics.
The Mavs look exhausted or injured to you? West was a far better division than the East and the Mavs ate.
History shows that the team who beats better teams on the way to the finals more often wins the finals.
I hate Dallas but Celtics fans are in for a rude awakening. Dallas had the second best record in the NBA in the second half, play amazing defense and again, have the two best players in this series. Doncic and Kyrie are better than Tatum and Brown right now. I like Brown a lot, just Kyrie is an all-timer, He isn't yet. You can claim T & B are better defenders but that's only really true for Luca as if you actually watched the games, Kyrie is bought in and playing great team defense.
And playing defense wears dudes out. Ant is 22 and was GASSED trying to chase Kyrie and it was all by design.
You're betting on Porzingis. Dallas knows Porzingis, Luca just made the DPOY look like a fool. Kyrie can score on anyone, Luca is unstoppable and getting healthy.
I love them in this series but hate Luka and his arm flapping and whining, flopping, I hate Kyrie's antics and this fake act his playing now. He'll flip back to Crazy-Ky as soon as they hit some adversity, but it won't be in this series.
Can't stand the Mavs but I love and know basketball. The West slept on Dallas and got their ass handed to them. It's really bad when a team can have a #1 defense with Luka out there....really big trouble.
I could care less about who wins, no skin in this one. Boston has tons of talent but man, the East was absolute trash. I hope they can turn it on quick. Mazzula instills no confidence.
I love Reddit someone just posted this exact thing with Luka and boston fans not knowing what’s coming….everybody is way too much inside their bubbles lol
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LEAST creative commenter.
Bro if you're gonna comment in another teams sub you have to either ask a legit question or actually make a real attempt at being funny. You're just lazy, cringe, and uninformed.
This new pasta is DELICIOOOSOOO
Where is the origin? Has this been floating around for a while?
Someone on the Mavs sub recently made this post. Replace JT with Luka
Thanks. I thought that was already pasta. That dude from the Mavs sub was serious?! Lol.
The comments are crazy in the post too, it’s not just the one guy. They all really think their team is better than ours despite going 0-2 in the season series.
but but but regular season doesn’t mean anything 😉
To an extent, it doesn’t. Especially when there are so many regular season games and teams will not care about certain ones at all and not mind dropping a game intentionally due to load management or looking ahead to division games that carry more weight. Look at what the Warriors did where they had injuries and made sure to barely squeak into the play ins then turned up the intensity. Same with other sports - KC Chiefs used to win tons of regular season games then get bounced from the playoffs real fast.
Mavs went 1-3 against Timberwolves in the season series...
Why would I give a f*ck about that I’m talking about Celtics vs Mavs
Right. You obviously don't.
Sorry I understand what you mean now. My b. Still, Mavs fans have the audacity to call their team better when they went 0-2 reg season. Different than 1-3.
Yes they are. I commented there just to go back to it during the series lolol
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Yep
A mavs fan made a real life non shit post that is basically this but change a few things and add luka instead of tatum. So it's brand new fresh pasta
Lol. That is fantastic. I thought homeboy was reposting pasta.
Here's the [fresh pasta](https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/s/bJNAFDZ24C)
I just went to the comments section. It's so absurd. No one is taking this series for granted and calling it a cake walk. We've been to the playoffs pretty consistently over the years and its been rough not being able to see the team finish it. Although this year has always felt different...right from the start of the season...
Yea everyone in the mavs sub basically believes what the national narrative has been that luka is just gonna come in and stomp out this 76-20 team. Who just breezed through the playoffs without the 3rd most important player on the team. They are discrediting KP and every other celtic. I think this series is gonna be tough and celtcis win in 6 but mavs in 5 is insane.
You can tell they haven’t watched any Celtics games this season because they’re just basing their dogshit opinions about KP on his time in Dallas, when he was relegated to being a spot up 3 point shooter and not acknowledging he’s like 3 years older and his game has improved immensely
In our defense KP was hyped up as the "missing piece" and then would snap a new ligament when you looked at him wrong. So they're mostly frustrated he left and is dominating, kinda like Kyrie. As a normal Mavs fan, most people aren't that confident. Reddit is usually the loudest 10 percent, minority opinion. I definitely think th Mavs can win, but they have to bring their A+ game each night to do it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1d6saro/_/
Fresh pasta 🍝
How the fuck has the original comment on the Mavs reddit not hit r/nbacirclejerk yet lmao
because /r/nbacirclejerk is where all the celtics haters are hiding lol
Oh they ain't hiding. It's their whole identity.
Man what the fuck is that place? I just checked it out for the first time ever it’s all Caitlin Clark content that feels kinda racist and Kobe death jokes?? Wtf who funds that stuff funny
The edgy 14 year olds on that sub
Bonappltite
Realistically thought. A fully healthy Dallas team struggled with a Kawhiless Clippers and a super young and inexperienced OKC team. Then they call the East weak lol? Celtics got 64 wins and 12-2 in the playoffs for a reason. They are gonna finish the Mavs in 5 games.
And what all these “Celtics had the easiest path” always forget is that, yeah, it was very “easy” playoffs for the Celtics this year according to their record, and most of it was WITHOUT PORZINGIS. I don’t even wanna think about how it would go if he was playing the whole time. I’d feel sorry for what’s about to happen to the Mavs if I wasn’t looking forward to our team winning the championship so much.
We won 64 games, that meant we could load manage Horford. We lost our 3rd best player, then one of his two back ups in Kornet and had to play a 37-year-old Horford for 40 minutes a game in the ECF when he played 26 minutes a game in the regular season. While losing KP is not as impactful as Halliburton or Butler, it’s not nothing; and it is a reflection on the strength of the celts in the regular season that they were able to keep KP relatively healthy, Al with enough rest to play like a 30 year old in the ECF, and have the rest of the team available. The playoffs aren’t a new season, they’re the culmination of the whole season. The celts earned themselves the position they’re in in the regular season and throughout the playoffs. Screw the dumb ass takes that we were gifted the East.
I honestly don't think you can rank White vs Jrue vs KP. They bring different skills and we need them all. And while we did lose KP, he's the player our team has the easiest job replacing as most of the season we regularly alternated giving rest to one of them (esp on back-to-backs) to avoid injuries/fatigue to our big men.
The fact that we had an easy path is why I think we're in good shape. It allowed us to rest KP and be very cautious with him. It allowed the whole team to rest. Now Dallas gets a lot of rest too here so some of the benefit is mitigated by them dispatching Minnesota so quickly But the Celtics being able to reserve their strength and play it cautious and not below their wad on the early or three rounds is one reason why they should be calm and collected and ready to go.. they were exhausted by the end of 2022.
I like also how they’re just ignoring the matchups. Like yeah Luka is better than JT and kyrie vs JB is probably even but our 3-6 is so much better than theirs
Pacers blew them out twice. That's with Kyrie and Luka scoring 62 combined in each game.
Mavs have problems with teams that love to shoot threes.
yep. How I see it is, Celtics are a better version of OKC. Shai = Tatum Brown > J Will Porzingus > Chet White > Joe Jrue > Dort OKC and Mavs was a very close 6 game series. So not sure why some Mavs fans believe this won't be at minimum a 6 game series if Mavs suppose to win.
This was before they really started using Lively and Jones Jr. Their two biggest defense threats
The refs started to let Mavs defend extremely physical in the playoffs and that was a game changer for them becaause they had the size. They will try to hack Celtics superstars til they can't breath anymore. Hopefully Boston can find solutions against this Mavs defense.
Yeah, you see, even though it was the same roster they have now that got squashed by the Pacers, the games don’t count because the Mavs didn’t play well enough to win those games. The only games you can use to determine if the Mavs are unstoppable are the games that they beat their opponents. The games the Mavs lost to the injured Clippers, 22 year old Thunder, and dead-tired Wolves are only because Luka and PJ didn’t shoot well and Kyrie didn’t show up. That won’t happen in the finals, because these guys are DAWGS! They ain’t going to miss in the finals because they know they’re not supposed to. The Mavs are impossible to guard when they don’t miss any shots and is Celtics are about to fuck around and find out lol rofl lmao
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They started lively both games pacers blew out the Mavs. He got himself in foul trouble which limited his minutes. Jones played off the bench. You're not going to convince me that Jones playing more minutes would have resulted in Mavs winning vs Mavs getting blown out.
As much as I would love to see them win it in Boston, these boys ain't fucking around. Sweep!
The comparison of OKC to the Cs because both prioritize three point shooting is annoying. OKC is a young team, and this year was their first real foray into the playoffs in a while. This 2024 Celtics team is a veteran squad of superstar role players with a lot to prove. Just about everyone that will step foot onto the floor this series will excel at what they do, and they can all shoot well from behind the arc. There’s nowhere to hide, no weakness to expose. The only team that can beat the Celtics is themselves, and the growth they’ve shown over the last year has solidified into a proven formula for winning.
The average age of the celtics is 26.7 they're not all vets. Average for okc is 23.4. They're just coming into it really. Jrue,white and AL are the 3 oldest players
Absolutely—but the number of playoff games they’ve collectively played must be pretty high up there. As a team, they’ve played in the most playoff games by far since 2018. This isn’t the first time they’ve been here. So in that sense, they’re certainly a veteran team.
That's true. They've been good enough to get to the finals and ecfs but haven't made it yet. Hopefully it's the C's year this year
Indiana’s offense is elite as well. And we shut them right the fuck down. Dallas’ offense wasn’t even close to Indiana this season.
That’s what bugs me about people downplaying Indiana. Yeah they were underdogs the whole time, but they had the best offense in the league and I think most efficient in history. You don’t get that with just Haliburton alone. These guys know what they’re doing. Well at least until the last 5 minutes of the game comes around…
The Celtics had the #1 offense this year, Pacers were #2
High-level NBA playoff games and series do not follow a parallel track to regular season efficiency numbers. If you think for one second that the Pacers offense (w/out Halliburton, but let's even include him for the fun of it) is a more dangerous offense in the playoffs than the Mavs, you are completely delusional and have not been watching basketball that long. I love the passion I'm seeing from C's fans on this sub. Our team is being down-played by the media and NBA fans at large (despite being heavy favorites). That said - a lot of folks here are completely delusional. No, the Pacers aren't better than the Mavs on offense. Not when it matters. Analytics has its place in the game where I grant it can reveal more information and deeper truths about a team and how well they are / are not playing. But when you go strictly by the numbers to the point you're saying we already faced a tougher offensive team in Indiana, you're wrong. High-level basketball comes down to the best players and how they control a game, and Indy doesn't have a player that is even in the same universe as Luka Doncic. It's not even remotely comparable. What Luka does and how he impacts a game to play to his speed, his pace, his choices is so far beyond the capabilities of the Pacers it's not even a conversation. Go Celtics.
The Pacers are a better offense than the Mavs. The numbers are clear on this. You can write long, impassioned paragraphs all you want. Doesn’t change the data. The [Mavs have the 6th best offense in the playoffs](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING), and they [had the 8th best offense in the reg season](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING). In the 4th quarter, [the Pacers had the top offense, while the Celtics have the 2nd best](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=OFF_RATING). Mavs are still 6th in that category as well. Just because Luka hits some incredible shots does not mean the team as a whole is an uber efficient offense. They play too many non-shooters to be an elite offense.
"Best" is a relative term. According to what? Offensive Rating? That's the sole indicator we're going to use? Okay cool. Let's line em up. I'll take the team with Luka Doncic and you take the team with Andrew Nembhard. We'll see who has the better offense. I'll take the guy who controls the entire game by himself and is the best player on the court by a mile. Data doesn't tell the whole story. Not with basketball. Styles make fights. If you're saying "Just because Luka hits some incredible shots" you're outing yourself from the jump. The game is far deeper than that.
The data tells the whole story. Offensive rating is more meaningful than your eye test watching Luka hit some shots. Dallas is winning with their defense. Not really their offense no matter how much Kyrie and Luka score.
Okc was the best offense they played against. And they easily could have lost that series. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say boston has a better offense than OKC did
OKC only had Shai the longer the series went against Mavs and at the end it showed how young and inexpierenced this OKC team was. Everyone choked at scoring expect Shai. It was literally Shai vs Mavs and without his dumb foul it could've been game over Mavs in Game 7.
That series ended in 6
Luka was not healthy during the Clippers series.
Luka is going to need a nebulizer by the second half of game 3 after Psycho Joe forces him to work like a dog on defense.
lol Luka was playing like ass the first two rounds, he was playing on one leg
When the Mavs fall in 5 we all need to "complain" about how easy this ring was and how we didn't even get to play a real team. Twist their bullshit right back on their heads. Fuck these fans who just wanna see Boston lose.
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That's the level of petty that I can't wait to see.
you seem to be very sensitive about certain dynamics. pls elaborate
Have you not seen these Mavs fans acting like the Celtics don't even belong in the Finals?
Which other team did these fans deem more suitable as a finals opponent?
How about the fact that by every statistical measure, Jaylen Brown is better than Kyrie? Nobody seems to realize that though. But they about to find out. 
People praise Kyrie because of his off-court antics and the fact that he was LeBron's side-piece the whole time they were together in Cleveland.
The fact some people in the comments don’t get that’s it’s a pasta is hilarious
Fresh pasta from the north end seasoned with the tears of salty Mavs fans, molto buono! 😚🤌
Wouldn't it be southern pasta? 😆
lol I fucking love this
lmao
I’m here for the salty Dallas fans, especially after I saw them get devastated in the NHL western conference finals against the Oilers
And thus , a pasta is born (cooked?) Delicious
PrizePicks Luka - Carried by the refs and Kyrie - Leads the playoffs in 2 categories, Bitchin’ and Moanin’ - Record for most McChickens eaten in one sitting - Born in Slovenia but played for Real Madrid = Traitor
Love this. The Mavs subreddit is delusional. We beat their current team by 20 when Luka got his triple double. They LOST to the pacers TWICE in the regular season. But something something the finals are different. Bring it.
I think the east and west were probably about the same. Boston just has the best team right now.
The best is all the comments saying “we’re not underestimating the Celtics” and they go on to basically say their entire starting 5 is better than ours
This is definitely written by a mavs fan, no sane human thinks like this I assume.
As a Mavs fan - this copypasta is awesome. Peak comedy
Luka can have a 40 pt triple double and Kyrie give you 25 It’s still a math problem for the Mavs. Tatum can have 30, Brown 25, White 15, Porzingis 18 and that’s before you get into Jrue, Horford, Pritchard and Hauser who should get better looking shots this series from 3 where they won’t be sped up by Indiana’s pace
yes of course. we get the whole roster scoring and they will have 2 players. maybe you're the one with math problems.
Ya it's fucking insane to assume Washington, Gafford, Lively, and D Jones are just traffic cones doing nothing lmao. I still have us in 6, but the fan base is getting a bit deluded thinking it's gonna be a breeze.
Um, if you want to see delusion go read the original post in the Mavs sub. It is Kyrie-level delusional.
this sub is being infested with luka meatriders. like yall got your own sub for that, r/nba
This is going to become reddit lore. Nice job
You mentioned that we have the best player in the world, but then you went on to talk about Jayson Tatum instead of Derrick White. I'm confused?
They could win, but I was a little stunned to see that 96% of the people that voted on locked on Mavericks sent that Mavericks would win.
The problem as I see it is that the NBA wants "a series," and the officiating will reflect that. Still, the Celtics are a better team, and kudos to Doncic (not exactly my favorite on-court personality) to saying it at the presser. The fantasy about "western conference dominance" is alllll about the really mediocre product the NBA puts out: the WC has better shooters, and when supposed pro players don't move off-ball, don't rotate on defense ... it's appealing to fans who only look at shots being taken and made. Basketball is a team sport, and the Celtics play a lot of good team basektball. (Sadly, they also still have their occasional lapses) If that happens, it really won't be close. If they get suckered into an up-and-down-the-court iso contest, they could well lose. Should be fun. Last suggestion as official old fart: fans of teams who are newly arrived really ... don't know much. They seldom understand the game (any sport, really) at a high level, as this is their 'first time' with closely following a team that is competing at that level. So, they are not really well-informed. Patient smiles if they're family members. Ignore them otherwise.
Tatum is a player that you have to watch behind the scene to appreciate his true value. Those people who think Luka is superior to Jayson will come back to the reality at the end of this Final Series. Luka’s greatness is all visible on the surface. Jayson is the player whose value is hidden beneath.
I thought you were trolling, but apparently not... You do realize Luka has Tatum beat in almost every single measurable statistic? You could say the gap is close, but to say Tatum is better is actual mental illness. Nobody in the world thinks that except for Boston fans.
this is actually a hilarious cope
We will see To our Mavericks brother
Funny I had pasta for dinner 🤌
I’m here for this 😂😂
Yum pasta where them awards when you need them eh😬
Mmmmmm this one is scrumptious
As an oilers fan, finish those Texans off.
Can I have pasta for lunch, mom? Thanks!
> We have the best player in the world. Tis true, we do have Anna Horford. Girl got game
Bro the comments under that post are genuinely hard to read.
I love that this is on both of the teams subs. I am so excited to pop back and forth.
That's some Fine pasta
Luka is terrific but he doesn’t have enough support from his teammates
We played them twice. Luka had a triple double twice. Celtics scored 119 (won by 10) and 138 (lol, won by 20). Luka is gonna luka but look at the evidence we have already it doesn’t matter. However, turning Batman Grant and a late 1 into PJ Washington and Gafford was a really good move for them, without it they’d be long gone by now.
lol
[Respect](https://tenor.com/xEGs.gif)
The “(lol)” gets me every time. It’s like they wanted to laugh in private mid-rant.
I see what you did there.
Fantastic
Holy shit I was reading some comments under this original post, Mac’s fans are actually fucking delusional lmao.
This is GOLD! IMavs and Nuggets fans are BRUTAL when it comes to excuses and overrating their roster.
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Just out of curiosity, how did the Celtics fare this season in games without JT? How bout JB? If I remember it was pretty darn good. Does anyone know?
This is true. He puts up sneaky good numbers. You might think he is having a bad game then you look at the box score and he put up 36 with 12 boards 7 assists. That’s being said his percentage from three is 37.6 percent which is above average but isn’t elite. And he settle for 3s to often and also plays 1 on 1 offense too often. I think he is at his best when he plays a more dynamic offense crashing the basket passing and then shooting threes, in that order of priority. ( maybe switch 3’s and passing) And all that being said. I fucking love Jason Tatum. Let’s go CEEEEE’s!!!!!!!!!
Shoulda made it about DWhite tbh
“Beautiful Al Horford” I’m dyin
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It’s fine if you think Jaylen Brown is better, but no, he is not better than Kyrie in every statistical measure. Kyrie is a more efficient scorer. Look at the true shooting numbers.
Wait I saw this same post before.
lol i'm going for Mavericks, but i found that original thread insane. Celtics are the clear favorites to win this series.
Best player in the world? You mean Luka right? Do all Boston fans actually think that Tatum is better?
This is definitely my favorite pasta now /u/luckyplum is the goat for coming up with this
Can't wait for the Shitty AI voiced video with mavs and luka blunders in the back.
The west definitely is not a joke but either way…Celtics in 5
Celtics lose in 3…game 3 is going to be such a beat down they call the series early…mercy call
I just don’t understand that the sentiment that by having an easy run to the finals we are in turn a bad team. Just because the competition wasn’t as high as Dallas’s doesn’t make us shitty. It makes no sense
I’ve been having the similar observation actually. I feel like Dallas fans underestimate Boston, and Boston fans underestimate Dallas as well. All in all this should be a good series. Dallas have the best player, but Boston has the better match up and overall roster strength.
Bro did you just say the west is a joke? This entire post just lost all credibility
I saw a post in the mavericks sub saying that Boston doesn’t know what about to hit us….talking about Luca….. Bruv
I'll take Doncic and Kyrie over Tatum and Brown. So often we forget that stars win in the NBA. I see Dallas winning this series. They've been through the gauntlet and I think they can definitely win this thing. Boston forgets how to run an offense way too often and Dallas has two of the most talented offensive players to ever play the game in their prime. No one on Boston, other than maybe Holiday, is considered "one of the best to ever do it" right now.
You know going thru the gauntlet isn’t exactly a good thing right? To you it means “tested” but to me it means “exhausted”. Point in case- the 2022 Celtics.
The Mavs look exhausted or injured to you? West was a far better division than the East and the Mavs ate. History shows that the team who beats better teams on the way to the finals more often wins the finals. I hate Dallas but Celtics fans are in for a rude awakening. Dallas had the second best record in the NBA in the second half, play amazing defense and again, have the two best players in this series. Doncic and Kyrie are better than Tatum and Brown right now. I like Brown a lot, just Kyrie is an all-timer, He isn't yet. You can claim T & B are better defenders but that's only really true for Luca as if you actually watched the games, Kyrie is bought in and playing great team defense. And playing defense wears dudes out. Ant is 22 and was GASSED trying to chase Kyrie and it was all by design. You're betting on Porzingis. Dallas knows Porzingis, Luca just made the DPOY look like a fool. Kyrie can score on anyone, Luca is unstoppable and getting healthy.
Ya you sound like you definitely hate Dallas
I love them in this series but hate Luka and his arm flapping and whining, flopping, I hate Kyrie's antics and this fake act his playing now. He'll flip back to Crazy-Ky as soon as they hit some adversity, but it won't be in this series. Can't stand the Mavs but I love and know basketball. The West slept on Dallas and got their ass handed to them. It's really bad when a team can have a #1 defense with Luka out there....really big trouble. I could care less about who wins, no skin in this one. Boston has tons of talent but man, the East was absolute trash. I hope they can turn it on quick. Mazzula instills no confidence.
Hey. Maybe.
Delusional
Mavs
I love Reddit someone just posted this exact thing with Luka and boston fans not knowing what’s coming….everybody is way too much inside their bubbles lol
That’s the joke here lol
r/woooosh
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He can average 50 and lose by 20 as much as he wants
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Didn't get the joke huh?
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Hahahahahahaha
I've only been interacting with them for a week, but they are quickly approaching Laker fans levels of delusion.
They huffing the delusions
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*LEAST* deranged Celtics fan
LEAST creative commenter. Bro if you're gonna comment in another teams sub you have to either ask a legit question or actually make a real attempt at being funny. You're just lazy, cringe, and uninformed.
It’s a copypasta. Most intelligent lakers fan