HomeSteak Ant has been poor but he is 22. I think the "I got Irving" thing was a mistake too but people have been encouraging his big mouth all play offs and as soon as it backfires they're slating him. Plus all these experts said the Mavs would lose the series in 6 because the Wolves defence was so great but Luka has made Rudy look a total mug. Agree on the press over-hyping AE but its incredibly annoying that they built him up just to knock him straight back down. They are worse than the football press.

Luka and Kyrie have been massively underrated this whole series. The pundits were mostly tipping OKC too. Although they looked better than the Wolves. And now they keep saying "well the Nuggets would have beat them", I don't think so. The Mavs have been great most of this year and none of this has surprised me. Definitely get the sense the Americans just don't want another Eastern European being the face of the league.

      16 days later

      So Boston has won it. Good team, a lot of good player in there(why did Bucks give Holiday away?). Probably favorites next year as well. They will have an easy season in the east, and a easy run to the finals again. Dallas needs more, Iriving has been meh to bad in the finals, Doncic has been ok on offensive terrible on defense. The rest of the Dallas team were just there for the vibes.

      Luka can't do it all on his own and Kyrie can't be acting the big man and then bottling it like that. Kyrie is the senior player and leader there so when he falls apart I think it translates to all the role players. Most of them have had good playoffs, especially Lively but the finals have been abysmal.

      luka is trash defensively and boston is seeking him out. get in the gym fat boy. don't learn all the wrong lessons from james harden.

      If Luka is trash defensively then what is Kyrie? He's even worse. Dallas' role players have been really disappointing. Boston is playing as a team, Dallas looks far from a well-oiled machine.

      As expected Holiday is absolutely brilliant and along with White they lead by example and give the team a great platform to start from on both ends of the court. Brown has really elevated his game compared to the last finals. Tatum is still soft and not the superstar he's hyped up to be, but he's settled into playing team ball and is playing an important role like Wiggins did for the Warriors title-winning team.

      Really happy for Al Horford, this has been a long time coming for him. Great player, really deserves the ring.

      If Dallas' role players don't get their act together, this is going to be over in 4. I'd expect them to put up a fight though and take at least a consolation win.

        est I think Dallas are going to get swept. Game 3 should have been their chance to make it a contest and they still came up short, I'm not sure they have another gear above that at the moment. Unless Luka does it all on his own but he's already tried that in game 2 and it wasn't enough. Totally agree on Kyrie, I'm a big fan of his but he's been awful on both ends in these finals. I think its all in his head too. Luka and Kyrie aren't great defensive players but they've been doing enough throughout the playoffs to stop a lot of players people said they couldn't stop like Shai and AE.

          est I'd expect them to put up a fight though and take at least a consolation win.

          Did you put money on it?

            Sadly no.

            Finally Dallas turned up. I knew it would be difficult for Boston to match their aggression and desperation, but they were really poor themselves. Really rattled by Dallas' intensity.

            It's going to be interesting whether Dallas can do this in Boston. For all of Boston's dominance, the first three games were far from blowouts and Dallas barely played. If they can take the next one, things will become interesting.

              HomeSteak I think back in Boston there is no way Celtics lose both of the next 2.

              Nice that Kyrie finally woke up. If he can keep that going in Boston (I wouldn't count on it TBH) than maybe the Mavs can push to game 6. Might cause some tension for Boston then.

                Celtics did it. Well deserved in the end. All it took was just a stacked team from the top to the bottom. 😆

                Brown FMVP. Although this wasn't his best game, really deserved for what he did in the first three wins. Today I thought Holiday and Tatum were the keys. Could have easily been either of them winning it too. White great as always, even lost a tooth for the cause. Pritchard hitting two shots in 5 games, both being half-court buzzer-beaters. 💀

                Hard to say they aren't deserving champs, they've been whooping everyone all year. Think Luka will learn from it and come back even stronger.

                3 months later

                R.I.P. Dikembe Mutombo. fuck cancer. dead at 58 when worthless fuckers like trump can live forever.

                When I think Dikembe, I think Nuggets Sonics 1994. One of the great upsets. Dikembe lying on the court holding the ball in a release of joy and relief. RIP

                absolute legend on the court and an even better guy off, from what ive read. rest in power, king.

                MistaT if you blocked someone in the 90's that was obligatory. What a loss, way too young.

                  4 months later

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                  Luka to the Lakers wtf!

                  yeah thats a grenade. seems to purely be an economic decision by the mavs