2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-2)

[sikma42]

I should be mad but I'm not really. Only time I've seen Mavs play defense like this was the championship team, but on offense they're doing it with smoke & mirrors. It's not like they were going to get by Denver and Boston with these type of performances anyway.

Ultimately though Mavs win if they hit 15 out of 21 free throws which is very doable, they could only muster 10 out of 21.

Yea, I feel bad for Luka bc you could tell he put in a lot of work this summer. Then he gets hurt and this is the best he can give. Hopefully he can stay healthy next year


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[ArksNetsSince99]

When they showed his face up close for the free throws he looked os chubby.

Insane.

Man I think both of you is right , every game looks like he gained 10 pounds

Not even a hate , I like Luka but I think he gains weight every day

He does, I’m pretty sure anytime he has a day off he has to be drinking a ton of beer. You can always see he gradually gains weight over the course of the season

Man I thought I was imagining things or my tv , but I watched some Mavs game like a month before the playoffs started and he looked kind of his normal , then the first playoff game I was like wtf , he looks chubbier, and now even more

So it’s not me or my tv , it’s Luka

[GeorgeSears]

The chances of Luka getting leaner this offseason are slim to none. He's already committed to playing for Slovenia AGAIN (4th year in a row), meaning very little time for strength and conditioning work and even less for improving his shooting. Expect him to show up like this again next year.

[CobraCommander]

Sga need some help lol

[SweaterBae]

It's 2-2, & folks are talking about the Mavs like they're all but done.

They aren't done but the odds are OKC wins at home in game 5 and wins the series.

[shi-woo]

Clearly he isn't Him

He's really just the Allen Iverson of Dana Barros

Did you know he thinks the earth is flat? Clearly his disdain of science is effecting his sports science.

Mavs need to look to trade him, probably to the Lakers for Dlo, but Cuban would have to beg and do some back ally deal under the table for that to happen.

The over reactions this playoffs is at an elite level. IDK how yall keep making these threads after every game. It's almost like the other team is also trying to win the game, implement a strategy, and has really good players on it.

[GSP]

Draymond patting himself on the back b/c he called the runnerup in Mvp and 30 Ppg Shai needing to be aggressive for Okc to win

get this dumbass off my screen

[MoneyTalks41890]

It's 2-2, & folks are talking about the Mavs like they're all but done.

Yes RGM is hilariously fickle. Very dramatic takes about stuff based on the last thing that just happened and nothing more.

[MoneyTalks41890]

Luka would benefit from going vegan imo. I used to think not but watching what it did for Chris Paul changed my mind. I however do not need to run up and down a basketball court more than occasionally and will be eating all the meats.

[GSP]

Daigneault is a top 5 coach. One of the major things that held back the other Okc core was Scott Brooks was one of the worst coaches in the Nba and had no business coaching.

Fouling up 3 won them this game. We **** on coaches all the time for not doing it and getting burned. He did it and they had a comfortable win afterwards. No trading 3s, Ot potential or gamewinner.

[ChipotleWest]

It's 2-2, & folks are talking about the Mavs like they're all but done.

They aren't done but the odds are OKC wins at home in game 5 and wins the series.

Mavericks team are an offensive liability.

[Jaqua92]

Let me get this straight...

It took the Mavs with an injured Luka Doncic, and the team shooting 50% from the free throw line for OKC to avoid going down 3-1 in a series in which they had home court lol

Yeah, whoever comes out of this series is getting walked by Denver/Minnesota

[CobraCommander]

Man I think both of you is right , every game looks like he gained 10 pounds

Not even a hate , I like Luka but I think he gains weight every day

He does, I’m pretty sure anytime he has a day off he has to be drinking a ton of beer. You can always see he gradually gains weight over the course of the season

Man I thought I was imagining things or my tv , but I watched some Mavs game like a month before the playoffs started and he looked kind of his normal , then the first playoff game I was like wtf , he looks chubbier, and now even more

So it’s not me or my tv , it’s Luka

Dude we all gain weight when we intake more calories than we expend -

Lukas weight used to be a issue but fat Luka had 60 and 20-

Luka just off and he has to learn how to win when his shot ain’t falling - it almost happened tonight -

[GSP]

Luka would benefit from going vegan imo. I used to think not but watching what it did for Chris Paul changed my mind.

Luka relies on his size and has a very physical game. Going vegan would be horrible. Cp3 lost weight and is 5'10 being as heavy as he got before the diet was obviously bad for his size and finesse game.

[Baz]

It's 2-2, & folks are talking about the Mavs like they're all but done.

Yes RGM is hilariously fickle. Very dramatic takes about stuff based on the last thing that just happened and nothing more.

The Twolves/Nuggets series exposed this pretty badly this postseason. Do you think it's the same people flip flopping or just the haters of the other team showing up and relishing in the losses?

[CobraCommander]

Let me get this straight...

It took the Mavs with an injured Luka Doncic, and the team shooting 50% from the free throw line for OKC to avoid going down 3-1 in a series in which they had home court lol

Yeah, whoever comes out of this series is getting walked by Denver/Minnesota

It’s gonna be a 3 game sweep and they gonna call a skunk-

[HotRocks34]

He's right.

A horrible, very preventable loss for Dallas. Embarrassing.

One of the Mavs reporters re-posted this.

Read on Twitter

[Yuri36]

He does, I’m pretty sure anytime he has a day off he has to be drinking a ton of beer. You can always see he gradually gains weight over the course of the season

Man I thought I was imagining things or my tv , but I watched some Mavs game like a month before the playoffs started and he looked kind of his normal , then the first playoff game I was like wtf , he looks chubbier, and now even more

So it’s not me or my tv , it’s Luka

Dude we all gain weight when we intake more calories than we expend -

Lukas weight used to be a issue but fat Luka had 60 and 20-

Luka just off and he has to learn how to win when his shot ain’t falling - it almost happened tonight -

The thing is his shot hasn't fallen for the whole POs so far....whereas he was at least statistically one of the best PO performer of all time until this season.
So obviously that there is an issue with him, probably a physical one.

[Tor_Raps]

Shai is really that dude. Can’t wait till he comes home later in his prime

Shai’s not wasting his prime in Toronto

Can u just leave Toronto alone... We've had enough L's lately lol.

- Lost our draft pick
- Drake
- Leafs
- Blue Jays

[CobraCommander]

Let's be clear, whatever happens in that série, Dallas won't win the ship with Doncic playing at this level.
Hell, I'd argue Doncic won't win anything in the future if he continues to not care for his fitness like that.
Guy has never looked as unfit as now and yet he is only 25 and it's not like he's ever been a great athlete....which shows how embarrassing his fitness is at the moment.

He got that quarter billion dollar contract and the baby - what he working for? Life perfect -

Someone gotta get in his ear but no guarantee he gonna listen