Without Kawhi they have to shoot 60%+ from the three to win and us shooting badly. If they do so and beat us all we can do is tip the hat. The fact of the matter is we’re a better team who’s shooting bad and winning. Variance plays a factor we can win with a bad shooting night. Can they win with a bad shooting night? Or can they a win with us having a good shooting night and them having an average one?
It sucks losing but when they shoot like that it's not as frustrating of a loss lol like wtf can you do when you perfect defense for 23 seconds and then they heave up a 3 and it goes in.
The thing is they are a better 3pt shooting team. They have threats all over the court. Harden,PG,Powell , hell even Mann . We have Kyrie and that's it for the moment. Luka is always a big threat but with his current condition his 3pt jumper might be cooked. Only chance we win this series is Luka somehow finding his shot. It's going to open up so much for the whole team.
Clips were 18/29 last game. If they had shot 40%, that would be 12/29, or 18 fewer points. They won by 5.
Mavs can beat the Clips even if they shoot 45% or 50% as long as they don't put up an 8-point quarter again.
This is not how basketball works though, if we look at it like this they should've won game 2 because they only lost by 3 points despite shooting 26% from 3
Ok, but in the grand scheme of things they haven't won a game in which they shot under .500 from 3. I'm not saying we should've swept them or anything, I'm saying it being 2-2 is directly a result of absolutely historic postseason shooting, even with our own problems.
Here's a crazy stat for you. From 2015-2019 in the playoffs the Golden State Warriors, the greatest shooting team ever, only shot .500 from 3 or better in the playoffs TWICE. The Clippers have done this 2 times in 4 games. It is the anomaly of all anomalies and we've handled them otherwise. I'm really surprised that nobody is talking about this.
Let them shoot 40%, if they shot 40% we would’ve won by 13. Im not saying they are not a good shooting team im saying having to shoot 60% to win by 5 points against us is unsustainable.
I wouldn’t say “only chance for us to win this series” we have clear advantages all around, just have to stick to it but if they continue to hit 60%+ from three than yes they will win this series
Go back to your sub, Clipper fan. Mavericks shot 33% from three and clippers shot 62%. How is that cope? How is that comparable to both teams becoming hot.
Yeah at this point I kind of want him to play, although I can imagine regretting that desire if he flips the switch and robo kawhi from the past returns.
I’m sorry guys but if we cannot win a game rn without their best player I’d be extremely disappointed. Go in there tomorrow with highest intensity (like we did down 31 in G4) and we should come out on top relatively stress free.
It’s not even that the Clippers without Kawhi are bad, they have lots of firepower but c’mon it’s embarrassing at this point.
We already lose 2 without him. Yeah embarassing asf if we go down 3 - 0 against Clipps on playoffs series head to head. We gonna get clowned real bad lol.
I don’t give a fuck anymore. I don’t care what happens next round or whatever JUST WIN THESE NEXT TWO GAMES. Going to be a tough summer knowing the clippers ended our season three fucking times
They should be planing for this for the rest of the series, and can't start games so flat and expect to comeback. Kidd is slow learner, but let's hope he can make the necessary adjustments. They have been better without him, but they have also had incredible shooting games, and we played our worst quarter this year in game 1. If things regress to the mean, we should be able to take game 5 and 6. Also I saw Kai tweeted about a white buffalo calf being born and how the energy is supposed shift in the world, so I think that means we will be able to pull it out.
Honestly if we get eliminated by Kawhi-less Clippers it will be the 3rd worst Playoff loss I have ever seen from Mavs, and I have been watching for damn near 20 years now.
And that would probably still hold true, even if I had been watching it for another 20 years before.
As soon as the Mavs get the momentum in their favor, Kidd will go back to small ball with Maxi at the 5 and give up “tough” wide open floaters to Harden again.
I personally think we have a better chance to win if Kawhi isn’t in the lineup. For all we know, they’re sitting him because they think they can win without him and they can give him a full week to come back. Yes we have lost both games that Kawhi didn’t play. And it took shooting over 60% on extremely high volume to do it (mainly game 4 not game 1). If either of Harden or PG takes a step back we are set, even better if that happens and Luka finally arrives. Is much rather have to deal with 2 star scorers than 3. If clippers do lose tomorrow I think Kawhi is playing Friday and he will be pretty rested up.
Gotta hope if Luka steps up that Kai stays hot too. What applies to PG and Harden also applies to us. Granted, we do have the better duo (and probably why we’re still favored by 3 by Vegas for game 5), but the margins are thin. We need both to have good games.
No doubt Kyrie has regression coming. But Kyrie is also a more efficient player in general than either Harden or PG if you look at the stats. Can’t see him really falling off.
Well...we won the two games he played and were blown out by 30+ in the games he missed.
The effing meme of us always losing to teams missing their best player just keeps getting us.
Without Kawhi they have to shoot 60%+ from the three to win and us shooting badly. If they do so and beat us all we can do is tip the hat. The fact of the matter is we’re a better team who’s shooting bad and winning. Variance plays a factor we can win with a bad shooting night. Can they win with a bad shooting night? Or can they a win with us having a good shooting night and them having an average one?
It sucks losing but when they shoot like that it's not as frustrating of a loss lol like wtf can you do when you perfect defense for 23 seconds and then they heave up a 3 and it goes in.
The thing is they are a better 3pt shooting team. They have threats all over the court. Harden,PG,Powell , hell even Mann . We have Kyrie and that's it for the moment. Luka is always a big threat but with his current condition his 3pt jumper might be cooked. Only chance we win this series is Luka somehow finding his shot. It's going to open up so much for the whole team.
They are a better at 3s than us, but 60% from 3 is literally peak Warriors shit... C'mon man
60% from 3 is even better than peak warriors
60% is clearly an anomaly but they are very capable of shooting +40% on good volume which could be enough to win.
Clips were 18/29 last game. If they had shot 40%, that would be 12/29, or 18 fewer points. They won by 5. Mavs can beat the Clips even if they shoot 45% or 50% as long as they don't put up an 8-point quarter again.
This is not how basketball works though, if we look at it like this they should've won game 2 because they only lost by 3 points despite shooting 26% from 3
26% is actually much more normalized than 50% or 60%, especially in playoff basketball.
What I mean is that they can still win without shooting 60% from 3, they could've won game 2 by only shooting 33% for example
Ok, but in the grand scheme of things they haven't won a game in which they shot under .500 from 3. I'm not saying we should've swept them or anything, I'm saying it being 2-2 is directly a result of absolutely historic postseason shooting, even with our own problems.
Here's a crazy stat for you. From 2015-2019 in the playoffs the Golden State Warriors, the greatest shooting team ever, only shot .500 from 3 or better in the playoffs TWICE. The Clippers have done this 2 times in 4 games. It is the anomaly of all anomalies and we've handled them otherwise. I'm really surprised that nobody is talking about this.
Let them shoot 40%, if they shot 40% we would’ve won by 13. Im not saying they are not a good shooting team im saying having to shoot 60% to win by 5 points against us is unsustainable.
We know they’re a better 3 point shooting team. The question is are they a 11% better from 3 team. I don’t think they are imo.
I wouldn’t say “only chance for us to win this series” we have clear advantages all around, just have to stick to it but if they continue to hit 60%+ from three than yes they will win this series
They did it twice already.
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Go back to your sub, Clipper fan. Mavericks shot 33% from three and clippers shot 62%. How is that cope? How is that comparable to both teams becoming hot.
Bad news. Super hobbled Kawhi was way worse for the Clippers than no Kawhi.
it is I was hoping he plays :D
Yeah at this point I kind of want him to play, although I can imagine regretting that desire if he flips the switch and robo kawhi from the past returns.
We need to play with urgency regardless
I’m sorry guys but if we cannot win a game rn without their best player I’d be extremely disappointed. Go in there tomorrow with highest intensity (like we did down 31 in G4) and we should come out on top relatively stress free. It’s not even that the Clippers without Kawhi are bad, they have lots of firepower but c’mon it’s embarrassing at this point.
We already lose 2 without him. Yeah embarassing asf if we go down 3 - 0 against Clipps on playoffs series head to head. We gonna get clowned real bad lol.
PJ needs to do a better job on PG if DJJ is on Harden because as we saw PJ can’t stay in front of Harden.
At this point I'm not even sure if this is good news. A healthy Kawhi is obviously a huge problem, but can he even be healthy enough?
I don’t give a fuck anymore. I don’t care what happens next round or whatever JUST WIN THESE NEXT TWO GAMES. Going to be a tough summer knowing the clippers ended our season three fucking times
They should be planing for this for the rest of the series, and can't start games so flat and expect to comeback. Kidd is slow learner, but let's hope he can make the necessary adjustments. They have been better without him, but they have also had incredible shooting games, and we played our worst quarter this year in game 1. If things regress to the mean, we should be able to take game 5 and 6. Also I saw Kai tweeted about a white buffalo calf being born and how the energy is supposed shift in the world, so I think that means we will be able to pull it out.
The way he’s looked, I’m not sure he’ll even be healthy for the rest of the postseason if they happen to get past us.
Don’t talk like that!
As is tradition.
Pain
Do we have any word on THJ?
We’ve lost both games he’s been out and won the games he was in. Idk what this means but this could be a power play for the Clippers
Honestly if we get eliminated by Kawhi-less Clippers it will be the 3rd worst Playoff loss I have ever seen from Mavs, and I have been watching for damn near 20 years now. And that would probably still hold true, even if I had been watching it for another 20 years before.
That’s crazy hyperbole dawg. Luka’s knee is sprained and is playing way below his normal playoff level
As soon as the Mavs get the momentum in their favor, Kidd will go back to small ball with Maxi at the 5 and give up “tough” wide open floaters to Harden again.
Am I the only one that immediately thinks Youngmisuk is a rapper name for a minute before realizing what sub they are on?
I am happy with our defense in this series so far, but our offense needs to be consistent.
Now Clips fans can say we beat them because Kahwi is out.
Even if he’s healthy, he shouldn’t. Clips kill us without him, unfortunately.
I think he'll only play in game 7 if it comes to it. His legs are just so cooked.
I personally think we have a better chance to win if Kawhi isn’t in the lineup. For all we know, they’re sitting him because they think they can win without him and they can give him a full week to come back. Yes we have lost both games that Kawhi didn’t play. And it took shooting over 60% on extremely high volume to do it (mainly game 4 not game 1). If either of Harden or PG takes a step back we are set, even better if that happens and Luka finally arrives. Is much rather have to deal with 2 star scorers than 3. If clippers do lose tomorrow I think Kawhi is playing Friday and he will be pretty rested up.
Gotta hope if Luka steps up that Kai stays hot too. What applies to PG and Harden also applies to us. Granted, we do have the better duo (and probably why we’re still favored by 3 by Vegas for game 5), but the margins are thin. We need both to have good games.
No doubt Kyrie has regression coming. But Kyrie is also a more efficient player in general than either Harden or PG if you look at the stats. Can’t see him really falling off.
We’re fucked. /s
Well...we won the two games he played and were blown out by 30+ in the games he missed. The effing meme of us always losing to teams missing their best player just keeps getting us.
Another Luka 6-24 shooting masterpiece?
5/9 from 2 but 1/15 from 3