Who Will Win The 2024 NBA Finals?
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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0:00 Intro
1:00 RIP to Bill Walton
2:07 Boston Celtics vs Dallas Mavericks Finals Preview
27:23 My official prediction for the 2024 Finals
#basketball #nba #commentary - Розваги
Please oil up
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It’s about time
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Ayooo
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Bro what?
Finally, I can form an opinion about the finals
yeah but if the finals were called to pimp a championship you would’ve given it a…wait wrong channel
@@celtic69😂😂😂
@@celtic69no fuckin way
Casual. Gotta wait for a 30 min vid to form YOUR own opinion?? Crazy 🤣🤣
@@li_moody0038 I think you missed the point (i.e. sarcasm), take care.
Wow I now know everything about the 2024 NBA Finals
*everything you need to know
Not everything don’t let this distract you from the fact Pat Mahomes will be attending game 3 of the Finals
Celtics have basically been playing regular season games through the playoffs. Zach Lowe said it perfectly, the Celtics have made no adjustments during the playoffs because every team has been shorthanded enough for them to not bother
They also havent had poriz and they only lost twice
@@Zbone254but they almost lose 2-3 games vs pacers and 2 of those games are without their primary ball handler
@@Zbone254 yes they’ve been missing their 4th best player. Against teams missing their best player.
@@Zbone254they’ve been playing hobbled YMCA teams. Get ready for a rude awakening
@@philkinsszzsome would call ‘almost’ losing winning in the clutch.
Pacers had a higher FG% in the conference finals than Mavs did
maxi at the 5 in the first series was amazing
Yeah seriously. Does this guy even know that he got hurt. The fact that he praised Gobert and ripped maxi is comically dumb
Maxi at 4 with Lively or Gafford at 5 is better than Maxi at 5. Maybe at the end of games in small ball situations, but giving up the rim protection and rim running abililty is such a downside.
Still, Maxi is probably the best all round defender they have when healthy. He is super flexible to have on the floor, a decent passer and solid 3 point shooter.
Maxi is not better at the 5 than Gafford
@@hektor7798 never said that
Walton had one of the greatest peaks of all time he’s one of the greatest what ifs in nba history rip San Diego legend
FR. He had the potential to be the rival to Kareem like Wilt and Russell were before them. Still, he made the most of the very few healthy seasons he had, but he had legit top 15 all-time potential.
Yeah injuries suck but dude was a legit pro
@@redwings0142 The 78 Blazers will likely made the back to back without Walton injury so he will be at least in the Olajuwon tier and could win again in 79 (Jabbar in the Lakers was a loser until Johnson draft in 79 and the Bullets/Sonics were good team but not great team).
The rivalry against the Jabbar/Johnson Lakers in the early 80s could be the same as the rivalry between the Erving 76ers and the Bird celtics.
@@robert-surcoufi think a pre injury walton is a more of a fofofo 76ers than just the erving 76ers
Walton is a Gobert with 70% of Jokic offense.
I wouldnt say the Wolves locked up Kyrie g4, he was missing a lot of open looks.
They were just gassed. Focusing on g5. They just thought if they could hit the threes then it would be over. If not nbd
So did KAT and Reid. Both guys missed wide open 3’s and bunnies in the series
Literally nobody has really given this team a hard time defensively whenever I see them lose its because dudes like PJ are bricking freebies
The reason they don't run lively 24/7 is because they don't want him to get gassed lol.
It’s because we want them playing full speed at a high level the whole time they are on the floor compared to other centers who are tired out quickly, we also play at a quick pace and throw a lot of lobs, can take a toll if you’re 7 plus feet tall
That and they are DEEP at PF and C now compared to last year. Kleber is back now too lol
@@justinpurcell3717 I hope we add another stretch 4 in the offseason. Maxi is great but he is injury prone these days.
nah lively is a moderately better decision maker, so when luka or kyrie get him the ball with a 4 on 3 opportunity, it rarely results in anything but a good look from 3, a layup, or freethrows
@@coltondodd3086Omax will be that guy next year. He's developing a shot
"The worst the Mavs have looked the entire playoffs was with Maxi Kleber at center." genuinely laughable
Yea this is certainly not true, he shot amazingly well earlier in the playoffs and the only reason they weren't winning those minutes against Minnesota was because the T-Wolves were executing well and the Mavs were not.
It's pretty true
One thing about the Mavs is that they know how to demoralize the opponent & even the crowd. As in their game play. Long bomb 3's that some coaches would be livid about, alley oops from under your nose up to 80 ft., opposing stars missing bunnies & leaving low percentage players bucket naked on the 3 point line, no look passes that make a big man lose direction, etc etc. Just an exciting brand of basketball..
Facts it’s like you’re playing against an NBA JAM team i know it has to be mentally frustrating
@@jogunsan side note, I got that "demoralizing" notion from Lebron on his podcast with JJ Redick. Didn't just pull that shit out of thin air like Steven Hate Smiths bs takes. Lol
That’s more so Luka doing that imo
@@G.dot_ pretty much. Lol
Luka and Kyrie are often putting up a show. This makes it very hard to root against them and can be pretty demoralizing to the other team. The most important factor is that it is near impossible to stop their offense, while it is very hard to score on them. We've seen many possessions where the Wolves simply used up all the shotclock, didn't get anything done and Dallas immediately scoring a dunk or a layup on the other side. That is just frustrating as hell, especially for a coach too.
And a second thing you're clueless about is Gafford / Lively. The reason Kidd plays them the way he does is because BOTH are better when they play shorter stints. They have more energy and combine for great numbers despite neither of them being able to score from more than 3 feet from the rim. If Lively plays more he will get into foul trouble AND he will wear down. By playing them the way he does, Kidd ensures he gets maximum effort while they're in there. They also have slightly different skillsets, and by playing them against certain lineups he can utilize what they do well more. You'd have a point if Lively could score, but both of them just rebound and block shots. Lively's just a little better at rebounding and passing.
I am SO FUCKING SICK of people referencing the +/- numbers. Did it ever occur to you that Gafford plays against the other team at the start of the 1st and 3rd quarters when the opponents are at their strongest? When Lively is playing, he's going to get more favorable matchups and play against the starters when they've been on the floor and are wearing down. I agree he's more effective, but not the way you are trying to portray it. Because of the rotations, at the end of the game Kidd can play the guy who is having the most success that night.
Alright guy relax
@@JohnZannisPieshe’s right. these guys look at box scores and watch half the game while stuffing their faces with chips and don’t understand the sport
@@ryankohler5066 he is but its not worth having a coronary over
@@JohnZannisPiesit’s just a shame they are the ones making money on analysis. in the words of russ he is tricking y’all
@@ryankohler5066 nah tell me about it the last couple weeks has been insufferable as a celtics fan. They were on espn slow mo watching Tatum reacting to Brown getting the ecf mvp saying he wasnt smiling big enough
Idk, Boston has played against warriors, Philly, bucks, heat year over year. They have 1 chill season when they’ve dominated regular season, doesn’t mean they’re not battle tested
doesn't fit the narrative though
What great teams have the 76ers beat? How many great teams have the heat beat? The bucks with Giannas injured and the Celtics. They played the bucks when they were hurt. They played a healthy warriors and lost lol
@@kennethhanes5702 Giannis was not injured vs. the Celtics in the other years, what are you talking about? Why are we acting like the Cs haven't had their own share of injuries throughout?
The only team Boston has played out of those four that are serious are the Heat and Warriors (at the time) they don’t have Udoka anymore who was integral to them making the finals, they lose to the Heat without him in 2022. Bucks and Sixers never perform when it matters (healthy or not) and this team has a track record of falling apart against opponents who don’t give a shit how talented they are and the Mavericks are that. I’m not saying Boston has no chance I just don’t think they are battle tested. If they beat the Mavs then I think we can take them seriously.
This is different team and coach is different
Mavs had like a positive 18 net rating with maxi at the center and pj at the pf in the regular season
He will be more useful this series than Porzingus. IDK wtf Rusty is talking about tbh.
Regular season and post season are very different. I think he was talking about Maxi against the Wolves the minutes weren’t as good as they were in the regular season and against the Clips
Edit: not saying Maxi played bad. Just that the offense looked a bit more stagnant or easier to stop than when Lively or Gafford were in
He wasn't a fit for this series. Got smoked every time he touched the court. Rusty was right for once
Dallas got a week for Luka, Lively, and Maxi to heal up and potentially be fully healthy is huge. Luka been doing all this at like 70 to 80 percent health. Might go super saiyan of hes even at 90
Luka isn’t going to be fully healthy. He’s openly stated that it’s going to take the whole off season to heal his knees.
@@ethanking640his ass needs to stop playing in the fiba and rest for once. He thinks he’s Superman, he loves to fight through injuries in the regular season
@@ethanking640a week off will still be massively beneficial
I truly think you’re underestimating Tatum and Brown as a duo. If Tatum has a series where he puts up top 5 in the league numbers, and the rest of the team is baseline good, then it’s a wrap. I think more of these games will be blowouts than you might think.
Yeah he doesn’t ever play good series unless it’s lot pressure though, he folds in big moments and Dallas doesn’t, I wouldn’t be surprise if Dallas blew Boston out in a couple games just because Boston stagnates when Dallas really doesnt
Hahahaha Tatum is Brandon Ingram drafted to a stacked team and perfect situation that fits his skills
@@diegochavez6203facts that’s why BI look like her struggling cause he’s had the complete opposite in a sense adding injuries .
I mean if you’re gonna make that point for JT, you can make it for Luka who’s been better than JT this whole season. The point is, if Luka scores 65 in one of those, I’d be impressed but not surprised. It all comes down to how good the stars are gonna be, you said a whole lotta nun.
Yet the Celtics haven’t blown out any healthy team all season really in the playoffs
Time of peaking and chemistry is a very important thing. Very important. You want to peak at the right time.
We said that last year about the heat and the better team still cooked them
That’s why I lean Dallas. 🤷🏼♂️
PJ's defense against some big men are underrated. Watch them put PJ on Porzingis.
Him or Lively
Barbecue chicken lol the only other big better than porzingus in the post this season is Jokic
lol porzingis is 7'3 shooting guard. watch him get locked up by shorter forwards @@bigmo3692
@@bigmo3692 Porzingis is garbage lmao
@@bigmo3692Tingus Pingus will show his head in the playoffs I assure you 😂
People are getting so caught up with the WC/EC matchups
Dallas played a hurt Clippers team that was limping their way into the playoffs. They then beat a young and inexperienced OKC team that literally played with their pants down in the 2nd round. Then they played a blindfolded Minnesota team in the WCF that won their Finals against the Nuggets and then forgot to show up for the Conference Finals and ONLY BARELY LOST. Celtics in 6 without Porzingis, Celtics in 5 with him. It'll be close, but experience matters and outside of Kyrie the Mavericks lack it.
Luka and Kyrie get floated as this unstoppable duo while the Jays averaged basically the same stat line in the ECF:
60.1/15.3/9.3 vs 59.4/13.2/12.8
You get more assists with Luka/Kyrie because of the Dallas offensive style, and you get more rebounds with the Jays because they're wings and not guards.
Series comes down to how well Dallas' stars handle and elite defensive backcourt, and which team's role players play better. If White/Jrue/Al are hitting shots the Celtics are tough to beat. If they're not and Dallas keeps hitting those corners 3s, Dallas will be hard to beat.
BANG BANG, you nailed it
Fucking respect to you Rusty on Bill Walton, you have no idea how much that means to me dude holy shit, he was also a huge deadhead so hes so over the top extra special, RIP BILL.
I have a signed Bill Walton blazers jersey
I feel like this series is gonna be way closer than most people think. I see it at least going 6 probably 7 barring any major injuries. Both teams each have an enormous amount they feel they can prove, and both teams have stars that are eager to show why they are here and prove their doubters wrong
this series is going to be way more boston sided than people think and retroactively it’ll be the most obvious result of all time
People don’t put into consideration BOS has home court advantage.
@LowBrowProgramming Agreed, the Celtics match up insanely well with the Mavs and the Celtics aren’t looking to stop Luka, they’re looking to make him work for his shots and make him gassed by any number of all NBA caliber defenders.
@@javierlandaverde4108home court advantage doesn’t mean anything when the Mavs play better on the road. Luka thrives on the hate
@@javierlandaverde4108doesn't really matter when Tatum and Brown are perennial chokers.
They had homecourt and lost to an 8th seed while Luka has always been the road team in 90% of the playoff series he has won.
My man rusty right on time w this one
Hey rusty just wanna say I really appreciate how good you are at emphasizing the stories surrounding the league. I often disagree with your personal beliefs, I think in part because of your narrativization, but I just wanted to give kudos to you for recognizing that sports are ultimately about the stories we tell.
Dude didn’t have the guts to pick a team 😭
And he was still wrong somehow
I love these videos
The Mavericks will have the best player and the better coach, but the Celtics will have five of the top seven players in this series…
Kidd is the better coach? Pfffft 🤭
@@duplexarcoYes, undoubtedly.
Dallas has the best two players in the series. And I'd argue just how many of those best players Boston actually has.
Kyrie is not better than Tatum
@@beefboy3357 He is most definitely better. Tatums defense is better but Kyrie is markedly better and more skilled offensively, he's also a closer. As an all around player and how he effects his team, he's better.
Mavericks in 6🐎🤠🏆🔥🏀💯
Yeehaw partner 🤠
Mavs hasn't won a game against them in years....kyrie even longer....kyrie and Luka balled out in the games this year and still lost both. Last one by over 20 points. Do people even look up facts or just media hype. Celtics in 6 cause the mavs are doing better than the regular season.
@@MichaelBurnham-er5cxand the wolves haven't beaten the suns in years before these playoffs, the regular season and the playoffs are entirely different
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All depends if KP comes back fully healthy and doesn’t reaggrevate his injury because I see it rn Xavier Tillman, Kornet and especially old man Horford are going to get BAKED in P&R lob situations
This is all in Luka's hands now. If he comes out as game5 Luka, nobody can stop him and the Mavs. If he comes out game4 Luka, they lose. He is the only deciding factor and literally nothing else. Not many players in history with that decisive power.
No player plays alone. Your statement is almost completely wrong.
Porzingis and Horford played 587 minutes together this season
11.84 net rating
To be fair tho, their net rating is very high with all 4 on/off combos of Horford and Porzingis lol
It’s me rusty: I will win the nba finals .
Nah I’d win
I’d like to see a video about vertical spacing. I think the 2020 lakers are a great team to start with because of James’s passing ability and having Davis and Dwight Howard on the team.
Only way to stop Luka is to triple team him. I’m like most here thinking Porzingas is the difference in this series
He has the potential to be the difference but we all know he won't show up
@@diegochavez6203 I hope he doesn’t. Go Dallas!
Main concern for my Mavs is the legit 5 out offense that Boston runs. This drags our biggest advantage defensively out of the paint: our bigs. Despite what Rusty says, Kleber's versatility defensively may be huge for us.
Boston beat the Mavs twice this season. One without KP. And it wasn't even close. Just keep that in mind.
Any of those when lively was injured?
@@brettharris1135 He played both games as a starter.
@@johnnybadmen3473 Well that's worth noting. I mean I'm pulling for the Mavs and I've picked them to win 4-2 every series, but the Celtics are The toughest challenge yet.. After the trade Dallas continued to build chemistry throughout the rest of the season and certainly in the postseason. I think the difference is going to be if Dallas can get the inside game going with the pick and rolls and lobs. Celtics are great perimeter defensive team but I don't know if they can guard this pick and roll game. Once Dallas gets that going then it really opens up the floor. So Boston can shut that down they should win the series. I'm still going to go with Mavs 4-2
Mavs in 7
Boston walked through Dallas, Guess it wasn’t so ridiculous after all
Luka era about to begin
Yea until victor takes over lol
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Everyone forget to mention that Celtics had play three playoff with thoroughly faulty weakened teams first out Buttler then Mitchell and then Haliburton , plus none of these teams are quite as defensive as Dallas. Suddenly Boston will have to face a real strong defensive machine with demonstrated paint dominance in both sides, and the their leidership and clutch on more experienced Kyrie and Luka clutch monsters. In summary, it may be too much for Boston to face something that I doubt they have during the entire 2023 24 season. Check their losses in the regular season,
It may be the clue.
I love Rusty's Rambles
Kleber can defend on the perimeter as well as protect the rim
"OwWw!! hAlibUrtin gEt soooo miCh asSIst!!!"
-Rusty Buckets crew
Celtics jinx has been strong this season. You think those guys got injured on their own? Jrue whipping up the hex as we speak. Cs in 3 😂
Lmaoooo
I’m predicting at least one Luca game winner and a few more really clutch shots that may or may not lead towards wins. As a Celtics fan, the clutch factor is definitely what scares me the most. For the past few years, Luca has hit at least one game winner against us, but he hasn’t done it yet this year…
Can't believe bro just said white finna give kyrie problems. Don't piss me off💀
Kyrie finna run circles on his bald ahh 😭
PJ should be on Brown and Jones Jr. should be on Tatum. Jones should always be the primary defender on the better ball handler because PJ struggles more on shiftier players.
I swear if Nathan Sadowski says “please oil up” ima lose it
Well I do have some news for you buddy
Lol
You caught me not subscribed. Youll get there
Mavs in 6😤
Celtics win in 7, restoring their championship lead over the lakers. Horford gets his ring and retires.
But make no mistake, this is what the league wanted. No one cares about the wolves (or pacers for that matter).
Dallas is a bigger market. Luka is the euro star, Tatum the American star. Kyrie revenge tour.
5:50 Herb Jones is typing…
You know 😏
Where you at with that fire Jason Kidd stuff?
I think you start with Jrue on Luka, he's les likely to get bullied than White, obviously you have Tatum and Brown helping off of Dallas' forwards until they make it clear that they'll burn you, and if that doesn't work, switch to Brown for a bigger body, and Tatum probably guards Luka in the 4th
Edit: called it
Kai is gonna bore a hole in the paint without KP. Boston's perimeter defense will be phenomenal, but idk if i can trust Horford to close up the paint defensively.
That guy from Dallas Mavericks will have to defend like he never did in this 2024 playoffs. He has got a easy ride on the defensive end so far. Well the real work starts now for him. Let's see the closer he is now with real occasion starts now.
They didn’t shut out kyrie he was missing open
A bunch of people including you were calling for jason kidd to be fired but hes gotten the mavs to the finals so can you make a video on that
Am i missing something? Cause the media kept saying Ant said i got Kyrie, but all i can remember is that game 7 postgame interview vs DEN. Ant just said 'my matchup gonna be Kyrie, its gonna be fun' that's it. Did Ant really say that or the media just made it dramatic lol? It kind of frustrates me how those misleading information changes how we view players.
No matter what he said, Kyrie said it motivated him
Yeah he only said that, it's bugging me the whole time. Ant was talking way too much these playoffs but he did not say "I got Kyrie" or anything of that sort, crazy how misinformation spreads, says a lot about the influence of media
I mean you can get into the semantics all you want. But fact is he was yapping to the camera about his next defensive assignment while still on the court from the series that ended 5 seconds ago. Any player at the highest level of the game that has an ounce of competitiveness in their body is gonna perk up at that and take it as a challenge. Which Kyrie pretty much confirmed that he did. And he came out and busted his ass immediately. So it doesn’t matter how he phrased it because it had the effect that we all thought it would.
Everyone including Ant knew what he was doing lol, no matter how friendly or nonchalant it was.
Doesn’t matter how he worded it. He name dropped Kyrie without even being asked. That’s gonna light a fire under any professional athlete, Kyrie said himself that it motivated him.
As great as he is, Tatum does tend to melt in the clutch. Like you say their added depth (Holiday and Porzingis) should help. You are also right about Luka in the clutch. Brother is deadly.
celtics experience i think is the difference, just like the celtics va warriors series
Experience??? Luka has playoff experience, Kyrie has been to multiple finals, DJJ has experience, Hardaway Jr has experience
@@davidarrington4144 youre not wrong but i think the celtics having experience with a majority of their core can be the difference, first time in the playoffs let alone the finals for most of the players they cant let it get to their head especially with bostons defense, minnesota had a great team defense but boston can defend 1 on 1 way better
@@davidarrington4144
Mavericks top six playoff games: 230
Celtics top six playoff games: 573
I don't know if I'd go to that extreme: the Warriors were 3 time champions with 2 more finals under their belt (at least the core). The Celtics have 1 Finals appearance. There's a gap in experience but it's not as huge as in Celtics-Warriors.
@@Luca-yb4sh 4 time champions*
Lakers in 5
Immediately after the finals ends
ESPN: What are the lakers going to do with LeBron, are the lakers going to draft Bronnie at 17?
In general I like your analysis, but this was painfully uninformed. Minnesota DID NOT shut down Kyrie. He missed numerous open shots (including a couple at the rim), and turned the ball over at least twice by trying to make an impossible interior passes. He just had a bad game. It happens. When he played them during the season he played fine (23/6/3 & 19/4/2). He wasn't shut down, and Luka put up big numbers. The role players didn't step up and their defense allowed a shit ton of open 3s. After that game, the Mavericks changed up their starting lineup, had a team meeting about defense, and became the #1 defense in the league for the last 6 weeks (and the playoffs). The way they're playing now, if Boston attempts to shut down Kyrie, they will get burned by scoring from Jones and Washington. Not just from 3 like against Minnesota, but they'll be able to take it to the rim because Boston doesn't have a rim protector (even if Porzingas is back). So you're talking about open 3 pt shots AND drive to the basket (drawing fouls and making easy shots). The Pacers were eating up Boston with drives in their series, which is why they were able to lead until the last 2 minutes of 3 games. The Mavs are 10 times better at driving with their passing and their players.
Seriously man, weak take on the way both teams play and what they've been able to do (and have failed to do). You think Hardy is going to be shy about coming hard down the lane after he did it against Towns AND Gobert several times (successfully)? Boston is in a lot of trouble unless they magically improve their shooting numbers drastically.
I have never seen a path open up as nicely for a team as the Celtics got in 2024. I've never seen a team with the Celtics record and plus minus... while still being a mystery to the league and their fans. I don't think the Mavs are a dream match up for them, but the Celts would probably have chosen them over the Nuggets and maybe the TWolves.
The question here is, who has a better coach?
Jrue Holiday has a strength advantage on just about everyone in the league. I wouldn’t be surprised if he squats more than LBJ.
This series will be so strange, the mavs have the best players then he celtics have the best starting 5 but then the mavs have the better bench.
It’s crazy how the Celtics play like how the Warriors used to play. Chunking crazy amount of 3s just hoping they go in as they did in the regular season.
Crazy how they had a terrible game from 3, a bad Tatum game and still won comfortably
You are putting so much stock on Tingus Pingus. You will not be able to stop the PNR
Yes. I mean, Rudy Gobert is the best anchor defender in the League by FAR and now people treat him like an average defender. Not even with Naz Reid and Gobert Dallas was stoped
And you won’t be able to stop all 5 guys bombing 3s on your head
Amazes me how basketball pages with any sort of following thought dallas had remotely any chance LMFAOOO
Lazy competition argument over two proven rosters of players and the “if” game followed by an on the fence pick when the celtics are a top ten team ever ☠️
Whoever wins 4 games first. That's why they play the games, instead of just naming a winner based on the opinion of analysts. Though, if you're going to trust any analysis, Vegas odds still have Boston at -230 or so. Given they have something to lose by being wrong, I'd trust them over the general media.
did yall forget they damn near lost three games afainst the pacers without their star? mavs all day long
Thunder did a great job at Kyrie, Cason held it down 16 ppg Cs would love that
Celtics don't want to play Horford/Porzingis at the same time. That plays into the Mavs hands because the Mavs want to play bigger, plus that also gives Luka and Kyrie another big on the floor to pick on.
"Throw It Down Big Man Throw It Down" R.I.P to 1of the greats
Love the talking head, Jacob, good takes as usual (really), but we might probably use some more video-analysis (for example). I mean some NBA people playing while You talk in the background? Or when You speak of numbers, these could actually be shown on the screen, e.g. Just pointing (as many people probably) with hope to help You make Your channel be even better. Take care, Jacob
Not sure if Kidd has employed the "no lay up" rule with the team but, i didn't see Minnesota completing many of em. Dallas has to employ that rule more this series if they don't already. Not that Boston drives that much anyways....
Boston thrives with the three if they focus on closing the paint it’s wraps
@@flashgordon1541 yeah. Kinda reminds me of when Kyrie was with Lebron. That Gstate team reminds me of this seasons Celtics a bit. Top overall seed, top offense, 5 all star caliber starters plus 2-3 bench players that are capable, led the league in 3 pt shooting, 2 stars that can go nuclear at any given time, a coach that is in his 1st full season, etc. While Luka is playing Lebrons role.. just a random high notion.... 😆
As a Lakers fan, I love the Dallas Mavericks, they're my favorite team ever, I want to live in a world where the Mavs are 2024 NBA Champions.
Some more detail about the game the Mavs lost to the T-Wolves: Yes, Kyrie wasn't balling well at all, but the Timberwolves as a whole shot amazingly well, while the Mavs as a whole shot poorly. (except for Hardy and the bigs, who were fine)
Luka wasn't 'fine' in that game, he shot 33% from the field, which is really bad for how well he normally shoots. The Mavs as a whole were low energy and the hustle and 50-50 balls just were all going to Minnesota.
I love this detailed breakdown of the upcoming finals though, you really made a ton of excellent points and there is very little I can find that I do not agree with. The only thing that comes up is that you say that Tatum is one of the best options to defend Luka at the end of the game. I disagree with that, he has the size, but his defense has been mediocre the entire playoffs. Jrue is by far the best option for longer stretches and Derrick White or Jalen Brown could cover him for shorter stretches. We all know Luka is a problem, but if Ant and McDaniels can't do it, nobody on the Celtics can do it either.
I think that your logic with clutch is actually off. It's not just clutch factor, it's offensive versus defensive in the clutch. I would say that it's a push, because the Celtics are learning late game scenarios from a defensive perspective while Luca and Kyrie have been doing clutch offensive things. Therefore, it is kind of a push
I disagree with him about Luka playing fine while Kai played poorly in the loss, obv Luka is always a great facilitator and gets his defensive rebounds hence the triple double but he only shot 33% off 21 shots which is pretty poor for Luka. So I think they were both poor meaning if either one of them had a good shooting game it would’ve resulted in a win
I disagree with the celtics not seeing clutch time situations this playoffs.... almost every single game vs the pacers came down to the clutch
I love Luka I really hope he wins the finals. But I think Boston has had a better path to the finals. It’s like they been warming up with teams with significant less talent, and they were playing at 80%. Now they are ready. But if Dallas loses I think it would be because all the acumulative fatigue. Doncic, will realize that he is great and he will come back next season in better shape, losing weight, to reach is prime. And he will get back to the finals next year. What do you think?
Love your videos
Luka played bad too not just Kyrie on the game they lost
Rusty lookin slim
I might just retire as a celtics fan if we don't win this man...
Go Mavs. Am I right?
So porzingas going down with the mavs makes no difference in the clips series but he’s big for Boston?
I think u gotta rephrase that
With KP Boston in 5. Is the only team that coulp put out Gafford and Lively out off the pain and JB has to by very agresive on Luka.
Evens if it comes down to the clutch Dallas hasn’t been challenged defensively like they will be
Dallas in 6 without Porzingis. Boston in 6 with Porzingis.
Nah
Are we sure that KP will be battle ready after a long hiatus? Ask Kawhi.
@@josekreisherraefoscablo3603 we will see.
It's way more nuanced than him just playing or not. He's going to play but how effective he will be remains to be seen
pre derrick white fmvp
I have this feeling too. Him or Jrue.
i think celtics win this, but if they lose and blame an injured porzingis after facing only injured teams in the playoffs im smoking that celtics pack
it would be such irony… after weeks of c’s fans being like “don’t blame injuries!”
@@SuperShadowifythey're no different than larrior fans back in 2015 and 2016
Bruh, Gafford starts and protects DLive from cheap rookie fouls…Lovely will be there when it matters 😎
To be honest nobody’s defeating a Hot 3 pointing Celtics team while there defense is elite
This is the Celtics year but I hope my Mavs pull this one out
Better option for boston to rotate brown and tatum on luka
Boston is gonna walk through Dallas. 6 games max
You don’t have to shout out your editor …. unless he’s doing the work for free ? lol
The Mavs definitely had a tougher road to the Finals than the Celtics, but let's not act like the teams they beat did not have their own questions marks. The Clippers were led by aging, declining stars, one of whom was out for most of the series. OKC was the #1 seed, but still had no real playoff experience. Outside of Game 5 against the Wolves, that series was still very competitive even while Ant and KAT struggled offensively. I think that the Mavs will win, but the Celtics are younger, (mostly) healthier, more experienced, and their offense does not solely rely on their star players. Again, the Celtics did have an easier path in comparison, and the Mavs did have injuries of their own. I'm not talking about that. But to act like the Mavs never had certain advantages in their favor would be disingenuous.
@4:19 "He's the more strong player" Great Job, lol Ah, the American School System in action. Mavs in 7