THIS Was NEVER Supposed To Happen...
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
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None of this was supposed to happen. The altercation, Luka furiously punching himself…none.
And the series should not have been tied. Let me explain what I mean.
This was basically a must win game for the Thunder, as it’s extremely tough to come back from 3-1. So they came out ready to save their season.
OKC continued their game plan of loading up on Luka and Kyrie and hounded them, making every shot difficult.
The duo was limited to a combined 27 points on a horrible 10 for 31 from the field. That’s 27 points total for the 2 of them.
But despite that, the role players stepped up and used the opportunity. Especially P.J. Washington.
So Dallas had control for the entire game, and most of the time it was a double digit lead.
And at the start of the fourth, it looked like the Mavs were throwing the deciding blow.
The young OKC team had their back against the wall on the road, but that’s when they came back swinging.
These types of clutch shots by the role players in a massive moment of the season are not supposed to happen. A young and inexperienced team responding like this in a do or die game is unlike anything I’ve seen.
Which brought the tension up and we got this…
The thunder hung around enough to give their superstar the opportunity to completely take over scoring 4 straight buckets when it mattered the most. Absolutely destroying the Mavs defense shot after shot.
And just like that they tie the game. But then, things completely escalate…
What a shot by Chet, and now all of a sudden the Mavs fall behind.
The war continued on every play, as no team would give up. Dallas played from behind and kept this a close game. And OKC continued to shock the world by making plays and hitting shots in these crucial moments.
So in the final seconds with a chance to tie or take the lead, the Mavs put the ball in Luka’s hands, he attacks the bucket forcing the ref to blow the whistle.
Buut at the line, this happens…
Luka misses a clutch free throw and during the time out is visibly upset on the bench.
Obviously now they have to play the foul game but the Thunder once again prove their worth by staying ice cold at the line, and also having the presence of mind to foul up three and not allow a potential game tying shot.
proves to be a great decision as Washington also misses a free throw, and Shai goes to the line one last time with a chance to secure the win and he stays ice cold doing just that.
This series should not have been tied. A young and inexperienced team going down by 8 in the fourth on the road, with all the momentum on the side of the home team, and to hit some colossal shots and come back. This doesn't happen often. This OKC team is absolutely special.
And I’m glad I’m watching them grow in real time. That’s what I meant in the intro.
Before we go to the second game, just a quick reminder that I got some new designs up on my merch store and I love how they came out. We got Luka with the smoking rifle in the wild west. Then, there is this Wemby design that looks awesome. Really emphasizing his length. And check out Book here with his fancy retro car and the Arizona desert in the background.
Of course I have to have a shirt for Lakers nation so here you have Bron, AD and Reeves.
Click the link in the description and check them out.
Moving on to Cleveland, where the home team had a support by none other than LeBron James in the first row, as they were looking to possibly tie the series, but when the news about Donovan Mitchell not playing in game 4 broke out, Celtics fans perked up and had this game already checked. Including Jayson Tatum.
He came out firing on all cylinders, scoring 16 1st quarter points looking unstoppable on the court. But, the Cavaliers tightened up the screws on defense in the 2nd quarter and led by Garland and Strus on offense made a run to make it a tight game going into the break.
In the 3rd however it was Jaylen Brown’s time, as we see once again that he’s lethal when he decides to put his head down and attack the rim.
Going into the 4th quarter the Celtics did have a comfortable 10 point lead, and with this beautiful fadeaway jumper, Brown made it a 15 point game.
It’s game over right? Wrong. Cleveland goes on a 8-0 run and makes it a 7 point game, as the home crowd erupts.
This turned into a back and forth battle, with Boston looking a bit insecure in the clutch, making some questionable decisions as the Cavs continued cutting the lead little by little, and they even had a chance to make it a one possession game when.. (Mobley layup 3:15, Levert 1:55 fileri)
On the other end, the punishment arrives quickly when..
Jaylen Brown buries the hopes of Cavs fans with this 3pt dagger which proved to be enough at the end, as Boston now takes a commanding 3-1 lead going back home with a chance to end this series in the next game. - Спорт
Mavs let the W slip off their hands, like the ball during their FTs
50% from FT is SAAAD
Ppl gonna blame anything and everything on everyone else but themselves…. Thunder fought hard as well the mavs, even without good shooting percentages and decision making. This is what the playoffs are all about, the fight and intensity and this game was just that
the fact that they missed free throws that would of won them the game says it all. they only have themselves to blame.
@@johnmarkson1998 exactly. Nice pfp btw I fw mma heavyyyy
Good point , it is tough to win 3 straight games in the nba playoffs
Nope. Mavs lost this game which they should have won. Thunder looked like shit. And Luka looked worse.
@@badongjunior1261 everyone has a perspective. I just look at it in a positive way. Both teams played incredible defense and terrible offense. Defense is fun to watch in the playoffs
PJ is saving their asses. They're lucky that he became prime Ray Allen for a few games.
you think PJ will be having that space without the gravity of Luka and Ky? keep being a casual
@Dsparity- he hasn't played that well in any game all season with the exact same space. Keep being a casual.
@@inFamous_Izanagi Because in regular season games opponents don't send 3 people to pack the paint on Kyrie and Luka and leave PJ open all the time?
@@TrueGuardifyyes they did.🤣
@@inFamous_IzanagiNo they literally don’t lil bro
I was so upset watching the 2nd half of the game, the Mavs literally threw the game and they were not scoring the easiest buckets, I hope they win the next game
I can make you happy buddy its a fixed game dont be upset tho still very possible that mavs win it all
@@ArnasBA5 Lol motherf*ckers be making any excuse for anything "my team lost the game must be rigged" "I caught a red light the secret elves are out to get me" ...get a grip and rejoin society
Mavs fan here. I was just chillin in my recliner with a smile on my face for 75% of this game.. by the time the last 3 minutes came around. I was standing with my arms crossed right in front of the tv. If we had literally made some FREE THROWS Mavs would be up 3-1. 😠
Exactly i was feeling so good for the first 3 quarters
As a mavs hater I was rocking in my chair, hugging myself with a tear in me eye. I started talking to the tv saying “please bring the thunder, please make mark cry” Then I was jumping up and down, whiskey all over the carpet, rump steak all in my teeth with tears of joy rolling down my cheek. What a nice game 🎉 sorry mavs fans we will see you next year 💙🧡🔥🏆
@@mrlee9213 chill. series isn’t over yet. we could still lose this series and the mavs could still win this
@@mrlee9213definitely coming back to this lmao
@@OKC_THUNDER_NUMBER1 how to chill when you love a team so much?
Luka has not been good the entire playoffs and why is Kyrie so unaggressive scoring, he been great in other aspects but relying on DJJ & PJ Washington to be the main scorers not gonna work
It worked in the last game, just not last night. OKC was loading up on them, so they had to trust PJ and them.
The reason DJJ and PJ scored a lot in the first place is because thunder is focusing their defence on Luka and Kyrie
Luka is injured
Kyrie is making the right plays instead of forcing tough shots.But I would rather lose by him taking a tough contested half court shot than DJJ taking wide open threes in the clutch..
Luka was awful, he’s cost the Mavs the game. If he’s injured, he should’ve just sat the game
You can tell luka's confidence is low in this playoffs
If Luka is truly hurt, then he needs to stop playing ISO ball. That’s what killed the Mavs in the fourth quarter.
Luka is totaly injured...even if they win round ne way he will survive next
That uncalled double dribble was crucial
as much as the mavs threw the game man that call was brutal. These refs are always as s
He never had possession learn basketball. Good lord its wild how dumb the average nba fan is.
Excuses?
Hardaway and Luka were more crucial than a BS call that goes unnoticed throughout the entire NBA! every player Carries the ball every time they dribble.. blame their 6th man and “best” player.
@@jrodzilla24it wasn’t a carry it was a textbook double dribble the refs didnt call it for some reason
When Luka missed that freethrow my heart shattered. All good my prediction was Mavs in 7 anyways haha
7:50 what I like about this play is JT creating for other
I'm rooting for Dallas but I would be happy to see this young, overlooked OKC team, take the Chip😅
Great content. Much better than watching highlights. I like your story telling ability
That missed call on the thunder double dribble in 4th quarter was crucial.
Maybe learn to shoot free throws?
Missing half their free throws was crucial. Thunder in 7.
wasnt a double drible, he didnt have control of the ball
3:30 that was a deliberate "sweep" on Luka's thigh.
They win, they are the greatest. They lose, they are horrible. Theses sports media is garbage.
OKC’s maturity in the 2nd half can get them past the best
Big difference was more than half of free throw missed by Mavs vs. Only 1 missed by okc
This wasn’t some defensive triumph for OKC. Luka and Kyrie aren’t right, Luka can barely walk upright these days. If Luka and Kyrie hit even half their shots last night we win, if we made free throws we win, if the bench showed up… point is OKC didn’t do anything to cause the bad shooting performance. It was just a crappy night.
3:07 How was that not a double dribble on J Williams? 🙄🙄🙄
They were saying it's because lively got a touch on it
Because the refs are paid
Thats a call that a 10y/o can make. Embarrassing. Refs should be fined a lot of money for stuff like dis
He never had possession of the ball. He fumbled the pass.
Plz learn how basketball works.
Also funny how no one talks about the "foul" aka trip at 3:30
Luka was gifted game tying free throws and choked.
lively touching the ball resets the dribble
This game came down to the Mavs blowing it, imo. They just couldn’t stop throwing bricks.
Luka blew it
Tbt these low budget kids OKC are shaming the NBA
It’s shit like this at 3:11 when Williams clearly did a self pass and travel and they call nothing at a pivotal moment in the game.
I was so furious about the game but luka kyrie and the rest of the Mavs are just human and I believe that they can still bounce back with this.
Both teams played hard and one won. It’s as simple as that. There’s nobody to blame, both team are matched up
I disagree with your basic premise- if this was 'never supposed to happen' then why is OKC a 1 seed and Dallas a 5 seed? Dallas being up 2-1 was more shocking than OKC tying it 2-2, comeback run or not.
One of the most baffling narratives of the postseason has been this idea that OKC are underdogs and everyone underestimates them??? Like what??? They are the one seed
Kyrie didn't shoot well, the whole team missed 10+ free throws, plus Luka's last free throw pair split. Mavs still have the upper hand.
That doesn't change what OKC did to win it.
@@urbaindelva7869 it massively does, it means they got gifted a game they were supposed to lose. They'll find a different way to win the next ones, but the mistakes here wont happen again
@@Dsparity-excuses. How about the fact that everyone on the Thunder shot the worst they have all season (on a W) and still won?
OKC shot 38% from the field and 25% from three, with derrick jones jr having a legacy game though
@@BestShootermanUbzand the MAVS shot some of the worst from the ft line all season
Whoever wins is getting crushed by the Nuggets! 😎
Or wolves
Nah ..Nuggets have won three straight and it didn't even look that close in any one of those.. They just played lazily like they did with the Lakers series and thought they could win in the first two games..Now they are back
2:03 they were just asking Doncic for his new signature colorways.
The mavs are faking it. The NBA needs the show. Mavs in 2. They always win 2 in a row after a defeat.
missing that many free throws its obvious. the game is rigged. mavs got a massive pay day. they need to be investigated and terminated from the nba.
Tf do u mean always
Why does it feel like the refs help Boston every game. Sure the Cavs do foul Boston, that’s fair, but then Boston fouls Cleveland the same ways and no calls? I’m a heat fan and I saw a lot of this in the Miami series as well. Boston takes double, almost triple the amount of free throws each game. I would like the refs of the games to be officiated fairly. If Boston wins the title this year with the refs helping them the rest of the way I will not respect this ring at all. Come on NBA, your better than this.
The Cavs shot 16 more threes than the Celtics, so they weren't getting to the line as much. They were forcing turnovers, which was keeping them in the game.
In the second quarter, broadcaster mentioned something rare.. He said that Mavs had 15 fouls and OKC had no fouls.....even when we saw okc hitting and hitting everytime, like a normal playoff game.... This is why I think that maybe one bad referee decision may not affect the result. But 15 decisions against one single team and the other nothing??? The team that was benefited with this was OKC. We try to think that refs are not crooked but....Check the rep of the game. He literally said 15-0. That is a fact that makes anyone think.And they were slashing Luka and Kyrie all the time. It is impossible to be Cero fouls....That is just a fairy tale.
LeGM back at it.
Loving the playoff content
If your team gets 7 good looks down the stretch and misses all of them, and misses half its free throws at the same time, that team does not deserve to win.
Are you gonna launch the app at android? waiting.
Can’t Win Turnovers And Miss Free Throws
You sound so Balkan bro. Love your vids!
SGA's game looks a lot like young Chris Paul :p
Super hypen about Nuggets vs OKC series coming up. There is so much smart baskeball to be played without ego bs from the teams stars.
Its really unfortunate that Luka has to play though an injury
Feel bad for Mav fans when the team extended KIDD. Lot's of opportunities missed by Mavs and LUKA being LUKA.
They had to because lakers were going coach poaching
am a mavs fan, they deserved that L. those 48% missed freethrows killed their chances. the younger team showed more poise by making 23/24 freethrows. on the other hand, the mavs only made 12/23. they only have their selves to blame.
Everybody acting tough when they up. Hopefully Luka stops his cringy attempts at trash talk and sticks to foul baiting
SGA distracted luka to miss his crucial free throw , what a cheap move by a player
It use to be the media that would set up the narrative. Now its you guys. And you guys do a better job at it. Videos like this make me want to watch NBA basketball games again.
Kidd Should've let Luka rest Game 4
So “ice cold” has the opposite meaning now? 😂
SGA should've been MVP
Jayson Tatum Gimme Shaq Vibes
Celtics shaq
lol
OKC will still obviously lose. But doesn't matter much, since they are all young.
Everything is a bonus for them.
I think tonight decides it and it could go either way. Although Mavs were in this position last time with the Clippers and fought through. But I don’t see them winning two in a row if they lose tonight
OKC not dominant as a seed number 1. They never seem as they have a foot infront of the mavs. 😊
what happened @ 5:57?
When did being ice cold mean your making shots?
Lively can be bald and afro at the same time
Perhaps the mavs were overconfident after 2 wins and this first half. Maybe they adjust or maybe cancun
Everyone keeps saying young and inexperienced but they have the real MVP of the season.
If you crying always u loss
Idk, honestly it feels that denver/minesota winner will go on to nba finals. Seems to be stronger series.
Boston is just plain boring. Minimim team play, mostly iso ball game.
😂
difference is, OKC is relying heavily one one guy, dallas has two.
Neither of those 2 are playing well this series, both been absolute dogsht. Pj Washington has been the mavs best player vs okc by far and it’s not close.
@@michaelsun-qh5xe has he been guarded as "those 2"?
Luka Gimme Ty Jerome Vibes
OKC “should not” be the number 1 seed. Too young, too inexperienced.
But if you had followed their games closely throughout the season, you would have seen how often they fall behind early in games just to come back fighting in Q3 / Q4 and eventually winning the games.
“Dog mentality” woof woof
when No.25 from Mavs screamed the way Draymond Green did all the time, the team is doomed to lose in that game.
Huh
what
lol someone's sore PJ ate them up
yeah you need a joker shirt
Was at this game. The missed free throws killed em
And luka was bitching out the refs the ENTIRE game. Fuckin crybaby lol
@@longdong3 It seems like no one around him can tell him he needs to stop that :/
@@Nice-sm5hr fr lmao
Okc so lucky Luka is playing at 50% capacity on offense soooooooo lucky
3:34 you scared?
Mavs fans are delusional. Luka has been crying to the refs all series, something that would have gotten 99% of players ejected, the Thunder shot terribly from the field, and their only takeaway from the game is an imaginary double dribble ?
Thunder is dirty play like Luca foot trying to destroyed
This was surely supposed to happen**
Mavs threw so hard
I can say whoever wins between okc and mavs would be obliterated by either nuggets or wolves. Nuggets and wolves are the true finals and whoever wins would be the champ 100%
Lmao
Bro i don't think you know what ice cold means in basketball lmaoo
Luka Chokic
Choka Doncic works better
Bron scouting
Bro 16 seconds ago?!
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wowowow
proof the nba is rigged
FIRST!!!!
Second
Sooo... we dribble, we grab the ball, we fumble, we gather the ball, we make 2 steps, we then take another and start our dribble. Travelling, second dribble, he barely missed standing out of bounds for the trifecta!
Jaylen Brown Gimme Evan Mobley Vibes
NBA FINALS BOSTON-DENVER, remember the name
Man give the ball to Kyrie! He showed he can get any where n get a shot off! Luka too slow! Dumb play by a coach!!!!!
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