I understand not liking Gobert or his game but man, he's always the scapegoat. None of the Wolves stars have shown up. Ant threw away this game in the last minute, but still all I see is Gobert this and that

@topshelfdustin3060

Ай бұрын

He's been their best player...

@robbynkurnia5131

Ай бұрын

Gobert is phenomenal I think, clearly he is better defense than gafford or Dlive (in rookie year) but impossible he has more value than Gafford and Dlive combine in 48 minutes spread. Two is better than one

@michaelahurt

Ай бұрын

What is bizarre to me is against Jokic they played the lob every time and it really f**ked with Denver but now they are playing the ball and giving up the lob.

@Jomiloju-xw6wg

Ай бұрын

@@michaelahurt mavs have better playmakers it's easy

@michaelahurt

Ай бұрын

@@Jomiloju-xw6wg 1) Denver has Nikola Fucking Jokic he's pretty goddamn good but 2) it's not. Minnesota against Phoenix and Denver was disciplined and locked in and their effort level was astronomical Luka and Kyrie are that good but Minnesota is letting them get whatever they want. Go watch how LA and OKC defended them. Yeah they still made shots obviously that those defenses were actively taking things away whereas Minnesota is playing like it's a back-to-back against Detroit in February.

I wonder how much easier Luka sleeps at night knowing his offensive centers are Lively and Gafford instead of Dwight Powell. Edit: I jinxed the F outa this one.

@anryXcurse

Ай бұрын

Mavs signed him to extension too. Lol

@untexan

Ай бұрын

@@anryXcurseIt’s only 8M for two more years, he’s like the 9th or 10th highest paid player on the team

@MistaWordz

Ай бұрын

Yeah it's crazy how they were able to upgrade from THJ to DJJ, DFS to PJ, and Maxi/Powell to DLive/Gaff in only 1 season.

@kennethward4985

Ай бұрын

Best Center in the league.

@SageSpider2024

Ай бұрын

Ive heard in a couple interviews that Luka is so thankful they drafted Lively

Luca and Jokic look like the characters in Anime have all the time to analyze every situation before passing the ball

@lcako1616

Ай бұрын

Generation of Miracles type plays

All season mavs fans complain about kidd. Masterfully hea outcoaching in conference finals. Give man credit

@Iatehmem

Ай бұрын

For some reason I just think Kidd sucks in the Regular Season but shows his real value in the playoffs

@nattobaby

Ай бұрын

99% of mavs fans are dumb. specially the ones on the mavs subreddit

@ema2kolfiz828

Ай бұрын

No discovery today, Kidd great basketball mind

@xoirvinn

Ай бұрын

Yeah. It really helps when you have two of the best on ball creators in the league. Surround them with people like gafford, lively, pjail and djj. Luka and kyrie help Kidd more than Kidd helps them.

@XZA.B

Ай бұрын

I've always found it weird how NOBODY ever mentions Kidd in the best Coach debates

As a Wolves fan, our defense all regular season, and in the Phoenix / Denver series have basically figured out most of the looks that everyone has given us offensively. It’s crazy for me to think that we can’t figure out Dallas lob game, despite us being a very HUGE team. Props to Dallas for making an insane trade deadline.

@russellbyrnes7215

Ай бұрын

Your defence has actually been fine. The problem for the wolves is at the other end. This is the first great defence you have faced and if it wasn't for some flaming hot shooting from Jaden and Nas you probably don't break 100 in either game.

@CambuiFelix

Ай бұрын

It's what coach said, bro, they can't navigate the double screen só gobert is always 1v2 and they are toasted

@TheVegoran

Ай бұрын

Luka and Kyrie are just so much better ball handlers than what the Suns/Nuggets have, they get to the rim and have so many options. Ant also is playing really bad and without him scoring Wolves offense isn't that great... Then you have KAT who has smaller defenders on him but is just so passive 😅 Naz Reid can't win with these KATs

@rabd3721

Ай бұрын

You have double-penetration threats from THE two best finishers in the league, and both are capable of being phenomenal playmakers as well. Luka is a generational talent who has the ability to fake out defenders with potential lobs, assists, drives, kickouts, or stepback 3s. Dallas is also experienced and unphased by huge leads, so they'll keep attacking you the full 48 minutes until they steal the game. You did not face these challenges in Phoenix or Denver.

@OwskiiiGaming

Ай бұрын

Yall can’t guard Luka it’s pretty much that simple. Can’t guard him 1 on 1 and in the pick & roll he has mcdaniles or whoever else he wants on his back side for easy floaters and if the center shows to much it’s a lob!

Luka and Kai have birds eye view, the control of time and space are 2 levels far for here. If you double they pass, if you Iso they cook, if you clog they alley. Basketball masterpiece.

@enrobatroll5806

Ай бұрын

and ANT doesnt have those qualities, naz was wide open in the corner on the 16 sec mark, but instead became a turnover. kai and luka could have easily made that pass.

@albericponcedeleon2696

Ай бұрын

​@@enrobatroll5806 ANT is far from dumb but he's also not as smart or as creative as either Luka or Kyrie. The T-Wolves stars are at a mental disadvantage this series.

@BlueHundred1

Ай бұрын

It also helps that Kyrie is elite in almost any offensive role. He's great as a catch and shoot, he's great at attacking closeouts, he's just a scoring maestro.

@alankingchiu

Ай бұрын

@@BlueHundred1 Kyrie is probably the most skillful player I have ever seen.

@gooduplead2248

Ай бұрын

@@albericponcedeleon2696fax now that they down 2-0 mavs fin go crazy😂

The efficiency of lobs n’ dunks Mavs had w/Wolves 3 big men n’ McDaniels on the rooster is crazy. Luka n’ Kyrie elevates this Mavs team to a whole new level entirely

@nobnobnobnob

Ай бұрын

Not Luka and Kai on the lobs, but the fact that Lively and Gafford take turns

@jacktripper8726

Ай бұрын

Mavs broke Lob City record for most dunks in a game

@MrWalkerpercy

Ай бұрын

Hey now. I’m a Mavs fan, but don’t say McDaniels makes love to roosters.

The Edward’s turn overs in the 4th were massive, all 3 ended in 3s for the mavs

@sergioa.9695

Ай бұрын

Don't forget that stupid one with shot clock off closing the first half of game1 that resulted in a Kyrie 3 point play.

The sheer panic in Gobert's eyes as he realises Luka is stepping back in to the 3. The tiny wiggle of the hand. Luka probably hunts him in his nightmares.

@MD-jf1ml

Ай бұрын

If Luka didn’t travel it’d be epic right?

@josh3854

Ай бұрын

​@MD-jf1ml but he didn't travel. And yes it was an epic step back game winning 3. Cope harder

@hua..

Ай бұрын

@@MD-jf1ml awww, it's gonna be okay lil bro, you can wash those tears now

Luka’s lookoffs are very elite man. It really keeps the defense guessing.

I didn't notice how insanely luka faked out KAT until you pointed it out, amazing stuff to watch

@abtocool6350

Ай бұрын

The only passers in the league that I see manipulate defenders in the pick and roll with their eyes is luka, jokic, lebron, trae young and sometimes harden. Shout out to trae young though crazy passer for his size.

Incredible that Kidd is thoroughly outcoaching someone.

@user-hj7fl5rn5l

Ай бұрын

Multiple coaches too

@r.lr.l

Ай бұрын

Yeah definitely improved this season love to see it.

@albericponcedeleon2696

Ай бұрын

He remembered that he's a Top 10 PG All Time and the BBIQ that comes with that. 😂

@aceloco817

Ай бұрын

Got Finch in North Korea!! 🤣

@devvv4616

Ай бұрын

it's stranger that he wasn't a great coach right off the bat. He was one of the smartest PG's/player ever

lively was the biggest steal of the draft last year

@Davidstone568

Ай бұрын

And the trades gave luka a brand new team that he could make contenders starting on day 1

@thisaintart

Ай бұрын

Quality bball playoffs- stars aligned for the Mavs too. Honestly more excited about these matchups than I was for the eclipse 😂

@alexandermaksumic

Ай бұрын

Mavs pretty strong with the drafts hahah

Ben Taylor with his big baritone voice and slow motion graphics with analytics. This is why we live in North Korea.

@bdrpogo1834

Ай бұрын

Galactic pull

@pranavarora9976

Ай бұрын

I usually like Awful Coaching, but needlessly firing shots at other channels for attention is a bitch move.

@Colinkrauss1

Ай бұрын

@@pranavarora9976 what did he say, I stopped watching his videos pretty recently

@osirisra1476

Ай бұрын

@@pranavarora9976 Nah, he's awesome. Ben Taylor is awesome. Both can be awesome. I doubt Ben cares, it's obvious it's a gimmick, and a great one at that.

@SK99900

Ай бұрын

DRINKING BASKETBALL NEEDS TO BE STOPPED

"When the game is on the line, the basket must look enormous to Luka Doncic." goes so hard

Luka is goat material, period.

@nor-in5kj

Ай бұрын

Ant wished he'd be on same level as Luka

@bgdgdgdf4488

Ай бұрын

@@nor-in5kj Can you stop antagonizing the kid? What did he ever do to you? Can't we just praise Luka without bringing someone else down? (I am a 100% mavs fan btw)

"usually if Kyrie thinks He's fouled. It's a foul." W Irving

These Mavs are tough, Kyrie, Luka and the NBA's best Center when you combine all the numbers of Lively and Gafford, plus they never get tired and never foul trouble. Lively is inspirational, fighting them for every inch like hes been in the league 5 years !!!

@mindyourbuisness8104

Ай бұрын

I know you didn't say the NBAs best center

@danipedrosa3956

Ай бұрын

He said if u combine their numbers​@@mindyourbuisness8104

@thisaintart

Ай бұрын

@@mindyourbuisness8104he didn’t, it was someone else.

@aceloco817

Ай бұрын

Thinking of getting a Lively jersey. Since he's gonna be with us for a few years. Hopefully stays with the Mavs when his rookie contract is close to ending. I can see an All Defense 1st team in Lively's near future....

@LegendaryDrumr

Ай бұрын

​@aceloco817 given the circumstances, Dallad is the best place for him to be. Kyrie will retire a Mav, Luka is gonna sign that max contract, Gafford is perfect as an on court mentor while he has Tyson Chandler off the court. Plus he's been given nearly as much minutes as you could want in a rookie season and is now shining in the playoffs. For once since the 2011 season, the Mavs just hapoen to have the right mix of players at the right time. Thing about it is, every player at every position is younger than that championship team if ai'm nit mistaken and I'd argue, all are more talented at their position. Kyrie Irving/Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Caron Butler/Derrick Jones Jr, Shawn Marion/ PJ Washington Jr, Dirk/Luka, Tyson Chandler/DLive n Gafford. The talent of our team matches uo with the talent of any team in the NBA. Celtics may give us a little bit of problems, but I got Mavs in 6 or 7. Best case scenarionfor Lively's career, he's stays with the Mavs as long as possible.

Guess you couldn't avoid a Mavs video any longer.

@captainuki

Ай бұрын

I am still waiting for the answer of Why the Thunder are ignoring Dallas' shooters (!)

Wolves have been over reliant on their defensive abilities all season long. There’s a reason they were ranked 18th in points per 100 possessions in the league. It’s a different ball game when you’re facing an opponent that can defend as good as you can but score a lot better than you.

@thebekgo1624

Ай бұрын

well said 👏🏽

@Jbird1988

Ай бұрын

Dallas defense doesn't get mentioned enough

@loudnoises5372

Ай бұрын

@@Jbird1988 Happily will mention Dallas. Luka is my 2nd favorite player in the league. Take the wolves out back to the shed where they belong.

@tutoy2toy665

Ай бұрын

​@@Jbird1988 best defense in the league since march and no one is pointing it out going in to the post season.

@zeushualde5627

Ай бұрын

they hate luka and kai play defense

So does Luka impact winning or what?

@selflove9315

Ай бұрын

he does with one leg. he hopping when he shoot to lessen the impact on the right knee. put draymond and take the other leg maybe

@fredooogoated8335

Ай бұрын

He hasn’t won a championship yet calm down

@denniszenanywhere

Ай бұрын

He impacts whining.

@leonarronquillo593

Ай бұрын

@@fredooogoated8335 ??? TF by that logic, Tatum and co. are also bums and not contributing to winning lol

@simonkim8646

Ай бұрын

​@@fredooogoated8335None of the final 4's first options have won an nba championship. 2nd options that won are kyrie and siakam. So mavs and pacers in finals?

the way the mavs stagger drops with lively switching on the top of the key onto perimeter action and luka taking over the lane is crazy defense. d live is a defensive wizard.

Finally a coverage on the Mavs on a game where they win..

@rameus0618

Ай бұрын

Damn. You beat me to this.

@danieltost

Ай бұрын

Yep.. and although Luka deserved more praise.. that is already a win.

@A6T605

Ай бұрын

It has to do something with the impact on hammering casual bandwagon dreams and now he has to acknowledge Luka and the juggernaut Mavericks have become.

I can't imagine how much the average Wolves fan is worrying about this series. The Mavs role players on the wings (PJ, DJJ, Green, THJ) have not really been great on offense so far this series while the Mavs as a whole have been dreadful from 3, meanwhile Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid had two of their best games in their careers in the first games of the series and they still couldn't get it done.

@redmaengda

Ай бұрын

Jaden Hardy masterclass incoming

@GwiazdaSmierciZUlicyCzerskiej

Ай бұрын

Average Woves fan here. I worry in every game because this team is historical throwing leads.

@johnchua5153

Ай бұрын

on the flip side neither ant or kat have had a game even remotely close to their standards and the Wolves have lost both games by a combined point total of 4

@seanF1579

Ай бұрын

@@johnchua5153this is also the best D the Wolves have played in the playoffs by a long shot. Jokic is amazing offensively but gives little rim protection where the Mavs have 2 really solid tall rim protectors that are giving the Wolves all kinds of problems

Edwards was gifted 4 free throws on the previous plays.

@jeremiahsalvadorjuarez553

Ай бұрын

yup. And even after the foul wolves fans were complaining about even tho everyone knows is a rule the mavs ended up missing the shot right after and wolves got ANOThsr Chance to ice it. Then after Lukas shot they had ANOTHER one

@dominiquewashington2553

Ай бұрын

Without free throws Edward’s scores maybe 10 pts let that sink in as “face “ of the league

I love this format! Watching you go play by play through a game's key moments is like staring past the surface to the source code beneath.

Whoa the no-call on Kyrie with Ant guarding was crazy.

@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

Ай бұрын

no whining...MEN out there!! BOTH teams can gripe, KAI hacked the HECK out of Jaden as seen in the challenge for possession review! ☘💪🏿

I like the part where ant is gassed and trying to ride kyrie like a rodeo and still doesn’t get called for a foul lol! I thought when his hands wrapped all the way around kyrie that he might suplex him hahaa

@aceloco817

Ай бұрын

⏸️

The most surprising thing for me in this series is the fact that based on conventional wisdom and history. Typically a smaller team beats the bigger team by raining 3's, but the mavs is beating the wolves by drives, lobs and cuts it's insane

@julesm5892

Ай бұрын

there's a difference between a "small" team like the mavs and a small ball team like let's say the harden rockets or the warriors, the mavs still have big centers with gafford and especially lively that can roll hard and catch lobs while also being rim protectors and being able to defend other centers

@ibrahimtall6209

Ай бұрын

Ur tripping, mavs and wolves are well matched on size, don’t run w every bs narrative espn pushes just bc they gotta come up w some talking points

THIS CHANNEL IS FULL OF LUKA HATERS DONT THINK WE FORGOT

@thisaintart

Ай бұрын

“You need more haters” -Sun Tzu, quoting Kat Williams

@Jbird1988

Ай бұрын

Dude is a TALENT

@geordiejones5618

Ай бұрын

Just wait until he loses in the Finals. Hate will be at a whole new level. These Mavs are punching way above their actual stature and it's gonna end sooner than later. Every other playoffs has a team overperform before being stomped.

@ibrahimtall6209

Ай бұрын

@@geordiejones5618y’all BEEN saying that. Like the salty little pu nk villain. “One of these days!” When? What will u say when they handle the Celtics? You’ll probably go into anaphylactic shock.

@Kalelai087

Ай бұрын

@@geordiejones5618lol love the goalposts keep shifting just to maintain all that hate energy huh. “They wouldn’t make it past LAC in the first round.” That changed to “No chance against SGA and his number 1 seed.” Then the “getting swept by ANT and Wolves” quietened down real quick huh?

Did Luka have an impact winning this game or was he just padding da stats and ball hogging? I'm confused with your logic in the other video.

@borislavpopov2548

Ай бұрын

The legend also says he is trash on defense and is just sitting around when he doesn't have the ball which makes it harder for his co-star to play. Must be true it was in depth advanced stats analysis

@laoj03

Ай бұрын

What'd he say about Luka

@carlod5818

Ай бұрын

​@@laoj03criticizing reg season play, and id agree luka shows no defensive effort there, but the playoffs seem to be a different game for him

One thing i noticed in this slowmo replays is how much Gobert hits the passers face with his other hand (the hand not used to contest the lobs). Probably why players hate him so much. He hit Luka and Kyrie a lot

@rgonzalo511

Ай бұрын

Don't know if he's doing it just to protect himself or if he's doing on purpose to hurt players

@devvv4616

Ай бұрын

@@rgonzalo511 probably on purpose. no reason to aim for the face every time

Great job bro. For people who played basketball or coached. This is great content. ❤🏀

Love these watch alongs

This was probably in my top 5 Mavs playoff games of all time. What a classic game. Right up there with game 2 comeback of the 2011 finals, Dirk's crazy and-1 at the end of the Spurs series in 2006, and Luka dominating the Suns in game 7. It seems like there have been a huge number of comebacks this playoffs so far. Is there any data about all time playoff comebacks in a single season? I feel like this year must be up there.

This series has been a joy to watch

Between you and Gooder, that’s all I ever need for the NBA playoffs

Gafford + Lively = Lob Goblins

@thisaintart

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 bro they wildin

Thanks for the vid Ben!

“YEA GO HOME BTCH”😂 17:46

@endureuntiltheend86

Ай бұрын

Mitch

did it hurt to make something positive about Dallas?

I’m glad Kidd is able to put his coaching skills on display. I wasn’t sure how well he was doing but this run has a lot to do with him

Playoffs are all about match ups and the mavs are a tough one for the wolves. I actually think they are defending well enough its just Dallas is almsot equal to them on defence and in my opinion can switch way better. Lively is unbelievable for a rookie.

@michaelahurt

Ай бұрын

They aren't defending well enough. This is regular season defense. It's not same the intensity level and focus they had against Phoenix and Denver.

@mightyleafeon1907

Ай бұрын

OKC has defended the paint better in their series than MIN here.

@raycutler2524

Ай бұрын

​@michaelahurt They are facing luka and kyrie with the pick and roll lol, this isn't jamal murray. Not to mention that gafford and livley are more athletic than jokic, and also seem to have higher offensive iq than gordon with these lobs they always catch and knowing where to grab the boards at. Mavs defense is better than Denver's defense too since they have bigger and more athletic players

@russellbyrnes7215

Ай бұрын

​@@michaelahurtyeah but that's just their specific weakness, big ball handlers running high screens. I think Lebron and AD actually would have had some success against them too, although not as much as the mavs.

@russellbyrnes7215

Ай бұрын

​@@mightyleafeon1907yep and it was okcs offence that cost them too. Outside of SGA midrangers no one could do much, and they could actually play five out with rim protection.

My guy Jokic and Luka had me blushing the last 2 years. Jesus.

@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

Ай бұрын

cringe!

Nice analysis. The help and recover of Derek Jones Junior was worth mentioning also !

LOVE THESE STYLE VIDEOS🤩🤩

To Rudy or not to Rudy is the question 😂

@denniszenanywhere

Ай бұрын

I'd sit him down in the 4th for Anderson

But does Luka impact winning??? 🤔

@rebornvirgin

Ай бұрын

my fav meme 🤣

@rhylegonzaga

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@thebekgo1624

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@bombzomb4957

Ай бұрын

These guys are such luka and mavs haters took them two play off series and the mavs being up 2-0 on the wolves for them to make one postive video about the mavs

@cheef825

Ай бұрын

this is why we live in North Korea

Ben Taylor is talking like he needs a doctors appointment.

@pranavarora9976

Ай бұрын

He just sounds sleep deprived af lol

@mostpalone5963

Ай бұрын

he sound high af 😂

@KlayGoods123

Ай бұрын

He might, bro sick to his stomach seeing Luka up 2-0 against the team who beat his pookie Jokic

@notraakshade

Ай бұрын

@@KlayGoods123 Man had to edit, record and write videos on an entire 7 game playoff series. You wanted him to do okc vs mavs too? Bro just wants Ben to never sleep again.

@juliusguinto1785

Ай бұрын

@@notraakshade bro all mavs videos before this one are losses lmao

The double screen on top with the off ball exit screen coming all the way across is crazy play making

GREAT vid...THANKS!

1:02 That's one of my top 3 fav defensive plays ever, just HOW?!

Ain't you the same dude that had a video about why Luka's play doesn't translate to wins?

@leungsz

Ай бұрын

To be fair, Ben did say that Luka's play began to translate to wins after the trade deadline when both Gafford and Washington arrived.

@deadlylightningspirit4295

Ай бұрын

@@leungszso by his logic when the mavs were crippled and kyrie wasn’t playing and mavs were above .500 Luka was just there hurting the team. Anyone who thinks the best or second best player doesn’t contribute to winning a game is a fucking moron who should never talk about basketball. By that logic mj,Kobe,Lebron should never be considered winning players

@rgonzalo511

Ай бұрын

​@@deadlylightningspirit4295What are you even yapping about. Luka got a serious boost in offense with the addition of Washington and Gafford. It's not that hard to understand.

@borislavpopov2548

Ай бұрын

@@leungsz To be fair Luka has already been to the WCF at the same age as Ant with J Brunson(well not the current version) and Dinwidie as his 2 other best players, when he was the same age as Ant(ok 5 months older since one is born in August), so probably the winning didn't start 2 months ago, I'm not even gonna go in on the difference in rosters of the current TWolves and the Mavs 2 years ago, no DPOY's no All NBA players, no 6th man of the year no ROY and so on

@aleksandarstojanovski9193

Ай бұрын

@@borislavpopov2548 ant is not in the same league as luka, those jordan/kobe comparisons are wack

Media giving excuses to Ant that he is gassed.... Meanwhile Luka is CLEARLY hobbling BUT still doing what a SUPERSTAR is supposed to do!

@norjihads.4144

Ай бұрын

Luka is more MJ or Kobe than Antman is ..Facts

Great analysis per usual 👊

This Is lowkey a good playoff year.

I wonder if this guy impacts winning. Ive watched him be a top 5 player for 5 years now but my analytics say he’s a tier below 🤓.

@burningasbestos

Ай бұрын

oH, mY cAsUaL eYe tHiNkS lUkA iS iMpAcTiNg wInNinG, sO oBvIoUsLy tHe nUmbers pRovIdEd by tHE aNAlYsT aRe wRoNg

@jeffnemec

Ай бұрын

Luka impacts winning, there I said it for you.

@xavier92991

Ай бұрын

@@jeffnemec I’ll have to consult my VORP GLERP DERP and DRIP ratings first. I’ll get back to you.

@aleksandarstojanovski9193

Ай бұрын

yes I agree, there is a guy in LA that plays with modern shaq with defense plus a tailor made roster, his game impacts winning, he is consistently in the play in and he can afford to pad his stats in the 4th and freeze out teammates, he is a point forward you know. plus there is that guy in philly, 7 foot but takes 6 3s per game plus 50 FTs, he also plays like 30 games per year (not his fault that he is injury prone, but durability is ability) and he is the MVP, also that guy in boston that plays on an all star roster, very impactful when it comes to winning. its those euro guys in denver and dallas that are stat padders, their games dont impact winning, even though one of them won a championship with no all stars on his team while averaging a super efficient triple double and the other one was giving work to kawhi and george as a 20 year old, beat the shit out of the 1st seed in the west that had paul and booker on it with dwight powell as a prominent teammate. they are also not jacked so that means that they play bad defense.

@ibrahimtall6209

Ай бұрын

Yeah F this channel for real

Refs let that Conley bark at 0:44 go. Ez tech most days. Stop mid-play to show up a ref? Yeah. Playoffs have been extra physical this year. Giving me 90's vibes.

@leungsz

Ай бұрын

To be fair to Conley, he is not someone who complains a lot to the refs.

@michaelforrest9310

Ай бұрын

He's never gotten a tech in his entire career, I imagine refs don't wanna be the one to give him his first especially this close to retirement

Great breakdown and explanation.

Luka: "You mother****err, you cant effin' guard me!" 🥶

@thisaintart

Ай бұрын

He wasn’t speaking English He was speaking French.

@tannerw5011

Ай бұрын

i think it was “on your head mofo” at first but otherwise correct , that’s what i got

finally give the mavs credit

Kyle Anderson messes up the 2nd to last play. He stands in the dunker spot which messes up the spacing for Ant. He than decides to move to the corner, which forces Naz Reid to move and Ant misses the pass.

@HapticNoise

Ай бұрын

he didn't swing to the corner to shoot, if you watch him, he actually stops short and starts motioning over his shoulder to signal ant to kick it to reid. he was intending to preemptively screen a closeout to give naz a free shot

@shaneyy__

Ай бұрын

Slo Mo is motioning to Naz, who has been on a heater, because he’s setting a pindown screen. There’s 0 “ruined spacing” all five Mavericks were in the paint and Ant missed two wide open corners. He just choked. Nothing wrong with it, still a phenomenal player, but winning is hard. You can’t freeze up and miss the easy basketball play. He panicked.

Somebody hates Dallas 🤔

Too bad Luka doesn’t impact winning, right?

@ibrahimtall6209

Ай бұрын

F these Luka deniers and this begrudging azz channel

Great commentary.

Great stuff

I hit a last second game winner from the 3 point line once. I can tell you the basket does look much bigger and closer because of the adrenaline. For me It was just city league basketball but still apparently this kind of thing doesn’t happen that often. I was looking at a video where MJ has a total of 8 of 9 in his entire career.

It's really tough for them because they either give up a wide open corner 3 or a dunk/lob but this is one of the problems with defense now you have to sell out so hard on the pnr there's just elite offense everywhere if you have the vision of guys like Luka, Jokic, and Lebron.

@michaelahurt

Ай бұрын

It is but they just did this against Denver. They stayed attached to the ball handler, played the lob and the help defender busted his ass to get back to contest the three. Now they aren't staying attached (and a lot of times not even contesting the shot) -- except NAW; he's been fantastic still -- they are playing the ball and giving up the lob, and the help defender is staying attached to the "shooters" vs playing help and recover

@selflove9315

Ай бұрын

@@michaelahurt the thing is murray is far away from these 2 guards luka and irving. skill wise and intellectual wise. murray is more of a shooting guard and not creative as luka and kyrie.

@lubo1358

Ай бұрын

@@michaelahurt Right but that's mostly because of how much better Luka is a manipulating defenders than Murray who mostly relied on elite shot making. I agree in a sense because they aren't selling out on anything well. They're not taking away the lob or contesting Luka well. The only thing they do well is take away the corner 3.

@michaelahurt

Ай бұрын

@@lubo1358 Luka is better than Murray but Jokic is pretty good at manipulating defenses too and he was also running a ton of PnR It's just about effort and discipline. Against Denver they were hyper aware of Denver's tendencies and worked to take them away, worked to stay attached, and worked like hell to recover 25 feet to shooters. Realistically Minnesota should be able to do exactly what LA did -- make Luka beat you with mid-range jumpers -- just with better personnel but like you said, they aren't taking _anything_ away so Dallas is getting whatever they want I've said it a bunch but I think Minnesota's players were really feeling themselves and thought they did something. That's how they are playing anyway

@lubo1358

Ай бұрын

@@michaelahurt I don't think that's the case. Edwards is just streaky and so is KAT and when you're two main scorers are like that it can be hard to win games consistently.

im a huge mavs fan (since 2010s) but this rule where they cant call the foul after review is pure bullshit...whoever came up with that rule needs to be sacked IMMEDIATLY

That challenge and last offensive play for Edwards were the difference makers for me. Twolves absolutely had it 💨💨💨

Nice breakdown.

7:48 Another Rudy Gobert Classic

he’s so mad to be talking about the mavericks finally lol

Golbert is the one consistent player the Wolves have. Yes he’s on the spotlight but Ant and Kat deserve more blame. They’re supposed to be superstars? Ant was never at that level. He just haven’t encountered tough defense in this playoffs before this series and people are hyping him up so much.

Man, Kidd is following Spoelstra is doing last year :).

Idk why the wolves don't just switch that first screen... That's part of why they're getting burned on that stagger play

@shaneyy__

Ай бұрын

That’s what the second screen is for. Now you have to go over or under that screen. Go under and Luka just jerks back to the inside to reverse it. Go over and he picks you apart like a normal pick and roll. Switch it and Luka picks it apart like he did to end the game. If it were as easy as a single switch, a lot less points would be scored

I got to admit I'm guilty of banging on about how Kidd is awful as a coach but I gotta admit I was dead wrong he is putting on a masterful performance.

👏👏👍 Man, these two teams are so close in talents, actually they’re all are - Thunders, Nuggets, Mavs, Wolves. The T-Wolves really made some mental mistakes down the stretch to lose ALL games 1 to 3. M.I.A. missing in actions are Edwards’ aggressiveness and clutch, leadership, Towns’ long ball and points in the paint, and Rudy’s defense against Gafford/Lively. Different T-Wolves role players stepped up in every games but the Wolves’ trio decided to played disappearing acts. At the end of the day, I’m still rooting for Wolves, still rooting for Mavs, still rooting for a great game 7.

Obviously, Ant is young. He’s learning. He’s incredible. But missing both shooters on that last turnover play is crazy. Naz was 7/8 from three at that point and had like 15 feet of space from his defender. Idk how you don’t pass it to Naz.

Great observation on Gobert defending the drive too much, he did it different/better with 46 seconds left staying closer and funneling doncic towards help. But the real story is these dumb turnovers and mental lapses by Edwards (2 terrible passes/decisions in crunch time) and surprisingly conley (who seems to be in the wrong location so often on defence). And please, Minnesota, will you consider a 2-3 zone defence with mcdaniels and Edwards on top?

I've heard a rumor he doesn't impact winning and usually his teams do better without him, maybe they should have considered sitting Doncic down for the final play instead of Gobert 😉 Just putting it out there

9:30 we actually did get a funk on that play

I'm a die hard Mavs fan but I was pretty disgusted with the out of bounds call from McDaniel's where it was clearly a foul from Kyrie. There needs to be some rule revisions to stop this from happening.

3:30 mins left, he takes Kai and Luka out for the possession, and they actually get a stop, what a call.

Do they not enforce the free throw line violation anymore? Ive seen Edwards consistently step over the line before the ball makes contact with the rim when hes shooting free throws, and they are never called for a line violation

If the mavs win this series the Nuggets is done with Porter. These lively, Gad and PJ are doing their role and winning.

Some of the highest level ball I’ve ever seen is this Mavs playoff run. Wolves defense is as advertised but Mavs are able to walk them down inevitably.

@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

Ай бұрын

J KIDD!

Another thinking basketball masterpiece . Your work is a gift to the basketball community ❤

There was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR RUDY TO SWITCH ONTO LUKA FOR THAT FINAL SHOT.. YOU FIGHT THROUGH THE PICK AND MAKE THEM TAKE A TOUGH CONTESTED 2..

@jahimuddin2306

Ай бұрын

Sometimes I feel like Rudy does not use his brain while on the court. He is a great rim protector, but not a perimeter defender. Shit like this is why he gets so much hate.

@neu350

Ай бұрын

​@@jahimuddin2306 nah thats not a Rudy mistake, it was Jaden's since he was the one who switched. He should have blitzed too.

@mic_keycreates

Ай бұрын

@@neu350coaches fault ultimately. Gotta tell your guys to not switch and make someone other than Luka or Kyrie beat you..

"What other big man could switch on Luka and not get punished" how abt Lively? Young man put the clamps on Ant in that last possession. 😂

@Ray-dl5mp

Ай бұрын

How about any player not on skates would have made that tougher at least. It’s like Rudy faked out himself. It’s amusing the best defender supposedly in the league is that bad at movement.

That double pick and roll is so effective against teams with slow bigs. You just get everyone into a good position, and let luka and his elite playmaking do the rest

Thanks

0:44 1st time i saw Mike Conley got pissed on ref

17:09 Rudy really wanted this stop. Waving his had frantically on the close out.

@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

Ай бұрын

lol i saw that goofiness

If you were Minnesota what adjustments would you make to defend the staggered screen the Mavs run for Donkic and Irving? Is Gobbert a defensive liability against this team’s scheme?

what did Kidd do at the end with the dude courtside when Naz missed the last shot?

@untexan

Ай бұрын

It was Derrick Jones, he ended up over there after contesting the Naz shot

What if they pressure Luka to use his left hand more or attack from the left side, that way he settles for more contested threes. It will also force a lot more turnovers from him because right now he is very comfortable.

10:45 Conley travelled

At some point on the staggered PnRs the Wolves are going to have to have Rudy just sit on the roll/closer to the rim and have one of their bigs on the strong side help off of the corner shooter onto Luka. Especially if they empty the side and have 2 players in one corner like at 9:35 … these dunks are killing them.

Great analysis as always and while all the usual casuals Gobert haters focus on the last Doncic shot, This shows all the plays that built-up into this T'Wolves loss: outbound foul of McDaniels that was not called by the officials, Edwards throwing the ball out...