Perk lauds the ‘unselfish play’ of Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving in Mavs’ Game 2 win | NBA Today
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NBA Today’s Malika Andrews, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins recap the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 2 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder to even up the Western Conference Semifinals at 1-1.
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Matured Kyrie is a menace!
@CharifRocka
Ай бұрын
Brotha Irving!
@TunjungUtomo
Ай бұрын
A leader Kyrie
@fikygiffari8643
Ай бұрын
uncle drew
@pWoLiAn
Ай бұрын
get him vaccinated
After everything people say to Kyrie and now they on his side is kinda wild
@RandomCitizen014
Ай бұрын
Well he’s not acting like a lunatic and has been dependable. It was never about his basketball abilities.
@terrence8483
Ай бұрын
@@RandomCitizen014 what's your definition of acting like a lunatic ? Just because a black man is not acting how u want them to act does not mean they are acting like a lunatic.
@graycie8512
Ай бұрын
@@terrence8483Perfectly said once a black man has his own views and opinions and goes against these racist, slave master people they try to bring him down, but has Kyrie said he knows who he is and he's nobody puppet on a string. PERIOD !!!!!!
@hibida651
Ай бұрын
@@RandomCitizen014 blud yall injected poison in ur blood LMAO!! ur the ones who are acting lunatic for taking the jab voluntarily
@dustinposey8476
Ай бұрын
Say it again for the people in the bac@@terrence8483...I wonder what race ole dude is...😭😭😭 because all i hear is 🦗s
Lets talk about how OKC players are intentionally further injuring Luka and how they're getting away with it. First Dort tripping Luka 4 times already in these 2 games while going at his knee then that role player in forth quarter literally nowhere near ball diving on Luka's knee and literally injuring him because after that Luka was limping for like 5 straight minutes. If you cant beat him further injure him?
@randypage26
Ай бұрын
Luka is a warrior
@SK99900
Ай бұрын
@@randypage26 true that b with 22 jersey tried to take him out someone should say hey review this, dirty play flagrant get him out of here...
@thunderkat035
Ай бұрын
Luka is a clumpsy whiney complaining to ref player plain and simple
@isaacgeorge6699
Ай бұрын
@@thunderkat035 you smoke that nasty stuff don’t you? Watch the games (if you can afford them) or ask your momma to pay for it. You don’t watch live games, your comment shows that. OKC is trying to take out Luka. Plain and simple
@thehardnesschannel1605
Ай бұрын
Is that you Russ?
Luka is showing the league that he’s the real MVP!!! The Mavs are beating OKC in 6 games. I know Kyrie scored 9 points in game 2 but he’s been playing out of his mind
@southernflavamaker
Ай бұрын
Five games
@giffondhall9214
Ай бұрын
@@southernflavamaker give OKC 2 wins in the series
@efeezy7770
Ай бұрын
And Kyrie has been the best player in the playoffs for the Mavs there’s that also
@Veritas-Vincit
Ай бұрын
No lies detected
@xxsskyyxx
Ай бұрын
Kai was the mvp of round 1 he won that first series he clippers with his playing both sides of the ball .. he was locking up especially game 5 and 6 .. then his second half clutch scoring explosions
Kyrie got the best character development since Vegeta
@paulphoenix1551
Ай бұрын
Seems legit.
@koujihimura8887
Ай бұрын
I appreciate this comment 😂😂
@KPyles89
Ай бұрын
Lmaooo facts
@akshyadulal1455
Ай бұрын
I think he more like Sasuke😂
😂😂😂”No it’s not the sound you think”
@jaysouthmusic8230
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@kurtcyrus123
Ай бұрын
anybody know whats going on there ? was it a prank or what?
@MegaHermos
Ай бұрын
😂😂
People said Kyrie couldn't play winning team basketball, now that he is they're ALL quiet. Thankfully big Perk isn't afraid of fall back on old narratives and spoke up on how you can impact a game more than just scoring
@xxsskyyxx
Ай бұрын
Only haters .. Kai won that first round for them with his play on both sides and his 4th Q explosions scoring in the clutch .. .. his defense been crazy all playoffs especially game 5 and 6 bs clippers and game 2 vs thunder as well .. he’s been the best defender at guard in these playoffs..
@tristantemple834
Ай бұрын
@@xxsskyyxxAs long as Kyrie isn’t injured there’s a good chance the Mavs can make it to the WCF a healthy Kyrie is a scary Kyrie he finally gets to show people that after so many injured playoffs.
"it's just like me on a piece of chicken" 😂
@GoodSince85
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@AlexK-ew1mo
Ай бұрын
Good thing he didn't say fried chicken. That'd be racist
@djcontagious2929
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
Kyrie impacting every game
Kyrie one of the GOAT's
@dtippitt2
Ай бұрын
And he’s a champion
"u gon stand on business or u gon fold like clean sheets?" 😂
They try and beat Luka down but that just makes him angrier. You won’t like him when he’s angry
FINALLY KY'S DEFENSE GETTING SOME RECOGNITION! HE BEEN BODYING EVERYONE IN THE LEAGUE
@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC
Ай бұрын
Spot on! No more all capital letters though LOL.. carry on
People don’t see it but I called it a while ago. It’s not guaranteed but the Mavs winning the chip. Like you could comparably compare Luka to LbJ on the championship Cavs team and then Kyrie isn’t a declining player at all… Hopefully Luka is a little healthier
@tamrattheg
Ай бұрын
This year? NO way. They are not going to win against the Timberwolves with their current personnel and form.
@dpend
Ай бұрын
@@tamratthegthe series is not over yet 😂 let’s see how hungry Denver is tonight for a W. I agree Wolves have looked like the better team.
@ybskdot23
Ай бұрын
@@tamrattheg I think there’s a slim chance fr but I wouldn’t be shocked. Minnesota is the favorite at the moment but that could change in like 4 days or so lol depending how Denver comes out looking. I think Denver’s cooked though
@giffondhall9214
Ай бұрын
@@tamrattheg timberwolves ain't going to the finals either so stop it 😆
@zacharybarlow518
Ай бұрын
@@ybskdot23twolves did get cooked tonight
People saying this isn’t sustainable… but it is. The Thunder pack the paint and force role players to take threes. They have to put so much pressure on Luka and Kai that the shots for the role players on the Mavs are literally wide open.
@tezwndrs
Ай бұрын
Nd Kyrie bout due for a good game
@jae3348
Ай бұрын
You act like adjustments don’t happen
@sketchison4005
Ай бұрын
@@jae3348 never said they can’t adjust, but they literally have played this exact defense all year.
@tezwndrs
Ай бұрын
@@sketchison4005 fax. Thunder got a bad matchup fr. They’ll be lucky to win this series
At this point we all might as well just call him Captain Kyrie. He is the embodiment of a leadership in this Mavs team. And looking back in reflection, before Kyrie’s arrival, Luka has been carrying, and expected to carry, the team since 2019 when he was only 20 years old, and people had the audacity to criticize Luka as selfish, ball hogger, stat padder? Now we all can see when he got someone he really can trust and look up to, he’s more than willing to share the role
SO proud of big perk! 🤜🏿
Kai been balling on d all playoffs ..He really won the first round for them with his play on both sides..
People act like luka is a ball hog and all scoring, but ignore that hes one of the best passers in the league and playing incredible defense this year
@xdscgiefkeef8208
Ай бұрын
And the people are right his main thing is his scoring basketball is more than. Just being a great scorer cuz every time they show highlights of Luka it's always on the offensive end you never see him make any defensive plays and highlights can you blame them I feel like his offense is his defense does Definitely going to come back to hurt him in the end look at James harden prime example Luka not balanced
@Blockparty24
Ай бұрын
@@xdscgiefkeef8208 your analysis is as trash as your grammar
@lovemycity420
Ай бұрын
Luka led the league in blow bys in regular season and after round 1 he was leading the playoffs in blow bys too! Horrible on Defense
@Blockparty24
Ай бұрын
@@lovemycity420 spoken like someone who just read a number and made an assumption instead of watching him play. Luka has been great on defense in these playoffs
Not Kyrie becoming a lockdown defender
Perk is a playoff riser for game analysis
Yeah Kyrie Irving's been playing excellent defense right now with 11 dimes let's Go Mavs 🙌
im glad perk recognized that, okc fans chirping he only got 9 pts but his defense was a game changer
@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC
Ай бұрын
They can chirp all the way to the land of the big L on home court
I love Kyrie and he had one of the more amazing 9 point games you’ll ever see but it’s disrespectful to Luka or even Shai to say he was the best player on the court last night. Not to mention 29 points from PJ
@dpend
Ай бұрын
Yeah that’s a little bit much 😂 Kyrie has crazy impact with his low scoring games but that comment was unnecessary
@hibida651
Ай бұрын
perk mean in defense. cus he is. he disrupted OKC's offense. and OKC will adjust next game cus of kyrie.. he also played decoy to perfection.. OKC was trapping him all game and kyrie keeps making them pay by making the right play and swiningin it to an open teamate
Ksi defense now should be talked about .. he wants to win he’s more mature and instead of trying to get all the individual praises and attention with his skills and scoring abilities , he lets Luka be Luka and he does what he needs to win and compete
LUKA MAGIC UNSTOPPABLE in OFFENSE 🔥🔥🔥
Ain't NOTHING LIKE MATURE KAI ...He's murdering everybody.
Crazy how Kyrie game growth over the years he can impact the game in multiple ways not only scoring
Yup i agree
Luka vs Jokic WCF
Kyrie needs to tap into that inner Rondo and run the point of they are gonna beat OKC
Keep sleeping on the mavs they will continue to prove you wrong
rare perkin W takes
Pj has been getting better and berger every game. I think he'll be a mav for a long time
Defence win games it is not just offense but how to stop the other team
Kyrie and Jokic are the only all stars left in the playoffs that already have a ring
Kyrie had 11 assists, but when you watch the game, it feels like he had 20 assists. He was involving everyone in the game, totally unselfish. He knows he can take over the game whenever he wants, but in order to win, he knows he needs his teammates to play their best, and that´s what he did, he made everyone around him better.
The way these refs are missing the foul calls for Mavs are crazy.
Mavs needs to defend the ball handler in transition. OKC was going to coast to coast, and none of the Mavs players stepped up to stop the ball. On one play, 3/4 Mavs players got back on defense too late, and the 5th player never got past half court. Needless to say, OKC scored and was back on defense before the MAVS could bring the ball up the court. Did anyone else notice this? 💭🤔
You know tnt is mad about the Mavs win, shaq such a hater a white european player cooking the "brothers"
@ericheffner112
Ай бұрын
That's CAP bro. I don't know what Shaq is on now, but before the season started he picked the Mavs to win the championship. He's also bought a mansion in Dallas where Luka has visited. He and Luka actually kick it a lot. Onstage at night clubs and all. Just Google Shaq and Luka. Luka set "Mr. Shaqovich" up with a mansion rental and a blue hookah. 😌
All the homies hate Malika Andrews
Mavs are playing excellent defense as a team, role players are doing their thing scoring wise. Just wait until Kyrie & Luka score 30 a piece combined with what the role players are doing
Kyrie is remarkable, but they only call him the best on the floor ao they don't have to give props to Luka who has problematic skin colour.
@briannoble1022
Ай бұрын
What is problematic is Luka ball hogging from start to finish every game. He's lucky Kyrie is is on this team because no other superstar would ever put up with that kind of selfishness. Kyrie was easily the best player on the court with his overall play (if you know anything about winning playoff basketball) in terms of his exceptional defense and putting the role players in a position to to score and be successful, instead of jacking up every shot and dominating the ball like Luka! You don't understand what is winning basketball in the playoffs. Luka has been horrible in these playoffs both offensively and defensively because all he does is hunt stats so he can get all the credit...even if he's bricking every shot! That's losing basketball - James Harden 2.0. Shoots a million shots inefficiently and selfishly hunt stats all game. If it weren't for Kyrie, Luka would be bounced from the playoffs by the Clippers AGAIN in the first round!!
@jjcometa9333
Ай бұрын
@@briannoble1022😂
@ballbreathtaker9773
Ай бұрын
@@briannoble1022🤡
@ballbreathtaker9773
Ай бұрын
They are absolute clowns. When Luka has 19 points he has horrible game, when Kyrie has 9 points (and Luka has 29, plus 10 rebounds, plus 7 assist, plus blocks, steals, etc) Kyrie is the best player. Actually Kyrie is a really great player. But Luka is by far the best player in the world who is not only carrying the Mavs season after season, but is playing injured in the playoffs and sacrificing his health for the team success making all of his teammates- including Kyrie - better. And of course they brazenly stole the MVP award from Luka as they did it last year with Jokic.
Good to see Kyrie getting his credit...he has been working. Funny thing seeing Kyrie affect a game without scoring
Hes right about Kyrie doing what needs to be done... Kyrie is smart and a real good teammate...
Sane mental state kyrie is a certified problem
@terrence8483
Ай бұрын
When do you think Kyrie did not have sane mental ? Was it last year when he was an allstar starter and averaging 27 points a game ?
@thanos8914
Ай бұрын
@@terrence8483 why you trying so hard to pick a fight 😭 go get some help who hurt you
@9chalantmusic227
Ай бұрын
@@thanos8914why you ain’t answer the mans question ? 😂😂
@thanos8914
Ай бұрын
@@9chalantmusic227 cause dude named Terrence
@dustinposey8476
Ай бұрын
@@thanos8914 keep deflecting gump.
How bout them Mavs is right!
Laughing when showing luka falls hard in the floor, really espn cant hide the hate on luka anymore
Kyrie was the best player on the court? Come one Perk, stop with the cap
Mavs in 6 ✅✅✅
Mavs in five
Lol these ppl are a joke, they change with the wind. Kyrie last year was this cancer that was terrible for the Mavs if you listened to ESPN. Kyrie is one of the better leaders in the game, he leads by example on the court
Kyrie the best player on the Floor?? What is he smoking
@garyspence2128
Ай бұрын
Kyrie is the only one who already has a ring. Start with that fact...
@jjcometa9333
Ай бұрын
@garyspence2128 well calm down. Bron has more rings than AD. Buy AD was arguably better than bron on that nuggets series. You cant be better than someone because he has a ring? Stop it
@akirosakuragi9279
Ай бұрын
@@jjcometa9333He got a flawed logic but his point isn't wrong. Kyrie was better than Luka these playoffs so far. A fact that even Luka admitted himself, when he said he's letting Kyrie down at one point
Ahhh ahhhh ahhhh😂
This Might Be A Random Question But Uh Is Devin Booker Better Than Dwyane Wade?
@basheerumar9615
Ай бұрын
Maybe
@COTTAGE81-fp8lc
Ай бұрын
@@basheerumar9615 Yes I Agree Devin Booker Is Better Than Dwyane Wade My Brother Period Bro
@tamrattheg
Ай бұрын
HELL NO!
@BareMohamed-hi6ld
Ай бұрын
Devin booker is not even better than Tim hardway jr 😂😂😂
@august6281
Ай бұрын
No. That 03-11 Wade was real unlike DBook who always fold especially on *_eliminations_* games. Wade also played 2 sides of the court on a high level. Before fans hit me with Book's great playoff average, kindly observe i emphasized (elimination) games which Book is currently 0-4 with 19pts, 11pts, 12pts, and 49pts respectively. And i bet most of his fans watched those games. We could see from their body language on how rattled he and the Suns were. On how they moved on offense, on how they got their TOs, and on how they took their shots.
OKC in 5
PERKINS be like... Kyrie: 9 pts 11 asts 2 stl 2 blk - WOW AWESOME DEFENSE! LET'S PRAISE HIM! Tatum: 18 pts 11 rebs 7 assists 3 blocks - Tatum is not a leader! Boston is in trouble! (After winning by 25+ pts) Geez, the media love for other teams and players + the hate for Tatum and Boston is so funny
@jonnstewart2023
Ай бұрын
The standard is different cuz Tatum is talked about as a potential top 5 player but his offensive output is not matching his status. And it literally cost them the game against the cavs. He shot really bad in the first half and once the game was out of reach scored points
@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC
Ай бұрын
OMG don't whine about the media... As long as Tatum puts in the work and FINALLY gets it done who cares? Boston versus everybody
@leogaming4663
Ай бұрын
Stats are for those who couldn’t watch the game.
@juandelacruz3718
Ай бұрын
@@jonnstewart2023 now that Tatum dellivered a 30+ double-double, you will not hear anything from the media but still hate
I don't know why perk be mentioning Kyrie as a championship player he would have never won that championship without LeBron will never even got there he will not win another championship without LeBron.
@tristantemple834
Ай бұрын
Why didn’t Bron win in 2015?
@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC
Ай бұрын
Dang! Your hate is deep. That's not a pleasant existence I wouldn't think. Spread love
@corymoon1445
Ай бұрын
LeBron has won a championship since separated from Irving let's just go back to 2020 Lakers yeah so LeBron don't need Kyrie if he would have stayed with Cleveland he could have two to three rings he's the one that chose to leave.
@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC
Ай бұрын
@@corymoon1445lol he hit the most iconic shot in finals history!!! and CLEARLY they're still good with each other but friends should not always be teammates I guess? That doesn't sound like a far fetched phenomenon in some instances with alpha males in pro sports it was rumors that he wanted him in Los Angeles but us fans don't know the inside REAL deal. Maybe it was determined that wasn't a good idea so he ended up in Dallas. I love him like a first cousin, but I don't feel sorry for him for not getting another ring YET!! And not sure why the topic of King James was brought up in the first place in response to Perkins analysis. We can celebrate our favorite players and teams without belittling others legacy....Bron mt Rushmore KAI seems happy so im happy for them BOTH
@corymoon1445
Ай бұрын
I agree Irving helped but how come Irving never made it to the finals without LeBron before he got there if LeBron never went to the cavaliers that shot doesn't exist.