GAME 4 Playoffs 2024: Los Angeles Clippers (1-2) vs Dallas Mavericks (2-1)

[Knutsen]

Mavs had 16 TO, Luka only contributed 3. Kyrie contributed 7 of them. Mavs were 4 of 16 in the first quarter with Luka 3 of 6 (rest of team went 1 of 10!!!).

I totally admit Luka is not shooting great, but this complaining against him is not warranted imho.

The thing is, we‘re expecting Luka to turn it up and play his best basketball when it‘s go-time in the postseason. And the reason is that he has delivered crazy postseason performances before. This season was by far his most efficient shootingwise and therefore it‘s astounding that he‘s had 4 of his most inefficient games in a row against the same opponent, seemingly without figuring things out. The reaction is criticism on here, because that’s the only thing we can do on a message board - we can‘t help him with his shot or psychologically!