GAME 59 DIRKIE: Winner Luka (73%) | Runner-ups MK (12%) & DFS (12%)

[SleepingHero]

He also helped choke away what was left of the 20 point lead when he checked back in.  Mavs at a team squandered a few huge leads the entire game, so it wasn't all on him but he was bad in winning time and I think it mostly comes down to not taking the opponent seriously which was evident in his post game interview.

Listen, I agree with you he had a subpar 4th because he was focused on getting 50, but he wasn't the primary reason why the Mavs lost their lead. 

Luka subbed out with 9:59 left in the 4th. It was 110-86 at that point. Luka subbed back in at 6:36. It was 115-100. 14-5 run in 3 minutes as soon as Luka went to the bench. 

Then the Pels went on a crazy run with CJ McCollum lighting Brunson up. He hit an and-1 floater, a 3, and then another floater in 2 minutes. Herb then scored on Luka. Then Ingram pulled up on DFS. 

In that time Maxi missed a wide open 3 off a Luka pass. Then DFS missed another wide open 3 off a Brunson drive and kick. 
Luka missed 2 layups during that time as well. 

After all of that. Luka hits a layup, then DFS gets the steal. 

A subpar quarter yes. But not enough to me to spoil an absolute barrage where he put up 45 in 3 quarters and was the primary reason why the team was up by 24 in the first place.