Game 6 Playoffs Dirkie Thread: Dereck Lively!!

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WOW! JUST WOW! MAVS DID IT! WHAT A COMEBACK! WHAT A GAME!


F THOSE THUNDER FLOPPERS! I swear to god I was going to pull my hair out listening to Richard Jefferson glaze the Thunder for 48 mins straight. ESPN is such trash.

So many Dirkie winners tonight. Heck can give it to basically everyone.

Josh had a great first half. I felt like he was reading the board and he came out swinging. Had a great off the dribble turnaround. He was attacking, hitting his threes. Fantastic game for Josh.

Hardy! How far has he grown? Hit some great shots and most importantly has really found his groove finding the big for the lob. He couldn't make that pass in summer league a year ago. Now he's doing it and helped propel his team to the WCF!!

Now it really starts to get hard... Luka, I mean what can I say? In a closeout game he puts up a 29/10/10 performance on 9/15 shooting. Hitting one of the most clutchest turnarounds to put the team up in crunch time. Found PJ not once but twice late in the 4th for wide open shots (that both sealed the game. More on that later!). He came up huge. ON ONE LEG LUKA STILL TAKES OUT OKC AND THE THUNDER!!! WHAT A GAME FROM THE DON! MVP!!!

Kyrie Freaking Irving is a master at basketball. He's a jedi. A magician. Watching him play is akin to watching a live orchestra play in front of you a masterpiece. He stepped up huge in the 2nd half, especially that 3rd quarter. He hit a clutch 3 to pull the team within 2. He facilitated to Lively for a nasty poster on Chet that was an and-1 to keep the team connected. He hit a MONSTER 3 that bounced in so perfectly to put the team up 3. C-L-U-T-C-H. SO many plays in the 4th that led to the win. He stepped up when it mattered. Seeing him and Luka embrace after the game brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Mr. Irving. Now rest up and time to start scouting the next opponent!

PJ Washington? PJ Washington. P.J. W. A. S. H. I. N. G. T. O. N. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ICE IN HIS VEINS! He was taken out of the game for the most BS touch fouls early. He couldn't find any rhythm. Does that stop PJ? HELL NAW! He had probably one of the biggest moments in the game before, you know, THAT moment. Mavs down 3 with 5 mins remaining and he somehow comes away with a huge offensive rebound off a missed Lively FT. How does he get that over Chet??? The ball finds its way back to him not 5 seconds later and he hits just a naaaaaaaassssttyyyyyy 3 to tie the game. He then goes down and plays lock down defense without fouling. What happens 2 minutes later? He hits ANOTHER naaaaaaaassssttyyyyyy 3 to put the Mavs up 3 with 2 mins left. AND THEN (CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE IS MORE???) HE DRAWS THE FOUL AND HITS 2 CLUTCH FTS TO PUT THE MAVS UP 2 AND WIN THE GAME! CAN YOU DIG IT????? PJ WASHINGTON JUST WOW!

AND HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT PJ WASHINGTON AND NOT MENTION HIS PARTNER ON THE WING DJJ??? DJJ stepped up huge this game. I didn't even realize he had 22 points. He had so many big 3s and was just relentless at the rim all night. He had this incredible falling away 2 point shot that was just arced in like a rainbow with a minute left to put the Mavs up 5. One of the clutchest shots of the series. He stepped up big tonight. Mavs get blown out without his timely buckets and defense.

But truthfully I have to give this Dirkie to Lively. What a monster man. What a win. When the going got tough Lively outplayed basically everyone on OKC besides Shai to seal the game. 15 rebounds, 12 points. Made his FTs when it mattered. Lively played all 12 minutes in the 4th and had 8 points, 6 rebounds (3 offensive!!) and was a +8. +26 overall in a playoff game is even more bonkers. WHAT A GAME FROM THE ROOKIE.

ANYONE OF THESE GUYS COULD'VE GOTTEN IT. DESERVEDLY SO. LETS GO MAVS!! TIME TO TAKE ON WHOEVER NEXT. 8 WINS DOWN, 8 MORE TO GO!

Word for word, absolutely spot on!

the only thing to add to this, and a complete tangent is the refs were baaaaaad, but Richard Jefferson was BAAAAAAAAAD!! man, I was neutral on that guy before tonight, now I hate him with the fury of a thousand suns!