Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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... Lou Dort was going at his knees that whole series. Are we sure it was just fatigue?  ....

I'm not trying to rebut your post, just saying that I think Luka's knee injury was something he dealt with the entire playoffs. 

My own thought about the Boston series was that the Mavs as a team weren't ready for Boston. We were the up-and-coming team that ran into a team that had already paid their dues and were flat out better.