PLAYOFFS ROUND 1: #4 LAC (4-3) vs #5 DAL (3-4)

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We are all mad at the moment but a bit overreacting as well. We are still at a great point to win the series.

In game 3, they went super small in the absence of Ibaka and it worked for them, mostly thanks to Porzingis’ atrocious game. But it also took them to play the best game to beat the Mavs. Their star duo were almost perfect and they got enourmous contribution from their role players, which we didn’t at all. These things happen. It was a crucial one, but just one game of the series.

Clippers are the better overall team, we all know that but still it took them a lot to be able to win the game. Maybe the Mavs needed a wake-up call and now they have it to rise to the occasion.

I was expecting this loss, to be honest. Not because of either team’s play but because of the atmosphere. It is not easy to play in front of such a crowd after so much time. Even though they were our fans, such an atmosphere puts some pressure on the players and the pressure definitely showed it self when we couldn’t respond to their comeback in the second half of the first quarter.

Now we have a better chance against them on Sunday. I don’t think we can play worse than last night, and neither can the Clippers play better. Rick will find a way to defend the small ball. The playoffs are played as series for this kind of adjustments, right?

We all knew it wouldn’t be easy to win the series and even on this board, many die hard fans picked the opponent because they are really good and showed us that they indeed are.

Now the Mavs have to demonstrate they are better than what many, even their fans, saw them to be and they will. On Sunday night we will be leading 3-1.