GAME 1 Playoffs 2024: Dallas Mavericks (0-0) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (0-0)

[donzingis38]

I love you, Kai

[ThisIStheYear]

This is what I want to see. Ball handling, spread them out. Score. Guard play. I’d give them three and even four guard looks all series.

[The Jom]

Early rest for Luka is a new twist

[dirkfansince1998]

Early rest for Luka is a new twist

I really hope it is about rest and not injury related.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Luka asleep

[BigDirk41]

Not a good finish to the quarter

[ThisIStheYear]

Mavs playing too slow at the end of that quarter.

[dirkfansince1998]

Terrible way to end the quarter. Luka/Gafford miscommunication. Hardy gambling for the steal instead of staying in front of Edwards. Lack of experience showing.

[GATA]

Green has to attack the rim. Same with Hardy

[Chicagojk]

6 threes for Minny , 1 for Dallas. That the game so far. Hopefully it evens out. I am ok giving Anderson open three looks. You can’t just give him 15 footers.

Let’s see if green settles down. He looks a little like a chicken with his head cut off running out there. Need him to slow down a little.

[The Jom]

Minny bit players unconsciously hot and they’re only up 6. Not a bad quarter at all.

[ThisIStheYear]

Edwards dominated Luka in that quarter in every aspect, offense, defense, passing, rebounding.

[Mavs2021]

Early rest for Luka is a new twist

Doncic -14
DJJ -16

Can we defend McDaniels and Anderson a little at least. Everybody else that we contested struggled to shoot except Edwards. They are 6-7 for 16 points.

[dirkfansince1998]

Edwards dominated Luka in that quarter.

He has 8pts. Luka 6pts. And they never defended each other. Calm down Skip Bayless.

[GATA]

lol. Edwards didn’t dominate anything

[dirkfansince1998]

My prediciton that Kidd would stick with the rotations from the first two rounds is completly off. He is trying all kinds of things. Hardy. Now Exum and THJ. At this rate we will see Morris and Lawson within the next few minutes.

[Mavs2021]

I mean at some point Luka might want to defend McDaniels. I´d rather see Gobert put on his post moves 1 on 1.

[dirkfansince1998]

I mean at some point Luka might want to defend McDaniels. I´d rather see Gobert put on his post moves 1 on 1.

Luka is executing the gameplan. They left Westbrook and Giddey wide open. Now they are doing it with Anderson and McDaniels.

[GATA]

This is bad basketball. Exum shouldn’t be in the game

[ThisIStheYear]

Luka got lazy on that jump ball. He’s not really putting much effort into this half. Given up a ton of open looks to McDaniels too. I would have thought he’d heal up a little with all the rest since Saturday.