07-06-2021, 12:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2021, 12:49 AM by SleepingHero.)
(07-05-2021, 08:44 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Are we totally dismissing Utah who they would have played next? Then Phoenix.
A hobbled Utah with Conley out and Mitchell on a bum ankle? A series where KP could actually prove useful in bringing Gobert out the paint? Yeah I think the Mavs would have had a great shot against them with Luka playing the way he was playing dropping 40 seemingly every game on 50/50/50 shooting.
PHX had Paul out the first 2 games. That's a BIG deal. I wouldn't automatically just assume they'd beat them though, given how PHX is playing.
But PHX right now wasn't as good as a fully healthy LAC team. Transitive property tells us that the Mavs could have given the Suns a serious run in the WCF and could have had a probable finals birth.
But it doesn't matter. No use in arguing hypotheticals. My argument was mainly to highlight the level at which Luka was playing at, and that he alone could've single handedly propelled this team to the finals.
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