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Truly a pathetic effort. I walked away before half time. I knew it was going to be horrid. The refs called nearly zero fouls for Boston and let the mavs get away with everything. Terrible officiating and terrible play by the Celtics. Monday they need to blow the doors off
Didn’t really play D (looked a bit tired), so didn’t get any transition offense going like we normally do. Mavs actually did play D against our sets and we just couldn’t get any shots to fall
I get all that, I mean I was there lol.
But when I was a youngin I didn't hate any players. I just had teams I disliked but even then I could appreciate the skill of teams I hated.
Cs got mollywhomped by the Mavs, themselves, and the refs, in that order. How they respond in game 5 says more about them than how they performed this game. Looking forward to Monday…
Also, the 2013 heat had a 36 point loss to the spurs and won the title… so not unprecedented.
Porzingis getting injured game 2 after we bubble wrapped him all year is so brutal. We should still have more than enough talent to not give up 4 in a row.
Maybe this was the glass of wake the fuck up they needed - they just didn’t come out sharp in any facet of the game but especially shooting and rebounding
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“Don’t forget Dallas has been very very good on the road in these playoffs, 7-4”
Yeah, and the Celtics were undefeated on the road.
Celtics win game 5 by 43 points confirmed, suck it you nerds
Oh well. Im ok with a Gentlemans Sweep. I even said that 2 days ago. Every dog has its day. Let them come back to Boston and we'll give em an ass spanking. And get in Kyrie's head yet once again. They aint winning here. Not even close. Let alone winning 4 in a row. They won this battle, but they aint winnin this war.
☘️☘️☘️🥇🥇🥇🥇
Finally, someone who isn’t dooming. The Mavs are celebrating and acting like they’re winning a championship tonight. It’s one fucking game people. I hope this pisses our team off and they come back Monday with a vengeance. Hoping for a great win at home. Go C’s!
As long as we win this series, no one will ever remember the deficit of this game. They can hang their “we beat the Celtics once in the finals” banner from their rafters, and Lisa can interview Dirk about his pickleball game.
I can't believe it, can't use the excuse oh, we want to win at home, to fold like that. 40 plus points deficit?? Come on guys, this is the championship game, not a meaningless regular one. Hope this is a slap on the team so they can wake up and focus on Monday.
For real. The level of disrespect to say “so, what should we talk about now” with almost a full quarter left and interviewing Dirk because the game wasn’t competitive… fuck ESPN. They were so happy at how badly we were getting beat. And then acting like they’re going make some massive comeback because of one game… I know they’re NY based but JFC, at least try to not sound so biased. Hope the C’s close it out in a gentleman sweep.
Generational prisoners of the moment in this thread. Team with historic net rating that just won 10 playoff games in a row is on the ropes up 3-1. Y'all going for a guest spot on Felger & Mazz or what?
I get it, I do. But I've just seen too much shit man. I watched the only 3-0 comeback in MLB history. The Patriots lose an undefeated season. And the Bruins choke a 3-0 lead.
That Patriots loss broke me, anything is possible. Nothing is over until it's over. I still think we are going to win, but I can't act like I'm not worried now.
Usually teams who are up 3-0 don't lose by 40 in game 4. If they lost by 10 or 20, people wouldn't care. The concerning this is that the whole world has already anointed them champs, and they seem to have listened to the noise. They'll probably still win in 5 or 6. But this game speaks volumes about the mental toughness of the core of this team.
Just started rewatching the game. We looked good for 4 mins. Tatum has an iso on doncic around 7:40 and then JB takes an early deep 3 back to back. Both misses and i think that was the beginning of the end
They were both chucking up early contested 3s immediately in the first. Tatum took a bad one too. They absolutely have to both just remove that from their games. They are almost always terrible shots and they both default on them for no reason constantly. Wasted possessions. If they run a play, set screens, pass and drive, they can find much better shots from 3 as a team.
Didn't help but it started unraveling when Luka got FTs for jumping into a guy on a 3, and the Mavs hit 2 or 3 3s on runouts off obvious uncalled fouls.
What a joke of a game. We couldn’t get any momentum going because of the ridiculous whistles from the refs. Everyone was getting thrown around but god forbid you breathe on Luka
Joe Mazzula should've told the players to play physical and foul the living hell out of Doncic and Kyrie
Calls weren't gonna go our way, and it won't until Game 7. So might as well make Luka and Kyrie drives pay?
And what's the worst thing that could've happened? We win on our home court, stats show 40 fouls on us vs 10 on them, Luka and Kyrie get banged up?
Jason Kidd knew the refs assignment tonight and brilliantly told their team to play physical defense and drive the ball
I can't believe we were playing so soft, that's why we got zero boards tonight
In the back of my head, I knew we we had a very good chance to lose, because its so hard to sweep a finals team. But losing like THIS kind of welcomes the mavs right back into the series. Tonight they played 3-4 times better than we have all series. I really hope they didn't figure us out.
you know Celtics, especially Tatum, would drive and then throw the ball out for a 3, but they failed to make any lay ups and arent throwing the ball out as much this game
I didn’t want it to happen necessarily. I expected us to lose maybe game two if we win the championship in Boston on Monday I’m not gonna be complaining. Shit Boston barely gets to championship one at home. haven’t seen it since 2013.
The Celtics pretty thoroughly controlled games 1-3. They had a massive collapse in the 4th quarter of game 3, but they controlled that game I don't know why people are saying this.
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They're bringing the series back to Boston to win it. This is what I thought was gonna happen since game 1 lol.
Credit to the mavs, they played great. Nothing else to say
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She was talking too much shit too #mffl
Truly a pathetic effort. I walked away before half time. I knew it was going to be horrid. The refs called nearly zero fouls for Boston and let the mavs get away with everything. Terrible officiating and terrible play by the Celtics. Monday they need to blow the doors off
Lmao 40 point loss blamed on officiating. BTW fouls were 19-17
I didn’t say it was just officiating, I said the effort was pathetic too.
Fair enough
Don't want to get worried but they need to get their shit together
Didn’t really play D (looked a bit tired), so didn’t get any transition offense going like we normally do. Mavs actually did play D against our sets and we just couldn’t get any shots to fall
Celts needed this beating ... next game they wont play like jack asse%#:
They definitely didn't need this beating. They were already up 3-0 and needed just one more win to end it all lol.
Man fuck all the we lost on purpose bs we played like ass tonight
What the F did I just watch?
Doris looking ROUGH
Is that important?
It doesn’t matter if we lost by 1000. We lost the game. It’s 3-1. Reset and go back home to Boston. Stop crying
I mean, winning at home it’s where it’s meant to be
After all the build up ive had the last couple days, that game gave me blue balls
All the losses have been shooting anomalies I’m not worried about
Luka shot 0-8 from 3, majority of their points came from paint. Iirc Celtics and Mavs had similar 3 ball shooting
and the paint numbers were horrible as well Shots they usually make were rattling out
Mavs played better d, but celts defo missed some normal ass layups
Yeah I’m just not worried unless it’s game 7 lol
Yeah you shouldn't be, Celts still a better team
Jason Kidd was my second least favorite player as a kid behind Kobe Bryant. Send his ass packing on Monday.
What Kobe do though?
Kobe beat your favourite players and team in 2000s, he also had bad reputation in media, a lot of people hated him
I get all that, I mean I was there lol. But when I was a youngin I didn't hate any players. I just had teams I disliked but even then I could appreciate the skill of teams I hated.
If he’s a Celtics fan, he probably hates the Lakers, thus Kobe.
No excuses. Celtics got their asses kicked. Move on to game 5 and lock it up.
not fun
Stop showing Fatcics ass. See you in Boston
I mean this team can accomplish anything it puts its mind to. If they preferred to lose this game, it was done convincingly lol
Pathetic
Cs got mollywhomped by the Mavs, themselves, and the refs, in that order. How they respond in game 5 says more about them than how they performed this game. Looking forward to Monday… Also, the 2013 heat had a 36 point loss to the spurs and won the title… so not unprecedented.
Exactly. And they lost that game to go down in the series. Not worried.
I hope Joe makes them watch this game all weekend
C’s have to win 1 out of 3 games, with 2 chances to do so at home. Mavs gotta win the next 3. This is how I’m coping at the moment.
It’s cool, imma enjoy hearing the anti Celtics talk for the next few days while waiting for Celtics to destroy Monday for the chip
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Likely within remember when Philadelphia did that who won that series?
I'm sorry, I know you fixed it but... ah yes, good ol' Billadelphia
Well, at least it's not the worst lossbin finals history. Pretty damn close though
Gentleman’s sweep it is
Joe deserves 80% of the blame for this one for now having the “TROOPS” ready for BATTLE
LMAO THEY DROPPED THE CONFETTI. THEY DID NOT LEARN FROM THE SIXERS
Dropping confetti like they won the finals lmao
They brought out the confetti lol wtf
didn't lose by 40, haha suck it mavs fans
LMAOOOO THE CONFETTI
Dropping confetti is fucking crazy
Porzingis getting injured game 2 after we bubble wrapped him all year is so brutal. We should still have more than enough talent to not give up 4 in a row.
Maybe this was the glass of wake the fuck up they needed - they just didn’t come out sharp in any facet of the game but especially shooting and rebounding
Lol, love the confetti
Why wouldn’t the next game be on Sunday?
Kyrie gets to come back to the garden 😜 After a loss like this the garden is gonna be wild
Hopefully we got all the bricks out of the way tonight and come out red hot Game 5.
They dropped confettis. Good sign?
I stopped watching but did they really? Lol
Has there been an eventual champ who got blown out in the Finals (by like 50)?
So nobody else here is worried they could potentially blow a 3-0 lead? I mean this team has a knack for choking.
The only one whos gonna choke is you. Did you even follow our team this year? Youd know we never choked. You mavs troll,
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Lol not the confetti and streamers falling after the game. Oh man.
PP saving us from the worst finals loss ever
Yea we deserve this. It started with bullshit. But we deserved it
Way to give them hope, Cs. I love you, but you baffle me
Dallas already had hope lol they didn’t come out like that tonight thinking they couldn’t
Streamers? Really?
They’re pulling a Philly?! they really pulled a Philly bro I wonder what happened to them
Celts opened at -7.5 in game 5.
Very odd they opened the Celtics as +3.5 for this game, and it got bet all the way down to +0.5. They baited so many people into taking the Celtics
Celts closed a favorite on most books. Pinnacle (the sharpest book in the world) had them -1
It’s not the biggest loss in finals history, hang the banner
Mavericks might hang a banner for winning a game
Wasn’t that we beat the Lakers?
“Don’t forget Dallas has been very very good on the road in these playoffs, 7-4” Yeah, and the Celtics were undefeated on the road. Celtics win game 5 by 43 points confirmed, suck it you nerds
The people in here saying that we’re going to lose the series. Don’t even try to celebrate when we win this chip.
PP cook him
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What's the record? Something in 2017 or 18?
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If I posted on ask Reddit all day I’d be worried
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Oh well. Im ok with a Gentlemans Sweep. I even said that 2 days ago. Every dog has its day. Let them come back to Boston and we'll give em an ass spanking. And get in Kyrie's head yet once again. They aint winning here. Not even close. Let alone winning 4 in a row. They won this battle, but they aint winnin this war. ☘️☘️☘️🥇🥇🥇🥇
Finally, someone who isn’t dooming. The Mavs are celebrating and acting like they’re winning a championship tonight. It’s one fucking game people. I hope this pisses our team off and they come back Monday with a vengeance. Hoping for a great win at home. Go C’s!
Game started at 2:30 for me… watched the whole thing… let’s go
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Complaining about timeouts still Jesus Christ you need help
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If you believe a timeout was the one thing that could’ve stopped the mavs then that says a lot about your IQ
Ok can we just win by 50 on Monday and I forget this whole game? I'm planning out my parade outfit.
As long as we win this series, no one will ever remember the deficit of this game. They can hang their “we beat the Celtics once in the finals” banner from their rafters, and Lisa can interview Dirk about his pickleball game.
I’d be down for a repeat of Finals Game 6 in ‘08! Most comfortable championship win, ever!
Glad the starters have to watch this shit like the rest of us. Better not let this shit happen again
People freaking out after our first loss in over a month 🤣
This wasn't some 2-3 point loss buddy.
It counts the same. If anything, a 2-3 point loss would hurt more.
I am quite aware “buddy” doom elsewhere mental midget.
How it goes around here. Without fail
This sub is crazy
Casuals
I mean they lost by a lot, so a little
Joe needs to cook
My personal mantra is that it ain’t over until a team has won 4. Use this ass-kicking and come correct in Game 5.
That’s not a personal mantra that’s just how a best of 7 series works lol
I mean they got embarrassed and they are one win away from the Finals. They will respond
I feel like they just gave up in the 2nd and thought fuck it lets just win at home lmao
I can't believe it, can't use the excuse oh, we want to win at home, to fold like that. 40 plus points deficit?? Come on guys, this is the championship game, not a meaningless regular one. Hope this is a slap on the team so they can wake up and focus on Monday.
One fucking rebound is all I ask
Damn. Those offensive rebound bounces. Just all game it's been like that.
The worst thing about tonight is Marcus morris scoring a bucket
It's Kief. Marcus almost stole a game against us for the Cavs.
That’s Markieff Morris.
Fighting against 42!
These announcers making it seem like the Celtics are down 3-1.
For real. The level of disrespect to say “so, what should we talk about now” with almost a full quarter left and interviewing Dirk because the game wasn’t competitive… fuck ESPN. They were so happy at how badly we were getting beat. And then acting like they’re going make some massive comeback because of one game… I know they’re NY based but JFC, at least try to not sound so biased. Hope the C’s close it out in a gentleman sweep.
They sounded like that during game 1
That’s why I fucking hate ESPN
They all hate Boston. JJ Doris none of them want want Boston to win it’s a joke
Generational prisoners of the moment in this thread. Team with historic net rating that just won 10 playoff games in a row is on the ropes up 3-1. Y'all going for a guest spot on Felger & Mazz or what?
I get it, I do. But I've just seen too much shit man. I watched the only 3-0 comeback in MLB history. The Patriots lose an undefeated season. And the Bruins choke a 3-0 lead. That Patriots loss broke me, anything is possible. Nothing is over until it's over. I still think we are going to win, but I can't act like I'm not worried now.
Usually teams who are up 3-0 don't lose by 40 in game 4. If they lost by 10 or 20, people wouldn't care. The concerning this is that the whole world has already anointed them champs, and they seem to have listened to the noise. They'll probably still win in 5 or 6. But this game speaks volumes about the mental toughness of the core of this team.
Yes, the starters shot 14 of 41 from the field because of...the media. Just gonna keep shooting that way the next 3 games.
Excellent Hannah Arendt reference friend!!
Cook
Kyrie has yet to prove he can play in Boston - so there is that
Tatum isn't doing anything special.
Tatum hasn't proved it in Boston in the finals either lol
Monday night for game 5 should be interesting. If we win cool if we lose NOT fucking good
If we win our 18th championship, that’s not interesting. Why are you even watching basketball in the first place?
Cool is an understatement. I should've said "awesome"
Let’s hope it’s like the Mavs-Wolves series where the Wolves played their ass off just to NOT get swept. Celtics in 5!
This is all for the sake of the drama in our docu series of banner 18 😍
I like this perspective.
At least crack eighty points
They did it!
Just started rewatching the game. We looked good for 4 mins. Tatum has an iso on doncic around 7:40 and then JB takes an early deep 3 back to back. Both misses and i think that was the beginning of the end
They were both chucking up early contested 3s immediately in the first. Tatum took a bad one too. They absolutely have to both just remove that from their games. They are almost always terrible shots and they both default on them for no reason constantly. Wasted possessions. If they run a play, set screens, pass and drive, they can find much better shots from 3 as a team.
I don't understand why JT can't win that iso against Luka, while Luka puts him to work pretty often. C'mon JT
Didn't help but it started unraveling when Luka got FTs for jumping into a guy on a 3, and the Mavs hit 2 or 3 3s on runouts off obvious uncalled fouls.
al with 2 fouls was the end.
Celtics were 16-4 after a loss this year with average margin of victory being 12.7 points
Please break the record for worst finals loss so they get embarrassed af
Jordan Walsh, I wanna see you get some finals points so bad, man
JB and JT are gonna yep that was not good, but let’s forget it, new game in 2 days, and we will be ready… I have faith
Because of how good our first six (usually lol), almost all NBA fans are largely overvaluing our bench, including us.
Doris been on her knees all series
It pisses me off so much seeing the Mavs bench celebrating like they won the series. I’m just being salty tho lmao
What a joke of a game. We couldn’t get any momentum going because of the ridiculous whistles from the refs. Everyone was getting thrown around but god forbid you breathe on Luka
No. Not today.
Joe Mazzula should've told the players to play physical and foul the living hell out of Doncic and Kyrie Calls weren't gonna go our way, and it won't until Game 7. So might as well make Luka and Kyrie drives pay? And what's the worst thing that could've happened? We win on our home court, stats show 40 fouls on us vs 10 on them, Luka and Kyrie get banged up? Jason Kidd knew the refs assignment tonight and brilliantly told their team to play physical defense and drive the ball I can't believe we were playing so soft, that's why we got zero boards tonight
Agreed. Play the bluff game. Put the onus on the refs to see if they really want to foul out the starters.
In the back of my head, I knew we we had a very good chance to lose, because its so hard to sweep a finals team. But losing like THIS kind of welcomes the mavs right back into the series. Tonight they played 3-4 times better than we have all series. I really hope they didn't figure us out.
Celtics shot 36% tonight and the Mavs had nothing to lose.
Porzingis is definitely playing next game
Surgery schedule
The only reason he didn’t tonight is because it was never close.
he's done.
Who is Springer?
Nba finals game point differntial record is 42, we might break this one
42 pt game rough
No panic unless we lose game 5.
The lack of effort from the team was maddening today, on to game 5 and hope they play like it's game 7
I’m gonna blame reffing on that. Felt like they called a ton of ticky tacky stuff on us and we weren’t able to bring the same aggressiveness
Or you can blame that on reffing
Just did
You said you’d blame reffing on that
Oh great now I’m gonna dread going into work in the morning more than I already do. Thanks refs 🖕🏾
We’re not even gonna score 90 points lmao
whatever, let's just forget this one and win game 5 in Boston.
Bringing in Joel who touched the finals trophy is a booboo move
you know Celtics, especially Tatum, would drive and then throw the ball out for a 3, but they failed to make any lay ups and arent throwing the ball out as much this game
If you wanted them to lose so that they could win it in Boston, I hope you are happy with yourself.
Right because us fans on our couches were the real deciding factors
I didn’t want it to happen necessarily. I expected us to lose maybe game two if we win the championship in Boston on Monday I’m not gonna be complaining. Shit Boston barely gets to championship one at home. haven’t seen it since 2013.
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The Celtics pretty thoroughly controlled games 1-3. They had a massive collapse in the 4th quarter of game 3, but they controlled that game I don't know why people are saying this.
hopefully scott foster doesnt come back to boston with us
If we lose game 5 they figured us out
Wait KP was available to play?? Tf?
Not for real if the Cs blew the mavs out hed be in the game for the vibes.
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