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That has to be an ejection. Would be if it were Draymond Green

BlueMann:
Oh dear. Lively writhes in pain after taking another shot to the head

There was no need for Naz Reid to drop his arm like that, he wasn't gonna block sh!t

It's deliberate at this point

A40:
Kyrie and Luka really shat the bed today. How they allowed KAT and Rudy to finish the game is abominable

They badly missed Lively as well. The rim protection was sorely missing

On the flipside I think the nerves also finally caught up with the Mavs. Now onto game 5 and contrary to what most people think, homecourt in the playoffs is not as big of an advantage as it's made out to be especially between elite competition

Won't be surprised if the Mavs are more locked in and close out in Game 5. Certain teams I remember like the Spurs growing up they loved to end series on the road. It's why they were such villains in their earlier title runs

Everything playing out exactly as I called it.

KAT will have to knee Lively in the head again ohh snap Reid just did for them to make a comeback on this one and I'm not even sure it would be enough

If Lively was healthy Game 4 this could have easily been a sweep

If you're the Mavs you put this team to the sword. Do not make the same mistake Nuggets made. No brakes no mercy. No look scoreboard or time left

Said it the other day that closing out a series on the road is much easier for good teams. You can tune out all the noise and just lock in and that home court advantage is not as important between equally matched teams as people like to think

Khanben:
The thing is the Mavs will take that match up all day long. That match up will not wear Luka down, yes Gobert might score but he won't tire him out

It's certainly easier on Luka's knees also means Gobert taking a lot of shots which in a way is good.

He's already taken 7 shots in a quarter. That's music to your ears that they're trying to run their offense through Rudy cos they think they can take advantage. Fewer shots for Antman, McDaniels and KAT

Roland17:
Finch has them searching out Luka for the switch that isolates him with Gobert deep under the rim.

Happened a lot in Game 4 as well. Kept wondering why I was seeing so much Luka guarding Gobert

Luka. Back to back treys. 20 points and the quarter isn't even through yet

Roland17:
Yup. This does nothing to his base as they are secure as always. I also think the Republican Party have shown they have no choice but to ride with him. I mean Nikki even said she would rather vote Trump.

It’s those undecided moderate voters that would once again decide this election, especially those in battle ground states. Biden and Democratic Party are at their weakest but this is a good point to weaponize against Trump when campaigns start.

Dems have made a critical error. Trump's donation site don crash.

Now they've made him a martyr. You have moderates that also see through this whole sham of a trial.

Biden has mostly been a failure and so this whole trial and the fact that most people feel it's political means the support for Trump is about to explode

Luka isn't here for games

Kyrie and Luka really shat the bed today. How they allowed KAT and Rudy to finish the game is abominable

They badly missed Lively as well. The rim protection was sorely missing

On the flipside I think the nerves also finally caught up with the Mavs. Now onto game 5 and contrary to what most people think, homecourt in the playoffs is not as big of an advantage as it's made out to be especially between elite competition

Won't be surprised if the Mavs are more locked in and close out in Game 5. Certain teams I remember like the Spurs growing up they loved to end series on the road. It's why they were such villains in their earlier title runs

Fouled out KAT but the damage already been done.

Had no business not attacking the two trees and forcing them to foul you

KAT and Rudy are on 5 fouls and these guys are not aggressively attacking the rim

KAT having another disasterclass yet again.

What do you do with him if you're Minny cos at 29 this is who he is.

In an elimination game he has as many fouls as shots

Anyway they're all in foul trouble at this point

Khanben:
Playoff games are so funny. Exum of all people with 5pts to cut the lead down to 3

I think the depth of the Mavs have been grossly underrated.

Exum is a decent player. Good to see him recover from that German suplex Yabusele gave him in the Euroleague

They just have 3-4 guys that just play off Luka and Kyrie and thrive. They can dribble, they can catch and shoot. They have some size (Hardy, Green and suddenly Exum)

Mavs just toying with these boys at this point. Tie game

Antman emptying the clip.

The Mavs have started horrendously. Closeout games are always the hardest

Mavs are really lucky they're only down 7 rn

Khanben:
That's why they like the run and gun offense. You put them consistently in half court situations and their execution falters

Yup. 3 of the final 4 games their execution was comical

They were never winning the series but it really could have been a tied series

birdman:
lol. Big loss, but everyone was kinda ready - he was suddenly scarce on TV for someone who was really liked, and that usually means some sort of health battle

I thought he had retired. Anyway life is a mystery like that jare. Shey na Jimmy Carter wan knack 100 so, people like Don King, Quincy Jones don knack 90

Hell Hubie Brown is 90plus still running commentary

It's all a lottery in the end

They didn't score a single point the last 3:33

This Pacers team has to be the worst late execution team I've seen yet. All their brains just seem to freeze those last 2 minutes and it's like they've never seen a basketball before

They either inbound poorly or take the worst available shot

Anyway fortunately this hopelessly overmatched team can go and rest. Had no business making even the conference Finals anyway. Bucks ineptitude and injuries to the Heat is to blame

Khanben:
If the Nuggets has a playable big, someone who can legit play 20minutes a game. I sincerely think they beat the Timberwolves.

Styles make fights. The Timberwolves got carried away thinking they were the whole enchilada. I blame the TV pundits too for drinking the kool Aid. Every last one of them apart from Nick Wright

In the Timberwolves head they probably thought Mavs would be the easier matchup. They didn't know that Mavericks strengths doesn't lie in their bigs so you can't team up on just one player

Most of the games now they don't know when to play Rudy and KAT and where to bench them. Now there's talk of should Naz Reid and Anderson play more instead. They are in complete shambles

Roland17:
Yea. Man was always smiling and always had great stories whenever he was on TV.

I actually found him funny cos he was a very unconventional guy.

The tshirts and he looked like a stoner you could party with at Woodstock 99 or something. Watched his documentary. Pretty eccentric character

Lively out but they get Kleber back possibly. Completely forgot about him sef

One team has Lively, Gafford, Kleber, and the foolish Nuggets GM could not get a playable big that could just give Jokic 10 Minutes rest

Nico Harrison doesn't get enough credit for turning that team around in two seasons. Only mistake was getting Grant Williams and inside half a season he quickly corrected the mistake. Swapped Finney Smith and Dinwiddie for fvckin Kyrie Irving

Got PJ Washington for second rounders

Roland17:
Sad day for the game and the Boston Celtics.

He'd been battling cancer for a bit

chic2pimp:
Fcukkkkk Damnnn! No way has it been that long. Almost 15 years now. Chicago sports fan through and through. Derrick Rose's number 1 fan boy . I keep forgetting He wasn't alive to see His boy become the League's youngest ever MVP

Randomness of life. We were quite young then and he was even younger. Life no balance

BlueRayDick:
The way a lot of APC supporters and apologists insulted David Hudeyin when he was calling out the Nigeria Air fraud ehn…..Now everybody eyes don clear .

At least now we know APC government siphoned billions of Naira all in the name of a national carrier that never saw the light of the day even under another APC led government .

It's like Watching Animal Farm play out in real life.

No way anybody with working brain thought Nigeria Air was a project that would see the light of day. They didn't even have the intelligence to fake it in a proper way.

The fact that Sirika is still a free man is proof Nigeria ngmi

BlueRayDick:
After the hullabaloo about Nigeria Air.....smh

https://www.nairaland.com/8106094/fg-suspends-nigeria-air-project

Some couple of billions down the drain

That is how they will suspend their 419 Coastal road as well

Ijoba onijibiti

Roland17:
Aje!

@A40 does a great job at remembering him every year.

Keep resting Busayo!

Still saddest shit I remember man. Was mates with his older brother so in a way na like younger brother.

Been what almost 14 years. Damn

R.I.P Bill Walton the O.G hippie

Khanben:
Powell is not a playoff rotation player.at all. He his one of those players who you give a roster spot because of the 82 game regular season schedule. Giving him playoffs minutes especially since his
Achilles injury is just a disaster waiting to happen

He's one of those guys that makes you downplay the difficulty level of being in the NBA. Obviously I know better but still I look at guys like Matthias Lessort for Euroleague and I'm like surely that guy can do better than Powell.

Injury to Lively left them no choice. I hope Lively would somehow be able to make it for Game 4. With Boston likely sweeping the Pacers Mavs really need to match them sweep for sweep.

Finals start on the 6th no matter what. So a 9 day rest would work wonders for them