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Well, it’s come to this. History making time. In the 567* completed best-of-seven series in NBA history, never once has the road team won the first 6 games. And this time it is happening in one of the strangest seasons ever due to COVID. We don’t know when this will happen again. We don’t know IF this will happen again. The world deserves for this thing to be finished off right with the road team taking all 7. Time to deliver. Must win game.


*For those that would like to check the math:
- NBA finals started in 1947 and has always been best-of-seven (74 years) - 74 series
- NBA conference finals went to best-of-seven in 1958 (63 years) - 126 series 
- NBA conference semifinals went to best-of-seven in 1968 (53 years) - 212 series
- 1st round went to best-of-seven series in 2003 (18+ years) - 151 series (includes the other 7 this year).

I believe they can win this with road court advantage. Luka needs get hot from 3 again, and one of JB/KP needs to step up.

We need more Powell this game...

(06-06-2021, 01:43 AM)ClutchDirk Wrote: [ -> ]We need more Powell this game...

And more cowbell baby!

We have the returning depressing pic lol.

Series is still tied 3-3!!!

(06-06-2021, 04:01 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ]We have the returning depressing pic lol.

Series is still tied 3-3!!!

YOU ARE WELCOME.

That pic SAVED the dang series. 

YOU ARE WELCOME.

From The Athletic.  Live by the three...


The other concern for Lue and the Clippers? Shooting the ball, especially on 3-pointers. After shooting a league-best 41.1 percent from 3 during the regular season and finishing sixth by making 14.3 3s per game, both numbers have plummeted through six postseason games against the Mavericks. 

The Clippers have made only 35.4 percent from 3, which ranks ninth out of 16 postseason teams and would have exactly what the 21st-ranked Lakers shot during the regular season. The Clippers have made only 12.3 3s per game in the postseason, ranking eighth out of 16 postseason teams and matching the 18th-ranked Pacers from the regular season. After featuring eight players who attempted at least 40 regular season 3s for the Clippers and made at least 40 percent of them, Leonard is the only Clipper making better than 40 percent of his 3s in the postseason; and Leonard actually missed the 40 percent mark in the regular season (39.8).

“We still haven’t shot the ball well,” Lue said after the Clippers made a series-low 10-of-34 3s (29.4 percent) in Game 6. “We are getting great looks, open looks, and we just can’t make them right now. So we are due for a great game, great shooting game.”

(06-06-2021, 03:57 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: [ -> ]And more cowbell baby!

Needs more Powell-bell

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(06-06-2021, 07:42 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: [ -> ]From The Athletic.  Live by the three...


The other concern for Lue and the Clippers? Shooting the ball, especially on 3-pointers. After shooting a league-best 41.1 percent from 3 during the regular season and finishing sixth by making 14.3 3s per game, both numbers have plummeted through six postseason games against the Mavericks. 

The Clippers have made only 35.4 percent from 3, which ranks ninth out of 16 postseason teams and would have exactly what the 21st-ranked Lakers shot during the regular season. The Clippers have made only 12.3 3s per game in the postseason, ranking eighth out of 16 postseason teams and matching the 18th-ranked Pacers from the regular season. After featuring eight players who attempted at least 40 regular season 3s for the Clippers and made at least 40 percent of them, Leonard is the only Clipper making better than 40 percent of his 3s in the postseason; and Leonard actually missed the 40 percent mark in the regular season (39.8).

“We still haven’t shot the ball well,” Lue said after the Clippers made a series-low 10-of-34 3s (29.4 percent) in Game 6. “We are getting great looks, open looks, and we just can’t make them right now. So we are due for a great game, great shooting game.”

Yep. That’s the key for them. If we lose i think we’ll point to that and say we need better perimeter defenders and another lights out shooter from deep

(06-06-2021, 07:42 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: [ -> ]From The Athletic.  Live by the three...

“We still haven’t shot the ball well,” Lue said after the Clippers made a series-low 10-of-34 3s (29.4 percent) in Game 6. “We are getting great looks, open looks, and we just can’t make them right now. So we are due for a great game, great shooting game.”

 I suppose Lue probably believes the Clippers are "due" for a "great shooting game" in the same way a coin that has landed on tails on each of the last six flips is somehow "due" to land on heads on the next flip.

Dumb out the frickin' wazoo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy

I changed my mind. Zinger and Powell unleashed!  Mavs to win against all odds. They keep pace with Trae and the Hawks.

(06-05-2021, 11:11 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: [ -> ]https://media.giphy.com/media/xunHSirDBwoCY/giphy.gif

I'm your huckleberry!

Can I get the discord link please?

Love this offense...good things always happen when DFS tries to make a play 

Kawhi making every attempt. He is also defending Luka. After that high effort in game 6, we will see if he will get tired at the end of the game.

We are playing well at the offense but Marjanovic’s presence is very bad for the team on defence.

Just nothing we can do. Kawhi is an all-time great in his prime. He will score 40+ again easily or pick apart these double teams. Mavs are already missing too many threes and making those shots is their only chance at an equalizer

Powell and Jrich are the real answer. Offense and defense.

They are always way open on threes and today they are making it. Every player but PG already made a three pointer so far. Most of these open treys are because of Boban’s playing. He is such a huge liability on defense. Dude can’t defend anybody.

Clippers just on another level today. They are moving the ball, getting wide open threes and making them. If the Mavs contest then even their role players like Mann know to attack for the easy points

The Luka threes are obviously not sustainable and if THJ is hurt then there is no other threat of anyone else heating up from three to save them