GAME 4 Playoffs 2024: Minnesota Timberwolves (0-3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (3-0)

[Luka77]

Kyrie with a terrible game....got outplayed by Conley

[Chicagojk]

Oh well. Disappointing. Almost forgot what losing felt like. Was looking forward some time off. Guess not

[speedkilz88]

Luka and Kyrie both were afraid of shooting the ball towards the end. smh

[MarkAguirreWrathofGod]

Luka and Kyrie both were afraid of shooting the ball towards the end. smh

I think they were exhausted.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Towns finally showed up for them. He was the difference. And Slo-Mo and Reid are playing great off the bench. Minnesota is 3-0 in elimination games.

[Mavs2021]

PJ got lost again on that play

Won the six minutes him and Luka didn´t play by eight points. They were both awful. I really don´t understand what Luka was doing in that 2nd half. He basically did nothing scoring-wise until we were down five points late in the 4th quarter. Maybe he was triple double hunting, making sure he got his 10 assists first.

[BolsDamols]

That missed free throw by Luka hurt but wasn’t the reason why we are probably heading back to Minny.  Minny just made plays late

I thought that was the play to miss purposely and get the rebound. he knows how to miss it properly. Too much time left though

[ThisIStheYear]

Winnable game but Kyrie and Luka both were unassertive and played poorly. Lively looked coherent on the bench. They’ll need him to close these guys out. Minny has an incredibly deep and skilled group of bigs to compliment Ant. I haven’t seen anything like it in some time. Mavs will need to play their best game of the season in Game 6.

[LukaMVP]

we'll win it in Minny with lively back. mavs in 5. one more game won't be bad for maxi and lively to get back in form and prepared for Celtics, especially maxi who's been out so long. maxi played fine tonight but he missed some open shots he should have made.

[BigDirk41]

I think the TWolves figured out something defensively tonight and the Mavs better add some wrinkles or McDaniels will clamp Kyrie again.

[BolsDamols]

That Kyrie streak finally ends, and he had a pretty big hand in it...

But will give and Luka a pass as they have otherwise been fantastic in these WCF.

[Chicagojk]

33% shooting by Luka and Kyrie on 39 shots. Thought Minny defended them tough though. Just one of those nights.

Hope Lively can get back. towns has trouble finishing over him on those drives.

[MaxiThreeba]

Got a bad feeling the Mavs are going to be back on their home floor in a few days. Hard to believe Lively will be 100% if he is even a go for Game 5.

[Luka77]

7 of 21 from Luka, 6-18 for Kyrie....both were bad

[BigDirk41]

Got a bad feeling the Mavs are going to be back on their home floor in a few days.  Hard to believe Lively will be 100% if he is even a go for Game 5.

Yeah I suspect there will be a game 6 now, which is fine, but we really needed the rest for Luka and Lively.

[TurkishMFFL]

I think the TWolves figured out something defensively tonight and the Mavs better add some wrinkles or McDaniels will clamp Kyrie again.

I don’t think this will work well again for them. If they play Mcdaniels on Kyrie, who is going to defend Luka? Luka played awfully today, which you don’t see from him in consecutive games.

[LukaMVP]

we got their main guys in foul troubles early but we failed to make use of it. Kat got fouled out finally, but not before he hit those 3s.

[BigDirk41]

I don’t this will work well again for them. If they play Mcdaniels on Kyrie, who is going to defend Luka? Luka played awfully today, which you don’t see from him in consecutive games.

Why in the world would you not think it wouldn't work again...lol. They were all over Kyrie and Luka all night. It clearly worked and they will stick with it.

[SwisherPrice]

Every game has been close and we are a McDaniels turnover on a Kyrie foul from this being 2-2. Minnesota can easily push this to 6 games

[BolsDamols]

Mavs have responded well in these playoffs after a loss.

- Game 5 in LAC
- Game 5 in OKC

And both of these are on the road too.

Mavs will end the series in Minny.