GAME 1 2024 PLAYOFFS DIRKIE: LUKA!!!!

[Arioch]

Yeah, he is great. I had the same feeling. Despite Mavs being behind for most of the game and won by a couple of points, they felt like a much better team in the game. Another point - in-game commentators were speaking about Edwards being exhausted in the fourth, yet all we are listening to for his entire career is how out of shape Luka is. Perhaps, it is just not easy (even possible?) to carry team on both ends. Even for an athlete like Edwards.

This.

After Reggie Miller repeatedly (and correctly) pointed out how Ant looked gassed in the 4th quarter *and then* Ant actually confessing to fatigue in the after-game interview, I don't want to hear s*** about Luka's "conditioning" ever again. Luka has played 13 playoff games this postseason to Ant's 12. He's averaged 42 minutes a game in those games to Ant's 40. But while 22-year old Ant was getting his ass handed to him by a 32-year old, Luka took over the game in the 4th quarter with 15 points *and* 2 steals *and* 1 block