06-11-2024, 09:19 AM
(06-10-2024, 02:24 PM)audiosway Wrote: The game was lost with free throws, Ky, and the bench.
That's it in a nutshell. If the Mavs make their free throws, Kyrie shoots just his average, bench players just shoot solid on the open looks, game 2 was completely winnable. The refs have allowed the Celtics to foul and use their hands, foul with their bodies pretty blatantly so that has been a factor for sure but then when you get the calls and go to the line you have to cash in. Its make/miss.
Kyrie is an incredibly clutch and calm player in most any game it appears except against Boston?
No question its all in his head but that doesn't make it any less real while also making it hard for anyone outside of the man himself to fix.
Boston is incredibly stacked but great shooting can beat them. They are giving up plenty of good looks to non-stars. Indiana was exploiting it before the injuries. Steph Curry singlehandedly demonstrated that leading his team to a championship against the green not long ago with elite shooting.
The way the east playoffs went, they escaped facing great shooting and scorers. Now they face them in Luka/Kyrie and the Mavs, but only on paper unless others besides Luka can loosen up.