How Will the Boston Celtics Guard Luka Doncic & More NBA Finals Questions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Dallas Mavericks will take on the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals, what are the biggest questions around Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, the Celtics, and the Mavs?
Nick Angstadt asks his biggest questions about the Dallas Mavericks vs Boston Celtics NBA Finals series.
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WE MADE IT DO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!! LOCK IN!!!
The Mavs are in the NBA playoffs?? Fantastic! I knew they could do it! 😂😂
We got clippers first round I hope Kawhi and pg don’t torch us gonna be a tough series
I hope the Denver Nuggets don’t beat the Minnesota Timberwolves and face us in the Western Conference Finals!
I'm going on record now! Mavs are gonna make the NBA finals!!
🤞
Hold your horses. Beating clippers and/ or nuggets will be no easy feat
4 - 2, Dallas!
"Putting Jaylen Brown on Luka did not work." The Mavs lose by 28. Hmm.
Celtics in 5! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
LET'S F^¢K!NG GO, CELTICS!!! ☘☘☘
Anyone seen the video where Luka is having his well deserved winning beer after game 5. Then Finley comes along takes the beer out of Lukas's hands, congratulates Luka's father and walks away with the beer. The disbelief in Luka's eyes... 😆😆😆
Luka like not my recovery beer. 😂
Yea I thought this was messed up. I have a buddy who swears it's bc Luka has a drinking problem.
@@blaketownsend9741 I think in the US they have a bit different definition of 'a drinking problem' than in Slovenia. So I'm pretty sure there's no problem.
100 bucks says he was trying to get him to an interview…
@@blaketownsend9741more about how it’s not time to drink beer yet jobs not finished
The Mavs are facing a defense like the Wolfs and an attack like the OKC. They have being able to bet both individually, let’s see combine. Gonna be a challenge.
Nick and slightly are the only ones that calm me down waiting for game 1. As expected, the media isn’t giving Dallas a shot in hell.
Maxi coming back at the right time. He's the x factor. His abilities will get him close to 20 min a game. And if Boston forces the issue. He'll get more than 20min.
🤣🤣🤣
Oh man... this was entertaining fan fiction.
I think getting Maxi back for this series is huge !!
lol that's funny
My biggest question is how will Boston deal with our verticality.
Luke Kornet bro 💀💀
Porzingis
@@gandureanouya porzingus gonna get bodied by either one of the mavs centers, boy is too frail
@@LiftedLarvitar Porzingis is the best shot blocker in the series. He also is going to stretch the floor I don’t think KAT could but Porzingis will
If you think porzingus is the best shot blocker in the series you arent watching mavs basketball.
Gafford alone has averaged more block during the regular, and post season. That's not even including lively who is getting better and better each game it seems like.
I think our bench of better and that can make a difference. They have basically Horford, Prichard and Houser didn’t play very much against the Pacers. We have Lively and Maxi, let see if Hardy can contribute. Green will not play very much. Our bench can make a good impact.
Prichard will be hunted everytime he's on the court. I think his minutes reduce. Hardy's minutes might reduce with maxi back but who knows because now Lively is healthy Hardy can come off the bench and give us some good baskets.
Kidd is in genius. There are 10 players that he has trusted. I watched him in the 2011 Finals. We are going to hit ahead every chance that we get. That's how they beat Miami.
Nick, where is the video of the Luka Doncic bit at the beginning. I need to see that concert.
You rock Nick
BRO I CANT BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS I HOPE WE GO TO THE FINALS! i know its just a dream but still
LET'S GO MAVS
LETS GOOOOOOOOOO
We've had 2 of the top 3 players in each series and it won't change in the finals
Round 1: kyrie, luka, harden, george.
Round 2: SGA, Luka, Kyrie
Round 3: Luka, Kyrie
Finals: Luka, kyrie in my opinion will be second or at the very least 3rd.
Buddy Kyrie is the 4th best player in this series
@@gregheghinian8085 he was better than Edward last series and nobody says Brown is better than Edward. So yea he will be either 2nd or 3rd best in the finale. And all this is speculation, he may show up like he did against clippers and be the best in the series. Same guy that outplayed an unanimous mvp in the finals twice so yea...
@@kbthegoat824 that’s not how it works. You could say Edwards outplayed Jokic in the series. Nobody says that Edwards is better than Jokic. Jaylen is a much better 2 way player than Kyrie. And thinking that Kyrie is better than Tatum is laughable.
@@gregheghinian8085 so tatum is better than Luka since we're gonna talk about two ways and use that logic, so unless you agree that tatum is the best player this series your argument already failed. Plus kyrie has been very good on defense this postseason. Kyrie is more proven than brown and that is a fact.
@@kbthegoat824 Kyrie won a chip about 8 years ago. Jaylen is 5 years younger than Kyrie and has 9 more career playoff wins. The Jays are plenty proven.
"Media member and BEST FRIEND?!?!?" Who is the new channel manager and why????
Who will Luka guard?
The question is where can i get that luka doncic chant!!!!
Who guards Luka is a question but another one regarding that is, how many times are they gonna blitz him?
were you talking about Kp or Maxie they are both just as useful
You are wrong about Porzingis and his playing streaks. Most of the time he rested on back to backs with Al Horford switching off night. So it wasn’t about his health they just rested him.
If they get normal Luka and Kyrie, they are a real threat.
My biggest worries about the Celtics players who can put the ball on the floor like Jrue, brown,Tatum, and white. And they have perimeter defenders with size like jaylen brown and Tatum
I guess the question is how can Mavs defense contain them. Both perimeter and paint defense
Yeah, the Celtics can all shoot, they can all create their own shots, and they all defend well. The Celtics are 76-20 on the season including playoffs, beating them 4 out of 7 imo would be even more impressive than the 2011 Mavs defeating Miami in the Finals.
@@imdbtruth2011 heat was a superteam with lebron in his prime and had elite defense. You can't be serious, there is hardly any title as impressive as the 2011 run.
Celtics managed to hold Kyrie as the second guy under 25 in 7 of the past 8 matchups. They will let Luka do his thing as Luka has scored 30 10 of 11 times vs Boston in his career but getting Kyrie to fold and shutting down Dallas’ role players will probably be the key.
Good luck fightin over those brick wall screens
I think the most significant questions is how can Mavs guard 5 out. Luka will score as mach to win, but they will have to hold them under 100.
Luka will get his stats, and he'll get different looks on defense. Problem is , celtics will spread you out and the Jay's will be feasting in the paint. Pick and pop will be open for Porzingis and Al. Mavs fans dont be surprised. This celtics team by the numbers is historically great. Celtics in 5.
Absolutely remember
It’s more so how the Mavs are going to defend the Celtics. It’s hard to guard Luka itself because he’s just smarter than any defense in front of him. The Mavs have to literally play tight defense on these guys.
Celtics in 5!
Luka is going to punish kp.
This is overlooked. He barely makes them better. Giving Luka someone to hunt? And for Kyrie to use him to get away from defensive pressure.
Let's play with the big ones. If they go to 38% with threes. We go to 90% under the basket.
Is it me or won't the Mavs go lob city on the Celtics? Seems like a very good opportunity to own the paint.
Got some more stats. ..lol
They can guard them
Can Mavsar defend Boston three points and can Kai play as we want him ti play. OKC pllayed preaty good defence on him
Facts 💯
You realize that Jaylen Brown has a 40 pound weight advantage over McDaniels right??????
So did Dort…
Brown is also 3 inches shorter than McDaniels.
If you watched the Celtics ECF, it was obvious that Jaylen won bc he was clutch. Tatum had better stats, so technically no, the voters knew he did better. But the voters also saw the effort jaylen put in and the clutch plays he made. That is why he won. Not bc he is “better than tatum”
Porzingis is averaging 12 and 5 this playoffs too 😅
Mavs act like Kyrie and Luka are defense stoppers, they will be exposed. Luka has a slow step and kyrie is just way too small for Boston. You can’t bulk up in a week.
Trust is Kidd's secret weapon. He is coming back to whoever is your least favorite Mav.
I honestly had Mavs in 5 against the wolves and I like MAVS in 5 against the Celtics
Poor old Grant Williams
lmao i wonder who was playing defensively against the celtics when kp was sitting, maybe the other teams best shot blocker???
Celtics in 5! Sorry.. i don't normally do this, but you guys have infested the celtics channels like roaches😂
Defend the 3's and be physical. The Celtics rely too much on the 3 pointers, and they don't handle physicality well.
Mavs in 6, but this should be a great series!!
Minnesota had won more games than Dallas in the regular season
In this series, the media will finally have to admit, that Luka is basically good in defense, when he needs to be.
Dos or Heineken ??
Dos.
Kyrie isn’t better than JB or Tatum… just wait on it. Yall delusional af 😂
But our Bigs will dominate this series and Luka Kyrie won't be the deciding factor
points in the paint, offensive rebound and easy dunks
My worry about the Celtics, the desire to beat the west since last year they were beat.
BROTHER GO TO BED
Who else feels a tiny sting every time Nick says „alright Isaac“?
It's just like a conditioned response developed over time. It's like this young guy that used to be a Hotdog vendor outside of Lowe's when I was a Manager for one of their large stores. He was always trying to be cordial to customers as they exited the store. He did this for years. It became a situation that now matter what he was doing (cooking, selling, arranging set-up, etc), the second he heard those automatic exit doors open, he automatically say "How are you doing?" It would happen even if he was bent over restocking, changing propane, ...Basically doing anything. He literally couldn't help NOT saying it. Sooooo, when I was bored, I would just be inside the exit door and would step to open it when nobody was exiting. Without fail l, he would say "How are you doing?" every time he heard the door opened.
He realized I was doing this purposely to mess with him, and we talked about it. I told him that he proves 'Pavlov's Dog' condition was real. He told me he could stop doing it, so we bet. 3 weekends in a row we did this and not once was he able to not say it. It was really funny and he couldn't believe he couldn't stop.
So when Nick says "Alright Issac..." I just chalk it up to past repetitive acts, which turns Nick into 'Pavlov's Dog'. 😉
You guys and your rankings. Who cares about All NBA defense? Which draft pick you were? Which stats you have? It is all about the ability to match your opponent. Luka has maybe 1 matchup in the whole league, who can make him problems: A healthy Kawhi.
Jalen Brown is athletic enough to match Luka`s body strength. But has he the smarts to really make Luka`s life difficult on the court? I don`t think so..
Every year, i wished Luka came more ripped and with a few pounds less in the saison. I stopped wishing that. BC he knows: with the weight and build he has right now, nobody can stop him from creating the space he needs to do his magic. Maybe he runs out of gas in a few games during the playoffs. But he never runs out of space. And that`s everything he needs. Hope it becomes a great series..
GO MAVS!
Boston dont know whats coming.. Mavs in 5!
"Celtics 4-0"! Got the receipt!
JT and JB have been failing to stop Jimmy Butler,Caleb Martin and Khris Middleton... How are they going to stop Luka?
The same way Andrew Wiggins stopped him in 2022 , he ain’t MJ just because he beat up a naive Wolves team with a center that can’t guard to save his life
Nobody is stopping Luka. The Celtics have blown out the Mavericks many times when Luka drops 40 and nearly a triple double. Boston will focus on shutting down the role players and Kyrie.
Its okay guys. Luka wont let porzingis win before he does😂
In the playoffs--> fast pass to the Finals
Celtics haven't had a killer since Bird or borrowed KG. You gave up on a killer and now you have 2 assassins at your door with a roll of Charmin. Mavs in 6 or 7. Luka and Kyrie will steal at least 2 on the road.
Paul peirce?
@@robyncox9238 he needed KG. Not a killer.
I have to say, I really dislike the new 'Best Friend' part of the intro
They can't
Tatum is better than Luka he’s about to show it.
JB is better than kyrie he’s about to bully him all series
Celtics in 5 max
Quit huffing glue bro.
Luka with an injury during the playoffs was better than Tatum.
Mavs in 6.
@@yndsu no he wasn’t lmao Tatum was on cruise control for half the playoffs and still lead in all stats. Funny Luka is only hurt when he plays bad we already ready for that excuse when the Cs smoke them lmao
@@robyncox9238 only crack heads think the Mavs actually have a chance buddy
@@yndsu lol you really going with this injury BS , essentially everyone at this stage is playing with an injury but luka is being a soft ass yet again “ pause “ , and BTW he won’t get away with his flopping in the finals
Mavs defense can't defend Celtics in reg season as Mavs got crushed like an aluminum can - Mavs should forfeit and learn how to pronounce CANCUN as that's their eminent future - not a matter of who win as Celtics are an team of HISTORICAL excellence - Luka is like Karl Malone who are prolific scorer but can't win the big kahuna
Porzingis comes back for finals but re-injures his leg in the first quarter of the first game.
😂
How are Luka's knees holding up? Don't wish for anyone to get hurt, might come back to bite your favorite player instead.
3nd
Let's go Celtics!!
Watched game 5 again. Sign this Mavs roster for the next 5 years. What a perfectly assembled team. I love it!
The only player not signed next year is djj.
@@robyncox9238right. He said he wants to come back though.
I'd probably swap Green and THJ for another greater wing
Like if Mavs manage to get DoeDoe back in some way without giving anything else from those 2, that'd be awesome :)
@@vic1ous511 I don't know, man Green is a great energy guy and one of our better shooters. I wouldnt mind getting rid of THJ, though.
@@vic1ous511 THJ yes, we really should trade him. Green though is a great hustle guy who might not score, but his contribution in hustle is definitely worth keeping him.
Luka will get his 28 pts but I feel like Jrue is going to hound Kyrie. Im hoping there’s no effect to Kyrie’s productivity on offense. If so we’ll need DJJ and PJ to hit 40% of their 3’s and drive to the basket with decisiveness. and can we please hunt Horford in the pick and roll.
I have a bad news for you , Horford won’t start the series , KP will
@@FromWaydownTowneven better.
@@de4ds1ghtcsgo94 lol , I guess we are about to figure out
That’s what I’m worried about man PJ didn’t shoot well this last series hoping the scales tip the other way cause we need that shooting very badly
We have a guard named Hardy that will come through for us
LET'S F^¢K!NG GO, CELTICS!!! ☘☘☘
I'm sorry, did I miss something? 33 points on 30 shots is a great job. Boston attacked Haliburton mercilessly. They will target Kyrie and Luka.
😅clips okc and wolves did same game plan. Show me something new brother
unleash the secret weapon tim hardaway jr 😂
TMj is trash
That's my guy. Don't pick on him. His shot isn't falling yet
Hardy needs ALLLLL those minutes.
bro should not get mins at all.
As stated numerous times before, Dallas is not the same team before the trade deadline and after the trade deadline.
So looking at the Regular Season between Dallas and Celtics doesn't tell you anything.
But the Celtics are the same team before and after (you could even argue the Celtics were stronger in the Regular Season because of a fit Porzingis).
So let's look at the matchups during the regular season between the Celtics and the teams Dallas just faced in the Playoffs.
Celtics vs LA Clippers 1-1 // Celtics vs OKC Thunder 1-1 // Celtics vs Minnesota 1-1
So the Celtics are 0.500 against 3 of the top 4 teams in the West.
(Celtics vs Denver 0-2, so 0.375 agains the top 4 teams in the West).
Now if you do look at Dallas during the Regular Season against these same teams.
Dallas vs LA Clippers 1-3 // Dallas vs OKC Thunder 1-3 // Dallas vs Minnesota 1-3
So Dallas is 0.250 against 3 of the top 4 teams in the West.
(Dallas vs Denver 1-2, so 0.285 against the top 4 teams in the West)
You can clearly see that the Celtics #1 seed is inflated because of playing in the East.
And their record is not great against the top teams in the West.
Dallas in the Playoffs against these teams 12-5, so 0.706.
Dallas is another animal since the trade.
Mavs in 6!
Mavs in 6!
Yeah....Mavs in 6! 😂
Celts in 5☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
True! 😊
It is not a question of how Celtics can stop the Mavs. It is more of how the Mavs will stop the Celtics
It's both bro.
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Mavs will win because Luka is Michael Jurdan and Jordan never loses in the finals!
I remember the shows where there was always a drink before saying Porzingis first healthy offseason. I'm a Latvian and follow KPs career, this show was the first of the Locked On network I started listening too. Since then the Wizards guys and now Karalis, and also some of the other daily shows. Nick has a special thing going though on these podcasts. Great to see Luka in the Finals, it's an awesome step for his HOF career. Hope KP can be healthy enough to have some impact in the upcoming games, we'll see, should be fun
Nick what were you drinking, was it a recovery beer like Luka had after game 5? Lol
He’s the one that won Player of the playoffs
The Mavs are in the playoffs - it’s not a dream!
Oh yea this man is cooked. Go get some rest bro, you’re gonna need it.
Boston will get shocked on game one and we will steal a win .
Boston has not deal with an offensive army like the Mavs but the Mavs have deal with similar, if not better, defensive system. Moreover, Luka has been dealing with Dort while injured. Now, he looks healthier.
Luka definitely looked healthier in the last few games. Lets see what a full week of rest from games can do for him.
I think Luka wasn't playing injured vs Dort, I think he was playing injured BECAUSE of Dort
It's a downside sure, but one has to wonder how strong Dort really is having Luka limping like that
Also, if Jrue is of same or similar cut, that's gonna be a problem 🤔
We’ll see who wins…
Mavs havent faced any offensive army like the Celtics, first seed and first in +/- for a reason
@@Jackson54321 Mavs in 6
Im just curious why the celtics are so high on KP.... I would be super nervous about him coming back.... 1st because the dude is made outta paper... and 2nd cause he hasnt played in the playoffs this whole time... 3rd hes playing s team he used to be on and a fan base that soured on him... i really believe hes gonna struggle... idk could also be wishful thinking lol
Because he's 7'3, can shoot the 3, post up, and protect the rim.
We gotta play them like we played thunders, thats the advantage of being battle tested. At some point every player on the floor for tbe thunders could make open 3s when they benched Giddey.
☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
I think its more White & Brown and he'll hunt out Al
Jobs not finished!
My own opinion about on Kyrie's time in Boston...versus time in Brooklyn...
1. Kyrie was ridiculed by the Celtics fanbase because they think their team is better when he is out. So, of course, If I'm Kyrie, I'm like so you don't like me then...so I jump ship.
2. For Kyrie - i think he was betrayed by the organization. Joe Tsai shit on him so badly.
Hence, good thing Kyrie went to the Mavs...wherein he is loved by the fanbase and loved by the organization. Now, he is thriving.
Kyrie was loved by Boston. Before he got into his own sh*t. Wasn’t his fault for being injured in 2018, and that team showed promise vs LeBron. But then he makes a bad decision saying he PROMISES to resign and of course they will take that to heart, then talks with KD during all star weekend and manages to bail and get injured in the playoffs.
He further creates his own problems by hating on the Celtics entire brand and fans, stomping on the logo and plays bad every time they boo. So Boston fans continued to boo.
Kyrie also matured. Regardless of how those franchises dealt with him he also always ended up in the news for non-basketball reasons. There's been 0 of that with the Mavs. And it looks like he's really found the perfect role for him. He's the #2 guy but the #1 guy doesn't have the experience he has so he can be the old head in the locker room and he's not called on to carry the offense so he's been expending real effort on defense. He's very much the leader of that team which lets Luka just be himself.
@@Jackson54321that was something. Last time they played they absolutely showered him in boos and he didn’t play well. That can’t stand kyrie will have to overcome that.
@@Andrew-gs2ps who knows. Kyrie has been underperforming vs Boston when the torment him, so I don’t think they will cuss him out, but rather stay “softer” noise to get at him. Gonna be hostile with Porzingis’s probable return, obviously Kyrie’s third playoff meeting vs Boston since he left, and more.
Whether the duo of Luka and Kyrie in Dallas or the absurd juggernaut led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics will win.
@@Jackson54321 he was obviously loved
But kyrie heard the noises about the other stuff.
Buddy thought Jaden McDaniels is the same as Jaylen Brown. Luka got owned. Luka = James Harden. Delusional
I think Boston matches up way better Minnesota. Lukas strength is his strength/size and Boston wings and guards are all stronger then Jayden mcdaniels. I do think there is a chance Luka beats them with the pass . Also i generally trust Luka more than Jayson Tatum.
Bro everything does not run through luka , the defense plays the biggest roll of the mavericks winning stop trying to give luka all the credit
Kyrie outplayed Stephen curry in the 2nd season of his back to back mvp seasons & hit the game winning shot essentially over Steph, so I without a doubt believe Kyrie can be the 2nd best player in the series easily
Yeah because Steph is an "elite defender". Gtfoh
@@crimsonguy723 Steph wasn’t guarding him it was mostly Klay Thompson or Shaun Livingston guarding him that series
Luka - easily, clearly the best player in the series. Kyrie might be the 2nd best, but if not, EASILY the 3rd best. The problem for Mavs is after that. The next 4 are Green Beans. PJ, Lively, DJJ, Gafford need to raise their game. But best player in a series is a huge advantage.
If you don't count defense, yes maybe 3rd or 4th best. If you count defense, all 5 celtics starters are better defenders than Kyrie. It's partially why Boston booes him out of the building, no effort on D.
@@crimsonguy723 my comment was honest and fair as exhibited in my giving due credit on both sides. Yours on the other hand is clearly biased. By the way, they boo him because he hurt their feelings. Multiple times. You know, deep inside, they would have loved it if he wanted to stay.
What are you talking about Kyrie is better than Tatum and Brown
Role players need to hit the open shot consistently for Mavs to win
Celitcs in 4, there's no stopping the buffalo