Boston Will Defend Luka Doncic 1 on 1 & More Questions About the Celtics With
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- 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 John Karalis @LockedOnCeltics how the Boston Celtics will defend Luka Doncic, react to Kyrie Irving, handle Kristaps Porzings, and get enough 3s for Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the rest of the Celtics.
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Someone tell this guy that the Mavs are 11-1 when they score over 100 points. My favorite part was watching Nick try not to laugh during this whole thing. Boston fans have no clue what they’re about to go up against in Luka. Dude is a psychopath
Who is Luka guarding?
@@ProudVet probably holiday or white
@@ProudVet I guess who ever has the ball in front of him?
Its because none of the teams you faced have an ORTG higher than 114. The Celtics have ORTG of 123 in the regular season, and 119 in playoffs.
@@NousagiBrat the Thunder had an offensive rating of 120.1 in the regular season. It was much lower in the playoffs, you’re right. That would be a great argument if THEY DIDNT PLAY THE F***ING MAVERICKS when it dropped off a cliff, you idiot. I’d also like to point out that the top 5 scoring teams in the playoffs were all in the JV… I mean Eastern Conference. Who was the top scoring teams on Varsity… I mean the West? The Mavericks. Boston trying to use offensive and defensive ratings is SOOOO damn funny when they played like 25 games against teams that didn’t crack 39 wins and went well below .500 against the top half of western conference playoff teams. I don’t know how to say this nicely… Boston played a lot more shitty teams 😂. Those stats only matter in the east.
John has a lot of good points and he was very respectful in his analysis doesn't come off as arrogant or toxic-bias at all these crossovers gunna be nice to watch hopefully it only happens 4 times (hoping for mavs in 4) haha
Nobody is talking about Gafford /KP reunion
Testing the cardio of Gafford and Lively? Lively is 20 and those two share their playtime in 5 minute spurts. If you bank on getting them tired, you are doomed to fail. And Luka can get those 9 assists even if he is playing 1v1 and making shots.
Can Thursday just get here already?!? Pissed off about the Stars. Need this series to start damnit.
We need the rest for Luka and maxi
We shouldn't tell them that luka scored 70+ points on the one team that chose to defend him 1on1. He doesn't need to get others going if he's gonna be gifted an easy bucket all the time
Celtics shut down the Mavs in this one
@@ny3793 explain how the Celtics are gonna shut down the mavs offense. Let’s see if you understand how the mavs offense even operates
@@austindowney5581 they’ll switch to stagnate the Mavs offense, keep Tingus on a wing when they can. Play heavy in the nail. Mix in preswitchs and coverages. Mavs run heavy spread ball screen, double drag, Spain p&r actions all of which aren’t great options against this kind of coverage. Will need to hope Luka can be more effective off ball and shooters can start making above the break 3s, otherwise this will be a very quick series.
@@austindowney5581 explain what the Celtics run and how the Mavs defend it
@@ny3793 that didn’t explain how they are going to stop anything. Switching doesn’t stagnate the mavs offense, Luka will take advantage of switching by hunting mismatches. (Unless you think white, jrue, Pritchard can guard him and if so good luck with that) If you put KP on a wing to try to avoid having him in P&R they will just bring up whoever that wing is in a double drag and Luka will pick it apart based on what the defense gives him. He will have an open 3, and open popper or an open roller. Having KP guarding a wing will completely open up the paint and that plays into Luka and kyries hands unless you’re willing to leave corner shooters wide open. They will need that rim protection. None of these coverages are something the mavericks haven’t already seen.
I agree with a lot of John’s points but Jrue with not hold up against Luka. It will be a 2v1 against the center most plays.
Mavs have to attack the center and make this a layup line v Boston’s interior.
mavs gonna check KPs hamstring early
Layup and lob city
Ironically, Jrue Holiday was just about Luka's first real "but can he do it against..."-moment in the NBA. And he did.
He's a great player but I wouldn't put too much stock into him stopping Luka. He'll make his life more difficult as he should but that's about all you can hope for.
@@RaymondRoycetibayanhis injury was a calf strain…..
Easier said then done trying to play Luka straight up
Theoretically makes sense. Only problem is Luka has seen it all and has defied all logic 😂
How’d that turn out again??
Luka needs to loose some weight it’s easy guarding him one on one his like the white James Harden 😂😂😂
I’m not even a Mavs fav normally, but I’ve been rooting for them their entire playoff run and this channel is hype, slowly becoming one of my fav nba talk show channels
Boston has 4 shooters ! It’s going to be a good series Go Mavs🙌💪👌
OKC had just as many
@@Kcirtyalk They do have shooter who forces out C on 3pts line?
@@Rihardololz chet is their center who can shoot 3s. they are the best 3pt shooting team in regular season who do 5-out scheme like celtics.
@@leoreoibardo9294Celtics were the best 3 point team in the NBA. OKC was 8th and their defense wasn’t nearly as good.
Who are you saying isn’t a shooter? Because it looks like they have 8 shooters.
Dude doesn’t realize what Mavs defense has become lol 37:13
After looking elite they looked lost against true 5 out offenses who can pass (Boston and indiana)
@@imaginationplaygroundyou're referring to the regular season?
@@JuanRomo-vl4hjhe’s referring to nothing that matters anymore. Every team the Mavs played in the playoffs beat the Mavs more games than they beat them.
The defense will eventually crack? When he said that it became clear that he hasn't done his due diligence and he hasn't watched Mavs games in the playoffs.
@@imaginationplaygroundOKC and clippers? Boston and pacers havent played this defense
Let’s go Mavs!
This guy doesn't watch mavs basketball. He's talking about our defense getting tired? Lol. There 5 starters are the ones that are going to be tired.. they have no depth
Boston must be worried as Dallas can throw out so many playable players. Josh Green, Maxi, Lively, Hardy, Thj, Exum
Exactly. I’ve seen so many people trying to argue that Boston is deeper 😂 they have a good 6-7 man rotation but I’m not sure Pritchard will be very effective because Luka will hunt switches on him
Pritchard only hit 2 shots so you right
@@austindowney5581 any update? How much did your “depth” do for you in the finals?
GO Mavs!
Goo mavs bring the chip.
When this guy started talking like a coach we know they're fuck. One thing Celtics fans and people forget is Celtics don't have a playmaker and that will hit hard against them mark my words. When you don't have playmaker or you're star can't playmake you'll be in trouble most of the time against good defense. Mavs are not a joke on defense and those Celtics ball movements that they're proud of won't work against Dallas, you'll see. Luka is a different animal and they'll know that soon.
Agreed! Celtics fans have been assuming they are just gonna somehow run Dallas off the floor I keep seeing the fans say Celtics in 5 over and over again. Their lack of playmaking is why so many games with Indiana and Cleveland were close, they have a tough time executing and fall into isolation basketball.
Not true, Holiday, Prichard and White can all run the offense. Plus Brown and Tatum if needed. We have Luka, Irving then big big fall off to Hardy and Exum.
@@T_Rat48I'll be honest with you. That historic Pacers offense isnt any better than Mavs, Nuggets, Boston, OKC, Knicks (if healthy) and Bucks (if healthy) in a playoff setting. They dont have an ELITE playmaker but Boston off set that with 4 players that can drive and kick. They are reactionary passers but from time to time they make great decision especially Tatum who improved over the years.
This series will depend on KP. Will he able to punish Mavs for making their big stay in the paint and overhelp. Will he able to punish Dallas when they try to put smaller guys on him.
I dont think Boston will try to contain Luka but contain everyone else. They have switch-able defenders where they can live with them defending Luka. Boston will most likely tire Luka out by making sure that they contain everyone else so he's forced to score himself and target him on the offensive side.
@user-bs8zt2gq1p forget Pritchard bro, Luka will just abuse him. I think this will be the series for Jrue and White.
@@TheKhal22hero ball only works on decent teams and mavs are elite.
Let's go Mavvvssss 🔥
Love the confidence in these crossovers. 😂
I think John is right, we need our other guys scoring, not only Luka. If they shutdown others, we will have a problem
For Mavs to Win Luka and Irving have to clearly outplay Tatum and Brown. We must have Luka be best player on the court to have a chance. Players 3 - 8 will decide who wins. They are better shooters, depth, spread floor and passers top to bottom. The series may very will be decided by White, Holiday, Portzingas and Hartford vs. PJ, Jones, Gafford and Liv. Go Mavs.
Mavz big men will be the difference in this series. LDMZ. Quote me
john karalis is such a charismatic fun guy.
perfect podcast voice
Boston is just not ready for what's about to happen. Eastern conference was a breeze. Western was a gauntlet. Everybody knows that, Boston knows that. Mavs in 6.
Reading back through these is pretty funny, Mavs and their fans were certainly not ready for what was about to happen.
Mannnn he is saying they should 1v1 luka most of the time, and shoot 50 threes 😂
Lol😂
Put Gafford and Lively to the test in addition to putting Luka and Kyrie to the test …. I think he got 8 vs 5 😂
Celtics lost 11 games in a 82 games season Shooting under 32%. That's 1 loss for every 8 games. Mavs need that ratio to be like 1 out of 2.
@@Pittbos68 this is playoffs and we are in finals now not regular season games. you guys really learned nothing from your previous playoffs when the heat who had worse seeding were cooking those top seeded teams.
Oops 😅
Bro I don’t think that guy watches mavs ball, he didn’t say anything about djj or pj lmaoooooooo
Because they’re non factors? You’re talking like they’re some great players 😂
Kyrie was all NBA near 50-40-90 in Boston.
Is John Karalis thinking the Celtics are all energizer batteries? An offense might expend less energy than a defense by not dribbling. Maybe? Does he expect defense against Luka is going to require little effort?
His gameplan idea seems to be based on making Dallas work to wear them out...and yet, the Celtics will be steel legged vs noodle legs in the 4th quarter? I hope this is what the Celtics are planning because I believe Dallas has a deeper bench and Luka in the best shape of his career.
The Celtics' guy sounds like he's still game planning for the 2022-23 Mavericks. If they really do go after Dallas as he has said, this series will be returning to Dallas with the Mavs up 2-0. It'll happen before they even realize they need to rethink things.
The maturation of Jaden Hardy, putting that lethal 3rd ball handler in motion. Then while the Celtics are lamenting the early strategy, the supporting cast will put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket. PJ, DJJ, Green and Kleber will blow right by their defenders.
LockedonMavs should put out a public apology to Mavs fans for misleading them so badly with these atrocious takes 😭
So damn funny how cocky the Celtics fans are. They had a sub .500 record against the top 4 teams in the west, but somehow they think they are “better” than the Thunder. Thunder win 65 plus in the JV east 😂
Mavs have worse record against the East's top 4 with 2-6.
@@gerardrazulcarim4922 Dallas has hadnt beat any of teams they’ve already sent home more than once in the regular season. That’s what happens when you retool at the trade deadline and have to figure out rotations on the fly. Their regular season is meaningless.
@@Thisisrance "Their regular season is meaningless." so this only applies to the Mavs?
Celtics also had the best record in the league against the West, 23-7, 63 game win pace. But anyways, any update?
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Celtics record w/w/o KP
21-4 w/o
43-14 w
Boston fans making it seem like y’all needed kp the first thre rounds is a brain dead take. I admit he pushes the needle a bit but against the right matchup kp really not gone be a factor
Go mavs
“We don’t live or die by the three.” Then proceeds to say he expects them to shoot 40-50 3s in multiple games… Literally definition of living or dying by the three…
No it’s not clown. By shooting that many 3s it means even if you don’t shoot well you have a great chance to win. You’re exposing your poor understanding of the modern game.
@@fs6688 you don’t find any satisfaction in your life that you have to circle back to videos from 3 weeks ago to attempt to prove a point. Congrats buddy.
Well defended, Nick. They want to tire them out? :o Their plan is to run the 18-second offence? Those 7-second Mavs will hit like lightening then.
Update?
Let’s go Celtics
Even as a Mavs fan I dont think its insane to try to play Luka 1on1. If he cooks he cooks and then you can blitz him in crucial moments and hope the "others" are cold. The problem is he'll still find ways to get others involved. Unless youre truly going to stay home at all costs and give Luka free eats, he beats help/stunt and recover defnse on the regular
Does John know the shot clock is only 24 seconds?
Yes, Luka does want to get his guys involved, but also take what he's given.
Lukas biggest strength is how he plays based on what the opponent gives him. His adjustments are crazy and he will see all the cracks regardless of defensive strategy.
Like stated numerous times, Dallas is not the same team before the trade deadline and after the trade deadline.
Looking at the Regular Season between Dallas and Celtics doesn't tell you anything.
But the Celtics is 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).
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.
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)
Dallas in the Playoffs against these teams 12-5, so 0.706.
Dallas is another animal since the trade.
Mavs in 6!
What John is saying sounds to me like a very casual take on how to defend Luka. The Clippers, the Thunder, the Wolves and basically all of the other teams in the regular season said similar things about how to defend Luka and how to attack him on offense and it just doesn't work out that way. The Mavs system both on offense and defense is designed specifically for Luka Doncic and if it wouldn't work, they wouldn't be in the NBA finals.
If you defend Luka the way John describes it, you are in for the Atlanta Experience (Luka's 73-point-game). You can wall of the paint like the Thunder did, but then you have to live with the corner threes. You can take the corner threes away like the Wolves did, but then you give up loads of points in the paint.
A lot of people don’t seem to understand this. Luka is quite literally the system and he is so good at reading the defense and taking exactly what they give him. He has a counter for everything they throw at him and our offense can adapt to any coverage. The discourse has been about how good their 4 defenders are but that doesn’t matter when Luka runs pick and roll all game. People act like he’s just gonna 1v1 iso 😂 their bigs are gonna have a really tough time guarding our pick and roll.
@@austindowney5581 oops 😅
@@austindowney5581 pick and roll? How did it go ? 😂😂
Does he know about Kleber and the 5 out lineup? Lol strength of the defense is gaff and lively inside, yes. But they also have the ability to switch it up & play 5 out/switch everything.
How did Kleber do?
That OKC strategy might work out for the Celtics. Kidd has to find something against it.
Not sure how Luka cant be considered the best player in the world at this point. When the other teams entire strategy is to tire out and shut down one player.. And this has happened every round so far these playoffs
Mavs in 6 🔵⚪️🐴
LEt Luks play one on one... what happen when your guys get fouls... you have 6-7 play rotation team...
He wants them to account for 50 points and a few assist?!😂
Mavericks 2 centers and and pj and hardy are the key for Mavs to win the championship
This was a nice podcast. Fetterman Krueger over there was way less obnoxious than he is on his own podcast channel.
i cannot wait that games start, srsly why it taking so looong
@Nick your Azzz is not funny, I see you’re still trying to tear Kai down bringing up old shit and adding your 2 cents, would you do LD this way??? Your azzz is only loyal to LD I see now. Sell Out!!!!
Every damn player need to shoot to get their damn rhythm…like LD is the only one that can get his rhythm WTF…duh
Something is wrong with you talking about how the Celtics is going to stop LD like he’s the damn team WTF
Let Luka get his all game and let Kyrie close? Bet. Love the strategy, Boston. 😊
Still loving it?
Luka flying, Tatum crying.........LET IT RIDE!!!!
They will blitz Luka. That the only way to defend Luka. This series please god used Hardy not THJ.
Let’s gooo
They are trying the let Luka score and take away the other guys bit. Won’t work since we have Kyrie.
Update?
Don't do that mistake Boston. Just don't. Remember what Draymond Green said 2 years ago. GSW treated Luka like a high school sweetheart. Picking him up when he fell, talking with Luka all the time... GSW was way, way better than the Mavs were and they still didn't want to piss him off.
Way to go Boston! Just pissing Kyrie off a whole week before the first game. You're gonna burn!
Update?
@@fs6688 LOL! Nah. :D Luka was still amazing, but this year Boston was far ahead. Well played, well played!
It's true Boston had a way easier path to the finals and were far less gassed but still ... Boston was just a better team this playoffs. I hope to see you in the next one.
So luka 1v1 and let him get his, so..... Yall going 1v1 with kyrie too??? Yea great gameplan there . Let them 2 cook and build the rest of the teams confidence yup sounds like a great plan there John.
Update?
KP is one jump away from re-aggravating that calf. He wont last 2 games.
injury predictions are wild do you even like basketball or do you like injuries
@@hudsonbay9367 Injury prediction or injury history?
You’re a weirdo
You can have Holiday, the Jays, and even the Trays. Mavs in 6
Update?
I just hope that Boston fans don't break character. Be yourselves and piss that boy from Slovenia off.
Please Celtic fans Booh Kyrie. It will make Luka his blood pump😂👌🏻
I see a storyline brewing if the Celtics lose and it will be devastating to porzingis. Like he will be out of the league in a year or two. It would not be good if a certain storyline happens
this is actually batshit insane get your brain checked out
Weirdo
Didn’t the Celtics struggled to beat the Pacers in 3 of the 4 games? And Haliburton missed 2 games. These guys talk about the Celtics like if they’re the 2018 Warriors.
Any update? Casual
John's plan rests on Luka and Kyrie making mistakes in the 4th? Oh boy do I have news for you...
What’s the news?
and btw they were trash in the 4th
It's the 4th time in a row Nick is up against a podcaster who's gloating, thinking they will beat the Mavs because they have the better team.
And he was absolutely right
Kyrie iz coming!....Pause!
Celtics getting outrebounded by the pacers is alarming.
Is it?
What is this dude talking about? Can they defend for 24 seconds? Tf do you do regularly?
Clown. You don’t understand basketball
No way they can go 1 on 1 on Luka. Sounds like suicide..
Update?
And the 4th delusional guy who thinks their team is so much better😅
Any update?
Mavs fans talking crap about Porzingas is simply giving Boston 'locker room motivation' to use. He didn't work out for Dallas, but he's a quality player. Quit giving the Celtics ANYTHING like that. It's stupid.
KP is a quitter and is only there for the paycheck. If he feels soreness, he will sit out (even playoff games). He's almost as bad as Kawaii when it comes to load management.
@@suprcrzy update?
Please take 50 3s a game lol.... u will lose
Not this Celtics team.
You had no idea what you were talking about
Celtics in 5
So you think the Mavs aren’t any better than the Cavaliers without Mitchel and Allen or the Heat without Butler? Casual fan alert 🚨 . Your in for a rude awakening my guy
@@oblivionpro69 Mavs fans ar known for havbing a room temperature IQ and takes. Luka is absolutely the best player in this series and thats all you got. Mavs will be the one in rude awakening. Celtics in 5
@@oblivionpro69 and youre a l0ser on the web probably in real life too
@@oblivionpro69 youre the one in reddit right? LMFAO LOS3R
@@everminenowOKC fans, LAC fans and Min fans said same as you......😅 It will be fun again!
Celtics are chokers.
Update?
Thank you for making a video tonight. I’m having a rough time. This helps.
You're awesome! I don't know you, but you're here so you're MFFL Family. Keep looking up
I hope things get better for you.
Keep your head up, Kitty! Tough times do not last, tough people do 💪🏾
Same, I really needed this. Hope you are well.
Struggler.
As a Mavs fan I couldn't agree more with ya John. Make Luka figure you out... that's gonna go SO WELL for yall I'm sure... Mavs in 6! Bring on Boston
Did you just "We want Boston"? 👀
@@jamied7391he did indeed!!!
Luka will feast as usual. I mean he did have 33/18/13... but still lost by 9. And when he didn't have that, Celtics won by 28. I guess he's still figuring it out.
@@Pittbos68 oh my god… are you saying the Mavericks lost to the Celtics in the regular season. That’s proved to be a very valuable stat in the post season. Ask Phoenix how much it matters
@@Thisisranceor every team mavs played this postseason 😂
Are people gunna talk about the fact that if you have Brown on Luka on defense, you can't expect his offense to be there on the other end. Defending Luka is tiring. Look who guarded him in the previous series' and their offensive role was minimal. Mann, Dort, and McDaniels/Kyle Anderson. To expect Brown to guard Luka AND be the offensive player he's expected to be, is unfair. Look at what guarding Kyrie did to Ant's legs
He seemed to hold up just fine 😂 FMVP
Lmaoooo look at this terrible analysis
@@jaredg217 ok
Now the stars are out, the mavs are the hope for D. Let's go Mavs
One X factor is that Boston fans gonna boo Kyrie and Luka gonna take it personally for his buddy. So no extra fuel will be needed
And……what happened ? 😂😂😂🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀💍💍💍💍
Lol He's really banking on our guys getting tired when we have the younger team aside from kyrie and maxi who they won't get tired.
Don’t know why he’d bank on us getting tired when our rotation is almost double the size of there’s
@@Andrew-gs2ps And our Centers only play 20-25 minutes each
Maybe Kyrie will play in "ramadan mode"...😅🎉
@@versuch8239 And Luka can go on say 20 point quarters then rest the next quarter.
@@austindowney5581 yup. they expect Horford and KP to keep up with that? Hilarious. Whenever Horford is on the court the pace needs to be turned up and he has to be relentlessly targeted in pick and roll and isolation. Would like to see that small ball lineup to get back up and firing again. Will be absolutely crucial for us. If we can hang with their 5 out for minutes. Then match a fresh KP with a fresh lively. I am so excited to see the basketball chess match.
“What does Porzingis bring?” - Injuries and disappointment
Yes he has been hurt. But you can't deny he speaks the court and shoots 3 ball much much better than Gafford and Liv. He can be a handful for us.
Like Chet Holmgren Porzingas is bad ifor team chemistry, too freakish.
@@JohnnySmith-x2bhe's getting bullied just how chet and KAT were getting bullied and he doesn't shoot better than Naz Reid
@@JuanRomo-vl4hj Really? 51.6% vs 47.7 translating to 20.1 pts vs 13.5 pts on higher volume. Just sayin'
@@Pittbos68 these are regular season numbers your giving me?
Mavs in 6 NO SURRENDER!!!!
If Porzingis is their center then it becomes a weak spot on defense at that position.
This is something nobody is talking about. He is going to get torched in pick and roll regardless if they switch or play drop. Rudy couldn’t even guard it but people think KP can? Lmao
@@austindowney5581 any update?
Another team buying into the “Luka is a defensive liability” narrative. Those of us that have watched every game know that Luka can lock in defensively. Maybe they tire him out, maybe they don’t. I wouldn’t bet my entire strategy on beating Luka with your offense though.
Luka has been doing Iit since 16.
Luka is leading the Playoffs with 28 steals... not so much a defensive liability.
This aged like milk 😂
@@MRidler37 that is not how you measure defense. Casual
@@fs6688 he’s 25. It’s not over yet. If he gets together with Jokić we shall see.
KP coming back might take a game or 2 to get back into game shape. By that time, it might be too late. How dependable on defense is he going to be also?
This aged like milk
celtics can only hope that luka misses his shots not much else you can do but try to make it as hard as posssible for him
And part of that means not talking shit towards Luka (and probably Kyrie)...Celtics fans won't be able to help themselves.
@@elsporko321 You got that right! Worked FINE!
@@newellgster How did it take you 2 days to find this? Maybe you should try to find a betting site that lets you place bets on games that happened 2 days ago, too.
Celtics live n die by the 3.... if they are hot the entire series they will win but I don't think they will... mavs in 6
The pressure is on the Celtics in this series, that's for sure.
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@@fs6688 They handled the pressure really well and won a deserved championship after they played a dominant regular and post season.
If you take away Luka's assists, Luka will make a basket himself most of the time. So what have you really accomplished?
Did you even listen to what he said?
Celtic fans don't even Know what to say about Luka Doncic....😮😮😮😢😅🎉😅😊😊😊😊
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I smell fear and panic from John. Yumm
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With most stars, not doubling them is a gesture of disrespect. With Luka, not doubling him is the ultimate sign of respect.
They WANT to double him, but they know he's so good that he will create an even bigger advantage.
I bet they wind up blitzing and doubling before the series is over, anyway.
If there is a team who could guard the Mavs 1 on 1, it would be the Celtics. Mavs in 6 though 😂
@@Tophergr8
Yeah. Everyone peppers them in hoping to catch him by surprise, but they know fully well that once the element of surprise wears off, the scheme itself is worthless.
@@runthenumbers9698 They'll force a turnover initially then it's carving time over the next few possessions. DLive has been a revelation in this, in particular.
@@runthenumbers9698 but I guess what I'm also saying is that Luka attacks players and tries to draw them to him by dribbling towards them, or getting one player on his back while he attacks another, like he did against Gobert and Ant/McDaniels, so whether it's single coverage or not, he's going to collapse the defense and start the blender. That said, I still think that Boston will find that Luka can beat 1-on-1 coverage in such a soul-stealing fashion that it will force blitzes and traps as the series goes along.
To Nick and this John guy, I don't understand the point of discussing guarding Luka 1 on 1. Majority of Mavs's offense starts with a PNR or staggered screens and roll/pop, putting the defense in rotation. Now if it's not a drop coverage and the defense hedges, Luka is good enough (probably the best in the league) to go around or split the defenders putting them again in rotation.
So what is the point here? are you saying Boston defenders are really good at hedge/ice screen actions? and even if they are, Mavs will just move the PnR action up the court and then the defender on Luka is just playing catch.
Though I agree that the Celtics will TRY to limit the Mavs' role players, I don't think it's going to be 1v1 basketball in this series apart from clutch game deciding situations
😭😭exactly!!!
i think this guy on the celtics podcast did not watched the game 5 between mavs and wolves when luka explode and on fire early in the first quarter because they guarded him one on one 😂
One on one with Mcdaniels … who will be guarding Luka 1 on 1!? Is that guy better than Mcdaniels?
@@minyeongchung i dont care who the hell is gonna guard luka on the celtics side, because no one can stop luka 1 on 1 in this final series period!!!
@@minyeongchungit doesn’t even matter who is guarding him for 2 reasons. 1, nobody can stop him 1 on 1. 2, he will run pick and roll all game anyway and take whatever the defense gives him. He will cook drop and if they switch he will hunt matchups. He will cook until they are forced to try to trap him and he can make any pass out of a trap and now we’re playing 4v3. He is an absolute technician when it comes to manipulating and controlling the game
@@austindowney5581any updates buddy?? 🤡
John has a point. There is no point doubling Luka. He's gonna do what he does, you might as well put 3 guys on him. So it's better to defend others too.. You double Luka and Kyrie in late fourth.
This is going to be an amazing series. And the Mavs in 6!
Oh, but there is a point in doubling him, it's demoralizing for a team to see Luka cooking on 1-on-1 coverage. It has a psychological effect and it opens up the rest of the game. I haven't seem any team pay to watch it and not change their mind and start doubling Luka, even the Hawks started doubling and blitzing.
@@theSUBVERSIVE Celtics got demoralized 😂😂😂🍾🍾🍾🎉🎉🎉🍀🍀🍀🍀 Mavs in 10?
Mavs in 6
Go mavericks
Boston and Boston fans are trying to place all their pennies on KP if that's the cause MAVS on 4, we all know how he just gives up..
I'm new here. This pod is a total clown show. Seems like the entire analysis is "you can't stop Luka!!".
Well, this is true and as we all found out in March, it doesn't matter if Luka goes 43 pts/18 rbs/15 asts. Actually, I hope he does.
76 - 20 on the season. No one is beating Boston four times. Check their record against the best teams in the NBA. It's their time. Luka has a bright future.
Boston in 5.
Karalis is a idiot 😂 nobody can stop Luka from getting assists bc this team chemistry is too good..
and how many hockey assists does Luka generate? There’s not stat for that, but so many times Luka makes the pass that leads to the pass that gets the assist.
Big disagree there.
"a idiot" go back to 6th grade english pal
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What I dont get... HOW do you force Luka into tough, contested 2's while NOT allowing 3's (means go over the Screen every time) AND take away corner 3's (means no help defense) AND take away lobs (means deep Drop is needed). Thats just not possible. I understand thats the plan... thats allways the plan for every defense ever. BUT HOW? Thats just not possible!
I was thinking the same thing... John acts as if you could live with tough Luka shots and take away his passing game completely. But when you want to switch everything, stay home on the shooters and guard Luka 1 on 1, he is not always taking the step back three. Especially when his 3-pointers are falling, his defender has to come closer and Luka will drive by him a lot of times. And then... what? Let Luka go to the rim for an uncontested Layup? Of course not! At this point the defense has to send help and all of a sudden the defense will be in scramble mode and Luka will pass the ball and find open teammates.
Do you understand now?
Luka For President "GO MAVS"
Hell Nah