@@Ray-oy7ot yup! Nobody was in position to help, Jaylen Brown was purposely not running back on defense, he was not helping on defense just leaving his man open for wide open threes, White was not boxing out and just standing around. Nobody attacked mismatches they basically did the opposite of everything that was working for them
Thank you lmao. Windy is a long time glazer for certain players, especially LeBron. When guys that he likes/has a relationship with play like shit, cry to the refs, and come up short…..he makes excuses for them. When a guy he doesn’t like has a bad showing, they’re trash and aren’t winners. It’s hilarious lmaoooo
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
@@truthhurts837True but it's too nuanced for Luka haters. They can only magnify his flaws by 1000% and ignore his great traits, and just say he's a dumb sucky dumb dumb cry flopper. Luka Derangement Syndrome affects the logic and reason parts of the brain.
Kyre scores a total of 28 points in the first two games but it's Lukas fault who had at least a third of the points for the mavs in all 3 first games. Luka's defense was bad but he was still carrying the Mavs.
My only issue is Tatum is averaging 25-10-6 on 1% worse shooting than Luka in these playoffs and yet everyone kills Tatum while sucking Luka off?? And we know it’s not even a debate defensively between the two…
I didn’t like how Windhorst criticized without providing any context to Lukas injuries. If you’ve actually played sports on any level you’d realize it’s nearly impossible to play basketball with an injured knee and this guys dropping 30 a game in the finals and also playing injured since round 1. I don’t think Windy has ever done anything remotely athletic in his life that’s what’s infuriating.
But that's the thing. Did Luka magically heal from his injuries since Wednesday? Because he looked far more engaged than in the previous 3 games. If anything you'd expect him to look worse because of the short layoff between Game 3 and 4. Luka does have injuries, but that doesn't excuse some of the lack of effort and mistakes he made defensively over the first 3 games of the serious. He looked far better and showed more effort and poise in game 3 and I bet that has to do more with him being criticized and putting pride into being a 2 way player, rather than him magically becoming healthier.
@@ducksgo2375 This lack of defense has been way overblown. Luka still had the highest += on the team for game 3. There for sure 3 or 4 times he cost them points complaining. But his overall defense has been on par with anyone on the Celtics not named Holiday or White.
@@KevinThomes Yes and a lot of that has to do with his offense. He was a -4 overall between game 1-3 which was 10 higher than the next closest player. To say that he is the reason they are losing is wrong. But to be critical of his defense is fine and justified. He could have been +10 - +20 if he had more intensity on defense like he did in game 4. Most times his offense masks his defense. And if we are being honest, Brown and Tatum's defense are better overall. The reason why the +/- is higher for Luka is because Tatum is a choker (and this is coming from a Celtics fan). He will shoot 26 shots and only make 10 (half of which are contested and should be passed). Tatum's willingness to shoot low % shots allows defenses to gain confidence and go on runs, especially when he plays "iso"-ball.
@@ducksgo2375 no he didn’t heal, he is injured and playing compromised. It’s fair to criticize him but it’s also disingenuous to say his defense is the only reason why his team is losing when he’s carrying a majority of the scoring burden with multiple injuries and none of his team mates had stepped up. It’s unfair to show multiple highlights of his defense and say he’s the reason his team is losing the series without providing any context to his team mates not making shots + his injuries. No excuse for his attitude toward the refs and fouling out but let’s see anyone try to play with a knee injury in a pickup game let alone an NBA finals - it’s easy to pass judgement from the couch.
Brian eats horses never said this about Lebron. Man has been crying to refs, not playing defense, and throwing games for his whole career. But he gotta call Luka out 😂
Yup that what I said never said nothing about LeBron complaining and flopping to the refs but when Luca does it he starts saying stuff I bet he has money on the Celtics just saying.
Well TBF everyone knows there's little to no chance at coming back 0-3 but the way many creators are couching the series is a bit disingenuous. I also do think they got pretty screwed by Marc Davis in game 3 but as Jordan said, the refs are in control whether they like it or not. You have to find a way to get it done.
I mean that was the game. You can’t go down 3 at home. Luka came out flat and really just landed on his face in arguably the biggest game of his Career. Thats a fair spot to give up on him for the series
ANT let KD average 27 PPG on a 55%FG LET BOOKER average 27,5 PPG on a 50% FG LET MURRAY who had a horrible series vs LAKERS with only 1 good game to have 4 good games. EVEN the GAME media said ANT lock MURRAY, its a lie because he had 35 points 48%FG and shoot 3/5 .60%FG in the 4th
Yeah when the Mavs were embarrassing the wolves, how many times did we get from the media "he's tired" over and OVER again?? 22 yrs old, at the height of his powers, no injuries. It became a joke online. But with Luka at 25 yrs old, many more miles on his body from NBA + Euro league, and legitimately playing through injuries, we get this crap. Aside from Legler, LeSPN sucks.
Windhorsts was 100% right Luka was hole in defense and he is bitching and wining all the time like unmature kid. Really not way superstar should behave gotha change that to be better player.
@@nikolahekler2713And yet his performance is what got them here. Last I checked, Kyrie had 12 points and 16, and the team was shooting 10% from 3 outside of Luka. 😂. Let's stop looking for a every reason to complain and blame someone who's doing exactly what he's done to get them there whenever one else hasn't.
Luka's Dallas career has only trended upwards. You would be a fool to attack him. As a Mavericks fan since the early 90s, I got nothing but respect for Luka. Even if the Mavs did get swept, I STILL remember every amazing game Luka has given us. I hate the media, because they'll ignore EVERYTHING and will only address what happened last night.
Media are always focus and blaming the superstar of the team. They forgot that basketball is a team game. Do they expect Luka to guard all five positions or do everything by himself? If Luka is not with Mavs, they would've been in Cancun right now.
If it was "all about" Luka, the Mavs wouldn't be in the Championship. If they lost because of Luka's defense, how could that not have been a factor in the rest of the season?
@@DynoGreen313 so playing the top 3 seeds in the playoffs isn't playing against the best teams... and Luka has never been exposed lol... Dallas hold every team under their off RTG this playoffs
@@leonardo_mrll i said THE REST OF THE SEASON is not played against the very best teams the playoffs IS played against the very best teams thus weaknesses show up more clearly
@@DynoGreen313 mavs are the best defense in the playoffs and hold every opponent under their standards so Lukas defense never was and still It isn't a "weakness" (as you called It) for dallas. yes playoffs Is played against the best teams and It still wasn't about Lukas defense that they lost💀... og take was if It was all cuz of Lukas defense then why didnt It cause problems in the whole season and he Is right...celtics were hold to 110 off RTG this series(before game 4) and in the playoffs It was 119... and now It has dropped even more💀 It never was about Lukas defense altough he played bad defense it didn't impacted much and It never has since trade deadline....
@@leonardo_mrll If he is getting blown by at almost a 70% rate on drives to the hoop, that IS a problem. That is a historical problem and is why Tatum had 12 assists in game 2 because other teammates had to crash the paint to protect leaving Celtics on the perimeter wide open for 3 point shots. Regardless of whether the media overstated his defensive capabilities, the Celtics found his weakness and even Jason Kidd said after game 3 that Luka "had a target on his back" meaning the Celtics were going directly after him. The difference is, Luka's offensive production normally outweighed his defensive struggles; and that is seen with his -4 over the first 3 games compared to the next closest teammate at -14. However, Luka looked far more engaged in game 4 and it proved to make a huge difference on the result. Also, if Luka "IS THE OFFENSE" putting yourself in a position with 5 fouls to foul out like he did in Game 3 = a detriment to the team. Availability is important which his lack of defensive effort in Game 3 lead to him getting fouled out.
@@KevinThomes That was a different era of basketball as well. Hakeem didn't have to worry about switching on to a guard and being forced to defend them at the 3 point line.
Hopefully players like Harden and Doncic will never win a championship. This kind of high usage rate and lack of defense + iso ball is not what a team sport like basketball makes it beautiful. It is never a one man show. You have to be a leader on both sides of the floor just like other great players did.
Excellent video sir. Fair to Luka without over praising him. And that's a perfect description of the standard Luka hater: "You're either not watching basketball, or you're watching with a certain agenda in mind."
Windhorst had a point. Luka's lack of focus and yelling at refs, not getting back etc, that has been an issue. Honestly the media likely helped wake him up to the incredible performance game 4, and let's see if we can get locked in Luka for the rest of the series. I'm a Luka fan and think it's great to see him perform at the top level. If you expect the media or analysts to say he's doing great when he's not, that's more the realm of a fan podcast.
Yes, his defense has been poor. But you have to acknowledge that he's pretty busted up Injured Luka has been carrying the Mavs on offense. Can't expect him to carry that hard AND play lockdown defense.
@@jccwell His defense has been poor in the Celtics series yeah but 2 things people are completely ignoring: 1. His defense has been great all playoffs, having 1 series where hes playing bad defense doesn't make him a "terrible defender" and, as you mentioned, he is banged up which makes it hard. 2. This is the more important point, the Mavs gameplan has literally been for them to FUNNEL the players that drive at the basket towards their centers, they literally intentionally get blown by and have been all playoffs. The reason its so bad against the Celtics is because the centers aren't ready in the paint to stop a driving Tatum or Brown because they're forced to stay on 3pt shooters. J.Kidd is the one that's vastly more to blame for this than the individual players, hes glacially slow at adapting gameplans to the situation, thankfully their gameplans worked up until the Celtics so he never had to but Game 2 and 3 were extremely winnable with good coaching yet there was none to be had. I was on the edge of tearing my hair out in game 3 when they kept making Kyrie/Luka go iso over and over and take tough shots when they had a wide open paint since Porzingis is out, there isn't a player on the Celtics that can consistently stop a Gafford/Lively in the paint.
he was partially right yes, but he wouldn't even be talking about the Mavs in the finals if it wasn't for Luka. It's like they just completely ignore everything else he has done because of a single bad game (in which he was still 27/6/6, mind you). He's been considerably better on defense this season compared to past seasons, which they also ignore. Blaming Luka for Dallas' shortcomings is nothing short of lunacy
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
@@truthhurts837 Yeah, its also a matter of the Mavs not performing to the level expected of them. The reason Luka has been a bad defender for years is because he WAS the Mavs offense, if he doesn't give it 110% on the offense the Mavs were dead in the water for years. It's only after the PJ/Gafford trade that they became able to outrebound teams and score in the paint consistently, that lessened the load on Luka A LOT and he started improving at defense at a rapid pace. Now in the finals you have the roleplayers playing badly for 3 games (which was expected, they're roleplayers in their first finals) but the killshot was Kyrie being a complete no show in game 1 and 2, Mavs reverted back to their "Luka scores everything or we're screwed" playstyle off the back of TERRIBLE coaching from Kidd.
Even if his defense isn’t the best, he’s still putting up like half of their fuckin point. Kyrie was shitting the bed horrifically on offense for most of the series and the rest of the team is entirely nonexistent on offense. It may as well be a 2v5 out there. Frankly, it’s a miracle that luka carried them this far. He’s not getting enough credit, especially when he’s been injured during the last two series
A major factor I never hear anyone talk about is the significant greater amount of fatigue Dallas (especially Luka) had to incur compared to the Boston Celtics. Luka has been looking gassed out in the fourth quarter, while the Celtics don't really look like they're breaking a sweat.
I see how some might feel that way honestly, but to me it’s not the refs it’s more just strategy. I think Jason Kidd made good adjustments this game and gave more playing time to some players. I think this is the balance they needed from the beginning, they became too Luka ball dominant, which seems to be what the Celtics want. Pretty much make Dallas play slow and make them one dimensional with Luka being ball dominant, but this game Dallas didn’t fall into that habit and actually played with pace. Now the adjustments move to the Celtics and we’ll see Monday.
Mavs in 7. 3:0 doesn't matter. If you step off the crazy train now, you can't call yourself a Mavs fan. It's not about stats, facts or odds, it's about belief. Noone believed we'd beat the Clippers except "crazy delusional Mavs fans." Noone believed we'd beat no1 seed, OKC, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans." Noone believed we'd beat the team that just wasted the reigning champions, Wolves, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans". Now noone believes we can do the impossible and return from a 3:0 hole, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans." It was always a pipe dream. Nothing changed. We believe because we are fans. Mavs are already champions in our eyes, achieving more than anyone believed possible. We are beating insurmountable odds all playoffs, so when it comes to an impossible task of beating a 3:0 hole, why not us? If you don't believe, you shouldn't be here.
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
As a mavs fan i dont believe mavs can stay hot from 3 for the next 3 games + celtics had an off night.. celtics are good, if they played any other eastern team I'd believe they can come back from 3-0 but in this case as stacked as boston is I don't see it happening
I’m just gon take the time to give bro his props on his delivery of analysis of nba sports over this legendary signature beat is dope. It’s almost like spoken word. Appreciation to your talent bruh.
All due respect, Brian was correct based on how Luka was playing. Could Luka have used it in fact as a learning experience? Yes. Brian is focusing on game three. Luka acted like a child and was a catalyst to Dallas losing. It’s one game.
I think Windhorst just wants to keep some distance between Luka and LeBron in the court of public opinion. 1 way to do that is to highlight Luka’s defensive shortcomings. Low hanging fruit tbh. This need not be a concern at all until Luka wins a chip or two.
The media was right. You did not really listen to what they said. What they said was true and there was no hate. They all stated that Luka was a very good player. Most of them said that Luka was the reason why they were in the finals.
Agree with you for the most part except Luka in game 4 made himself look like a fool. If you can only turn it on down 3-0 that’s not much use. Where was the defensive effort in games 1-3? I think this made Luka look worse because it makes him look like a sandbagged on defense those other games. Not asking him to be all defensive team, only asking for all the effort you have in nba finals on the defensive end.
Well, Brian is sorta right! He has literally won every eating contest he’s entered and shut down every buffet restaurant from Bristol to Dallas. So he knows, ultimately how to win at his craft 🤷🏽♂️
At first i was really annoyed with brian not so much with what he said, but how he said it. He really went in on luka, but he was right though. Luka needed to hear it.
To be fair, this was an all around effort from the Mavs. Even Lively was hitting 3s and Celtics couldnt even hit the side of the barn. Exum, Hardaway and Green were also hitting shots they couldnt hit before. You know they are playing house money when Lively suddenly became Bill Russell on the night. Luka was also active defensively
We got to stop this bullshit that somehow last night was some defensive master class against the Celtics. He still sucks on defense and the rest of the Mavs are still mid too with the exception of Kyrie. That Celtics team clearly came into the game and decided they weren’t going to put in any effort on either side of the ball. This wasn’t good Dallas defense. It was a team that said “we’re up 3, so let’s just take a game off.” I’m not giving Dallas credit for shit when this was the laziest and most disgusting game that I’ve seen any team in the NBA play all year as far as not giving an ounce of energy and being completely disengaged. They were clocked out. Now everyone wants to get carried away and act like Dallas somehow fixed their issues. Cut it out. Talk about this after game 5.
I’m glad you’re doing a video on this. I’ve always found one of the most accurate and informed commentators out there basketball and you couldn’t be more right. Defense was so awful in game three, the best team in the NBA could only manage 106 points on 45%. Not sure how dumb someone has to be but definitely our media is.
I would say there needs to be a little context added to your statement though. The Celtics were up by 21 at 10 minutes in the 4th and then came out and did what they always do which is "prevent offense". Basically waste time on the clock and finish the game. If the Celtics continued playing like they did the entire game, they score 120+ points, but by having Payton Pritchard (7th option on Celtics) chuck up 3 straight shots as time expires isn't a recipe of success. The Mavs defense was far better in this game, but I think it has as much to do with the Celtics mindset. When they are up (whether in a game or series), they relax and that costs them. Then they open the flood gates and have no idea how to stop it. The Celtics do this all the time where they will find a recipe for success and then just go into "Iso" ball at random times which destroys the momentum of the offense.
Luca just lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals, at age 25. He is the second player ever to lead an entire playoff in points, rebounds and assists. Joker was the first ever to do it, last season. But Luka will also lead this entire playoffs in steals. Grow up, rookie.
@@truthhurts837 Every game in the finals is a different one - Charles Barkley. Now back to my statement, winning 1 games seems resulting in a 3-3 standing to the mind of the bandwagon! There is a reason it is hard to sweep teams in the finals. Listen to Kyrie's interview after the game to know that reason. There you got your answer onion-skin!
Doesn’t have to be one or the other. Luka showed a lack of maturity G3 but even then he’s still one of the best players in the league. As a Mavs fan I was hoping he would’ve just been locked in since it’s the damn finals but G3 wasn’t the first time Luka has had stinker of a game like he did, yet at the same time he’s main reason we’re even in the Finals to begin with.
Luka is a winner, he's taken the mavericks further every year besides last year where the organization chose to lose on purpose and it resulted in D Live this is only the beginning and people need to realize that Nico Harrison is going to continue to put weapons around Luka Excited to see this team grow together and see what the front office cooks up to give Luka more weapons
Windhorst's goal was to wake up the monster. He isn't rooting for either team. He is rooting for greatness, and he wants to see it from Luka. The story became about Luka because he got 4 fouls in the 4th period of game 3, fouling out with 4:12 left and the Mavericks down by 3. With both Luka and Kyrie on the floor for the last 4 minutes, the Mavericks might have won. Windhorst was also talking about this because he has seen Luka have similar tantrums during international play over the past few years.
Everyone seems to be forgetting this is Luka who eliminated Michael Jordan(Ant) who had destroyed then defending champs and a fully stacked Suns team. He now made Tatum and Brown his new sons just like Booker and Edwards. Mavs will continue to destroy the Celtics in the next 3 games.
LeBron's personal guy trying to hold someone accountable for lack of effort is hilarious. Luka has been the only consistent player for the Mavs all year, and has been playing hurt since the All Star break. Saying that he needs to do better is hilarious, Windhurst obviously lost a bet on the game. ESPN continues to be a complete joke
@@roycegarvin No he means Luka getting in front of the driving player and stopping their pursuits to the basket. Luka was far more engaged this game and it was noticeable immediately. He wasn't trying to flop, he wasn't screaming at the refs, and on several drives he got his chest in front of the offensive player which forced them to either pass out and restart or lose possession. In addition, a lot of it is their defense that has been losing them these games. Regardless of whether the offensive players can't score consistently. Allowing nearly 70% drive byes in a single game leads other defenders to have to crash the paint in support, leaving offensive players with open shots on the perimeter. By stopping those drives you allow your team to defend the perimeter better and ultimately play better defense. Even Jason Kidd said Luka "has a target on him" because of how often he was targeted in the series on iso's and drive and shoots.
The fact Kendrick Perkins who at his best was a pure role player and couldn’t and didn’t put a team on his back. Perkins is a straight scrub always has been and always will be.
It was a very fair criticism imo. Luka cost them game 4 with his bad defense, whining to the refs and fouling out, and there is a huge difference between being down 2-1 or 3-0.
I wouldn't say he exposed Brian. In his rant on SportsCenter, Brian was 100,000% factual. Luka shouldn't have put himself in that position to foul out. He had 5 fouls and chose to get in front of Jaylen Brown, the most aggressive driver the Celtics have. Then he yelled at his bench to challenge, even though it was the definition of a blocking foul. He drew 4 fouls in 7 minutes of game time. He foul batied on a 3pt attempt and then layed on the ground giving up points on the other end. He complained constantly whenever he could. I knew he had a reputation of complaining, but I didn't know it was this bad since we don't play the Mavs too much and I don't watch teams besides my own. But, lord, I understand why people call him a crybaby and was happy he fouled out since his complaining was driving me insane despite how much I admire Luka as a player, since, again, I don't watch him the same way I watch the Celtics. He had a really good game and didn't even have to think about complaining since he was getting whistles like a woman being catcalled by construction workers. But just because he took what Brian had to say to heart, because he obviously heard despite saying he didn't, and he didn't act like a child like in Game 3, doesn't mean Brian was wrong to point it out and get as upset as he did.
When you’re the best player and leader on the team, you have to get your teammates involved and engaged from the start of the game to get their rhythm going and confidence
I mean didn't Lebron get similar criticism on several occasions? Also, the revisionist history is amazing. All I heard was how the Mavericks had the best offensive backcourt in the NBA with Kyrie (an 8x Allstar) and Doncic, with an All-Rookie in Lively II, while the trade deadline lead to the Mavs getting Gafford and PJ Washington. It also was stated how the Mavericks defense was the #1 just behind Boston after the trade deadline and through the playoffs. So to sit here and say that he has below average teammates when they ranked #1 in defensive efficiency after the trade deadline and have another all-nba player by his side seems disingenuous.
@@SebastijanStanivuk I mean based on what the media was saying, it would seem like they had a better team. I don't believe that to be the case, but the media said the Celtics weren't challenged and would lose this series. Some even going as far to say handily.
Nobody takes Porky serious. The only reason they are in the finals and not getting shit on is Luka. The mavs are not getting destroyed apart from game 1. Its been the offense all day. Ive been screaming this and its nice to see someone able to look at context and understand what it means. @uncuthoops gets it.
@Uncut_Hoops solid content. I like the numbers you bring up. you look at ofrtg and dfrtg for the mavs they had a -11.4 differential. All this while holding celtics to their lowest offrtg of the playoffs lol Their offense has and has always been the issue. Take game 3 for example, that 3rd qtr put them in a blender and made them push, luka was desperate for getting steals and was getting hit with easy fouls. I like your other content too not just on the mavs, very fair. The contextual lense you look through is good. I would use more numbers to bring your points to focus but I think you honestly do this well, but always can improve. I love stats and the story behind that because thats the content people dont bring to the table. keep it up!
Windhorst was told by ESPN that he had to be the mouthpiece for a critical report on Luca especially due to the racial characteristics of Windhorst. He was right in what he said but if he had said that to 99% of the NBA players they would have attacked him verbally. In fact I'm sure I would have to spend a good hour looking for a negative report on a player, from Windhorst that in depth and that personal.
Luka didn’t prove a soul wrong😂 he stepped up, played harder, and better than he had been. That don’t change what happened those first 3 games Edit: man im not about to sit here and debate😂 I didn’t and most people aren’t saying it was solely on Luka they lost. Acting like Luka terrible defense wasn’t a problem is being DELUSIONAL, acting like he he did no wrong is past delusional it’s concerning
Bronsexuals would be loosing their minds if Maxi Kleber was getting this much playing time on the Lakers. Stop it. Without Luka, this team would be at the bottom of the west rankings like a team with LeBron on it 😂
@@jccwell excuses, if he is that hurt don’t play. That is the ONLY time bringing up injuries is acceptable. He didn’t look hurt and it wasn’t mentioned last night when he was having a good game. You lame trying to throw that out there, Luka hadn’t been the star he needed to be before that game.
firstly who cares about reporter opinions, but secondly Windhorst making it personal is just an attempt from a guy who is obviously a fan of Luka trying to essentially say what he wishes Jason Kidd would say. Hes just doing what he needs to do to unlock super saiyan Luka. Its not an attack its 100% obviously a mind game to get him going and it worked.
Never TRUST the media period. They are the greatest floppers. They were talking great things about the Mavs and Luka before the finals now he’s not a winner?
I've seen a few unimaginable comebacks before in my lifetime so it's definitely possible. I saw the Red Sox become the first team in baseball to come back down 0-3 to win against the Yankees in '03 or 04 and then went on to win the world series. I also remember watching the Patriots vs Falcons in the Super Bowl down 28-3 with 2:08 seconds left in the 3rd. They flashed the win probability of ATL on the top of the screen at 99.98%. So yeah it aint over till it's over. There will be a team that eventually comes back down 0-3 in the NBA playoffs. Boston almost did it themselves last year vs MIA
Honestly, if his team mates showed up and consistently joins the party just like team mates of Tatum and Brown, it should be 3-1 for Dallas. When Luka team mates other tgan Kyrie makes their shots and play their potential. Nobody can stop the duo of Luka and Kyrie. Celtics made it a point to not involve luka team mate by making it hard for them to make their shots. Chuck was right his team mates should play their best to offset the defense made by celtics.
To me it sounds like luka listened to his criticism. Whining to the refs constantly while his team plays 4v5 is a problem, and shows a lack of maturity. And it's holding him back. Also getting blown by...although I don't know if he can ever improve that much
Whether Dallas makes it or not, Luka is still thee best player in the NBA Finals and NBA right now. The Celtics just have the deeper team with at least 4 to 5 all stars in Brown, Tatum, White, Porzingis and Holiday.
@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m yeah like it took Kidd 3 games to figure that out? Why waste Luka’s energy in the backcourt against elite defenders. This isn’t OKC where you only have 1.
LUKA leads the FINALS in steals and has more steals per game than TATUM and BROWN together HE also leads the play-offs on STEALS , DEFENSIVE WINSHARES and DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS. LUKA also leads the play-offs in PTS / REB / ASS / STL / WINSHARES GAME 3 MAVS with LUKA +9 MAVS without LUKA on the floor -16 .. SO how was his defence that made them lose??? how can he play defence from the bench.
Win or Lose, he is still the big reason they are in the finals and every superstars are now on vacation. 😂
That's not true at all. Without those mid season pick ups, Luka would have the missed the playoffs for a second straight year
@@hakeemolajuwon4352 He wont missed playoffs, but he wont be in finals. Mavs have MC and others. TH was benched and we see now hawe thay missed him.
@@urosbukovec4435 bro, Luka style of basketball was completely exposed this Finals and it's obvious the Celtics were purposely playing like crap
@@hakeemolajuwon4352 yeah yeah yeah. they played like crap purposefully blown up by 38 pts 😪
@@Ray-oy7ot yup! Nobody was in position to help, Jaylen Brown was purposely not running back on defense, he was not helping on defense just leaving his man open for wide open threes, White was not boxing out and just standing around. Nobody attacked mismatches they basically did the opposite of everything that was working for them
Only thing Windhorst ever won was the buffet championship.
Nah, he's too soft to win the buffet
I am sure he has won a Krutch Sports check or two
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Sounds like the hole on the ESPN brodcast.
He looks like he's on lap 300 of the Golden corral 500
Luka has a bad game and Brian sleep apnea windhorst loses his mind. LeBron loses with Anthony Davis and he blames the team and the coach.
Thank you lmao. Windy is a long time glazer for certain players, especially LeBron. When guys that he likes/has a relationship with play like shit, cry to the refs, and come up short…..he makes excuses for them. When a guy he doesn’t like has a bad showing, they’re trash and aren’t winners. It’s hilarious lmaoooo
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
Krutch Sports flunkies stick together
@@truthhurts837True but it's too nuanced for Luka haters. They can only magnify his flaws by 1000% and ignore his great traits, and just say he's a dumb sucky dumb dumb cry flopper. Luka Derangement Syndrome affects the logic and reason parts of the brain.
Somebody should`ve asked that Horse guy if he could even name ONE SINGLE PLAYER on Dallas besides Luca and Kyrie, before the finals started.
Tim Legler is the only person on ESPN who knows what he is talking about, NBA-wise.
100% truth. Aside from Legler, LeSPN is just unintentional comedy.
JJ is also good
I agree
Legler is the best
Yeap, thats true legler has some sense on him these others are just dumbasses
Kyre scores a total of 28 points in the first two games but it's Lukas fault who had at least a third of the points for the mavs in all 3 first games. Luka's defense was bad but he was still carrying the Mavs.
Pretty sure he is legitimately hobbled too, unlike a certain superstar who loves to feign injuries as an excuse.
@@fenixchief7Kyrie shows no sign of hobbling and can’t score in games 1 and 2. Luka’s fault. :-)
If it was LeBron you guysvwould be killing him. It's just you people's hypocrisy on display just as much as Windhorst.
He talking about lucka being injured on one knee@@200mphz06
True, and with bleeding knees
The winhorst penguin reference was gold 😂😂😂
imagine averaging close to a 30 pt triple double in the playoffs and getting called the reason your team is not winning.
My only issue is Tatum is averaging 25-10-6 on 1% worse shooting than Luka in these playoffs and yet everyone kills Tatum while sucking Luka off?? And we know it’s not even a debate defensively between the two…
I didn’t like how Windhorst criticized without providing any context to Lukas injuries. If you’ve actually played sports on any level you’d realize it’s nearly impossible to play basketball with an injured knee and this guys dropping 30 a game in the finals and also playing injured since round 1. I don’t think Windy has ever done anything remotely athletic in his life that’s what’s infuriating.
I agree, comments like that coming from people that need a 3h sleep for every 6 steps they take.
But that's the thing. Did Luka magically heal from his injuries since Wednesday? Because he looked far more engaged than in the previous 3 games. If anything you'd expect him to look worse because of the short layoff between Game 3 and 4. Luka does have injuries, but that doesn't excuse some of the lack of effort and mistakes he made defensively over the first 3 games of the serious. He looked far better and showed more effort and poise in game 3 and I bet that has to do more with him being criticized and putting pride into being a 2 way player, rather than him magically becoming healthier.
@@ducksgo2375 This lack of defense has been way overblown. Luka still had the highest += on the team for game 3. There for sure 3 or 4 times he cost them points complaining. But his overall defense has been on par with anyone on the Celtics not named Holiday or White.
@@KevinThomes Yes and a lot of that has to do with his offense. He was a -4 overall between game 1-3 which was 10 higher than the next closest player. To say that he is the reason they are losing is wrong. But to be critical of his defense is fine and justified. He could have been +10 - +20 if he had more intensity on defense like he did in game 4. Most times his offense masks his defense. And if we are being honest, Brown and Tatum's defense are better overall. The reason why the +/- is higher for Luka is because Tatum is a choker (and this is coming from a Celtics fan). He will shoot 26 shots and only make 10 (half of which are contested and should be passed). Tatum's willingness to shoot low % shots allows defenses to gain confidence and go on runs, especially when he plays "iso"-ball.
@@ducksgo2375 no he didn’t heal, he is injured and playing compromised. It’s fair to criticize him but it’s also disingenuous to say his defense is the only reason why his team is losing when he’s carrying a majority of the scoring burden with multiple injuries and none of his team mates had stepped up. It’s unfair to show multiple highlights of his defense and say he’s the reason his team is losing the series without providing any context to his team mates not making shots + his injuries. No excuse for his attitude toward the refs and fouling out but let’s see anyone try to play with a knee injury in a pickup game let alone an NBA finals - it’s easy to pass judgement from the couch.
Brian eats horses never said this about Lebron. Man has been crying to refs, not playing defense, and throwing games for his whole career. But he gotta call Luka out 😂
Yup that what I said never said nothing about LeBron complaining and flopping to the refs but when Luca does it he starts saying stuff I bet he has money on the Celtics just saying.
Ha! Bingo! Shorten it to
Brian Eats-Horse and it’s perfect!
This other guy talks defence but has never played basketball
Every youtuber gave up on Luka after game 3 just like the media
Watch Slightly Biased.
Well TBF everyone knows there's little to no chance at coming back 0-3 but the way many creators are couching the series is a bit disingenuous.
I also do think they got pretty screwed by Marc Davis in game 3 but as Jordan said, the refs are in control whether they like it or not. You have to find a way to get it done.
That's why they're Just You Tubers. Knee Kerk, Flavor of the Week Hot Takes are Tabloid Propaganda.
And those youtubers are casuals just like the media
I mean that was the game. You can’t go down 3 at home. Luka came out flat and really just landed on his face in arguably the biggest game of his Career. Thats a fair spot to give up on him for the series
If ant man had Luka’s game 3, espn wouldn’t even cover it.
Ant had that game the whole series against Dallas.
Ant had significantly worse games than Luka did in game 3.
And they kiss his ass
ANT let KD average 27 PPG on a 55%FG
LET BOOKER average 27,5 PPG on a 50% FG
LET MURRAY who had a horrible series vs LAKERS with only 1 good game to have 4 good games.
EVEN the GAME media said ANT lock MURRAY, its a lie because he had 35 points 48%FG and shoot 3/5 .60%FG in the 4th
Yeah when the Mavs were embarrassing the wolves, how many times did we get from the media "he's tired" over and OVER again?? 22 yrs old, at the height of his powers, no injuries. It became a joke online.
But with Luka at 25 yrs old, many more miles on his body from NBA + Euro league, and legitimately playing through injuries, we get this crap. Aside from Legler, LeSPN sucks.
Did Windy just say “if Luke is ever going to be a winner”? Ha! Luka is in the finals at age 25 with zero other All-Stars on his team.
Yeah cause Kyrie just sucks😅😅😅
@@simonhowell4486Kyrie wasnt an All-Star for a couple seasons now, so its a fair statement.
@@iNFiN3no it’s not cuz everyone knows Kyrie is an all star player and top 3 point guard in the league
@@jasonmoukala8909 Irving has been a shooting guard for a few years now.
@@chrismathgenius you get the point
Charles Barkley is a diamond in the ruff - he doesn’t care about trying to please the people he is just going to say it like it or not
false. Charles Barkely doesn't say it how it is... Holy shit. Hes a character on your TV screen.
Yup
Brian is a walking triple double with fries and "diet" coke....😂😂😂
Danny Devito’s Penguin is a spot on comparison of Windy 🤣🤣🤣
Yoi should be able to do a single pullup before running your mouth like that, crazy
LMAOOO forreal though
Running a pull up doesn't correlate to watching the games or to knowing how the Xs and Os work
Luka is a hole in the court that only a person of windhorsts size can fill.
🤣🤣
Man chill homie 🤣🤣🤣 2 funny
Try driving the lane with big b in the paint
Windhorsts was 100% right Luka was hole in defense and he is bitching and wining all the time like unmature kid. Really not way superstar should behave gotha change that to be better player.
@@nikolahekler2713And yet his performance is what got them here. Last I checked, Kyrie had 12 points and 16, and the team was shooting 10% from 3 outside of Luka. 😂. Let's stop looking for a every reason to complain and blame someone who's doing exactly what he's done to get them there whenever one else hasn't.
Luka's Dallas career has only trended upwards. You would be a fool to attack him. As a Mavericks fan since the early 90s, I got nothing but respect for Luka. Even if the Mavs did get swept, I STILL remember every amazing game Luka has given us. I hate the media, because they'll ignore EVERYTHING and will only address what happened last night.
Media are always focus and blaming the superstar of the team. They forgot that basketball is a team game. Do they expect Luka to guard all five positions or do everything by himself? If Luka is not with Mavs, they would've been in Cancun right now.
we live to die another day
Can't win at this point, would be a rare thing.
They be getting any idiot to report on ESPN.
If it was "all about" Luka, the Mavs wouldn't be in the Championship.
If they lost because of Luka's defense, how could that not have been a factor in the rest of the season?
because the rest of the season is not played against the very best teams every night
@@DynoGreen313 so playing the top 3 seeds in the playoffs isn't playing against the best teams... and Luka has never been exposed lol... Dallas hold every team under their off RTG this playoffs
@@leonardo_mrll i said THE REST OF THE SEASON is not played against the very best teams
the playoffs IS played against the very best teams thus weaknesses show up more clearly
@@DynoGreen313 mavs are the best defense in the playoffs and hold every opponent under their standards so Lukas defense never was and still It isn't a "weakness" (as you called It) for dallas.
yes playoffs Is played against the best teams and It still wasn't about Lukas defense that they lost💀... og take was if It was all cuz of Lukas defense then why didnt It cause problems in the whole season and he Is right...celtics were hold to 110 off RTG this series(before game 4) and in the playoffs It was 119... and now It has dropped even more💀 It never was about Lukas defense altough he played bad defense it didn't impacted much and It never has since trade deadline....
@@leonardo_mrll If he is getting blown by at almost a 70% rate on drives to the hoop, that IS a problem. That is a historical problem and is why Tatum had 12 assists in game 2 because other teammates had to crash the paint to protect leaving Celtics on the perimeter wide open for 3 point shots. Regardless of whether the media overstated his defensive capabilities, the Celtics found his weakness and even Jason Kidd said after game 3 that Luka "had a target on his back" meaning the Celtics were going directly after him. The difference is, Luka's offensive production normally outweighed his defensive struggles; and that is seen with his -4 over the first 3 games compared to the next closest teammate at -14. However, Luka looked far more engaged in game 4 and it proved to make a huge difference on the result. Also, if Luka "IS THE OFFENSE" putting yourself in a position with 5 fouls to foul out like he did in Game 3 = a detriment to the team. Availability is important which his lack of defensive effort in Game 3 lead to him getting fouled out.
They’re expecting Luka to carry the whole team offensively and defensively. Crazy demand for one person.
Only Hakeem Olajuwon has done that.
@@KevinThomes That was a different era of basketball as well. Hakeem didn't have to worry about switching on to a guard and being forced to defend them at the 3 point line.
Hopefully players like Harden and Doncic will never win a championship. This kind of high usage rate and lack of defense + iso ball is not what a team sport like basketball makes it beautiful. It is never a one man show. You have to be a leader on both sides of the floor just like other great players did.
Nobody said that
Although a whole different scenario he once said "everyone's thought when they're up" I doubt they can pull it off but wish they could
Excellent video sir. Fair to Luka without over praising him. And that's a perfect description of the standard Luka hater: "You're either not watching basketball, or you're watching with a certain agenda in mind."
Windhorst had a point. Luka's lack of focus and yelling at refs, not getting back etc, that has been an issue. Honestly the media likely helped wake him up to the incredible performance game 4, and let's see if we can get locked in Luka for the rest of the series. I'm a Luka fan and think it's great to see him perform at the top level. If you expect the media or analysts to say he's doing great when he's not, that's more the realm of a fan podcast.
The only thing I'd consult Windhorst on is eating contests. What a joke that this guy is even an NBA analyst.
what's Windhorst's motivation for being anti-Luka?
Windy was right on. Luka had a great game 4. I hope Luka keeps it up.
Yes, his defense has been poor. But you have to acknowledge that he's pretty busted up
Injured Luka has been carrying the Mavs on offense. Can't expect him to carry that hard AND play lockdown defense.
@@jccwell
His defense has been poor in the Celtics series yeah but 2 things people are completely ignoring:
1. His defense has been great all playoffs, having 1 series where hes playing bad defense doesn't make him a "terrible defender" and, as you mentioned, he is banged up which makes it hard.
2. This is the more important point, the Mavs gameplan has literally been for them to FUNNEL the players that drive at the basket towards their centers, they literally intentionally get blown by and have been all playoffs. The reason its so bad against the Celtics is because the centers aren't ready in the paint to stop a driving Tatum or Brown because they're forced to stay on 3pt shooters.
J.Kidd is the one that's vastly more to blame for this than the individual players, hes glacially slow at adapting gameplans to the situation, thankfully their gameplans worked up until the Celtics so he never had to but Game 2 and 3 were extremely winnable with good coaching yet there was none to be had.
I was on the edge of tearing my hair out in game 3 when they kept making Kyrie/Luka go iso over and over and take tough shots when they had a wide open paint since Porzingis is out, there isn't a player on the Celtics that can consistently stop a Gafford/Lively in the paint.
he was partially right yes, but he wouldn't even be talking about the Mavs in the finals if it wasn't for Luka. It's like they just completely ignore everything else he has done because of a single bad game (in which he was still 27/6/6, mind you). He's been considerably better on defense this season compared to past seasons, which they also ignore. Blaming Luka for Dallas' shortcomings is nothing short of lunacy
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
@@truthhurts837
Yeah, its also a matter of the Mavs not performing to the level expected of them.
The reason Luka has been a bad defender for years is because he WAS the Mavs offense, if he doesn't give it 110% on the offense the Mavs were dead in the water for years.
It's only after the PJ/Gafford trade that they became able to outrebound teams and score in the paint consistently, that lessened the load on Luka A LOT and he started improving at defense at a rapid pace.
Now in the finals you have the roleplayers playing badly for 3 games (which was expected, they're roleplayers in their first finals) but the killshot was Kyrie being a complete no show in game 1 and 2, Mavs reverted back to their "Luka scores everything or we're screwed" playstyle off the back of TERRIBLE coaching from Kidd.
Even if his defense isn’t the best, he’s still putting up like half of their fuckin point. Kyrie was shitting the bed horrifically on offense for most of the series and the rest of the team is entirely nonexistent on offense. It may as well be a 2v5 out there. Frankly, it’s a miracle that luka carried them this far. He’s not getting enough credit, especially when he’s been injured during the last two series
A major factor I never hear anyone talk about is the significant greater amount of fatigue Dallas (especially Luka) had to incur compared to the Boston Celtics. Luka has been looking gassed out in the fourth quarter, while the Celtics don't really look like they're breaking a sweat.
I see how some might feel that way honestly, but to me it’s not the refs it’s more just strategy. I think Jason Kidd made good adjustments this game and gave more playing time to some players. I think this is the balance they needed from the beginning, they became too Luka ball dominant, which seems to be what the Celtics want. Pretty much make Dallas play slow and make them one dimensional with Luka being ball dominant, but this game Dallas didn’t fall into that habit and actually played with pace. Now the adjustments move to the Celtics and we’ll see Monday.
Mavs in 7.
3:0 doesn't matter. If you step off the crazy train now, you can't call yourself a Mavs fan. It's not about stats, facts or odds, it's about belief.
Noone believed we'd beat the Clippers except "crazy delusional Mavs fans."
Noone believed we'd beat no1 seed, OKC, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans."
Noone believed we'd beat the team that just wasted the reigning champions, Wolves, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans".
Now noone believes we can do the impossible and return from a 3:0 hole, except "crazy delusional Mavs fans."
It was always a pipe dream. Nothing changed. We believe because we are fans. Mavs are already champions in our eyes, achieving more than anyone believed possible. We are beating insurmountable odds all playoffs, so when it comes to an impossible task of beating a 3:0 hole, why not us?
If you don't believe, you shouldn't be here.
100%..😂.
Is this you, Slightly?
Luka’’s defense is good enough to lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals at age 25. Ha.Ha Haters.
Maybe people don’t want to give their hopes up
The series is not over yet
I said Mavs in 7, I'll keep saying Mavs in 7. This is the beginning of THE GREATEST CHOKE IN NBA HISTORY. 156-1, LET'S GO 😤😤😤
😂
😅😅😅
This was just one game. We'll know on Monday if Dallas just prolonged the inevitable.
As a mavs fan i dont believe mavs can stay hot from 3 for the next 3 games + celtics had an off night.. celtics are good, if they played any other eastern team I'd believe they can come back from 3-0 but in this case as stacked as boston is I don't see it happening
Probably not. No team has ever come back from 0 - 3 in the playoffs.
I’m just gon take the time to give bro his props on his delivery of analysis of nba sports over this legendary signature beat is dope. It’s almost like spoken word. Appreciation to your talent bruh.
Luca deserved criticism after game three. He played much better in game four. It’s not that difficult.
This page has officially become a joke. They play both sides of the coin and then whoever is "wrong" they claim that person was exposed lmao
In the 2024 playoffs Luka is #1 in points, rebounds, assists, ft%, Fg%, minutes played.
I think steals as well.
They're about to catch a gentlemans sweep. I don't think that dude feels like he's wrong about anything
Chuck always keeps it real
I think if the Mavericks come back and win this series, this moment will be what motivated and defined Luka
All due respect, Brian was correct based on how Luka was playing. Could Luka have used it in fact as a learning experience? Yes. Brian is focusing on game three. Luka acted like a child and was a catalyst to Dallas losing. It’s one game.
The book starts and stops with Luka when he’s not complaining to the refs and locked in, the Mavericks are a different team
I think Windhorst just wants to keep some distance between Luka and LeBron in the court of public opinion. 1 way to do that is to highlight Luka’s defensive shortcomings. Low hanging fruit tbh. This need not be a concern at all until Luka wins a chip or two.
The media was right. You did not really listen to what they said. What they said was true and there was no hate. They all stated that Luka was a very good player. Most of them said that Luka was the reason why they were in the finals.
Agree with you for the most part except Luka in game 4 made himself look like a fool. If you can only turn it on down 3-0 that’s not much use. Where was the defensive effort in games 1-3? I think this made Luka look worse because it makes him look like a sandbagged on defense those other games. Not asking him to be all defensive team, only asking for all the effort you have in nba finals on the defensive end.
NBA media is flippin quicker than Rodney Mullen's skateboard
Well, Brian is sorta right! He has literally won every eating contest he’s entered and shut down every buffet restaurant from Bristol to Dallas. So he knows, ultimately how to win at his craft 🤷🏽♂️
At first i was really annoyed with brian not so much with what he said, but how he said it. He really went in on luka, but he was right though. Luka needed to hear it.
To be fair, this was an all around effort from the Mavs. Even Lively was hitting 3s and Celtics couldnt even hit the side of the barn. Exum, Hardaway and Green were also hitting shots they couldnt hit before.
You know they are playing house money when Lively suddenly became Bill Russell
on the night.
Luka was also active defensively
anyone who has been in the system for too long, becomes corrupt, or they disappear because they have morals
@Uncut_Hoops I forgot to mention, jaded
@Uncut_Hoops forgot to mention, jaded. like an account going for over a decade and only has 100k subscribers 🤣
We got to stop this bullshit that somehow last night was some defensive master class against the Celtics. He still sucks on defense and the rest of the Mavs are still mid too with the exception of Kyrie. That Celtics team clearly came into the game and decided they weren’t going to put in any effort on either side of the ball. This wasn’t good Dallas defense. It was a team that said “we’re up 3, so let’s just take a game off.” I’m not giving Dallas credit for shit when this was the laziest and most disgusting game that I’ve seen any team in the NBA play all year as far as not giving an ounce of energy and being completely disengaged. They were clocked out. Now everyone wants to get carried away and act like Dallas somehow fixed their issues. Cut it out. Talk about this after game 5.
Luka cried and bait fouls more than James Harden!
I’m glad you’re doing a video on this. I’ve always found one of the most accurate and informed commentators out there basketball and you couldn’t be more right. Defense was so awful in game three, the best team in the NBA could only manage 106 points on 45%. Not sure how dumb someone has to be but definitely our media is.
I would say there needs to be a little context added to your statement though. The Celtics were up by 21 at 10 minutes in the 4th and then came out and did what they always do which is "prevent offense". Basically waste time on the clock and finish the game. If the Celtics continued playing like they did the entire game, they score 120+ points, but by having Payton Pritchard (7th option on Celtics) chuck up 3 straight shots as time expires isn't a recipe of success. The Mavs defense was far better in this game, but I think it has as much to do with the Celtics mindset. When they are up (whether in a game or series), they relax and that costs them. Then they open the flood gates and have no idea how to stop it. The Celtics do this all the time where they will find a recipe for success and then just go into "Iso" ball at random times which destroys the momentum of the offense.
Dallas winning 1 game is like a 3-3 for Luka Bandwagon!
Luca just lead a trade deadline team with zero all stars through three 50 win teams to his first NBA finals, at age 25. He is the second player ever to lead an entire playoff in points, rebounds and assists. Joker was the first ever to do it, last season. But Luka will also lead this entire playoffs in steals. Grow up, rookie.
@@truthhurts837 Every game in the finals is a different one - Charles Barkley. Now back to my statement, winning 1 games seems resulting in a 3-3 standing to the mind of the bandwagon!
There is a reason it is hard to sweep teams in the finals. Listen to Kyrie's interview after the game to know that reason. There you got your answer onion-skin!
At least Luka has a stock, you can become the CEO Kendick Purrkittens for TreeFiddy!
Losing like Lebron, Luka does a lot of stat padding and that doesn't equate to winning.
Great points made in this video !!!!!
Doesn’t have to be one or the other. Luka showed a lack of maturity G3 but even then he’s still one of the best players in the league. As a Mavs fan I was hoping he would’ve just been locked in since it’s the damn finals but G3 wasn’t the first time Luka has had stinker of a game like he did, yet at the same time he’s main reason we’re even in the Finals to begin with.
It seemed personal indeed which is strange because Windhorst does not usually cover the Mavs in any in deep fashion during the regular season
Luka is a winner, he's taken the mavericks further every year besides last year where the organization chose to lose on purpose and it resulted in D Live
this is only the beginning and people need to realize that Nico Harrison is going to continue to put weapons around Luka
Excited to see this team grow together and see what the front office cooks up to give Luka more weapons
"He's complaining to the officials" why dont they have this energy for lebron smdh
Windhorst's goal was to wake up the monster. He isn't rooting for either team. He is rooting for greatness, and he wants to see it from Luka.
The story became about Luka because he got 4 fouls in the 4th period of game 3, fouling out with 4:12 left and the Mavericks down by 3. With both Luka and Kyrie on the floor for the last 4 minutes, the Mavericks might have won.
Windhorst was also talking about this because he has seen Luka have similar tantrums during international play over the past few years.
Windbag and all the NBA media pretty much say everything this season is going to be exactly like last season. But they are wrong EVERY time.
The attacks on luka after game 3 were fair cos the one bad game was more about emotional indiscipline than about bad game play.
Everyone needs to keep up the trash talk. Thats when the BEAST comes out
Everyone seems to be forgetting this is Luka who eliminated Michael Jordan(Ant) who had destroyed then defending champs and a fully stacked Suns team. He now made Tatum and Brown his new sons just like Booker and Edwards. Mavs will continue to destroy the Celtics in the next 3 games.
Luka took 4 mini steps during that spin move against Jrue
LeBron's personal guy trying to hold someone accountable for lack of effort is hilarious. Luka has been the only consistent player for the Mavs all year, and has been playing hurt since the All Star break. Saying that he needs to do better is hilarious, Windhurst obviously lost a bet on the game. ESPN continues to be a complete joke
We are witnessing one of the greatest in this game. Luka Magic! 😀
Of course, he didn't complain much in game 4. He got every call in game 4, so he didn't have to complain.
He didn’t destroy Windy lol. When he did what Windy said he should do, they won.
Windy was right.
You mean the role players hitting their shots? The defense isn’t why the Mavs have been losing.
@@roycegarvin No he means Luka getting in front of the driving player and stopping their pursuits to the basket. Luka was far more engaged this game and it was noticeable immediately. He wasn't trying to flop, he wasn't screaming at the refs, and on several drives he got his chest in front of the offensive player which forced them to either pass out and restart or lose possession. In addition, a lot of it is their defense that has been losing them these games. Regardless of whether the offensive players can't score consistently. Allowing nearly 70% drive byes in a single game leads other defenders to have to crash the paint in support, leaving offensive players with open shots on the perimeter. By stopping those drives you allow your team to defend the perimeter better and ultimately play better defense. Even Jason Kidd said Luka "has a target on him" because of how often he was targeted in the series on iso's and drive and shoots.
The fact Kendrick Perkins who at his best was a pure role player and couldn’t and didn’t put a team on his back. Perkins is a straight scrub always has been and always will be.
Thank you for all the great content.....and I'm not saying this because I'm from chicago
Best thing is to ignore the talking heads... Make them irrelevant and they will load their job. Tim is the only smart analyst out there.
Brian is local big rear end donut eating champion.
It was a very fair criticism imo. Luka cost them game 4 with his bad defense, whining to the refs and fouling out, and there is a huge difference between being down 2-1 or 3-0.
*game 3
this finals got uncut hoops flip flopping more than stephen a smith
FACTS! This page has officially become a joke. They play both sides of the coin and then whoever is "wrong" they claim that person was exposed lmao
If this was LeBron, the story would be "He didn't have much help."
You're good as always...
I wouldn't say he exposed Brian. In his rant on SportsCenter, Brian was 100,000% factual. Luka shouldn't have put himself in that position to foul out. He had 5 fouls and chose to get in front of Jaylen Brown, the most aggressive driver the Celtics have. Then he yelled at his bench to challenge, even though it was the definition of a blocking foul.
He drew 4 fouls in 7 minutes of game time. He foul batied on a 3pt attempt and then layed on the ground giving up points on the other end. He complained constantly whenever he could.
I knew he had a reputation of complaining, but I didn't know it was this bad since we don't play the Mavs too much and I don't watch teams besides my own. But, lord, I understand why people call him a crybaby and was happy he fouled out since his complaining was driving me insane despite how much I admire Luka as a player, since, again, I don't watch him the same way I watch the Celtics.
He had a really good game and didn't even have to think about complaining since he was getting whistles like a woman being catcalled by construction workers. But just because he took what Brian had to say to heart, because he obviously heard despite saying he didn't, and he didn't act like a child like in Game 3, doesn't mean Brian was wrong to point it out and get as upset as he did.
The guy is attacking Luka for not winning NBA FINALS! with bellow average teammates. That's what I said everything except title in NBA is trash
When you’re the best player and leader on the team, you have to get your teammates involved and engaged from the start of the game to get their rhythm going and confidence
I mean didn't Lebron get similar criticism on several occasions? Also, the revisionist history is amazing. All I heard was how the Mavericks had the best offensive backcourt in the NBA with Kyrie (an 8x Allstar) and Doncic, with an All-Rookie in Lively II, while the trade deadline lead to the Mavs getting Gafford and PJ Washington. It also was stated how the Mavericks defense was the #1 just behind Boston after the trade deadline and through the playoffs. So to sit here and say that he has below average teammates when they ranked #1 in defensive efficiency after the trade deadline and have another all-nba player by his side seems disingenuous.
@@ducksgo2375 are they better than Boston?
@@ducksgo2375 what is defensive efficiency
@@SebastijanStanivuk I mean based on what the media was saying, it would seem like they had a better team. I don't believe that to be the case, but the media said the Celtics weren't challenged and would lose this series. Some even going as far to say handily.
Nobody takes Porky serious. The only reason they are in the finals and not getting shit on is Luka. The mavs are not getting destroyed apart from game 1. Its been the offense all day. Ive been screaming this and its nice to see someone able to look at context and understand what it means. @uncuthoops gets it.
@Uncut_Hoops solid content. I like the numbers you bring up. you look at ofrtg and dfrtg for the mavs they had a -11.4 differential. All this while holding celtics to their lowest offrtg of the playoffs lol Their offense has and has always been the issue. Take game 3 for example, that 3rd qtr put them in a blender and made them push, luka was desperate for getting steals and was getting hit with easy fouls. I like your other content too not just on the mavs, very fair. The contextual lense you look through is good. I would use more numbers to bring your points to focus but I think you honestly do this well, but always can improve. I love stats and the story behind that because thats the content people dont bring to the table. keep it up!
In game 3 Luka had the highest += on the team at 9. DL was second at 6 then Green at 3. Everyone else was negative.
Let's make a rule: if you are over 350 pounds, you cannot comment on any athletes at all 😂😂
Windhorst was told by ESPN that he had to be the mouthpiece for a critical report on Luca especially due to the racial characteristics of Windhorst. He was right in what he said but if he had said that to 99% of the NBA players they would have attacked him verbally. In fact I'm sure I would have to spend a good hour looking for a negative report on a player, from Windhorst that in depth and that personal.
Luka didn’t prove a soul wrong😂 he stepped up, played harder, and better than he had been. That don’t change what happened those first 3 games
Edit: man im not about to sit here and debate😂 I didn’t and most people aren’t saying it was solely on Luka they lost. Acting like Luka terrible defense wasn’t a problem is being DELUSIONAL, acting like he he did no wrong is past delusional it’s concerning
Let Luka fans win. They keep enabling him which will make him never change his behavior so he will always be ringless. Let his fans win and he loses
Dude has been playing hurt. And Chuck is spot on
Bronsexuals would be loosing their minds if Maxi Kleber was getting this much playing time on the Lakers. Stop it. Without Luka, this team would be at the bottom of the west rankings like a team with LeBron on it 😂
@@jmoo876 I ignored your whole point once you brought up LBJ😂😂 it’s been almost MULTIPLE months since he played we done with him
@@jccwell excuses, if he is that hurt don’t play. That is the ONLY time bringing up injuries is acceptable. He didn’t look hurt and it wasn’t mentioned last night when he was having a good game. You lame trying to throw that out there, Luka hadn’t been the star he needed to be before that game.
firstly who cares about reporter opinions, but secondly Windhorst making it personal is just an attempt from a guy who is obviously a fan of Luka trying to essentially say what he wishes Jason Kidd would say. Hes just doing what he needs to do to unlock super saiyan Luka. Its not an attack its 100% obviously a mind game to get him going and it worked.
Never TRUST the media period. They are the greatest floppers. They were talking great things about the Mavs and Luka before the finals now he’s not a winner?
I've seen a few unimaginable comebacks before in my lifetime so it's definitely possible. I saw the Red Sox become the first team in baseball to come back down 0-3 to win against the Yankees in '03 or 04 and then went on to win the world series. I also remember watching the Patriots vs Falcons in the Super Bowl down 28-3 with 2:08 seconds left in the 3rd. They flashed the win probability of ATL on the top of the screen at 99.98%. So yeah it aint over till it's over. There will be a team that eventually comes back down 0-3 in the NBA playoffs. Boston almost did it themselves last year vs MIA
Bro how one bad game he sucked defensively all series long
Honestly, if his team mates showed up and consistently joins the party just like team mates of Tatum and Brown, it should be 3-1 for Dallas. When Luka team mates other tgan Kyrie makes their shots and play their potential. Nobody can stop the duo of Luka and Kyrie. Celtics made it a point to not involve luka team mate by making it hard for them to make their shots. Chuck was right his team mates should play their best to offset the defense made by celtics.
To me it sounds like luka listened to his criticism. Whining to the refs constantly while his team plays 4v5 is a problem, and shows a lack of maturity. And it's holding him back. Also getting blown by...although I don't know if he can ever improve that much
Whether Dallas makes it or not, Luka is still thee best player in the NBA Finals and NBA right now. The Celtics just have the deeper team with at least 4 to 5 all stars in Brown, Tatum, White, Porzingis and Holiday.
Windhorst was talking about what happened. Luka had a much better game, and I'm sure Windhorst will report on that as well.
I like when the other guy brings the ball up fast and then Luka sets something up in the half court. Kidd needs to be adding value as well.
That’s Dante Exum
@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m yeah like it took Kidd 3 games to figure that out? Why waste Luka’s energy in the backcourt against elite defenders. This isn’t OKC where you only have 1.
Im glad he waited till game 4 to realize he needs to be locked in defensively 🤦🏽♂️
I wonder if he had the same energy for his boyfriend after his 8 point performance in the 2011 Finals.
The only thing Windhorst has ever been consistent about is Lebron jock riding.
LUKA leads the FINALS in steals and has more steals per game than TATUM and BROWN together
HE also leads the play-offs on STEALS , DEFENSIVE WINSHARES and DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS.
LUKA also leads the play-offs in PTS / REB / ASS / STL / WINSHARES
GAME 3 MAVS with LUKA +9
MAVS without LUKA on the floor -16 ..
SO how was his defence that made them lose??? how can he play defence from the bench.
Luka still plays more defense then LBJDQ+ 😂