3rd quarter was boring. Terrible basketball to watch. NBA finals ratings should be pretty low for this series. Just hasn't been entertaining at all.

mavsfan4ever said:

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Season is on the line. And we have thj, kleber and green in the game. Is this a sick joke?

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Kidd was trying to keep his players fresh. Now the team has a 21 point hole to climb out of. Playing THJ for that long was stupid as crap.

But who has played well this series? Luka, Kyrie here and there, PJ and DJJ defensively….its not like THJ has been unique in his inability to do anything.

What a let down after a great post deadline run. The Mavs would need a 3rd ball handler without sacrificing defense to go against this kind of pressure. That is just tough to find, but somehow Boston has like 4 of those guys.

We don't quit

Dallas needs a big who can stretch the defense. Right now in order to have a 5 out lineup they have to basically play all guards and small forwards. Ironically, this team would be amazing with a guy like Krisnaps or KAT combined with Luka/Kyrie and Gafford/Lively.

I'll be interested what they can get for THJ expiring contract and the little draft capital they have. I could see a few teams having scouts that really value Hardy's potential too.

Josh Green gives you glimpses on both ends of a legitimate starting NBA wing but can never maintain it. He's always goes back to being a wild ass playing with reckless abandon and no control. I used to think it was eventually gonna stabilize but I'm just not sure he's ever gonna figure it out.

Very good effort to make this a game down the stretch

We need an entire bad quarter from Boston. This half quarter lull is fools gold. Need them to suck for 4-5 more minutes.

What in the world is Boston doing? They just randomly stopped doing everything that built their lead. They're just settling for one on one jump shots on offense and no longer collapsing the paint on defense.

This is bonkers

Gotta get Luka refocused. More complaining than production with this shot to push into the lead

That's a push off

And so much for that. That won't get reversed. Totally lost his mind in this stretch

Pretty close. Luka maybe not set but brown loaded up and hit the truck stick.

Infection_Ag11 said:

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Fouling Luka out is a really bad look for the league

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I could see why they don't reverse it but it should never have been called a Founder begin with

Wow. And turn around and call that.

2 bad calls ****ed us. That pj call was especially bad

You watch: we're gonna win this game on a 3 by THJ at the buzzer because the basketball gods have a sense of humor

Our screens aren't crisp. Doesn't even require switching.

Had to have that open 3 from PJ. Someone has to make a play

Every damn loose ball goes their way

Game. Tough shot.

This is ridiculous, refs man

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beagle2009 said:

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Dumbass Luka

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Brown really loaded and threw his shoulder into him though. It wasn't super smart but that's a no call for most superstars.

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I don't necessarily disagree but given the situation that's an extremely risky play by Luka. Objectively, it was a block. The shoulder came at the end of the action.

zgolfz85 said:

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Seems like Boston has gotten every bounce this series

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That's generally the case, the better team usually gets most of the bounces. "Making your own luck" and all.

Great call on the hold… then Hardaway bricks the open 3

Thj

Why are you playing hardaway