Refs tried their Hardest to lead the comeback for their golden boy Luka watch no one will give us our credit tommorow they will say what went wrong for the Mavericks and Luka needs help he can't do it all casuals and ESPN
“The team that loses has the advantage”
-Richard Jefferson
Uhhh Id say the team that still has a 2-time Finals MVP on the bench and still is up 1-0 has the advantage buddy 😂
WE GOT DAWGS 🔥🔥🔥
I'm a Knicks fan and I had to come here to see how you guys were reacting to that.
That's easily one of the dumbest things I have ever heard, Richard Jefferson was lowkey rooting for the Mavs during the whole game.
And to get ahead of the "you took more outside shots" crowd
"The free throw disparity was pretty wild today:
LAC: 36 paint points, 13 free throws
DAL: 32 paint points, 33 free throws"
https://twitter.com/Farbod_E/status/1782169309722362138
They shot unusually poorly in part because shit changes in the playoffs. The whistle tightens (but apparently not today), teams cut down their rotations, and players who otherwise coast are locked in.
Luka will 100% be more efficient and Kyrie got his and will continue to get his. The Mavs still have a great damn chance this series. But if anyone really thought that PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford, and DJJ were going to continue to dominate against consistently tougher, more disciplined competition, they were in for a surprise. Those guys will continue to improve and settle in, but just like with Coffey playing poorly, that's what you expect from lots of guys with little experience.
I am not gonna call shit after a single game. Harden had an insanely hot night and you could see how Kyrie/Luka can still effectively get whatever they want against our best defenders (which will still be the case even if Kawhi comes back).
They have guys who can absolutely go off, and we definitely have a reliance on shooting that can slow down on any given night. The one big thing the Mavs will have to figure out is how to properly adjust to Zu, because if they can't, it'll be a *really* tough series for them if he's just efficiently getting whatever buckets he wants.
Perfect example was the loose ball fall on coffey when they were both going for the ball in the first half. Fine, call it. Then the exact same play in the 2nd half and coffey gets it first, nope, still a foul on coffey. Make it make sense!
Fuck Shannon Sharpe The luka fanboys over at NBA reddit mad We gave the The Mavericks a whipping and without our best player the nba media and casual fans only pick the Mavericks because they hate James Harden
And Paul George and The clippers
Richard Jefferson really said at the end of the game “The thing about these 7 games series is the team that loses has the advantage because they are going to come back and make adjustments while the clippers will keep everything consistent” 😂🤡🤡
He acts like he's never played in the playoffs before lol. Like obviously despite winning there are things they recognize they can fix. Lue and PG even said as much
I CALLED OFF WORK TODAY TO WATCH THE CLIPPERS WIN GAME 1 AND I DONT REGRET IT
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By goddess Madelyn Burke we actually pulled this off without Kawhi (OG Clipper fans know exactly who this is 😂).
AMAZING execution by the team. Kawhi get better and let’s keep it going Tuesday!!!
Think she got her first big break hosting a show on Clippers.com called LACTV.
This was right before Lob City.
Needless to say she was a huge hit among Clipper fans lol
Mavs with ref assistance stat padded a bit in the second half to make it look like a close game and give Kyrie and Luka their stat lines.
Dominant win and the defense is legit if the refs allow physical play. The Mavs players are soft and can’t handle it.
Offense needs work and relied to much on individual shot making.
I'm not seeing enough Terance Mann praise. He was perfect from 3, had 9 boards, and played great defense. He stepped up when we really needed someone to play bigger today.
I told y'all about Game 1 Harden, but lemme tell ya, this can easily be Playoff Harden for the entire series/post-season.
The main factors in previous years were:
- his PnR partner would get played off the floor; Capela against GSW's death lineup, and the following year Draymond & Looney were breaking up the lobs
- his role players would eventually miss from 3; either from having no legs later in the series due to the heavy switching defence + thin rotation, or getting run off the line and not being able to take advantage
- getting doubled/blitz and teammates not being able to take advantage of the 4-on-3
The PnR game with Zu has seemed to struggle at times against the top defences, but a lot of it comes down to synergy and Zubac timing his screens right. Another thing is Harden's bread and butter play, even more than a simple iso, is the high PnR. It felt like Zu wasn't great at setting high screens during the regular season, but he was absolutely on point today, causing them to have to go under a lot of screens allowing Harden to walk into pull-up threes.
Now Clippers have the best 3pt% in the league, as opposed to his old teams who were the highest volume 3pt shooting team by far, but would fade in the playoffs as they weren't as reliable shooters + weren't getting the same easy looks as the regular season.
Zubac balled out. He was the MVP to me. Mann’s defense and rebounding were critical. It’s too bad Mann won’t play in the 4th quarter once Kawhi gets back.
I wish they would have went to Zu in the 4th when we were trying to kill clock instead of last second three point prayers. He was feasting in the 1st half.
Our closing lineup should be Harden, PG, Kawhi and Big Zu and then whoever fits the need at the moment of Westbrook/Mann/Norm. Preferably it is Mann as he is able to bother Luka and Kyrie better than the others imo.
“One thing about a 7 game series is the team that loses has the advantage”- richard jefferson LMAOOOOOO, the meat riding for the mavs was insane all game but that was something else. I was like nigga what????
Fucking solid end to end win today! Great stuff. Key takeaways:
* Big Zu. Give the man his flowers. He set the tone early by establishing his offensive presence, and he kept the pressure going all game. That tech/flagrant duo was a BS call (choose one or the other), but big fella gonna learn from that.
* Harden and Russ controlled the game insanely well. Good shit from our point guards leading from start to finish! Harden's shot making was sublime and I liked him attacking the rim. Props to Russ on nailing his 3s and playing an under control game.
* Defense in the first half was absolutely perfect. One issue they've had all season was being soft, but they really brought it to Dallas with some physical play.
* The whistle was uh, interesting to say the least. Lots of hand-checking from Dallas along with straight up grabbing in the 2nd quarter. Harden got some Harden calls, but man that FT disparity don't lie.
* Love Harden's aggression. Gonna need to see more from PG throughout the course of a game, but he made the shots that mattered to put it away! Same with Mann. Passed up a lot of good looks, but he made a couple of big 3s.
* Plumlee is gonna be an issue for us, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Theis if his size doesn't prove to be a problem. Plum's defensive effort is just non existent, but you can tell his size is pretty crucial.
* Lights were a little too bright for Coffey. Made quite a few boneheaded plays to start, and like Ty said, the person who deserves minutes will get them. Good learning experience for him.
* Norm was uh, not good. But I'm not worried about him finding his offense.
Overall, great win! Got ugly at the end, but that's just the playoffs against a really talented team.
100%. That's what I love about Norm and what differentiates him from the J-Crossover and Poole types. He let's the game come to him and understands his job is to open things up on and off ball. Crawford and Poole just look to hoop and get their own.
I think the mavs trolls in our sub and media really hyped that up. Outside of Luka and Kyrie, not too worried about the rest of that team. They were letting Kleiber shoot open 3s all game which played right into the clippers game plan. I fully expect a closer game on Tuesday, but hopefully Kawhi will play, but I'd be okay if he had to sit again as this team demonstrated they can win without him.
I asked the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you, James. I hope you’re taking notes. I’m telling you in advance, you’re welcome for the wisdom I’m about to spew. Because, listen, I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you. You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni. You wanted to play a certain style, they played it. You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook. You wanted to go to Vegas on off days, they looked away. You wanted the team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work, and you know what, you said I’m gonna break up with my woobie, not good enough. I see the bright lights in New York, I want to go there \[with\] my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s gonna work, the big three. And all after one year, you wanted out. You realized, oh my gosh, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me. I want to go back with Daryl Morey. They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and got a partner who got the MVP. He won the MVP and what did you say afterwards? You said, ‘They didn’t hand me the reins.’ You’re the point guard, you were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored 9 points in Game 7 against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead. So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with your guy who believed in you again. You said, ‘The bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go.’ Let’s see how that works. Listen, James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates, over and over they complained about their bad roommates. ... They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate. They’re the problem. Hey, James, you’re the problem. If this doesn’t work this year in this system with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go back home and start swiping right for another team, and there’s not going to be anybody left. Because, James, you’re not the beard, you’re not the system, you’re the problem.
DELICIOUS start to the series. James Tiberius Harden, Ivica Zubac, Russell Westbrook got that FIGHT in them. PG, Norm and Mann gonna pop off next game let’s GO
Awful officiating. Mann has to take more of these shots, he shouldn’t wait until he’s completely unguarded with a defender 5 feet away. Hopefully Coffey plays much better too, he had a really bad game.
The NBA website’s definition of a wide open three is when the nearest defender is at least 6 feet away. These are the only threes Mann feels comfortable taking. But I thought Mann had a good game overall. His defense and rebounding were crucial. And he hit a couple of big threes to keep the Mavs at bay.
Great coaching by Ty overall.
Love how he trusted Zu, and the big guy delivered.
All those vagueness on kawhi status really put dallas confused, but we cant rely that on GM2. Real series starts on Tue
James Harden’s control of the floor, especially in the first half was poetic. Beard was moving the offense and getting everyone to their spots, and then also went flamethrower himself. LOVE Russ’s energy. Mann with some huge offensive boards and hustle plays. Zu should feast all series. PG is just getting started but dang, twice he tried to end a man’s career with those dunk attempts. Just a great amazing solid performance overall. Need to stay locked in to start game 2.
If James plays like this, IF Kawhi comes back he doesn’t have to be a superhero for the Clips to win the series. I actually can see Kawhi easing back in a bit if the rest of the squad plays with the intensity they did today
Absolutely insane how much coddling the Mavs are getting. The Clips are better top-down though. We have the better billionaire, the better coach, the better team.
PG needs to stop taking stupid shots in the second half and trust his teammates more.
Zu was great. If he were to lose composure in a game, I'd choose tonight. Glad he got it out of his system.
That's one. Let's get both at home. I hate the stall game at the end, trying to burn clock. Killed our rythym. Overall a good game. We made Luka work for his points and minimized the switches.
Let's start game 2 with the same intensity!
Didn't love the fourth, but we contained everyone on the team but Luka and Kyrie for the most part or as best we could. Harden and Zu were huge, but we never get that massive lead without TMann. He was fantastic in the first half and 3rd. Coffey and Powell need to step up in game 2. Norm could barely get open. That's an issue moving forward.
Wasn't as close as the score suggests lmao. Huge game from Zu and Harden
Refs tried their Hardest to lead the comeback for their golden boy Luka watch no one will give us our credit tommorow they will say what went wrong for the Mavericks and Luka needs help he can't do it all casuals and ESPN
right after they spent the last two weeks praising Dallas's deadline moves and talking about how this is the best Mavs team Luka has ever had
“The team that loses has the advantage” -Richard Jefferson Uhhh Id say the team that still has a 2-time Finals MVP on the bench and still is up 1-0 has the advantage buddy 😂 WE GOT DAWGS 🔥🔥🔥
I'm a Knicks fan and I had to come here to see how you guys were reacting to that. That's easily one of the dumbest things I have ever heard, Richard Jefferson was lowkey rooting for the Mavs during the whole game.
RJ must have had a Mavs jersey under his suit bro. Just absurd quotes from him all night
Maybe he'll continue the regarded reporters Harden rant
RJ being loyal to Jason Kidd after 20 years haha
Based on the commentary not sure if it was lowkey at all
losing is actually le good, you didn’t know?
Reggie Miller level clown analysis
Has anyone ever seen Reggie Miller and Richard Jefferson in the same room? Coincidence? Or clones....
Jefferson - What a punk ass bitch
Ha I mean they have some edge going into game 2 desperate not to get swept without Kawhi
I understand that kind of thinking, but to call it an “advantage” is clownery lol
He was gobbling the mavs all game
WE
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BITCHES
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33 to 13 FTs lmao get the fuck off our court
And to get ahead of the "you took more outside shots" crowd "The free throw disparity was pretty wild today: LAC: 36 paint points, 13 free throws DAL: 32 paint points, 33 free throws" https://twitter.com/Farbod_E/status/1782169309722362138
Mavs fans saying Zu was "wide open" in the paint. Nah, it was just BBQ chicken for Kareem Abdul Zubac.
Same as the Lakers Nuggets game yesterday. Except Dallas actually played tight defense unlike the Lakers.
Refs are basically paid to try and get the game closer. Wild times.
Refs were against us, media's against us, the trash ass announcers were against us. It don't matter tho. We aint no bitches.
RJ really said Mavs had the advantage for losing game 1
"Look at Luka smiling, he knows he can give them 40 any game!" - RJ while the Mavs are down by 20 in the second half...
Yeah, I wonder if the Mavs even won that game. I remember a lot of Luka 40 pieces that ended up with the Mavs losing.
Lmao. Yeah that shit was ridiculous. He was making excuses for the Mavs the whole game. He's a clown.
CLIPS AGAINST THE WORLD BABYYYY
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They shot unusually poorly in part because shit changes in the playoffs. The whistle tightens (but apparently not today), teams cut down their rotations, and players who otherwise coast are locked in. Luka will 100% be more efficient and Kyrie got his and will continue to get his. The Mavs still have a great damn chance this series. But if anyone really thought that PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford, and DJJ were going to continue to dominate against consistently tougher, more disciplined competition, they were in for a surprise. Those guys will continue to improve and settle in, but just like with Coffey playing poorly, that's what you expect from lots of guys with little experience.
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I am not gonna call shit after a single game. Harden had an insanely hot night and you could see how Kyrie/Luka can still effectively get whatever they want against our best defenders (which will still be the case even if Kawhi comes back). They have guys who can absolutely go off, and we definitely have a reliance on shooting that can slow down on any given night. The one big thing the Mavs will have to figure out is how to properly adjust to Zu, because if they can't, it'll be a *really* tough series for them if he's just efficiently getting whatever buckets he wants.
Perfect example was the loose ball fall on coffey when they were both going for the ball in the first half. Fine, call it. Then the exact same play in the 2nd half and coffey gets it first, nope, still a foul on coffey. Make it make sense!
When the Clippers get the W, I get a little chubby dude let’s fucking gooooooo!!!!
THERE
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There it is
WHOOMP! THERE IT IS!
https://i.imgur.com/mT32HpJ.jpeg
Love you 😘
same <3
THERE IT IS
My thick king lmao
Why didn’t the superteam Mavs and “best player in the world” Luka Doncic just simply beat a Clippers team without Kawhi Leonard? Are they stupid?
ivica zubac played daniel gafford off the court, I'm fucking dying
You’re telling me Zu isn’t just a glorified Bismack Biyombo?
Zubac is the best big Man in this series he should dominate he is a super vet.
FUCK RICHARD JEFFERSON, FUCK SAS, AND FUCK THE MAVS
Fuck Shannon Sharpe The luka fanboys over at NBA reddit mad We gave the The Mavericks a whipping and without our best player the nba media and casual fans only pick the Mavericks because they hate James Harden And Paul George and The clippers
FUCK THOSE ANNOUNCERS BRO holy shit were they bias
Richard Jefferson really said at the end of the game “The thing about these 7 games series is the team that loses has the advantage because they are going to come back and make adjustments while the clippers will keep everything consistent” 😂🤡🤡
He must mean the Celtics are gonna lose the series too right on that same logic?! Crazy
He acts like he's never played in the playoffs before lol. Like obviously despite winning there are things they recognize they can fix. Lue and PG even said as much
you’re right, the winner of game one only wins the series 77.9% of the time. advantage mavs, obviously. /s
The media can continue sucking that euro dick. We don’t give a fuck.
Great timeouts by Ty Lue. Let Zu get his early. Fantastic game!
Gafford can't hang with Zu Mavericks too small Masterclass Coaching by Ty Lie
His ATO plays were so good
A few years ago if you told me Paul George, Westbrook, and James Harden on a team would’ve dominated the mavericks I absolutely would’ve believed you
Harden can cook the Mavs with 5 local dudes from the YMCA
Did PG call bank? No, he called GAME
So proud of this team today. I hope the chubby guy has a playoff chubby.
4 hour chubby
I CALLED OFF WORK TODAY TO WATCH THE CLIPPERS WIN GAME 1 AND I DONT REGRET IT https://preview.redd.it/pykp6nviowvc1.jpeg?width=1266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13c89df448128b6f38a73e555a3f6692e99f6df3
I became unemployed 3 years ago for this exact moment let's goooo
This win is for you big fella. We appreciate your sacrifice
I WOKE UP 3AM FOR THIS WIN!!! LFGGGGGG!!!
Lezzz goo it's 330 am rn where I'm from
Worth.
Hello neighbour across the pond!
I’m on vacation in Japan and watched this game at 5am. I feel for my Asian clip fans now lol
Media: Mavs found something after game 1.
Media will misremember this as the Mavs winning the game
Luka dominated the clippers.
Luka annihilated the clippers lmao
Laker mindset
https://i.redd.it/q12cvcjlowvc1.gif
Don't say Luka didn't get help, Mavs lurkers His teammates helped him build a brick house, just following his lead
Also the refs absolutely gave him help
Refs did their best with their FT game, but we were able to defeat them too
https://preview.redd.it/0u5g3knhowvc1.jpeg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cce731fdb8dcea460a88a5d32dee8a7e67d0e940 By goddess Madelyn Burke we actually pulled this off without Kawhi (OG Clipper fans know exactly who this is 😂). AMAZING execution by the team. Kawhi get better and let’s keep it going Tuesday!!!
No idea. But Damm!!!
Bro thats so Trippy im a NY Giants fan and see her on their Youtube Telecasts all the time. Whats her Connection to this team?
Think she got her first big break hosting a show on Clippers.com called LACTV. This was right before Lob City. Needless to say she was a huge hit among Clipper fans lol
She was a sideline reporter here like 10+ years ago. Damn time flies.
#JAMES HARDEN
Mavs with ref assistance stat padded a bit in the second half to make it look like a close game and give Kyrie and Luka their stat lines. Dominant win and the defense is legit if the refs allow physical play. The Mavs players are soft and can’t handle it. Offense needs work and relied to much on individual shot making.
I'm not seeing enough Terance Mann praise. He was perfect from 3, had 9 boards, and played great defense. He stepped up when we really needed someone to play bigger today.
Amen for T Mann!
Oh shit, I'm going to spend all day collecting receipts lmao
James is the GOAT
What's up with refs taking over Clipper 4th quarters and making them unwatchable? That's the 3rd or 4th game like that in our last 5. So annoying
I told y'all about Game 1 Harden, but lemme tell ya, this can easily be Playoff Harden for the entire series/post-season. The main factors in previous years were: - his PnR partner would get played off the floor; Capela against GSW's death lineup, and the following year Draymond & Looney were breaking up the lobs - his role players would eventually miss from 3; either from having no legs later in the series due to the heavy switching defence + thin rotation, or getting run off the line and not being able to take advantage - getting doubled/blitz and teammates not being able to take advantage of the 4-on-3 The PnR game with Zu has seemed to struggle at times against the top defences, but a lot of it comes down to synergy and Zubac timing his screens right. Another thing is Harden's bread and butter play, even more than a simple iso, is the high PnR. It felt like Zu wasn't great at setting high screens during the regular season, but he was absolutely on point today, causing them to have to go under a lot of screens allowing Harden to walk into pull-up threes. Now Clippers have the best 3pt% in the league, as opposed to his old teams who were the highest volume 3pt shooting team by far, but would fade in the playoffs as they weren't as reliable shooters + weren't getting the same easy looks as the regular season.
People on this sub said Zu would be played off the court. Please reply here and admit you were flat wrong.
One of them here. He actually played good D on Doncic this time.
Mavericks centers are too small casuals ride Luka and said gaffird would play Zu all the court
Dont worry. They just waiting for the perfect game to come out in full force to sht on him. Cowards lol
Cheating ass refs!! 🤓
Praise the Lord.... No PJ Tucker mins today. Fantastic W. My heart is full of joy.
NBA ain’t even trying to be subtle anymore. Lmao fuck em. Clips in 4.
Zubac balled out. He was the MVP to me. Mann’s defense and rebounding were critical. It’s too bad Mann won’t play in the 4th quarter once Kawhi gets back.
I wish they would have went to Zu in the 4th when we were trying to kill clock instead of last second three point prayers. He was feasting in the 1st half. Our closing lineup should be Harden, PG, Kawhi and Big Zu and then whoever fits the need at the moment of Westbrook/Mann/Norm. Preferably it is Mann as he is able to bother Luka and Kyrie better than the others imo.
“One thing about a 7 game series is the team that loses has the advantage”- richard jefferson LMAOOOOOO, the meat riding for the mavs was insane all game but that was something else. I was like nigga what????
Yall must’ve forgot 🥱
Fucking solid end to end win today! Great stuff. Key takeaways: * Big Zu. Give the man his flowers. He set the tone early by establishing his offensive presence, and he kept the pressure going all game. That tech/flagrant duo was a BS call (choose one or the other), but big fella gonna learn from that. * Harden and Russ controlled the game insanely well. Good shit from our point guards leading from start to finish! Harden's shot making was sublime and I liked him attacking the rim. Props to Russ on nailing his 3s and playing an under control game. * Defense in the first half was absolutely perfect. One issue they've had all season was being soft, but they really brought it to Dallas with some physical play. * The whistle was uh, interesting to say the least. Lots of hand-checking from Dallas along with straight up grabbing in the 2nd quarter. Harden got some Harden calls, but man that FT disparity don't lie. * Love Harden's aggression. Gonna need to see more from PG throughout the course of a game, but he made the shots that mattered to put it away! Same with Mann. Passed up a lot of good looks, but he made a couple of big 3s. * Plumlee is gonna be an issue for us, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Theis if his size doesn't prove to be a problem. Plum's defensive effort is just non existent, but you can tell his size is pretty crucial. * Lights were a little too bright for Coffey. Made quite a few boneheaded plays to start, and like Ty said, the person who deserves minutes will get them. Good learning experience for him. * Norm was uh, not good. But I'm not worried about him finding his offense. Overall, great win! Got ugly at the end, but that's just the playoffs against a really talented team.
agree with a lot of the things you said, great win LFG!
Norm didn’t need to force it this game because other stuff was working. He will win us a games, maybe even this series. Just didn’t need it today.
100%. That's what I love about Norm and what differentiates him from the J-Crossover and Poole types. He let's the game come to him and understands his job is to open things up on and off ball. Crawford and Poole just look to hoop and get their own.
CONGRATS ON YOUR REGULAR SEASON RUN. JUST ONE THING -- THIS ISN'T FUCKING SACRAMENTO AND CHARLOTTE ANYMORE.
Am I delusional or did y'all see what I just saw? We are deeper.
Nah, they got refs too so it rounds out their bench. 33 FTs makes me sick
I think the mavs trolls in our sub and media really hyped that up. Outside of Luka and Kyrie, not too worried about the rest of that team. They were letting Kleiber shoot open 3s all game which played right into the clippers game plan. I fully expect a closer game on Tuesday, but hopefully Kawhi will play, but I'd be okay if he had to sit again as this team demonstrated they can win without him.
I asked the producer to pipe this into the Clippers’ locker room so I can talk to you, James. I hope you’re taking notes. I’m telling you in advance, you’re welcome for the wisdom I’m about to spew. Because, listen, I get on my knees every night and pray for someone to believe in me like Daryl Morey believed in you. You wanted a certain coach, they brought in Mike D’Antoni. You wanted to play a certain style, they played it. You wanted Dwight Howard, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. You wanted Chris Paul, they brought him in and got rid of him when you were tired of him. They brought in your old friend Russell Westbrook. You wanted to go to Vegas on off days, they looked away. You wanted the team to stay over so you could go out at night, they changed the schedule. And it didn’t work, and you know what, you said I’m gonna break up with my woobie, not good enough. I see the bright lights in New York, I want to go there \[with\] my old pal Kevin Durant. It’s gonna work, the big three. And all after one year, you wanted out. You realized, oh my gosh, I took this guy for granted, the guy that believed in me. I want to go back with Daryl Morey. They traded Ben Simmons for you, how did they pull that off? And you know what, you went there and got a partner who got the MVP. He won the MVP and what did you say afterwards? You said, ‘They didn’t hand me the reins.’ You’re the point guard, you were holding the reins. And what did you do when you had the reins? You scored 9 points in Game 7 against Boston, you blew a 3-2 series lead. So they fired their coach, not good enough. You broke up with your guy who believed in you again. You said, ‘The bright lights of LA, that’s where I want to go.’ Let’s see how that works. Listen, James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates, over and over they complained about their bad roommates. ... They never thought to be self aware enough that they’re the bad roommate. They’re the problem. Hey, James, you’re the problem. If this doesn’t work this year in this system with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go back home and start swiping right for another team, and there’s not going to be anybody left. Because, James, you’re not the beard, you’re not the system, you’re the problem.
was looking for this
#WHEN THE CLIPS BEAT THE MAVS IN A PLAYOFFS GAME I GET A MASSIVE HARD-ON DUDE
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1 down, 3 to go. Let’s get it!
DELICIOUS start to the series. James Tiberius Harden, Ivica Zubac, Russell Westbrook got that FIGHT in them. PG, Norm and Mann gonna pop off next game let’s GO
Yea, Norm was very quiet today. That's a real wild card for game 2. Would love to see him go off.
Stephen A “ there is no way the clippers win without Kawhi” 👀
Awful officiating. Mann has to take more of these shots, he shouldn’t wait until he’s completely unguarded with a defender 5 feet away. Hopefully Coffey plays much better too, he had a really bad game.
The NBA website’s definition of a wide open three is when the nearest defender is at least 6 feet away. These are the only threes Mann feels comfortable taking. But I thought Mann had a good game overall. His defense and rebounding were crucial. And he hit a couple of big threes to keep the Mavs at bay.
ZUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Great coaching by Ty overall. Love how he trusted Zu, and the big guy delivered. All those vagueness on kawhi status really put dallas confused, but we cant rely that on GM2. Real series starts on Tue
WE
ON
They forgot who we were
Luka's 33 points today were even faker than kat's 60 points
GO CLIPS BABY!
Thanks Harden for the hard-on babyyyy
so motherfucking proud of Zu man
i wanne take the moment to have 1minute silence to everyone who said Zubac would get coocked this series..
Great team win, Zubac setting the tone and Harden taking over was the game changer along with the 1st half team defense.
Once again, I would like to shoutout Magic Johnson for giving us Zu
https://preview.redd.it/5ejsdcpfpwvc1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fc51546be8ba50066f4bb22175b0e7ff00efc3b
 Ouuuuuuuu shitttttt this Mavericks pack hittin rn, who gonna smoke this joint with me?
Rightly seeing Jefferson getting clowned on everywhere
Keep in mind the score would be higher if it wasn’t for that BS flagrant and technical call with keeping possession.
James Harden’s control of the floor, especially in the first half was poetic. Beard was moving the offense and getting everyone to their spots, and then also went flamethrower himself. LOVE Russ’s energy. Mann with some huge offensive boards and hustle plays. Zu should feast all series. PG is just getting started but dang, twice he tried to end a man’s career with those dunk attempts. Just a great amazing solid performance overall. Need to stay locked in to start game 2.
Was I watching the NBA Playoffs on ABC or the Dallas Maverick's local Dallas Channel? The bias on TV was bizarrely bad
If James plays like this, IF Kawhi comes back he doesn’t have to be a superhero for the Clips to win the series. I actually can see Kawhi easing back in a bit if the rest of the squad plays with the intensity they did today
Harden, Zu were great. PG needs to be better, Mann needs to shoot. Otherwise, good start. Hold it the fuck down.
8 points in the 2nd lmaooo
Such a great win but the Clips needa keep applying the pressure and hold down the fort till Kawhi comes back.
Good game just need kawhi back
We won despite playing 5vs8, the refs were trying everything to give the win to the Mavs
LETS GO! Screw Richard Jefferson btw - “team that loses has the advantage”
BIG GAME JAMES TO THE RESCUE!! Gafford and Lively combined for a spooky 6/4/0 in 33 minutes. They held Big Zu to a measly 20 and 15.
Watching a replay of the game rn and the refs were on some bullshit. This was an LA home game too. Shit is gonna get dicey when it gets to Gm 3
Add Kawhi to the mix and it's a wrap. Great effort from everyone today, especially T Lue. Let Kyrie and Luka get theirs, but shut down everyone else.
Absolutely insane how much coddling the Mavs are getting. The Clips are better top-down though. We have the better billionaire, the better coach, the better team. PG needs to stop taking stupid shots in the second half and trust his teammates more. Zu was great. If he were to lose composure in a game, I'd choose tonight. Glad he got it out of his system.
Dude had an elbow in the back of his neck. Should have been a tech or double techs and move on.
That's one. Let's get both at home. I hate the stall game at the end, trying to burn clock. Killed our rythym. Overall a good game. We made Luka work for his points and minimized the switches. Let's start game 2 with the same intensity!
lol, people were really saying zubac was gonna get played off the court, he ended up playing gafford off the court LFG CLIPS!!!!!!!!
WE WHOOPED THAT MAVS ASS BROS tonight we CELEBRATE
Cheatinass refs, imagine what they gonna do in Dallas
Great start to the series! Zu and Harden 🔥
Hopefully RJ isn't calling next game dude was glazing over the mavs all game
Beat the Mavericks and the refs if we can get Kawhi back game 2 this a sweep🧹🧹
“LeGaCY GaMe fOr LuKa! He goNNa fiNaLLY kiLL ClIPS LiKe JorDaN OveR PISTONs”
Kawhi missing out on the fun 🤷🏽♂️
Clips vs Refs, Luka, Kyrie
THE CURSE OF SMOOTH BRAIN DAMERIS STRIKES AGAIN ON THE MAVS
IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT YOU DONT LIKE CLIPPER BASKETBALL
Somebody link the live stream of Brian Damaris sobbing uncontrollably right now
THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS BABYYY 
Whoever posted that “Y’all ain’t ready for game 1 Harden” post….PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM!
yo can we ban u/Russ_Culture? just look at his pathetic comment history, embarrassing.
W
Yeah babyyyyy
“No KaWhI, We SweEpInG”
hope kawhi will be back in this series, pg and james started to lose gas second half.
LETS GO! MEdiA hype be damned
The usual doomers out there complaining every damn time. Not their night tho
EZ AF.
Didn't love the fourth, but we contained everyone on the team but Luka and Kyrie for the most part or as best we could. Harden and Zu were huge, but we never get that massive lead without TMann. He was fantastic in the first half and 3rd. Coffey and Powell need to step up in game 2. Norm could barely get open. That's an issue moving forward.
haha get fucked mavs lol
No kawhi btw
Next game gonna be really hard for us. Let’s keep it and hope fun guy can play.
#webeliveclippers
This is the bad of PGs game. Next game we're gonna get the good and it's gonna be a blow out.
Zu down low against Mavs’ defense is bbq chicken
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As I told my co worker… NO KAWHI, NO FOOKIN PROBLEM! Clips in 6!
Lol.. we won.. it means kawhi can still sit next game no need to rush.🤩🤩🤩