How Luka Doncic and Kyrie took down the Timberwolves defense in game 1 | ALL NBA Podcast

[@kylecraven1916]

Shoutout to the real one who’s been riding with DALLAS since the deadline! Love you Legs! You’ll get a coaching gig soon.

[@jalonrhodes8219]

I hope so … assistant coach with the Mavs

[@Topazmind]

@@jalonrhodes8219shiiiiiii would be a nice edition ngl

[@tooeasyy5287]

dallas would be #1 seed if they had this team the entire season

[@MatthewSchilken]

He basically said that Any needs to get downhill and the Wolves will be improved (they lost by 3) and that Ant has shown him that he does learn and adjust. So take what he said and go throw money at the Wolves moneyline ;)

[@pbenavides09]

@@MatthewSchilkenmaybe so. But Kidd will adjust as will and the Mavs will hit more than 6 threes here on out. So I’ll just bet the Mavs again.

[@longhorn4400]

Legs is too modest to say it himself, but he's BEEN telling yall what the deal is for months. Props to him for his basketball insight, analysis, and conviction in what he saw/ sees.

[@robinvalenta315]

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[@cryptoOFkingz]

He predicted the Nuggets winning! It's game 1. Wolves just went through a juggernaut in a game 7. So much energy was exhausted and needed a day off. Dallas got 1 by luck lol this will be done in 6 at most. I expect 4 wins In a row

[@stufffromplaces5045]

All NBA is by far the best NBA podcast. It's honest analysis. No propaganda. No soap opera. No celebrity worship. Just 2 guys that love the game.

[@victorvic4659]

We cant let Legs down,as Mavs fan. But we stay locked in,Wolves are great team

[@chaps1444]

Yes they are a good team I seen'em pulling a sled in the Iditarod🐷🐷🐷🐷🦨 Stinky! 🤣

[@cryptidian3530]

That's that American education system grammar and vocabulary.

[@Ornitorrincopozolero]

Look at Tim getting proven right and right again over his Mavs pick. So inspirational

[@ijeomaemeka2368]

Idc if legs picks my Mavs or not. He always comes with unbiased great analysis that the rest of espn and media lacks.

[@JuanJuarez00]

Luka gonna be rocking a wolf fur coat 😂 kyrie some wolf moccasins

[@Topazmind]

Not the wolf moccasins 😭😭😭😭😭

[@pbenavides09]

This cold blooded and I love it

[@CashmereBlackLion]

And you'll be looking like Juan Snow lol

[@briannxx]

Mavs fans better not turn into a bunch of Suns in 4 guys lol

[@chaps1444]

​@@CashmereBlackLion🪶Geronimo!🪶

[@BassYakCam]

Everyone thought Mavs fans were delusional. We watch all the games. We’ve been trying to tell y’all this Mavs team as currently constructed is very good, and really good defensively. Defensive minded team even. Know ya know.

[@brettharris1135]

I agree with Tim on 95% of his takes, he doesn't get emotional. I will say that I think everybody's wrong about Kyrie's performance up to this point in the playoffs. Kyrie can pick when he wants to be a point guard or a shooting guard because he's so intelligent. In the previous rounds he's focused on being a true point guard in the first half getting everybody involved. Then he scores a lot of points to close out the game if that's what the team needs. In this game he knew the offense particularly luco was struggling in the first half so he decided to start scoring to carry the team through the first half. Nothing has ever a mistake with Kyrie. He is probably the most intelligent player in the game right now

[@diogodasilva5]

One of for sure. But Luka, Jokic and Bron are right up there.

[@aski909]

Dont mention lebum...

[@robbiecleighmarks3088]

Tim is the best NBA analyst period.

[@hollisvaughn4020]

I respect TIM more than anyone else 💥💯💯💯💯💯

[@jwdrums8948]

Us Mavs fans truly appreciate you Legs!!

[@SammyG6714]

Legs called it in the preview episode! The Dallas matchup is a different beast. Minnesota’s immaturity also coming up here.

[@matheuscouri2225]

Pls somebody find wolves fan they completely vanished from all coments sections

[@jakobcuda1454]

Lmao

[@aximus11]

Least obvious mavs fan, it was a great game can’t people just enjoy that? And the real twolves fans knew this series would be tough. It’s the bandwagon lakers fans that suck

[@matheuscouri2225]

@@aximus11 ooooh wolves fan??? They here!!

[@kowboizgogo89]

Lol smh Out of bounds sir.. Mavs fan here.. apologies for my fellow men.. enjoy the game .. In other news, after PJ is legs the Mavs second favorite cult hero?

[@LusidDreaming]

​@@aximus11 no kidding. I doubt many Mavs fans were all over the comments in pro Warriors videos a couple years ago. This series is far from over too. I'm a Mavs fan myself and although I'm excited after that win, I'm not delusional enough to think its anywhere near over.

[@trendyhendrix]

Tim “I got news for ya” Legler

[@Astig41]

Probably the only one in the media that understands and actually watches the game instead of these so called experts that behind the desk media propaganda machines

[@marcusht7352]

Tim Legler I am happy to say that you are officially the goat analyst

[@3monsterbeast]

Adam and Tim have created the best podcast that is just basketball analysis! I hope you guys keep going because I keep coming back to this and it helps understand the game a lot

[@ALLCITY_NBA]

Love this!!

[@94mikless]

Legler is the master

[@RashaunIzaiah]

He the best

[@user-ky6sr5ub3g]

I trust legler over all

[@Topazmind]

Fr bro since the deadline I knew he was a real one

[@Tonyoung55]

When Dort was guarding Luka is bang up hurt. When Jaden guarding him I knew it would look easy

[@billyblanton8042]

Been a mavs fan since the 80s

[@Cloudpoetry333]

2024 NBA Finals MVP: Luka Doncic

[@pbenavides09]

Let it be!!

[@cartierr6717]

Love you Legs, been sticking up for the Mavs since the trade deadline. Nice to have a real one supporting the Mavs in the media for once!!

[@markcunningham6562]

Their coach said they came out flat too. They can’t accept the reality that the Mavs whipped their butts.

[@jacktheleper4468]

Legs is probably the most accurate analist this post season. Espn oughta give dude a raise

[@straitbeats]

So turns out Tim’s the only guy at espn that watches teams other than the lakers and golden state

[@vdmbu]

Tim Legler is a legend ! I agree with him in 99%... the guy know basketball... the best analysist ever....

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

Respect to Legs for calling it straight all season

[@BasketballJones48021]

Great show yet again, thanks! Legs was absolutely right (once more), about the difference between McDaniels and Dort, regarding them guarding Luka…

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great podcast, thank you so much.

[@jahairl227]

One of the best basketball pods. 🏅

[@CashmereBlackLion]

Always loved Tim as a BBall analyst and Adam has great contributions to the dialogue!

[@boonhtx9185]

They were doing full workouts after game 7! Which is crazy.

[@michaelmo1977]

It is rare for a team to breakthrough and win a chip on their first deep playoff run. Not saying the Wolves won't come back, but usually you need to have your heart broken a couple times. This is what that reporter was alluding to when Kat replied "Dayum! How much more do you want us to lose?" Losing in the WCF is real disappointment. First round exits aren't the same. Luka couldn't beat the Clippers for a couple years, and when they finally get to the WCF the Mavs get spanked by GSW. Finally the Mavs exorcised those Clippers demons. This might be the Mavs year.

[@jaredmula8830]

The amount of people i saw already taking the twolves over the celtics to win the finals was insane, now they’re backtracking

[@pbenavides09]

Mavs in 5!

[@WaveRider1989]

So true what you said. Ant man will learn a lot from this series, I think jaden will be better also from It.

[@planetpeterson2824]

The bottom line is Dallas has 2 closers and the Wolves only have 1. MN is going to come up with some defensive schemes and win some games, but I think Dallas has the advantage. Only thing that can stop us is Gafford trying to dribble the ball

[@queque5606]

Dallas did very well as Luka wasn’t at his best the whole first half. He gets his points at the end of the day but wow the rim protection was an all time high from the Mavs. Ant did not come flat, he was just shut down by the big defender the Mavs have vs what Denver had. You can’t expect to blowout this team unless all you really do shoot is 3s. OKC seems like a tougher match up and their defense was way tighter and insane than what Minnesota is giving. They are capable of having tighter defense as well but the Mavs had dealt with that already and they will be ready.

[@vamp32]

Legs was born to talk (and ofc play) hoops

[@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC]

u KNOW adam pulling for Mavs! hehe

[@frankmaitland1254]

I just hope Luka doesn’t wear down. He was pretty good considering the Ringer said he's #4 under 25.

[@occultsymbols]

No way they said that

[@Andrew-gs2ps]

@@occultsymbolsthey did

[@occultsymbols]

@@Andrew-gs2ps I looked it up. In terms of pure playing performance they have him number 1 but for some reason they have him 9th in intangibles which dropped him down apparently.

[@frankmaitland1254]

@occultsymbols oh not only did they say it, they put it in Print.

[@frankmaitland1254]

@occultsymbols yeah He still is in print at 4. 9th is way out of line . In America, he may get knocked . But in Easter Europe, he's doing alright and anywhere they speak Spanish. While knowing he'll never be Modric or Kroos marketable

[@valp3466]

I didn't like Ant's post-game press conference. I think he's playing too much into the next big thing picture the media is making for him. It won't serve him well.

[@lukepittle8961]

Legs called this since the trade deadline. He knows basketball better than any analyst along with maybe JJ or Myers. Jj and legs get other platforms to actually dive into these topics other than espn.

[@DHUMPTXTX]

Dallas brought dat ass

[@svjetlangavranich3890]

Don't forget that Mavs 3 pointers were catastrophic.I do not expect the same thing in game 2.So Mavs could be even better in the game 2.Let's go MAVS

[@keithpeterson9000]

Yikes, tough loss for my Wolves last night. My 7 year old gets back on defense better than my Wolves. Ugh, Dallas defense was great, the superstars Kyrie and Luka kicked butt, but it was so frustrating to watch MN not only not get through the screens, but no even try. I'm embarrassed, that was a bad loss showing no fight. I'm frustrated, is Anthony Edwards and crew just satisfied we beat Denver and now we're not going to try??

[@pbenavides09]

What’s weird is the wolves lost when they shoot lights out first half and have huge games from unexpected sources.

[@swhoshing6237]

​@@pbenavides09 Yep. Jaden had a great game and they made 12 3p more than the Mavs and still couldn't win.

[@bryanfox6726]

@@swhoshing6237 Scary isn't it?

[@200mphz06]

Edwards 22 yrs old and out of gas? Wtf!

[@InfamousSslickX]

He had to chase kyrie which is no easy task

[@WaveRider1989]

He's inexperienced to understand to save himself for critical moments and how to conserve energy is part of endurance sports. Nobody can sprint for 48 minutes, need to be smarter and he will learn a lot from this series just like Luka and Kyrie in past years.

[@chaps1444]

Kyrie's 32 years old... The millennial couldn't keep up with the old man...😂😂😂

[@sstier48]

He was worn out from the previous series.. have you been in a 7 game series with the former champs, then only got 2 days rest? Don't act like that's easy even at 22

[@chaps1444]

@@sstier48 B.S. 🤡

[@uraswami8077]

Minnesota’s defense is amazing! I expect them to hold Luka and Kyrie to under 90 points next game. Each. 😜

[@Musso8771]

Best in the business. Easily:

[@readmycomment3707]

Dort didnt guard Luka he fouled him

[@bryanfox6726]

Thousands of Times While in a Full Arm-Lock Holding Continally ... He should have fouled out 20 times / game ...

[@user-zq9ml6ot8u]

MN bench was great. Defense had issues. Ant was the reason we didn't win

[@bryanfox6726]

Bench great ... Defense has 0 answers ... Dallas is the Reason you didn't win ... Mavs won't shoot so poorly again ...

[@bwild2033]

Wolves fan act like they got some type of advantage I think not

[@bryanfox6726]

They are longer ... I think that's the only advantage they have ...

[@imdbtruth]

I think the Wolves are in trouble. Luka and Kyrie will remain a problem all series, and if the Wolves blitz them, then they will have completely turned away from the defensive philosophy that's gotten them this far. Both teams have good defenses, but only one team has Luka.

[@200mphz06]

Wolves out-rebounded by 8.

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

But what will the Wolves do? Put Conley on Kyrie instead of Ant so he can rest more? Will they double, blitz and trap Kyrie and Luka more? Will they spare Ant so he can help more on offense? Dallas still needs to cut the unforced TO.

[@kingluck7159]

Mavs closed in 6. And they were fine against a younger, athletic OKC team.

[@adamstewart247]

April - Everyone other NBA person - Jokic, Jokic, Jokic, SGA, SGA May - Ant, Ant, Ant Now - ? 😭🤷‍♂️ Confusion... Legler - the whole time - Luka is MVP/Mavs 😂

[@sebhahn300]

Been a Mavs fan since 01!!! MFFL

[@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC]

Luka DEF looked healthier! late finds ROCKED!

[@ReneilweSibukwana]

Luka played pro basketball in his early teens and I tell u his still coming I bet if he was from downtown New York alot of this analyst would be calling him da next slow jordon

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

19 and 20 from Livelord!!!

[@Jirl_25]

Man when you go tru Luka's Accolades you can't help but to be sooo impressed, he is the face of Basketball, maybe not the NBA, but the GAME and HE is probably the only one that can make the argument of true GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME in every single League and Country in the WORLD.

[@Jirl_25]

@@JimBrave-ri1oc as a Kobe fan it hurts lol, but the man is just SOOO Accomplished already, I think even Jordan at Luka's age would be playing catch-up. The concentration in the jump shot, the cleverness and "improvisation" that he is able to make BECAUSE he slows the game down for himself All the time. The recognition of a defenders weight leverage and bumps that can create space, the stop, the first step, the floater, the passes, the defensive rebounding position awareness. Just just just, God damn!

[@NDawa11214]

I think Dallas defensively is basically saying the wolves are going to have to shoot there way to win the series.

[@sstier48]

They clearly didn't, you could 1000% tell that minnesota wasn't on their game. That'll change

[@VonAndrade]

Ant probably saw something in that game.

[@sstier48]

They're just casually glossing over the fact that kyrie had 30+ like he's going to do that every game.. ya he's been doing that a lot lately

[@joebauers8031]

People are judging Dallas by the roster they started the year with. This is a different team. And they peaked at the perfect moment. Beware…. MAVS are the best team in the league. Sorry…🤷🏼‍♂️

[@teledanhogan4237]

IQ is more responsible for mistakes than talent…

[@kalithechamp1412]

If any is going to attac early, then he must be bowing out in challenging kyrie. Cuz it’s no way you attac early and play defense all game, ESPECIALLY after being GASSED the game before. You don’t just randomly gain wind or legs. Once they start to go it just about how far can you push it. And if he’s THAT tired in game 1, he has a long series to win and idk what he’ll have left in the finals. His best bet is ending it as early as possible and I don’t think they can

[@joebauers8031]

Lively and Gafford are FAR superior to Gobert and 🐈‍⬛. Period. Luka and Kyrie are both, individually BETTER than 🐜 at this point. He’s coming, but he’s not quite there yet. Wolves are cooked 🔥🚬

[@DJDOGG31]

Minnesota scored 43 pts in the second half last night. We can say Kyrie bailed out the Mavs but just remember Dallas can play defense too.

[@globalpatron1114]

As Legs points out, OKC gave Luka, and Kyrie fits by trapping them with a double team around the screen. They both got frazzled with turnovers.

[@SolomonGrumpie]

The gameplan for Minnesota is to bench Rudy

[@joshuaboraz7984]

33:03 Lets talk about all the other plays because that inbound play trumps them all, right Legs? Legendary 3 point shooter can’t recognize how amazing a 3 pointer that Jaylen Brown 3 was? Lecture us more about inbounding the ball

[@joshuaboraz7984]

This whole “had the game won” nonsense. The Pacers LOST the game. They didn’t have anything won because they LOST

[@joshuaboraz7984]

34:40 The Pacers outplayed the Celtics this game which is why they never had a lead of more then 5 and spent most of the game trailing until they ultimately LOST

[@joshuaboraz7984]

And if the Celtics lose game 2 and then win 3 & 4 & 5 like they have in literally every other series, I’m sure we will all celebrate the Pacers

[@NoTime4NoHo]

I’m a Mavs fan, but how would Edwards not be tired? Dudes never been anywhere in the playoffs, this is the longest he’s gone by FAR. No shit he’s tired.

[@bryanfox6726]

Luka was playin' on 1 bleedin' leg ... Everybody's Tired ... Not an Excuse ... Ant Invited Kai to the Party and He Brought His Ass ...

[@NoTime4NoHo]

@@bryanfox6726 so you just gonna ignore my point or????

[@sxz62]

Is being tired an excuse for the Ant man? Come on, you are only 22 years old, and you are compared to MJ. What did MJ do in the finals against the Jazz at 34 years old, sick like a dead man due to food poisoning? He dropped 38 points and got a w for the Bulls.

[@eddiejohnson5078]

Kat didn’t have a good game or Connelly

[@nicholaseaster58]

Celtics need to stop playing their bench players and they'll be fine. They're just better.

[@nicholaseaster58]

@@JimBrave-ri1oc Clown 🤣

[@michaeldockham9294]

Wolves fan here - we'll spot you the first game, my boy AE just needs a little extra motivation to start popping off. As for me, I respect Dallas's game, but lets not get ahead of ourselves here, this is gonna be a long series.

[@jarrettesselman8144]

Imagine if they hit 37% of their threes. You get to go on about best case scenario and so do the Mavericks.

[@Ctrlr1981]

Players should not need more motivation.....it's the WCF.

[@gabapc]

How can you be so sure? Seems you are the one getting ahead of yourself. For me, after all we've seen from both teams, it just as likely gonna be a short series for the Mavs than a long series. Its not about them wining game 1, its about how they won.

[@jarrettesselman8144]

I’m being very conservative with my 37% from beyond the ark. On the cool, I hope the Mavs fire on all 12 cylinders and that Kyrie and Luca both drop 40 on their asses while the role-play shoot at 50% from beyond the ark and score 60. While the true best defense in the NBA locks Minnesota down to 80 points. Because that is as likely as Minnesota doing well.

[@sydneydance]

I need JJ and Legler to be Lakers coaches next season… 🤓😎

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

just to be thrown under the bus when they don't win a chip? I'd rather not, for their sake... hahahaha...

[@33samogo]

Anthony Edwards will be knocked out in this series, the only question is in which round😂

[@mikeillgaming4224]

Stop MN stars make the role players win the game

[@ronkz7854]

Bench Gober. He is a liability. Any tall rocky center can do a bette job than him

[@aximus11]

It seems like everyone who listens to this podcast is a mavs fan. Which there’s nothing wrong with that(I’m a heat fan) but Anthony edwards and KAT shot like 30%? 6-20 for kat and 6-16 for edwards. You don’t think if either of them play decent that they win the game?

[@jamesrod4180]

We can always do that when a team loses. The mavs only made 6 three pointers. They shots like 33 % from three. If they make a few more it’s primarily a blow out.

[@Ozzywoozy11]

A lot of that goes to what the mavs defense wanted them to do. Ant shot 14 threes and kat shot 9 of them. On top of that mavs shot 6/25 from 3 which is 24% if Mavs make more of those open shots this win would have been by a lot more

[@larrybrown9883]

Lol...Dallas' defense had everything to do with that. Plus the Wolves were an inconceivable +36 pts from 3 with an 18-6 advantage in makes!! If they only make say 12-15 of those and Dallas actually makes just 2-3 more of theirs the Wolves get absolutely blown out. It's ALL about perspective.

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

KAT hit at least 2 big shots to bail them out late in the clock at the end of the game. KAT isn't really a great post up guy and that's a distinction some people didn't get when they say the Wolves are bigger. Yes, they are, but they don't play big, they don't have Golbert and KAT posting guys up like Jokic does. I think that Ant will get more downhill and KAT might have a good shooting night, the same way that Kyrie might not have one night or Luka. These are all plausible and possible variables and outcomes but not really an argument, as far as strategy and defense go. Mavs had a poor shooting night, if they have a great offensive night, they can win too. I think that KAT and Ant not being great could easily be countered with the Wolves hitting 18x 3s. It was actually a bit weird that Dallas was ok just hitting 6x 3s but also only taking 25 or so 3s total. They completely adapted to what the Wolves gave them and attacked the paint. So maybe if MN protects the paint, it might open for more 3s and Dallas can get going from 3 as well, like they did against OKC. I'm pretty sure the Wolves will counter and the Mavs might have a worse scoring output from Luka and Kyrie but I think that the major point from the Mavs fans is related to the slander and the idea that 1. MN would simply clamp Kyrie and Luka. 2. All the negative headlines/narratives taking advantage of Luka being injured throughout this playoffs.

[@JasonGood365]

Funny. You’d think from this analysis that the Mavs won by 20. Wolves just choked in final 2 minutes.

[@AdrianCuison]

20 1 5 doesnt matter. dallas has the closers, wolves doesnt period

[@larrybrown9883]

No they GOT choked lol.

[@vantianhergheligiu12]

the thing is the first half they were raining down 3s like crazy and were in the elad for most of the game. and dallas weren't hitting shit. at the half I think they were 12% from 3. but they just stuck around stuck around and then they went and took it. even though they were struggling in certain ares, and they played from behind it stilled looked like they were in control.

[@LusidDreaming]

Its funny how many people are acting like the Mavs had nothing to do with the poor performance by the Wolves. Luka wasn't clutch, the Wolves just choked. Kyrie didn't outmanuever Ant, he was just lucky. Mavs didn't guard the paint well, those 8 blocks were flukes. The Mavs won a game in which they only made 6 total 3s on 24% shooting and somehow it was still a lucky game for them. That game definitely could've gone either way, but don't act like the Wolves were in control until the very end, it was a back and forth game the whole time. I don't think there was ever a double digit lead going either way.

[@WaveRider1989]

​@vantianhergheligiu12 wolves had inexperienced low IQ plays from Mcdaniels and Ant man. They'll learn but may not win this series though, but it will be good experience for next year.

[@kalithechamp1412]

People need to leave the veneers alone and either just roc your natural smile or get braces. Veneers are dumb to me, getting the tops and not the bottoms is utterly stupid 😅. Why have half fake teeth and half real, UNLESS there was an accident or sicness of some sort. Any reason that’s cosmetic enhancing is dumb to me. Like I said, accident, sicness, or even if you may have lost a tooth in an exposed area is ok to me. Just wanting new teeth to be perfect so silly to me. The rarely look natural. it’s always noticeable in speech like when wearing a grill. And then the extreme porcelain white is just so weird to me

[@pbenavides09]

Wtf is this take? 😂

[@younguglyrob8950]

best podcast out yessir

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

minnesota has no shooters.