How To Stop Luka Doncic In The 2024 NBA Finals

[@Scotty2413]

So basically to stop him you try to grab his jersey without the refs looking 😂

[@andreaspapapap7737]

Dort was playing 🏈 and ufc out there in that series. Its crazy the contact they allowed that bum to get away with.

[@von4774]

Yep

[@darrientwyman1309]

​@@andreaspapapap7737 😂😂😂💀☠️

[@justjrthings]

🤣🤣🤣

[@reececisneros1622]

@@andreaspapapap7737aye mavs offense is definitely going to want the refs to let them be physical too. They’ve got a really physical defensive core.

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

If the refs actually called all of the fouls to Luka, he wouldn't have to complain so much. He just wants the refs to call the game correctly.

[@oldthug2309]

deadass half the clips he shows dort literally fouling him like ???

[@1Scital1]

He's already a walking triple double in the playoffs lol. If they give him all his calls he is going to average 40.

[@HCaulfield115]

Not happening, Euro Whites don’t get calls

[@somealias-zs1bw]

Yeah, brilliant breakdown, this video. TLDR: just foul the sht out of him and hope they don't call the fouls lol.

[@danielhernandez7922]

Frfr. Bruh be gettin the Shaq/LeBron treatment when he drives to the hoop.

[@bowskee]

Luka is generational talent

[@Msuperballerj]

Thank u captain obvious 🫡

[@thunderstar254]

Have you ever considered a career as an analyst?

[@Boomhauersdad]

@@thunderstar254don’t forget the tight dress!

[@michaelhaydenbell]

@@Boomhauersdad Be normal.

[@One.Zero.One101]

Luka is already better than Lebron at this age.

[@grex8913]

He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. He absolutely will not stop until you're DEAD.

[@InfiniteCoreXD]

Just let him shoot bricks

[@MrWilson-zx9ix]

He can get distracted and pouty though.

[@izzibuckets]

Babayega

[@Alamoe1]

Is that right? 😂🤣

[@cvgodd1432]

Right. How about he uses that to play some defense?! You mavs fans are delusional 😂

[@kaiskajani5305]

Mavs in 6 Luka is getting the next great dynasty started

[@thunderb00m]

Dynasty is a bit too far. kyrie is past his prime, his production will only decline from here. Just like the 2011 mavs you should not expect them to repeat.

[@InfiniteCoreXD]

Dynasty😂😂😂😂😂😂 could’ve said that about nuggets

[@pinobluevogel6458]

He is the next dynasty

[@456MrPeople]

Nuggets are still the team to beat. The Warriors' dynasty only had 1 back to back championship out of 4.

[@LetMeEatDem]

Let’s calm down

[@vuribo5815]

The thunder were dirty

[@quetz6335]

just dort really, respect to sga he did his thing but i dont give props to guys who trips other players and grabs jerseys when they're getting beat.

[@SuperJoobers]

They won’t beat thunder in a playoff series again.

[@D3CIPH3R]

​​@@SuperJoobersyou wish, 4-2 not even close.

[@mr.cantplayaninstrument8402]

@@SuperJoobers if luka is hurt for the entire series yeah, the mavs won't beat them

[@barryhoward7997]

I don't feel Dort was at all dirty. He seems to be a good guy. He took what the ref's would give him. The young man is strong, and tough! That is a good team.

[@CiCLoDoL]

I really hoped Mavs would win the finals, but after you released this video, the Celtics coach will make proper adjustments. Thank you!

[@j.griffey9376]

Bball breakdown certified Celtics hater confirmed with this take

[@miguelbraz2629]

So how did that prediction about Dallas turn out coach? How do you like them appled. Celtics 18th banner, let's go!

[@Mvrck0990]

I think a lot of commentators/analysts forgot that basketball is a team sport and players have to play defense too.

[@MrWilson-zx9ix]

I’ve noticed when Luca turns his focus from the refs to the crowd he plays better. Might be why he’s been good on the road. The Mavs should employ some people in Celtics jerseys to give him shit for Mavs home games.

[@Juan_rivera]

😂

[@lol-eq2xk]

Ngl watching luka asking for the screen is some scary shit, even for me the viewer lmao

[@Colinkrauss1]

Its like a car crash. You don’t want to witness such a horrific event, but you can’t look away.

[@blockbleeda6884]

Lol 😂

[@anonenormous2376]

Fr haha like strap in buddy. Hope you brought your floaties, you finna drown

[@xtYao]

I hope Luka study how Kobe dealt with annoying, sly, sometimes dirty defensive players like Raja Bell, Bruce Bowen before facing Dort next time

[@trongray664]

Not sure about the overwhelming favoritism for the Mavs. I've YET to see anybody point out how Dallas will defend the Celtics 5 out and mismatch hunting. I personally don't see Luka and Kyrie out scoring Boston's 5 out offense. Nor stopping it on defense. Dallas's defensive scheme has been to shrink the floor by sending guys off non-shooters into the driving lanes on the best scoring threats. This has only worked so far because literally all their matchups in the west have had literally one scoring threat with supporting guys like Towns, Dort, Holmgren going cold from 3 plus the fact those teams played non-shooters like Giddey and Anderson on the floor. The Celtics have at least 4 shooting and scoring threats that can also defend with the Mavs having 2-3 guys that can be hunted in pnr. Mismstch hunting for other teams hasn't work on the Mavs because the Mavs were basically free to send as much back side help as they wanted after the switch. If the Mavs send help on Boston from there it's 3 point city....unless the Celtics just go cold. Boston can also pretty much put any of their guys on the Mavs bigs since they don't score on mismatches. So mismatch hunting won't really be as effective for Luka. I personally don't think this is a good matchup for Dallas no matter how well Luka and Kyrie do.

[@fakedazzleful]

Wow. I just see this and you sum it up pretty well.

[@bruhbruh1195]

He’s becoming unstoppable

[@hisoyami]

all i learned is the best way to guard luka is to foul him everytime and pray refs dont call it like Dort did

[@Red4350]

Luka was hurt and maybe even sick...def battling something, so he had some rough games...really rough games so yeah there might of been some stretches that the team was doing better without him on the court....but man oh MAN im so glad he didnt fold and came back even stronger, from that game winner on Rudy to the 20 point first quarter he made up for his slump...and even his slump he was still putting points up

[@KlayGoods123]

People hate when Luka complains to the refs but he does get fouled every possession

[@mobilelegendsaccount3275]

This^ Them haters are blind.

[@yeftaalbert3138]

I love how in every clip Luka is cooking the Celtics. They are still up by 10 🤣

[@nitendramishra1004]

yeah kyrie played so bad on that day lol he was like 1/8 from 3 or something.the boo's really bothered his gameplay.he missed some really good open looks.goona be interesting how he handle this time.for mavs to win kyrie need to score efficient 20+ points every game.

[@progressiveoverload3915]

@@nitendramishra1004welp he gone need to get ready for those boos, hope he goes luka mode and lets the boos turn him up

[@Jerrden]

Y’all can hang your banner for that regular season win in March

[@bookieallen7448]

Why you show The Celtics hunting Luka cause he was getting cooked on defense

[@Red4350]

@@nitendramishra1004 Kyrie is in playoff mode now...hes a different beast, and Luka is in playoff mode...hes a WAY different beast...Luka will feed off that "fk Kyrie" energy and if Ky struggles Luka will silence the crowd enough times for Ky to get back in it...or Ky might be hot from the jump...either way Mavs as a whole got each others backs...something special about them...but i'll admit im biased

[@nb4857]

Coach you need to make a video too on how to lower the offensive efficiency of Boston Celtics.

[@dlife7427]

Get them to play ISO ball

[@imaginationplayground]

It makes sense but man with how elite Dallas' defensive scheme against everyone else has looked would be wild if they just abandon it right away

[@jeddvillaspin3379]

Tatum is a terrible playmaker and Jaylen cannot drive on his left side. Warriors exploited this last 2022.

[@aceloco817]

I think one of the ways to try to slow em down is to run em off the 3 point line...

[@suiken3149]

@@jeddvillaspin3379 This ain't last year, lol.

[@trieunguyen5897]

Been watch every Luka games since his rookie season. The only thing that stop Luka is Luka, he need to keep his emotions in check .

[@Jaime-II]

Luka played the pick and roll against the wolves like cp3 did to the spurs back in 2015 .

[@thunderstar254]

Top tier IQ 💯

[@ajzarnel]

Dallas in 6? thats funny 🤣🤣

[@morrismichael3641]

No one actually thinks 2 guards and role players can beat multiple future hall of famers😂😂

[@OppaLec]

8:40 got me paranoid, I thought my speakers broke with that sped up BGM 😂💀

[@willemsleveille314]

This is not aging well haha

[@kazehana877]

How to stop Luka while he will account for 70 points but be responsible for giving up 80 points

[@aahkell]

WAIT I KNOW HOW : YOU CAN’T it’s luka fucking magic 😂😂😂😂

[@SC2_WARRIORS]

I believe JT will be one of Dallas’s best teammates, he will aid them by what he has been doing in the playoffs. choking.

[@agayactornamedmichaeldougl6289]

Man why does Jayson Tatum always

[@Alamoe1]

The fk is chocking? 😂

[@taryugo]

Luka is hot headed they will bump him every paly until the refs call the foul he will lose focus and the oston win this battle 4 to 1

[@agayactornamedmichaeldougl6289]

@@taryugo keep thinking that. It makes it funnier.

[@alecgleason]

you really choked at the end of the sentence

[@JohnMcCloskey-g9o]

Double team him on the inbound pass... If he gets the ball , good luck. He has many ways, and they are not good for you!!!

[@addster124]

You're forgetting the fact that the celtics can simply put their bigs on the corner 3 forwards and put one of their forwards on Dallas bigs so that if luka calls for a pick, it can be switched so he won't be able to go at a big. If he targets a big covering a forward then he's asking a forward to set a screen and it will be easier to preswitch anyway. Also how is Dallas going to guard Boston?

[@judahmourneth3211]

Thank you, I’ve been saying this for the longer. It’s going to be hard for luka to hunt on switches

[@danw9520]

Luka gonna pick apart whatever you try. He's just as lethal tossing up an oop to Lively as he is stepping back from the logo.

[@judahmourneth3211]

@jacksonhardison3838 you think it’s that simple lol

[@yoink9148]

@jacksonhardison3838 its just people dont watch the mavs game lmao thats why they dont know. most people dont even expect mavericks to be on the finals. but i get what you mean, those two big never misses because of pnr. it will be fun how celtics would stop it. pretty sure right of the bat, dallas will do this first and if celtics doesnt stop it on the firsthand i guess its over. And I dont think KP is a factor to this game, gafford and lively are strong and we all know unicorn isnt, al horford is much more physical than him. lively is growing so fast during the playoffs run, its the mama buff. and if dallas win this all, the lively story is extraordinary.

[@elzet3894]

@@judahmourneth3211 You saying that while acting like the recipe to stop Luka is as easy as "simply put their bigs on the corner 3 forwards and put one of their forwards on Dallas bigs" is pretty funny.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

10/10 for the video subject, 1/10 for the realism in the video title. Luka can't be stopped, if anything he can stop himself and that's about it. EDIT: To go into the on/off stats for Luka, a huge part of this is the Mavs playing with pace with Kyrie handling, which is great for every Maverick on the team .. except for Luka. I think all other mavs players are excellent when playing with a higher pace. Most of the plus-minus is just noise though. He is rarely out for more than 2 min of actual game time, as the game always starts spiraling out of control soon enough.

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

Nobody will stop him, he on a Mission, like a Misionar on german, someone who baptizes. Anyways, we will see, greetings from sunny Croatia.

[@julianvigil5276]

I think Luke's 3point % suffered in the early parts of the playoffs cause of his knee and he's learned how to play through the pain which in game 2 of the wcf was apparent but he fought through it and put up monster numbers against the twolves

[@naceks]

While Dort was allowed to do almost anything to Luka, Mavs couldn’t even look at SGA if they didnt want to give foul. If refs will do the same in final series (to either team!) this series is going to be over in 4 games.

[@umarbadarsyah2019]

He has soooo many tricks in his bag! Oppositions have to worry for both his shots and passings to the point even a stare to a teammate needs a proper response.

[@ramrod19]

Celtics are a great team but they haven't faced a team as good as the Mavs in the playoffs. Mavs in 6

[@EliteLilTJ]

And the mavs haven’t played a team good as Boston

[@michaelhaydenbell]

@@EliteLilTJ Ok? That wasn't really their point though. Boston has gotten one of the easiest cakewalks to the Finals that I can remember, Dallas has been through THREE 50+ win teams. You could argue the Mavs will be more worn down, but Luka has only gotten more healthy finally as we've gone on, ironically, no to mention this iteration of the team has only been together since the deadline and been steadily improving the entire time, and are absolutely bloodthirsty at this point. Them mfs are HUNGRY. Feels like Mavs/Heat 2011 type of situation, and either way, we're gonna see some damn good ball.

[@EliteLilTJ]

@@michaelhaydenbell I get that. Boston has definitely had a cake walk, but they have taken care of business like they should. They have been battle tested since 2017 when jaylen was a rookie in the ecf. Its the finals, everyone is gonna be ready to play

[@navonmyhand7999]

​@@EliteLilTJ Celtics roster historically have more experience being in big playoff moments and knowing what it takes to win big games while the Mavericks this year have proved themselves much more in beating tough competition around the West and improving every single month. Both great teams "battle tested" in their own right.

[@hazywuzzy]

​​@@EliteLilTJbattle tested but they cant beat a Lebron led Cavs , they took over the East until Lebron left . lol

[@christiandelapena8623]

I love it when people and the media treat the Mavs as the undersogs. The Mavs excel as underdogs! Mavs in 6.

[@BufiniPinoy]

Luka gonna play that psychological games and Tatum gonna fold.

[@taryugo]

Oi ugok ha ha

[@Somm_RJ]

Physiological?

[@DerpTradamus]

As expected Luka fans can't spell

[@BufiniPinoy]

@@DerpTradamus good one but was autocorrected

[@Questerrr]

THEY HAVE INDEED STOPPED LUKA 4 TIMES IN A WEEK

[@ABrownVB63]

He shuts himself down,ball stopper, ball dominant look at him in gm1 boston. Celts plucking hisdribble andhes a liability on switches,still im a fan. Just limited in big gms

[@davidSFL79]

Coach I’m not sure that drop coverage on Luka is a good idea. Let’s hope that for Boston’s sake that it works out

[@judahmourneth3211]

He can shoot as much as he wants. He can’t beat Boston alone

[@Colinkrauss1]

Luka has proven that any obstacle you put in his way is nothing but an annoyance at most. But the Tatum, Brown, White, Jrue gang probably has much more “Luka-stopping” ability specifically than any of LAC, OKC, MIN. So I think the series comes down to KP’s health and Horford’s minutes. If KP is out or limited, the paint opens up, lobs open up, corner threes open up. If Horford plays tons of minutes, we can assume he will be relentlessly targeted. Celts don’t win without a healthy KP. … I think.

[@yoink9148]

I dont know if they have the "luka stopping" looking at it celtics just gets bulliied by luka, I think the way for the celtics to win is that they dont let other score even kyrie. maybe other dallas froze? I think that will be the way for the celtics to win, dallas member froze like PJ a like or they stop others from scoring. and I dont think KP is a factor in this game, I feel like this dallas run they learned a lot especially lively, i have a feeling the mavs big will out power kp.

[@יעקב98]

When you make an entire video predicting that the Mavericks will win in 6 games while the Celtics are up 3-0 irl.

[@playcost]

He's a coach but he doesn't know ball haha

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

You can't stop him. You can only try to force him to change his shots, good luck.

[@ivanpetty1213]

I’ve been waiting man

[@barryhoward7997]

I don't know what you see that others don't? I see it, and have also said Dallas in 6. Between playoff stats, Boston playing easy teams, and the Mavs playing contending teams, I see it. I would also like to consider that if Dallas wins it will solidify how good the Wolves, OKC, and the West is. What a great game 5 against the Wolves. Luka has gotten healthier. Another good video, that could disappoint some people.

[@takecarebpk]

You can’t you just gotta pray his 3 ball ain’t falling

[@J_isaaac]

Two words. You can’t 😂

[@dumbassdude8372]

Celtics dont need to stop him in order to win tho. They have more weapons than mavs

[@eddie-dtx]

OKC played like they had a bounty out for Luka with a linebacker guarding him all series 😂

[@urbanfarmer8483]

. He complians less after that okc series but he needs to focus on another level this time most calls won't go his way. He really needs this chip to prove that even refs can't stop him 😂😂

[@paullang1505]

The problem with trying to shut down Luka, is that he scores by reflex. The only time you see him putting much thought into it, is when he's involving the rest of the team.

[@themostrandom8424]

Secret to stop Luka is touch the balls, kick the balls, anything that'll hurt his balls 😂

[@karu6111]

That's a funny clip of Kat complaining to the refs lol

[@Nitetau]

Respect for being the only few to dare pick Mavs in 6.

[@theblackphantomhd]

I feel like trapping him like the Warriors did in 2022 is the way to go, take the ball out of his hands and make him play defense. Force teammates like Derrick Jones Jr and PJ Washington to beat you, letting Luka set 100 pick n rolls and iso's a game wont let you win.

[@aqua_still_useless4384]

Yes, but trapping is a lot harder to do when Gafford and Lively can make plays, and Irving is way too good to send any help off of, While I like the mindset, I also don't believe that strategy would work as well as you might think

[@lukebashian5591]

I think that’s an awful strategy, back in 2022 luka had basically no help and a roster not constructed towards his strengths at all, now if you try to trap him he will absolutely kill you

[@gucciak-4740]

Yes let’s trap him so that he can pass it to Kyrie who’s gonna iso someone else or throw a lob to one of the bigs

[@judahmourneth3211]

They’re going to play him 1 on 1 along with kyrie. Boston switches and have enough body for him. Him and kyrie will have to play their asses off and one can’t have a bad game. I have Boston in 5

[@krzysztofwisniewski5662]

@@judahmourneth3211 5? I doubt it.

[@gorosito91]

Dont let him in the building, pay the cops to stop him haha.

[@eyemunchained8968]

Celtics will basically out score Luka/Kyrie. The regular season showed the blueprint don't let the Mavericks 'others' go off. Recall Luka had a near 40pt triple double vs the Celtics, but Boston still won. ❓❓❓Real question is how Dallas slow down Boston 5 out offense❓❓❓🤔

[@krzysztofwisniewski5662]

Well I think finals are different than regular season my friend. I wouldn't be too sure about your blueprint.

[@bochiecole]

Could be but the Celtics have shoot lights out for four games!!

[@geekassnerd]

You mean like the thunder? Or have we forgot game 1 against the wolves who shot over 50% from 3 and took 3x more 3s than the Mavs and lost while the Mavs shot -30% from 3 as well? Like the Wolves, it will come down to clutch games and Ky and Luka have proven to be clutch time and time again.

[@Benedict_Savage]

The blueprint? 😂 The current mavs roster were together 2 weeks when they played each other in March... You remind me of the wolves fans thinking it will be a sweep because they won 3 out of 4 reg season games against the mavs 😂😂😂

[@TheOnlyKontrol]

People who point out regular season games are just ridiculous 😂 suns beat twolves in the regular season…

[@frederickdelius1106]

Yet some people on certain podcast will say things like "Luka and kyrie arent skill players" ridiculous. Dort was out of hand, but focus on the game Luka. Always remember "play the game".

[@creejedi208]

Your points are so spot on, that when you slip in the sponsor, don't get it until you mention it can win you money.. is that good or bad?

[@rahowherox1177]

Moe''s old precisely placed baseball bat to the knee trick oughta work.

[@zoltanzukaly7231]

When you play 41.5 minutes per game, "off the floor" stats lose pretty much all meaning, especially if it's a 17-game sample size. That's barely 100 and some minutes overall. But yeah, Kyrie helps, and the opponents subbing their best players out when Luka is off also helps.

[@supune]

1:03 was a push off. If it keeps the defender from getting back to defending the ball handler it's a push off. Besides the blatant carries, the push off is the most annoying thing about NBA basketball.

[@Dave547-j8p]

Never gets called, and every good offensive rim pressure player does it. Jaylen and Tatum especially. LeBron has been doing it for 20 years, really effective on a 265 lbs player.

[@supune]

@@Dave547-j8p yeah you're right. But I still get annoyed that it never gets called because it gives the offense such an advantage. If the offensive player is allowed to use give stiff arms and shoves but the defender is not allowed to hand fight with them, they can go wherever they want. That is the most annoying part that it has become normalized. I know it's been going on since the 90s, so it would be a drastic change to go back to the old style of being more fair to defenders. But I think it would stop guys from flopping if they took away the stiff arms and shoves.

[@cordlc]

The push off has been around since forever though, that isn't new

[@supune]

@@cordlc it was called an offensive foul more often and defenders could use a hand check in the 80s. Now it's more than protecting the ball. Ever since Jordan did it to win that championship, it happens on more than half of all drives to the basket

[@markhousman8447]

NBA Finals (playoffs) is often a war of attrition. Much of the series outcome depends on Doncic's knee and Porzingis' calf...

[@JavantaK]

7:11 coach he was also injured so that played a factor. I hope when Luka wins the finals he addresses everyone. Complains just as much as everyone else its just that yall hold him to standard yall don't hold anyone else too.

[@DerpTradamus]

1:08 Luka Travels

[@pastrie42]

The music later in the video is layered on top of each other and is super annoying. Pretty big editing mistake. Cheers.

[@willneverstop]

Yo Coach Nick, that is a bold prediction

[@dominiclopez4527]

something weird happens to the audio at around the 8:40 mark

[@bns434]

Imagine if best friends Luka & joker teamed up with

[@oldthug2309]

Hes too good. no one can stop him

[@judahmourneth3211]

He’s not MJ.

[@oldthug2309]

@@judahmourneth3211 yeah hes not hes better

[@tuni11223344]

Pretty useless video to be honest. Basically saying that there is no answer for him. He looked much worse against the Clippers and OKC, not because of godlike defense which dropped his 3pt %, but mainly because he really looked injured. Especially against the OKC where he was fauled 3-4 times per play and the refs just ignored it, it got to his head and there were stretches where he put more energy towards the refs than the actual game. He was much much better in the refs department last 3 OKC games plus the whole Twolfes series. He won't make that mistake again. Focused Doncic just can't be stopped and it's just a matter of time before he wins his first ring. Generational talent.

[@Sportsbreak149]

So go under screens and make him shoot going to his left.. ahould help in his efficiency

[@vanlifewithsteve9875]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if the Mavs do win, I think they would be the lowest seed that is not a defending champ to win it all. Should be a great series either way

[@ridhohirzan5197]

I believe 1994-1995 6th seed Rocket is the lowest seed to win it all

[@vanlifewithsteve9875]

@ridhohirzan5197 Those Rockets and the 1969 Celtics (who were the 4th seed that season) were both defending champs. The Mavs would be the lowest seed to win that isn't a defending champion.

[@Casortulfo23]

Celtics is not the Wolves they are battled tested in the playoffs they are being there in every year the other players of Mavs will choke bigtime

[@AdrianCuison]

😂 agree boston chokers

[@Casortulfo23]

@@AdrianCuison Lively Gafford and Washington will choke bigtime ha ha mark my words

[@AdrianCuison]

@@Casortulfo23 ok lol

[@travieso1332]

Life long mavs fan. The way to beat Luka is to beat the other Mavs. Don’t double team him. Let him shoot 40 shots and be too tired to close the game.This was proven in-season while they were horrible immediately after the all star break. Double team him and he will make the right play and you’ve got kyrie leading 4 on 3. Or you could hope for what the thunder got - Luka on one leg. Luka complaining to the refs has basically stopped since the thunder game highlighted. Don’t expect too much from this guy who didn’t understand the wolves were an amazing regular season defense that wouldn’t win anything, though.

[@travieso1332]

To clarify the Celtics were one of those teams that employed said strategy during the season. The Mavs are a different team since that stretch of games though.

[@Alamoe1]

You were right

[@jessief2048]

Kawhi, PG, Westbrook, Dort, Williams, Gobert, Anthony Towns, Reid, didn’t shut Luka down with 2 bad knees, a bad Achilles, a bruised back, and a banged tooth. So who do you think is going to shut him down now?

[@kurtcollier6076]

This series is less about Lukas offensive production but just slowing his scoring rate enough to fully exploit his defense, any matchup in Luka is a mismatch and a win for the Celtics

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[@dt1595]

I havent looked into it much at all. But is it possible that when Luka is resting, Kyrie and the offense squeeze extra production in those few minutes. I mean that much is obvious i guess

[@maartenvz]

Its funny, all the videos dropped this week seem to implicate Boston is the underdog in this series. How quickly we forget how dominant this team is. I expect boston to send more help and let pj Washington/djj beat them. If Boston is smart they try to attack Luka on defense early and often.

[@AdrianCuison]

after march 7 mavs were on pace for 60 win + champ caliber team

[@pacman-x3m]

You can’t let Luka think, so in order to do that Bos has to take him full court, they have to be physical as Luka doesn’t like contact, and they have to double him and let Kyrie be the one making decisions…

[@NorthKoreaBBall]

The team furthest south from the 38th parallel will win the series

[@antykwanty]

So basketball breakdown account is telling us that to stop Luka you need to: 1. Hit him in the face on the first possession to set up a stage 2. Then foul him on every other possession, but be really discreet about so the refs won't notice.

[@JohnnyBrook]

Luka is a real gangster, an actual killer. The refs do him dirty by not giving him the superstar calls. He is slowly but surely playing though the BS and just forgetting about it. This will make him even more dominant. He is so good, he can play though contact each and every time. This actually works to his advantage. It demoralizes his opponents when hack-a-luka doesn't have any effect. Go get 'em Luka!

[@guylocation9823]

Luka cant be denied

[@dundalis]

This clearly makes it obvious for those clowns that genuinely think Boston can guard Luka one on one and do anything about it having success, that that's never gonna happen. Even Tatum, Luka will have no problems with physically manipulating. Tatums an upper body strength guy, Luka only has issues with guys closer to his size that have great lower body strength. Boston can shoot the lights out and win this series, but I don't think they are gonna stop the Luka PnR whatsoever.

[@yu-hanchang8005]

If teams have Lu Dort this type of player who playing physical defense and harassing luka all the times loll

[@Reixas16]

What Lu Dort was doing is not defense. Let's make that very clear. He was fouling every time and the refs were shielding their decisions on "let them be more physical" when there was no reason to.

[@theokingshango]

So wheres Dort now?

[@robw2379]

Boston played Dallas twice this year. Won both games easily. And Boston has 4 defenders who can slow down Luka. Should be a good series.

[@owlperson5075]

The Celtics just pre-swtiched their lineup to hell for the past 3 games

[@LeJuan3000]

The thing is ..the celtics might not be able to stop luka often BUT they have 4 guys that can drop 30 and and 2-3 that can play defense and drop a cool 15 🥶This series going to 7 games Im taking the mavericks tho

[@alankingchiu]

4:18 This is why Kyrie is so valuable. He captained those non Luka minutes.

[@donham2540]

I could be wrong but the Celtics main scoring guys are also their best defensive guys. Defending guys like Luka and Kyrie drains their legs which is why the Celtics are so up and down. Their best scorers have no legs sometimes to make shots. If this series isn’t over in 4 the Celtics will become very inefficient on offense by time game 5-7 comes .. now they will most likely have a really good shooting game in either 5 or 6 but 2 of 3 of those games will be bad shooting nights. Come back to this comment to see if I’m wrong, but Kyrie and Luka are no doubt giving their best effort on defense but they are not the main perimeter defenders. It happened to the clippers and the wolves. The thunder had Lou Dort to take that role and other guys so they were more successful but the Celtics aren’t very big and don’t have wing defenders outside of their 3 scorers. It’s the reason the Celtics have not broke through. Their GM has not added wing defenders to take that role for Tatum and brown. I don’t see the Celtics having enough depth to stop the Mavs consistently. And they won’t have the energy to make tough shots late in some games and especially late in a 7 game series

[@joshe955]

Coach Nick I’ve been trying to tell everyone I know that Dallas is packing up the Celtics in 6

[@Alamoe1]

They still packing them up in 6? 😂🤣

[@made13145]

You need someone like Kawhi, Draymond, prime PG or Klay. Basically a great two-way players to stop Luka. Sadly no one is Celtics is like that. a star two-way player is a rare breed for a reason lmaoo

[@arisacuna7122]

You can't. He is a chess grandmaster who thinks 2 steps ahead of the defense. Basically Jokic if he were a big guard or small forward.

[@Jjhawkk]

So basically be the Celtics hey Bob breakdown should do a video and how they stopped and Kyrie it was history

[@j-us-t_be-in-g]

It's weird how hard most people are pushing for the Mavs to win. They are greatly underestimating the Celtics.

[@sebrenzozo8793]

Its how they where pushing for the wolves till they got bit. Same thing gonna happen to the mavs.

[@judahmourneth3211]

@@sebrenzozo8793outside of luka and kyrie who else you go on the mavs???

[@bballbreakdown]

We shall see….!

[@xavierb9061]

Mavs underdog, celts beat them easy , people selling stories to make i interesting

[@11dubs30]

Boston has been to the finals before. But so has Kyrie and Luka is not afraid of anything. Boston also has an edge on supporting players. Mavs are not deep, but Boston isn't either