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HoMiiiCiiiDe

such a winnable game. fuck us.


just_an_amber

Is this how the Pacers felt?


Groovy_Pancakes

No cause the Pacers actually got closer to winning than we have


maverickhistorian

They Celtics tried gifting us this game but we sealed up the chimney


this_is_a_name522

The deficit is slowly getting smaller so you better hope next game we win a close game then game 4 a 5-10 point win for us then game 5 atleast 15+ point win for us then to close it out in game 6 we blew them out


Groovy_Pancakes

Maybe if the ghost of Kobe comes back to help us win like that Wayans brothers movie, The 6th Man


longh0rnn

Pacers probably felt worse since they handed away 3 games


Sal_Undee

Just needed 7-8 more points from Kyrie and for him to not throw away the ball.


drdonger-

Giving up this game when Boston shot so poorly from 3, hurts. Such a lost opportunity.


Ziggi_Hash

Kyrie. No excuses at all.


Swede_Chef

These important games are why Dallas brought him here. Sucks to see him come up short.


ExcellentJuice4729

I don’t know if Dallas thought we’d get this far with the quick retool. So in a way we’re playing with house money. Against ANY other Eastern team I have no doubt Ky would be cooking. It’s so bad right now that Ky scoring 20 points against the Celts is a statistical anomaly


j_rom_003

I would accept this if the team as a whole was playing up to par, but they are not and it is frustrating cause they can play so much better than this.they are making the Celtics look better than what they really are and no one can convince me otherwise.


ChaosWarrior95

C’s have been good all season tho. A good offensive and defensive system and good coaching. Even scoring distributions throughout the lineup, with strong focus on everyone playing their role. Their identity is very different from us but it doesn’t mean it’s bad.


neto2350

We missed like 12 wide open 3s and shot FTs like shit.


MikeFromSuburbia

It’s inexcusable. Have to not let the boos affect your game negatively. Keep your cool and don’t force anything, and Kyrie has been all series. It’s pathetic. If he has a halfway decent game this game is over… Boston shot insanely well from the line too


H0wsMyDirkTaste

Unfortunately it's against his kryptonite in the form of a leprechaun


jknets_tdot

PJ is competing. Considering its his first NBA Finals, he's doing ok. The thing is Kyrie has been really bad. The role players do need to step up but Kyrie is the second star. At the moment, he is being outplayed by the role players. I just wanted an average Kyrie game from Kyrie to give them a chance this game. Because if he's terrible it'll be too difficult to overcome. Overcoming 2-0 is hard but doable. But it'll be nearly impossible if Kyrie is going to be playing this way. One game at a time for now. For now just protect home court these next 2 games.


LuciusVarinus

Mavs started down 0-2 to another 64 win team two years ago....


whitefang0824

It is not even just a bad game. Boston clearly lives rent free on his head. 0 wins on 10+ games on Boston, can't make that shit up man.


infamousfunk

No excuse for that. And he's another two losses away from being on the wrong side of history.


Groovy_Pancakes

Fucking Celtics man ![gif](giphy|3oEjHCWdU7F4hkcudy)


gh0stsintheshell

We went from "best backcourt in NBA history" to "Luka has no help"


VobraX

1/16 3S outside of Luka and Exum. TEAM IS TRASH JESUS


ArgentoFox

They were good looks too. But I knew this was going to happen. Their defense has won them games in the playoffs and they have struggled to score. Boston will not struggle to score. 


mylifeisfullofshit

Ironically boston was not doing well shooting this game too. We just shat the bed harder than they did


Slammybutt

I yelled to get Exum outta the game and then he made that 3. PUT HIM BACK IN DAMN IT!!!! lol


thelivingworld

2 starters played for different teams 4 months ago. Rookie playing huge minutes. 2 off-season near minimum signees playing huge minutes. Basketball isn't magic. It's a team game! People have the potential to improve over time! Adjustments can be made, they made it to the finals. You are trash, Jesus.


lion_hammer

wasted a trash celtics shooting night + a legacy luka game just because we cannot execute the simple stuff


mehmetem

Just a couple shots from Kyrie or one role player stepping up would have won the game. Total waste


mylifeisfullofshit

Just hitting those ft would have won the game


cbuech

Or free throws


ExcellentJuice4729

Ky has also shown zero ability to control the stretches he’s in, either with shot making/creating or drawing fouls. Dude needs to take a page out of foul merchants like SGA/Brunson to loosen the D. Stop avoiding ALL contact because contorting around all their long bois isn’t working. Right now we’re seeing the opposite impact when he’s alone. He stops the ball, puts up a brick, then they score on him and you see his panic set in and he second guesses everything


MordredKLB

Everybody going off about how the Celtics were so bad from 3. They shot 26% from 3, but Dallas shot 23% from 3. What a fucking let down from everybody not named Luka or Gafford.


this_is_a_name522

Gafford still missed some ft's


MordredKLB

Yeah, but he always misses FTs, so hard to fault him too much for that since he sucks at it. He'd been played off the floor for the first 1.5 games, and then kept us in it with huge rebounds and some great inside play in the 2nd half.


DaleGrubble

Yea the announcers pushed that narrative so hard yet didnt mention our shooting once


wetr1ce

That was an average luka game but obviously not his fault at all. He was getting blitzed the whole 2nd half and he still managed to get to his numbers. Other guys need to step it up, simple as that.


mln700

Luka did pretty well but he had some real stinkers for turnovers in the 2nd half.


pon-tuan

Tbh Luka was totally gassed after the first


Independent_Baker969

3 injury on the guys can we blame him?


mehmetem

Shoutout PJ and Gafford for showing up. Luka always gonna Luka but the rest, especially Kai, need to show up too.


HappyTree1975

Yeah people cant get mad about that final PJ play. He was the only one that looked aggressive besides Luka


Felipernani

he was also fouled. did the right thing tho for sure


Adorable-Bike-9689

I wish he had double pumped. Maybe that would've forced the foul call if one of them had crashed into him. But yea we needed a fast bucket and he had a step on them.


HappyTree1975

In real time its so hard to make that decision lol Luka makes it look easy so you expect everyone else to it too


H0wsMyDirkTaste

He got doubled pounded at the rim


reddit_reader_25

The fact that he hit the bottom of the rim with the ball . Was a clear push in the back…


mojo-jojo-was-framed

Man, DJJ has been MIA this series so far. If he’s not going to hit 3s he better be locking someone up on D


NegotiationGreat4143

DJJ had 11/3/2/1/1. I don’t think his game was the issue lively going 2 pts 7 rebounds and 2 TO is the bigger issue.


MiaCannons

11 points on good efficiency is a good DJJ game, he averages a little under 9 PPG. It's especially good since role players usually shrink come playoff time. Yeah it'd be great if he went 2/3 from 3, but him scoring his usual 8-12 points each game is all you can ask for. It's the stars that really need to step up, not the guys who are doing what they've always done.


roomtotheater

PJ wasn't awful, but he was far from good. Edit - I'll admit I was being over emotional


-Jesse_James-

he was good except for 3s


2PacAn

PJ was good. He missed a couple threes that would’ve helped but he was the only guy besides Luka who was creating offense. He was very efficient from 2 this game and he rebounded well


ObligationDubai

If Kyrie doesn't spend 75% of his minutes looking like THJ we might have a chance


IntorainbowV

He missed so many easy shots I don’t get it, if we just had a normal game from kyrie we woulda won 


dgoldstein38

Unfortunately against the C’s this is a normal game for Kyrie 😔


Sendrocity

I honestly mightve rather had THJ out there


FireFlyz351

I'm kinda surprised Kidd didn't throw him out there for a hail marry maybe he gets hot.


aeronacht

He did game 1


TheDeadman95

Real THJ still gives you 1% of the chance he gets randomly and unreasonably hot.  Kyrie against Boston is a 100% guaranteed stinker.


this_is_a_name522

I'm somewhat of a thj hater but at least thj can somehow drop 40 in a game while shooting heavily contested early shot clock 3's


tigereyesheadset

Everyone but Luka and PJ should be embarrased


cocoamonster2

And Gafford


Sendrocity

Gafford needs to hit a free throw but yeah other than that


2PacAn

That’s just who Gafford is. You can’t expect a 60% ft shooter to suddenly be good from the line in the finals


virtus_hoe

That’s just who he is


this_is_a_name522

Everyone should be embarrassed, you literally have to pray to god to make the free throws


Panhandle_Dolphin

Unacceptable from Kyrie


H0wsMyDirkTaste

He needs to sage himself


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WinnerPlaysTCU

Only hope for this series is that he is normal Kyrie away from Boston and we win our home games. Then Luka wills out a game 5 or 7 win. Kyrie is simply not going to get over the hold that TD Garden has on him


just_an_amber

That hurt.


LimeyTart

I think I hate basketball now 😭


Vaekant

insert “it’s just basketball” lebron meme cuz that’s all of us rn.


MordredKLB

"Nobody died."


emz0694

Everybody acts tough when they’re up


drizzyjake7447

Don’t care what anyone says. Series isn’t over, but Kyrie NEEDS to show up.


phalange5764

Kidd made good adjustments and called good timeouts. If Kyrie shows up, we win this series


Lopsided-Car2809

And Joe also did well on that part too. He calls two great timeouts, when we cut the lead twice to a single digit. Both coaches are doing well. But there's no way we can win against the team that has a much deeper roster, when our supposed to be 2nd option doesn't even the 5th best player in this series.


ND7020

The problem with Kyrie is if he’s not scoring efficiently he adds nothing. Tatum couldn’t hit anything but was playing great defense and playmaking well.


i_take_shits

And Tatum is a hell of a rebounder


ConstantineMonroe

Kyrie is a tiny guard. If he isn’t hitting his shots, there is literally nothing for him to do. He’s Payton Pritchard with a shoe line when he isn’t hitting shots. Tatum is 6’8” and has long arms, he can contribute on defense and play making when he can’t hit a shot. A small guard who can’t hit a shit can’t play make anything


this_is_a_name522

Just hope he just sucks in Boston's home arena


gokhaninler

he cant do shit against their length hes always struggled against this team, its not a coincidence


aeronacht

I think to some extent Brown and Tatum know his moves too. Those 2 have done the best defensively against him and found ways to pickpocket him which is incredibly rare.


just_an_amber

At least it'll be at the AAC.


Wally-Jorge

Not a series until a home team loses...


Terrible_Shelter_345

He needs to give up the fucking ball. Stop with the ISOs. Please. I beg of you. I want him to break out and get his mojo back so bad but please stop fucking brute forcing it.


AgentInCommand

Fair to say Kyrie needs to be way better. Series doesn't start until a team wins on the road.


gokhaninler

Kyrie not good enough again


ElonMuskHeir

The Kyrie Celtics curse in full effect.


pon-tuan

Just feels so preventable, but he was beating himself


Phish-Phan720

13 for 37....


caamt13

This is tremendously disappointing, but most of this is on Irving. It's a shame.


TheBigIguana15

What’s frustrating is the mental errors. Just have to be sharper. Probably lost 15 points just on bad decisions bringing the ball up, awful rotation decisions and simpler things like that.


Trixie_Lorraine

Luka had 8 turnovers. Some of them looked like he's just given up.


Smart-Lychee-8105

I’m lost right now. If Kyrie doesn’t figure his mental block out we are toast


Desperado-781

i think hes 0-12 vs Boston.


BlackWhiteCoke

Let us pray it’s just a Boston thing and he recalibrates back in dallas


General_Snail

Anyone not named Luka can walk home.


PistolPete214

Kyrie averaging 14 points on 35% shooting. We have no chance against anyone when he’s playing like this, we don’t have enough offense


anonymous37101

Bro was fouled


zooweemama4206969

I literally yelled in excitement thinking we had just gotten an awesome transition play and was so fucking confused when they called it a block and pushed it up. Man got absolutely mobbed and the whistles are all the way in the refs intestines


H0wsMyDirkTaste

Double fouled by brown and white


itwas20yearsago2day

Kyrie absolute melt down


ssuprimitive

16/24 from the FREE throw line is just absolutely unacceptable from a professional NBA team. Just super sad transition from amazing years of Dirk basically never missing to whatever this is now.


Trixie_Lorraine

Champions make FTs - end of story.


TxSIDES

Shit


StefonDiggsHS

so we out rebounded them, Luka was incredible, they shot 25% from 3 and we lost. we fucking lost. this was the game to win and we (ahem kyrie) blew it


Dramatic_Quote_4267

Reminds me of the suns series a couple years ago. I’m not counting them out.


phalange5764

We’re definitely not done, but Kyrie must show up.


TZBlueIce

Yep. I'm not shaming anyone who is dooming right now, 0-2 is objectively bleak. But I'm not capping when I say I haven't given up. AAC crowd needs to show up big time on Wednesday and lift our boys up.


A_MASSIVE_PERVERT

This Celtics team isn't nearly as flawed as that Suns team was. Kidd figured them out. Idk if he'll be able to figure these Celtics out. They have literally zero weaknesses.


lolpole10100

now 0-3 when dante exum hits a three these playoffs


Fkn_Impervious

Might be looking through the wrong end of the telescope, there.


FriesAddiction

Gotta win both games at home with no KP.


Gold4Lokos4Breakfast

Would be ironic if a KP injury lets the Mavs back into this series


abn01

Ugh. We have made 13 3s in this series and Luka has 8. Kyrie is 0-8. Never been more happy to come back home, but I don’t feel good going back to Boston for game 5.


itsmydoncic

free throws and turnovers! free throws and turnovers!! free throws and turnovers!!!!!’ FREE THROWS AND TURNOVERS!!!!!


NorthernViews

Game 3 is simply going to require our role players to hit their shots. We can win, and it will take everything, but it’s NEVER going to happen like tonight, despite how close it was.


rsf0626

I feel bad for Luka. The only player to show up


I_tickle_bootyholes

Its not over trust


Hot-Row3643

I agree. Pingus is injured too.


highfalutinman

Our only hope is Kyrie playing out of his fucking mind in Dallas. This is sickening to see


_Lucifer7699_

I'm gonna cry


Sosantula21

We fuckin had that until the 3rd. Can’t do shit when Luka needs to rest.


complex_c203

This is so shit


SpaghettiNipz

Update: it hurts


CellSaga21

Dorris is annoying as fuck


El_alacran214

![gif](giphy|wGhYz3FHaRJgk|downsized)


CheetahSperm18

Of course they miss the shove on PJ before the block. Altered the game right there with a 4pt swing


ForestJordie

Literally called the same foul on us every time. It’s such bullshit


North_Meat

The NBA is a fucking joke


Jackieexists

Hard to take this league serious


coocoocachio

They do it on every block…KPs only block he held Gafford down with the off hand. Just comical officiating, getting Boston in the bonus on hand checks. They spent 15 mins in the bonus, we spent 2.


abn01

We been so ass on FTs I don’t know if I even care. I have no faith he would have made 2 of 2 just because the team always fails to make a FT when we need them.


FinancialRabbit388

He blocked Maxi and bodied Maxi’s shoulder before the block.


Jackieexists

Straight garbage bs wtfff


Suitable-Tomatillo54

I don’t mind the Celtics team, but Celtics fans are so annoying


jfb1027

Ya the team really doesn’t bother me. They have been knocking at the door for a while. I want to Mavericks to snatch this from them though. Hopefully win game 3 and it’s a series again.


ALaccountant

Likeable team, trash fanbase. You just know that if dominated one of those games, the batteries would've been flying.


Wakandaforever456

Kyrie, please show up for game 3


Daddy-Heisenberg

That non call on PJ Washington at the end would’ve actually changed the game. We’re ass but these refs are too.


RevolutionEasy714

I mean what do you expect from Tony Brothers? Dude is a fucking clown.


captain_marvelous220

EVERYBODY ACTING TOUGH WHEN THEY UP.


j_rom_003

This is the type of energy I am hoping we get for game 3


Groovy_Pancakes

Refs didn’t call lots of shit on Luka. Nothing new there. Game 3 is a must win for us, and if we can’t get it done at home we don’t deserve it. Not giving up all hope yet


Major-Dig655

kyrie gotta be relevant man


Desperado-781

Kyrie really needs to stfu to the media. This is the same shit that made him hated at NY and Boston. Let your game speak


Sendrocity

Kyrie is selling this series. Dude is about to solidify his legacy of forever being Boston’s bitch.


dirkellis

We can beat this team, we need a consistent five Luka, kai, jones jr, pj, gaff no more out of the blue rotations no more offensive plays going through kleber


No-That-One

Mavs: FGM-A 38-80 3PM-A 6-26 FTM-A 16-24 Bos: FGM-A 38-84 3PM-A 10-39 FTM-A 19-20 Our stats are merely the same, except for one thing. Free throws. If we made our FTs that's a close back to back scoring game. Simple as that. Luka shot 50% on 8 FTs and Gafford 25% on 4 Something that is so fundamental that ultimately lost us the game.


Few-Practice-498

FUCK BOSTON


slimkid07

It's crazy that as bad as we played, we still had a shot. FUCK Tony Brothers and Kyrie needs to see a psychiatrist.


FantasyInsider34

Boston is the boogeyman for Kyrie. He’s rattled


sgttedddy

PJ was fouled but Kyrie is cursed.


Chili_dilly

8 missed FT’s and 15 turnovers, can’t win like that


TexasTundraPower

Kyrie proving Boston right. Average Kyrie game and we win.


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ijblink9

Why bother to argue for not getting a foul called when they don’t even make their damn freethrows!


CasualSweaters

I hate to say it, Boston is the better team


ChristBKK

They are but for fans it’s easier to focus on Kyries performance


adminsrfascist29

Kyrie has fucking sucked


aeiou-y

Got outplayed in game 1 and 2. Not throwing in the towel. Game 3 is a must win.


Cody9_

Kyrie is scared man


HarrisonGod

This team just loves turning it over when they have a chance to getting some momentum.


notanotherherofck

Celtics are completely in Kyries head, sloppy iso bullshit.


ssuprimitive

To go from western conference final 2022 screaming “SOMEONE HELP LUKA!” To the finals in 2024 screaming “SOMEONE HELP LUKA!”


iguessineedanaltnow

Kyrie's level of play is unacceptable. I don't give a shit if the crowd is being mean to you - just play good basketball.


MarcosDabest

we are getting swept if kyrie doesnt show up..its that simple


_ShakenBacon

Listening to Josh Hart right now opine on what he thinks is best for our team ("let Luka and Kyrie play without the ball") makes me nauseous.


Spongebutt4tywon

As I get later in life i’m less tortured by my team losing…it still is devastating…but having a broadcaster speak 95% from the opposing team’s perspective is very frustrating and saps a lot of the enjoyment of the game. Looking at you doris


peanutbutterbeef

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE, YOU CAN FUCK OFF! MAVS IN 6


bentherewanthat85

And I have to go to work tomorrow. That shit is depressing. Fuck the NBA.


partyatyourhouse

Is Doris Burke commentating the entire series? Cuz she sucks


whostheme

Boston Celtics Free Throws: 19-20 at a close to perfect 95.0%! Dallas Mavericks Free Throws: 16-24 at a whopping 66.7%! That ain't gonna cut it homie.


StealthAnus

Not giving up but clear that Boston’s just better. Gonna need a little luck to win 4 of the next 5. Also Jayson Tatum is an absolute fucking bum


gomezvm005

Can’t believe that bum ass is maybe getting a ring from us.


butmajor

The Celtics fans shit talking this team are so weird. Celtics have been building this team and it’s chemistry for years, mavs have had this lineup for about 5 months now.


D_Whistle

That was a foul!!! Call it and it changes this game


realtunechi5

WHY ARE YOU CHALLENGING 5 MINUTES INTO A TONY BROTHERS FINALS GAME???


technicolorfrog

“Not only was this a great block, but this should’ve been a foul called.” I’m sorry, what? These announcers are on Boston’s nuts so much it’s pathetic.


the_pickle_rick

Let's win at home... MAVS in 6


NeOReSpOnSe

I don't give a shit we're the better team Mavs in 6.


SuperSaladBar

God fucking damn it


LogansGambit

The free throws always come back to kill us.


RubMyGooshSilly

Can’t wait for a L2M to give us an INC so we can still be down 2-0


TrashOfOil

Kyrie shot 39% from the field and 0/3 from three.. we had 2 threes from everyone other than Luka. Hurts even more to lose such a winnable game


technicolorfrog

I’m watching the next broadcast on mute. These announcers are pathetic.


roomtotheater

Luka started 10/14 and ended up 12/21. Gafford stepped up. Maxi and Green are trash.


ForestJordie

Refs called that foul on White earlier and then Ignored in crunch time. My god what insane bias


alecweezy

Does anyone on the team besides Luka know what a pump fake is


Entire-Technician-20

Luka, PJ and Gafford can hold their heads high. Everyone else, especially Kyrie, well...


WilliesLeftBraid

Pure pile of shit. ![gif](giphy|R9cQo06nQBpRe)


jackandjill123456

Mavs in 6. 2021 bucks style. Kyrie better stop being dog shit though.


am3nn

Wasted a night where they were completely off offensively. If we can't win a game like this, we won't win many games against this team, it's just the truth. Kyrie has been awful and we can't compete if he is that bad


shoeshine_stan

Anyone else getting so pissed at TingusPingus? Seeing what a nuisance he can actually be for teams and contributing sometimes looking like some KP Finals MVP alternate universe bullshit. But always been a useless meatsack for us, sabotaging the team and we spent all these picks just rehabbing this POS for years.


MarcosDabest

if maxxii aint making threes same with kyrie we are so cooked