2024 NBA Playoffs | Clippers-Mavericks Series Preview & Predictions! 🔮
The No Dunks crew preview and predict the Western Conference first-round NBA playoff series between the No. 4 seeded LA Clippers and the No. 5 seeded Dallas Mavericks. What’s one or two things to watch for? Potential X-factors? And who you got? Leave your picks in the comments.
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Clips in 5
The Mavs "run" they played a ton of under .500 teams. 12 of them. 11-1 against them. Thats why their defense is "real"
we don't know if KL is playing or not how can you say that hes not playing. What are your sources? i'll make sure i point out after the clippers win how wrong you were on this one. this video wont age well
Hey Clippers Bobon ain't starting and playing 30 minutes this time.
Kyrie will score 60 or 70 cuz of the USA team snub just watch
Clippers in 6 obv
This series may determine the fate of both teams. For Clippers, they could be blown up. For Mavericks, this might push them into make a major trade just to defeat Clippers.
The theme here is 3-0. Clippers have never gone up 3-0; in fact, they've lost series after going up 2-0 (Grizzlies in 2013, Blazers in 2016). Mavericks were one game away from going up 3-0 in 2021, only for the Clippers to pull a 2-0 comeback not once, but twice, resulting in their first ever conference finals berth. Go up 3-0, your team automatically wins. No team in NBA history has ever recovered from a 3-0 playoff series deficit, and that perfect record of teams winning with a 3-0 lead has grown to 151, including four series that have drawn a Game 7. I wish I had context for other leagues and sports with 7-game series so that I could compare with NBA's: we only had one in MLB with 2004 Red Sox and the first basketball 3-0 comeback in 2016 with San Miguel Beermen of Philippine Basketball Association, and of course 3-0 comebacks are well known in NHL.
Minor facts: Clippers have never defeated a team in the playoffs three times in a row – they have lost to teams thrice (Jazz in 1992, 1997 and 2017; Suns in 2006, 2021 and 2023). Clippers are 4-0 when an ejection occurs in one of their games, including one where their coach Tyronn Lue was tossed – in fact, they have no player ejections this season (Thunder and Magic also share Clipper's feat).
My prediction: there's none. This is going down as the greatest coin flip of all time in NBA history.
Clips in 7
Mavs in 5. Clippers have no chance
You guys just like everyone else are ovrrhyping the mavs. clippers at their best are much better than mavs. Mavs only win if kawi is hurt.