MAVS vs. CLIPPERS / WOLVES vs. SUNS / PACERS vs. BUCKS | GAME 2 REACTIONS | ISLANDS LIVE!
Welcome to another season os ISLANDS LIVE! where we cover the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Today we are covering last night’s GAME 2 games including Luka Doncic and The Dallas Mavericks (Mavs) beating Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers, The Pacers beating the Bucks and Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns beating Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves. Let’s go!
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Luka is ball hog period
Wolves absolutely suffocated the Suns big 3
I think knicks lose with Randle. He doesn’t bring the intensity that this team brings. Not saying that they can’t have success in other series, but 76ers in particular, i think he ruins the intensity/rhythm which will lose them the game
@jj Redick check the description. Something needs a little tweak as it pertains the suns vs wolves.
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Here's an idea add a 4th ref
A healthy Kawhi and the Mavs would be cooked in 5.
but we got jaden mcdaniels
We have cameras doing 360 degree angles at all times!!! Wtf?!?!
Soo just no OKC pels talk? 😅
Dude Harden must have incriminating photos of every ref in the league. He gets calls that no one else gets
Why does it say in the description the suns beat the Timberwolves ?
Watched the TNT summary of the Mavs Clips. It's like they only watch the highlights and then just say stuff that was not part of the actual game and then they repeat themselves for 20 minutes. The defense last night was the story. Both teams. It was awesome and they didn't say S about it. Thank you JJ for being a pro
Bucks players gotta hit their shots. Dame when he isn’t doubled, has been as good as you get. For my money, his play has been on the level of Jokic and Luka thus far in the playoffs. And Dame doesn’t turn the ball over when the double comes at all but the rest of the team does struggle to find the open man and the amount of open shots they miss is insane.
Middleton has look amazing from mid-range, Brook was amazing the first half but they gotta make more shots as a team. Malik Beasley had a monster start to the season this year. He is nowhere to be found right now. AJ Green, arguably the best pure shooter in this team, has missed a lot of wide open shots.
The spacing Dame has created due to the Pacers constantly doubling him has opened up the team so much. In terms of creation of quality shots due to the defensive attention you get, only Jokic has gotten his teammates better shots than Dame these playoffs. You have to make these count.
And the defense yesterday was atrocious. Doc called his timeouts too early in the first I believe. Pacers looked unstoppable at the end of the first half, Doc should have saved to timeout for that because a timeout there could have gotten you to adjust and make stops against the Pacers. You could have been up by 4-5 points going into the half that way.
Dame clearly gassed out. I understand how dysfunctional the offense is without him along with Giannis not being there to pick up the slack, but you gotta rest him to keep him ready for the 2nd half, especially the 4th quarter. Dame has to touch the ball in every offensive possession, so he’s going to get tired over the course of a game a lot quicker than some other players.
The Bucks have to play their best game next game. Pacers aren’t going to lose back to back home games when Giannis isn’t playing. And Giannis will be forced to comeback early for game 4 if you lose game 3. You need to buy him as much time as you can to get him healthy for the rest of the playoffs. I’m expecting next game to be the best game of this series
Timberwolves have too much depth. They ready for Denver
I don't think the Sun's can score 100 4 times vs the Wolves let alone beat them
'you guys love to hate on Rudy Gobert'
Let's be fair. Not just you guys. Other players have literally just voted him the most overrated defender or something.
Suns have the skill but they dont have the will. Whoever thought a team lead by booker, durant, and beale, three of the weakest minded players in the league, could win a title needs to be fired.
16:08 Devin Booker is overrated. Dude crumbles when the pressure is on & his playoff resume is proof
Serious question here? Is it maybe time to say goodbye to the big3 system? Clearly I am refering to the Suns here but is the game and how its functioning today still adjustable to have a big three of more the scoring type? Or has the Game evolved in a direction where this simply doesnt work out that well anymore?
7:30 Best comment. When the pieces fit, the team is better than the sum of its parts
Suns are the most confusing team
The knicks fouled maxey, but the sixers couldn't box out Isaiah hartenshtein in a 1 vs 4 situation. There's no way the Knicks should've gotten that offensive rebound
The Suns might have KD, but, the Wolves have got McDANIELS!!!
Wow jj finally talking about the small market team that's been at the top of the league all year. Even tho he started the season by saying he was focusing on the small market teams. JJ is one of my favorite analyst but he's no better than any other when it comes to ignoring small market teams. Even when he "makes it his mission" to cover them more.
They ignored Nurse calling a timeout. They ignored Blatt calling an extra timeout for a tech. Funny how that works
Gobert is trash