REACTION to Mavericks’ Game 2 win vs. Wolves: ‘Ant in a slump at the WORST time’ | SC with SVP

REACTION to Mavericks’ Game 2 win vs. Wolves: ‘Ant in a slump at the WORST time’ | SC with SVP

speaking of comebacks Western Conference Finals game two after Dallas took game one see Luca in NBA game twos he’s averaging 34.2 that’s the most points per game in the history of game twos and he would have another monster game here he hits Kyrie hits a corner three he just missed some free throws but that was a monster three and then ant kind of gets caught with nowhere to go look looking for Nas Reed throws it out of bounds and so the Mavericks who trailed by as many as 18 in the first half in a got to haveit game for Minnesota well now they got a chance to win it Luca working on the Defensive Player of the Year everyone knows what’s coming no one can stop it and then Luca barking in Slovenian give me all three of these you know i’ North Jim in the armory in College Park apparently we speak Slovenian too here’s Luca on what he saw I just see what defense gives me I didn’t expect that we were going to switch uh we were just going to play that pick and roll I told you live come and we’ll just figure out from there that’s about it he joins LeBron James Dame Lillard Reggie Miller Robert Hy go-ahead three pointers in the final 5 Seconds of a playoff game that’s pretty good company you huh sorry he can’t effing guard you who said that you said that I didn’t say that I was speaking Slovenian Brian wior joins us you speak Slovenian too a little bit right little bit I apparently speak Slovenia I didn’t know that but now I do and I gotta tell you I’ve seen Luca talk trash talk in many different languages and uh I feel like I can understand them all quite frankly yeah I think there’s a universal Universal sort of appeal to that particular uh message he delivered tonight you were in the Wolves locker room after an 18-point lead on a Friday night and a game they had to have evaporated how do you how do you frame what you saw and heard yeah they were trying to put a brave face on it because they obviously won three Road games in the last round but underneath the surface there was Agony Scott there was Agony from Chris Finch because he didn’t call a timeout there he had two timeouts left when they got that last stop with 24 seconds left and Mike Conley’s on the bench he’s he should call time out there an gets stuck makes an you know unforced turnover he feels bad because they there was the they were in the defense they wanted they were in the switch defense at that last possession with Luca they thought they were going to bait Luca into going to the basket where they could give help defense and Luca obviously didn’t he got the goar switch and went at it Nas Reed is frustrated because he loved the way that shot felt they actually like the way that last play went and he missed it Carl towns is frustrated because he goes 4 16 and gets benched in a vitally important game and a quite frankly aunt was trying to make him sound that he was okay and had confidence but I’ve been around him enough to know that he was hurting and if you look at these last five games he’s in a slump he’s in a slump at the worst time he is 30 of his last 90 Ken State they taught me that was 33% that is difficult to get through in this situation and he just isn’t making Fast decisions he got stuck on that last possession they really needed it from him there so this is really tight this series two one possession losses at home and the Wolves feel like they see mistakes everywhere and it’s hurt they’re hurting right now you know it’s wild windy is like we you know we follow the Rangers Victory and and and they win an overtime on a goal and so instead their series is 1-1 and the entire world looks different as a result Nas hit seven threes tonight he was great and that’s a clean look and and as we just showed it rattles in and out right the whole world looks different if they get it but they don’t and so now Dallas gets to go back home they’ve won these two and if they’re creating a blueprint a formula that they’re going to lean into in these coming games what is it okay so they got their two guards just making clutch plays we saw Luca he’s been great in the fourth quarter of both of these games delivered clutch shots Kyrie delivers that clutch shot from the corner and their pogo stick big men are are causing all kinds of problems at both ends for Dallas or for for for Minnesota that’s what they’re going to do and look it’s hard to say that you could expect Dallas to try to win two at home when we’ve seen two skin tight games but if they can somehow get two games in Dallas Scott the final start Jan or December uh sorry June 6th come heler high water that means that they would have a week off because the thing is Luca’s knee is not right you can tell he’s not landing on it he’s fighting through it if they were able to get extra rest before they got to the finals it would be unbelievable and stealing this game and opening up the door to try to clinch it at home is is putting that light at the end of the tunnel and so it would be foolish to think that it’s going to be easy because these games have been hard but that is now on the table for the Mavericks and that’s got to be something they that they keep in the back of their mind he’s a 25-year-old guy the story is is still early in in terms of being written but a night like tonight a shot like tonight Brian what where’s where’s that go in his book at the moment so to speak the thing about it is is he wants it yeah and you saw his Mastery in that moment because even though he looks like a lumbering guy he has actually got he’s an incredible finesse player he has brilliant footwork and he wants those moments so you put him in that moment when he is armed with the ability to drive with the ability to pass with the ability to put the defensive player of the year on skates you’re getting him in a in a spot where he can display what he’s been working on for his whole career and that’s what you that’s what we do this for that’s we want to see those moments and he delivers it and his confidence level is very very high the Maverick’s confidence level is very very high and to steal these two games here in this building um it’s it’s the biggest wins that they’ve had since 2011 this is an opportunity now that they’ve been trying to get to for years and that they were dreaming of when they you know when they made that Kyrie Irving trade when they made those trades at midseason this this team has really come together fast but come together very well they got something really special going on here he said good night to Minneapolis and Slovenia and I’d say it to you but I think I think maybe I’ll just I’ll say see you next time Wendy I always appreciate you being with us you’re the best thanks Scott [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Brian Windhorst join SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to react to the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 2 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, giving them a 2-0 series lead. He details the emotion surrounding the Wolves after he was in the locker room after the loss.

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