Keys to Mavs SWEEPING Timberwolves 🧹🔑 + Update on Dereck Lively II status for Game 4 | SportsCenter
McMahon who is covering the Mavericks and Tim I just mentioned a second ago luuk and Kyrie dominated Minnesota outscoring the Wolves by themselves in the fourth quarter in game three what is that duo saying about how they’ve come up so clutch late in these games yeah and that’s happened in all three games in this series as far as that clutch domination really all season Lucas said about Kyrie he is born for these situations Kyrie was told that and said we’re both born for these situations and this is a Mavericks team that had the best clutch offense rating in the NBA this season and it’s not hard to figure out why they have two of the Premier creators scores and guys who just are not phased by the pressure of those situations in Luca donic and Kyrie Irving yeah and Kyrie we’ve noted this that before with his team in closeout games they are nearly unbeatable we’ll see if they can get that done much like the Eastern Conference and make it a sweep and Derek Lively look he’s been a big part of Dallas’s success he’s dealing with that neck injury however after that scary collision with Carl Anthony towns what more can you tell us about a timeline for his return yeah that he he’s not going to play tonight he wasn’t there at shoot around you know when he has been spotted he’s very you could see the stiffness and the soreness you know he can’t turn his head if somebody’s talking to him from behind at this point there is optimism that he will be able to return um perhaps later in this series if it’s extended but certainly into the finals Maxi cber though does have a chance to come back tonight he’s been out since game six the first round with a shoulder injury uh he’s questionable his status will be decided after warm-ups yeah as for lively look you get the sweep tonight you’ve got about 9 10 days to rest up for the finals which would be big for him Lively by the way he’s been really good he’s yet to miss an attempt in the series 13 for 13 from the floor so is Tim McMahon Timmy ma thank you thanks Matt yeah 20y year vet youis Haslam with us now ug this one has got to hurt for Mavs fans because Derek Lively has been awesome in this series how important is he to what this Mavs team does I mean everybody likes to talk about the symbiotic relationship that Luca and Kyrie have built but there’s a symbiotic relationship that has built that has been built between Luca and Derek Lively as well the Mavs lead the playoffs and lobes he is very critical to success of Luca dones Luca can get anywhere he wants on the floor but in the pick and roll making the big be indecisive making that big decide if he has a step up or let LCA get to the basket that’s a tough decision to be in if you’re a big once luuka gets two or three livs to Lively then the big is going to stay back and then Luca goes to work on his one-on-one man match ups whether he’s in the paint whether he’s mid-range whether he’s three he’s going to go to work on that matchup because of the indecisiveness of the big and D Derek Lively getting to those lives and those those live plays and here’s the good news for the Mavs though they have four more chances to just win one in this series if you’re Minnesota you got one chance to stay alive so put on your coaching hat for us right now UD if you’re Chris Finch and you’re that Minnesota staff aside from giving uh Kyrie and Luca just bad directions to The Arena tonight how are you going to slow them down I mean you got to put them in every action I think you know you can’t stop them offensively you’ve shown that you tried to trap but I think you put them in action offensively you get them to come up you put them in a pick and roll you make sure that they’re the guys that have to guard Ant-Man they’re not going to be the guys that guard Ant-Man initially but you can run actions cross screens pick and rolls different different actions just throw them off and get them in the match up at Ant-Man now Antman is able to attack them make them desert some energy on the defensive end they don’t desert any energy on the defense V so they have all their energy on offense to go and get one-on-one plays and do everything they need to do you need to wear on these guys for 48 minutes [Music]
Keys to Mavs SWEEPING Timberwolves 🧹🔑 + Update on Dereck Lively II status for Game 4 | SportsCenter
Tim MacMahon and Udonis Haslem join SportsCenter to discuss keys to the Dallas Mavericks sweeping the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 and weigh in on Dereck Lively II status for tonight’s game.
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I'm blown away by the caliber of thinkers gathered in this virtual space. Truly humbling to be among such company.💚
Rest In Peace, Bill Walton.
Cant wait for brown to make luka fall again making him play defense. This is revenge for kyrie stepping on Lucky the leprechauns face.
Keys to Mavs sweeping the Wolves?? Just keep playing how they have been playing
Do these people even watch Mavs games? Luka and Kyrie have been 2 of the best defenders in the entire playoffs with opponents shooting a miserable sub 40% on both of them and Ant has been atrocious when guarded by both Luka and Kyrie to the point he's been intentionally avoiding them
UD saying Ant gotta attack luka and kai and espn showing clips of kai and luka locking up ant is hilarious. ESPN still doubting dallas defense lol
Haslem says, "They're not going to be the guys that guard ANT man initially," as they show a clip of ANT getting clamped by Kyrie and needing a screen to get open 🤣🤣🤣
Well having the refs blow a whistle everytime anyone looks at Luka helps a lot too.
How is Derrick lively that hurt from that injury smh take some Tylenol and get back out there y’all need to close this series out y’all need his size in the paint defensively. That boy young he will be alright smh
Sweep or no sweet Mavs just need to be healthy as they can be heading into the Finals the Celtics are not sweating Dallas they are ready to send Uncle Drew home for the summer
The main key is the continued help of the referees
Dallas need to finish tonight, do they can rest and be healthy, injuries prevented!!
It's crazy how they're not watching the games and being paid for giving his opinion. Pay me! I watch the games 4 free
kyrie 14-0 in close out games btw 🧹🧹🧹🧹
If the Mavs make it to the finals and have Lively and Kléber! 😮💨 it’s a wrap
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Not having lively gon hurt
I was thinking this to myself before the series started the wolves would win because kat reid and gobert, thinking because Kat should have a good series because he’s 7’0 and no one can match up against him but he does no post work ever lol how pathetic, the only players close to him are gafford and lively and they both usually play separately, the only other guys close to him are luka pj and Derrick at 6’7, Reid gobert and kat should of had the series of their lives how sad this is all on coaching to
Garbage analysis by Haslem. Another ESPN talking head that doesn't actually watch the games. He'll fit right in.
Espn trying to jinx the mavs
Luka and Kyrie are unstoppable!!!
If the wolves started kat with Reid Rudy ant and mike they would win the championship kat and Reid are mismatches all day
Lively just needs to rest. Cause he’s going to be key to beating Boston.