What adjustments do Mavs need to make in Game 2? | SportsCenter

What adjustments do Mavs need to make in Game 2? | SportsCenter

all from game one there to game two here the NBA Finals resume festivities tomorrow night in Boston 8:00 p.m. Eastern on ABC would someone like to inform the Mavericks specifically offensively that this Ser has begun Boston held the Mavs to a playoff low 89 points in game one Kyrie Irving at his worst shooting night of his finals career six of 19 from the floor he missed every three-pointer he took as the Celtics rolled in game one joining us from the common NBA analyst Sebastian Christi son in Boston ahead of game two espcially on the Celtics bottling up the Mavs certainly on the defensive end if you’re looking at shutting down lob attempts Celtics did that limiting Corner threes Celtics did that how can this Dallas offense now fight back you know Randy you have to give a lot of credit to the Boston’s defense their versatility their ability to switch everything really complicated matters for Dallas but I think the Mavericks can go about it with more of a controlled aggression and what I mean by this is they have to attack Boston’s deficiency I don’t know if they thought porzingis was not going to be 100% but they seem to make a conscious effort about going straight at him and he responded with three blocks being a constant presence in the paint where he lacks a little bit more is moving laterally moving side to side so if you go right at him you’re playing right into his hands at the same time LCA donic has to cut down turnovers get downhill a little bit quicker get the ball moving and got stuck too much nine assists as a team is just not acceptable Kyrie has to make some of those open threes you were mentioning so the good news for Dallas is they had a a lot of room to grow we’ll see if they’re up for it tomorrow gain two LCA Don still a 30o double double in his NBA Finals debut is the fourth player in the last 50 years to do that now as for his star Counterpoint on the Boston Celtics Jason Tatum a down Night by his own standards only 16 points did have six turnovers but Sebastian you’re seeing leadership Elsewhere on this Celtics roster who’s leaving you impressed ahead of game two no doubt Randy Jaylen Brown the a questionable vocal leader of this Boston team many of us had doubts at least I had doubts who was going to emerge in that role after the trade away Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown has come up in a big way third quarter game one Dallas had just trimmed the 29-point lead to eight points moula calls timeout as Jaylen Brown’s Boys we here asking for Poise from his teammates he then leads by example with a fury offensive Fury couple steals game’s over Jaylen Brown seems to be an admission after the all NBA snub a couple weeks back and he was the first one to say Randy after game one we on to the next one game two he’s leading by example he’s setting the tone for this Celtics team he’s the aggressor and he has the toughest defensive assignment too in this series three blocks and three steals in the same game for the first time in Jaylen Brown’s career Dallas looking to even things up tomorrow night 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC Sebastian Christensen getting us ready in Boston which picks the question how beneficial is getting game one one well seven of the last 10 teams to win the NBA finals were winners in game one ESPN analytics expects the Celtics to continue that Trend giving Boston an 83% chance to lift the Laro Tim bontemps explains though the Celtics 100% do not buy into these numbers the Boston Celtics know better than to be excited after winning game one of the NBA Finals after all the Celtics did so two years ago against the Golden State Warriors only for the Warriors to go on to win the NBA title there’s still a lot of work left to do Jason Tatum said that said game one was a good start Chris as porzingis after missing more than five weeks with a calf strain looked like he hadn’t missed a game Boston’s defense stifled Dallas’s high-powered offense and the Celtics moved three wins away from a record 18th NBA title the job though is still not done we can’t be celebrating ourselves Jaylen Brown set yeah nothing to celebrate in the Maverick Camp after game one but the Silver Lining is that they can only get better in game two we think just nine assists as a team 89 points scored both playoff lows this season Luca got his but on 12 of 26 shooting Kyrie just had 12 points despite all of this Dallas is in a comfortable spot again says Tim McMahon For Better or Worse an 01 deficit is familiar territory for the Mavericks Dallas has lost six of seven game ones during Jason kid’s coaching tenure that includes double digit losses during open the series against the Clippers and Thunder during this playoff run in both cases the Mavs managed to bounce back to win four of the next five games to move on in fact the Mavs have won all but one of their series under kid the exception to 2022 West finals against the eventual Champion Warriors Dallas’s confidence isn’t rattled after a game one loss but they recognize they’re facing a similar challenge in the Celtics as Kyrie Irving said we have to play four of our greatest games in order to win win this series [Music]

What adjustments do Mavs need to make in Game 2? | SportsCenter
Sebastian Christensen joins SportsCenter to discuss how the Dallas Mavericks offense can bounce back in Game 2 and who he is most impressed with on the Boston Celtics after taking Game 1.
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