Stephen A. lauds Luka Doncic for being ‘ultra aggressive’ in Game 4 win | NBA Countdown
well gentlemen dominance was usually the word that we have used for the Boston Celtics this postseason the Mavericks were absolutely dominant in this game for Stephen A Smith Kendrick Perkins Paul George Michael wilbon I’m Malika Andrews Stephen A I’m going to start with you here we have not seen this version of the Dallas Mavericks All finals long how can they pack this up and extend this series even further well first of all Luka got to continue to do what he did tonight cuz he came out with his bag he was Ultra aggressive Kyrie Irving was the perfect sidekick in terms of getting to the basket making things happen knowing porzingis wasn’t in the lineup collectively their defense they were shutting off Lanes weren’t getting weren’t allowing anything forcing Boston to engage in one-on-one activity it wasn’t going to work tonight Boston was absolutely positively atrocious offensively their leading scorer was Jason Tatum he was a virtual noshow Jaylen Brown a virtual noshow along with everybody else even Tim Hardway Jr came off the bench I said Lord I’m looking for a three he hit five of them I said damn I mean this what I’m talking about because why that makes that get elevates his level of confidence puts Boston potentially on its heels Monday night you got an opportunity to lick your wounds look at this see what happens as players I mean if you have just been had your butt kicked like the Celtics just did I mean they really did my dad would call that a good oldfashioned butt whooping and he would use a different word how do you rebound from something like that PG you fight back uh I thought that’s what Dallas did they fought back they had moments throughout the game where I saw J kid did some things to kind of junk up the game yeah sent some double teams early to Jaylen Brown when he crossed over half court they definitely did some things to kind of mix it up what you got to do at this point try anything something worked tonight Dallas found the Rhythm and uh picked up the win you know what when it comes down to the Celtics I mean I’mma call it out Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown was on a different Mission than their team Mission and they played selfish basketball the energy is always good energy is always going to find the players the basketball is going to find good energy and tonight they did not do that I think they had a total of combined three assists the other side of things Derek ly at home backto back double doubles came out H the three but his intensity right his motor coming in off the bench he’s been he’s been fantastic PG called it out pregame about getting the bigs involved I think he’s been the unsung hero in this game three I mean game four and in the game three perk called it out before the game when he said Dallas was going to win this game the last person to win one with the Celtics knew what he was saying this is my only problem with the Celtics in this postseason I got to see it I’m just not going to presume it this is not grade school you don’t get extra credit for homework done early let’s see it we didn’t see it again they throw a clunker in they’ve done this for four or five years they did it in the finals a couple years ago I’m not I’m not ready to go out yet and say Dallas is going to win this series I’m I’m not I’m not are you going to say we’re coming back here to Dallas where we’re sitting I tell you what Stephen A touched on it already yeah if Luca dones comes out and not just plays like this but ignores all the silliness that we saw him engage in in game three the Maverick should have done this in game three and what will we have now I don’t mean a 40-point win I don’t mean that yeah yeah but if they come out with that level of attention of detail and played that way in game three we’d have something different if Luca can do that again Stephen A see a combined minus 61 for brown and Tatum five assists between the two of them they’re going to have to do a little better to get this one done [Music] [Applause]
NBA Countdown’s Malika Andrews, Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, Paul George and Kendrick Perkins react to the Dallas Mavericks’ 122-84 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals.
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Dallas can still win if Tony brothers stays in his home the rest of the series. 😂😂😂😂😂
Stephen A's playoff rep;
Stephen A- 'I've got Wolves beating Dallas. Wolves best team in the world, Antman new face of the league.' Result: Wolves almost get swept.
Stephen A- 'I've got Dallas beating the Celtics.' Result: Celtics win first 3 games of series.
Stephen A- 'I've got my broom ready, Dallas going to get swept.' Result: Dallas puts a beating on Celts.
The man can literally not miss his misses😂
He better not start hyping my Dallas boys, I don't want them to lose.
Very good for Dallas finally showing what they are able to do! Probably they are gonna go home in the next match but at least they put the eggs on the table and say: hey here we are!
Really hope to see a game 6, or 7 but I feel this is gonna be over in TD Garden…
Ok so the losing team out scored. Dumb @ss they lost! You WIN BY SCORING MORE. BASIC MATH!!! P.S. the NBA is fixed! More games = more money. Again basics. Those who do not believe this simple fact which has been proven. Refs, Owners, players, are betting on thier NBA games, thier own games. It's no longer about the GAME but the $$$$.
Bruh I hate the fact it’s Stephen A’s sorry ahh, malika with her anti black vendeta and Kendrick no brain Perkins instead of the TNT crew in the finals
Perk’s prediction was right again. Fantastic
Baddies
When this series started, I said the Celtics have the better team but could lose to the Mavs for these reasons.
1. Boston does not score a lot of points so if you can push the tempo, you can win.
2. Boston tandem of Brown and Tatum play more ISO ball or my turn/your turn
3. Boston has problems with teams who have star guards and the Mavs have 2 in Luka and Kyrie. It's the reason they lost to the Warriors the year with Curry putting them to sleep
4. The Celtic guards are good on defense but not offfense
Viewing game 3, the Mavs learned something late in that game that carried over to game 4.
1. The Mavs pushed the tempo. Although they did not win game 3, they brought that 20 plus lead down to 3 and we know Luka fouled out. The game could have been a W. Viewing game 4, the Mavs pushed the tempo and took the ball out of Luka's hand when coming up the floor. Luka is slow bringing the ball up which allows the Celtics to setup their defense. In game 4, we saw more Dante Exum who sped the ball up the floor before the Celtics could setup their defense.
2. The Celtics also started the game returning to their old ways of a lot of ISO shots for Tatum. In the games they won, they were passing it to multiple players for the open shot.
3. Luka and Kyrie not only scored but they found their teammates for good open shots by making the right pass.
4. Jrue and Derrick were not scoring and they were not able to keep up defensively due to the Mavs on the move.
These are the same weirdo clowns who 12 hours ago were talking about how Luka isnt a great player
Crazy that pg has never been to a finals
Pg sayin a bunch of of nothing , “ junk up the game , they did some different things “ lmao he ain’t never winning a championship lmao
Boston let them win 😂
So they can win at home in Boston 😅
Lively the next Milwaukee version Brook Lopez but cluld be Brook+
Dallas is going to bring it home for Texas but I'm a Rockets fan
They were trying to secure finals mvp lol
If anyone could lose up 3-0 it’s the Celtics 🤣
This game wasn't an important one for the Celtics,they are saving it for game 5 in Boston,they want to finish it off in TD garden. You can't seriously believe the Celtics would play that bad now?. Yeah nah.
Big perk looking like he would rather be any where else than sit there and have to give Luka credit lmao diabolical work
History coming up,,,
Script. Need more finals money
People easily forget Luka is playing on one leg with a bad knee.
Let’s call it what it is… we gave all of you mavs fan a game so we can win it in Boston!….😎😎😎😎
Man, Dallas is going to get the beating of their lives Monday night. Boston rolled over in game 4 because they wanted to win the title at home in front of their own packed house as a thank you to the fans, Boston KNOWS that they can beat the breaks off of Dallas whenever they want to, and Monday, Boston is going to give Dallas an epic spanking, and all these talking heads KNOW it.
The Celtics used up all of their specials, now they're all out of gas. Mav's definitely got this in 7
When losing the blame always with Luka or kyrie.. the rule players must step up..
They hate LUKA.. American is dumb.
Stephen A and Perks is racist against LUKA.. they hate white.. they want the face of NBA is black..
Serious fact:
If you take away the Mavs' lob threat what do you got left when the only player who could post up on the team is the Point Guard, it is "atrocious" yet that's never mentioned. At least game 4 I seen some attempts at the post up and I think that energy alone changed the whole dynamic, I would love to see the Mavs keep this type of intention and intensity moving forward!
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Lukas Finals Numbers:
29.5 Points Per Game
47% Field Goals
8 Rebounds
6 Assists
Lukas Finals Numbers:
29.5 Points Per Game
47% Field Goals
8 Rebounds
6 Assists
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Serious Fact:
If you take away the Mavs' lob threat what do you got left when the only player who could post up on the team is the Point Guard, it is "atrocious" yet that's never mentioned. At least game 4 I seen some attempts at the post up and I think that energy alone changed the whole dynamic, I would love to see the Mavs keep this type of intention and intensity moving forward!