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Another CLASH in the West: Thunder vs. Mavericks



Another CLASH in the West: Thunder vs. Mavericks

After a four-game sweep, with relative ease, the Oklahoma City Thunder are ready to face off with the Dallas Mavericks, who endured a six-game battle with the LA Clippers. The matchup between Dallas and OKC features two of the three finalists in the MVP race. Shai Gilgeous Alexander and Luka Doncic.

00:00 Intro to the Series
01:31 Regular Season Series
03:38 Luka vs Shai
03:58 OKC X-Factors
05:58 DAL X-Factors
07:09 Prediction

12 Comments

  8. @pbananaandfriends

    With how physical the refs have allowed teams to play, the mavs may have an edge. Dallas have become a fantastically balanced team in all facets. The used to rely on the 3 but seem to be attacking far more.

  11. @martinblake2278

    -OKC's favored strategy is force TOs and run, but Mavs is the best team by a mile in limiting overall turnovers and are very good in limiting and defending fastbreaks.
    -Mavs favored strategy technically is PnR, but in reality, they can do a lot of different things on the court and they do it very well. That's why Clippers failed to contain their offense in the latter part of their series.
    -Mavs offense is way more dynamic by having multiple options (they can efficiently post up, PnR, bully ball, fast pace, and they can also do 5 man spread lineups).
    -OKC loves to spam the 5 man spread, kickout and drive, until a shooter becomes free or a driving lane becomes open.
    -OKC's defense is very good at man to man particularly with LuDort. Chet is a bonafide rim protector that intimidates a lot of teams that don't have physically imposing bigs.
    -Mavs defense is very good at man to man, switch, zone, and they too have bonafide rim protectors in Gafford and Lively.
    -Mavs will be the physically imposing team in this series, and OKC struggles against teams that out muscles them particularly Chet.
    -Shai will have a hard time getting into the basket and score as DJJ, PJ, Maxi, and Josh Green can match his speed (as they've shown against Harden and PG). He will still get his points but it will be way harder than the Pelican series.
    -Luka is a very strong physical guard that should have no trouble against Lu Dort. In their recent matchups, he did very well against him. Not sure whether he will be 100% against OKC, but if he is, no one in that team can ever hope to stop him. And even if he is not 100%, he should still be the best player by far in this series.
    -Kyrie will be unstoppable in the 3rd and 4th quarter of this series (as he shown against other teams with similar builds to OKC and even against OKC themselves).
    -Mavs has the best offense and defense in the clutch, meaning that any close games near end time should favor the Mavs.
    Conclusion: This will be BULLY BALL of epic proportions. Mavericks will clamp and destroy the young Thunder in 4 to 5 games.

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