God they’re so fucking awful on defense. I can’t believe Mavs fans thought they got better. They couldn’t guard a peewee basketball player
NervousPervis
That’s actually a decent read by Kyrie, but Luka does fucking nothing to slow down Tatum so he has to slide in. I think they might start stunting that and staying home on the shooter to test Tatum at the rim. But I think he’ll cook them if there’s no help.
Babushka5
Let’s not do the body language thing, that’s normal. What’s not normal is being this shitty on D in the finals
MacJonesisaterrorist
Luka is so ass on defense when he’s not shooting he’s unplayable
chinesefox97
Luka is just Harden with better PR at this point
DCBB22
Some dufus on /r/NBA tried telling me Luka is actually defending really well in this series. Swear to god they have no idea what they’re talking about.
FutureAttention
Greatest backcourt in history? What are the jays then if they torching them on every possesion?
iAm-Tyson
Kyrie has a point, atleast hes seeing what needs to be done it just comes down to a physical lack of ability on defense.
With Luka its just flat our effort and zero IQ on the defensive side, he doesnt give a shit on D.
Laszlo-Panaflex
I don’t think any of them knew who they were defending.
captaing1
kyrie calls that the bucks defense.
Mikeyseventyfive
James harden second coming
693275001
It’s amazing the Mavs got to the finals with the worst defensive backcourt in the NBA
thegreat11ne
Kyrie Kuzmas Luka on D
planj07
I’ll give Kyrie credit there, he should be pissed at that defense from Luka.
Angularbackhands
Luka is sooo lazy on D, never gives 2nd, 3rd, 4th efforts.
hobbitluck
If anything, I feel kinda nervous. Like Dallas can definitely play a lot better on defense. We just need to be able to still win if they start doing that.
LikeASumBoeDee
Oof
chlordiazepoxide
This is Part 1 of the eventual Kyrie descent into apathy for his current team, turning everything into poison. He’s done it to two other teams before the Mavs, they won’t be any different.
trowdatawhey
What is this video from 2008? Why is it 4:3 480p
Princessk8--
How TF did they even get to the Finals like this man I don’t get it.
Pitiful_Wing7157
IIRC Thinking Basketball or was it a bball analyst on YT has done a breakdown on Luka and that he has a similar poor defense like James Harden. So glad to see that JB and JT has matured in the playoffs. However, Luka is still the same from years ago.
LumpyBumblebee3266
Luka looks exhausted by the end of the game. I truly wonder how much more effective he’d be if he didn’t look so out of shape. And this play wasn’t even in the 4th quarter
DieYuppieScum91
“I’ve seen monkey shit fights at the zoo that were more organized than this.” I know it’s a football movie, but the quote fits too well.
evankiley9
Luka = Isiah Thomas
Prove me wrong
OpTicScumpi
People really thought Luka was the best player in the series 🤣🤣 I’m crying bro. His lack of defensive ability is insane
tennbo
Luka actually pisses me off on defense. To be fair to Kyrie he makes the right decision here, rather give up a 3 to a team that was struggling to get the lid off the bucket than an easy jam, but he shouldn’t be put in that position.
If you’re in the NBA and don’t have the lateral quickness to keep up with quicker players that’s fine, you make up for it in other ways otherwise you wouldn’t be in the NBA, but this game is just as much mental as it is physical. So much of Luka’s defense is fixed by him standing in the correct spots on the floor, but he doesn’t seem to care about the game when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands. Even if you get beat, that’s fine, as a defender you can force a guy into help but he just doesn’t do that, instead he gambles, loses, then either someone’s in the paint and gets fouled or swing swing easy 3.
Have Luka do 1 push up for every mental defensive mistake. He’d be able to bench press a car by the time he was done after a performance like this one.
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God they’re so fucking awful on defense. I can’t believe Mavs fans thought they got better. They couldn’t guard a peewee basketball player
That’s actually a decent read by Kyrie, but Luka does fucking nothing to slow down Tatum so he has to slide in. I think they might start stunting that and staying home on the shooter to test Tatum at the rim. But I think he’ll cook them if there’s no help.
Let’s not do the body language thing, that’s normal. What’s not normal is being this shitty on D in the finals
Luka is so ass on defense when he’s not shooting he’s unplayable
Luka is just Harden with better PR at this point
Some dufus on /r/NBA tried telling me Luka is actually defending really well in this series. Swear to god they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Greatest backcourt in history? What are the jays then if they torching them on every possesion?
Kyrie has a point, atleast hes seeing what needs to be done it just comes down to a physical lack of ability on defense.
With Luka its just flat our effort and zero IQ on the defensive side, he doesnt give a shit on D.
I don’t think any of them knew who they were defending.
kyrie calls that the bucks defense.
James harden second coming
It’s amazing the Mavs got to the finals with the worst defensive backcourt in the NBA
Kyrie Kuzmas Luka on D
I’ll give Kyrie credit there, he should be pissed at that defense from Luka.
Luka is sooo lazy on D, never gives 2nd, 3rd, 4th efforts.
If anything, I feel kinda nervous. Like Dallas can definitely play a lot better on defense. We just need to be able to still win if they start doing that.
Oof
This is Part 1 of the eventual Kyrie descent into apathy for his current team, turning everything into poison. He’s done it to two other teams before the Mavs, they won’t be any different.
What is this video from 2008? Why is it 4:3 480p
How TF did they even get to the Finals like this man I don’t get it.
IIRC Thinking Basketball or was it a bball analyst on YT has done a breakdown on Luka and that he has a similar poor defense like James Harden. So glad to see that JB and JT has matured in the playoffs. However, Luka is still the same from years ago.
Luka looks exhausted by the end of the game. I truly wonder how much more effective he’d be if he didn’t look so out of shape. And this play wasn’t even in the 4th quarter
“I’ve seen monkey shit fights at the zoo that were more organized than this.”
I know it’s a football movie, but the quote fits too well.
Luka = Isiah Thomas
Prove me wrong
People really thought Luka was the best player in the series 🤣🤣 I’m crying bro. His lack of defensive ability is insane
Luka actually pisses me off on defense. To be fair to Kyrie he makes the right decision here, rather give up a 3 to a team that was struggling to get the lid off the bucket than an easy jam, but he shouldn’t be put in that position.
If you’re in the NBA and don’t have the lateral quickness to keep up with quicker players that’s fine, you make up for it in other ways otherwise you wouldn’t be in the NBA, but this game is just as much mental as it is physical. So much of Luka’s defense is fixed by him standing in the correct spots on the floor, but he doesn’t seem to care about the game when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands. Even if you get beat, that’s fine, as a defender you can force a guy into help but he just doesn’t do that, instead he gambles, loses, then either someone’s in the paint and gets fouled or swing swing easy 3.
Have Luka do 1 push up for every mental defensive mistake. He’d be able to bench press a car by the time he was done after a performance like this one.