Chris Paul out-duels Luka Doncic and the Mavs
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Chris Paul exploded in the second half of Game 2 against the Dallas Mavericks, again authoring a great 4th quarter performance in the playoffs. This detailed film room study breaks down how Paul and the Phoenix Suns attacked Luka Doncic and the Mavericks defense in their 2022 Western Conference semifinal matchup.
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Incredibly rare to see a near 37 year old in his year 17 season with a pretty significant history of knee injuries carve up a top rated defense. There's a wonderful video from when Chris Paul was in OKC where he's going through film of his own ball screens and talking about reading the third help defender, explaining reads that no one who's casually watching the game is thinking about actively. This video made me think about it and how rare it is to see someone almost always make the right play.
*leg injuries. The only knee issue he had was the meniscus injury from way back when he was in Nola. Most of injuries have been hand, and hamstrings.
Since when is Dallas a top rated defense lmao 🤣 🤣🤣
Add a nagging hamstring in the past few years.
Point God
I think his year in OKC was practice for him
@@lincolnmyers8738 Dallas was ranked like 6th on defense this year.
Suns know that timing is everything.. They will punish luka and make him work hard at the first 3 quarters and get him tired by the 4th. While Chris Paul is just breezing through the opening quarters.. Then during the 3rd and 4th, that's when Chris Paul starts to make his money and start giving out assists and make his shots. Luka to tired to defend already and Sun's ball movement is still crisp and sound.. Damn, that's the product of good coaching..
CP3 knows***
and good roster construction, for cp3 to bbe able to "breeze through" the opening quarters, relying on book and ayton and frankly everyone on the suns
This is pretty much how the Suns have functioned all Season: Chris Paul takes it easy the first half: He usually does only assists and shoots open shots and reserves his energy for when it counts in the 4th Quarter.
@@felipecabrera5468 for real, people here acting like Suns doesn't have 5-6 of the top 7 players in this series
@@jrt8268 Yet Luka has been bounced of the first round the last couple of seasons? The only thing we've actually seen is how trash Luka is carrying a team by himself. And not even by himself really causs he has a good squad around him. And still can't win against good teams.
I’ve never seen a basketball analyst so proficient in the coaching Xs and Os of the game, go deep into the numbers and analytics whilst also able to break down the actual game footage with the attention to detail of an nba skills trainer. The way you seamlessly blend these different aspects of the game into your videos is what makes this my favorite basketball channel. Your understanding of the game is 2nd to none.
Yup, that's why I've commented here before (with absolutely no disrespect) that Ben could be working for an NBA team making huge bank... right? Like isn't this level of analysis worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to a big organisation?
Yeah, he's an analyst's analyst, but he's also super clear and plenty engaging for more casual fans. And he has a bevy of unique perspectives that have changed the way a lot of us see the game. It's kind of funny that, even before I knew who he was, I got a strong sense that he was a cognitive science student after watching just a couple of his videos. Ben is definitely my favorite, and I really like the people he works with too.
Man Chris Paul has so many tricks in his bag it's ridiculous dudes like a damn Grand wizard at the point guard position.
Man I hope you don't get roasted for that word choice
Dude called CP3 a KKK grand wizard
Bruh lmfao
Bruh y'all really gonna try and roast me for my choice of words I know what that word means plus I wasn't even using it in that same sentiment smh I swear 😅
@@JuanTonSoupXP OMG dude pulling the race card cause that's all he's good at go figures
Now make another one, ‘Luka out duels Chris Paul and the entire Suns team’.
no?
@@deylack yes? He outdueled them
@@retna1x363 not that game. which is the game he talking about. keep up.
@@deylack he said “make another one”. Keep up.
@@OfficialTyrellP “keep up” 🤓👨💻
This aged like milk
This is how you breakdown gameplay. Objective and on point.
Since the playoffs started, it seems like CP3 doesn’t miss
Edit: oof for the suns fans lmao
Playoffs Point God is a thing
Wait until you least expect it. Always comes up short just like last year vs the Bucks. This is his last shot to win a ring.
The West will be better and healthier next year.
He really wants that chip following last season's shortcoming
He’s the Lil Sasquatch of the NBA
He borderline doesn't lol
I’m just so glad you showed some of the great looks Doncic created before the rest of the video. Important that fans and general viewers realise Luka is really good and not a ball hog.
And today CP3 played one of his worst game on his 37 birthday, 7 TO in first half alone lol.
I thought they literally legislated out the rip through foul. Always good to hear ben refer to it with disgust, even whilst praising everything about Chris Paul's game.
Well this title didn't age well
This may be one of the last years CP3 has a real chance to win a championship. Hope he and Phoenix can stay healthy.
This Might be his best chance EVER if he somehow loses to Miami or Milwaukee or Boston it's gonna be Over for him I think Memphis even tho Ja is proving to somehow be the next Jordan he's Not there Yet and Golden State doesn't have the enough fire power in the paint to stop Ayton and I willfully think Draymond ain't gonna touch Ayton in the Paint I think it's gonna be DominAyton on those games against golden State so both of those teams don't stand a chance so....I think the team that can actually stop CP3 this year it's Boston because Miami ain't gonna have the HEAT to stop the suns and What Boston is doing is one of the best defenses In NBA history and it's gonna be Up to them to Stop the Point God but I just don't see it happening either I hope CP3 FINALLY gets His title it will be a story to tell honestly
@@thekrazyhatter5063 I swear I've heard this in 2018, 2019, 2021 and now 2022. Pretty sure I'm gonna hear it next year and the year after since most of the Suns players will be entering their primes in the next couple years.
I mean the sun's dealt with alot and I mean alot of injuries the past 2 years and have been fine.
Just need to hope that 3 players don't get injured in the exact same series like against the bucks.
So long as the sun's have 4 healthy starters they should win
@@thekrazyhatter5063 Boston is the sun's best matchup out of the remaining contenders.
The sun's are more likely to lose the grizzlies than the celtics because the Grizzles end up with like 10 to 20 extra shots through a game so they don't keep to be crazy efficiency they just need to chuck shots.
Celtics have to actually beat the sun's head on and can't win via rebounding
@@notmytruthTHEtruth Cp3 can still play through his 40s if he can get those legs healthy.
great video but then he turned 37
CP3 plays beautiful basketball. One of the few players who makes me want to actually watch the game. Beautiful distribution and ability to score at any time himself. Individuality and team play in a perfect symbiotic relationship.
flopper.
You mean he plays on stacked teams?
Ah yes, I too love when he flails and foul baits
I can't root for CP3 at all. He does all kinds of non-basketball and/or dirty shit. He committed what could have been one of the worst flagrant fouls on Giannis in the finals last year on "the lob" but the refs just didn't call it. He straight up pushed a guy going through the air in the lower body. If Giannis wasn't so big and got lucky with the amount he was able to stabilize with the rim, he could have been seriously injured.
He's one of the dirtiest players ever and he tries to hurt people, but can't deny the man is an absolute wizard and a genius.
As a basketball fan, I want either jimmy and the heat or cp3 and the suns win a ring this year. But damn CP3's in top shape this playoffs
Adding to those, I’d like Curry and Warriors to win this year. Sticking it to Durant, would be a nice feeling. But as a heat fan i want them to win at least once with this core
@@jcplays3842 you greedy punk lol warriors have plenty
Those two teams seem to be on a collision course
ChokeGod belongs to retirement house 😂
@@vogel2499 I was really disappointed by CP3 and the suns. Wanted a ring for him but right now it just seems like a curse. The defense stepped up in the latter part of the series but as the top team they should've found ways to re-adjust.
I don't mind it though because I also like underdog stories and I love to watch Luka surrounded by legit role players.
Maybe CP3 needs to join up with Lebron just to win 🤣
Gonna need to update the video my man. CP3 getting SPANKED!
What happened? Lol
Gone have to update this if Dallas win Sunday😂
Luka outdueled and clobbered single-digits CP and Booker out of oblivion.
Well this video didn't age well
And then Paul played like Crap game 3.4,5 ,6,& 7 . Then fouled out because refs caught on to his tricks . Seen many bad games in the playoffs by cp3 . There’s a reason he has 0 titles
It can't be said that your thesis is wrong indeed. Still a very good career of course.
This didn’t age well
In game 3, Luka was the maestro
Now do a video on how Luka got his revenge to win 4-3 please. Put some respect on the young kings name.
This didn't age well 😂
I genuinely love your breakdowns of the game man. You are the best basketball analyst I follow.
You know a lot of people swear they know basketball, but every round, forget that a series is an actual series. Judging it based off only the home team always slants things, I wonder what people would say if they judged this series only off the last 2 games.
Crazy to look back at this after Game 7
Everything remains the exact same mavs were just doing the same thing to cp3 😂
Anyone here after Mavs blew out the Suns in game 7?
I don’t have the exact stat, but I heard someone say that on the about 50 times the Suns involved Doncic in the pick and roll, they had about 170 offensive rating
What up guys my name is Stephen and this is Heat Check!
They shot for 84 % so yes they had a high rating
They scored 1.7 points per pnr chance.
Yup, he is an absolute bum on D, lmao!
that's Trae young level bad defense Jesus
Luka better, should do a vid of how he torched and hunted cp3 for 5 straight games
This video aged bad. 2 games ain't a series...
This aged well 😂
he did out duel them that game though. he didn’t say cp3 was gonna win the suns the series. he only said that cp3 dominated the 4th qtr of this game….which he did.
End Game Maestro, Game 7 Fiasco!!!!
MFFL!!!
This hasn't aged well...
Oh well....i think Luka took this personal
I think Luka is getting a bit of raw deal with the takes after game 2. His offence is super nova, he is literally performing playoff scoring feats at great efficiency that are only matched by Michael Jordan, against the best team in the league, at 23 years old. Unlike some other helios (Harden), he can score from absolutely everywhere and has a counter for everything. Kawhi and George couldn't stop him, now Bridges and Crowder can't. His defence is bad, but if we are playing that game so is every single sun's defender who faces him in the context of his pick and rolls and isolation. He is cooking Bridges, Booker, Paul etc etc in exactly the same way they are cooking him, he just has no help.
This mavs team is just not good in comparison to the Suns, and I'm sure he feels like he can't take a second off on offence, leading to fatigue at the end of the game. It's a bit of a chicken and egg thing to say he has to give the balll to Brunson more when Brunson is getting eaten up by length just like last year. Bruson is getting enough shots he just isn't hitting them.
The Mavs organisation obviously needs to keep Luka's ego in check and get the ball out of his hands more with better roster construction, and he needs to commit to conditioning and defence in the coming years. But can we just appreciate how singularly good he is at such a young age?
" Unlike some other helios (Harden), he can score from absolutely everywhere and has a counter for everything"
Beg to differ. If he was a better off-ball offensive player than Harden then he can put his faith on Brunson/Dinwiddie to handle the ball for 3 quarters and then do his magic in the 4th. Of course that is also asking much because I don't think Brunson has the same confidence and rhythm he has in the Jazz series where he had the rock for himself for 3-4 games until Luka came back. So until Luka can be comfortable to be a bit more efficient off ball and can go with the flow of his playmakers (whoever they may be now or the future) in playoff situations, this is going to haunt him and the Mavs.
Prime Harden>Luka and its Not even close
The thing is the sun's are letting him do what he is.
Luka has consistently sucked against the sun's in the regular season, it's just normally the mavs would have kp who can actually win the game for them.
Since they traded kp the sun's have 0 reason to guard luka, because they can just guard the other 4 and win.
Watch the sun's play and alot of the time they let Luka do whatever the fuck he wants because make or miss if the others can't score they can't win
@@t4d0W ay like look at the usage stats brunson has the ball more than booker yet booker is cooking because booker is probably the 2nd best off ball player in the entire league only behind curry
Series is 3-3 now.
5:24 “Officially, CP3 O’Clock” lmao gold
Well this aged well
Need to go back to the beginning of the season with a lot fewer foul calls, and need to reclassify that damn rip-through foul as a non-basketball move. Chris Paul will still be great without it
impossible. Because 1) you can rip through to make a pass and 2) cp actually uses that motion to get shots off in the post (baseline)
didn't they banned it because of kevin durant already ?
@@SonTran-hr3mg yes but CP3's is different somehow
@@bilindabutcher8913 ruclips.net/video/bopf8d37AOU/видео.html
Definitely a great pass/shot he was taking when he got that foul call
@@bilindabutcher8913 From my understanding the change was that it became a foul on the floor, even if he goes right into the shot like Durant used to.
7:41 Yeah, the best teams are just going spam the same move until you adapt, specially if it gives them easy fast points (like exploiting the Setter side of the Block in Volleyball if the setter is short and not technical).
Chris Paul disappeared….Luka dominated and the Mavs won. As a fan of both teams…what in the world happened to the Suns? But…Luka is the real deal. He could have had 50 if needed but they were blowing them out.
Chris Paul stopped shooting for some reason despite 55% FG and 48% 3pt. He definitely choked this series but I’ll cut him some slack for being 37.
I've been saying this. I love the Mavs team, love the guys on that roster. I wish they had more gas to get past the sun's but Paul, Booker, Ayton & bridges are too much for most teams. This is either the Heat, Sun's, warriors or Bucks year. Mavs need more.
Celtics can take out the Bucks
No Celtics?
Not miamis i think they are a fake contender and memphis can beat the warriors
@@NewKingBrandon sure they can but celtics are the sun's easiest matchup so if the sun's make the finals rhe celtics don't really stand a chance (assuming healthy sun's)
After this season though the mavs are stuck, with JB either getting a bag or moving on will keep the roster being set in stone for a couple years. Luka/SG(brunson?)/Reggie(maybe)/DFS/Powell will be the rotation for the rest of luka's contract, doubt Bertans or Dinwiddie will be traded so it's all hope for FA which record says no.
Bball brakedown and you should respect mavs. The series aint even over
Man, lets be honest, this series is luka vs suns not marvs vs suns
Chris Paul really exposed Luka on the defensive end in game 2.
Absolutely asinine and simplicistic judgement on this The Suns vs The Lukas situation.
Not Luka's time yet. Cp3 just laser focus on that crown, nothings gonna stop him from going to the finals again. Well maybe GSW, but Suns are just on a rampage hard to bet against them
Why the hell are you all so convinced the Warriors are a serious threat to the Suns? Their only good defender who hasn't been knocked out of commission is Green. Payton Jr. and Iguodala are both out.
@@Wasserkaktus Yes also Memphis are still scary so for me GSW should not be confident enough.
Remember CP3's personal demon is Steph Curry
Which crown are you talking about ?? The crown of NBA Guards (PG & SG) still belongs to Stephen Curry !!! 2x scoring champion, 2x season Mvp, 3x nba champion, and 2022 ASG Mvp !!! See you in WCF for a reminder...
It'll never be Luka's time, dude! He is an overrated, overweight stat-padder!
Coming back to this, is funny how CP3 got the credit for when the suns won a game, but when the mavs won the series it was Jason kidd who got the credit not Luka lmaooo
False. He didn't give Kidd or cp3 all the credit. Plus what did doncic do differently in the 1st 2 games that he didn't do in the last 5? Kidd made the adjustments not him
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He's disappeared since that video. Suns won their games despite CP3 not because of him. He is not outdueling anyone. Nice hot take.
+ 40 mav
Luka with a smile on he CP3 and Booker duo. Shamet basically lead the scoring for them.
As a Mavs fan, Luka needs *consistent* help. Luka is one of the best in the league in the playmaking/passing aspect. He can score from anywhere at an elite level. He facilities offense with mind blowing and crafty passes. He really needs a good big man honestly. I have a lot of respect for the Suns and CP3 especially though. We’re simply outclassed and outmatched.
The Mavs should pursue Deandre Ayton heavily
@@bilindabutcher8913 why would the Suns do that again?
@@wookey-2083 They haven't extended his contract for some reason even tho it's expiring at the end of this year's playoffs.
@@TrueGuardify I Hope they extend it so much though
@@wookey-2083 I don't. As a Mavs fan I really want Ayton we need a reliable two-way forward hahahaa
Series is 2-2 now….Mavs at least bringing some competitions and Luka is getting help.
Luka is in my opinion the most insane 1 man show. You don't really need much for him to be successful mans just an absolute offense juggernaut. It's like he sees what the defense is going to do ahead of time, crazy how well he reads really good defense. Props to Suns tho for even holding him down. 1 day we'll see this man go absolute brezerk with just wing man.
Luka has horrible footwork/balance on defense and gets lazy after a few fakes. And he's slow.
As a Suns fan, this was a beautiful thing to watch!
Like game 3,4,5, and 6 of the 2021 Finals
4:23 The problem of depending so much on one player. Suns knew exactly what they were doing by letting him score so much, they actually wanted him to score and cutted the passing because scoring is more taxing, if tiredness didn't happen in game 1 it would show in game 2 or 3, the longer the series went the worse for Mavs.
This is exactly the strategy used on Harden by Warriors a year after the cp3 injured Rocket playoff run.
4:32 Daaaamn, he's EXHAUSTED (i feel ya, i went thru this in training many times before).
Letting him score. I don't think Mikael Bridges is a bum like you do
@@robertroberts603 When did i insulted Bridges? When you have a player with that style (Luka) and on a team like that, you can't shut him down completely, you need to take the teams biggest strength. This is common knowledge at this point, and if you don't trust my word at least trust Draymond Green, a guy who said the same thing.
Of course you gonna try make him miss his isos but the top priority is "DON'T LET HIM PASS", leave him ostracized, an elite scorer is gonna score a bunch but he'll not keep this up forever, you need to see the series as a whole. Break him phisically so you can break him mentally, 2 birds with one stone.
he sure may be exhausted too, but in this particular situation he was more angry and pissed by getting beat up his head by two suns and no calls given, while flopper paul reaches with the ball in his hands into defenders hands himself and gets fouls and free throws.
@@deeki85 lmaooo here comes the refs excuse
Sike!!!!!!
IQ and leadership outlasts physical advantages. I've always thought CP3 paralleled LeBrons approach to the game but unfortunately doesn't have the physical gifts lebron has
Cp3 Iq might be higher than lebron from him to be doing it at his size and age
They’re definitely the two smartest in the league that’s for sure. It’s a huge reason they’re still playing at such a high level
the way they both control the game is crazy, rondo the next guy after them tho. all time great on floor coaches
I mean cp3 is arguably smarter than LeBron.
Both players do basically the exact same thing but cp3 has to use his iq to score, whereas LeBron never needed to think to score due to being an athletic behemoth, who at any moment could drive to the rim and score.
That isn't to say LeBron didn't use his iq he did but LeBron was able to make bad plays and recover whereas cp3 couldn't
2:30 Insane to see Lebron and Cp dominating at 37 even tho they're complete opposites physically.
You should never make Luka Mad. Taunting Luka, just awakened the Dragon. What a blowout game 7. Luka and the Mavs destroyed and humiliated Chris Paul and the Suns. That was pure beating. 😳😬 Lol
Chris Paul's decline is so gentle water wouldn't run down it
i hope this is the wake up call for luka to get in the best shape of his life this offseason, bc the same thing happened last playoffs, he needed to carry for 3 qt, and then was gassed so he was a liability in defense, obviously a better team would be nice, but he cant really control that, he CAN control his body and how he enters a new season and the playoffs
What are you talking about?he scored 35 points smh shut up
Luka isn't the Mav's real problem bro: They are just woefully deficient against the Suns in almost every way.
@@freshoftheoven965 yeah he’s scored a ton, but his point is addressing his conditioning to be able to play both ways at a high level consistently. Nothing wrong with getting into better shape to help your team.
no one can be both a team’s offense and their whole defense at the same time
@@freshoftheoven965 im not saying he played bad lol, i am saying that if he really wants to compete at the highest level, he cant skip conditioning, he may have gotten away with it in the past, but now is really showing as a weakness
It would be great to see the Suns win it all this year. Phoenix fans have been starved of a title in the modern era despite having two different MVPs in Barkley and Nash - if they get past the Dubs, I think they will have enough to beat whoever gets out of the East this year (even if it's the Celtics - I'm a Celtics fan). I don't think this is CP3's last chance at a title - given how young the roster actually is besides him - but I think the West will get tougher next year, with a lot of teams on the rise & getting back to full strength (Denver, LAC, for example). After so many crushing playoff defeats it would be great to see him get that ring - we saw with Dirk that it wipes away all the years of disappointment.
Lmfao
@@richiranas7247 Luka magic happened lol
Thanks for calling out how CP3’s rip through shouldn’t be legalized as a basketball play
Oh how the turn tables
Luka looks really out of shape, especially the second half of the game. He has acceptable quickness and lateral speed, but when he gets tired he looks completely lead footed.
"Professional athlete that carries 99.99% of the load for his team in every game looks out of shape" Are you serious bro? Lol
@@deathcare you can literally do a eye test and see hes overweight and far from ideal body shape he even admits it himself. You can argue his weight helps post smaller guards but he’s 6’7 he doesn’t need the extra weight all. It’s not like he’s Zion who uses his weight to literally force people out the way. Luka isn’t extremely athletic so there is no reason he shouldn’t slim down.
@@serranom184 You are insane if you think any amount of conditioning or weight loss or anything else is going to prevent someone from being gassed at the end of 6 months of playing 40 minutes a night and having the entire responsibility of his team's results on his shoulders. Superman is going to be tired at the end of games doing what the Mavericks ask of Luka lol.
@@deathcare If he was lighter he'd be quicker and less of a target on defense. He's already doing a lot, especially for his age, but there is more that he can do to elevate his game.
So after averaging 40 a game against a defense geared to stop just him, when he gets tired he looks slow. GENIUS take
Nobody is talking about how different and more difficult Doncic's movement skills are since his injury...he STILL hasn't adjusted to his leg soreness and I suspect hes gonna struggle to end games until he has an offseason to heal
Every player in the playoffs are either injured or suffering from some kind of soreness.
@@hassejr7072 That is just blatantly false...and Doncic looks particularly hindered compared to how he look before his injury.
@@ChrisSmith-tu9bu he probably also had to rest and lost a bit of his cardio from the season, and since he
already struggled with c
ardio during the season, it seems like its gonna be rough for him to keep it in high gear all game.
You have still have time to delete this
This aged badly
Not sure why this went unmentioned in your video but the TNT broadcast states at 4:39 Q2 in Game 2 that Luka was playing with a 'Sore Left Thigh' that he injured on an undisclosed play involving Javale McGee in Game 1
So it probably wasn't fatigue alone that accounted for Luka being unable to handle the "switch targeting" and being poor all-around on defense that night. Near the end of Q3 after a timeout he actually heads back to the locker room as well. Seems clear that he was limited due to injury.
this aged well
Can you cover the Dallas vs Phoenix game 3? Would love to see your thoughts on what happened with the Mavericks, and whether it was better coaching or the players kicking into gear at the home court
@Lukas Massey Last 4 games. If he doesnt play better Suns about to choke against a much inferior team
can you make another vid after game 4 please?
LMFAOO did u forget this is cliff choker Paul were talkin about before making this video after game 2🤣🤣😂😂🤡🤡
I’m anxiously waiting for the next video he makes about this series😂😂
and to think in the last few minutes they let Booker go to work on Luka too
They have multiple stars and the Mavs can't handle everything this Suns team has.
and then CP3 has like 7 TO's in like the what, first half? lmao you can't make this shit up bro 😂
Let’s get the analysis on luka tho through the first 2 games. He’s actually shredding them by himself which shows how special he is and how the suns do have gaping weaknesses.
surprised you skipped showing that """"""offensive foul"""""" considering how much you hate the rip through
that was a bs call if i have ever seen one, he is so annoying
@@felipecabrera5468 what happned? I missed it
@@jean-andresassine9917 it was an inbound for dallas, brunson catches it with paul on his back, jb extends his right arm so cp3 doesnt reach, so naturally, cp climbs over brunson's arm and he gets the call, offensive foul on brunson
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Im just glad "abused" is not in the title anymore.
once again its luka's fault for not being able to solo one of the best teams in the league. lets not talk about the how his teammates can't create for themselves and even with good looks can't hit their shots.
They are shooting 40 percent from 3 they are making shots.
And it isn't Lukas fault they are losing but Lukas bad defence definitely helps as it let's cp3 do what he does all season and rest for the first 3 quarters.
Because Luka will get cooked in the 4th basically every game
@@silverfang4583 It's not the Mavs being bad, the point is that it's not Luka's fault for not being able to beat all game long and all four quarters a muuuuuuch better whole team, like the Suns.
CP3 has the luxury of managing himself with his Suns teammates and his costar around.
@@dusk6159 yeah most people flaming the mavs are doing it because of how much the nba fanbase wants the sun's to lose.
And so the sun's fans got sick and started talking shit.
Tbh I don't mind the mavs as much as I don't really like their team or their playstyle, but they aren't a bad team and they certainly aren't the most boring team.
But yeah the people who weren't mavs fans saying mavs would win are a large part of this.
Like if a mavs fan says it I don't mind as much because they want their team to win but when fans of teams like the sixers or heat talking shit is just weird.
@@silverfang4583 A healthy 76ers team would embarrass the Mavericks.
My dude missing with videos as of late. That Horford one, now this Paul one. Strange for a guy that is so into stats to get baited by these 1-2 games sample size then extrapolate from that way too much.
What did he do wrong? He didn’t say or predict anything crazy than we were all thinking at the time . Not his fault they choked
@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope he is praising a player for something while that player fails to do that in any of the next games. Like opening night Mathisse Thybulle hitting 5 threes and the him making a video how he is a floor spacer. This was the issue here, CP3 played good 2 games and then Ben made a video of him cooking Dallas which actually wasn't even full blown true in those first 2 games and after that he was just bad. So his praise and analysis where incorrect.
@@brkus2665 that’s a terrible comparison. If Matisse hits 5 threes in a game 1 there’s no way in hell anyone would predict him to maintain that average the whole series. The Suns were the best team in basketball. They were expected to play like it. What’s wrong with you?
@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope exactly that, he missed. He expected something, praised something and then something else happened. Ben missed.
Suns doing to Luca what Rockets did to Curry in the series that went 7
to be fair, Curry was actually not bad defensively in that series
@@Charlie-jf1me but defensively speaking Doncic wishes he was Curry.
@@Charlie-jf1me He was horrendous defensively. That’s why they were targeting him every position.
What you didn’t bring up is that every time Luka hits a shooting big in the corner, that’s possible because the Mavs replaced what in most offenses is a low block threat with a jump shooter. Creates great space for Luka to score and assist, but the trade off is less rebounding, defense, etc.
You should make a new video. Luka now out played CP3. Lol
another great video 👏🏽
Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos🎈
I wish Luka's teammates were so good that he could just playmake all 3 quarters with the team still being up when the 4th comes.. so he would be entirely rested and could completely takeover sealing the deal + with energy to defend... Luka's in literally in the same situation as MJ vs Bird Celtics, there's nothing more he can do..
LOL you know what he can do? play some defense
A big man in center could have changed all of this for Mavs. I think they should give Boban a try in the next game.
Great video and explanations!
Suns choked big time. Respect to Luka but I don’t see him doing that against the Warriors defense. If you’re not going to use Ayton offense, get those slow bigs off the floor.
Luka gonna get tested a lot more on D against the Warriors, the Suns run sets, the warriors just run.
Match up hunting is gonna be fun in this series.
chris paul deserves an Oscar more than a nba championship
UPDATE! Chris Paul has being trash for the last 2 games!!!!
aged like milk
I know this doesn't relate to the video but could we please get another series of the Greatest Peaks going over those in the echelon to make the first list. Players such as Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Karl Malone, Isaiah Thomas, Julius Erving.
I enjoy your videos and podcasts so much, I wish I could subscribe more than once
Great content as always 👏🏼👍🏼
Charles Barkley said something beautiful. Stars are paid for the fourth quarter. I think the mavericks could benefit from decreasing the luka heliocentrism early and letting dinwiddie and brunson take point for the first three quarters, only giving it to luka when the moment calls for it. Then in the fourth, luka could wake up and torch. I personally believe the biggest factor for a player's decline in the fourth is not "no clutch gene", but fatigue.
Brunson is a mid-level defender and his offense against the long-armed and sizey defenders of the suns has been all but shut down he was great against the smaller and defensively weaker backcourt in Utah but the suns have none of those and Dinwiddie has been equally shut down for the same reasons
I pray that the mavs get rudy gobert to get luka some real defensive help.
I don't think Rudy would fit on this Mavs team. What the Mavs need is someone that can be the primary ball defender, ala Jrue Holiday, Patrick Beverley or Gary Payton II. They need to rest Luka on the defensive end so he can have more energy on the offensive side
@@chanachon56 I think those are great suggestions. Also needs a big like Deandre Ayton
That was pretty freaking incredible🤩
I would absolutely love a video on the defensive difference that Joel Embiid has made in the Heat series. Would be great, Keep up the good work
Feels like Luka is really scared off getting a foul sometimes on D, he'd rather someone blow by him into traffic then contest and get a foul call.
He's asked to do so much on offence, that you can't afford to get into foul trouble on the defensive side. He's just not quick enough either. That needs to change if they're going to compete
Mavs have had one wing and Brunson in early foul trouble in each game, they can't afford to have major rotation pieces sitting out due to foul trouble. They have no shot blockers, Mavs have to expend total effort on defense for the full game. What if Luka was averaging 24 pts a night would the Mavs be better or just be losing by 35 a night?
1:31 Damn, i'm numb with so much brilliance right of the bat!!! Multiple 0rgasms here.
Great vid