3 Questions For Game 5 Of The NBA Finals

Key Highlights The Dallas Mavericks‘ 133.3 offensive rating in Game 4 was their highest of the playoffs They posted a 38.9 percent offensive rebounding rate, which was their second-best mark of the playoffs The Boston Celtics‘ 85.7 offensive rating was their second-lowest number of the year, including the regular season and playoffs Standing toe-to-toe with […]

Jackson Frank  •  17 Jun 2024
How The Celtics Picked Apart The Mavs In Game 3

Key Highlights Despite the absence of Kristaps Porzingis, the Boston Celtics posted their best half-court offensive rating of the series in Game 3 (108.9) Jaylen Brown starred again with 30 points, including 10-of-13 shooting inside the arc Behind 31 points, Jayson Tatum broke out of his shooting slump, while adding six rebounds, five assists and […]

Jackson Frank  •  13 Jun 2024
Why the Dallas Mavericks still have a puncher’s chance of winning the NBA Finals

Key Highlights: The main reason the Mavericks are down 0-2 isn’t their defense. Rather, it’s their offense. The Mavericks showed two little glimmers of hope in the fourth quarter that they could lean on in Game 3 in order to turn the series around. If what we saw at the end of Game 2 is […]

Mat Issa  •  11 Jun 2024
Jaylen Brown Was The Celtics’ Tone-Setter In Game 1

Key Highlights Jaylen Brown dropped 22 points, six rebounds, three steals, three blocks and two assists in the Boston Celtics‘ Game 1 rout of the Dallas Mavericks Brown served as Luka Doncic‘s primary defender and forced two turnovers against him The Celtics outscored Dallas by 12 points during Brown’s 37 minutes Game 1 required mere […]

Jackson Frank  •  07 Jun 2024
5 Storylines That May Shape The 2024 NBA Finals

Key Highlights The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks faced off once this season following the trade deadline, when Boston won, 138-110 Dallas’ now-vaunted defense struggled to contain the Celtics, which hit 21 threes and posted a 136.6 offensive rating Despite the blowout loss, Luka Doncic was terrific with 37 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists […]

Jackson Frank  •  05 Jun 2024
Game 5 Was The Ultimate Affirmation Of The Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving Experiment

Key Highlights Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for a playoff-best 72 points on 69.1 percent true shooting in the Dallas Mavericks‘ Game 5 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves The Mavericks’ 129.8 offensive rating in the half-court was the second-highest mark Minnesota has allowed all season Doncic and Irving put on a shot-making extravaganza, attempting […]

Jackson Frank  •  31 May 2024
Kyrie Irving Is The Mavericks’ Do-It-All Star

Key Highlights Kyrie Irving is averaging 21.8 points (59.6 percent true shooting), 5.3 assists (2.5 turnovers), 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals in the playoffs The Dallas Mavericks are 29.5 points better per 100 possessions with Irving on the floor Early in the fourth quarter of Game 5 between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder, […]

Jackson Frank  •  24 May 2024
Combine sit down with 2024 NBA Draft prospect Cam Christie

Cam Christie was one of the 78 players invited to attend the 2024 NBA Draft Combine. But more than that, many draft experts view Christie as a potential first round pick. In his lone season at Minnesota, the brother of NBA wing Max Christie shot 39.1% from three on 5.4 attempts per game. At 6-6, NBA teams are hoping that the […]

Mat Issa  •  14 May 2024
Luka Doncic Flashing Brilliance From Three-Point Range

It is no secret by now that Luka Doncic is playing at an MVP level this season. He is right in the thick of the MVP race and has also led the Mavericks to the middle of the Western Conference playoff picture. Having Kyrie Irving as his co-star certainly helps, but Doncic has also massively […]

Mathew Huff  •  09 Apr 2024