Unfortunate man – previous playoffs we’ve had insane Luka but subpar teams but now we have a good team but injured Luka….maybe next year it’ll all click together for a deep run
WacoTacoRE
So how bad is this? Is it over?
DL-77
His knee has been fucked for a while before G1. This is nothing new but he was making so many 3s and the Mavs won so many games that nobody paid attention about how stiff he was moving. His knees were literally bleeding every other game ffs.
Educational-Monk-298
Luka hasn’t had an off-season since 2019? And he’ll have one in 2026? 2024 olympics, 2025 European championship.
Tootsiez
Ofc Luka is now hurt while he carries the other injuries all season.
Team is cursed. Can’t never have nice things.
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knb044000
No matter what happens in these playoffs, they need to force Luka to not play euro ball this summer and just play Overwatch instead
TreyMcnally
just sit him; kyrie can win you one
Fickle_Meet_7154
Sure are a lot of people in here acting like we already lost. Wtf.
OrganicHunt952
I’m not too worried about the clippers They shot 60% both times without Kawhi in tough contested shots. If they can do the same and win twice more good on them. But relying on shooting 60% from three is unreliable. We’ve shown we can win games shooting really bad. We’re bound to have a good shooting game and they are bound to have bad ones. Probablity and statistic wise we win it. Basketball is a game of chance as much as it is skill. Like in anything the opponent can get lucky but overall the better team will win.
Losalou52
It’s the biggest issue with that loss on Sunday. They really could’ve used a quicker ending to this series so that Luka had time to get right before the next one.
MelonColony22
if lukas not playing then this season is a wrap. it’s unfortunate with how well they’ve been playing since the trade deadline
dragonwhale
If he moves like has has moved in the last couple of games then it’s not crazy to just sit him. Clippers got way too many dudes that are giving him a really tough time on both ends.
We have the depth to still win the series.
Idriss_Derras
Luka’s gonna drop 45 with a sprained knee and everyone’s gonna be confused lmao
samuel_el_jackson
I’m gonna provide optimism because fuck it I am tired of worrying so much about the worst case scenario with this team. Though as Mavs fans we have collective trauma and it is in our nature to doom.
Probable means he’s playing. This is good news. He’s been having these issues since game 3. He may not be able to take over a game like we are used to but he can still may an enormous impact. He shot like shit from 3 last game, even a hobbled Luka won’t do that again. Can we really make a deep run this year– odds are no.. but we can get through this series and go into next round playing with house money.
Let’s say all goes well and we close this out by Friday we might not have to play game 1 against OCK till May 7th. We sit Luka for that and give him a full week to rest. We came up short against OKC without him, but we were not out of that game and this OKC team seems to be popping champagne too early. Being a top 4 team in this Western Conference is a great position to build from. Not saying its necessary, think even if fall short this series we are trending the right way, but damn I really want to take the Clippers down.
freestajlarn
How boring and typical, sprained knee as in its a ligament issue, mcl?
Slashers23
To the shock of no one. Anyone who has been watching could tell and only ones who claim otherwise are usually the haters who will always hate no matter what.
hamiltonbeachgecko
Typical knee sprain is 6 weeks to a few months depending on the severity. Not great.
Scooter9898
Sit him down. Lose the series. Fire the coach.
Scooter9898
Players win games. Coaches win series. We are screwed.
iv214
Literally like Dirk in 03. Crazy I just commented about this the other day.
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Unfortunate man – previous playoffs we’ve had insane Luka but subpar teams but now we have a good team but injured Luka….maybe next year it’ll all click together for a deep run
So how bad is this? Is it over?
His knee has been fucked for a while before G1. This is nothing new but he was making so many 3s and the Mavs won so many games that nobody paid attention about how stiff he was moving. His knees were literally bleeding every other game ffs.
Luka hasn’t had an off-season since 2019? And he’ll have one in 2026? 2024 olympics, 2025 European championship.
Ofc Luka is now hurt while he carries the other injuries all season.
Team is cursed. Can’t never have nice things.
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No matter what happens in these playoffs, they need to force Luka to not play euro ball this summer and just play Overwatch instead
just sit him; kyrie can win you one
Sure are a lot of people in here acting like we already lost. Wtf.
I’m not too worried about the clippers They shot 60% both times without Kawhi in tough contested shots. If they can do the same and win twice more good on them. But relying on shooting 60% from three is unreliable. We’ve shown we can win games shooting really bad. We’re bound to have a good shooting game and they are bound to have bad ones. Probablity and statistic wise we win it. Basketball is a game of chance as much as it is skill. Like in anything the opponent can get lucky but overall the better team will win.
It’s the biggest issue with that loss on Sunday. They really could’ve used a quicker ending to this series so that Luka had time to get right before the next one.
if lukas not playing then this season is a wrap. it’s unfortunate with how well they’ve been playing since the trade deadline
If he moves like has has moved in the last couple of games then it’s not crazy to just sit him. Clippers got way too many dudes that are giving him a really tough time on both ends.
We have the depth to still win the series.
Luka’s gonna drop 45 with a sprained knee and everyone’s gonna be confused lmao
I’m gonna provide optimism because fuck it I am tired of worrying so much about the worst case scenario with this team. Though as Mavs fans we have collective trauma and it is in our nature to doom.
Probable means he’s playing. This is good news. He’s been having these issues since game 3. He may not be able to take over a game like we are used to but he can still may an enormous impact. He shot like shit from 3 last game, even a hobbled Luka won’t do that again. Can we really make a deep run this year– odds are no.. but we can get through this series and go into next round playing with house money.
Let’s say all goes well and we close this out by Friday we might not have to play game 1 against OCK till May 7th. We sit Luka for that and give him a full week to rest. We came up short against OKC without him, but we were not out of that game and this OKC team seems to be popping champagne too early. Being a top 4 team in this Western Conference is a great position to build from. Not saying its necessary, think even if fall short this series we are trending the right way, but damn I really want to take the Clippers down.
How boring and typical, sprained knee as in its a ligament issue, mcl?
To the shock of no one. Anyone who has been watching could tell and only ones who claim otherwise are usually the haters who will always hate no matter what.
Typical knee sprain is 6 weeks to a few months depending on the severity. Not great.
Sit him down. Lose the series. Fire the coach.
Players win games. Coaches win series. We are screwed.
Literally like Dirk in 03. Crazy I just commented about this the other day.