How can the Mavericks get back into the NBA Finals? | Good Word with Goodwill

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and senior NBA writer Dan Devine discuss how the Mavericks can climb back into the NBA Finals after going down 2-0 as the series shifts to Dallas. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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If you go up 20 in the NBA finals, 86% of the time you’re going to win the series.

We’ve seen it go in the other direction.

Most notably in 2016, the Cavs come back from down 20 down 31 to beat the Warriors game seven.

All that type of stuff, right?

Kyrie Irving brought up that tonight with Dan Devine.

He said I did not play well in the first two games of that series and I turned it around and I didn’t remember Kyrie having a bad game one and two against Golden State in that series.

I looked it up.

He was like seven or 22 in, in one of those games.

I was like, oh, ok. And then he had like the, the master opus, you know, the, the 40 point balls against Klay Thompson and you know, bus and steps and everything was all right, cool.

Can they depend on that or is there another route?

Is there another, maybe we can get downhill and, and break off Derek lively and Gafford and start finishing over the top of the defense again or is that route completely closed?

I don’t think it’s completely closed because I think we, we saw Eno or at least enough success at that.

It requires like Luca being a battering ram for a quarter and a half.

Right.

And that was effective.

It did open up the playmaking game.

The question for kid though is like, how do we manipulate the pieces so that if we’re able to get Luca pound, pound, pound downhill enough to force Boston to bring more help.

So that when those passes go out, it’s like instead of it being a kick back to Josh Green, it’s a kick back to Kyrie Irving, right?

Like how do we move the pieces around enough to where you get or if you’re moving, uh, you’re able to, to get Luca with that space, it’s to create a corner shot for those guys, like a more comfortable in their game shot for those guys.

And I think, you…

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Publish date : 2024-06-10 19:13:00

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