Can the Mavericks take Game 5 and extend the NBA Finals? | Good Word with Goodwill

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis Young discuss the keys to Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. 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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Do you think from what you saw in Kyrie in games one and two that he let the crowd get to him a little too much or was that Boston defense?

And he can figure that out?

What did you see in games one and two compared to three and four?

Yeah, I I’m actually gonna say Boston defense, you know, o obviously, there is an emotional component to, you know, him going back and playing in Boston.

Um and that definitely exists, you know, as a competitor, right, just wanting to like hammer at home and drop 40 right kind of thing.

Um But I did think that Boston’s defense was impressive.

I thought that they sent layers at him defensively and layers means that once one layer is broken, it’s a second layer that’s stepping up to help and once that layer is broken because Kyrie will break down two defenders, then it’s a third layer that’s there.

And I just thought they did a really good job of just showing him constant layers, constant defenders in front of him and making him like extra work for all of his shots.

Um And so I feel like Kyrie can figure that out.

Um But what I’m gonna say is like, I actually truly believe that everything for the Mavs will stem from their defense because they do better when they’re playing with pace and when they’re able to get out and score the basketball and Kai can flow in the open court and the open court doesn’t happen unless you’re getting steals, unless you’re getting quick rebounds and you’re outlet and you’re getting out there.

Right?

And so I think pace is important for Kai and for Luca, but obviously the Mavs overall.

And so I think that the first, maybe two games, their pace looked a little bit slower and therefore Kai looked a little bit more stagnant, right?

And when pace looks slower, he looked stagnant, there are more defenders…

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Publish date : 2024-06-15 17:55:12

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