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THE PLAYOFFS
BOS-DAL
Luka Doncic and the Lobgoblins
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
The Mavericks have weaponized the alley-oop like no one else
…if we narrow it down to just the 30 games starting Feb 10th, the first game after the trade for Daniel Gafford, the Mavs led the league by a mile. They tabulated 61 alley-oop slams compared to just 39 by the second-place Golden State Warriors over that stretch, or two per game. In the playoffs, though, against multiple talented defenses locked in on the lob, that pace would be harder to maintain, right?
Hilariously wrong.
Luka Doncic will crush this defensive coverage, according to LeBron James: What the Celtics should try instead
Stephen Noh, Sporting News
Jayson Tatum vs. Jaylen Brown? ‘It’s bulls—’ says Joe Mazzulla of media narrative
Jay King, The Athletic
How Celtics, Mavs built around homegrown stars to reach NBA Finals
Darren Hartwell, NBC Sports
Game 5 Was The Ultimate Affirmation Of The Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving Experiment
Jackson Frank, Basketball Insiders
The Celtics and the Mavericks are really going to let 3-pointers fly during the NBA Finals
Matt Geagan, WBZ News
Kenyon Martin talks Mavs’ NBA Finals run
Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News
Big questions ahead of Mavericks-Celtics
ESPN
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