Same. Probably because it now feels like a game the team legit should lose (KP out, and the lower seed down 0-2 usually wins game 3), and there's something calming about going into a serious playoff game as the underdog.I am surprisingly calm going into this one.
That's the KFP we all know and love... team above self.Damn. I've come down with some kind of flu thing and felt like shit all day. But if we're riding with 1 more for the Cooz, then I'll man up and put on my drinking cap tonight.
There's a bunch of reasons why Mavs "should" win, but I dont think KP was the key to the lob-stop.Dallas is going to have a game where PJW and DJJ go off. Hopefully that is offset by Tatum getting his shot back. The Mavs lob game without KP makes me anxious.
Then again, a win tonight is as close to lights as you’ll get without having flipped the switch off. If the Mavs win, it’s on.Same. Probably because it now feels like a game the team legit should lose (KP out, and the lower seed down 0-2 usually wins game 3), and there's something calming about going into a serious playoff game as the underdog.
I'm sick of hearing about the Mavs coming out hot. Hang 40 on them in the first quarter and go from there.Gotta meet the Mavs initial surge and punch and punch back harder and hopefully deflate a desperate team .
LETS GO CELTS
I would prepare for a pumped up Mavs and meet their energy with ENERGY.I'm sick of hearing about the Mavs coming out hot. Hang 40 on them in the first quarter and go from there.
Certainly. I don't think the team (at least the players) feels like this is a game they don't NEED to have, but purely from a fan watching standpoint, it's slightly less stressful (imo) knowing it's both a game that you don't absolutely need and a game that will be extra difficult to win.Then again, a win tonight is as close to lights as you’ll get without having flipped the switch off. If the Mavs win, it’s on.
I think it's Markieff but your point stands.They just showed a Kyrie Irving- Marcus Morris meeting of the minds.
no way in hell that team wins with those two losers poisoning the locker room.
Maul the Mavs
D’oh! Yeah you’re absolutely right. Completely forgot about Marcus’s random one game renaissance in ClevelandI think it's Markieff but your point stands.
Same feeling right here.I'm more antsy right now than at any time in these playoffs by a lot. Feel like tonight could be a classic.
Right there with you.I'm more antsy right now than at any time in these playoffs by a lot. Feel like tonight could be a classic.
Good angle, I could see that.Certainly. I don't think the team (at least the players) feels like this is a game they don't NEED to have, but purely from a fan watching standpoint, it's slightly less stressful (imo) knowing it's both a game that you don't absolutely need and a game that will be extra difficult to win.
I posted somewhere on this board after he hurt his calf that the silver lining of KP being out was that the Celtics seemed more likely to stay focused in the face of success, which has been a problem for that in prior playoff runs. Then they went 9-1 against playoff opponents without him. They still have the talent to win, but get that edge from the knowing that they have to be at the top of their game without one of their best players. It's not a terrible position to be in, yet.
JM basically said that West told him to get his head out of his ass when he was a sophomore at WVU.Jerry West would have loved that shout out to 1969