Mavericks-Timberwolves Prediction: Why Edwards & Wolves will TAKE DOWN Doncic & Mavs | Hoops Tonight 

If Minnesota can beat Denver in game 7 with Stephen a and Charles Barkley picking them to win they can do anything

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@@pleasedonttemptme5963mavs in 6🤣 you wolves fans make it to the WCF for the first time in a million years and don’t know How to act

Lol

​@@CarbonSound4wow, deep analysis Stan.

Ye, its like saying ant is slightly better then jaden hardy

In a playoff series you could argue Ant is already better. Especially when you count defense. People are too in love with stats. It’s all about who is tougher to stop from taking over. Let’s see how it plays out.

Ant plays defense. At a high level. That’s what we’re doing here.

@@TKinzubazone day they may learn

​@@Ray-dl5mpLuca has been playing pretty good on defense but the edge goes to Ant. On offense Luka is Head and shoulders above every other player in the playoffs right now. Ant can score but Luka is getting triple dubs constantly

Rudy doesn't bully in the post like Zubac. KAT needs to blow up for Wolves to do well.

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 bro do u understand what bullying in the paint mean? he has no offensive bag zubac is a much better offensive center than rudy

@@pleasedonttemptme5963put the pipe down asap

Rudy is terrible offensively lol Minnesota hasn’t played against any defensive athleticism near the rim so this is both teams first time going against that in these playoffs.

@@shaunsajan7345he been in all these comments saying stupid shit😂

Uhh. The Sun's KD, Beal, Nuggets, Jokic, Murray had all that too. Iheard their fans comments. Where they at now? Cancun

Ok we shall see. Mavs are always the underdogs. Look where we are.

@@matheuscouri2225and the wolves aren’t? Nobody expected us to beat the suns much less the nuggets

@@nickjohnson3087cool but now every pundit + vegas is picking you to win so I hope that makes it clear that you aren’t underdogs anymore right

@@pleasedonttemptme5963lol I’ll be back here after the series ova

That’s what it would look like if the mavs somehow win. Kyrie would also be elevated as likely one of the most clutch players ever even further bc I can totally see him having another shot like he did in 2016 where he hit the dagger against GSW

2011 Mavs is different that roster is experienced players like Kidd Dirk Chandler Stevenson Stojakovic Caron Butler Terry this Mavs team are younger many of them have no playoff experience

Caron Butler didn't even play in the playoffs

Yeah, KAT dropped 60 on PJ this year. It's comical. Some delusional Mavs Stan actually said he is better. And than you have other Mav Stan's just adding up Luka and Kyries stats vs Edwards/Conley and using that as their deep dive analysis. It's hilarious. And really just shows a level of insecurity and lack of understanding of matchups that's just laughable.

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 cat gonna foul out in at least 3 games and get some of his 3’s blocked too… 😂

😂😂

Not as funny as him picking Suns in 5. He picked that dumpster fire in 5. Clueless

"Wolves have the same chance as the Lakers did against Denver" lol

He’s had some bad takes in these playoffs

@@cryptic9431he had sixers beating Knicks too

@@darlenep1616 not like those were bad picks.. he took favourites. hindsight is 20 20

He’s supposed to be reevaluated in 2 days. He was running on the treadmill and shooting at practice the last few days but no contact basketball or live play. I could see him being available game 6 or 7 assuming it goes that far. Huge loss for Dallas. With Maxi the Mavs could potentially play Gobert off the court like the Mavs did in the Utah series

Maxi is out this series and Luka is dealing with injuries. Wolves lucked out.

​@@Joeshiesty286uh huh

@@Joeshiesty286maybe, but then again they did just take down the Suns like it was nothing and the defending champions so you never know. Might just be there year. If it wasn’t against them I’d be rooting for the Mavs for sure.

i was thinking that. such a huge loss for this series

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 Luka about to turn them into the TimberPuppies….

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 still Wolves in 6?

​@NickJaramillo-gi7gs Bruh

@NickJaramillo-gi7gs because Wolves could choose to NOT double jokic in the 3point line or long range 2 until he was in the post where wolves could rotate much faster from. Now they have 2 (!!) killers that can shoot it from anywhere on the floor so double teaming doesn't work cause they can't recover from the disadvantage recovered. Luka is better offensively than Jokic for this exact reason. There's not a single coverage he can't break down. Kyrie is very similar to this but more inconsistent 'cause he relies on more tangible stuff regarding his skill whereas Luka can have 100/100 good possesions cause of the way he is built. 6'7 235lbs. Tough.

@@AMINOMMA Wolves lost so bad that @pleasedonttemptme5963 deleted his comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 Luka Magic is real.

@@pleasedonttemptme5963please do not buy any stocks or bet any thing. You will lose money big time.

@pleasedonttemptme5963 nahh wheres this guy who are so confident and laughing all the way and say wolves gonna win 6 or less. Waiting for him to come back 😭😭 This guy literally deleted all his comments and disappeared

Nice.

And the wolves didn’t have to deal with multiple skilled ball handlers and shot makers when they played phoenix? I think you’re underestimating the wolves perimeter defense here.

@@abrahamawes1233 I get wanting to compare the Mavs ISO players with the Suns guys, but Booker/KD/Beal aren’t the playmakers that Luka and Kyrie are. Also, Mavs have an elite defense, which Suns didn’t have. So I’m not saying Luka and Kai will cook the Wolves, just that the’ll have points where they can score, while also having their defense affect Minnesota.

Do you know how many dribblers and shooters did suns have?

​@abrahamawes1233 that Suns offense was so disjointed I don't think it's a fair comparison. You had 3 great ballhandlers/scorers, but nobody that could actually run an offense, just a series of isos. Luka and Kyrie both presenting scoring and passing threats from the perimeter is also a way different loon from what the Nuggets do, great as they are. And with how big Luka is I don't know of I expect Jaden to hold up against him, not to mention getting in foul trouble. Throw in Ant's jump shot coming back to earth and Dallas' rim protection being better than any we've faced yet and I could see even something like Mavs in 5 of everything goes wrong.

​@@angelsaint-hilaire4372 The Mavs have a better defense than both the Suns and Nuggets, but idk if I would say it's elite?

He’s always switching 😂

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 stop the cap

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 If the refs didn't give the wolves 2 free games in game 2 and 6, Nuggets would've won.

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 cringe prob have a double i.q.

​​​@@jay1jayfI love how the refs simply letting them play and not calling EVERY marginal contact foul is "giving them the games" Do you prefer when refs call every marginal contact a foul? Do you like the soft ass officiating and flopping the nba has become? Get some critical thinking skills my guy. The refs didn't make Denver get blown out twice AND blow a 20pt lead, denver did.

Lmao. Good luck.

evenly matchup man, it will be all in the details; game of inches. I am just gonna watch hope for good ball games.

Yea I too would believe in a vet min wing, a rookie center, a former Charlotte Hornet, Josh Green, a Washington Wizard over *checks notes* the DPOY, 6MOTY, 2nd team All Defensive SF

The mavs almost lost 2 home games to the thunder lol...

Delusional as it gets, Luka has struggled against worse defensive teams in the thunder and clippers but you trust Luka vs this wolves team who just beat the defending champs and completely dominated them in two of their wins? Let’s see how that turns out..

Won’t even help against the Wolves 🤷‍♂️

as a wolves fan, i agree, even for me lol

​@@LittleIggy2010You were saying?😂

I'd be more concerned with rebounding against this MN team. Mavs were able to dominate OKC and LAC with size against Chet / Zubac. Won't happen against the wolves who just out rebounded the Nuggets.

@@carson2money That's fair. Same could be said for MN vs this DAL team who are way better equipped to rival them in that metric than PHX and DEN. The physicality of this series is going to be unrivaled from anything we've seen so far this playoffs.

giving mn way too much credit...

@@carson2moneyI think rebound battle will be neck n neck. I agree it will depend on playmaking and Dallas has advantage. Will be very close series.

@@Optimizki PHX 100% agree. Haven't looked at stats yet, but pretty sure DEN is somewhere in the top 5 of rebounding.

Lol Luka is one dimensional... all offense and no defense... watching luka cry will be hilarious.

@@lifeisgood9449 you haven't been watching the Mavs lately I guess? Luka is playing great defense.

Do u remember that 47 point against the Rockets that’s what he will do to them! Luka want to kill the team that most viewed and that’s what he’s thriving for

@@Lukaichampion2024listen I’m sure Luka wants to do well lol, but he’ll be lucky not to be in the injury report by game 4 considering the defense he’s about to play against

@@kjwdog7453 dort is a linebacker! The wolves defense is legit but the thing y’all forget with Luka is more the defender is athletic and more he can trick you! Tre Mann play against him for 3 playoff series is why he really didn’t let him to what he want ! But bro you’ll see may the best win

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 than the dallas from the film breakdown. Read again

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 im talking about the difference about having grant williams on the floor versus having pj washignton and gafford. Im not talking about denver here. Looks like a denver stan see ghosts.

Think the comments on how Doncic was defended, and in turn how he attacked, were interesting, because a lot of that stuff still holds true. I've seen a few different breakdowns that have all assumed the wolves will be in a deep drop vs Luka, and as this breakdown points out, I don't think that will be the case...

@@blueboy1788it will definitely be drop coverage. They will let Luka take heavily contested jump shots with heavy ball pressure from Ant, Jaden, Naw & Kyle Anderson or funnel Luka into Rudy in the paint

@@keenanoneill5210 I'm sure they'll be some of that, but I think the point is they have bought Rudy up to the level quite a bit against Luka, which is relevant insight given the assumption people, including you, are making.

Jaden will be guarding luka. And mike conley isn’t anything like kyrie.

Ant gets like 1-2 fouls a game and Naz is a bench player lmfao. Good luck if you think foul trouble on those guys is what you think it will come down to.

@@subtlefps kat fouls out luka plays goblert of the court… then what?

@@jmaxwell5314 i dont think kats gonna foul a whole hell of a lot in this matchup. at least as consistently to be taken out of games during its respective quarters like his assignments in the first 2 series.

Add something to the conversation besides your cheerleading

taking my wolves hat off, i wouldnt have minded the series as a whole if it werent blowout after blowout. it was never really exciting after halftime except for like 2 games out of the 7

dont forget the Xfactor jaden mcdaniels

im just waiting for the rudy how the hell did you make that moment. we are 4-0 in those games this postseason lol

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 People keep saying that nobody can stop Ant but that's not really the reality at all. Ant is still young and inconsistent, Nuggets defense wasn't at the Mavs level and he avg. 27ppg while SGA avg. 32ppg against Dallas, the 2nd best defense in the Playoffs. Ant had 3 games with less than 20 points, including game 7. This series is far more dependent on Luka and Mavs' health. Luka looked around 70% and he finally finished 2 good games in a row, if he can keep that up, that might be enough. These "ok" Luka games were 30pt triple-doubles in FG55+%. Less than 20 shots per game is low volume for Luka but he can still impact the game in many other ways. Will Maxi get back? If he does, how well can he play? T-Wolves have size but they don't play BIG like Denver because neither Golbert and KAT are big post-up guys like Jokic is. T-Wolves have size to counter Denver on the defensive side, but they don't play BIG on offense. And OKC was also a big transition team and Mavs are good in preventing TO, although they were not that great against OKC, but if you minimize TO, you minimize transition points, you can't go up and down in half-court defense.

Luka and kai got much better on defense with the whole team.Lively got much better.PJ and DJJ got much better on offense.And ant stops himself a lot of times.He is not there offensivly most of the game not even every game

honestly maxi might be the biggest key if he were healthy.

Lol Luka definitely beat Luka in the playoffs & he definitely got traded from Utah

All these numbers will mean nothing when it’s time to be physical. KAT & Rudy both soft

@@pleasedonttemptme5963why do you keep quoting these accolades of the guys inside the paint when they are playing a 1 & 2 position oriented team. This is not Jokic where hes gonna post up and dribble. Dallas is a pg oriented team that routinely beats their man off the dribble cause you onow they have LuKai and then Lob it. The only job Dallas centers have is catch lobs and rebound.

@@joelmilan6280 Calling KAT soft after these playoffs is INSANE

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 They can double him, but then KAT goes even more off and you have open 3s for everyone else.

@@joelmilan6280 No one has been more physical in the playoffs than MN and their defense.

might be wishful thinking as a celtics fan

Hated? Seems like most NBA people are hoping for Edwards to become "the face of the league". None other than Legler himself even said its true!

@@Musso88 Leglar is a goofball

Edwards is too reliant on drives and threes he will get clamped and we'll see if he can develop a mid range and go to counter moves right now he's just super athletic and can shoot threes Dallas will take the drive easily he'll get exposed but he can come back better next season.

“Comfortably “ he said😂

How we feeling? 😂

gobert on lively/gafford, ant on kyrie, jaden on luka to start game 1 is a lock for sure. kat on pj or djj could go either way with conley guarding the other... when naw comes in i think he takes kyrie, and depending on how jaden is doing on luka, ant takes either luka or dj, maybe pj in those minutes. kat moves down to lively gafford when naz is in. this is based on watching all the wolves games this year and how they like to deploy jaden and everyone else. not sure exactly how dallas wants to defend ant but my guess is dj on ant, luka on jaden, kyrie on conley, and then pj would have to take kat, and lively/gafford would take on rudy primarily. unless each team finds a better matchup that works during the series. this is what i see.

Did you watch the games? OKS plus refs couldn't get the wins against Mavs. OKC lost in 6, wake up!

I did watch the games lol, blaming refs is for babies. Maybe Luka is rubbing off on his fans.

1000% agree

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 what did McDaniels do against Luka? He stood no chance, neither did Antman. Maybe you should just start watching hockey

@@pleasedonttemptme5963sorry bro you forgot to delete all ur comments. Come back pls 😭😭😭

ya so they sent the whole fucking team at him game 7

lol, keep using 2 month's best defense instead of a whole season. Wolves were the best defense in the last week.

@@lukelee3 no, they weren’t. And Dallas was the best defense from the trading deadline on (when they picked up 2 new starters). I don’t care who was the best defense in October….

@@kbrewers they did? None of the other T-wolves could hit a shot? They were all wide open? Funny, I remember Braun playing him man to man with a single man showing, but not doubling.

@@SDesWriter wolves were literally best defense all regular season and the last week. No point debating delusional casuals. 😅🤣😂

Facts

was saying the same thing going into denver series. he did make some impact moments for sure, but still didnt get the classic naz reid performance yet. and im excited for it.

Exactly lol my prediction too 💀.. Minnesota in 6 or less. Great minds think alike

@@pleasedonttemptme5963you sure do think alike but I wouldn’t call it great

​@@hwangnoeul😂

Luka averaged 32/10 and 8 on 47/43/84 shooting splits

Yes 😂

thats fair. if our role players dont step up offensively for minnesota, its gonna be a tough series for us. but it always seems like one of the 3 main role players step up when a game needs it.

How is OKCs offseason going???

@@SinaSoh Thanks for the continued interest but I'm actually taken, sorry. And it's Mavs all the way now, joining this bandwagon! I think they can win it all.

Murray injury was not an excuse. He played every game and went absolutely off for a few games and was SPRINTING around screens and all over the court. Their missed shots collectively was due to pressure from the defense and they are a much better offense than the Mavs when clicking.

The Suns were a joke. Nothing tough about that.

Doesnt really matter i think. Clippers and OKC had homecourt too, and mavs won 2 away games in each

@@hairlokk8672matters alot in a long series

​@@pleasedonttemptme5963Suns were trash, at least try to be real. OKC Mavs Lakers all would have smoked them. Maybe not clippers without Kawhi

⁠@@ctoaun23Um no, they are not trash, they got beat by a better team. OKC not beating Phoenix hah quit.. Lakers would. Mavs would, but Mavs about to lose now.. Sorry Luka.. 💀

@@pleasedonttemptme5693 Suns were hot garbage.

Minnesota in 6 or less

@@pleasedonttemptme5963bro you left out a few comments to delete 😭😭

Mavs fans will be quiet in 4

​@@zachphillips7997We'll see...

@@pleasedonttemptme5963so lucky that u leave the 1% 💀💀💀

they did lose game 5 tho

@@kbrewersConley was out. Can you read?

that pacers celtics game 1 was probably the best game of the playoffs so far imo

BTW, they arent playing 2 on 2, also i forgot Mike Conley was the Wolves go to scorer! you know ball!

@@ilovekaiyko the Mavs have a 20/10 scoring & rebound advantage in the back court. Where do the Timberwolves make up that advantage? They have to score more and rebound more in order to win. Don’t you understand how basketball works?

@@jacobchambers7201 Edwards put up 26/5/5. Conley 11/3/6. Together they had 37/8/11. I didn’t forget anything, you can’t read.

@@SDesWriter no one is agreeing with your comment. again , they arent playing 2 on 2. there is 5 players on the court. you are really slow😂

@@jacobchambers7201 OK genius, where is Minnesota going to get the 20 points they lose to Kyrie and Luka? Why do I care if a Minnesota fanboy (whose goal in life is to get Anthony Edwards to let them go down on him) disagrees with the facts?

Wolves are built to beat Denver. Luka’s attack is a lot different from Jokic operating from the post. Also, the other side is how will Wolves score on the Mavs defense. Wolves haven’t faced a great defense yet these playoffs and even then their half court at times struggles a lot.

What ? You a casual

Denver’s offense is the most overrated in basketball. They are a one man band. EVERYTHING flows through Jokic. Remove Jokic off the Nuggets and they’re a lottery team. The narrative stating otherwise is laughable. If Jokic had any sort of supporting cast they would have beaten Minnesota in 5 or 6

Wolves just doubled Jokic in the post and MPJ and KCP couldn't make an open shot. Luka operates from the perimeter

​@@timetowakeup6302You're right

He was doubled the whole game, but you didnt watch it

Look at his playoff stats compared to Lukas, then maybe u wont single out one game because we can find plenty of bad games for any star

@@murdabeatz4252 it was insane how much attention they threw at ant all game 7, and then the entire team was gassed by the 3rd quarter. couldnt keep up.

Only someone who didn’t watch gm 7 or know basketball would say Ant was “nonexistent”. He can do more than just score , maybe watching Luka for years makes you forget that.

Your name is MavDon…

Because he will be fanboy

Ant is better across the board in stats these playoffs against better competition than ur daddy Luka so go cry about it ig

@@BlackBSolz so 10 games ? You got it man. Let’s forget the first 82 games and let’s forget assists and rebounds 🫵🏽😂

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 dawg LUKA IS PLAYING AT 50% HES BEEN INJURED and still controlling games with his playmaking ability