Stephen A. reacts to the Mavs avoiding a sweep after defeating the Warriors in Game 4 | First Take 

In hindsight, It’s easy to say that it would’ve been better to leave the reserves at the end of game. But the reserves made a couple mistakes before they came off, were getting tired and the starters were fresh coming off the bench and they’ve been watching the comeback so they were eager to get back and help. Mavs had an answer for everything last night and that’s all.

2:53 yea the warriors had some deep deficits in these playoffs but who hasn't? I've seen alot of 25, 30 deficits and blowouts by every team left in the playoffs

Regardless of how the series turns out, hopefully people can put some respect on and appreciation for these Mavs. They weren't even picked to get past the Jazz (esp with Luka down), let alone the #1 Suns

I know the Mavs will likely not win this series but I have never seen Stephen A. avoid giving credit to a team more than the mavs

I agree with Stephen A.. the 2nd unit guys should have stayed playing and finish the game, they had the chance to win the game in my opinion with 8pts deficit 3mins left. Steve Kerr should have not changed the line up because the bench guys was in their momentum..

Warriors do have home court advantage over Miami. They beat them twice

The GSW bench quickly cut the Maves 29 points lead to 8 before Jason k. realized they were about to be swept by the rookies. Kerr made a bad decision.

Why is it so hard to say Doncic correctly

I think the mistakes were steve kerr bringing on cold Steph Curry when they're on defense. Luka exploited that and manage to swing the momentum back to the mavs. They should brought the main guns when they have possession.

SAS on point. Madd Dogg bck salute. Leave the youngins at home on Wednesday lol. Dogg gonna give us history n nostalgia moments that’s hilarious. Definitely when he goes in comparison of eras in the 50-60

In the last 18 playoff games, 13 were won by 10 or more. And 9 were won by 20 or more. It's becoming unwatchable. Only Boston vs. Milwaukee was great and that should've ended in 5. Game 7 was a dud.

2:40 😂😂😂😂😂 Mad Dogg needs to grow himself a upper lip

This series will be realllll scary if they go back to dallas

I said the same thing last night. KEEP THE SUBS IN! It was the SUBS who got the warriors back in the game. Starters had nothing all night. You're likely going to lose anyway-- let the subs, who showed WAY more fight-- keep fighting. Curry and Wiggins didn't deserve to come back in. Those subs deserved to bring that game home-- which ti was looking like they were going to.

This series could have been 3-1 mavs if the mavs won three games and the warriors won only one game. Because each time you win a game, you get a point.

The Warriors played Jonathan Kuminga instead of Draymond Green early in the game. You can clearly tell that they cared less about sweeping this round

I agree too. They should have rolled with Kuminga, Poole & Moody in that run with only 5 mins left in the 4th Quarter. The problem with Kerr's decision to substitute them is they inserted the wrong person. Instead of Curry, they should've put Wiggins instead. They forgot they still have to defend Luka which seals the deal after when he made the dunk.

Going to be interesting to see what Kerr does game 5. Past 4 games now it seems like there was no adjustments made to take dallas off the 3 point line with all those wide open looks they have had so far in this series. Could see Luka having a monster game 5 .

Mike and the Mad dog reunion on first take. Epic!

The Warriors we're not in the game if that was Kerr pregame to the media what do you expect he was like in the locker room in an intimate setting with his team, man they weren't thinking about the game from the get go they were just going through the motions tbh

Based on shot quality stats, Dallas should sweep the warriors, but they failed to hit open shots for the first 3 games, shot only 32% on wide open threes compared to 43% they shot against the Jazz and Suns.

This series could've been easily 2-2 by now had the Mavs won and kept the lead in game 2.

Stick with what got your there. Plus the confidence levels of those kids was on the line.

Lost two in a row to memphis! They split 1 and 2, won two at home, lost 5 in memphis, finished at home.

Everything Stephen said in this video is 100 percent true. Good analysis.

Loving the east coast accent particularly when he said “Taytum erratic he’s good then he stinks” 😂

"I don't want to make a big deal out of it." Is this guy's favorite phrase.

Dallas was expected to win at least one game at home. GSW played bad, you can’t expect them to play bad multiple games lol they will close this out.

Ride on bro! Such an analysis built on experience. I agree!! Warriors coach should have left the guys who brought the game down to 8 points down wrap up the game.

I think Tim Hardaway JR is a difference maker for the Mavs. Sucks that he is out when they need him the most.

They do have home court against Miami.

3:43 What is Russo saying? The Warriors tied Miami in record and beat them 2-0 in the season series. Warriors have home court going forth regardless.

You haven’t watched any of the games if you really think Dallas isn’t a threat

BOBAN IS RIGHT ON THE BENCH "no shot blocker" MAN PLEASE

Warriors gave that game 5 against Memphis effort last night. Can't blame them with all the madness and horror that went on in the real world yesterday.

Absolutely no reaction.....the Warriors let the Mavs win so they can do the "Dirty Bird" celebration at home, we've seen this before.

This game was a gift from Kerr to Dallas for the shooting.

The arena roof leak distracted the GSW.

Let's get real here, Kerrs mind wasn't in the game and it showed in his team's effort. They'll finish it next game.

Steve Kerr is sometimes confusing on his decisions....when Curry is having a great shooting....he benches him to cool down. Then if Curry is in a shooting slump for a quarter or more...he suddenly makes him play out from the bench.

Celtics and Heat have all gotten blown out so this concern about GSW being down 20+ ain’t making any sense.

Dallas just shot lights out. They have one of those game every series. They can't keep that up. It's 123 Cancun on Friday

The warriors played bad but it still warriors in five 😭😭😭

1:40 mad dog look like he was holding in his hit off a joint

I agree I would have left the bench in also

How are you gonna say Steve Kerr is one of the greatest coaches ever with the team he inherited? Lol.

Stephen A you're tripping. Every team left has deficiencies. No team left has everything figured out. Warriors have the second best fg percentage allowed in these playoffs and they've played highly efficient offenses in Denver, Memphis, Dallas. They have one of the higher paint percentage defenses despite having no rim protection. They are fifth in rebounding despite being considered small. Warriors just didn't hit shots last night. I will say I think they are overplaying Doncic giving up all these wide open three's but is what it is they'll be better in game five.

Def keep the reserves in Nothing to lose Everything to gain

At least the Mavs didn’t roll over. I’m not a fan of their team, but you have to give them credit for not giving up. Luka saying he’s young and learning gave me the impression they would, but nice surprise.

Day do to one bad game day just feel sorry for Dallas

ESPN quick to document mavericks win but didn’t post nothing for any of the warriors win smh had to be going to all these booky accounts for updates with click bait photos

These guys come in and just talk without getting they facts straight. GS does have home field throughout the rest of this season

With A 100% I don't say that often but when the 2nd crew comes up and shows up, let them play.

Best 2022 Playoff Games So Far: Boston vs. Milwaukee Game 3 & 5. Boston vs. Brooklyn Game 1. Memphis vs. Minnesota Game 4 & 5. It's becoming unwatchable in the CF but I'm still invested because of the gambling and storylines.

Spencer been showing up to Stephen A

If gsw does not closeout the series, any player can get hurt and make things complicated

The Celtics got blown out by 20 as well so help me understand how it’s so detrimental to GSW

Warriors are ending this tomorrow night, yesterday it looked like they were playing at 1st week of the regular season intensity.

Can we bring up Zach Lavine to the Mavs this summer as a possibility?! I don't know the money sit but having a guy Luka can throw lobs and kick outs for 3's too like that would be DEADLY! Add a McGee type rim protector and Dallas making noise for years out west!

Golden State does need to start contesting shots more. Dallas gets a lot of good looks.

The magnet rims shows you the stage and fix is in. Look at Draymonds face because he knows LOL

New character unlocked by Mad Dog - Luka Don-Kich😂🤣

The NBA Finals don't start until June 2nd so Silver wanted to squeeze one more game out of this series.

Madd Dogg said it best Golden State is an offensive juggernaut u gotta outscore them I think the best matchup for them would be Boston cause of there youth n how deep they are n have capable defenders at all positions

The NBA loses too much revenue on a sweep. Knew it wasn't happening.

If Kerr would have left the reserves in and still lost Stephen A would have been criticizing him for not putting in the starters at that point. Everything is easy in hindsight.

Mavs offence is a lot different from Celtics and heat offence. A lot different. They play 5 out. I would love to see other teams guard five 5 so well. Nobody is ever in the paint for the mavs on offence

Dallas got swept. The Warriors are just entertaining their fans. Nothing better than winning a Conference Finals at home.

steve has a championship experience

This been a strange playoffs....media talking bout quarters won instead of who won the game, teams blowing huge gigantic leads multiple times, blowouts traded, al hortford dunking on giannis, Wiggins fatality on Luka, suns blown out in game 7, media constantly dissing the Miami heat, media crowning the Celtics NBA champs, harden not shooting, doc rivers defending his career, Brooklyn getting swept😳.......weird playoffs.....

This might have been a blessing for the warriors. By being down 29, it allowed Steve to give solid playoffs minutes to the bench/reserves. Moody does not shy away from taking big shots and Kuminga has no fear running it down. And Poole was given a green light to do whatever he wanted without pressure/repercussion. I can guarantee we'll be seeing all of them get some more minutes (besides JP whose already getting solid minutes) both in game 5 and in the finals. In hindsight tho, I would've put Klay in for Poole when he fouled out and keep the other starters out. Klay had a bad start but was knocking down shots in the 3rd. I also think he's having some confidence issues so it woulda been nice to see him also get an opportunity to ball without pressure in that situation. Have Klay and Kuminga push the ball down and run pic&rolls and have Moody look for the open three.

It’s all about the money. Warriors wanted game 5.

Leave it to Blast from the Past (I've gone) Mad Dog to say twice that they put Kerr back in the game... I think he believes this is the 90s Bulls he's covering which is a new generation team to him compared to the celtics of the 60s

the warriors do have home court if they play the heat dont they? They both had the same record and warriors won the head to head matchup. Russo said we don't who's right?

Steve Kerr made that change becos he was in no mood to celebrate after that gun shootout. He could have left second team to close that game but wasn't the time.

When do we think the last time mad dog actually watched sports? My guess is 1992

Golden State hasn't lost two games in a row to anyone yet these playoffs what are you talking about Stephen A lol. They were up 3-1 to Memphis by winning game four then lost game five then won game six.

I am still confused why Dallas thought they'd be better by trading Kristaps Porziņģis. He was a much better fit skills wise

Cuban need to do whatever it takes to get Luka a Robin in these upcoming off-season.

Russo is right. By next Wednesday nonone will be talking about this 😂😂

Damian Lillard and Luka Doncic would be a bananas backcourt…..make it happen Mark Cuban

I'm not even concerned for the warriors about the 29 point deficit when the bench managed to bring the lead down to 8. Mavs should be the one who is concerned since they almost choked another big lead again. It is just one of those unlucky night for warriors and they are undefeated at home so far in the playoffs. They are making the warriors look bad by only losing by 10 once in this series but somehow it is more bad to them than the blow out exchanges by miami/boston.

We gone at like Miami and Boston don’t be getting blown out.

Skip said this guys take earlier on undisputed

Compared to last year playoffs, these suck.

The warriors were affected by the shooting and it showed when they came out to play. I expect ANOTHER blowout in Game 5 led by the home team to finish this off

luka out there with a plastic fork and knife in a gun fight like how lebron was in the cavs.

Boston and Miami have both blown each other out so how can you be so high on their defenses .....warriors didn't wanna win and still almost won with the youngsters out there

When an NBA Analyst doesn't know who would have home court in the Finals lol

"Would have left Curry on the bench" I've never hear anyone say that about a top 10 player let alone a Mt Rushmore player

Does Miami actually have home court advantage if they play GS in the finals?

jacked luka revenge season 2023 gonna be wild

Guys, can someone explain how Russo said the Warriors wont have home court against Miami? Dont the Warriors have the exact same record as the Heat, with a 2-0 regular season record? Am I missing something 😅?

I know SAS in his underwear in this clip. And some “up and coming reporter” drinking a Mimosa in the background. (Kidding)

Well, we are going to be down to 2 teams here very soon...and one of those 2 teams will be GS...so I don't think they are too worried about scores...You can't win the chip until you get to the finals...so job 1 is to get to the finals...GS is about to do their job. By-the-way, GS will have home court advantage no matter if it's Miami or Boston.

So he’s nervous about the warriors being down so many points but he’s not worried about Boston or Miami getting blown out multiple times in every game, they’re not any better in terms of being down bad in some games

That boy really said GSW and heat for finals ..

Luka Doncic is not Kevin Durant, he is not a bus rider; he is a driver.

If I was a warriors fan I would be a little nervous lol

Kerr was supposed to leave them in