Mavs in 7, though I'm not confident. I think this will be a really good series. I almost went 6, but I like the thought of Luka winning on their floor (and somewhat sadly keeping the streak of DFW teams never winning a championship at home.)
Im a bit surprised that EVERY single pundit picks boston. I was reading david thorpe who said boston was appreciatively better and had faced tougher opponents (say what?). You mean the ones without their stars (lillard and giannis, and halliburton and donovan mitchell and brunson and robinson , Butler etc etc). The path was made very easy. And boston cruised. Stats favour boston. Unless you look at dallas post trade. This is a team that really gelled. And then we have the issue of tatum's heart. Metaphorically speaking. And mazulla's brain...literally speaking. Boston on paper wins this. But its not played on paper. And dallas has the mojo right now AND the best player in the post season. 2nd best in the league. Luka wins this for dallas.
Mavs in 7, though I'm not confident. I think this will be a really good series. I almost went 6, but I like the thought of Luka winning on their floor (and somewhat sadly keeping the streak of DFW teams never winning a championship at home.)
Mavs in 6.
Luka Finals MVP.
Im a bit surprised that EVERY single pundit picks boston. I was reading david thorpe who said boston was appreciatively better and had faced tougher opponents (say what?). You mean the ones without their stars (lillard and giannis, and halliburton and donovan mitchell and brunson and robinson , Butler etc etc). The path was made very easy. And boston cruised. Stats favour boston. Unless you look at dallas post trade. This is a team that really gelled. And then we have the issue of tatum's heart. Metaphorically speaking. And mazulla's brain...literally speaking. Boston on paper wins this. But its not played on paper. And dallas has the mojo right now AND the best player in the post season. 2nd best in the league. Luka wins this for dallas.
Looking at that All-NBA breakdown I can only imagine how much more lopsided it would have been had LeBron not played in the East.