Broke down the Luka dagger and the Mavs did some really subtle things that made it hard for the Wolves to: 1. Prevent the switch onto Rudy 2. Send a double to help Rudy Hard to detect in real time and it looks like the Wolves made a mistake... in coverage (probably still did), but the Mavs deserve HUGE credit for what they did to get Luka this matchup and shot.show more

You have to double Luka there. who cares if he throws the ball to Lively 20 ft from the basket. Really really poor late game defense by twolves

And look how lively pushes his man off the screen … forcing gobert to switch …

Jaden gave that up WAY too easy regardless of the screen

First off the screen was so high, Mcdaniels should have just gone under. 2nd thing is Rudy knows the time and score. 2 is okay, No 3. Should’ve pushed Luka to his left, by having his left leg over Luka’s right to trick him into driving past him and not doing a step back 3. Worst case help side stays with their man and Luka makes a floater with a 7 foot coming from behind. Best case he misses and wolves win. Terrible defense from DPOY.

Lively doing a basketball style blocking sled exercise vs. Jaden McDaniels.

Hindsight is 20/20, Luka misses that shot and we're not talking about this. This was a great shot by Luka, don't try to diminish it by saying Wolves made a mistake...

Finch lost this game. Rudy on the floor when you need to defend the three

1) Could have doubled the initial screen 2) Anyone from the weak side (probably Lively’s man) could have doubled when they spaced 3) Why, in a 2-point game, is the DPOY worried about getting beat off the dribble? In that situation, as a defender, isn’t your job to force a drive?

Jaden could’ve doubled Luka and let the 3 Wolves behind him figure out Lively. Didn’t know Naz was set up nicely behind him, but I feel like you take the risk on Lively making a play up two with Luka behind the arc…

Moving screen on Livelu