Clemente Almanza: Lu Dort on Mavs fans booing him: “I just go out there and do my job… I don’t really talk when I play, so I hope I’m not being seen as a really, really bad villain.” … [Read more...] about
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Kyrie Irving on Dallas: ‘I was dealing with a lot mentally, spiritually, emotionally and they embraced me with open arms’
“Coming into Dallas, I was dealing with a lot mentally, spiritually, emotionally and they embraced me with open arms. I don’t have a perfect journey, so coming into this environment I was unsure how we’re going to work out on the court, but off the court I knew that eventually I would get him to open up. This guy is a big Teddy Bear at times off the court. Big competitor. Okay, … [Read more...] about Kyrie Irving on Dallas: ‘I was dealing with a lot mentally, spiritually, emotionally and they embraced me with open arms’
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: ‘If I had the movement back, I wouldn’t have fouled him’
Washington converted the first two free throws and intentionally missed the third one, allowing the Mavs to win as there were only 2.5 seconds left for the OKC to try and score a basket from full-court. “I shouldn’t have fouled him,” Gilgeous-Alexander said in his post-game comments. “We talked about it all year, the little things that go into winning games… It sucks.” “If I … [Read more...] about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: ‘If I had the movement back, I wouldn’t have fouled him’
Tim MacMahon: Luka Doncic took an intentional approach to avoid complaining to the refs and “focus on basketball” in Game 5: “I just go out there and hoop. Have fun. It was the old Luka — a smile on my face.” … [Read more...] about
Mavericks-Thunder and Cavaliers-Celtics delivered yet another pair of steep declines on Wednesday, May 15. Wednesday’s Mavericks-Thunder second round NBA playoff Game 5 averaged 4.26 million viewers across TNT (3.75M) and truTV (515K), down 44% from Lakers-Warriors last year (7.55M), but still the top sportscast of the day. Cavaliers-Celtics led in with 3.73 million (TNT: … [Read more...] about