Chuck & NBA TV Crew reacts to Celtics vs Mavericks Game 4 Highlights

Chuck has stolen the sign from that fan. Hey, we're going to rise up in Houston. We're going to rise up with them big women in San Antonio, and we're going to rise up with Galveston, and we're coming back to Dallas for game six. Mavs in seven. Me and my man believe this. Chuck, you said it was over. That's my guy right there. Look at all these damn signs he got, man, the shirt and everything. What'd you think of that new sign? Dude, this is his sign. Look at the shirt, dude. Look at this here. This dude, this is my new favorite fan right here. This man has got some issues, y'all. My man said Mavs in seven. Unbelievable. All right, we got other fans losing it now. Let's go to the highlight from game four of the NBA finals. Lucas stepping up for Dallas. 25 points in the first half. Came out aggressive. It's Smitty in attack mode, not settling for jumpers. They're playing much quicker. Even though I'm pushing the basketball, throwing it here. Defensively got to stop. We got to show this before the next game. He was getting stops, and then Drew Holiday. Get this little man off of me. Get off me, little man. Steve, you got a great point, man. We've been saying all series and all year. They would be even better if they played fast. Get off me, little man. Celtics struggling to score. Not an issue for the Dallas Mavericks. In the first quarter, they had 34, their biggest scoring quarter of these NBA finals. And they weren't settling. A lot of baskets in the paint. Attack mode early for the Mavs. On the other end, the defense stifling. Only allowing 35 points from the Boston Celtics in the first half. It was a different mentality. They only had five for the first four. Three. Yeah, but this, man, I'll tell you. Push it, Lucas. What a pass. What a catch, too. They only had two lobs in the finals before that one after having 54 throughout the playoffs before. This is just a settle right here, man. They were so passive offensively. Daniel Cafford with the effort going for the loose ball. That's a fourth foul on Jason Tatum with 10 minutes left in the third. Some of the other guys. They played desperate out here. And obviously, as Chuck said, no force, no competitiveness whatsoever from Boston. Oh, man, that was embarrassing. And I'm so glad Steve pointed it out before the game. He said, I'll know early about the Celtics. They come out and just jack up threes, and they did. A dime from Kyrie to Derek Lively. Now, you said before the game, Chuck. Hey, we hadn't had a reason to talk about other Mavs in this series. They hadn't done anything. Seven offensive rebounds for Lively. 11 and 13, second double-double in a row. Well, you know, we talked about downstairs me and Grant. Like, yo, man, they got point guards guarding power forwards. Just throwing the ball in the post. Because there's mismatches all over the place. But a lot of credit goes out to Luke and Kyrie. But Hardaway Jr., Lively, Exum, and Gafford, and Lively. Man, they're role players. The number one thing they have to do is play with energy. But the only problem with that, sometimes when they don't get shots, they don't play with energy. They were getting their lofts. They were getting their dunks. Their energy level upped. The only problem is, you got to write this. If I'm Coach Mazula, I'm not looking at any game tape. We didn't do anything. We don't deserve it. There was more. We give Dallas credit. But what we did tonight was unacceptable as a Boston subject. We just thought they were going to pack it in. But can the role players take that energy level on the road? That's going to be key. But to piggyback on Smitty again, the Mavs got to play faster. First time they scored over 100 points. They're going to have to score at least 100 to win a game at least 100. Yeah, and also defensively, Grant, really setting the tone, allowing just 84 points. And again, just 35 points in that first half. Well, setting the tone in that first half, the first quarter defensively. And to Chuck's point, playing with energy, playing with effort. Obviously right here, attack mode. And making this Boston team settle from the perimeter, trying to make contested shots. Nothing in the paint. No blow-bys. No one playing downhill. Everything contested. Nothing easy for Boston. And as Chuck said and Steve, Boston was settling. They weren't playing aggressive. Dallas was. The help was there on dribble, drive, penetration, turnover, sloppy play, active hands, then getting out in transition off those turnovers. And then sometimes things get messed up. You scramble mode. It's just effort, activity. Right now, as I said, Dallas, they were more desperate. They understood if you don't win, you go home right here. And they're forcing the turnovers, leading the opportunities in transition for easy baskets, open three opportunities, unselfish play. It was really, it was a combination of two things. It was the effort, the energy, the desperation of Dallas, finally playing with some force, getting those 50-50 balls, which they weren't winning. Just playing hard, playing with more desire. And then it was on the opposite. It was Boston just satisfied with getting one win in Dallas. You know, it reminds me of that Minnesota game. Remember when Minnesota played Dallas and they were like, we didn't get swept? Then they went back home and just like, no, we didn't get swept. Then they just got beat by 100. This to me tonight, the subject like, we got the series. We going to win it one day or another. But tonight, that was disappointing to me because, man, they didn't even compete tonight. That was disappointing to watch. Well, it was disappointing too because I think for the most part, throughout this playoffs and throughout these postseason, the Celtics have had championship effort. Like, they've come out and dominated. They've taken care of business. And the one time where they have a chance to win the championship, it's not that they lost because they just got outplayed. Yes, effort. Not just the effort, the energy. I mean, that's where I would have thought just come out. You can miss shots, Chuck. We all know that. I just thought it was just a little bit of a just walking around, blase, blase. And then you can see, next thing you know, the Mavericks got a rhythm. I give Dante Exum a lot of credit the way he came out and played. This is going to have to be in Boston. Yes, you're home. Boy, boy, the pressure going to be on the Celtics. If halftime, this thing is close. If it's halftime, this thing is close. Might be coming back to Dallas. One thing that's interesting, now the looming question is the Porzingis thing. That is the looming thing. You said five. You're playing right. I'm going six. But the question to what a six will be down here. Yes, they not going to win game six down here. If they lose next game, they're not going to win. It's going to be a seven game. It's going to be a seven game series. But my question is, it's really tricky with the Porzingis thing. So Chuck, we shall see. No, because if you play him and he because he's not going to be a hundred percent and then they don't win that game and he's father hurts himself. This thing going to get very interesting. Well, I agree. And look, one thing, if you're Dallas right now, I know they were down three. Oh, they win tonight. But they feel like they let it slip away in game two in Boston. And they feel like they found something in at the end of game three. They came back down 20, got close. They didn't win it down the stretch. But just the confidence now. Coming out blown. I know it's easy, Grant. But Kyrie said it. We got to play with energy and effort, which is obviously. The next thing you know, he said, hey, we got to get a little nasty. Our other guys got to get a little nasty. And then also, they can take this home because the pressure's on Boston right now. No question. The pressure's on Boston. So here's the question for you guys. When I look at all the stats and try to figure out Chris Dowd's Porzingis impact. First two games, points and a paint. Yes, Dallas had an advantage. It was plus eight. But in this game tonight, plus 34. In game three, without Chris Stapps, plus 16. It seems as if Dallas has a game plan, and they're executing it better without Chris Stapps on the floor. Well, it's a night. Go ahead, Steve. Well, I say this is on Boston. Points and a paint. You can't get points and a paint in Boston if you're shooting threes. That's right. You start off shooting so many threes, you're definitely not going to win. And the Dallas Mavericks were going downhill, flying around. Yes. The Boston Celtics were shooting lazy step-back threes. You won't win the points and a paint shooting that way. Yeah. So, you know, that's one of those stats that's really irrelevant, to be honest with you, because of what Steve said. The Celtics, probably most of the time, are not going to win the point and a paint battle. The one thing that Chris Stapps gives them is a post-up and a rim protection. So, he kind of counts. He helps them on the offense in the paint and takes away in the paint. So, his numbers are really, really important. But man, it's going to come down to effort and desire. And let me tell you something. The Celtics, I mean, the Mavs got to play with desperation. Are they playing with pace now? Yes. If they play with pace and desperation, them two guys, man, they're tough to handle. And if they get anything, I know a lot of people are going to give Kyrie and Luka credit, which they deserve. But man, if them role players take that energy up to Boston, it could be because people are going to overreact. There ain't really been a lot of blowouts of these games. I mean, so, other than game one, the game's been close. And like I say, we always wondered if was the game close with Kyrie and Luka because they are two of the best closers we've ever had. But like I say, man, I'm glad the Mavs didn't get swept. I'd actually like to see the Mavs win this game because I want to see, I want to see, I want to see the champion put under stress. The Celtics have not been put under stress. Now, they're under stress. Yeah, to your point, this is their first road loss of this postseason. They had won 10 consecutive games. Here you go, Chuck. They know that you're changing your mind. I didn't change my mind. That's what that sign says. I'm just telling you, that dude had that. Internet says you have. That guy had that sign last game, too. Don't forget that, y'all.