First quarter is over so how do you think this game will play out? I'm a bit surprised that Kyrie is already taking over the scoring this early. I already placed a bet on Wolves -4.5 and I'm thinking of adding another one since Irving could be scoring over 30 points in regular time.

It's been a really competitive first half between Mavericks and Timberwolves, Jaden McDaniels just can't miss and as you've pointed out, Slow-Mo was impressive as well, he's shooting the ball pretty well.

It's just rather funny how Dallas were just trailing by a few points in the first half because, Wolves were literally score 3 points shot with quite some ease.

That's said, it still anyone's game right now, and whichever team is able to stay locked in down the stretch would win this game imho.

Definitely a good game and coming down to the wire. I’m surprised how good Kyrie specifically is doing but Dallas as a whole is shooting great. I’m surprised they’re losing when looking at the stats. They’re only down 3 though and Luka is just starting to get hot, so I’m expecting the end of this one to be worth sticking around for.

Edit: Luka just went on a 7-0 run by himself and gave the Mavs the lead.

This duo in Dallas Mavericks is insane! 30+ points to each of them. The teamwork is really alive and their chemistry, compared to other teams there is only 1 player that got the most points. LuKai is doing it.

Like I told you guys most in my posts about the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving will be the key player of the game. If he starts aggressive early in the game, the Mavs will survive anything and it will boost the offensive energy of his teammates which happened today.

A very close game and it was so damn entertaining, teeth-clenching, heart-stopping, and exciting. I cannot even count how many times I stopped breathing for a while because of how close the game was. This is the playoffs that we had been waiting for.

The Mavs stopped AntMan at 19 points, Gobert at 7 rebounds only (not normal), and Towns at 16 points. That's the recipe to win a game. Don't let Ant get his rhythm and get offensive rebounds as much as possible which I believe is credited to their Twin Towers Lively (4/11 off. rebounds) and Gafford (4/9 off. rebounds). All of that could've been for Gobert but those two did a great job giving their team a second chance opportunity. 



Let's see how the Wolves will adjust in Game 2.

He need to teach ANT a lesson that he is no easy opponent for him and its good to see him that he step up since that leave some statement that he need to respect the veteran like him. But this is a intense match and Wolves also show some quality performance. I really think earlier that they could take the win on game one since they are dictating the phase of the game and they shoot a lot of three pointers while Mavs struggling in rainbow area. But what make Mavs alive is their inside offense and second chance opportunity that's why Wolves didn't get a far lead from Mavs.

Also its really amazing to see the young big man of Mavs perform so well since they really bring a big help to get the win on game 1.

It's tough for them and they are against a team who beat the defending champion and still managed to win game one with a hard-fought battle. It wasn't an easy game for them and they needed to win number 1 as much as possible because winning against Timberwolves when their big men are healthy is almost impossible. Thankfully, they were sinking threes and sometimes back to back to get the lead or not to be left behind too long. which is kinda bad in the NBA playoff games because they are having a hard time catching up in the last quarter because they won't be given any easy chance to do so.

Kyrie will probably remain unstoppable as he had already proved it in game 1. he like the match up with ANT which is the best player of the wolves. Luka as well is playing great basketball, his shooting struggled at the beginning but in the 2nd half, especially in the 4th quarter, he exploded again.

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

It's no surprise that the odds changed in favor of the Mavs after the first game. However, I still think the Wolves will finally win this series and become the Western Conference champions. Objectively speaking, the Nuggets were clearly a tougher opponent for the Wolves than the Mavs.

Yes, it's quite the opposite now, Dallas even away from home are the clear favorite in game 2 because of what they have shown in game 1. I thought that the Wolves are going to take it in a very close game. And they did manage to take a good lead early, but they are missing their outside shot specially from ANT, Towns and Naz Reid. And they are the number 1 defensive team but they can't stop Luka and Kyrie. And their bigs dominated the Wolves, Lively and Gafford makes it hard for Rudy to dominate the rebounding department. So time again for the Wolves to make a adjustment and at least tie the series in game 2.