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The Dallas Mavericks are headed to the NBA Finals after routing the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Dallas fans are still feeling upset at Minnesota's Naz Reid after a flagrant foul on Dereck Lively II.
Dereck Lively II was hit in the head by Naz Reid in this play.
Hope he's okay 🙏pic.twitter.com/WYJOhwlu0Q
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 31, 2024
Mavericks fans reacted strongly.
“Naz Reid” pic.twitter.com/mFTFMjcwAM
— Kyrie Center (@kyriecenterig) May 31, 2024
MFFL Nation – “BAN NAZ REID FROM THE NBA. PRAYERS FOR D-LIVE ”
rumbajuice – “No play on the ball there. Def flagrant, only question is will they rule 1 or 2.”
Leo – “Should suspend him with out pay next season”
All Things Mavs – “GET NAZ REID OUT OF HERE”
Jason Timpf – “Super dirty play there from Naz Reid. Wow.”
Sunny Days – “Not “hit in the head” Reid's trying to take him out”
WTFUSA – “Wolves are dirty. I’ve lost alot of respect for them”
The Mavericks rookie has been nursing a neck injury which caused him to sit out against the Timberwolves in Game 4. Notably, he got hit in the back of the head by Karl-Anthony Towns' knee while he was falling back down to the floor. He was quickly escorted out and evaluated for a concussion. Thankfully, it was not that sort of damage, but to see Lively get hit in the head yet again was certainly frustrating for Mavericks fans.
Mavericks advance to NBA Finals
The Dallas Mavericks are headed to their first NBA Finals in 12 years after they dismantled the Timberwolves 124-103 on Thursday night.
Jason Kidd made comments at the end of the regular season about this current Dallas team being similar to the 2011 team that he and Dirk Nowitzki led to an NBA Championship:
“Well I think the biggest thing is, they're a team,” Kidd responded when asked what qualities make the Mavericks a championship contender. “We talk about Luka (Doncic) and Kai (Kyrie Irving) a lot, but there's a lot of pieces to this puzzle that make this thing go. So, very similar to the '11 team. When you talk about Dirk (Nowitzki) and Jason Terry, they had a lot of older guys that didn't get the attention but knew their job and did their job at a high level. It was just all about winning. And I think when you talk to these guys it's all about winning.
No one is into the stats. There will be some individual awards here for some of those guys that deserve it. But at the end of the day, it's all about team and they care for one another.”
The 2012 Mavericks team entered the NBA Playoffs as a sixth seed and ended up winning an NBA title by catching fire at the right time. Could the 2024 Mavs do the same as a fifth seed?
They take on the Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals next Monday.
