Luka generated something like 56-58 points per game in the regular season, off 33.9 ppg and 9.8 apg, (guesstimating the number of assisted threes). In game one he scored 30 points and assisted on only one bucket, a two. 32 points generated, a 20+ deficit from his normal regular season production, and around 17 points under his playoff output, isn’t going to lead to too many wins.
Control Luka and control the series. I’m guessing they try to ride Doncic even more in Game two, hoping he can put a 50 piece on Boston. The problem for Dallas is Boston really didn’t play well on offense after the first quarter, and if they’re shaper offensively in game two, a huge scoring game from Luka might not be enough.
Dallas scored 75 points in 73 minutes against the Boston defense. Unless Boston for some reason doesn’t play fundamentally sound defense, I don’t see Dallas having enough offense to outscore this team in four of six games. If I’m Dallas, I try to take away the three, and hope Boston misses inside the arc (they were only 50-93, .537 combined inside the arc in the two losses compared to .593 in the playoff wins).