The Lakers outscored them 30-11 in the final 8 minutes of the game, and that 15-0 run to end the game lead them to steal Game 1 on the road.

This is the first time that the Lakers got 4 players who got 20+ points in a single game since the 80's, and if you're playing that way, there's no way you can lose. Hachimura and Reaves combined for 52 points while their all-star players AD and Lebron scored 22 and 21 points.

On the other hand, Jackson Jr. lead the Grizzlies with 31 points, but that wasn't enough for the to get the win. The game was really a close one until Reaves scored 7 on the Lakers' 15 final points to secure the victory. He really is a good addition to the team, and he deserves a better contract IMO. I just hope that Morant's ok though because he got an awkward fall when he drove inside, and injured his right hand.

Game 1 between Milwaukee and Miami is starting already. Some NBA playoff games are too early for some here in our country that we need to wake up early in the morning just to watch them.

First, why you wanted to buy coins below $100? I mean what's the difference if you bought a coin below a hundred dollars, and a coin that's above a hundred dollars? I can't see the reason behind it because you can still buy Bitcoin even if you don't have $100, and you can also buy Ethereum even if you don't have $100.

Well, DCA on altcoins in a bear market isn't a bad thing like what other are saying here. I mean if you go buy Ethereum monthly, you sure will get profit over time. Now to answer your question, I guess just go pick those top coins out there who's below $100. LINK, ADA, DOT, SOL.

If you wanted to go DCA into altcoins, I'd suggest go buy Ethereum.

Anyway, good win for TNT. They won in Game 4, and at the same time, their import, Hollis-Jefferson got the Best Import of the Conference award.
It seems that there's a pattern on this series. It's like how Ginebra won against Bay Area Dragons last Commissioner's Cup where both teams are exchanging wins all the way until Ginebra took it.

When your team shot 21/43 three pointers, your team will get the win. I mean TNT is one of the best three-point shooting teams right now, and in this game, they don't have Pogoy because of a fractured right hand, but the locals stepped up and make the threes rain. Even Hollis-Jefferson who isn't shooting threes that much shot 3-6 on that area. Correct me, but that 21 three point shots that they've made is the new record as the most number of threes made by a single team in a single game in the playoffs.

Game 5 is on Wednesday. It's now a best of 3 series. Will Ginebra get it again? Or the TNT will make it 2 in a row.

Well, they really are one of the worst teams in terms of win-loss record, but on that Game 1, even though they lost, I believe that they can steal Game 2.

It's not because I'm a Warrior fan, but even though they played awful in the road all throughout the regular season, they played really well in Game 1, and they only lost by 3 points. I had the time to watch the whole game, and I think that adjustments that the Warriors will do is with regards to stopping Monk. They did stop Sabonis offensively by scoring only 12 points, but had a double-double. As for Fox, the Warriors can't stop that dude which is very fast even for Wiggins and GP2. There are times where Fox just outruns either one of them, and go straight to the basket.

I think if the Warriors need to stop Fox, they need to defend him and minimize at least his performance in the 4th quarter because that's where Fox shines. He will not be at the top in terms of points int he last 5 minutes for nothing, and some call him the Clutch because of how good he is in the final quarter. Anyway, I also bet on the Warriors and lost unfortunately.

DOGE might have because it's the most famous meme coin, and it has been accepted in most if not all of the centralized exchanges out there.

I feel regret that I invested into SAFEMOON back when meme coins are a hype. If only I just invested into DOGE at that time... but shit happens I guess, and I know that there are some here who also lost in investing into meme coins. TBH, if I will look at the best meme coins that's worthy of investing, I only see DOGE, but even that coin isn't a good long term hold for me, but it's a good short to mid term hold I guess. All of the other meme coins are considered shitcoins for me - including SHIB.

Like you said, always do your own research, and you will see that there are better coins worthy of investing your money than these meme coins. For the OP, we know that this is another form of advertising your exchange, and there's no problem with it. Can I ask if you can share how many users are using your exchange on a monthly basis?

As for DeFi, there are some changes already because there are some people who prefer using it for some reasons, but the problem with some of the DeFi is the fact that they're more prone to scams and hacks. How many DeFi exchanges has already been hacked throughout the years? How many DeFi exchanges rug pulled already?

As for NFT, I don't see it having any significant change to how we are handling money things as of the moment. I mean I don't even know if there is any use-case of NFT's at all aside from the fact that you will have some benefits from that project whenever you have bought an NFT.

Overall, it's still hard to know what will be the future of these 2 things. DeFi and NFT has been here for a very short time only, and who knows. We might see them having an upgrade overtime, or we might see them disappearing in the crypto space.

Fox and Monk did really spoiled the three point party of the Warriors. I mean the Warriors shot 50 attempts, and 16 went it. Not that good if you will ask me, but I guess the Warriors will go with the "Live on three, or die by three" mode where they will focus more on threes like what they used to. Anyway, they have many players who are capable of shooting threes.

Sabonis didn't play very well tonight, scored only 12 points, and shot only 29% from the field. In the whole regular season, Sabonis didn't have a field goal percentage of lesser than 30% until this game. This just shows how good Looney, Kuminga and Green is defensively. Now the problem that they need to solve Monk. I mean they need a way to stop him because him and Fox really stepped up to get their first playoff win in 17 years. On the other hand, the Warriors had as high as 10 point lead in the 3rd quarter, but didn't held strong on it, and ended that quarter with the Kings with 1 point lead.

As expected, this is a high scoring ball game because they're the top 2 offensive teams right now. Expect some adjustments from both teams in Game 2. It's very entertaining to watch, and TBH, you can feel the intensity around the arena as they are very loud to the point that you can barely hear any whistle. It just shows how the Kings' fans really wanted their team to go to playoffs. I'll include a trivia that Malik Monk tied the current record for most number of free throws without any misses in their playoffs debut with 14 free throws.

In order for a person to have access into Bitcoin, they need to have smartphone and/or a computer.
Not all of the people around the world have that kind of gadget, and not all people even know how to use one or both of them. Yes Bitcoin might be accessible to anyone, but because not all of people are using the gadgets needed to use it, for me it's still not accessible for everyone.

I'm kind of curious on how you are using Bitcoin everyday? You're using Bitcoin to buy things online? You're using it to buy physical things whenever you go out? Or you are also doing what most are doing which is converting their Bitcoin into the currency of their country, and that's what you are using?

Overall, adoption rate will increase as years go by. With our current era right now which is the digital era, I expect more and more people will have technologies that will be used to have access into Bitcoin. The number of users that are using Bitcoin right now is quite low, and there are some who has Bitcoin that prefer to hold it rather than use it to buy things. Well, thanks to Satoshi for this invention.

Dual-core PC? Mining Bitcoin? You mining it using a Pentium 4 PC?
I'm not a miner, but if you are one of the early adopters of Bitcoin who mined on the early stages of it then you can mine it using that kind of PC, but if you mined it at around 5 years ago, I don't think it's possible to mine using that kind of PC. Please correct me if I'm wrong because I would be happy to be corrected.

We've experienced the same.

I just graduated from college 5 years ago, and I find myself jobless for around months. That's the time where I started to learn Bitcoin thru reading here, watching documentaries, and watching different videos on Youtube. Giving myself some of my free time watching and reading every single day really helped me to gain more and more knowledge about crypto. Having no money at all didn't prevent me in learning at that time because I wanted to learn. I wanted to earn yes, and we all are, but instead of earning first, I did gain some knowledge first. I did earn thru bounty campaigns back when I was a newbie, but aside from doing that, I'm also gaining, and gaining knowledge every single day.

You not having any money mustn't be the reason why you will not learn Bitcoin.

Inconsistency, injuries, age, inexperience.

The Lakers are one of the best defensive teams post-trade deadline, but they are very inconsistent. Though they played better after the trade deadline, there are many times where their supposed shooters are playing awfully in one game, and in another, and in another. Injuries are a big factor when it comes to playoffs, and we know that their 2 all-star players Lebron and AD are injury prone. Both of them need to stay healthy if they want to have a chance to beat the Grizzlies. I said age because that affects the stamina, and endurance of a player. Grizzlies' roster are way younger than that of the Lakers thus, they have more stamina to play 7 games compare to the Lakers. I also included inexperience because even though Lebron and AD has playoff experience already, their coach doesn't have one, and I believe it affects the whole team.

Even before, many believe that this will be a hard series for both teams, but I will pick the Grizzlies to win on this one maybe in 6 games.

I just don't know why he requested a trade where he is already playing better when he is in the Lakers.
Obviously, his performance jumped when he was the back-up center for the Lakers, and he played very well as the Lakers' starting center when AD is out because of injury. I don't know why he requested a trade, but whatever reason it is, it's a wrong move coming from him. He must've have a better season if he stayed on the Lakers. Maybe personal reason.

Enjin Coin.

I still remember buying this coin back when I was a newbie. I'm a gamer, and I guess its my instinct at that time to buy ENJ because that project is related to gaming. A few days it went down, but I kept holding until it go down, and down, and down. I lost more than half of my capital at that time holding it, but I didn't sell it at a loss, and kept holding it. It took me 2 years until I sold ENJ. I got profit from it, but it wasn't worth it knowing how many years I held it just because I don't want to sell it at a loss.

For sure there are some investors here that have experience the same as mine. They bought a coin, and when it went down, they forced to hold it until the time comes that they will sell it at a profit. It's like they forced hold a coin for months to years, instead of you buying it for short term only.

I suggest to the users here that don't do what I've experienced, and always have a stop loss when needed.

I hope that newbies will not take Buffett's criticism towards Bitcoin as a way for them not to approach Bitcoin, and still give themselves some time to learn it.

I mean we've heard numerous criticism towards Bitcoin. Since I started way back 5 years ago in learning Bitcoin, I've already heard some bad news on it. In 2017, back when I was a newbie still I've heard that China is banning ICO's, and at that time its hype is at its highest. Of course it affected Bitcoin, but not on the way that most people expected. Instead of it going down, it went up even though there are many negative news at that time. Over the years, there are many negative news, negative criticism that has been said towards Bitcoin, but look where it is now. Many people are still interested in investing into it, and it's kind of ironic that he said negative things about it, but the price went up after he said it.

Warren Buffett is one of the most popular investors in the world, and I'm following his footsteps with regards to investing into stock market, but I will not follow what he's saying with regards to crypto, and I'd rather ignore it.

After what happened with Bitcoin in the past 2-3 years, who do you think are those people who are saying that Bitcoin is still a failed project?
Do you think that there are still some? Aside from some businessmen who are looking negatively still with Bitcoin, I don't think that there are still people who sees Bitcoin as a failed project TBH.

If there are, kindly say their names please.

We are all expecting it. The only question is "When it will happen?" because many believe that it will happen.
Well, throughout the years, Bitcoin's price is going higher and higher, so we can say that it's doing better than ever. Invest wisely you said? I hope that those newbies, and ignorant investors will ever know how to invest wisely.

My take on the pump of Bitcoin's price? Ahh... none I guess.

I mean I'm happy whenever Bitcoin's price pump... back when I was a newbie, but I've seen it happen numerous times already, and it already came to the point where pumps are just a normal thing that's happening every time. For sure, many are happy to see Bitcoin back at $30,000 again especially for those who bought below $20,000 because they're now in profit, but for me. I don't feel anything at all. Maybe I will only feel happiness on Bitcoin when it's price reaches $100,000.

So it's a trilogy between these 2 teams, eh?
On their first match-up back in the bubble, the Heat won against the Bucks 4-1. In the next season, the Bucks swept the Heat and went on to the second round, and winning the title. Now it's the 3rd time that both these teams are facing each other.

TBH, I can't find a way for the Heat to win on the Bucks. Defense, Bucks obviously is better, and in offense, they are also better. I'm not disregarding the Heat though, but with how both these teams played during the regular season, we might see the Bucks using that "BROOM" against the Heat again.

After having their best performances, SGA and Giddey are nowhere to be found on this game.
SGA only scored 22 points while Giddey only scored 6 points. Both of them had -22 plus-minus rating. The lead went up to as high as 29 points. It's a good game for the Thunder, but the Timberwolves really gave their best to retain that 8th seed.

As a Warrior fan, I will really watch this one. I will give some of my time just for this. Watching game 1 will give you a preview on what we will expect on the whole series. I believe that this series will be a high scoring one because both of them are the top 1 and top 2 in points per game.

Yes... and no.
There are many factors into it.

Where are you living? In a first world country, 1 Bitcoin is very small as prices are way expensive there compare to those in third world countries. I live in a third world country, and I can say that it might make me rich.. or depending on what really is the definition of rich.

Speaking of rich, what is your definition of being rich? Does you having 1 Bitcoin make you feel rich already? Does having you lots of money make you rich? I mean the word rich has a very broad meaning, and it all depends on the person on what his definition of rich is. As for me, my definition of being rich is that "having lots of money with a stable source of income - both passive and active."

Yes Bitcoin can help you to give a life that you want. However, it will not as easy as you think it will, and TBH, 1 Bitcoin isn't enough for you to achieve financial freedom.
Let's take the definition of financial freedom on one website: LINK
I will base on that definition of Financial Freedom. Will 1 Bitcoin enough for you to support your dream lifestyle? For me who is living in a third world country, 1 Bitcoin is enough already to support my dream lifestyle, but I will not just simply hold 1 Bitcoin and let it support my lifestyle, but I will use it to buy stocks that will give me annual dividends. In that way, it will be the one who will support my lifestyle, and that's my definition of financial freedom.

Now I don't know how your lifestyle is, and what are your monthly expenses, but depending on that 2 factors, 1 Bitcoin might be enough for you to achieve financial freedom. Now it all depends on you on how you will use it to support your lifestyle. I already shared mine, and I hope you can get some strategies here for you to achieve it.

They will not accept it because they don't know about it.
They will not accept it because people aren't have the initiative to learn it.
They will not accept it because they find it very complicating for them.
They will not accept it because they're lazy enough not to learn it.

That's the problem right now. They don't want to learn it for various reasons. Most of the people right now prefer bank transfer other than transferring thru crypto because it's either they don't know crypto itself, or they find bank transfer more comfortable for them.

On the other hand, don't expect "EVERYONE" to use crypto. If they will go to a bank, they will assist them. If they will use crypto, who will assist them? Where they will buy Bitcoin? How will they transfer it? I mean for them, they see it as more hassle than just go to a bank, tell the information, and just give the money. Overall, there will still be people who will prefer using banks than crypto.

You said "they are individuals with low crypto knowledge." Well, I agree with you, and it's because they see it as a complex thing thus, they will just ignore it. We can't blame them if they really don't want to use crypto for transaction. Even a person with a high crypto knowledge might still use bank for his/her transaction.

Why not do both?

I mean ADA and XRP can give you more than x4 return when the bull market starts, but on the flipside, it might not give you that return in the bull run. I mean anything can happen. If you're only focusing on that 2 coins, just go 50-50 on it. I'm holding ADA personally, but I'm thinking of selling already, and buy Ethereum on it. As for XRP, it didn't come to my mind to hold some of that coins for the long run for some unknown reason.

Long term, I think you have a higher chance that you can get x4 returns because it already happened in the past. You are worrying if XRP loses? I guess the community behind Ripple is huge to the point that it will not go down that hard if something bad happens to them. As for ADA, their slow upgrades, and lots of hype is the problem with them, but whenever they release an upgrade to their project, there are little to no bugs or whatever glitches on it.

Maybe try on adding some Bitcoin. ADA, XRP, and BTC.

Well, you already said that "besides BTC and ETH" and yet you added it to the choices.

Well anyway, $40,000 to a billion dollar would take you a very long time to reach, but I'm not saying that it's impossible. It's just that it's hard to reach. If I will pick on the choices you shared, I will go with DOGE. Remember the person who spend everything that he have, and he also took a loan I think or used his credit card to buy Bitcoin. At one point, he was a millionaire, and many already said that he must sell it at the bull market, and he didn't sell it. Ending is I think he's still holding it and waiting for the market to go up again.

Why I picked DOGE? Because DOGE has a history of pumps and dumps coming from Elon Musk, and one pump coming from him can give you lots of profit if timed correctly. $40,000 to a billion like you said will took you lots of time, and lots of correct trades because I believe in order to achieve this, you must buy at a good time, and sell it at it's highest.

$40,000 to a billion in 5 years? You must be a good futures trader in order for that to achieve I believe. Buying and just holding it for 5 years will not make you a billionaire especially with that low amount of money and a very high money that you want to get.

3 points away from losing your bet, but anyway I guess it's good that I'm quite busy when the game happened because I'm thinking of putting my bet on TNT before the game, but Ginebra took Game 3, and got the lead again in this series 2-1

After scoring only 12 points (his 3rd lowest score output in his PBA career), Brownlee stepped up, and lead his team with 29 points, and all 5 of their starters scored in double digits while 3 of them scored 20+ points. I think the TNT just surprised on how Pringle stepped up on this game. I mean he wasn't the Pringle that we used to see when he's in Global Port where he is averaging more than 20+ points, but he can step up, and be a reliable scorer when needed the most, and it happened on this one. 22 points with no missed shot at all, and the best part on his stats is that he is 6/6 from 3-pt area. That's an impressive one coming from him I must say.

RHJ lead the TNT on the other hand with 32 points, but the locals didn't helped that much in terms of offense. 4 of the locals scored 10+ points, but that wasn't enough for them to win on this game. I guess it would be better for the TNT if the offense will be spread even more compare to if there's only 1 focal person on offense.

Anyway, Game 4 is on Sunday. TNT winning Game 4? Maybe 

Well, if he voted for another Rookie outside of Kessler, I will not feel the same. If he only voted for example Mathurin, or Jaden Ivey then I will not call it "bias", but he voted the rookie that played on the same city as he is playing. Kessler was a very good rookie indeed like you said, and Utah getting him is already a big plus for them because he is included in that Gobert trade. At a young age, he already got 2.3 blocks per game. Give him more years to play, and he might be a candidate for defensive player of the year. Still, I see that person who voted for him a bit bias.

Give Bol Bol more time to play, and they will be at least in the play-in tournament next season.
I'm not kidding because they need to develop him, and give more time because he is always explosive whenever he is inside the court. Him alongside other young players out there is a good roster already. Just look at how the Thunder is playing right now. They are young, but they are now competing for the 8th seed.

I believe Kerr would have new set of strategies and would use those new players as well just to make Mike Brown wouldn't know what set of plays and defense they'll gonna make. Yeah Kings has a good record and kudos to Brown for making it on playoffs but I think Warriors has the experience when it comes to this kind of atmosphere.
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Experience matters in a playoff series because it's a different atmosphere when it comes to playoffs unlike in the regular season where you are playing with different teams, here you will face the same team at most 7 times. Adjustments on and off the court is a big factor on the playoffs, and I believe that's what the Warriors are excelling at. Their experience will matter here in the first round.

On the other hand, I will not excluding the Kings already because Coach Brown has been an assistant coach under Coach Kerr for years as well, so maybe he might've know Coach Kerr's strategy, and will counter it, however, I believe that Coach Kerr will think of another strategy. A strategy that his former assistant coach didn't see when he was still in the Warriors.