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1061  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 13, 2023, 12:38:44 PM
^ No game 6 Klay, I thought he will be the one helping Steph in this game, but it was Donte DiVincenzo. Bad time for the Warriors to really caught up with their bad shooting.

On the other hand, the Lakers doesn't want to go to game 6, Bron and AD, Austin Reaves and D'Lo wanted to finished the series.

You really have to give it to their new coach for the adjustments here. And Pat Beverly and Russell Westbrook chance to get a ring is still alive with the Lakers eventhough they are no longer with them as far as I know.
Too bad for GSW, I really thought they will have a great win today but the result is different, I lose a bet but its good to see how GSW played the game, they still tried their best and fell short, come back stronger GSW!

Anyway, Westbrook is no longer part of the Lakers so technically there's no chance for him to get a ring. Denver vs Lakers will be exciting, I see how dominant Denver is so this will be a big challenge for Lakers to get a big win against Denver, we'll see.

Him and Pat can still win a ring,  Pat Beverley to receive a ring if the Los Angeles Lakers win it all.

But not gonna lie, it's going to be hard as they are going to face the top seed in the West, the Denver Nuggets.

However, I think the Lakers has a chance, they have a deeper bench that Denver and at any given night there will be a player that will explode and it's going to be very difficult for the Nuggets to stop that guy if they lack role players.
1062  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: May 11, 2023, 10:57:32 PM
^^ Yes, I also don't think that he can go as high as featherweight and that's it. And it's hard to duplicate what Manny did in his career, and we might not see that happening in boxing.

Going to 122 lbs might not be a big challenge for Inoue now, as he is about to hit his prime. But if he continue to go up, it's going to be a different story, natural featherweight boxer might give him problems even if he can carry his power to that division. So imagine him and Rey Vargas in the ring, or any other featherweight champion.

it would take time to really go up in higher weight division. pacquiao did it but it was not an overnight preparation. he was thrown a lot of criticisms throughout those years. now, if inoue is serious in carving out his own career, he can also do it. but would take years and not only few months. let's see how he will perform in this division. though it is not that much of a change so should be easy for him.

And it just only shows that Pacquiao is really Legendary on how he did it in short amount of time + he has Bob Arum who orchestrate it, and Roach who chooses his opponent carefully every time he jumps one weight class, like David Diaz.

So in any case if Inoue is something special as well, then he might or can do it. He is under Bob Arum so he knows how to do it because of Manny. If not, then take it slowly, let his body adjust and grow naturally to 126 lbs and higher and we can only accomplished it as we mature and age.
1063  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Devin Haney vs Vasiliy Lomachenco - May 20 on: May 11, 2023, 10:41:23 PM
No matter how we try to say it, Lomachenko was just unfortunate because he got injured during the time of his campaign where he almost got all four belts to be the undisputed champion at 135 but it is what it is, Devin Haney was fortunate enough because he was availabe by that time and took advantage of the situation where Kambosos upsets Teofimo Lopez who defeated Lomachenko before hand. This time, Loma will have another chance again to campaign at the title he wanted but it won't be easy as Haney is not that easy to defeat.

I think this is Loma last chance to fight for the belt, unless Haney will move to 140 lbs after he win this one. So most likely he will have another crack of either belt but there are a lot of young blood as well in 135 lbs like Shakur who most likely be also a hard fight for Loma at this point.

Others are saying that Canelo is starting to decline in his last fight against Ryder because of age and wear and tear. Loma is 35 years old, so this is very interesting match to see if Loma still has it to become a champion against a young fighter in Devin Haney.

There is a chances, yes, that this will be Loma's last bout if ever he will be defeated by Devin Haney while for the the latter, I don't some reasons at this point why should he move towards the next weight class because there are still boxers lined up for him like Shakur Stevenson and there's Gervonta Davis who's likely to make his move too. Shakur will not be facing Loma in the future if ever Loma gets defeated, there's no reason and Shakur has been named already to be Haney's next opponent if the current undisputed will be successful in his defense this month.

Still depends on how Haney's body is, if he can make 135 lbs again then there will be no problems. But assuming he wins and it seems that his body is no longer able to squeeze 135 lbs, if might be better if he will move up in weight. So we will see, although he said that if he wins he is more willing to stay an with for either a fight with Shakur or even Tank Davis (maybe for the money).

So let's see if he can defeat Loma first, this is not going to be easy fight for him. Unlike in the Kambosos fight wherein he was able to break in George early, here Loma is equal or more boxing IQ than him and so as others said, this could be like a chess match wherein it's going to be a thinking game.
1064  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 11, 2023, 09:43:09 PM
The Warriors won by 15 points. That was awesome, and now the series is 3-2. They will still be on the edge in every game, but they have a chance to win the series, especially if they win on the road, which is difficult.

Green and Wiggins made great contributions, but Thompson hasn't found his rhythm yet after having a great Game 2 performance.

The top performers for the Warriors were:

Curry: 27 points
Wiggins: 25 points
Green: 20 points

If Anthony Davis fails to play in the next game, the series will be 3-3. We all know that AD is perhaps the most important player for this team. He contributes to the team in every way and is the most critical player of the team. LeBron is a great superstar, but without AD, his influence will be greatly diminished.
Compared to other matches, we can say that GSW played very well. Wiggins and Curry can do pretty well together.
I hope Anthony Davis can play in the next game Smiley
Lebron is having a hard time doing what he wants due to age and injury. He kept his team in the game this morning because he shot well, but it seems hard to repeat. If Davis plays, it will still take effect, but now he's tired and this fatigue will increase as the series progresses. On the other hand, curry is very tired, he started the match with signs of fatigue at the beginning of this match, this fatigue affects his shot a lot. has found ways to craft from the inside, especially if he produces a steady production at midrange he can completely paralyze the lakers' defenses. I don't think this series is over. If the Lakers don't have a good day on either side of the court, the series goes to Game 7.

I think it's more of Lebron being the facilitator now, I think if he wanted to take over the game, he can still do it. Just like when he is chasing Jabbar's record, he has games wherein he went crazy and score more.

Now it seems that the pressure is on their side, AD with concussions and reports floating that he might not play next game. So the Lakers are now in a difficult situation and for sure the Warriors are going to take advantage if ever AD is not around in game 6. As fans we wanted to see this series extend to a game 7 to make it more exciting.
1065  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bye Bye Bear Market :) on: May 11, 2023, 09:29:32 PM
Nobody can't tell the price was taking bullish steps-by-steps before, even now too the price is not bad to call it bear, Many speculate markets have over compensated and will sell off again but nothing that severe is apparent just yet.  Ideally we want the inverse DXY to top out and restart a decline.  BTC maybe closing $25k and continuing to confirm above would be ideal. In my opinion, this volatility will continue and the price will not hit $30K until or it's might hit $30k before next month. The market is unpredictable and the sudden events always occurs.

Yes, not sure though how we can define severe, maybe it we go or hit another bottom. But in any case, market is still very strong at $27k and even if it hits $25k I think we will be ok unless there is another negative news to pull the price even further.

Although if we look at technical analysis, from what I read the bears might take over the market. But we will see, we know how volatile the market is, and it's very unpredictable as there are factors that we can't simply measure, like what we are seeing, fees are going up and everyone is complaining. And I think it's one reason why we see some sell-off, I reckon.
1066  Economy / Speculation / Re: The price of bitcoin is not rising soon!. on: May 11, 2023, 09:11:09 PM
The movement of price index has clearly show that the price will not rise this year, is almost half a year now since the price drops, this is far beyond inflation and fiscal policy of the government, I think bitcoin is suffering heavy weight withdrawals and it might end up been this Stuart for the year.

Out of  100% of international market chats bitcoin is beneath the range price counts of crude oil, gas, gold and diamond, that's means bitcoin is far from rising soon.
What do you think?

The answer is that we are in the bear market, simply as that. Look at last year, the lowest low is $15,500. And if I'm not mistaken, we have double that up this year when we peak at $31k last month.

So to say that it is not rising is very wrong. Maybe the idea of you that bitcoin is going parabolic is also not right in the beginning. There are not assets that can do that, not even BTC.

And we are not yet in the bitcoin block halving, that catalyst of the bull run, it will happen next year. So it's better for you to wait or accumulate bitcoin.
1067  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Nonito Donaire vs Alejandro Santiago for WBC bantamweight title on: May 10, 2023, 09:49:48 PM
What delays this fight is due to the promotional issues of Donaire. Probellum already ceased to exist due to its involvement with the Kinahans. So Bob Arum is once again correct and some of us thought he was just making excuses to avoid his ward Moloney facing Donaire. Moloney is already fighting next week for the vacant WBO belt while old Donaire's next fight still has no venue and a specific date.

Richard Schaefer should work this out fast because neither Donaire nor Santiago wanted to overtrain. There is no such thing as having a serious training camp that will last for 4 months or more. That is not beneficial and will have bad effects on the fighters. Maybe Schaefer should ask to return the favor of his friend Al Haymon to temporarily handle some of his fighters and stage this fight.

Yes, but Donaire is still with Richard Schaefer, so technically they can still work it out with Santiago's camp. It's not like when Probellum cease to exist, Donaire has not manager or no one stick to him. Richard is still managing him.

We've seen news of Donaire in the Philippines with Casimero, but not sure if he is on series training or just vacationing in the Philippines for that matter. Yeah, possible for Richard to reach to Al Haymon so that this fight can happen this year.
1068  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: May 10, 2023, 09:31:21 PM
Now that this fight is already that finalized since Inoue is really that healing up, lets just hope that there would be no further accidents happen to make it postponed once again.

I think there would be no other postponement if the reason will be on Naoya Inoue's side again. Stephen Fulton might not want to wait again for another extension since he's now inactive in the ring for almost a year. On the other hand, if the reason for the postponement is because of Fulton, that's the time we can expect another postponement, and this time, Inoue will have to wait.

But finger-crossed, let's hope that any reasons leading for the postponement of the fight will not happen.

We want this fight to happen on the scheduled date with no interruptions or delays. Not just it kills the excitement of the boxing community but these boxers are also following their respective roadmap and the delay of their scheduled fight will ruin it.
Yes, i do agree! The thing should really be having on their mind is to take care of their bodies while they are having that training because if there would be an another injury incident then it would really be slowing or disrupting out their roadmap and being inactive for a year isnt really that something looks good specially for Fulton which same as you said which its definitely on point.

Speaking about hype and interest, then we boxing fans specially on Inoue is really that rooting for this fight to happen, not only just seeing Inoue on a higher division but we do love to see on how
he would handle out on fighting the best boxer or fighter on this division. It might be a little bit in rush on going for the belt directly without in going in line with those
lower rank but directly going to the belt holder. lol. A really aggressive approach i would say.

It's aggressive but we do understand where he is coming from, or at least what the boxing body stance is. Inoue has unified all the belts in 118 lbs, meaning he has no challenges already he clean it up and almost knock out everyone.

So in a sense he is above all those 118 lbs and maybe Inoue and his handlers knows that 122 lbs might be the same for the monster. And so the governing body simply allow him as a bonus for being a unified champion to fight the next available champion in the new division with is Stephen Fulton. And he accepted it right away so it's going to be a big acid test for Inoue if he can still climb and dominate the super bantamweight just like what he did at 118 lbs.
It makes sense on climbing up the ladder because any athlete or fighter would really be hungry for the glory and popularity on which it would really be normal that they would really be testing out on higher division. Whats the point on staying up on a place on which you do know that you've been dominating? Of course you would  really be thinking on going up on the ladder and would be facing out those
who are really that in higher division which it does make sense. If they do target out that belt holder of that next high weight division then i could really say its an aggressive approach but well
they wont really be making out such decision if they do saw that they would be at great disadvantage.

If ever Inoue could pull this one off without any problems or hiccups then it would be not shocking that he would unify all the belts on this new division and wont be shocking
if he would be deciding to go up another weight division. Lets see on how his journey would really be looks like if he would be ever dominates this side.

If I'm not mistaken, he said that he will go up as high as 126 lbs or even higher if his body can take it. So this is going to be good test for him. I do agree that it's just 4 lbs from his previous weight class, so there should not be a problem for him. So it's going to be either he can bring his power or even more powerful in this division because of the added weight, or suddenly his power is not there.

It's too early to see him going belt after belt here, if he wins here, he should be defending it against the rank fighter in his organization. He really need to test other boxers too before unifying it unlike in the bantamweight division wherein most of the belts he won because there is a tournament that time and he face most of the champion in the WBSS.
1069  Economy / Speculation / Re: Month of May. Bitcoin price guess on: May 10, 2023, 09:10:56 PM
This month of may, the price of Bitcoin is a chameleon it's changed anytime, the price of Bitcoin may go up or come down. The price of Bitcoin works with demand and supply, so nobody can be able to predict the price in the market. And the price is moving positively from $27k to $29k and $30k, maybe the price will hit $35k-$40k or will positively dropped to $25 or $20k, or will should wait for FED to experience rates so we can see important prices moves forward to $35k or $40k. At that moment there will be a lot of hype in the market for bitcoin.

Not sure when is the FED statement will be, but it's one of things that not just crypto enthusiasts wait bu the whole traditional market as it has definitely an effect on us. As for the supply and demand tenant, yeah that is the basis of our price movement. But we can say that at the current market price of $27k++ we are still good and we still have demands although it just went down because of the clogging of the network as far as I can see. But when everything is back to normal again, we might see investors getting back at the market, reinvest and we might still see at the end of the month, the price will be pushed to around $30k or more.
1070  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 08, 2023, 10:02:19 AM
....but I think the Sixers vs Boston is a good series as well
Expect nothing less when two rivals clash in the playoffs. That was some nice end-to-end action to close out game 4 hehe. I really thought Celtics would take it after leading by five in the final two minutes. Good job to both teams for an entertaining series so far.

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maybe  the winner here could eventually become the NBA champion, just my speculation
There's always that possibility. Celtics is the more likely team to take it all if they win against the Sixers.

Really hard to say, the West is still loaded though so we really don't know as of yet. Although Celtics is a complete team and their losses are very close so far. The thing is that t his second round, the match up is up to par and we are not going to see at least a sweep or a team winning just 1 game.

GSW is down but they can still manage to turn it if they win the next game.

Same with the Suns, they are going to play at their home court and the way the duo of Booker and Durant is playing, the Nuggets will have to play high level on both offense and defense.
1071  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder - May 6th in Mexico on: May 08, 2023, 08:18:42 AM
Yeap, imho Ryder showed more heart in this fight than Canelo. We saw usual Canelo, everything was expected from him. Ryder did a really great fight. A lot of people did not trust in him, he was a huge underdog and many predicted early stoppage. However the fight went full distance. Even despite huge dominance on score cards, I liked how Ryder showed himself in that fight. Ryder even managed to take few rounds.

I just wander what Canelo is going to do next. Another victory among middleweights. Another predicted victory. Are there any fighters left who havent lost to Canelo? I see only one way for Canelo - to try again to fight in light heavyweight.

I expected a knockout win for Canelo to somehow impress his fans after his loss to Bivol but that didn't happen because like you said, Ryder showed up into the fight prepared for whatever Canelo brings into the table but just wasn't enough to get that win as we all know that in order for Ryder to win he must dominate or KO the Mexican.

For me, Canelo should fight Benavidez first and if he wins, he can do a rematch with Bivol and enough with those tune-up fights that everyone knows whose gonna win.

Ryder said that he broke his noise during this fight, first time that it did happen to him, but he was really a tough mofo, and just decided not to get knockout. If that is other boxers, they could have taken a dive and Canelo winning and fans very happy with that result. But not Ryder, shows resiliency and make the fight very competitive at least in his part.

I do agree that it's better to g for Benavidez to defend his belt again. One thing that Ryder said though that Canelo is starting to decline at this point. And this is what the majority saw in this fight. So it's going to be interesting if he chooses David next as Benavidez is younger.
1072  Economy / Speculation / Re: Month of May. Bitcoin price guess on: May 07, 2023, 02:37:08 PM
I don't think there will be any surprises in May, maybe the price will be in the current range for a long time, namely $ 27k to $ 30k, of course we hope that there will be a big surprise like last March so the market will recover soon.
As volatility is high, it doesn't take much time for market conditions to change. The market may not be what it looked like in March. But not too much downside. Going up and down between $29-30$k. If there is any positive news, the market will continue to be bullish rapidly. The first week of March is over but may be we can expect upward from next week. Investors have to wait patiently for this. Bitcoin holders often have long-term plans ‍due to which the market is gradually strengthening and will head towards its destination. But since you don't know when will happen the bullish moment. That is why it is better to prepare one self before the bull market comes up.

It short it's going to be sideways, it was about to break $30k, as I see the price hitting $29,500. But then again, in the next 24 hours, it goes down again to the $28k price range, but if you look at the price right now, $29,020.

So yeah, doesn't make sense to sell right now, because of the volatility and even if you think that you have profited already, it's better to wait and we all know that long term is the game here. For sure, majority of us have experience the last bull run and bear market and we know what to do by now. So even if May is going to be a bad month, or if the price goes down again, it's better to take advantage by continuing to accumulate.
1073  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 07, 2023, 01:37:46 PM
Betting against the Warriors on the road seems to have been the wise choice all year long. Tonight the Lakers covered the spread with nearly 27 points on top of it. I don’t know what it is about the Warriors on the road but they’ll need to get it figured out. This wasn’t even a far trip for them as this and their last series was played entirely in California

That's true though, I really don't know what's with their mentality on the road, but at least they had to get 2 wins on the road in order to advance against Sacramento Kings, so it's just gotta be the same against Lakers, but Steve Kerr players lack intact brilliant communication in on some levels when there are certain player different combinations.

I think they need to experiment a large roster of the players combination to be successful this season, Looney despite being very great for the warriors in this playoffs, he's been quite a liability with handling the ball and not offensive minded in any light, he becomes a loop hole when the teams decides to go small against warriors.

Let's wait and see how the Warriors will adjust in Game 4. We have been criticizing the Warriors' small-ball style, but we cannot deny that they have been successful with that roster. It's clear that they got blown out by the Lakers in Game 3, but just like in Game 2, that doesn't necessarily dictate the outcome of the next game.

What I always believe is that the Warriors are the defending champions, so I'm sure they won't easily give this series to the Lakers in case they don't succeed. If the Warriors can't even the series in Game 4, then their chance to win is very slim, making Game 4 a must-win for them, especially because it's a road game.

Lost my bet, anyhow, I agree that they are somewhat frustrated and this is similar to game 1 like in the free throw department. So the Lakers adjusted very well in this game 3 and surprisingly enough, are now leading the depending champs. It's not like the Warriors hasn't been in this situation, but this is a different team that they are facing, not like the Kings who doesn't have the experience.

And I'm feeling that the Lakers might pull a upset here, it could be done in 6 games.

But game 7 is not that bad though, the Warriors need to win the next game, it's going to be a must win for them.
1074  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 06, 2023, 05:46:17 PM

The stake odds for this game are 1.65 for the Lakers and 2.31 for the Warriors, right now Mo Bamba, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James are all questionable if they can play for the Lakers, while the Golden State Warriors have Patrick Baldwin Jr. that have a toe injury and are doubtful if he can play for the Warriors well that inconsistency of Anthony Davis was due to Draymond Green guarding him I have watch the full video Draymond Green might not be the best guard for Davis but it is affecting Davis I think the Warriors have exposed the Lakers this time, so my pick is the Golden State Warriors taking the win on game 3,


I will follow the momentum of the Warriors. They dominated the Lakers in game 2 and, even though they will be on the road, I think they are capable of winning as long as Klay continues to have his impressive 3-point shooting. While LeBron and Davis may be questionable, I highly doubt they'll miss this very important game. But for me, it's still all Warriors.

They are the underdog, as the Warriors will have to travel on Lakers home court and they are not known to be a road team though, so good luck for those who are going to take a risk on the Warriors game 3 at crypto.com.
It might be safer to take the +3 handicap in favor of the Warriors. While they have already won two games on the road in the first round against the Sacramento Kings, it's hard to trust them completely on the road, especially against a team like the LA Lakers. We'll have to wait and see what happens in tomorrow's game.

By the way, I read an article that mentioned fans are unhappy with Kuminga getting fewer minutes in the playoffs. What do you think is the reason?


For the Heat vs Knicks, I haven't check any news on Jimmy Butler, if he is going to play or not. So I wouldn't pull the trigger yet, even if they are the favorite in game 3 based on ML currently.

Butler is listed as questionable, so you might as well wait until game time to ensure that you know the available lineup of each roster to play.

Both Kuminga and Poole are not happy with the minutes that they are getting.

Obviously, when Wiggins re-enter the picture, Kuminga will have to step aside, and I think its' more on the defense department. Moody has more minutes because he has good defense fundamentals, with JaMychal Green he has the experience. With Poole, we all what it is, he try to be Steph Curry  Grin and then committing turn-overs after turn-overs.

I'll go with the Warriors +3.5.
1075  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: May 06, 2023, 05:34:52 PM

All of that might be found on his new journey and as of now, it's already rumored that he already have another one to coach him but I don't think he will be given enough time because that same coach is also the coaches of Anthony Joshua, Charlo and Errol Spence. But I have no doubts that he can a learn a thing or two in this new coach because he also trained numerous champions already.

So it's going to be a repeat on Ryan Garcia as you have said, remember that he left Eddy Reynoso because he thinks that he is not giving him enough time, as Eddy had Canelo Alvarez that was his excused and so he parted ways and go to Joe Goosen.

So doesn't make sense to go to Derrick James then?

Anyhow, we wait if this marriage will work in the future, imagine Ryan becoming slick and improved his footwork with his new trainer. Because it seems that James is known to train black athletes so maybe he can improved Ryan a bit.

I would trust Reynoso and Canelo's words rather than the very talkative unproven Ryan Garcia. Reynoso has the time but he wants his precious time only for those that are fully devoted and follows his advice. The same with Canelo, he allowed some athletes like Oscar Valdez, Andy Ruiz, and Ryan Garcia to join his training camp but they need to train like hell and not bring negativity to the camp.

Derrick James was in my mind too but I did not mention it because the Charlos and Spence are very close friends of Tank. Spence seems cool but the Charlos might bully and laugh at Garcia if they are in the same camp. I can feel deep inside that Ryan is hurting and wants revenge because he was not given the chance to fight Tank at the weight class he wants. Maybe James can fly to the place where Ryan can establish his training camp but I am not sure if his ego is capable of surviving in the same training camp with the Charlos. There is even the chance of Tank visiting his friends in training.   

Ryan won't become slick overnight but James can help him set up his punches properly and work on his defense. He really has the habit to become wide and open when he throws his power punch and Tank knew it.

What do you think though? for me it's better for Ryan to just go back to Eddy then? I mean he has good relationship with Reynoso before and probably it's Ryan best interest that Canelo has said things in public against him. Perhaps Canelo's intention is for Ryan to really improved himself, but Ryan take it negatively.

For me I don't think that James will be a perfect fit for him as a coach, no offense to him, but the his style of coaching might not work with Ryan. So it's better to go back to where he all started his career, with Eddy's camp and for sure he can still improved and continue what they have started before instead of renewing another training pattern that he might have difficult to learn, in my opinion.
1076  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: May 06, 2023, 05:07:12 PM
Booker went crazy tonight for the Suns. Him and Durant both put up big numbers but his efficiency stands out as what made the difference in this game. I figured the Suns would bring it tonight. This win gives them a little life as the series is now 2-1 with the nuggets still in the lead. If the Suns can win the next one then they’ll have some hope after all.
Booker is set to explode those pull up jumpers and Durant's too was explosive on that win, even without CP3 they manage to blow some lead there. I think they need to maximize Payne's quickness, we know CP3 is getting older and Payne is surely a good substitute. If somehow Denver gets it at 3-1 then I don't see any sign they'll get out of that deficit.

Booker performed really well against the Nuggets.  Kevin Durant was also really well in this match. The Nuggets did perform well in this match. But the performance from Kevin Durant and Booker was absolutely incredible. Both of them absolutely carried the team on their back. I still believe that they will be able to have a better performance if they perform as a team and the other players will have much more contributions when it comes to the points.

This is just one game though, the Nuggets are still in the advantage here, I mean if we look at the game, it was still very close up to the last minute. The Suns still needed some contribution to CP3 to offset the Nugget firepower.

So we will see if Booker and Durant can still have the same game and offense again. We've seen Harden giving us 47 in game 1 and went flat on game 2 against the Boston Celtics. Curry had 50 to close out the Kings in game 7 but they lost game 1.

So the pressure is still on the Suns here, to at least tie the series score, otherwise it will be 3-1 going to the Nuggets homecourt. Another must win for them the next game. And Booker and Durant will have to play like this again.
1077  Economy / Speculation / Re: The Bitcoin market is back on track on: May 06, 2023, 04:51:21 PM
I think bitcoin is still off track because it hasn't been able to stabilize the price increase, even a few days ago it dropped more than 5%, even though it could go up again but the current increase is not significant compared to the decline that occurred simultaneously when the LUNA and FTX cases occurred, we'll wait to see if the price could touch $40k by june or not.

What do you mean? the increase is also significant, from the collapse of Terra Luan and the effect of FTX, the price went on a decline and even hitting the bottom at $15k. But now this May or at least last month, we've seen the price hitting $31k, so that is a great increased.

The problem is that there are a lot of speculators who thinks that bitcoin can go on parabolic rise. That will not be the case, and given that fact that we are still in the bear market, we should be thankful enough that we have recovered already.

The next big move should be next year, we have the bitcoin halving and then after that we might slowly see the bull run that we all have been waiting for.
1078  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin network fee, worrying sign? on: May 05, 2023, 08:44:11 PM
As others have said, if you are not in hurry then you can still used a lowest fee and it can be confirmed within the day.

I know that we are not getting used to it, the last time this happen to us is 2017. And with the whole ordinals spamming, sooner or later it will die down and fees going back to normal again. They can't sustain that run for a long time. Just monitor mempool and see what will be the best time for you to do your transaction.
1079  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How much time it takes for single block confirmation? on: May 05, 2023, 08:25:28 PM
Even though so far when I send bitcoin to reach 1 confirmation it takes an average of 10 minutes. but a few days ago I felt my bitcoin transaction getting slower to reach 1 confirmation. it even takes 24 hours. but I use the lowest transaction fee at that time. is that the cause? because the highest network costs will come first and the lowest network costs will be behind.

It's because the mempool is being clogged right now with this Ordinals spamming the network. I can't believed currently, the highest priority is ~165 sat/vb or $6.81 as per mempool, that's crazy numbers and it will sure affect those who are doing small transactions (not LN transactions).

As for the question of the OP, currently the average time is

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~11.9 minutes
Average block time

https://mempool.space/
1080  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2020-2021 betting on: May 05, 2023, 08:08:14 PM
The Celtics might beat Philly on the road after that stellar game 2 performance, but I think we should forget what happened in game 2 so we won't be too aggressive in putting our money on the Celtics. I think the home team here is the underdog since most bettors will likely choose the better team between the two. However, Philly is still undefeated at home, and they need to bounce back after an embarrassing loss. I like Philly in this angle.

Therefore, my bet is on Philly moneyline.

Philadelphias moral is down after the last disaster against the Celtics. The question is can they bounce back. If they play similar to this celtics might take a win on the road aswell. For me i think Celtics might surprise in this match and take a win against Philly

Honestly I think they are more than fine morally.  When on the road in the first 2 you just want to at least win one and win home court back.  They have solid vets and know this is in theor hands to lose.  I'm laying in on Philly +2.5.  I know Celtics are good but can't rationalize them being underdogs at home. 

Then in the later game I have to think Suns are gonna be going all out both ends of the court.  Gimme the Suns -4.5 and the under on this game.

I agree, they have done their part, at least Harden has one good game against the Celtics for now, and 1-1 going into their homecourt. And just like the Lakers, they steal one game and that is enough for them.

So I will tail you on the Philly bet.

I'm also liking the Suns chances, they need to bounce back, Booker and Durant will have to find a way to stop the Nuggets and take a win.
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