2024 NBA Season

[Quesdana]

Jimmy Butler is out with a knee injury against Harden and his fellow Rockets.
Timerwolves are going to suffer even more without their star player on offense and who knows for how long.

Houston has won 11 straight games?
Unreal stats so they are the team to beat for the remaining games left in the season.

During the elimination round Minnesota Timberwolves looks a very promising team and it showed because they have their share of limelight. Going into the playoff, this injury to their main player or i could say, their leader on the floor Jimmy Butler would not help their cause. Hope he could comeback before the start of the playoff round.

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[btc_angela]

For me, in the West, I think Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder have the shot in the Western Conference to dethrone the Defending Champs because the Housten Rockets depth especially now with Joe Johnson added have a chance to fight against the Warriors as for Oklahoma City with much more game remaining before the postseason if the Chemistry of their big three goes so well GSW will be find it hard to beat them.

Yeah the Golden State Warriors are going to have it tough when they face the likes of the Rockets and OKC Thunder in the playoffs and am very certain that they are not going to make it at all when to even claim the conference championship.

I agree with the both of you. Those teams have put up a solid team this year and it will make a big difference to challenge GSW in the West. Right now we are seeing that GSW is somewhat inconsistent.

As for the East, Toronto and Boston to challenge Cavs. Its gonna be exciting to see how everything will progress after the all star break because we are getting closer to the playoffs.

GSW could still win for this year as they have the edge on there Chemistry and Talents as compared to those teams that has newly acquired players thru trades. Championship is a game of adjustments where those chemistry, talents and coaching are necessary.

Warriors should easily find themselves in the finals of play-offs they clearly have been the best team out there in the past three years atleast they could face some problems only if they face the Cavs or Rockets before the finals. I hope that we get to see them both in the finals it will much more interesting games then Cleavland. The Cavs improved their squad It's going to take a while to find the right rotations. We may even need a trade if players like JR & TT don't step up and guys like Shump don't start playing within their games. but I doubt that they can be finalist this year maybe next year and that if they kept LeBron .

They won't face the cavs before finals because they are in a two different conference. And I don't think the Cavs have improved their roster, they trade IT again and they don't have Irving. Remember that Irving last year always almost have the 20% - 30 % of the teams points every game and he is a very clutch player which are necessary to win close games. I don't know, Lebron is a basketball hercules but I cant see them winning on the conference this season.
The rockets and warriors match up in the playoffs will be an earth shaking games, Im hoping that Harden will get that MVP trophy this year.

great performance in the night for S.Curry with 44 points 6 rebounds and 10 assists and an incredible 8/11 by 3 points. Golden state won against the tough Los Angeles Clippers 134-127.

Oklahoma won against Sacramento 110-107 with the usual triple-double of Westbrook (18th in this season).
Oklahoma is fighting for third place!

Cleveland is a team under construction and in fact lost 110-103 against Washington. Cleveland is likely to lose other positions in his conference.

They might not make it in the CF, unless lebron goes for mamba mentality. The Zone in every game, in every possible shots and way.

Have watched Lebron playing before the trades were done and now after.
And it is a complete overhaul of how his play has been.
It is uncanny really to see him dominating the boards again and the near blow out in the game last night was very cool to witness him going fast break again just to crush it.
It is very cool to see him going into full beast mode again right before the playoff start up again.

Yup, a lot has changed since the trade and it looks like Lebron is getting better. Maybe as we inch closer to playoffs we will go beastmode ala Kobe and bring the team on his shoulders.

One thing that really goes well though is that the team has been clicking so far although they have a few losses on their sleeves but I'm sure that they are still on the positive note to go and reach the finals again with the new set of rosters.

[harizen]

Oklahoma City Thunder - 80 v Golden State Warriors 112

OKC didn't managed to get their 3rd straight win against the Warriors. From the start of the game, they didn't find the momentum of their shots. Worst performance are shown by looking at their field goal stats of 29 out of 88 and take note that only 9 had been made from the rainbow area out of 34 shots. Really an off-night performance by them that's why during the start of the last quarter, all OKC starters are put on rest by Donovan.

[freedomgo]

Oklahoma City Thunder - 80 v Golden State Warriors 112

OKC didn't managed to get their 3rd straight win against the Warriors. From the start of the game, they didn't find the momentum of their shots. Worst performance are shown by looking at their field goal stats of 29 out of 88 and take note that only 9 had been made from the rainbow area out of 34 shots. Really an off-night performance by them that's why during the start of the last quarter, all OKC starters are put on rest by Donovan.

Finally the warriors took their revenge, and at this time I know the fans are happy as the warriors prevented to be dominated by the Thunder
in the current number of games they played. Haven't watch the game but as the score itself, I can tell it was an easy game for the warriors and I think they are really back.

[Caladonian]

Oklahoma City Thunder - 80 v Golden State Warriors 112

OKC didn't managed to get their 3rd straight win against the Warriors. From the start of the game, they didn't find the momentum of their shots. Worst performance are shown by looking at their field goal stats of 29 out of 88 and take note that only 9 had been made from the rainbow area out of 34 shots. Really an off-night performance by them that's why during the start of the last quarter, all OKC starters are put on rest by Donovan.

Finally the warriors took their revenge, and at this time I know the fans are happy as the warriors prevented to be dominated by the Thunder
in the current number of games they played. Haven't watch the game but as the score itself, I can tell it was an easy game for the warriors and I think they are really back.

Golden State prepared well for this game. They dominated the OKC. They took advantage of the weaknesses of the big guys in OKC. It was really a bad day for George and Anthony, while Durant and Curry, as they have always been, played really well during the game. Golden State Warriors gave a very good show today.

[Baofeng]

Oklahoma City Thunder - 80 v Golden State Warriors 112

OKC didn't managed to get their 3rd straight win against the Warriors. From the start of the game, they didn't find the momentum of their shots. Worst performance are shown by looking at their field goal stats of 29 out of 88 and take note that only 9 had been made from the rainbow area out of 34 shots. Really an off-night performance by them that's why during the start of the last quarter, all OKC starters are put on rest by Donovan.

Finally the warriors took their revenge, and at this time I know the fans are happy as the warriors prevented to be dominated by the Thunder
in the current number of games they played. Haven't watch the game but as the score itself, I can tell it was an easy game for the warriors and I think they are really back.

I was about to say the same thing. It was a revenge for the Warriors because they were beaten the last time. And it will be very exciting if we are going to see them matchup during the playoffs. It seems that there's some bad blood between them.

Carmelo and Durant going at each other and then there was Green and Anthony. Of course Kevin and Russ animosity is still there, so it going to be fun watching them going at each other in the playoffs. Let's see how it goes.

[Theb]

Jimmy Butler is out with a knee injury against Harden and his fellow Rockets.
Timerwolves are going to suffer even more without their star player on offense and who knows for how long.

Houston has won 11 straight games?
Unreal stats so they are the team to beat for the remaining games left in the season.

I say they have the momentum going on the last remaining games of the regular season. But when playoff comes, all teams are even. Just sad to see Jimmy Butler suffer a injury close to the playoffs and I hope that he can still play. But I'm sure it will have a big impact on the team because we all know that he is one of the offensive player. T'wolves will need to step up the plate if Jimmy will be out for the rest of the season.

Oh he will it is just a meniscus tear and the time table given to him says that he can play in as early as 4 weeks. The injury would have derail the Timberwolves growth  in terms of polishing up their game but the important thing here is nothing serious had happened to Jimmy Butler. I just hope that the Timberwolves will hold up the games without him. Andrew Wiggins better step up his game and proved haters wrong about him being a boring player. It is just too much hate going home for him, having a few good games will shut them up.

[Vaculin]

Jimmy Butler is out with a knee injury against Harden and his fellow Rockets.
Timerwolves are going to suffer even more without their star player on offense and who knows for how long.

Houston has won 11 straight games?
Unreal stats so they are the team to beat for the remaining games left in the season.

I say they have the momentum going on the last remaining games of the regular season. But when playoff comes, all teams are even. Just sad to see Jimmy Butler suffer a injury close to the playoffs and I hope that he can still play. But I'm sure it will have a big impact on the team because we all know that he is one of the offensive player. T'wolves will need to step up the plate if Jimmy will be out for the rest of the season.

Oh he will it is just a meniscus tear and the time table given to him says that he can play in as early as 4 weeks. The injury would have derail the Timberwolves growth  in terms of polishing up their game but the important thing here is nothing serious had happened to Jimmy Butler. I just hope that the Timberwolves will hold up the games without him. Andrew Wiggins better step up his game and proved haters wrong about him being a boring player. It is just too much hate going home for him, having a few good games will shut them up.

They need the leadership of Jimmy Butler, he is one of the reasons of their success now and with the standing they are holding
there is a big chance that finally they will enter in the playoffs, and this team is very hungry so they are gonna be a thread whoever team they will face.

[Baofeng]

Jimmy Butler is out with a knee injury against Harden and his fellow Rockets.
Timerwolves are going to suffer even more without their star player on offense and who knows for how long.

Houston has won 11 straight games?
Unreal stats so they are the team to beat for the remaining games left in the season.

I say they have the momentum going on the last remaining games of the regular season. But when playoff comes, all teams are even. Just sad to see Jimmy Butler suffer a injury close to the playoffs and I hope that he can still play. But I'm sure it will have a big impact on the team because we all know that he is one of the offensive player. T'wolves will need to step up the plate if Jimmy will be out for the rest of the season.

Oh he will it is just a meniscus tear and the time table given to him says that he can play in as early as 4 weeks. The injury would have derail the Timberwolves growth  in terms of polishing up their game but the important thing here is nothing serious had happened to Jimmy Butler. I just hope that the Timberwolves will hold up the games without him. Andrew Wiggins better step up his game and proved haters wrong about him being a boring player. It is just too much hate going home for him, having a few good games will shut them up.

Correct, I read that he suffered a meniscus tear and he needs at least 4 weeks to recover from it. But I think that's long enough to stop their momentum right now. The team has been enjoying their best season yet, but Jimmy's injury will have a big impact on them specially that the playoffs is just around the corner.

Andrew Wiggins for sure will again take the lead but I just hope that it is enough to carry Wolves on his shoulder. Others should step up as well and waited it out till Jimmy's return on the line up.

[mirakal]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

[btc_angela]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

[megynacuna]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

I couldn't agree more they really need to get their shit together and bounce back strongly because they are not pulling at all and with a couple more of these mediocre performances and they will be out of the finals this year but majority of us wants to see them in another final with GSW so they really need to bounce back now after these series of defeats.

[Kimi80]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

James played great but I really think that he need one superstar playing with him. Certain amount of time need to pass so that new players could get together in the game, to get know each other so they could play like a team.
Coach Pop did a great job, chose a wining tactic, playing almost every attack on Aldridge. There is no player in Cleveland that can play against him, to play good defense on him. With all the other players playing their roles perfectly, this kind of result was inevitable.
 I don`t think that they have quality to play finale, even conference finale would be great success at this moment for Cavs.

[bratko99]

Houston has a 6.00 odds to win the championship!
I'm defiantly putting $200 on that. And for the east, I got Toronto. Sorry LeFlop.

[Oilacris]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

James played great but I really think that he need one superstar playing with him. Certain amount of time need to pass so that new players could get together in the game, to get know each other so they could play like a team.
Coach Pop did a great job, chose a wining tactic, playing almost every attack on Aldridge. There is no player in Cleveland that can play against him, to play good defense on him. With all the other players playing their roles perfectly, this kind of result was inevitable.
 I don`t think that they have quality to play finale, even conference finale would be great success at this moment for Cavs.

Another superstar isn't really necessary as long the players are doing their own job or position.This is just a normal results into a particular game. The team that do plays better will surely win the game. Team coordination do really need takes time for them to be synchronized on their plays.Talking about those numbers related on officiating its really very weird to me.I do have the same doubts towards that game.

[szpalata]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

James played great but I really think that he need one superstar playing with him. Certain amount of time need to pass so that new players could get together in the game, to get know each other so they could play like a team.
Coach Pop did a great job, chose a wining tactic, playing almost every attack on Aldridge. There is no player in Cleveland that can play against him, to play good defense on him. With all the other players playing their roles perfectly, this kind of result was inevitable.
 I don`t think that they have quality to play finale, even conference finale would be great success at this moment for Cavs.

That's correct the cavaliers need to start spending big and probably land another superstar because James seems to be doing it all and he's gradually running out of steam and age isn't on his side either so they really need to beef up the squad now else they might probably not make it to the finals any longer.

[tabas]

Houston has a 6.00 odds to win the championship!
I'm defiantly putting $200 on that. And for the east, I got Toronto. Sorry LeFlop.

Good luck with that bet.

I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

They are having a very hard time of getting a win again. They should do something not only with their line up but they need to practice more.
Seems the one man team can't do it pretty well.

[btc_angela]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

James played great but I really think that he need one superstar playing with him. Certain amount of time need to pass so that new players could get together in the game, to get know each other so they could play like a team.
Coach Pop did a great job, chose a wining tactic, playing almost every attack on Aldridge. There is no player in Cleveland that can play against him, to play good defense on him. With all the other players playing their roles perfectly, this kind of result was inevitable.
 I don`t think that they have quality to play finale, even conference finale would be great success at this moment for Cavs.

Another superstar isn't really necessary as long the players are doing their own job or position.This is just a normal results into a particular game. The team that do plays better will surely win the game. Team coordination do really need takes time for them to be synchronized on their plays.Talking about those numbers related on officiating its really very weird to me.I do have the same doubts towards that game.

I agree. Why would the team needs another superstar when all they have acquired have been producing great numbers for the team and each one of them know their roles. There's no who is the next main man behind Lebron, but they contributed based on their capacity as a team player and not as a individual contributor.

Yes, it weird that's why I did try to put emphasize on them, however, looks like we have heard this excuses a million times and I hope that NBA will review and see if there are lapses along the way.

[DIA7]

What happen to the cavaliers, they lose twice in a row already against the struggling Spurs.
I really thought they can easily win the game tonight since they are coming from a loss and they need to bounce back hard, so this line up is not working again?

Well James played well almost producing another triple double. But the the rest of them didn't contributed well and was missing a lot of shots. And I read that James is blaming the officiating of the game. San Antonio was called for just 12 personal fouls and only three in the second half, and they shot 32 free throws compared to 14 for the Cavs. Very weird stats.

I guess coach Tyron need another reshuffling of the new roster and see what combination will click again. Initially they have success, but against San Antonio, it looks like they are not jamming very well.

James played great but I really think that he need one superstar playing with him. Certain amount of time need to pass so that new players could get together in the game, to get know each other so they could play like a team.
Coach Pop did a great job, chose a wining tactic, playing almost every attack on Aldridge. There is no player in Cleveland that can play against him, to play good defense on him. With all the other players playing their roles perfectly, this kind of result was inevitable.
 I don`t think that they have quality to play finale, even conference finale would be great success at this moment for Cavs.

Another superstar isn't really necessary as long the players are doing their own job or position.This is just a normal results into a particular game. The team that do plays better will surely win the game. Team coordination do really need takes time for them to be synchronized on their plays.Talking about those numbers related on officiating its really very weird to me.I do have the same doubts towards that game.

I agree. Why would the team needs another superstar when all they have acquired have been producing great numbers for the team and each one of them know their roles. There's no who is the next main man behind Lebron, but they contributed based on their capacity as a team player and not as a individual contributor.

Yes, it weird that's why I did try to put emphasize on them, however, looks like we have heard this excuses a million times and I hope that NBA will review and see if there are lapses along the way.

yeah this game against Spurs felt like it was officiated also I don't think that the Cavs had a balanced lineup between offensive/defensive and from what I seen from Cedi Osman to the point I was thinking Hood might be better suited with the starting lineup the problem in the last two losses is they didn't have that perimeter shooter. While i think Clarkson is one of those young guys who opposing teams can speed up until he's no longer playing in control. And I sad they lost this game because they are losing on the three point line. This was the first game since the new guys came over that I felt like the team really missed Love.

[stadus]

Can't believe what I am seeing, The Lakers are dominating the Hawks, I would say IT was the right fit for the team.
The number of assist can really tell that they are all playing the right ball movement, they are rotating the ball and they are playing like a real team.
Congrats to the Lakers, hope they'll reach the playoffs and surprise people.