2024 NBA Season

[Natalim]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season.

Same with last season, they were also dominant finishing the best record IIRC and Giannis won MVP that time and could possibly won this season again.
Back to back win for him and back to back exit in the playoffs, last time in the ECF, this time could be in the 2nd round.

Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

I think that was the Warriors against the OKC, but not team has ever came back from 0-3 deficit and they were at that record before their last win.

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[LogitechMouse]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

There are no teams who came out victorious after a 0-3 deficit.

What you are saying when you said that "a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit" is within the first 3 games, the score is already 2-1. There are many teams who won already when that is the scenario but when the first 3 games came out to be a 3-0, no one manage to win the series.

I'm not expecting for the Bucks to win in this series anymore. Giannis isn't 100% healthy, they also won with a close margin in Game 4. They are having a hard time dealing with the Heat. I didn't expect though that the Heat will be this strong and I expected that this series will be a 6 or 7-game series but that doesn't the case. Heat will win in Game 5 and if they don't manage to win on this game, the momentum will surely shift to the Bucks.

[wheelz1200]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

[wiss19]

From the looks of it the conference finals will probably be Celtics versus Miami which I assume Celtics will get to there very easily, Miami somehow beat Bucks but that was unexpected, I do not see them doing it all over again. West side is a bit different, Clippers will definitely go to conference finals but I am not sure about Lakers Houston series, hopefully Lakers will go on because of what I will talk about.

If it is Celtics versus Miami, I see Celtics going to finals once again, god knows how many times in their history they have done that, after that we talk about Lakers versus Clippers, if somehow Lakers could handle a series against Clippers and manage to beat them as well, that would mean another Lakers versus Celtics finals, something I really love to watch because it has such a huge history. Celtics will probably get there but I am not sure about Lakers at all, clippers looks like has a better chance.

[SammyBiG]

From the looks of it the conference finals will probably be Celtics versus Miami which I assume Celtics will get to there very easily, Miami somehow beat Bucks but that was unexpected, I do not see them doing it all over again. West side is a bit different, Clippers will definitely go to conference finals but I am not sure about Lakers Houston series, hopefully Lakers will go on because of what I will talk about.

If it is Celtics versus Miami, I see Celtics going to finals once again, god knows how many times in their history they have done that, after that we talk about Lakers versus Clippers, if somehow Lakers could handle a series against Clippers and manage to beat them as well, that would mean another Lakers versus Celtics finals, something I really love to watch because it has such a huge history. Celtics will probably get there but I am not sure about Lakers at all, clippers looks like has a better chance.

LOL, a sweep in round one and a near clean record in round 2 is what you called unexpected! Definitely gonna be the Heat vs Celtic for the conference finals and of course the most underrated duo (Bam and Jimmy) would do their thing. Kawhi is one of the best players with calm but explosive performance during playoffs. No pressure tho, I'd like the finals be Heat vs Clippers.

[Captain Corporate]

 I mean he is not wrong, Celtics is a much better team than Miami for sure, there is no doubt about that, however Bucks looks like a much better team than Miami as well, so I am not even sure what is going on. Hopefully though, Celtics would play a better tactic and use their players a lot better to win the series against Miami. I would love to see Lakers vs Celtics finals too, never even thought about that before, that is totally possible this year, and not only possible but probable as well. Celtics just needs one more win and beat miami, lakers just needs to beat rockets and clippers, the path of lakers definitely harder I agree with that but Lakers seems to be a well oiled machine lately, they are getting back into their groove, so I am not sure if it is going to be too hard for them, as long as they can continue this way we got ourselves a classic finals.

[wheelz1200]

 I mean he is not wrong, Celtics is a much better team than Miami for sure, there is no doubt about that, however Bucks looks like a much better team than Miami as well, so I am not even sure what is going on. Hopefully though, Celtics would play a better tactic and use their players a lot better to win the series against Miami. I would love to see Lakers vs Celtics finals too, never even thought about that before, that is totally possible this year, and not only possible but probable as well. Celtics just needs one more win and beat miami, lakers just needs to beat rockets and clippers, the path of lakers definitely harder I agree with that but Lakers seems to be a well oiled machine lately, they are getting back into their groove, so I am not sure if it is going to be too hard for them, as long as they can continue this way we got ourselves a classic finals.

The way Miami is playing right now i wouldnt say they are hands down a better team.  Especially with Hayward out they lose some of their depth.  Predicting games in the bubble is almost pointless the neutral court has changed the dynamics of home and away games.

[btc_angela]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

Yes, the bubble benefited Miami in this case, Bucks could have lost 4-0 if not for the heroics of Khris Middleton's 36-point performance. However, what will be the decision of Bucks and Giannis? Will they gamble of putting him in this 5th game? Their season is on the line, so it's going to be a tough one. And if the Bucks wanted to be the first team to overcome a 0-3 deficit, then needed Giannis on the court 100%.

[wheelz1200]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

Yes, the bubble benefited Miami in this case, Bucks could have lost 4-0 if not for the heroics of Khris Middleton's 36-point performance. However, what will be the decision of Bucks and Giannis? Will they gamble of putting him in this 5th game? Their season is on the line, so it's going to be a tough one. And if the Bucks wanted to be the first team to overcome a 0-3 deficit, then needed Giannis on the court 100%.

There is no decision to be made.  If he can go even at a percentage of full health he plays.  You cant sit him with multiple win or go home games.  If they had the luxury of being up 3-0 or even 3-1 then maybe you give him a break to catch multi days off to heal but thats not the case.  Season on the line he goes until he can't no more

[Pamadar]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

Yes, the bubble benefited Miami in this case, Bucks could have lost 4-0 if not for the heroics of Khris Middleton's 36-point performance. However, what will be the decision of Bucks and Giannis? Will they gamble of putting him in this 5th game? Their season is on the line, so it's going to be a tough one. And if the Bucks wanted to be the first team to overcome a 0-3 deficit, then needed Giannis on the court 100%.

There is no decision to be made.  If he can go even at a percentage of full health he plays.  You cant sit him with multiple win or go home games.  If they had the luxury of being up 3-0 or even 3-1 then maybe you give him a break to catch multi days off to heal but thats not the case.  Season on the line he goes until he can't no more

Giannis is been benched out the management understand the value of his future career, he needs the rest and comeback much stronger next season.
Bucks still hanging and still trying to extend this series down by 5 with more than 3 mins left Middleton still carrying them let see what will be the fate of this team after the final buzzer.

[LogitechMouse]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

Yes, the bubble benefited Miami in this case, Bucks could have lost 4-0 if not for the heroics of Khris Middleton's 36-point performance. However, what will be the decision of Bucks and Giannis? Will they gamble of putting him in this 5th game? Their season is on the line, so it's going to be a tough one. And if the Bucks wanted to be the first team to overcome a 0-3 deficit, then needed Giannis on the court 100%.

There is no decision to be made.  If he can go even at a percentage of full health he plays.  You cant sit him with multiple win or go home games.  If they had the luxury of being up 3-0 or even 3-1 then maybe you give him a break to catch multi days off to heal but thats not the case.  Season on the line he goes until he can't no more

Giannis is been benched out the management understand the value of his future career, he needs the rest and comeback much stronger next season.
Bucks still hanging and still trying to extend this series down by 5 with more than 3 mins left Middleton still carrying them let see what will be the fate of this team after the final buzzer.

The Heat already won the series already 4-1 taking game 5 with the score of 103-94
Giannis is benched because of his ankle injury. In this part already, you know that the Bucks don't want to risk his injury for this series knowing that the chances of them winning is literally low. Good decision by the management that they benched him. Now they must reshuffle their roster in the next free agency.

[SammyBiG]

I wanna see history again.
Heat vs Celtic... No better conference finals!
Miami Heat 5th position in the NBA made conference finals with one of the funniest lineups(rating) knocked out the best team in defence. Now that's an incredible moment.

[wheelz1200]

He is questionable in game 5 as per the latest update, so I don't expect the Bucks would win.

I'm picking the Miami Heat here to win, if he will come back, it doesn't change a lot, if you are a better, you would take Miami now as when Giannis is ruled out, the -3 points for Miami might increase.

It must be tough for Milwaukee Bucks, right now. I never once thought that this would happen to 'em considering their dominance during regular season. Playoffs were indeed, an intense game. I'm still rooting for them although their odds on winning this series is kind of low, and on top of that, it was only a single team who manage to win a series having a 3-1 score deficit, right?  .

The series will surely be different if they weren't playing in the bubble.  Home advantage was stripped from the top teams which is a HUGE factor.  By making it a neutral site it leveled the playing field.  This is the year surprise teams can end up winning the whole thing.  Tough break for Buck fans as they waited years to have a team this good only to watch it squander away.

Yes, the bubble benefited Miami in this case, Bucks could have lost 4-0 if not for the heroics of Khris Middleton's 36-point performance. However, what will be the decision of Bucks and Giannis? Will they gamble of putting him in this 5th game? Their season is on the line, so it's going to be a tough one. And if the Bucks wanted to be the first team to overcome a 0-3 deficit, then needed Giannis on the court 100%.

There is no decision to be made.  If he can go even at a percentage of full health he plays.  You cant sit him with multiple win or go home games.  If they had the luxury of being up 3-0 or even 3-1 then maybe you give him a break to catch multi days off to heal but thats not the case.  Season on the line he goes until he can't no more

Giannis is been benched out the management understand the value of his future career, he needs the rest and comeback much stronger next season.
Bucks still hanging and still trying to extend this series down by 5 with more than 3 mins left Middleton still carrying them let see what will be the fate of this team after the final buzzer.

Crazy part is I think Giannis has one more year on his contract.  With this season being a bust if next season provides the same result, good chance giannis will go since any team with max space will be offering him a max contract.  Bucks need to go all in for next season and stack the team anyway they can trades/FA/draft otherwise they might lose him

[Yogee]

I wanna see history again.
Heat vs Celtic... No better conference finals!
Miami Heat 5th position in the NBA made conference finals with one of the funniest lineups(rating) knocked out the best team in defence. Now that's an incredible moment.

For sure, Heat vs. Celtics is going to be fun. Heat vs. Raps will be entertaining as well.

I don't know what you mean by funniest lineups but that Heat team is actually decent. It's a good mix of vets and rooks that are reliable. They were able to exploit the Bucks' witness that was exposed by the Raps last year. The coaching team did their homework.

[SammyBiG]

I wanna see history again.
Heat vs Celtic... No better conference finals!
Miami Heat 5th position in the NBA made conference finals with one of the funniest lineups(rating) knocked out the best team in defence. Now that's an incredible moment.

For sure, Heat vs. Celtics is going to be fun. Heat vs. Raps will be entertaining as well.

I don't know what you mean by funniest lineups but that Heat team is actually decent. It's a good mix of vets and rooks that are reliable. They were able to exploit the Bucks' witness that was exposed by the Raps last year. The coaching team did their homework.

Decent is the right word.
They've all got potentials and the coaching staff get to share in this credit too. They played calm without pressure. Like Erik said halfway into the game "They have more to show for".

[Questat]

I wanna see history again.
Heat vs Celtic... No better conference finals!
Miami Heat 5th position in the NBA made conference finals with one of the funniest lineups(rating) knocked out the best team in defence. Now that's an incredible moment.

For sure, Heat vs. Celtics is going to be fun. Heat vs. Raps will be entertaining as well.

I don't know what you mean by funniest lineups but that Heat team is actually decent. It's a good mix of vets and rooks that are reliable. They were able to exploit the Bucks' witness that was exposed by the Raps last year. The coaching team did their homework.

Heat has good guards while the Bucks have a huge problem in this position.
They managed to win Bucks due to master Dragic and Robinson.
I hope that Giannis is going to leave the Bucks as the team is not improving and it hasn't become better during the last two seasons.

He can do that because he will be free agent soon, but the question is, can he do it when he will be getting a super max deal of contract next season? I mean, he doesn't have to, why not Bucks would bring someone to help Giannis and not making him leave, maybe changing the coach would help, that's one way because their style of play has been very predictable in the last 2 seasons.

It's very disappointing because the have the best record in the NBA and yet they still exit early.

Giannis is no longer comparable to Lebron as even at 35 years old, Lebron still knows how to be a good leader of a team.

[Janation]

I wanna see history again.
Heat vs Celtic... No better conference finals!
Miami Heat 5th position in the NBA made conference finals with one of the funniest lineups(rating) knocked out the best team in defence. Now that's an incredible moment.

For sure, Heat vs. Celtics is going to be fun. Heat vs. Raps will be entertaining as well.

I don't know what you mean by funniest lineups but that Heat team is actually decent. It's a good mix of vets and rooks that are reliable. They were able to exploit the Bucks' witness that was exposed by the Raps last year. The coaching team did their homework.

Heat has good guards while the Bucks have a huge problem in this position.
They managed to win Bucks due to master Dragic and Robinson.
I hope that Giannis is going to leave the Bucks as the team is not improving and it hasn't become better during the last two seasons.

So much better guards that the Bucks are trying to shoot outside where they are so bad at. But still, I don't like Giannis to leave the Bucks. They can do better.

Just look on the FGs of the players trying to shoot especially at the arc, struggling so much that I think this game is really sloppy, I mean the sloppiest game in the playoffs. I can't blame them since they are struggling to go inside too. All I can say is that this is like the counter of bucks' team and Bucks can't even defend well like they are giving it to Heat.

[erikoy]

So much better guards that the Bucks are trying to shoot outside where they are so bad at. But still, I don't like Giannis to leave the Bucks. They can do better.

Just look on the FGs of the players trying to shoot especially at the arc, struggling so much that I think this game is really sloppy, I mean the sloppiest game in the playoffs. I can't blame them since they are struggling to go inside too. All I can say is that this is like the counter of bucks' team and Bucks can't even defend well like they are giving it to Heat.

I did not expect heat would comeback from their previous loses after they got championship with other star players lead by lebron. Now it seems like they too wanted another championship.

NBA really getting very interesting after the heat and bucks. Bucks is number in the playoff seed however they are now struggling to win against heat team. If heat will come out between bucks then it will be heat vs. celtics or raptors which surely too a good match for them. However, celtics leading now in their series with raptors so I guess it would be celtics vs. heat. I can't wait to see the match will going through.

[Janation]

So much better guards that the Bucks are trying to shoot outside where they are so bad at. But still, I don't like Giannis to leave the Bucks. They can do better.

Just look on the FGs of the players trying to shoot especially at the arc, struggling so much that I think this game is really sloppy, I mean the sloppiest game in the playoffs. I can't blame them since they are struggling to go inside too. All I can say is that this is like the counter of bucks' team and Bucks can't even defend well like they are giving it to Heat.

I did not expect heat would comeback from their previous loses after they got championship with other star players lead by lebron. Now it seems like they too wanted another championship.

NBA really getting very interesting after the heat and bucks. Bucks is number in the playoff seed however they are now struggling to win against heat team. If heat will come out between bucks then it will be heat vs. celtics or raptors which surely too a good match for them. However, celtics leading now in their series with raptors so I guess it would be celtics vs. heat. I can't wait to see the match will going through.

Uhhh..Heat already won.

I am not judging where you are watching though but they already won. Miami Heat will be facing Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Although I don't think Miami will get past through Boston Celtics. I am certain that we will be seeing another historical rivalry of the yellows and the greens in the NBA Finals; Boston Celtics Vs. La Lakers.

[Vaculin]

So much better guards that the Bucks are trying to shoot outside where they are so bad at. But still, I don't like Giannis to leave the Bucks. They can do better.

Just look on the FGs of the players trying to shoot especially at the arc, struggling so much that I think this game is really sloppy, I mean the sloppiest game in the playoffs. I can't blame them since they are struggling to go inside too. All I can say is that this is like the counter of bucks' team and Bucks can't even defend well like they are giving it to Heat.

I did not expect heat would comeback from their previous loses after they got championship with other star players lead by lebron. Now it seems like they too wanted another championship.

NBA really getting very interesting after the heat and bucks. Bucks is number in the playoff seed however they are now struggling to win against heat team. If heat will come out between bucks then it will be heat vs. celtics or raptors which surely too a good match for them. However, celtics leading now in their series with raptors so I guess it would be celtics vs. heat. I can't wait to see the match will going through.

Uhhh..Heat already won.

I am not judging where you are watching though but they already won. Miami Heat will be facing Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

How sure are you? The series of Boston vs Toronto is not over yet, Boston has to win the game tomorrow for them to advance in the Eastern Conference Finals. You are so advance mate, lol.

Although I don't think Miami will get past through Boston Celtics. I am certain that we will be seeing another historical rivalry of the yellows and the greens in the NBA Finals; Boston Celtics Vs. La Lakers.

We will see, underestimating the Celtics is wrong, they have guys that could step up and they have Butler as their leader, also, don't forget, Goran Dragic is playing at its best now.