2024 NBA Season

[GDragon]

Miami Heat will be the champion this year I guess, they're very prepared had much better team chemistry, hardwork pays.

Hope so but they got to head-to-head first to LeBron (or Jokic if they gonna pull the strings again for the 3rd time - the 3-1 deficit champs) and friends and I think that may not be gonna easy for them this time. I think so too that Heat will be the ECF champions.

I don't think they would be able to get away with the 3-1 deficit with lebron and anthony davis as their contender. Well it would be a history and entertaining if they would do it. But I still think it will be lakers and heat, although I wish a celtics-lakers once again in the championship. But atleast we are getting pumped up again with the nba finals.

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[Japinat]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

[Botnake]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

There's a chance we will be seeing a game 7, I think ECF has a better chance than the WCF since Lebron's team is very dominant.
We though Miami would end the series in 5, we were wrong, Celtics has made a great adjustment in this game and their offense was flowing well.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

Herro is not yet in the level of a superstar, he can make 37 points in one game but he will be guarded well in the following game that's the reason he only created a limited points.

[LogitechMouse]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I though that the Miami will pull out on this game and end the series already as they have a huge lead on the start of the game but on the second half, they didn't stop the Celtics from scoring especially Tatum and Brown.

The style of Miami is that they will assign one player to shoot and shoot continuously and that is Robinson on this game but I don't know why he isn't shooting like Herro did in Game 4. Like you said, Tatum and Brown and consistent all throughout this series.

Miami will take in Game 6 . Will bet on them when they play.

[Ziskinberg]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I though that the Miami will pull out on this game and end the series already as they have a huge lead on the start of the game but on the second half, they didn't stop the Celtics from scoring especially Tatum and Brown.

The style of Miami is that they will assign one player to shoot and shoot continuously and that is Robinson on this game but I don't know why he isn't shooting like Herro did in Game 4. Like you said, Tatum and Brown and consistent all throughout this series.

Miami will take in Game 6 . Will bet on them when they play.

Go on, Miami will have to end the series in game 6, otherwise they'll find some trouble in game 7.

I'm also planning to bet on Miami in game 6, as an underdog, imagine how good the payout on that one and then if they'll lose, I'll still back them in game 7. For now, I'm Miami all the way, I don't want to change my prediction.

You know what the problem of Miami Heat here?

They aren't shooting well in the 3 point area, they only finished with 7-36 or 19%, that's too low for a good shooting team.

[Pamadar]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I don't like the Idea of having Dragic to handle the ball that Long, either let Butler or Herro instead of him taking the charge.

Looking to this series, Boston get another  Breathing I love how Smart taking the leadership boosting his teammate to keep fighting and
not to give up, he brings everything cheering up Tatum and Walker, if they continue to play like this with Hayward and Theis support inside
the rim, giving hard time for Bam and crowder, maybe we will see do or die with this series.

[boyptc]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?

Okay. I think that we shouldn't be confident that the series for these two teams would end that quickly.

High probability for game 7!

[stomachgrowls]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I though that the Miami will pull out on this game and end the series already as they have a huge lead on the start of the game but on the second half, they didn't stop the Celtics from scoring especially Tatum and Brown.

The style of Miami is that they will assign one player to shoot and shoot continuously and that is Robinson on this game but I don't know why he isn't shooting like Herro did in Game 4. Like you said, Tatum and Brown and consistent all throughout this series.

Miami will take in Game 6 . Will bet on them when they play.

Go on, Miami will have to end the series in game 6, otherwise they'll find some trouble in game 7.

I'm also planning to bet on Miami in game 6, as an underdog, imagine how good the payout on that one and then if they'll lose, I'll still back them in game 7. For now, I'm Miami all the way, I don't want to change my prediction.

You know what the problem of Miami Heat here?

They aren't shooting well in the 3 point area, they only finished with 7-36 or 19%, that's too low for a good shooting team.

They would really be having a big problem when they do let this series to game 7.They should finish it on game 6 and never be too confident on having a 1 game advantage or lead.

I agree that their shooting percentage is too low or too many wasted scoring opportunities and as mentioned above ^ that i also dont like on depending much on Dragic . Ive been rooting for Herro but also

theres still lots of rushed shots and missed.Tatum and Brown is on fire. At first quarter Miami does have a good run and even on 2nd quarter but in 3rd and this is where the wind blows on the different side.
Celtics do made that 41 pts alone in that quarter. Defensive stance had changed too as i observed.

Miami should close this series on game 6 but well, we dont know if this would be an another 3-1 comeback.

[mirakal]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I though that the Miami will pull out on this game and end the series already as they have a huge lead on the start of the game but on the second half, they didn't stop the Celtics from scoring especially Tatum and Brown.

The style of Miami is that they will assign one player to shoot and shoot continuously and that is Robinson on this game but I don't know why he isn't shooting like Herro did in Game 4. Like you said, Tatum and Brown and consistent all throughout this series.

Miami will take in Game 6 . Will bet on them when they play.

Go on, Miami will have to end the series in game 6, otherwise they'll find some trouble in game 7.

I'm also planning to bet on Miami in game 6, as an underdog, imagine how good the payout on that one and then if they'll lose, I'll still back them in game 7. For now, I'm Miami all the way, I don't want to change my prediction.

You know what the problem of Miami Heat here?

They aren't shooting well in the 3 point area, they only finished with 7-36 or 19%, that's too low for a good shooting team.

They would really be having a big problem when they do let this series to game 7.They should finish it on game 6 and never be too confident on having a 1 game advantage or lead.

I agree that their shooting percentage is too low or too many wasted scoring opportunities and as mentioned above ^ that i also dont like on depending much on Dragic . Ive been rooting for Herro but also

theres still lots of rushed shots and missed.Tatum and Brown is on fire. At first quarter Miami does have a good run and even on 2nd quarter but in 3rd and this is where the wind blows on the different side.
Celtics do made that 41 pts alone in that quarter. Defensive stance had changed too as i observed.

Miami should close this series on game 6 but well, we dont know if this would be an another 3-1 comeback.

Herro's shooting percentage in that game was actually good, he shoots 6/12 (FGM-A), that's 50%, unfortunately he doesn't have more attempts compared to the last game as he was already checked by the Lakers. The series was all about adjustment, we will certainly see more of that and I think Miami will have a big adjustment in game 6 to try to finish the job against the Celtics.

[Jating]

Looks like Celtics are not going anywhere here, are we going to see another classic game 7 here?
It's not likely to witness a game 7 in ECF with the way the Celtics are playing in game 6.

Congrats to them, the offense was great, and in fact I have won my over bet, EASY!

Herro suddenly cooled off in this game but Tatum and Brown were still consistent.

Let's go Boston!

I don't like the Idea of having Dragic to handle the ball that Long, either let Butler or Herro instead of him taking the charge.

I agree, he seems to be holding the ball too long and then become an isolation player by driving into the basket. So let's see how they are going to adjust on the next game.

Looking to this series, Boston get another  Breathing I love how Smart taking the leadership boosting his teammate to keep fighting and
not to give up, he brings everything cheering up Tatum and Walker, if they continue to play like this with Hayward and Theis support inside
the rim, giving hard time for Bam and crowder, maybe we will see do or die with this series.

Season is not yet over for them, they are working hard to keep the series to go and extend to game 7 and keeping it more interesting. If they are going to win the next game, it will be a momentum shift for Boston and it will be a classic game 7 for sure.

[JEFE92]

Hi guys,

Will you place any bets for today's raffle of Lakers and Nuggets, because I'm not really sure if Lakers can win it today due to injuries? Btw I'm placing my bets at Thunderpick and Pinnacle

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Will we know the first team in the Finals later tonight?

[dwyane36]

So, how we can describe this game? Crowder and Dragic made only 1 of 13 from the three-point line, that's enough. 

So let's see how they are going to adjust on the next game.

Miami Heat will need more active in the restricted area in the next game.

[Rosilito]

So, how we can describe this game? Crowder and Dragic made only 1 of 13 from the three-point line, that's enough. 
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I thought that they're going to finish the series until the second half started. Such a bad game from Heat though, turnovers after turnovers, and they couldn't even manage to answer well back after Boston hits a shot, and on top of that, Bam doesn't look good  . It was just Dragic taking some shots, which to be fair not bad as he was just trying to manage to answer back, however, they should be setting up some plays for Herro, that guy still has his touch. Anyway, still props to Celtics specially with Brown and Tatum.

[jostorres]

Miami moved from the team that could barely make playoffs according to some experts to beating lebron in the finals according to people. I mean I get it, Miami has played amazingly this playoffs and they have come thus far, they will probably go to finals if they do not lose from here, but beating Lebron is not really something that you could say that easily.

Whenever you play against Lebron and his team, there is a big chance that you could lose to him, even the 73-9 Warriors had a 3-1 lead that they lost to lebron, I know that is one example and he lost to warriors multiple times but there is always a big chance that lebron could pull it off and win. This time around it is even different from that, we are talking about Lebron actually being the favorites, which rarely happens, so it should be quite easy for Lakers to get the ring this year if you ask me.

[Captain Corporate]

 Honestly I agree with the idea that even if Lakers somehow lose today, which could potentially happen, they will not be losing game 6, we are talking about lebron here and there is videos going around that I have seen where Lebron decided to guard Murray and when he did that at the last moments of the last game, he actually guarded him very well and made him not be able to do things he normally does. Offensively Lakers wasn't %100 at that point, they were good but not %100 but Lebron switching to Murray really changed the game pace a lot, Nuggets have to figure out how they could play without Murray being a beast, maybe focus a bit more on Jokic playmaking, they already do look to him when they need a score but they may also need him to set the play as well, otherwise Lebron may just set the series right here tonight.

[Oilacris]

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Very well, Rondo has great performance in their last two winnings, his classic fake pass was still there and can still confuse the defense of their opponent. He will be a great factor in this series, even in the NBA finals if indeed Lakers will break the curse on the opposite team of Denver who came back from 3-1 disadvantage.

We are just talking about Rondo and Howard but how about McGee? He's been in the bench for so long in this series and I think he could contribute in the team with his under the basket offense. With a lot of great players in their roster, I guess they are having short period in the court. Is Javale Macgee injured? He just played for five minutes in the last game.

AFAIK, he is not injured.

I've been wondering that for some time now and they are not using McGee the deeper they get from the playoffs. I guess you could read this article since they already explained it well why they chose Howard than McGee.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-lakers-and-these-3-1-deficits-are-teaching-the-young-nuggets-a-bitter-lesson-on-how-to-win/

When it comes on under the basket defense they would also prefer on having Howard than McGee.Im not saying he's not that good but the coach itself do knows best on who would be the one to take the role.

At least McGee do able to have some time to play in the court and maybe on next we would see it even longer.I agree that there are lots of great players on the roster and which make others wont able to get that
long game time.

So, how we can describe this game? Crowder and Dragic made only 1 of 13 from the three-point line, that's enough. 
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I thought that they're going to finish the series until the second half started. Such a bad game from Heat though, turnovers after turnovers, and they couldn't even manage to answer well back after Boston hits a shot, and on top of that, Bam doesn't look good  . It was just Dragic taking some shots, which to be fair not bad as he was just trying to manage to answer back, however, they should be setting up some plays for Herro, that guy still has his touch. Anyway, still props to Celtics specially with Brown and Tatum.

They've been on Dragic this time and i agree that they should consider Herro to set him up.There are indeed lots of turnovers but for sure they would really compensate on what they've been lacking
on next game and as everybody said, adjustments would be made.

[livingfree]

I am already expecting that Heat is the one that will wait in the finals. I'll be watching the game of Denver Nuggets and Lakers later on.

Lakers will play better this time and they wouldn't go easy with Nuggets.

Lakers still in lead 3rd quarter is almost over.

I like how they play they are not giving any easy basket and really giving hard time though refs keep calling fouls
but that's a good sign they are not giving any easy points and they are doing well with their offense.

They've just won.

We might see the last game later if the Lakers will win the game. But if it's going to be 3-2, there's going to be another game and might get up to 7 games.

 Honestly I agree with the idea that even if Lakers somehow lose today, which could potentially happen, they will not be losing game 6

It's true, might lose the game later but still win the next one.

[wheelz1200]

 Honestly I agree with the idea that even if Lakers somehow lose today, which could potentially happen, they will not be losing game 6, we are talking about lebron here and there is videos going around that I have seen where Lebron decided to guard Murray and when he did that at the last moments of the last game, he actually guarded him very well and made him not be able to do things he normally does. Offensively Lakers wasn't %100 at that point, they were good but not %100 but Lebron switching to Murray really changed the game pace a lot, Nuggets have to figure out how they could play without Murray being a beast, maybe focus a bit more on Jokic playmaking, they already do look to him when they need a score but they may also need him to set the play as well, otherwise Lebron may just set the series right here tonight.

Lakers definately want to win tonight.  No way they want to go into a game 6 with the nuggets with a do or die game on the line if they lose that one too.  If denver wins this game tonight its definately going to a game 7.  I think tonight's game will be the toughest for the nugs out of all the games so far.  Fingers crossed they adjust enough to skweak one out tonight

[Ziskinberg]

I am already expecting that Heat is the one that will wait in the finals. I'll be watching the game of Denver Nuggets and Lakers later on.

Lakers will play better this time and they wouldn't go easy with Nuggets.

Lakers still in lead 3rd quarter is almost over.

I like how they play they are not giving any easy basket and really giving hard time though refs keep calling fouls
but that's a good sign they are not giving any easy points and they are doing well with their offense.

They've just won.

We might see the last game later if the Lakers will win the game. But if it's going to be 3-2, there's going to be another game and might get up to 7 games.

 Honestly I agree with the idea that even if Lakers somehow lose today, which could potentially happen, they will not be losing game 6

It's true, might lose the game later but still win the next one.

If that's the case then we will take the Denver Nuggets this game, but if Davis will play, then things could be different as they are the complete Laker's squad who beat the Denver 3 times in this series already.

As per update on Davis injury. https://www.rotoworld.com/basketball/nba/player/29801/anthony-davis

Anthony Davis (left ankle) is being listed as questionable for Game 5 against the Nuggets on Saturday.
Frank Vogel said he was expecting Davis to be good to go for Game 5, so we'd say he's a lot closer to probable for tomorrow's closeout game. Check back for another update following Saturday's shootaround.