2024 NBA Season

[carlisle1]

Poor LeBron James that’s two games in a row his teammates have all but disappeared on him. Chris Paul took a bit of a hit tonight that might hurt the suns going forward. If the Lakers can’t get some help around LeBron James though it won’t matter. Hopefully Anthony Davis comes back soon it was really obvious that he was missed tonight.

loosing Anthony davis during the playoffs series really hurt the team, its not that lebron can't carry the team but, if any team loses a part of the team that have impact, it will really change the way they play, because its their rotation, they will need to adjust immediately which is very hard, especially the are in the playoffs, but if AD can play in game 6 we might see a game 7.

That's a big "If" and I'll agree just in case that AD is there to help the team up, still questionable whether he'll be allow by their doctors, if AD's injury is workable this coming game 6 or if the management will sit him and not to sacrifice he's health.

He's impact is really big not only for this offense but most with their defense, he can tower it up inside not letting the easy basket for the Suns.
it would be amazing if he's there and the Lakers will try to extend this series into the final do or die game.

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[Reid]

Lillard was so hot, he was fighting all night and bring the game into double OT, unfortunately, the team came out short as they have no defense on Jokic. It's a very bad move by Nurkic, he should stay patient as he is the only one who can stop Jokic in the paint.

Yes, but if he stayed on the bench it could easily become a blowout game.
Melo can't take Jokic, Kanter is not good of a defender against him too. What could possibly be the adjustment Trail Blazers will do next time?
Michael Malone let Dame do the damage by not switching Austin Rivers. He knows they could answer back using Jokic and Morris.
It can't always be at Dame's hands though. He will be a target on the Nuggets' offense due to exhaustion.

Back to Suns, there's an update about CP3's injury.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/chris-paul-injury-update-suns-optimistic-all-star-will-be-ok-after-aggravating-shoulder-in-game-5-vs-lakers/

[morvillz7z]

Some very unexpected news coming from Boston:

source: https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1400094456129507335

Boston head coach Brad Stevens is planning to transition from his current role into becoming the new head of basketball ops. of the Celtics,

Danny Ainge plans to resign from his role as Celtics President, sources said.

Ainge stepping down after almost 20 years as head of basketball ops in Boston and Brad Stevens succeeding him with zero experience as a gm must be a shock to all Celtics fans.

From what i'm reading, Jason Kidd's name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for their now-vacant head coaching job.

[danherbias07]

From what i'm reading, Jason Kidd's name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for their now-vacant head coaching job.

Wikipedia is really fast updating Brad Stevens profile.
I hope Kidd learned some lessons with Frank Vogel if ever he will be picked as coach for the Celtics.
No more "bump me" to spill his drink and waste more time. Where would this Celtics team go next year with an inexperience GM and a failed ex-coach?

And the trade rumors begins.
Rumor: Celtics expected to shop Kemba Walker this offseason
I don't expect them to keep Kemba. Stat sheets will be the proof of it.

[LogitechMouse]

I think The clippers will win 4 straight and will end the series with 4-2 score.

What do you think about this possibility?
In game 5 of the series, Clippers are -7 at home, so I guess Luka's magic is already over or the Clippers have already seen it.

Also, Jazz are looking to end the series tomorrow, so goodbye Memphis.

Doncic, the floor general of the Mavericks is in serious injury right now.
His neck injury is very serious that his production in Game 4 has decreased by a lot.

Clippers winning 4 straight is possible knowing that the Mavericks aren't be the same without Luka Magic. If only Luka is healthy and didn't get an injury, the Mavericks might win on this series in 6-7 games but.. it is what it is. Injuries do happen anytime.

Its over for the Memphis but commend on how Morant is playing still.

Poor LeBron James that’s two games in a row his teammates have all but disappeared on him. Chris Paul took a bit of a hit tonight that might hurt the suns going forward. If the Lakers can’t get some help around LeBron James though it won’t matter. Hopefully Anthony Davis comes back soon it was really obvious that he was missed tonight.

loosing Anthony davis during the playoffs series really hurt the team, its not that lebron can't carry the team but, if any team loses a part of the team that have impact, it will really change the way they play, because its their rotation, they will need to adjust immediately which is very hard, especially the are in the playoffs, but if AD can play in game 6 we might see a game 7.

Really huge for the Lakers, we have seen how the Lakers without him in game 4 and game 5, they have no answer on the Suns' offense, in short, King James can't carry the Lakers anymore, they need AD and AD is really the best player in the team.

There's still plenty of time, if Davis could return in game 6, then it should give the Lakers a chance to win, but I'm not sure they'll play the same energy they do in game 2 and 3 as Davis lacks practice and he is not fully confident when he comes back.

Davis will not return in Game 6. I'm not pretty sure about it because there is a possibility that he will still play but even though he will come back, he will not be as productive as he is on Games 2 & 3 where he got 34 points on each of the games.

We know that Caruso and KCP are good defenders but they can't stop Booker and Ayton is still a beast inside getting double doubles although in Game 5, he didn't get it. On the other hand, we also saw CP3 injured his shoulder again. AD got injured and now CP3 got injured too so there is a possibility that both of them will not play in Game 6 or at least one of them will play. I also like how Cameron Payne of the Suns is playing off the bench. He got double digit points in 4 of the 5 Games against the Lakers. At least Booker got some supporting scorers .

[jaberwock]

The Lakers 2020/2021 team reminds me the 2011/2012 team, was a disappointment and they had a lot of allstars on the team and they were ready to beat the Heat in that season, (Wade, Bosh and LJ)

11-12 Lakers was a decent team but not a great team at all, the picture you are showing is the 12-13 Lakers which added Nash and Howard. Steve Nash missed a huge chunk of the season, Howard created all that drama during that season and Kobe got his most famous injury that eventually resulted with him retiring after few seasons. So basically this is not really a good example, if Lebron gets a super injury like ACIL or some tear whatever that causes him to be never the same player again, it could resemble, but I doubt that will happen.

AD is not out that much neither, he will come back soon, and the team is not really that much of a disappointment considering they literally won the cup last season, you do not have to win it every single season, you can win one and then let someone else win the next one. Which is why I am sure Lakers fans are probably fine about it, they won the league on their first playoffs after so many years missing it.

[wheelz1200]

The Lakers 2020/2021 team reminds me the 2011/2012 team, was a disappointment and they had a lot of allstars on the team and they were ready to beat the Heat in that season, (Wade, Bosh and LJ)

11-12 Lakers was a decent team but not a great team at all, the picture you are showing is the 12-13 Lakers which added Nash and Howard. Steve Nash missed a huge chunk of the season, Howard created all that drama during that season and Kobe got his most famous injury that eventually resulted with him retiring after few seasons. So basically this is not really a good example, if Lebron gets a super injury like ACIL or some tear whatever that causes him to be never the same player again, it could resemble, but I doubt that will happen.

AD is not out that much neither, he will come back soon, and the team is not really that much of a disappointment considering they literally won the cup last season, you do not have to win it every single season, you can win one and then let someone else win the next one. Which is why I am sure Lakers fans are probably fine about it, they won the league on their first playoffs after so many years missing it.

Agreed, the Lakers were in top contention until lebron and ad started missing games in the reg season.  The Suns are just a REALLY good team, they were #2 in the west.  Lakers were never going to knock them out in 4.  It's been a great series so far like it should be.  I expect game 6 in LA to be a great game as well.  Bron has never been down after 5 games in the first series.  Let's see how he does.

[OgNasty]

The Lakers 2020/2021 team reminds me the 2011/2012 team, was a disappointment and they had a lot of allstars on the team and they were ready to beat the Heat in that season, (Wade, Bosh and LJ)

11-12 Lakers was a decent team but not a great team at all, the picture you are showing is the 12-13 Lakers which added Nash and Howard. Steve Nash missed a huge chunk of the season, Howard created all that drama during that season and Kobe got his most famous injury that eventually resulted with him retiring after few seasons. So basically this is not really a good example, if Lebron gets a super injury like ACIL or some tear whatever that causes him to be never the same player again, it could resemble, but I doubt that will happen.

AD is not out that much neither, he will come back soon, and the team is not really that much of a disappointment considering they literally won the cup last season, you do not have to win it every single season, you can win one and then let someone else win the next one. Which is why I am sure Lakers fans are probably fine about it, they won the league on their first playoffs after so many years missing it.

Agreed, the Lakers were in top contention until lebron and ad started missing games in the reg season.  The Suns are just a REALLY good team, they were #2 in the west.  Lakers were never going to knock them out in 4.  It's been a great series so far like it should be.  I expect game 6 in LA to be a great game as well.  Bron has never been down after 5 games in the first series.  Let's see how he does.

I definitely don't think LeBron is the problem.  He's putting up good numbers still.  The rest of his team is absolutely terrible.  This is something I'd expect to see from the '06 Cavs, not the '21 Lakers...  Drummond has been outplayed by Ayton all series.  Kuz has been missing in action.  KCP, terrible.  Wesley Matthews, terrible.  Marc Gasol, terrible.  Montrez Harrell, terrible...  The only players I see doing anything good with the ball out there are Bron & Alex Caruso.  I never thought I'd be worried about a LeBron led Lakers losing to the Suns in the playoffs, but here we are... 

[Yaunfitda]

The Lakers 2020/2021 team reminds me the 2011/2012 team, was a disappointment and they had a lot of allstars on the team and they were ready to beat the Heat in that season, (Wade, Bosh and LJ)

11-12 Lakers was a decent team but not a great team at all, the picture you are showing is the 12-13 Lakers which added Nash and Howard. Steve Nash missed a huge chunk of the season, Howard created all that drama during that season and Kobe got his most famous injury that eventually resulted with him retiring after few seasons. So basically this is not really a good example, if Lebron gets a super injury like ACIL or some tear whatever that causes him to be never the same player again, it could resemble, but I doubt that will happen.

AD is not out that much neither, he will come back soon, and the team is not really that much of a disappointment considering they literally won the cup last season, you do not have to win it every single season, you can win one and then let someone else win the next one. Which is why I am sure Lakers fans are probably fine about it, they won the league on their first playoffs after so many years missing it.

Agreed, the Lakers were in top contention until lebron and ad started missing games in the reg season.  The Suns are just a REALLY good team, they were #2 in the west.  Lakers were never going to knock them out in 4.  It's been a great series so far like it should be.  I expect game 6 in LA to be a great game as well.  Bron has never been down after 5 games in the first series.  Let's see how he does.

I definitely don't think LeBron is the problem.  He's putting up good numbers still.  The rest of his team is absolutely terrible.  This is something I'd expect to see from the '06 Cavs, not the '21 Lakers...  Drummond has been outplayed by Ayton all series.  Kuz has been missing in action.  KCP, terrible.  Wesley Matthews, terrible.  Marc Gasol, terrible.  Montrez Harrell, terrible...  The only players I see doing anything good with the ball out there are Bron & Alex Caruso.  I never thought I'd be worried about a LeBron led Lakers losing to the Suns in the playoffs, but here we are... 

AD was really the key here, Lakers brought their A game in this series and the favorite.

We have been talking about the bench and the supporting cast not really providing any help. I think Lakers 20 without AD can beat 21 Phoenix suns, we still have Dwight or even Javale to contained Ayton and then Danny Green to play good defense, he may be known for this 3 point, but Green can play D. And then CP3 vs Rondo, which we all know have a history, will be another interesting match up. And then add Caruso to the list, and the Kuzma version that time and then Avery Bradley too another tough defender and could be assign against Booker.

But the current roster lacks good D and other intangibles (lacks championship heart).

[Fredomago]

AD was really the key here, Lakers brought their A game in this series and the favorite.

We have been talking about the bench and the supporting cast not really providing any help. I think Lakers 20 without AD can beat 21 Phoenix suns, we still have Dwight or even Javale to contained Ayton and then Danny Green to play good defense, he may be known for this 3 point, but Green can play D. And then CP3 vs Rondo, which we all know have a history, will be another interesting match up. And then add Caruso to the list, and the Kuzma version that time and then Avery Bradley too another tough defender and could be assign against Booker.

But the current roster lacks good D and other intangibles (lacks championship heart).

I don't see any chemistry between Lebron and dennis that's the problem unlike with Rondo where Lebron allow him to control the game and create plays that really helps the Lakers back then.

You mentioned those important supporting cast who gave Lakers the tittle last year, now they are full of viewers than competitive players who can work it out with Lebron and not just watching him when he's holding the ball.

It's a different series if Lakers managed to signed all those role players that they've trade up this season.

[JEFE92]

It's time to share my bet, yesterday's bet was won 100%, I am sincerely sorry for those who bet on the Blazers, but Dame was a god. Here's a parlay for today:

Clippers + Jazz + Wizards = x4.67: My bet


Today there are no less interesting matches, almost everyone can decide the issue of reaching the semifinals. The Clippers finally found their game and did not allow Doncic to win on their site. The funny thing is that Mavs won 2 matches in LA, and Clippers won 2 in Dallas, but today it should be a completely different situation, since PG is no longer as lost on the court as he was in the first 2 games, so I believe in the Clippers victory today.

Morant shows skill, but it still lacks, although it is a good experience for next season, but Utah should close the series 4-1 today.

And the last match in the combo is quite difficult to analise, because knowing that Wizards like to throw the games, although if you think so, then how can they lose to a team that has lost its firepower, but everything is real. Hope Westbrook gonna pick up and break Phila tonight.

[Sanitough]

@JEFE92, good luck mate, I just don't like the Wizards here, despite not having Embiid, I think the 76ers can still take care of the business. They will have to win this game, otherwise, the series will reach game 7 which they will not like since the pressure is high.

I agree with the other picks though, but since this is a parlay bet, you need the Wizards to win.

[ILuckyGuyI]

As J. Embiid has a knee injury, it's a big loss for 76ers and big opportunity for Wizards. I feel like the series will be 3-2 after this game. Especially Westbrook's performance can be really crucial for a win.

[TravelMug]

As J. Embiid has a knee injury, it's a big loss for 76ers and big opportunity for Wizards. I feel like the series will be 3-2 after this game. Especially Westbrook's performance can be really crucial for a win.

Nope, Sixers already won today, and complete a 4-1 series over the Wizards. Although Joel didn't play, Simmons has a triple double, Howard who replaces Embiid score 12 points, Seth Curry monster game with his 3's with 30 points and Tobias Harris contributed with 28 points.

And Atlanta has shutdown the hype of New York Knicks 4-1 as well. In paper it looks like the Knicks are going to be the favourite with the strength of their winning streak in the regular season. But it seems that it was all hype, Randle was a disappointment in this series.

[yazher]

What a disappointment to the New York Knicks most of the fans expect that they will gonna face the Brooklyn Nets but things are not the same in the playoffs though, you will always see scenes such as this one. anyway, the Eastern Conference will finally all set for the second round and the Hawks vs 76ers will be on 06/06 on their first game. who will dominate the series?

[Dave1]

If Joel Embiid is not going to play on game 1, I would say that Atlanta might have a slight advantage although it will be on Sixers home court. Atltanta has proven that they can steal home court just like what they did on the Knicks. Capela vs Howard now on the middle the main difference is how Trae Young are going to play. So far against the Knicks, he has been carrying the load for Atlanta.

And obviously, someone need to stop Young, just the question of what game plan they have against Trae and then Simmons bringing his A game without Joel. But I think Sixers is going to win ithe series in six games.

[Reid]

And obviously, someone need to stop Young, just the question of what game plan they have against Trae and then Simmons bringing his A game without Joel. But I think Sixers is going to win ithe series in six games.

No doubt. 76ers are way above the Hawks when it comes to offensive strength. Even minus Embiid.
All they need is someone to stop Capella, and Howard is still there for that position, he may just want to take care of his fouls.
Simmons is there to stop Trae, which is actually a mismatch.
Then, Curry and Green are good defenders too so even with a switch Trae will be having a difficult time scoring.

Luka Doncic making his own record at Clippers' home.
Winning this game will give them a chance to end it at Dallas for homecourt advantage.

[wheelz1200]

I mean the Knicks definitely overachiever this year but after the way they played this year I thought they would definitely throw up a fight in the first round.  Couldn't have been more wrong.  They looked completely lost out there, terrible 5 games even the one they won...guess there is next year.

[OgNasty]

I mean the Knicks definitely overachiever this year but after the way they played this year I thought they would definitely throw up a fight in the first round.  Couldn't have been more wrong.  They looked completely lost out there, terrible 5 games even the one they won...guess there is next year.

Both teams shot terribly, but it looks like the Knicks shot a little worse and the Hawks rebounded a little better.  The Knicks had been relying heavily on Randle to win games this season and his 23 points tonight just wasn't enough to do it.  Barrett shot pretty terribly as well.  He's going to need to be much more efficient if he wants to have a career in the NBA.  Making the playoffs in itself was a massive step forward for the Knicks though.  If they can hold onto and develop their talent, I could see them picking up a decent free agent and being a top 5 team in the East.

[harizen]

2 rebounds shy for supposed another triple-double by Luka Doncic. Mavericks won 105-100.

The last few minutes of the game were so intense. Clippers got a chance to win the game but failed to execute the play that leads to Hardaway's clutch free throw for a 103-100 lead. But still, I'm amazed at how the Clippers rallied the game as they are downed by as much as 16 on the 4th quarter and downed to 10 points on the last 2 minutes of the game.

Mavericks is still at their worst on that game but looking forward to them winning the series.