2024 NBA Season

[Natalim]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

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[ILuckyGuyI]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

It was another great game for Clippers surely. They made a really good comeback in the series and tied it (2-2). P. George and Leonard both played really good that both of them had 30+ points and they were so close to making a double-double as well. I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

[Finestream]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

It was another great game for Clippers surely. They made a really good comeback in the series and tied it (2-2). P. George and Leonard both played really good that both of them had 30+ points and they were so close to making a double-double as well. I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

That's another Dallas vs Clippers scenario but this time I think there will be no game 7 because the Clippers had already dominated the Jazz. I can't remember the Jazz had a lead in game 4, so this will just continue as the Clippers are really talented as a team.

[Oasisman]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

It was another great game for Clippers surely. They made a really good comeback in the series and tied it (2-2). P. George and Leonard both played really good that both of them had 30+ points and they were so close to making a double-double as well. I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

That's another Dallas vs Clippers scenario but this time I think there will be no game 7 because the Clippers had already dominated the Jazz. I can't remember the Jazz had a lead in game 4, so this will just continue as the Clippers are really talented as a team.

Game 7 chances for this series is still huge. I mean the Clippers may have the winning momentum, but I have a feeling that the Utah Jazz might win one more game at home in game 5. I'm not sure, but the Jazz will for sure are making necessary adjustments to win a crucial game 5.
Mitchell alone can't win games. The Jazz will be forcing their supporting cast to step up or else they'll lose this series.
Nevertheless, 6 teams has been playing a good series with 2-2 standings, except the Nuggets who got swept by the Suns.

[Natalim]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

It was another great game for Clippers surely. They made a really good comeback in the series and tied it (2-2). P. George and Leonard both played really good that both of them had 30+ points and they were so close to making a double-double as well. I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

That's another Dallas vs Clippers scenario but this time I think there will be no game 7 because the Clippers had already dominated the Jazz. I can't remember the Jazz had a lead in game 4, so this will just continue as the Clippers are really talented as a team.

Game 7 chances for this series is still huge. I mean the Clippers may have the winning momentum, but I have a feeling that the Utah Jazz might win one more game at home in game 5. I'm not sure, but the Jazz will for sure are making necessary adjustments to win a crucial game 5.
Mitchell alone can't win games. The Jazz will be forcing their supporting cast to step up or else they'll lose this series.
Nevertheless, 6 teams has been playing a good series with 2-2 standings, except the Nuggets who got swept by the Suns.

It's about the defense, that's something the Jazz has to improve, on the 2 losses of the Clippers on the road, that was because they have limited the production of PG, but PG has also adjusted now and has been providing some good points for the team, that's something they need to figure out back home, if they can't then Clippers might win the next 2 games.

[rhomelmabini]

The clippers have the momentum going to the road, they can win this series for sure.

Leonard did not play in the game's final minutes, but that's alright because they are in a good lead.
He seemed to be okay, this is the latest update about his injury.

https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/kawhi-leonard-on-apparent-knee-injury-ill-be-good (he is good)

Thanks for this update, I thought the impact would be that huge for his knee but I'm just glad it seems fine. I'm hoping that will be the case since both of them with George was pretty doing well and they got back to back 30+ points game protecting the home. There's still work to be done but hoping the momentum was really on them since they always got the lead to double digits unlike the win of Jazz from their home court that only got single digits.

[bisdak40]

Game 7 chances for this series is still huge. I mean the Clippers may have the winning momentum, but I have a feeling that the Utah Jazz might win one more game at home in game 5. I'm not sure, but the Jazz will for sure are making necessary adjustments to win a crucial game 5.
Mitchell alone can't win games. The Jazz will be forcing their supporting cast to step up or else they'll lose this series.
Nevertheless, 6 teams has been playing a good series with 2-2 standings, except the Nuggets who got swept by the Suns.

With this pattern that they both won on their home games, the possibility of a game7 is very possible. This series is opposite to the Clippers vs Mavs wherein both teams have not won in their homecourt till game7 for the Clippers.

The character of Mitchell will be tested in this series, either buckle down to pressure or rise up to the challenge of bringing the Jazz to the WCF.

Game5 is very important to the home team, if they lose I think this series is over in six games.

[carlisle1]

Game 7 chances for this series is still huge. I mean the Clippers may have the winning momentum, but I have a feeling that the Utah Jazz might win one more game at home in game 5. I'm not sure, but the Jazz will for sure are making necessary adjustments to win a crucial game 5.
Mitchell alone can't win games. The Jazz will be forcing their supporting cast to step up or else they'll lose this series.
Nevertheless, 6 teams has been playing a good series with 2-2 standings, except the Nuggets who got swept by the Suns.

With this pattern that they both won on their home games, the possibility of a game7 is very possible. This series is opposite to the Clippers vs Mavs wherein both teams have not won in their homecourt till game7 for the Clippers.

The character of Mitchell will be tested in this series, either buckle down to pressure or rise up to the challenge of bringing the Jazz to the WCF.

Game5 is very important to the home team, if they lose I think this series is over in six games.

Mitchell needs to stand up and face this challenge, he's focus leading the team needs to adjust.
Playing at  home is very important,

they need to win this one to extend the series or else, just like what you have said if Clippers win
a game inside their homecourt the chance of losing the series is very possible coming game 6.

Coaches and players needs to jive and find the best adjustment to beat  their opponents.

[Hypnosis00]

Game 7 chances for this series is still huge. I mean the Clippers may have the winning momentum, but I have a feeling that the Utah Jazz might win one more game at home in game 5. I'm not sure, but the Jazz will for sure are making necessary adjustments to win a crucial game 5.
Mitchell alone can't win games. The Jazz will be forcing their supporting cast to step up or else they'll lose this series.
Nevertheless, 6 teams has been playing a good series with 2-2 standings, except the Nuggets who got swept by the Suns.

With this pattern that they both won on their home games, the possibility of a game7 is very possible. This series is opposite to the Clippers vs Mavs wherein both teams have not won in their homecourt till game7 for the Clippers.

The character of Mitchell will be tested in this series, either buckle down to pressure or rise up to the challenge of bringing the Jazz to the WCF.

Game5 is very important to the home team, if they lose I think this series is over in six games.

Mitchell needs to stand up and face this challenge, he's focus leading the team needs to adjust.
Playing at  home is very important,

they need to win this one to extend the series or else, just like what you have said if Clippers win
a game inside their homecourt the chance of losing the series is very possible coming game 6.

Coaches and players needs to jive and find the best adjustment to beat  their opponents.

If Jazz will win this and will have a commanding lead, they have a huge chance to win the series. This series is actually very exciting to watch but I expect that game 5 will be a close game as both teams have already adjusted and they know that whoever gets to 3 wins has a good chance of winning the series.

[Reid]

It's about the defense, that's something the Jazz has to improve, on the 2 losses of the Clippers on the road, that was because they have limited the production of PG, but PG has also adjusted now and has been providing some good points for the team, that's something they need to figure out back home, if they can't then Clippers might win the next 2 games.

It's true. If Royce will be defending Kawhi, who can match PG13?
Bojan and Joe Ingles seem to have a hard time doing that but they don't have many options either than those two.
Whenever a switch happens, this is where their defense breaks down.

Now regarding their offensive attack. Pick and roll is gone. I don't even see Gobert making any points anymore. He is the key for the Jazz to be back on top of their series. I even bet for him to at least make 20 total points and rebounds but I am disappointed.
He made 11 points and 8 rebounds for 32 minutes. Perhaps the Jazz should just go small and rely on transition plays.

[Botnake]

It's about the defense, that's something the Jazz has to improve, on the 2 losses of the Clippers on the road, that was because they have limited the production of PG, but PG has also adjusted now and has been providing some good points for the team, that's something they need to figure out back home, if they can't then Clippers might win the next 2 games.

It's true. If Royce will be defending Kawhi, who can match PG13?
Bojan and Joe Ingles seem to have a hard time doing that but they don't have many options either than those two.
Whenever a switch happens, this is where their defense breaks down.

Now regarding their offensive attack. Pick and roll is gone. I don't even see Gobert making any points anymore. He is the key for the Jazz to be back on top of their series. I even bet for him to at least make 20 total points and rebounds but I am disappointed.
He made 11 points and 8 rebounds for 32 minutes. Perhaps the Jazz should just go small and rely on transition plays.

Pick and roll does only work effectively for the Jazz if they have Conley on the floor, he is the guy who can make the Jazz better because he is more focused on passing or facilitating than scoring, Mitchell is not a pure PG, he is more on scoring and do a lot of attempts in the 3 point line.

[Fredomago]

It's about the defense, that's something the Jazz has to improve, on the 2 losses of the Clippers on the road, that was because they have limited the production of PG, but PG has also adjusted now and has been providing some good points for the team, that's something they need to figure out back home, if they can't then Clippers might win the next 2 games.

It's true. If Royce will be defending Kawhi, who can match PG13?
Bojan and Joe Ingles seem to have a hard time doing that but they don't have many options either than those two.
Whenever a switch happens, this is where their defense breaks down.

Now regarding their offensive attack. Pick and roll is gone. I don't even see Gobert making any points anymore. He is the key for the Jazz to be back on top of their series. I even bet for him to at least make 20 total points and rebounds but I am disappointed.
He made 11 points and 8 rebounds for 32 minutes. Perhaps the Jazz should just go small and rely on transition plays.

Pick and roll does only work effectively for the Jazz if they have Conley on the floor, he is the guy who can make the Jazz better because he is more focused on passing or facilitating than scoring, Mitchell is not a pure PG, he is more on scoring and do a lot of attempts in the 3 point line.

yeah both of you are right, pick and roll is not showing anymore, Gobert needs to bring his presence back to this game if he wanted to win the game, Clippers did a great job limiting Mitchell and let him to shoot more outside than penetrating, or passing it over to a better option.

They need to check and balance both their offense and defense, a tough job for the coach but if they want to continue their chase for the title they need to figure it out before Clippers continue the dominance.

Very possible to extend up to game 7, do or die game if happen will bring more money to the league.

[bitgolden]

Its normal in basketball since if your soft you will be the hard target of physical players and you cannot last long in the league. Maybe the best thing Jazz to do is to do a good adjustment regarding on physicalities, they need to muscle up to get a good advantage to Clippers.

Now the pressure is in the side of Jazz and I'm seeing an intense game 5 on this series.

Well it used to be, nowadays it is not like that in NBA at all. Let's take a second and realize that we are talking about players like Harden and Trae getting fouls in any way possible, hell even NBA is looking into unnatural shooting motions so that they could remove all those extra side steps and all while shooting to make it look like they got hit, players are just throwing themselves in the ground these days. What we used to call flopping has become a tactic for these days superstars.

This is why I can't say that hard defense and physical playing is something we are used to these days, I am not saying it's bad, I think it is cool that we are seeing a bit of contact because it makes the league a bit more entertaining, but that is a bit unfair if they are allowed to be like that while other teams are all learning how to not touch stars too hard.

[Yogee]

Well...well..well Who would have tought the Hawks had it in them to fight back. It will be the biggest upset if they can eliminate the Sixers.

Clippers vs. Jazz developing into a battle of the home courts. I expect game 5 to be a close and heated game since it's pivotal.

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I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

I'm glad someone mentioned him. It's easy to miss his performance since the focus are always on PG and Kahwi.

[Kelvinid]

Well...well..well Who would have tought the Hawks had it in them to fight back. It will be the biggest upset if they can eliminate the Sixers.

They were down by a huge margin in the first half but they came back in the 2nd half, what a spirit the Hawks have.
Embiid seems to be having some minor injury, he was not 100% that game so they take that opportunity.

nice series already 2-2 now.

Clippers vs. Jazz developing into a battle of the home courts. I expect game 5 to be a close and heated game since it's pivotal.

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I loved Morris' performance also. He made 5/6 3-pointers.

I'm glad someone mentioned him. It's easy to miss his performance since the focus are always on PG and Kahwi.

Morris is the key to the Game 4 win, it's expected that the 2-star duo will score but getting points from his teammates, that should really be appreciated, the consistency of Morris was there, he ain't missing.

[akirasendo17]

Can the Bucks take this very important game 5 with the Brooklyn Nets? if kyrie and Harden can play this will favor the nets, and the decision for them is very hard, if they are going to play one of those two, what a tough decision to make for this game, for the bucks Middleton and tucker are the key players because once those two clicks, it will be easy for Giannis to score since nets have to guard also those players.

[LogitechMouse]

Well...well..well Who would have tought the Hawks had it in them to fight back. It will be the biggest upset if they can eliminate the Sixers.

They were down by a huge margin in the first half but they came back in the 2nd half, what a spirit the Hawks have.
Embiid seems to be having some minor injury, he was not 100% that game so they take that opportunity.

nice series already 2-2 now.

The Hawks have the spirit?? Maybe but what made them came back in the second half is the probably worst shooting night of Embiid.
You are a candidate for a regular season MVP and you are shooting 0/12 in the 2nd half? Embiid is a big who can fight with other bigs in the paint and yet he is settling for some threes which is obviously have a lower percentage shot.

Embiid had this meniscus injury and yet he played more than 35 mins. There are times that he is having hard time to walk and seeing a bit hurt and yet he chose to play and this is the outcome. Didn't contribute to the team in the 2nd half and he might also be the reason why they lose the game with his airball layup at the final seconds of the game.

Can the Bucks take this very important game 5 with the Brooklyn Nets? if kyrie and Harden can play this will favor the nets, and the decision for them is very hard, if they are going to play one of those two, what a tough decision to make for this game, for the bucks Middleton and tucker are the key players because once those two clicks, it will be easy for Giannis to score since nets have to guard also those players.

Kyrie will obviously not play in Game 5, Harden's availability turned into questionable.
Durant needs to step up if he wants to win because if they lose in this Game 5, they will lose the series because there is no chance that the Bucks will lose in their home. The chances of Bucks winning here is high since the Nets lose 2 of their superstars but I still believe that Durant will step up and he might end up scoring 40 or more. We know him as a scoring machine so its possible.

[danherbias07]

Can the Bucks take this very important game 5 with the Brooklyn Nets? if kyrie and Harden can play this will favor the nets, and the decision for them is very hard, if they are going to play one of those two, what a tough decision to make for this game, for the bucks Middleton and tucker are the key players because once those two clicks, it will be easy for Giannis to score since nets have to guard also those players.

It's Middleton and Jrue Holiday. Tucker is only for defensive purposes even when he was with Houston Rockets. Lopez is also a factor because he makes outside shots 5-6 times per game, those could be helpful if they will have more accuracy.
Anyway, I am betting for the Bucks. I'll just follow the hunch that I have and hope it will hit. The line actually change, last night it was 1.57 moneyline for Bucks, now its 1.92 at moneyline. I think Kyrie or Harden will be playing.

Edit:
James Harden decision. He will play.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31640743/brooklyn-nets-james-harden-hamstring-back-action-game-5-vs-milwaukee-bucks

[OgNasty]

Harden is looking pretty bad out there. If he’s in that poor of shape you’d think they’d be better off letting their other guys take his spot. The way he’s slowing the pace and not putting up points it’s pretty clear he’s a liability out there. Unless he comes with some second half heroics I don’t think Durant is gonna be able to lift them to a win alone.

[akirasendo17]

Harden is looking pretty bad out there. If he’s in that poor of shape you’d think they’d be better off letting their other guys take his spot. The way he’s slowing the pace and not putting up points it’s pretty clear he’s a liability out there. Unless he comes with some second half heroics I don’t think Durant is gonna be able to lift them to a win alone.

The nets are not looking good right now, they are not the same team in the first round, and yes harden seems just not the same old self, although right now they are trying to rally and only down seven, they need a facilitator like Irving, looks like they prepared for harden return only three points for harden way out of his normal scoring.