2025 NBA Season

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Even though Miami Heat was missing so many players and even important ones like Butler and Adebayo, they were surprisingly so dominant and even had a big lead throughout the game.

Let us also mention that he wasn't a starter. Another notable player in Heat uniform is Duncan Robinson who also came off the bench. This is what's good about this team. You never really know who will come up big even if Butler or Lowry is out. The other day it was Max Strus and now those two. I don't know what kind of talk their coach does but he's doing a good job.

Yes, I agree completely. As you said Max Strus stepped up big time before, that was really good and indeed you don't know who will step up when the key players are out but they really did played good and scored when it was needed. While they were missing so many players, they managed to get quite a lot more wins than expected. And I also agree with the coach's role in this. He is indeed knows how to get bench players or unexpected ones like Yurtseven to play good and managed to win the games.

[Jating]

Finally! Klay Thompson is back and they win the game against the Cavs today. This is what we have looking for and we are watching it right now. the old days are back with the GSW splash brothers and some other addition to the team makes them an NBA Finals contender once again.

Western Conference suddenly became scarier.  Not bad for a debut for Klay Thompson after 2 years of rest. A dunk, three 3-pointers, and a block.
But why do I feel nervous whenever he trips, slips, or lands his feet after a high flight? I guess I am the one with the mental issue now instead of him. Trauma. 
It's a good sign if he can dunk during a live game, that means he got over the mental problems whenever a player comes back from an injury. All the time given to him resting and preparing was worth the wait.

Yeah, that drive and a dunk, oh so scary but at least he didn't fall hard on his feet so I guess we now feel confident that he is really back. Concern though is Draymond Green, seems that he is still nursing that injury so it might take some time to see him in the Warriors uniform.

So GSW goes deep again with Klay back in the line up, I think it's only Phoenix or Memphis that can match GSW right now in the West.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Finally! Klay Thompson is back and they win the game against the Cavs today. This is what we have looking for and we are watching it right now. the old days are back with the GSW splash brothers and some other addition to the team makes them an NBA Finals contender once again.

Western Conference suddenly became scarier.  Not bad for a debut for Klay Thompson after 2 years of rest. A dunk, three 3-pointers, and a block.
But why do I feel nervous whenever he trips, slips, or lands his feet after a high flight? I guess I am the one with the mental issue now instead of him. Trauma. 
It's a good sign if he can dunk during a live game, that means he got over the mental problems whenever a player comes back from an injury. All the time given to him resting and preparing was worth the wait.

Yeah, that drive and a dunk, oh so scary but at least he didn't fall hard on his feet so I guess we now feel confident that he is really back. Concern though is Draymond Green, seems that he is still nursing that injury so it might take some time to see him in the Warriors uniform.

So GSW goes deep again with Klay back in the line up, I think it's only Phoenix or Memphis that can match GSW right now in the West.

Even before Klay's comeback, the Warriors is already a dangerous team in the West because of their chemistry and fluidity in their offense, everyone is moving without the ball.

But with Klay back on the line up, it has somewhat stretch the bench, Poole might be coming off the bench and then we still have JTA and then Porter to complement. So maybe we will see another case of winning streak here specially if they are going to play home court, expect them to have a blow out win.

[Pamadar]

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Even though Miami Heat was missing so many players and even important ones like Butler and Adebayo, they were surprisingly so dominant and even had a big lead throughout the game.

Let us also mention that he wasn't a starter. Another notable player in Heat uniform is Duncan Robinson who also came off the bench. This is what's good about this team. You never really know who will come up big even if Butler or Lowry is out. The other day it was Max Strus and now those two. I don't know what kind of talk their coach does but he's doing a good job.

Yes, I agree completely. As you said Max Strus stepped up big time before, that was really good and indeed you don't know who will step up when the key players are out but they really did played good and scored when it was needed. While they were missing so many players, they managed to get quite a lot more wins than expected. And I also agree with the coach's role in this. He is indeed knows how to get bench players or unexpected ones like Yurtseven to play good and managed to win the games.

That's the good point! The coach knows who's going to place when stars are not there for them.

From all those practices they've made, he's the one who can really bind the players and jive them to play the same way,
it's important that coach acknowledge each individual who is available to play.

Simply amazing! Lucky for those who continue to believe and managed to bet even with the handicap for this team!

[ivan376]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

[Reid]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

[Baofeng]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

We have a discussion about few pages ago saying that Memphis will be a big test to see if Lakers have the chemistry already. And now we got the answer, they are only good when they played a team that has a below .500. And teams they've fought with a winning record? they usually lost as seen in their last game against Ja Morant.

[freedomgo]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

But prior to that, they were coming from a good win streak. Memphis is a great team so losing against this team is not something to be ashamed of, the Lakers did their best, it's just that Memphis is the better team. On the other hand, Klay of the Warriors did not fail my expectation, he is still a great shooter and the dump of his made me nervous a bit, I guess he is back, few more games and he will drop 20+ points again.

[CryptoBuds]

Yeah, that drive and a dunk, oh so scary but at least he didn't fall hard on his feet so I guess we now feel confident that he is really back. Concern though is Draymond Green, seems that he is still nursing that injury so it might take some time to see him in the Warriors uniform.

So GSW goes deep again with Klay back in the line up, I think it's only Phoenix or Memphis that can match GSW right now in the West.

Even before Klay's comeback, the Warriors is already a dangerous team in the West because of their chemistry and fluidity in their offense, everyone is moving without the ball.

But with Klay back on the line up, it has somewhat stretch the bench, Poole might be coming off the bench and then we still have JTA and then Porter to complement. So maybe we will see another case of winning streak here specially if they are going to play home court, expect them to have a blow out win.

^ GSW were already a team everyone feared in the league and now that Klay is back with the team, they are now gone to be better than ever.

Curry is getting insanely good support from his teammates all around and overall they have a really good depth of the squad. So the manager can easily rotate the squad around, so everyone is fresh at a time. And we all know that Klay is one of the top 5 if not top 3 - 3 pointer shooters in the league. So, I think GSW are in for a treat.

[stadus]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

We have a discussion about few pages ago saying that Memphis will be a big test to see if Lakers have the chemistry already. And now we got the answer, they are only good when they played a team that has a below .500. And teams they've fought with a winning record? they usually lost as seen in their last game against Ja Morant.

You said it right, we've seen what they can do and they could not beat Memphis which is not really a championship team. However, I know the Lakers are trying their best, they are still undermanned now, they missed one of their best players so it's understandable, as long as they keep hanging to the playoff spot, they'll still be very dangerous in the playoffs.

[laurenB7742]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

I expected this to be an even matchup but seems like the Grizzlies are far better than them.
If you look at both the squads, the Lakers are stacked with top-tier star players but they lack a whole lot of chemistry.
But if you look at the Grizzlies, they play really well as a team and it shows on the court. As always LeBron had a great match - scores 35 points but he didn't get the support he needed from his teammates. This is very disappointing, they need to fix what's wrong asap.

[Viscore]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

I expected this to be an even matchup but seems like the Grizzlies are far better than them.
If you look at both the squads, the Lakers are stacked with top-tier star players but they lack a whole lot of chemistry.
But if you look at the Grizzlies, they play really well as a team and it shows on the court. As always LeBron had a great match - scores 35 points but he didn't get the support he needed from his teammates. This is very disappointing, they need to fix what's wrong asap.

If you look at the distribution of points between the two teams, the Grizzlies did a great job compared to the Lakers.
For the Grizzlies, they have the following playing with a big contribution.

Jackson Jr. 21
Anderson  14
Morant 16
Bane 23
Konchar 12
Clarke 14..

While the LA Lakers, only a few players scored a double-digit.

James 35
Reaves 16
Horton-Tucker 13
 Ellington 16

West "broke" 6 points. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

https://www.covers.com/sport/basketball/nba/boxscore/251159

[Yaunfitda]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

I expected this to be an even matchup but seems like the Grizzlies are far better than them.
If you look at both the squads, the Lakers are stacked with top-tier star players but they lack a whole lot of chemistry.
But if you look at the Grizzlies, they play really well as a team and it shows on the court. As always LeBron had a great match - scores 35 points but he didn't get the support he needed from his teammates. This is very disappointing, they need to fix what's wrong asap.

I don't know how you can predict that it will be a even matchup when Grizzlies has been facing tougher opponents and winning while Lakers have a winning streak, it was against a low key team.

It was Lebron and Monk again but against a very good team, it will not be enough. It will take a lot of team chemistry and consistency which the Lakers lacks of.

[Distinctin]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

We have a discussion about few pages ago saying that Memphis will be a big test to see if Lakers have the chemistry already. And now we got the answer, they are only good when they played a team that has a below .500. And teams they've fought with a winning record? they usually lost as seen in their last game against Ja Morant.

You said it right, we've seen what they can do and they could not beat Memphis which is not really a championship team. However, I know the Lakers are trying their best, they are still undermanned now, they missed one of their best players so it's understandable, as long as they keep hanging to the playoff spot, they'll still be very dangerous in the playoffs.

You got a point right there that they're undermanned, but being undermanned isn't going a good excuse for the Lakers because only Anthony Davis is the only missing as a key player of their team and aside from that fact, they have Westbrook, Carmelo and Howard which could make them aleady a tough team. But sadly, the Lakers now is really inadequate and miserable to see. I mean, look at the Heats, they have the most missing players in the league too.
But you're right, as long as they keep their spot they can be still dangerous in the upcoming games and in the playoffs. There's still a lot of room to learn.

[btc_angela]

And the Lakers lost again! lol the best recruiter in the looks like he's going to for a new talent coz their bigs are useless

Should've taken Cousins for that 10 day contract and tried him out. Now Nuggets will be have a stronger defender below the rim.

Lakers streak was broken and this tells they are not the caliber we are expecting, yet. It could've ended worse in a blowout game at 20 points upward of a lead from the Grizzlies but thanks to the 2nd team led by Austin Reeves it was cut down creating a 17-0 run. They thought it was over but he pumped the fans in Crypto.com Arena by giving them hope. I thought Frank Vogel is going to switch to his stars but thank God he didn't. Those guys deserves to stay in the game and finish it on their own.

We have a discussion about few pages ago saying that Memphis will be a big test to see if Lakers have the chemistry already. And now we got the answer, they are only good when they played a team that has a below .500. And teams they've fought with a winning record? they usually lost as seen in their last game against Ja Morant.

You said it right, we've seen what they can do and they could not beat Memphis which is not really a championship team. However, I know the Lakers are trying their best, they are still undermanned now, they missed one of their best players so it's understandable, as long as they keep hanging to the playoff spot, they'll still be very dangerous in the playoffs.

You got a point right there that they're undermanned, but being undermanned isn't going a good excuse for the Lakers because only Anthony Davis is the only missing as a key player of their team and aside from that fact, they have Westbrook, Carmelo and Howard which could make them aleady a tough team. But sadly, the Lakers now is really inadequate and miserable to see. I mean, look at the Heats, they have the most missing players in the league too.
But you're right, as long as they keep their spot they can be still dangerous in the upcoming games and in the playoffs. There's still a lot of room to learn.

We've reach halfway already of the regular reason and rightly so the Lakers are just 21-20 barely above that .500 mark. Warriors and Suns are tied in the top spot.

So it will be a very tough road for the second half here as everyone is vying for the a good spot in the playoffs. Lakers be ready to grind it out hard for that playoff spot as they are a bunch of good teams within their position like the Clippers and T'wolves and the Nuggets.

[qwertyup23]

Yeah, that drive and a dunk, oh so scary but at least he didn't fall hard on his feet so I guess we now feel confident that he is really back. Concern though is Draymond Green, seems that he is still nursing that injury so it might take some time to see him in the Warriors uniform.

So GSW goes deep again with Klay back in the line up, I think it's only Phoenix or Memphis that can match GSW right now in the West.

Even before Klay's comeback, the Warriors is already a dangerous team in the West because of their chemistry and fluidity in their offense, everyone is moving without the ball.

But with Klay back on the line up, it has somewhat stretch the bench, Poole might be coming off the bench and then we still have JTA and then Porter to complement. So maybe we will see another case of winning streak here specially if they are going to play home court, expect them to have a blow out win.

^ GSW were already a team everyone feared in the league and now that Klay is back with the team, they are now gone to be better than ever.

Curry is getting insanely good support from his teammates all around and overall they have a really good depth of the squad. So the manager can easily rotate the squad around, so everyone is fresh at a time. And we all know that Klay is one of the top 5 if not top 3 - 3 pointer shooters in the league. So, I think GSW are in for a treat.

Man, it is so nice seeing Klay back on the ball game but to be honest, I got so nervous when I saw his first dunk where he almost tripped. The way he landed almost gave me a heart-attack! Klay went back and scored 17 on his first game after his injury the future of Warriors are now becoming brighter with his return. I just hope he gets his momentum and confidence back so he would be able to adapt fairly quickly.

The only worry that I have is that since Klay would be back, the other players of Warriors may have half of their time on the court. Though I expect that the team would make the certain adjustments, it is just refreshing to see new players improve game-by-game.

[OgNasty]

That highlight dunk from Klay was something else. I’m not sure anyone expected him to come out like that. He said he was going to come back more athletic than before, but I had serious doubts as to whether that could be true or not. His shooting was a little off, but he looked great out there. I hope he can stay healthy so we don’t have to miss out on more Splash Bros games.

[carlisle1]

I don't know how you can predict that it will be a even matchup when Grizzlies has been facing tougher opponents and winning while Lakers have a winning streak, it was against a low key team.

It was Lebron and Monk again but against a very good team, it will not be enough. It will take a lot of team chemistry and consistency which the Lakers lacks of.

It's a team effort that brings the win for Grizzlies, even without Morant inside the role players are there to provide.

Unlike with Lakers where LeBron and some help with Monk ain't enough to surpass the Memphis, they are good in papers, but in reality they

are unable to sustain good games against tougher opponents. There's something that Lakers need to do, adjustment that should start from those

star caliber players if they want to continue chasing for another title, if they continue playing like this, even AD comeback it will be more

harder for them to catch up with those caliber teams inside the west side.

[Pulsar77]

Brooklyn Nets - San Antonio Spurs game is going on now and there is a really competitive game also. Nets are in the lead by a close gap for now but they have very capable players to open this gap more. Durant and Harden both are in this game which is a big plus for Nets. And I expect them to increase the point difference in the last quarter. Nets really need this win to pull themselves together as they lost too many games recently.

The Nets won, but it was a difficult game for them, they have to go into overtime just to beat a struggling team like the Spurs. I thought that the Spurs have the chance to steal this one from the Nets, but they are just unlucky.

The Bulls though, still leading the Eastern conference, with their 9 winning streak but the Nets are close in the second place.

Yeah, I was expecting Nets to increase the point difference and win by that way but I really appreciated Spurs' determination. Maybe they still lost the game but at least they tried their best and carried the game to overtime. If it weren't for even one of Kevin Durant and James Harden, I think that they would have lost this game definitely. The annoying problem of the team still persists and they can solve it before the playoffs hopefully.

[freedomgo]

Brooklyn Nets - San Antonio Spurs game is going on now and there is a really competitive game also. Nets are in the lead by a close gap for now but they have very capable players to open this gap more. Durant and Harden both are in this game which is a big plus for Nets. And I expect them to increase the point difference in the last quarter. Nets really need this win to pull themselves together as they lost too many games recently.

The Nets won, but it was a difficult game for them, they have to go into overtime just to beat a struggling team like the Spurs. I thought that the Spurs have the chance to steal this one from the Nets, but they are just unlucky.

The Bulls though, still leading the Eastern conference, with their 9 winning streak but the Nets are close in the second place.

Yeah, I was expecting Nets to increase the point difference and win by that way but I really appreciated Spurs' determination. Maybe they still lost the game but at least they tried their best and carried the game to overtime. If it weren't for even one of Kevin Durant and James Harden, I think that they would have lost this game definitely. The annoying problem of the team still persists and they can solve it before the playoffs hopefully.

Harden and Durant are the star players of the team so they are expected to carry the team. What happened to Irving by the way? I only saw him play once and then he is out again, do we have an idea here when he is going to come back and start playing again? I don't see the point of playing then suddenly not playing for a couple of games already.