2024 NBA Season

[wheelz1200]

Just seen new york city is lifting its restrictions and kyrie will be able to play every game.  That's every 1-4 seed tes worst nightmare right about now.  Imagine landing a 2 seed and have to face a durant/kyrie/Seth team lol.  Probably first time the lower seed will be overwhelming the favorite in the series.  Giant we just end the season already lol.

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[agustina2]

NBA games are really unpredictable. There are underdog teams who beat the Favorites unexpectedly. I'm sure lots of bettors lose their bet last night because of the anticipation that Favorites will perform. It's good to see handicapped teams beating a healthy lineup.

Now studying the next set of games and some are worth trying.

Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns are considered handicapped next game against their respective opponents. Might put a bet on one of this team.

[Rufsilf]

We are going to have a really competitive game tonight. Grizzlies are hosting Nets and it is going to be a game between two close teams. Nets are favoured by bookmakers to win this game but there is a very small gap. Nets have begun to improve their results a lot recently and this can help them very positively for this game. But Grizzlies are a quite solid team now. Especially Ja Morant has been very impressive so far. In his lead, Grizzlies can make big difficulties for Nets. But at the end, I think that Nets will be winning with the help of KD and Irving especially.

Ja Morant is expected not to play due to injury but the odds didn't move much because Grizzlies is still strong even without Ja Morant. Playing without Morant, Nets will have to take it as an advantage.

They should cover the handicap here or even win a game. Hard to make the game close when a team didn't have their superstar and Memphis are against superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

It will be a shame for the Nets if they will lose this game.

Grizzlies have dominated the Nets even though Ja Morant didn't play for the said injury but it's not a problem to them because the ball is shared well unlike the Nets who's play only relied to Irving and Durant and that's what they lack compared to the Grizzlies. Score 132-120 in favor of the Memphis Grizzlies.

[mirakal]

Sources: Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be cleared for home games as New York City will on Thursday change private sector vaccine mandate to allow exemption for athletes and entertainers in workplace. Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players also now eligible for home games.

^ As you can see, we now have a date of when it will possibly happen. More on this here

Kyrie Irving wins the battle. The pride he has shown is worth it lol.

The Nets will surely be happy about that as Kyrie will now be available anytime. Maintaining the playoffs spot is what they did while waiting for the green light from New York City to change restrictions against unvaccinated people playing within their premises.

The disadvantage of the Nets in the playoffs is now slowly fading. But unless it wasn't official, they should not hope for now. It's now official?

Well, so far it shows that Irving have won his battle for this case. Now, the Nets duo Irving-Durant is back to dominate each and every game especially when they are playing home games and their chances to grab the 5th or 6th seed are much higher now. Too bad they lost against the Grizzlies today who's one of their key players are ruled out.

In line with @Bttzed03 quote above, I thinks it's already official that Irving is welcome to play home games starting today.

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving and other unvaccinated athletes will be allowed to play professional sports in New York City under a major policy change Mayor Eric Adams is poised to announce Thursday, people familiar with the matter confirmed.

Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/23/adams-vaccine-mandate-performers-athletes-00019851

[stadus]

How about that for the Warriors team? It amazed me with how they took over the game even though Klay and Green were sitting on the sidelines.
They played defense and make it to offense at high success rates. Jordan Poole got the hot hands early game while Wiggins made sure it will end with a bang.
Took a peek at the total stats and surprised it was not far of a difference. They just won with rebounds and freethrows. Good game.

They managed to make a big run where they led in the 3rd up to 4th quarter and won the game nicely earlier. The Miami heat was at their worst since they're not following the instruction of their coach especially Jimmy Butler who wanted to make things right by himself but it didn't work last night which result to their loss. They need to get back on track because as they can see when they aren't performing well due to their ego, GSW Curry and Thompson less will easily beat them.

I was not surprised if the Warriors are going to win, what surprises me is the run they have to do in order to take the lead and increased it in the 4th quarter.

And we have been criticizing Wiggins in his last game, but it seems he get back on track in this games against a tough team with 22 points. Kuminga though played good as well as he is the only one keeping them in the game for the first 2 quarters.

Impressive win by the Warriors, the team does not have Thompson and Curry in this game and yet they beat a complete Miami Heat. I can't believe what I saw, it's just like the all star Heat playing the 2nd unit of the Warriors but they could not manage to dominate them.

Jordan Poole was very consistent in this game with 30 points, 7-13 from 3 point line, that as insane.

They have played well today, I didn't expect that they could deliver a victory against the Miami Heat especially when Thompson and Curry are not playing on the Warriors side. Kuminga and of course Jordan Poole have been in their A-game since Curry was injured and they are continuously stepping up everyday.

...the team does not have Thompson and Curry in this game and yet they beat a complete Miami Heat

Nah, the Heat ain't complete this time as Tyler Herro (knee) will sit out Wednesday against Golden State Warriors.

[diderdrogba]

Los Angeles Lakers are trying their best to stay in the area to be able to qualify for the playoffs. But they got another disappointing loss last night against Philadelphia 76ers this time. It was a loss by 121-126 home and 76ers' second half effort was really superb that it had a big role in this victory. Lebron James couldn't play due to injury. And I saw D. Howard playing this much good for the first time after a long break. Harden and Embiid had a really good day and made big contributions to 76ers.

[Pamadar]

Los Angeles Lakers are trying their best to stay in the area to be able to qualify for the playoffs. But they got another disappointing loss last night against Philadelphia 76ers this time. It was a loss by 121-126 home and 76ers' second half effort was really superb that it had a big role in this victory. Lebron James couldn't play due to injury. And I saw D. Howard playing this much good for the first time after a long break. Harden and Embiid had a really good day and made big contributions to 76ers.

Without LeBron and AD, look at the stats of the players they are all sharing the ball.

Very noticeable how most Lakers players are in double digits. They play hard and really try to win this game, but they might get
Exhausted in the last few minutes, while on the other hand, Sixers stars are still very impressive. They all contribute good numbers
and just like how you pointed Embiid, he stood out and dominated the scoring provided for the sixers.

[carlisle1]

We've seen 4 players scored 20+ or more in the Warriors showing that they can still be a deadly team without their core players.

It's their system that gave them the win, when the star players are not playing, there's no star player in the court and anyone could shoot the ball so the ball movement is very efficient leading to more open shots. Or, my theory is the Heat may not play it seriously as they are too overconfident they could beat the short-handed Warriors.

I'll go with your first statement, Warriors rotates the ball so well since there's no known stars to look upon, those who are inside the court

are the one who's in-charge to play the game, they are looking for a high percentage shots and good thing they make things happen during the

game against the Heat. Or, aside from not taking the game seriously, something inside the Heat is not doing well, just like how the video of that argument

between  Butler, Haslem and coach Spoelstra is circulating around the web.

[OgNasty]

Sources: Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be cleared for home games as New York City will on Thursday change private sector vaccine mandate to allow exemption for athletes and entertainers in workplace. Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players also now eligible for home games.

^ As you can see, we now have a date of when it will possibly happen. More on this here

Kyrie Irving wins the battle. The pride he has shown is worth it lol.

The Nets will surely be happy about that as Kyrie will now be available anytime. Maintaining the playoffs spot is what they did while waiting for the green light from New York City to change restrictions against unvaccinated people playing within their premises.

The disadvantage of the Nets in the playoffs is now slowly fading. But unless it wasn't official, they should not hope for now. It's now official?

Well, so far it shows that Irving have won his battle for this case. Now, the Nets duo Irving-Durant is back to dominate each and every game especially when they are playing home games and their chances to grab the 5th or 6th seed are much higher now. Too bad they lost against the Grizzlies today who's one of their key players are ruled out.

In line with @Bttzed03 quote above, I thinks it's already official that Irving is welcome to play home games starting today.

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving and other unvaccinated athletes will be allowed to play professional sports in New York City under a major policy change Mayor Eric Adams is poised to announce Thursday, people familiar with the matter confirmed.

Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/23/adams-vaccine-mandate-performers-athletes-00019851

Ya, his first game at home will be this Sunday. It’s a shame he was held out of any games at all, but you have to respect that he was willing to sacrifice a lot in order to do what he felt was right. As a result, he now has a stronger immune response to covid than the vaccinated players in the league and he didn’t have to compromise his beliefs. Congrats to Kyrie for being able to play home games again and I have a lot or respect for him for not letting anyone force him into something he didn’t want to do. Now the wait for Ben Simmons to join them on the court.

[freedomgo]

We've seen 4 players scored 20+ or more in the Warriors showing that they can still be a deadly team without their core players.

It's their system that gave them the win, when the star players are not playing, there's no star player in the court and anyone could shoot the ball so the ball movement is very efficient leading to more open shots. Or, my theory is the Heat may not play it seriously as they are too overconfident they could beat the short-handed Warriors.

Yeah maybe the Heat just got too confident that resulted a defeat on their side, later on there was a little confrontation happened on Heat's side. The Warriors closed the game with 14 point lead and I think nobody have saw that coming since the Warriors now are currently undermanned but they proved that they can still handle top heavy teams like the Heat and finish the game in their favor.

[Pulsar77]

Memphis Grizzlies still managed to beat Brooklyn Nets by 132-120 despite not having Ja Morant in this game. Because they had a solid team play which was very helpful for them to make it to the win. I won't be saying for Nets as the individual performances came to the forefront. Irving had a superb performance like 43 points. And Kevin Durant was really close to making a triple-double by a huge effort (35 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists). Nets need to keep up having a good team play to reach victories easier.

[btc_angela]

We've seen 4 players scored 20+ or more in the Warriors showing that they can still be a deadly team without their core players.

It's their system that gave them the win, when the star players are not playing, there's no star player in the court and anyone could shoot the ball so the ball movement is very efficient leading to more open shots. Or, my theory is the Heat may not play it seriously as they are too overconfident they could beat the short-handed Warriors.

Yeah maybe the Heat just got too confident that resulted a defeat on their side, later on there was a little confrontation happened on Heat's side. The Warriors closed the game with 14 point lead and I think nobody have saw that coming since the Warriors now are currently undermanned but they proved that they can still handle top heavy teams like the Heat and finish the game in their favor.

I don't think they got too confident against the Warriors, they know that they got their hands full on this game, that's why Butler was very aggressive, even hitting 3's. It's that the Warriors are the one that is very confident in this game.

They know that they can win games even without their top scorer. And they have been in this kind of situation before. Poole becoming the first option together with Wiggins.

[Baofeng]

NBA games are really unpredictable. There are underdog teams who beat the Favorites unexpectedly. I'm sure lots of bettors lose their bet last night because of the anticipation that Favorites will perform. It's good to see handicapped teams beating a healthy lineup.

Now studying the next set of games and some are worth trying.

Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns are considered handicapped next game against their respective opponents. Might put a bet on one of this team.

Or it could be a trap?

Phoenix Suns just won their game, a come from behind victory over the Wolves, it was very physical and intense specially before the end of the 2nd quarter and they mostly trailed in the game. Now, they are the underdogs against the Nuggets in another road game. So yeah, why not? it's better to put on them.

[tygeade]

I was not surprised if the Warriors are going to win, what surprises me is the run they have to do in order to take the lead and increased it in the 4th quarter.

And we have been criticizing Wiggins in his last game, but it seems he get back on track in this games against a tough team with 22 points. Kuminga though played good as well as he is the only one keeping them in the game for the first 2 quarters.

The problem with Wiggins is not that he plays bad or good, dude is an all-star, he could play well we all know that. The problem is that Warriors have a style and they play that way. If he keeps up playing like that for a long time, that's fine because he would fit in the system.

However, if he plays differently from the style and plays the way he used to in Wolves, then it would be a problem even if he has a great game individually. He needs to realize that even Curry is a cog in a machine in this system, whenever he gets worse, someone else takes over. So Wiggins needs to not only play well, but also learn to play well within the system.

[Ziskinberg]

So Wiggins needs to not only play well, but also learn to play well within the system.

I think he already learned how to play the system because he's been with the team for 2 seasons now already. It's just that sometimes not everyone is on the same page, and sometimes when one player struggles, the whole team is affected. if we look for a good example of a player that hasn't learned the system yet, I guess it will fit on Westbrook as his production has really dropped significantly.

[Yogee]

It's nice to know that C. Paul could be back in action when the Suns visits the Nuggets later. Odds are slightly in favor of the home team but this could quickly flip when CP3 plays. Michael Porter Jr. is ruled out for the Nuggets which is another blow after losing Jamal Murray.

[LogitechMouse]

We've seen 4 players scored 20+ or more in the Warriors showing that they can still be a deadly team without their core players.

It's their system that gave them the win, when the star players are not playing, there's no star player in the court and anyone could shoot the ball so the ball movement is very efficient leading to more open shots. Or, my theory is the Heat may not play it seriously as they are too overconfident they could beat the short-handed Warriors.

Well, that is why Coach Steve Kerr is one of the best coaches of all time alongside Coach Spo and Coach Pop.
His system is a perfect fit for the whole Warriors team and it will continue to be like that as long as he is the head coach of the team.
 

Los Angeles Lakers are trying their best to stay in the area to be able to qualify for the playoffs. But they got another disappointing loss last night against Philadelphia 76ers this time. It was a loss by 121-126 home and 76ers' second half effort was really superb that it had a big role in this victory. Lebron James couldn't play due to injury. And I saw D. Howard playing this much good for the first time after a long break. Harden and Embiid had a really good day and made big contributions to 76ers.

When Lebron is injured, the Lakers are done for the season and that is a fact.
Aside from him, nobody in the team can step up and carry the team. Who can? Westbrook who is very inconsistent all throughout the season. No one can carry the team aside from Lebron or maybe if Davis and Westbrook plays together. Lebron is also the starting Center of the team and since he is injured, its obvious that Howard is their second option thus they gave him more playing time. I just hope that Lebron will be back in their next game against the Pelicans and its a must win for them or they will go down to 10th spot.

[dwyane36]

Now the wait for Ben Simmons to join them on the court.

As far as I know, Simmons still can't do anything on the court due to injury. So we shouldn't hope for his return because there are only 9 games left before the end of the regular season. By the way, the funny thing is that if the Nets finish the regular season in their current position in the standings and win the first game in the play-in tournament, they will play against the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs.

[Questat]

Now the wait for Ben Simmons to join them on the court.

As far as I know, Simmons still can't do anything on the court due to injury. So we shouldn't hope for his return because there are only 9 games left before the end of the regular season. By the way, the funny thing is that if the Nets finish the regular season in their current position in the standings and win the first game in the play-in tournament, they will play against the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs.

Simmons can play already but probably he is still under training with the team, they won't just inset him if he is not yet ready. However, since the playoffs are coming and they want to be an improve team, for sure Simmons will have his minutes earn in his new team now.

Durant and Irving can handle the current situation, Simmons just have to rest and get ready when he is called.

[Dave1]

Now the wait for Ben Simmons to join them on the court.

As far as I know, Simmons still can't do anything on the court due to injury. So we shouldn't hope for his return because there are only 9 games left before the end of the regular season. By the way, the funny thing is that if the Nets finish the regular season in their current position in the standings and win the first game in the play-in tournament, they will play against the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs.

Simmons can play already but probably he is still under training with the team, they won't just inset him if he is not yet ready. However, since the playoffs are coming and they want to be an improve team, for sure Simmons will have his minutes earn in his new team now.

Durant and Irving can handle the current situation, Simmons just have to rest and get ready when he is called.

On the contrary, I think he should play already if he can, specially prior to the playoffs, it will be difficult for him to re-adjust in the playoff if he or the team chooses to play him that time. Just play 10 minutes, and get a feel of the new team, for sure the instincts will come to play hard just like he is with the Sixers.

Durant and Irving have lost their game against the Grizzlies with Morant, so definitely Simmons is needed to help.