2024 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: Brooklyn are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games.

That is a damning statistic, but I feel like Kyrie isn't going to let this opportunity slip away from him to put up huge numbers in front of the Celtics and show them why he left.  This is one of the better matchups we're going to see this postseason I think and as it begins here momentarily, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.  If the Celtics win, I'll be very surprised, but I've been pretty let down by super teams this year.  No matter what happens, I'm expecting we'll see Ben Simmons towards the end of this series and I'm hoping that will put the Nets over the top and we'll see some 2017 Warriors style basketball dominance. 

[dezoel]

Warriors are going with wherever they have left since their last proper run. Denver is a great team, Jokic makes sure of that but right now they are missing two very important players as well, they are missing both Jamal Murray since last year, and also MPJ as well for a while now.

But at the same time, they have the reigning MVP Jokic which should tell you all you need to know about how good they are. Warriors just dismantled them with ease without having any trouble. Sixers didn't shock me, they played very well, everyone (me included) got worried about their inconsistent play, one day they are great and one day they are not so great, this time around they were great.

[Viscore]

Breaking: Lakers will fire head coach Frank Vogel after three seasons, per @wojespn

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Great decision by the Lakers Management.
Now, Looking forward to the players that will be traded in preparation for the improvement by next season.

Who do you think will be TRADED?

Westbrook and Dwight for sure will be traded but I think the other team will request THT to add with the deal. I hope they will get a reliable center this time so that Lebron and AD will not gonna force too much on defense and avoid more physical activity inside the court. This news is the greatest decision LA management do to save there team for the next season. Too bad they do this late which cause them a lot.

Everyone has seen this coming, but actually no one can actually pinpoint if this decision is right or wrong. But i guess for most of the audience, Vogel should be out in the team in the first place as it only embarass everyone with all the injuries and turmoil the team has to suffer in the current season. And yeah, i guess Westbrook and Dwight will be traded, and right now, Lakers has been eyeing already who has the potentials to be the next Los Angeles Lakers coach.

[LGD2Business]

Boston Celtics had a 15-point lead, but Kyrie Irving played so hard that he changed the game in an instant. He scored two three-pointers in a row and scored 8 points with an easy layup. Then Durant hit a three-pointer and the Brooklyn Nets took the lead again. If Boston loses the home advantage, they're going to be in big trouble. Brooklyn is such a team. They can change the game in an instant. Kyrie has already scored 29 and Durant 21, and don't forget Dragic from bench.

[OgNasty]

Boston Celtics had a 15-point lead, but Kyrie Irving played so hard that he changed the game in an instant. He scored two three-pointers in a row and scored 8 points with an easy layup. Then Durant hit a three-pointer and the Brooklyn Nets took the lead again. If Boston loses the home advantage, they're going to be in big trouble. Brooklyn is such a team. They can change the game in an instant. Kyrie has already scored 29 and Durant 21, and don't forget Dragic from bench.

Kyrie is definitely in beast mode right now. Durant started off with a terrible shooting streak but as soon as the fourth quarter hit they all started going crazy. The Celtics are still dominating down low and the Nets defense in the key is concerning, but it looks like they’ve got momentum on their side as they are up by 5 with 5 minutes to go. Now that Durant seems to be back into his regular routine I’m starting to feel pretty good about picking the Nets to win this one (in several different bets). Crossing fingers now as I watch how this one ends.

[harizen]

There's no way the Nuggets will win a game against the Warriors, too much talent for the Warriors that the Nuggets could not defend. 4 shooters on the floor, my gosh, how can they contend that? Now is the only playoffs that they cannot double Curry because Poole and Thompson will be open, and look how they tire the Joker.

Golden State Warriors winning Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets is really impressive. If that phase of the momentum will continue, they might be winning the series by Game 5. However, we can't conclude anything referring to only the Game 1 performance. Denver Nuggets is surely aware now of what to do and will do the necessary adjustments next game like how to contain those who being on-fired from the Warriors, especially at the rainbow area. Surely, they have lots on their tank to try even the series.

There are lots of Nuggets players that aren't on their usual and having a bad night. If they will continue like that, Jokic will really end up exhausted as aside from putting efforts on offense, he's also one of their best defenders. That really results in too much work and loads for him.

[OgNasty]

Such disappointing defense down the stretch for the Nets. They must have given up at least 4 uncontested layups in the last 5 minutes of the game. Their final shot was terrible and they didn’t even make an effort to get the rebound. The Celtics deserved to win this one. It’s clear they aren’t the better team, but the Nets aren’t making the kind of effort they need to in order to win playoff games. I think the Nets will still win the series but they’re going to have to bring a lot more effort going forward. Their defense down the stretch was embarrassing. Kyrie had a hell of a game though.

[LGD2Business]

Shame on Kyrie's hard work. He did everything, scored 39 points, made very difficult shots. He took responsibility in the most difficult moments. Durant was unable to shoot accurately throughout the game, he also failed to hit the final ball and Nets put up a disastrous defense on return. They lost with an unexpected last-second basket. A lot will happen in this series. We can say that Nets threw away an important opportunity. I can't even imagine how pissed off Kyrie is. If Durant had scored a little more accurate, they would've won the game.

[Yogee]

Playing good defense throughout the game will help any team a lot even if they're having difficulty making shots. Getting the ball by stealing and rebounding also gives that team more chances to score. This is clearly displayed in the Celtics vs. Nets game.


Bucks vs Bulls is up next. It's going to be a dominant game for Giannis.

[Velvet78]

I was totally delighted with the first game of the Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets series. Thanks to a last second point for Celtics, they managed to win this game by only a one-point difference, 115-114. I admired the performance of each team here and they equally deserved a victory undoubtedly. And there was like a scoring duel between Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving here as well. Irving was the winner of this duel as he got 39 points and Tatum got 31. Celtics lead the series by 1-0 but I feel a great competition in this matchup already now. The side to advance to next stage would win this series by 4-3 I think.

[harizen]

Bucks vs Bulls is up next. It's going to be a dominant game for Giannis.

The Bulls cut the lead at 8 from being behind 13 points after the first half. The Bucks dominated the Bulls in the 1Q but somehow the Bulls come back a bit. Seems the Bucks can maintain their dominance after the half as the Bulls are trying to find their rhythm.

Checking the live bets, those handicaps for Milwaukee Bucks are catchy, tempting, and attractive.

Still thinking if I will bet on those.

[chaser15]

I was totally delighted with the first game of the Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets series. Thanks to a last second point for Celtics, they managed to win this game by only a one-point difference, 115-114. I admired the performance of each team here and they equally deserved a victory undoubtedly. And there was like a scoring duel between Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving here as well. Irving was the winner of this duel as he got 39 points and Tatum got 31. Celtics lead the series by 1-0 but I feel a great competition in this matchup already now. The side to advance to next stage would win this series by 4-3 I think.

Not a truly amazing performance by the Boston Celtics as they were unable to prevent the Nets' rally especially stopping Kyrie Irving. They almost lose that game after blowing a good lead. Nets almost win the game but got spoiled because of Jayson Tatum's quick drive to the hoop. If the scenario will be, the Nets will have the big lead, Celtics will have a hard time bouncing back.

Hope they learned something about that game. I'm sure next game an all-eyes of defense will be focused on Kyrie Irving as Tatum did a good job defending Kevin Durant limiting only its points to below 25 points.

[Captain Corporate]

Not having too many injures matters just because of this reason. I mean we had fun watching Celtics vs Nets I am sure but we had no missing stars on Nets, they do not have Harden anymore unfortunately but they had both Irving and Durant, same goes for Celtics who had both Tatum and Brown, on top of that some other players that they really needed. So all in all I have to say that the games will be great as long as we keep this up. However, if we keep seeing some smaller injuries that makes people miss games, that will be the trouble. The only reason why I disliked the last 2 seasons playoffs were the fact that many teams had injuries and that made the "least injured good team" champions.

[diderdrogba]

I really liked to watch Brooklyn Nets also in this game. Their performance was quite enough to win this game but they couldn't make it. It was a close call by 115-114. But this is already a good sign for the team hopefully. I really would like to see Nets competing so hard against Celtics and even eliminate them by this series. Maybe it is going to be really tough but it isn't impossible at all. We can have a series with 7 games in total maybe but I hope the winner becomes Nets.

[LogitechMouse]

Kyrie played well even though he got many boo's from the crowd, Durant had a bad night shooting only 9/24 from the field and that turnaround buzzer beater by Tatum that gave them the victory. This series might end up in 7 games but still its hard to predict who will be the winner.

With Durant having a bad shooting tonight, I think that the Nets can win in this series and make an upset (not total upset though). If Kyrie played the same all throughout the series and Durant will be better in the future games, I think they can overcome the Celtics since this Game 1 is a very close game (even though the Celtics lead as high as 15). If only they stopped that last possession, the Nets might've won it but.. it is what it is. Nets will make an adjustment but for sure they know that they can beat the Celtics.

[Bttzed03]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Kyrie played well even though he got many boo's from the crowd, Durant had a bad night shooting only 9/24 from the field and that turnaround buzzer beater by Tatum that gave them the victory. This series might end up in 7 games but still its hard to predict who will be the winner.

With Durant having a bad shooting tonight, I think that the Nets can win in this series and make an upset (not total upset though). If Kyrie played the same all throughout the series and Durant will be better in the future games, I think they can overcome the Celtics since this Game 1 is a very close game (even though the Celtics lead as high as 15). If only they stopped that last possession, the Nets might've won it but.. it is what it is. Nets will make an adjustment but for sure they know that they can beat the Celtics.

It will be very difficult though, as you can see, both of them should have a very super game in order to win. No doubt that Kyrie is superb tonight, but Durant's performance is subpar as per his standard. So it really boils down as to how both of them are going to play. They need to have 4 games to at least score 30+ points together to have a good chance to win this series.

[Jating]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

[danherbias07]

I was totally delighted with the first game of the Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets series. Thanks to a last second point for Celtics, they managed to win this game by only a one-point difference, 115-114. I admired the performance of each team here and they equally deserved a victory undoubtedly. And there was like a scoring duel between Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving here as well. Irving was the winner of this duel as he got 39 points and Tatum got 31. Celtics lead the series by 1-0 but I feel a great competition in this matchup already now. The side to advance to next stage would win this series by 4-3 I think.

Yeah, that was a great game. A feeling like a Game 7 but it was just Game 1. Looking forward to witnessing more of this kind. Oh, and that was some move by Tatum too, a quick spin move that totally surprised Kyrie Irving who was unable to react.

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

He was smoking in that last quarter. He knew there is something wrong with his teammates because they cannot make anything offensively and he stepped up. This is the CP3 we knew that made the Suns enter the championship and here he goes again. Pelicans tried different players to defend him but none was able to do so. Great win for the Suns.

[rdbase]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

It was a great game for Chris Paul when he took control in the fourth quarter scoring 16 of the Suns 21 and went on to dominate in the paint.
If he hit that last shot of the match I would of cashed some good bets as I had the -12.5 on mine.
Phoenix were up double digits the majority of the game and Booker who had most of his points in the first half wasn't really needed and was on the bench most of the time.
Pelicans have to figure out a way to solve whatever issues they might have, because to be honest they looked quite weak compared to the Suns even without their star player in the last frame of the match.