2024 NBA Season

[TravelMug]

I’m getting ready to sit down and watch this Boston Celtics versus Brooklyn Nets playoff game. I am hoping that the Nets can manage to win one and make a series out of this because if they fall down 3-0 it might be difficult for them to come back even with Ben Simmons. Check it out on ESPN. Tip-off is about to begin. Maybe being in Brooklyn will give them the support they need to escape the game with a W. Rumors are that Ben Simmons will make his season debut on Monday, so I’ll definitely be looking forward to that regardless of what happens tonight.

It's still Boston though in the 3rd quarter, and it's a low scoring game which I think will favor Boston because they are a defensive team. Durant and Irving got into early foul trouble and this will be a problem for them. Nevertheless, Bruce Brown is stepping up already got 16 points and Claxton at 10. But the sad part is that Durant can't really take off, I'm thinking that something is bothering him throughout this series because it's uncanny to see him perform like this in a playoff.

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[OgNasty]

I’m getting ready to sit down and watch this Boston Celtics versus Brooklyn Nets playoff game. I am hoping that the Nets can manage to win one and make a series out of this because if they fall down 3-0 it might be difficult for them to come back even with Ben Simmons. Check it out on ESPN. Tip-off is about to begin. Maybe being in Brooklyn will give them the support they need to escape the game with a W. Rumors are that Ben Simmons will make his season debut on Monday, so I’ll definitely be looking forward to that regardless of what happens tonight.

It's still Boston though in the 3rd quarter, and it's a low scoring game which I think will favor Boston because they are a defensive team. Durant and Irving got into early foul trouble and this will be a problem for them. Nevertheless, Bruce Brown is stepping up already got 16 points and Claxton at 10. But the sad part is that Durant can't really take off, I'm thinking that something is bothering him throughout this series because it's uncanny to see him perform like this in a playoff.

I think Boston just made the decision to guard Durant extremely tight at the cost of leaving other players wide open. Blake Griffin was widely put in the game by Steve Nash to make some shots and try to spread the floor, but the Celtics just kept letting him shoot. It’s looking like the Celtics are going to put the Nets’ back to the wall and all hopes will be on Ben Simmons on Monday. I didn’t see this coming but the Celtics are playing great and their strategy is shutting the Nets down. Not the outcome I wanted to see, but you can’t deny that the Celtics are kicking the Nets ass up and down the floor.

[danherbias07]

I think Boston just made the decision to guard Durant extremely tight at the cost of leaving other players wide open. Blake Griffin was widely put in the game by Steve Nash to make some shots and try to spread the floor, but the Celtics just kept letting him shoot. It’s looking like the Celtics are going to put the Nets’ back to the wall and all hopes will be on Ben Simmons on Monday. I didn’t see this coming but the Celtics are playing great and their strategy is shutting the Nets down. Not the outcome I wanted to see, but you can’t deny that the Celtics are kicking the Nets ass up and down the floor.

Great defense by the Boston Celtics there blocking Kevin Durant from receiving the ball. That's all they need and the Nets' play will be messed up.
This is why I am not a fan of isolation plays. Whenever that iso player is defended at a high level the team will be shut down. They have Kyrie but that's not enough, they must rotate the ball to exhaust the Celtics.
We know the drill, no team has won from a 3-0 deficit. But let's see if they can make history. The same with the Raptors, but with VanVleet injured it will be difficult. They might get lucky if Embiid's thumb injury gets worst.

[onetwostep]

I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast

[Reid]

Dallas Mavericks could've got a better shot if Dinwiddie made one more pass. Someone is on the side who is free and its a shooter, Dorian Finney-Smith.
Well, I guess you cannot blame it to him because of the heat of the moment. Nevertheless, they fought hard and Luka's return was successful.
All they need is put him back and synchronized the chemistry to the team. If they are that close to winning the game, what more when they are back at American Airlines Center. Their battle became more entertaining.

[yazher]

I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast

The skills and chemistry of the Boston Celtics are quite amazing because they managed to bring their hot play in the playoffs without pressing themselves and just simply win every game against the Nets. We all know that the Nets are struggling near the end of the season because of the James Harden trade that they don't really get the quick adaptation with their current new players. The result was hard for them to adjust and as we can see, they struggled so much to win even a single game in the playoff.

[btc_angela]

I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast

This is a break out year for Tatum, he now becomes a superstar in his own right. You can see that he improves at every department, specially his defense and passing ability. See how he locks down Durant in this series. Kyrie and Durant non-existent in the last 3 games. So as Jalen Rose says, bring the "walis-walis", lol, because it's gong to be a sweep.

[boltz]

Bulls cannot win the series anymore.

I also do believe that Bulls won't win the next game either as this was the best change they had to take the lead of series and they failed. Bucks is clearly a better team who knows how to deal with important play-off games when Bulls rarely played in play-offs in the last years so this is another big factor that will make Bucks take the series.

Many have already said it already even before the playoffs has started.
And knowing that their first opponent this playoffs are the defending champions, they surely will lose this first round for sure.

From a career playoff high 41 pts in 16/31 shooting to now 11 points only with 4/9 shooting. That was a huge difference and it just shows how the Bucks can adjust quickly and be effective on it. Giannis didn't dominate and scored that much like what it used to be but all has contributed offensively with 5 players in double digits. If the Bulls will not adjust in Game 4, they might get eliminated in 5 games for some obvious reasons.

I know , but some of us dreamed and hoped until the end. Anyway, it's good for Bulls that they have a team who could stand and face the NBA champs as not a lot of teams can say that right now.


Regarding last night, I think Celtics is having a super solid team with a very smart coach that knows his players and their talents very well. Nets ...simply awful , having only 3 important players who could really play the ball and score points. I'm afraid the dream of a super team in Brooklyn is about to be over after this year .

[LogitechMouse]

I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast

I know that the Boston Celtics are one of the if not the best defensive team in the NBA right now but man... I did underestimate how good they are defending other teams.

Its obvious that the main scorers of Nets are Irving and Durant and in this series, they managed to stop them offensively especially KD which we know is one of the best scorers in the NBA right now. TBH, this is the first time I see him play like this because we normally see him scoring 20+ in a normal game and more in the playoffs but right now he is in his worst performance in his whole playoff career.

On the other hand, Tatum really stepped up offensively and defensively right now. 6 steals this game and 2 block shots on Durant on Game 2? That's incredible already. Many are picking the Sixers and the Bucks to win the Eastern Conference but with how the Celtics are playing against the Nets, I think I will pick them as the Eastern Conference champion.

[OgNasty]

Games are getting started early today.  90 minutes from tipoff for the Bucks vs Bulls game on ABC (nationally broadcast).  The Bucks are looking to take a 3-1 lead and all but banish the Bulls from the playoffs.  Being completely honest, I'm surprised the Bulls managed to win a game in this series.  While they had a great year and an amazing regular season record, they struggled all year long against good teams over .500.  I think they're a piece away from what they need to make a serious run at a title, and from the chatter it sounds like they might get it this offseason if the Lakers manage to pull off an Anthony Davis for Demar Derozan trade.  Maybe that will be the superstar they need to get them over the hump.

[Tony116]

Many have already said it already even before the playoffs has started.
And knowing that their first opponent this playoffs are the defending champions, they surely will lose this first round for sure.
From a career playoff high 41 pts in 16/31 shooting to now 11 points only with 4/9 shooting. That was a huge difference and it just shows how the Bucks can adjust quickly and be effective on it. Giannis didn't dominate and scored that much like what it used to be but all has contributed offensively with 5 players in double digits. If the Bulls will not adjust in Game 4, they might get eliminated in 5 games for some obvious reasons.

I know , but some of us dreamed and hoped until the end. Anyway, it's good for Bulls that they have a team who could stand and face the NBA champs as not a lot of teams can say that right now.
Regarding last night, I think Celtics is having a super solid team with a very smart coach that knows his players and their talents very well. Nets ...simply awful , having only 3 important players who could really play the ball and score points. I'm afraid the dream of a super team in Brooklyn is about to be over after this year .

I do believe that they have a team that can stand and faces a lot of bigger teams. but the tactics are not really convincing right now to a lot of people. they have to make certain changes and do adjustments.

Celtics are a really strong team right now because I don't think they necessarily have the best players in the world stacked in their team,  but I really think that the tactics and teamplay are really great by them and that certainly enables the players to show some great skills on the court.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Games are getting started early today.  90 minutes from tipoff for the Bucks vs Bulls game on ABC (nationally broadcast).  The Bucks are looking to take a 3-1 lead and all but banish the Bulls from the playoffs.  Being completely honest, I'm surprised the Bulls managed to win a game in this series.  While they had a great year and an amazing regular season record, they struggled all year long against good teams over .500.  I think they're a piece away from what they need to make a serious run at a title, and from the chatter it sounds like they might get it this offseason if the Lakers manage to pull off an Anthony Davis for Demar Derozan trade.  Maybe that will be the superstar they need to get them over the hump.

Bulls started strong in the season and just faded away. And it's obvious that they are very inconsistent, winning 1 game and then losing big in game 3.

It's a solid year for the Bulls, but I guess it needs more tweaking, and it's just sad to see Ball getting injured and wasn't able to contribute in the playoffs. But maybe next year when everyone is healthy, their own version of big 3 will have a good run.

[Baofeng]

Bulls cannot win the series anymore.

I also do believe that Bulls won't win the next game either as this was the best change they had to take the lead of series and they failed. Bucks is clearly a better team who knows how to deal with important play-off games when Bulls rarely played in play-offs in the last years so this is another big factor that will make Bucks take the series.

Many have already said it already even before the playoffs has started.
And knowing that their first opponent this playoffs are the defending champions, they surely will lose this first round for sure.

From a career playoff high 41 pts in 16/31 shooting to now 11 points only with 4/9 shooting. That was a huge difference and it just shows how the Bucks can adjust quickly and be effective on it. Giannis didn't dominate and scored that much like what it used to be but all has contributed offensively with 5 players in double digits. If the Bulls will not adjust in Game 4, they might get eliminated in 5 games for some obvious reasons.

I know , but some of us dreamed and hoped until the end. Anyway, it's good for Bulls that they have a team who could stand and face the NBA champs as not a lot of teams can say that right now.


Regarding last night, I think Celtics is having a super solid team with a very smart coach that knows his players and their talents very well. Nets ...simply awful , having only 3 important players who could really play the ball and score points. I'm afraid the dream of a super team in Brooklyn is about to be over after this year .

I also think that the Celtics can go on the finals in the East, they can even defeat the Bucks in they are going to face in the finals, in my opinion.

They are a solid team and seems to be not a weakest link. Defense is solid an they have Tatum now who is one of the best players in the league right now. Just sad that Durant leaves the Warrior formed his own super team but can't even reach the finals.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I have literally no idea how Nets can be this much terrible in this series. Celtics defeated them once more this time in an away game by 109-103. Durant and Irving had terrible performances too. For players like them, scoring 16 points each is not a good performance. They should be playing at a much higher level than this to be helpful for their team to win some games in the series. Maybe Nets would win the next game but I think Celtics would finish them up by 4-1 at the end. Celtics fully deserve to be in next round now.

[Russlenat]

I didn't think the Boston Celtics could beat their opponent so easily, Brooklyn Nets can't do anything. Jayson Tatum played amazing and scored 39 points and played a big part in beating his opponents.
Not only is it possible to win matches with Durant and Kyrie, the rest of the team is playing pretty poorly. So it was a match that was going to end fast

The skills and chemistry of the Boston Celtics are quite amazing because they managed to bring their hot play in the playoffs without pressing themselves and just simply win every game against the Nets. We all know that the Nets are struggling near the end of the season because of the James Harden trade that they don't really get the quick adaptation with their current new players. The result was hard for them to adjust and as we can see, they struggled so much to win even a single game in the playoff.

Even if Harden wasn't trade to the Sixers there's no changes at all because he is also an alpha who specializes in offense and not in the defense, what they need is a proper player who don't have to score good but his defensive styles will be efficient to prevent the other team getting easy shots. If the trade didn't happened then they won't also have Drummond who is good at the center and Seth Curry.

Anyways, Ben Simmons will play this Monday against the Celtics (Game 4) it's sad that his existence in the team will only be tested when they are in a dangerous spot. If they will lose again this Monday then that is already a goodbye Nets.

[Jating]

I have literally no idea how Nets can be this much terrible in this series. Celtics defeated them once more this time in an away game by 109-103. Durant and Irving had terrible performances too. For players like them, scoring 16 points each is not a good performance. They should be playing at a much higher level than this to be helpful for their team to win some games in the series. Maybe Nets would win the next game but I think Celtics would finish them up by 4-1 at the end. Celtics fully deserve to be in next round now.

Give credit to the Celtics coaching staff, they have developed a good plan to stop Durant and Irving. They make it difficult for Durant because they have someone to guard him and then double, usually Al Horford. And then Brown taking Irving out of the equation in the series. Tatum their main weapon in offense. In short, it's a complete package that's why the Nets are having a bad stylistic matchup for the Celtics. I think Steve Nash head will roll after this series.

[RealMalatesta]

Dallas Mavericks could've got a better shot if Dinwiddie made one more pass. Someone is on the side who is free and its a shooter, Dorian Finney-Smith.
Well, I guess you cannot blame it to him because of the heat of the moment. Nevertheless, they fought hard and Luka's return was successful.
All they need is put him back and synchronized the chemistry to the team. If they are that close to winning the game, what more when they are back at American Airlines Center. Their battle became more entertaining.

I wouldn't blame him because time was running out and not like he wasn't open neither. This is why I believe that it wasn't a bad decision to take that shot but they could have drawn a better play because it looked like they were in chaos mode and just passed out and that's not really acceptable for such an important shot.

The main problem however if we focus is that the game was like 99-95 by the end, and Utah scored 5 points back to back which is a big issue. If you are in playoffs, you can't just let the other team score 5 points in 30 seconds for the last plays, you gotta play a lot better, you gotta foul if you have to and still not allow them to score easily.

[mirakal]

Dallas Mavericks could've got a better shot if Dinwiddie made one more pass. Someone is on the side who is free and its a shooter, Dorian Finney-Smith.
Well, I guess you cannot blame it to him because of the heat of the moment. Nevertheless, they fought hard and Luka's return was successful.
All they need is put him back and synchronized the chemistry to the team. If they are that close to winning the game, what more when they are back at American Airlines Center. Their battle became more entertaining.

I wouldn't blame him because time was running out and not like he wasn't open neither. This is why I believe that it wasn't a bad decision to take that shot but they could have drawn a better play because it looked like they were in chaos mode and just passed out and that's not really acceptable for such an important shot.

The main problem however if we focus is that the game was like 99-95 by the end, and Utah scored 5 points back to back which is a big issue. If you are in playoffs, you can't just let the other team score 5 points in 30 seconds for the last plays, you gotta play a lot better, you gotta foul if you have to and still not allow them to score easily.

Mistakes should be corrected and they should do that in the next games. It's still not over though, 2-2 in the series so this is an exciting game, and I think The Mavericks has the edge here since they'll play 2 home court games as long as they will win the next game.

[püsür]

Without Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. to help Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets' task is almost impossible. I can't see a way that they could come back from 3-0. Jokic is of course a great player and has great stats but he cannot just do it alone. Even in the whole recent NBA history, the franchise players or big superstars couldn't advance far without a solid team. We will most probably see the last game of Nuggets or there can be one more maybe. But with also how Poole is playing, I find it close to impossible that Nuggets could get the series.

[stadus]

Without Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. to help Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets' task is almost impossible. I can't see a way that they could come back from 3-0. Jokic is of course a great player and has great stats but he cannot just do it alone. Even in the whole recent NBA history, the franchise players or big superstars couldn't advance far without a solid team. We will most probably see the last game of Nuggets or there can be one more maybe. But with also how Poole is playing, I find it close to impossible that Nuggets could get the series.

Nuggets is leading again in double digit, but I doubt they'll be able to sustain it as we all know Jokic would be tired in the 2nd half since he is the one who did most of the production and the defense of the Warriors is so focus on him. As long as they would not make an adjustment, I would see a 2nd half meltdown if the Nuggets will dominate the Warriors in the first half.