2024 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

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[LGD2Business]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

Yeah, just watched the entirety of the game and it's good that Zion and the Pelicans are no longer intimidated with CP3 antics. And it's a good call to challenge the Zion foul on CP3 because obviously Paul is baiting him to get a foul. And it's the momentum shift, Pelicans just leading 3 points in the OT. And if they didn't challenge it and let CP3 hits 3 FT it will be tie and the Suns might win with CP3 still around. And the acquisition of CJ is really paying off as he hits 2 clutch shots to take the lead to 7 points and that's it. The Suns without CP3 was in a disarray and can't score a basketball until it was almost over.

[jakelyson]

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

Yeah, just watched the entirety of the game and it's good that Zion and the Pelicans are no longer intimidated with CP3 antics. And it's a good call to challenge the Zion foul on CP3 because obviously Paul is baiting him to get a foul. And it's the momentum shift, Pelicans just leading 3 points in the OT. And if they didn't challenge it and let CP3 hits 3 FT it will be tie and the Suns might win with CP3 still around. And the acquisition of CJ is really paying off as he hits 2 clutch shots to take the lead to 7 points and that's it. The Suns without CP3 was in a disarray and can't score a basketball until it was almost over.

That was a good challenge, hit two birds with one stone. They avoided the foul on Zion and the 3 free throws of Chris Paul and also fouled out Chris Paul. Without Chris Paul inside the court, the Suns lost their anchor. Chris Paul has been dictating the phase of the game in the fourth quarter that enabled them to catch up and eradicate the lead of the Pelicans. And when he fouled out, that is when the Pelicans really took over in the overtime and won the game.

I like this rule that they call an offensive foul on the offense who baited the foul, just like what happened when CP3 extended to his foot to make contact for a foul. I think they were not called that before and it is good that they are calling that now.

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

It is an easy game for the Lakers. The Piston is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and with AD, Lebron and Westbrook on the floor, I do not think the Pistons even stand a chance against them.

[LogitechMouse]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

I wonder how Coach Ham is feeling right now because he really made some good adjustments with the team already.
He somehow asked Davis to be the starting Center of the team, a role that he doesn't want, but Davis embraced the role and is very efficient to it. Another thing is the Westbrook-Beverley beef in the past. He also makes sure that they will build a chemistry with one another. The chemistry of the team is already starting to build up already.

The only problem that I see until now is that, even though the Lakers are doing a decent job winning 6 of their last 10 games, they are still on the 12th spot. In a tight battle like in the Western Conference, every win is very important to each of them. They might be doing a great job, but it wasn't enough still.

On the other hand, some great things happened tonight.
- Hawks' AJ Griffin's turnaround hoop to win the game with 0.5 seconds remaining.
- The Rockets beat the Bucks. This surprised me TBH.

[danherbias07]

The Pelicans are in the lead with under 6 minutes left in the game. It is just a six-point lead but all the Pelicans have to do is maintain that lead. I guess the Suns will lose back-to-back against the Pelicans. They were not able to give a payback to what Zion did to them in the last game.

I'm surprised they let it go to overtime, Zion needs some rest but the 2nd unit will have to keep the castle defended if they want a better chance to close the game in regulation.
Ayton fouled out, and CP3 fouled out, this is all thanks to Zion nonstop attacking the painted area. He keeps on proving now why he is the number 1 pick, he should never stop.

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

Hahaha. 
They will meet again on Suns territory on December 18. I wish the results will be the same.
There's good news too, B.I. might be back soon and he will be able to play on that day.

[gagux123]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

Apparently, Lakers is progressing
For the last few days, it looks like the Lakers are consistently winning.
Even coming back from injury, AD scored 34 points, 15 rebounds.
I confess, Walker is being a supporting player and helping the Lakers, because lately he has been standing out, and that is good for the Lakers.

[Reid]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

Apparently, Lakers is progressing
For the last few days, it looks like the Lakers are consistently winning.
Even coming back from injury, AD scored 34 points, 15 rebounds.
I confess, Walker is being a supporting player and helping the Lakers, because lately he has been standing out, and that is good for the Lakers.

The same with Reaves, he is also stepping up his game although it cannot be seen in the stats. He is always there to defend, start a transition play or a fast break and to put more spacing in the floor as he is also a threat outside and we have seen it tonight putting a dagger to end the Pistons hope of getting back on a 1 possession game.
Anthony Davis is their main core now, without him this Lakers team will have a hard time to win unless they can step up their game more.

[Yamifoud]

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

Hahaha..They beat the Suns two in a row, and that's because they can't stop Zion. This team is legit, they are at the number 1 spot now, and they deserve respect so I don't know if the Suns have a shot of beating them once they'll face off in the playoffs. No Ingram, no problem. To be fair, Booker did not play so.... still the Pelicans are the better team.

[Botnake]

^I’m glad the Pelicans just spammed the Suns again. Hometown team or not, I can’t hope for a team to win if I don’t respect their players. Glad Chris Paul got hammered all game and Zion smashed everyone. It needed to happen. The Suns are way too high off their Finals appearance still. They’re acting like they’ve won multiple championships or something. I’m ready to blow up this roster and give the team to Ayton.

Hahaha..They beat the Suns two in a row, and that's because they can't stop Zion. This team is legit, they are at the number 1 spot now, and they deserve respect so I don't know if the Suns have a shot of beating them once they'll face off in the playoffs. No Ingram, no problem. To be fair, Booker did not play so.... still the Pelicans are the better team.

Zion has taken it personally, it will be fun once the playoffs come. I'm pretty sure that the Pelicans will be able to make it to the playoffs as long as Zion stays healthy, and from now on, I think betting on the Pelicans is the best idea, I mean they are the hottest team in the West, so no way I would bet against them.

[Harkorede]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

There have been huge significant improvements to Westbrook performance since he's been coming off the bench compared to when he was always in the starting lineup, while Anthony Davis have been Lakers most consistent player this season, I just hope he stays healthy enough down the stretch because it will only get tougher as the regular season start approaching its end every team is trying to secure a slot in the post season, Lebron is known to be conditioning very well and he is usually available down the stretch, but he'll be needing all the help and supports he can get from Anthony Davis, because If Anthony Davis isn't going to be available, I doubt Lakers would be able to clinch a spot in the play-in tournament let alone a spot in the top seed.

[Kelvinid]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

There have been huge significant improvements to Westbrook performance since he's been coming off the bench compared to when he was always in the starting lineup, while Anthony Davis have been Lakers most consistent player this season, I just hope he stays healthy enough down the stretch because it will only get tougher as the regular season start approaching its end every team is trying to secure a slot in the post season, Lebron is known to be conditioning very well and he is usually available down the stretch, but he'll be needing all the help and supports he can get from Anthony Davis, because If Anthony Davis isn't going to be available, I doubt Lakers would be able to clinch a spot in the play-in tournament let alone a spot in the top seed.

Yeah, the changes was very effective, they don't need to put Westbrook in the starting lineup because it will only mess up their offense. Now, with limited attempts and more on facilitating the ball, his role has become more effective, though he will not be a triple-double guy anymore winning more games for the team is more than enough to still consider a valuable player of the team.

[yazher]

There have been huge significant improvements to Westbrook performance since he's been coming off the bench compared to when he was always in the starting lineup, while Anthony Davis have been Lakers most consistent player this season, I just hope he stays healthy enough down the stretch because it will only get tougher as the regular season start approaching its end every team is trying to secure a slot in the post season, Lebron is known to be conditioning very well and he is usually available down the stretch, but he'll be needing all the help and supports he can get from Anthony Davis, because If Anthony Davis isn't going to be available, I doubt Lakers would be able to clinch a spot in the play-in tournament let alone a spot in the top seed.

Constant adjustment is the key until they find the right rhythms for him with this team and look how successful they are in giving him chance to play in different roles rather than putting him where he cannot find himself playing like how he used to be. Though it's hard for Westbrook not to have the best play he once had in OKC, he is doing all he can to help the Lakers to be a contender team that will gonna be a playoff team in the coming months. Also, Davis and LBJ are doing their very best to keep them winning and to take advantage to win from a weaker team and also trying their best to win from a contender team and that will be tried once more in their upcoming game against the Boston Celtics.

[YuginKadoya]

I'm a bit late to comment about that Zion late game dunk. I think everyone's aware that it's an unwritten rule not to showoff while you're already winning by a huge margin. Any team would have been mad about that but probably not everyone will be as aggressive. It's not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last.

I also read an Ingram tweet about people comparing Booker and Ayton to Kobe and Shaq. I think that would add more spice to the rivalry of these two teams hehe.

Well, there is no late comment because it is basically part of the history and that has sparked a rivalry between these two teams, Well sometimes in the heat of the game they sometimes forget about it when Zion Williamson performs a 3/60 dunk so the Phoenix Suns were very pissed off on what he did, so this season when this two teams was on the court and having their play Zion Williamson will deliberately give the Suns a personal grudge,

I think people made big fuss about that, it's not that deep. It's an unwritten rule to not play the last ball but CP3 also used that to layup so I don't understand why Suns players pissed off too much. In general I prefer to see every second to play instead of waiting for a final whistle, at least we Europeans learned that way.
That was a nice dunk by the way, people want Zion to participate this year's Dunk Contest. I hope we can see him there.

Well there are many games in the NBA in the unwritten rule was violated and the other teams were really furious about it, even though it is not an official rule this is just to show respect to the other team that the winning team has already beaten the other team this is just to show respect and nothing more, well I don't really know why the other team is really pissed off, but surely the frustration also kick in, in the heated match-up,

[Cryptmuster]

Joel Embiid scored 53 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Hornets, which is an excellent result and he has a very good overall record, averaging 38 points in the last 10 games. Against Utah, this season he also scored 59 points, Philadelphia won that game 105-98, and Joel scored more than half of all points. He said after the game with Hornets, that the ball itself found me, but it is clear that the players try to play with him if he has a good game.

[Oasisman]

The energy between Westbrook and LeBron today is very good. Westbrook is making great assists, both to LeBron and AD. Lonnie Walker also contributed significant points by scoring a good percentage. The lack of experience and leading players is evident in Detroit. Bojan Bogdanovic alone carries the team on his back. Jaden Ivey is willing but can't get play the balls right. Despite all this, the difference is still very close. There is no Cunningham, but it wouldn't have changed much had he been. Detroit is holding up well, but the Lakers haven't lost much of the lead. Antony Davis still find easy buckets.

Lakers win and the big 3 have some good numbers, but still the Pistons (the worst team in the NBA right now) were able to put the score to as close as 1 point and they almost handed the Lakers an L.
Bogdanovic was sensational with the series of 3s he had midway in the 3rd quarter and that gave the team a momentum boost to put the score closer.
Now, I have doubts again for the Lakers whether or not they're gonna make it to the playoffs, as they even struggling to earn a spot in the play-in tournament. Though it's kinda early and we're seeing a very slight progress, but as a Laker and LeBron fan, I'm still hoping they'll figure it out.

[Natalim]

Lakers win and the big 3 have some good numbers, but still the Pistons (the worst team in the NBA right now) were able to put the score to as close as 1 point and they almost handed the Lakers an L.

They maybe are the worst team per record but Lakers aren't the best team either. Pistons IMO is a competitive team because they don't lose by a huge margin, in fact, they beat the Heat which is also a good team. The Lakers just used their experience to outsmart the Pistons, but that's not enough against legit playoff teams, so they need to improve a bit.

[carlisle1]

Lakers win and the big 3 have some good numbers, but still the Pistons (the worst team in the NBA right now) were able to put the score to as close as 1 point and they almost handed the Lakers an L.

They maybe are the worst team per record but Lakers aren't the best team either. Pistons IMO is a competitive team because they don't lose by a huge margin, in fact, they beat the Heat which is also a good team. The Lakers just used their experience to outsmart the Pistons, but that's not enough against legit playoff teams, so they need to improve a bit.

Not enough for the super team indeed, they needed to work more with both offense and defense. Lot of things to still work on. They can't just
give all the loads with their big 3.

If they can blend players and give good rest for AD and LeBron sure deal that they can have that solid 5 inside the court when the clock
is running out, very important that those two superstars got enough rest.

Full and got decent strength to push full the final quarter.

[Ayers]

Joel Embiid scored 53 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Hornets, which is an excellent result and he has a very good overall record, averaging 38 points in the last 10 games. Against Utah, this season he also scored 59 points, Philadelphia won that game 105-98, and Joel scored more than half of all points. He said after the game with Hornets, that the ball itself found me, but it is clear that the players try to play with him if he has a good game.

This game was won by Joel Embiid alone, as he single-handedly gave his team, the Philadelphia 76ers, the victory. Watching the game at times, it felt like he was the only one on the court. In my opinion, he was the one who was really dictating the game. It seems to me that almost every time he was in the right place at the right time, I would agree with this statement. In addition, it is also very true that when his teammates saw that he was absolutely unstoppable, they also helped him by giving him more opportunities & giving him the ball more.

[Baofeng]

Joel Embiid scored 53 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Hornets, which is an excellent result and he has a very good overall record, averaging 38 points in the last 10 games. Against Utah, this season he also scored 59 points, Philadelphia won that game 105-98, and Joel scored more than half of all points. He said after the game with Hornets, that the ball itself found me, but it is clear that the players try to play with him if he has a good game.

This game was won by Joel Embiid alone, as he single-handedly gave his team, the Philadelphia 76ers, the victory. Watching the game at times, it felt like he was the only one on the court. In my opinion, he was the one who was really dictating the game. It seems to me that almost every time he was in the right place at the right time, I would agree with this statement. In addition, it is also very true that when his teammates saw that he was absolutely unstoppable, they also helped him by giving him more opportunities & giving him the ball more.

Last year there was a close MVP race between him Jokic and Giannis. One advantage Jokic has is that he remains consistent while Joel went down and got injured and so he didn't win the Award. But if he continues his performance like this and not be injured, I think he has a high chance to win this year no doubt.

He has a good supporting cast as well, lead by Harden and the Melton and Milton and Tobias Harris.

Gonna be a good Eastern showdown as who will be the team to beat with the Bucks (although they lost) and the Celtics as well.