2024 NBA Season

[Oasisman]

I can't really say that I totally expected that outcome because at the back of my mind, it's hard to disregard that the Lakers are much more vulnerable in that game because there was no LeBron and Davis on the court to help them and lift the team whenever they needed it. But it shows that they can still manage well and the absence of both superstars gave Schroder a moment to gain another experience that will help him to be more confident during clutch time or intense games especially if they can participate in the play-in.

Yes, exactly!
Well, even though the Lakers aren't that far off OKC in the championship.

Now, if the Lakers manage to maintain a great consistency of victories with or without LJ and AD, that will be a good sign (which in my opinion this could happen).
The Lakers will do anything to get a seed in these playoffs!

Tomorrow they will play against the Timberwolves, it will be an interesting game to watch, as Minnesota is in a similar position to the Lakers in the championship, I have no doubt that this victory will be important for both teams

Man, I can say all the bottom teams in the West needs every win they could possible get for the remainder of the season, so every game is a very important game that someone who's vital for the team needs to play even with a minor injury. #4 down to #13 does not guarantee a playoff spot until the season is over. With less than 20 games remaining in the season, games will get interesting to watch.
I'm not so certain about the Lakers though if both LeBron and AD is out.

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[Baofeng]

I can't really say that I totally expected that outcome because at the back of my mind, it's hard to disregard that the Lakers are much more vulnerable in that game because there was no LeBron and Davis on the court to help them and lift the team whenever they needed it. But it shows that they can still manage well and the absence of both superstars gave Schroder a moment to gain another experience that will help him to be more confident during clutch time or intense games especially if they can participate in the play-in.

Yes, exactly!
Well, even though the Lakers aren't that far off OKC in the championship.

Now, if the Lakers manage to maintain a great consistency of victories with or without LJ and AD, that will be a good sign (which in my opinion this could happen).
The Lakers will do anything to get a seed in these playoffs!

Tomorrow they will play against the Timberwolves, it will be an interesting game to watch, as Minnesota is in a similar position to the Lakers in the championship, I have no doubt that this victory will be important for both teams

Man, I can say all the bottom teams in the West needs every win they could possible get for the remainder of the season, so every game is a very important game that someone who's vital for the team needs to play even with a minor injury. #4 down to #13 does not guarantee a playoff spot until the season is over. With less than 20 games remaining in the season, games will get interesting to watch.
I'm not so certain about the Lakers though if both LeBron and AD is out.

Yes, every game is very important now that they are vying a set in the playoff, even in the bottom could have a chance against the play in if they suddenly win games in a bunch. So there is no safe position for them, Lebron and the new Lakers are trying to do that as well. Getting the win without AD and Lebron and put themselves in the position to be in the play in at least till Lebron and AD be back in the line up. At least a play in is there target, it might be difficult, but seems the current roster is up to the task, they are young and taking this opportunity as well to play. They are going to play the Wolves, and it's in their homecourt so the chance for them to win again is high.

[gagux123]

Man, I can say all the bottom teams in the West needs every win they could possible get for the remainder of the season, so every game is a very important game that someone who's vital for the team needs to play even with a minor injury. #4 down to #13 does not guarantee a playoff spot until the season is over. With less than 20 games remaining in the season, games will get interesting to watch.
I'm not so certain about the Lakers though if both LeBron and AD is out.

Yes, I confess that I didn't do the calculations to know exactly the wins/losses that the teams need to have to get a seed lol
but most teams are in a delicate situation if they really want a seed for these playoffs.

I read some news, but LeBron will not play against Timberwolves, and KAT will also be out, but AD will possibly play
(I don't really know if this is true information)

[wheelz1200]

I can't really say that I totally expected that outcome because at the back of my mind, it's hard to disregard that the Lakers are much more vulnerable in that game because there was no LeBron and Davis on the court to help them and lift the team whenever they needed it. But it shows that they can still manage well and the absence of both superstars gave Schroder a moment to gain another experience that will help him to be more confident during clutch time or intense games especially if they can participate in the play-in.

Yes, exactly!
Well, even though the Lakers aren't that far off OKC in the championship.

Now, if the Lakers manage to maintain a great consistency of victories with or without LJ and AD, that will be a good sign (which in my opinion this could happen).
The Lakers will do anything to get a seed in these playoffs!

Tomorrow they will play against the Timberwolves, it will be an interesting game to watch, as Minnesota is in a similar position to the Lakers in the championship, I have no doubt that this victory will be important for both teams

Man, I can say all the bottom teams in the West needs every win they could possible get for the remainder of the season, so every game is a very important game that someone who's vital for the team needs to play even with a minor injury. #4 down to #13 does not guarantee a playoff spot until the season is over. With less than 20 games remaining in the season, games will get interesting to watch.
I'm not so certain about the Lakers though if both LeBron and AD is out.

Yeah I actually don't remember a season where the log jam between 10 teams is literally a couple of games.  A good week brings you from out of the playin to hosting a playoff series lol.  Gonna make for a wild last week of basketball.  Can't wait for it.

In other news another huge game for the Knicks.  Mia.i is right behind them and another chance to clear some room away from the play in slots.  Love this time of year for basketball.  Between the last quarter of nba season and March madness for college there is something good on everyday.

[danherbias07]

Warriors continue to impress their fans, they well secured the win after that 3rd quarter big comeback, not sure what happened with Clippers in the second half they allow that high scoring rally of Warriors.

They are now in top 5 after that  4 game winning streak, closer in securing the spot for the Playoff while
Steph still resting.

That's the sweet part of it. Steph Curry won't have to worry too much once he comes back. He knows the team is strong to defeat heavy teams like the Clippers. He can just restrict his minutes and let the bench do the same thing as they did in their past 2 games.

The Clippers, on the other hand, have a tough 2 games coming their way, first on the road later against the Sacramento Kings, and next to it is against the Grizzlies who had been showing greatness in their past 3 games. I think they will have a rough time before they can claim another win. They have a better chance in their home against the Grizzlies. The worst part is Kawhi never plays back-to-back, looks like he is resting again against the Kings.

[Yaunfitda]

The Nets taking a slim 5 point lead against the Boston Celtics, and entering the 4th quarter.

I think this could be the night for the Nets to finally win one game, first quarter ended with 37-15 in favor of the Celtics. But the Nets come back huge in the 2nd and 3rd quarter to take that lead.

So let us see if they can pull a upset here as Boston is still the favorite even though they are trailing entering the last quarter.

[TravelMug]

The Nets taking a slim 5 point lead against the Boston Celtics, and entering the 4th quarter.

I think this could be the night for the Nets to finally win one game, first quarter ended with 37-15 in favor of the Celtics. But the Nets come back huge in the 2nd and 3rd quarter to take that lead.

So let us see if they can pull a upset here as Boston is still the favorite even though they are trailing entering the last quarter.

It's just a bad night for the Celtics, their shots are not failing and they have a horrendous defense on the Nets. On the other hand, the Nets are shooting good, Mikael Bridges another monster game with 38 points and so is his former Phoenix Suns team mates.

And it's good that finally they made it in the win column, at least this bunch of players to stop their 4 game losing streak.

With this lost, the separation between the Bucks and Celtics for the top spot grow bigger as Celtics could be 2 games behind now.

[OgNasty]

The Nets taking a slim 5 point lead against the Boston Celtics, and entering the 4th quarter.

I think this could be the night for the Nets to finally win one game, first quarter ended with 37-15 in favor of the Celtics. But the Nets come back huge in the 2nd and 3rd quarter to take that lead.

So let us see if they can pull a upset here as Boston is still the favorite even though they are trailing entering the last quarter.

Epic collapse on Boston’s part. They looked downright lazy in the second half. Not getting out to defend shooters and settling for terrible three pointers. I think they got a big lead and then just stopped trying. Tatum shot horribly from three point range and Marcus Smart was getting called for fouls left and right. Great comeback for Brooklyn.

[wheelz1200]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

[ChiBitCTy]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

Bulls…straight…..not stunting on the nba…let’s not talk about it lol

Nah I’ll bitch a little. At this point with them playing like such shit all season, and obviously clearly not having any legitimate shot at making any sort of run in the playoffs, it’s time to maybe trade some pieces and start losing. Would be amazing to someone pull another situation like we did with Derrick Rose and luck out in getting the number 1 pick again (would be something with the Bears and Bulls getting it).

[Ziskinberg]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

Bulls…straight…..not stunting on the nba…let’s not talk about it lol

Nah I’ll bitch a little. At this point with them playing like such shit all season, and obviously clearly not having any legitimate shot at making any sort of run in the playoffs, it’s time to maybe trade some pieces and start losing. Would be amazing to someone pull another situation like we did with Derrick Rose and luck out in getting the number 1 pick again (would be something with the Bears and Bulls getting it).

Their shooting is okay, but their defense is very bad. With consistent losses, their chances are slowly diminishing. It's not really good for the Bulls. If they miss the playoffs this season, then they might as well start rebuilding the team and trade their superstars to their desired teams

[yahoo62278]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

Bulls…straight…..not stunting on the nba…let’s not talk about it lol

Nah I’ll bitch a little. At this point with them playing like such shit all season, and obviously clearly not having any legitimate shot at making any sort of run in the playoffs, it’s time to maybe trade some pieces and start losing. Would be amazing to someone pull another situation like we did with Derrick Rose and luck out in getting the number 1 pick again (would be something with the Bears and Bulls getting it).

Their shooting is okay, but their defense is very bad. With consistent losses, their chances are slowly diminishing. It's not really good for the Bulls. If they miss the playoffs this season, then they might as well start rebuilding the team and trade their superstars to their desired teams

The Bulls are in 9th or 10th place in the east currently. They have 3 wins in their last 10 games. Most likely they are missing the playoffs with how they have been playing the last 2-3 weeks. I don't know about trading all their stars, but they do need to find some help in the defense area. Division rivals are killing them 7 wins to Bulls 6. Road games are killing them. They need a spark.

[Russlenat]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

Bulls…straight…..not stunting on the nba…let’s not talk about it lol

Nah I’ll bitch a little. At this point with them playing like such shit all season, and obviously clearly not having any legitimate shot at making any sort of run in the playoffs, it’s time to maybe trade some pieces and start losing. Would be amazing to someone pull another situation like we did with Derrick Rose and luck out in getting the number 1 pick again (would be something with the Bears and Bulls getting it).

Their shooting is okay, but their defense is very bad. With consistent losses, their chances are slowly diminishing. It's not really good for the Bulls. If they miss the playoffs this season, then they might as well start rebuilding the team and trade their superstars to their desired teams

The Bulls are in 9th or 10th place in the east currently. They have 3 wins in their last 10 games. Most likely they are missing the playoffs with how they have been playing the last 2-3 weeks. I don't know about trading all their stars, but they do need to find some help in the defense area. Division rivals are killing them 7 wins to Bulls 6. Road games are killing them. They need a spark.

They are not a bad team; however, I believe they are inconsistent, and that has been their problem even early in the season. There were rumors before that Lavine did not want to play with the team anymore and wanted out, but the rumors subsided when the Bulls started winning. Now they are back to struggling.

In terms of their lineup, they have a good one, as they have their own version of the big 3. However, the problem with this team is probably the chemistry level, which has not fully developed yet.

[Dave1]

What an ugly game between the Clippers and the Kings, Sacramento took a double digit lead by the Clippers comes back and take a 1 point lead. Then Sabonis sinking FT to take back and then Paul George missing the 3 in the last seconds that could have give them the W.

So still winless for the Clippers since acquiring Westbrook although he had a good game again as a Clipper and he was dare to shoot a 3 and made 1.

Clippers now down to 8th spot, as the Wolves won over the Lakers tonight, surpassing them.

[gagux123]

Epic collapse on Boston’s part. They looked downright lazy in the second half. Not getting out to defend shooters and settling for terrible three pointers. I think they got a big lead and then just stopped trying. Tatum shot horribly from three point range and Marcus Smart was getting called for fouls left and right. Great comeback for Brooklyn.

In the first period, Boston played very good, it was clear that the team's performance dropped a lot in the second half, and the Nets took advantage of this opportunity
I was surprised with the result of that game.

By the way, did anyone else here saw the Lakers vs Timberwolves game?
What did you think about that game guys?

[btc_angela]

Knicks.....straight.....stunting on the nba.....talk about it.

We will give credit where it's due and its.... Julius Randle, get a good lead by allow the Butler and the Heat to come back. And then you thought that their winning steak will be snapped, Julius made that out of the body 3 point shot with tough defense from Butler himself.

8 winning streak now, and in the 5th position, and only a couple of games behind the 3rd spot Sixers.

So let's see how far their winning streak can go.

[YuginKadoya]

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This is Westbrook's last chance in redeeming himself and his NBA career. If he fails to deliver and help the Clippers and be a burden to a team, it might be the beginning of the end for his NBA career.

Forget about scoring if it's for Westbrook. The dude can't even shoot the ball. That's why he called Westbrick because he can't shoot the ball. Let the scoring be done by other players. They have Kawhi, PG13, Mann, Gordon, and some bigs as well that. I would love to see Westbrook to be a better player now that he's on a different team already. I'm a bit disappointed on how his career went down from the main star of the Thunder, to the 2nd best player in the Wizards, and he went to the Lakers, he's just an average player and worse, he became a bench player.

I hope that Coach Ty Lue already said to Westbrook that you must not shoot the ball, and just focus on assisting and playmaking.

Well knowing WestBrick in being a WestBrick, he would surely ignore that, but for me right now Russell WestBrick, is playing a great game, in their February 25 game WestBricks Debut play for the Clippers it was a double OT close game against the Sacramento Kings with only 1 point lead, it should be a win for the Clippers, and right now they have 5 consecutive losses the recent one was a game against the Sacramento Kings again with just 1 lead, but right now without Kawhi Leonard again but WestBrick have done a great game in making a double-double of 10 Assists and 27 points for the team but surely it was a very close game,

Yes, and we really love to see the Warriors playing at their homecourt because it really bring the best out of them. And most of the time when you think that they are going to lose because their opponent has a huge lead on them, they have that confident to make a huge comeback in the 3rd quarter to turn the game around.

As for the Clippers, if Kawhi will take a sit against the Kings, then their chances are very slim to win that game in my opinion.

Sad to say but Kawhi Leonard didn't play again, definitely he needs time to rest but right now the Clippers now have 5 consecutive losses while the Golden State Warriors are making a move slowly but surely, For me, I am still thinking that the Golden State Warriors will make it to the playoffs, the return of Stephen Curry, The return of Klay Thompson's slash performance, The awakening of Jonathan Kuminga and return of Andrew Wiggins and GP2 to the team will surely aim them to make a win for the Finals,

[inthelongrun]

What an ugly game between the Clippers and the Kings, Sacramento took a double digit lead by the Clippers comes back and take a 1 point lead. Then Sabonis sinking FT to take back and then Paul George missing the 3 in the last seconds that could have give them the W.

So still winless for the Clippers since acquiring Westbrook although he had a good game again as a Clipper and he was dare to shoot a 3 and made 1.

Clippers now down to 8th spot, as the Wolves won over the Lakers tonight, surpassing them.

I was cheering for Sacramento Kings in this game. I was a bit nervous when Paul George became hot in the remaining last minute of the game. Luckily, he was not able to convert his last shot that would have ended the Clippers' losing streak. Westbrook performed well although his lack of 3-point shooting ability will cost part of their offense. 16 more games for the Clippers before the end of the regular season. This is probably the best time to bet during the regular games, especially on the remaining teams that are fighting for their playoff spots.

And now the Kings are on a 5-win streak and are getting near to 2nd seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

[Yamifoud]

What an ugly game between the Clippers and the Kings, Sacramento took a double digit lead by the Clippers comes back and take a 1 point lead. Then Sabonis sinking FT to take back and then Paul George missing the 3 in the last seconds that could have give them the W.

So still winless for the Clippers since acquiring Westbrook although he had a good game again as a Clipper and he was dare to shoot a 3 and made 1.

Clippers now down to 8th spot, as the Wolves won over the Lakers tonight, surpassing them.

I was cheering for Sacramento Kings in this game. I was a bit nervous when Paul George became hot in the remaining last minute of the game. Luckily, he was not able to convert his last shot that would have ended the Clippers' losing streak. Westbrook performed well although his lack of 3-point shooting ability will cost part of their offense. 16 more games for the Clippers before the end of the regular season. This is probably the best time to bet during the regular games, especially on the remaining teams that are fighting for their playoff spots.

And now the Kings are on a 5-win streak and are getting near to 2nd seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

The Kings are such a surprise, but they are not a championship team yet. Their defense is not that impressive, but I'm happy that they will be in the playoffs so they can experience playing with teams that have been consistent in the playoffs. For a young team, getting a home court advantage is a good thing as they lack experience.

In my opinion, PG should go for a drive instead of a 3-point shot. Maybe he'll get fouled, and since it's just a one-point game, there's no need for a 3-point shot.

[Jating]

What an ugly game between the Clippers and the Kings, Sacramento took a double digit lead by the Clippers comes back and take a 1 point lead. Then Sabonis sinking FT to take back and then Paul George missing the 3 in the last seconds that could have give them the W.

So still winless for the Clippers since acquiring Westbrook although he had a good game again as a Clipper and he was dare to shoot a 3 and made 1.

Clippers now down to 8th spot, as the Wolves won over the Lakers tonight, surpassing them.

I was cheering for Sacramento Kings in this game. I was a bit nervous when Paul George became hot in the remaining last minute of the game. Luckily, he was not able to convert his last shot that would have ended the Clippers' losing streak. Westbrook performed well although his lack of 3-point shooting ability will cost part of their offense. 16 more games for the Clippers before the end of the regular season. This is probably the best time to bet during the regular games, especially on the remaining teams that are fighting for their playoff spots.

And now the Kings are on a 5-win streak and are getting near to 2nd seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

The Kings are such a surprise, but they are not a championship team yet. Their defense is not that impressive, but I'm happy that they will be in the playoffs so they can experience playing with teams that have been consistent in the playoffs. For a young team, getting a home court advantage is a good thing as they lack experience.

In my opinion, PG should go for a drive instead of a 3-point shot. Maybe he'll get fouled, and since it's just a one-point game, there's no need for a 3-point shot.

Yes, but you can't deny that they have improved a lot this year. They are just half a game for the second spot as Memphis lost against the top team the Nuggets.

As for PG, he did crossed over Fox if I'm not mistaken, and he has been hot in the fourth quarter and hit on the same spot. It's just unfortunate that when he let go of that shot, it was obvious that it was short and not much spin on that shot as he might be in the hurry to throw it.