2024 NBA Season

[dwyane36]

The Lakers are doing good from their last 10 games, with DLo back in the line up, last night was such a huge come back for him. Surprisingly, they won against the Raptors, even with several turnovers in the first half and with AD who just finished with 8 points. Anunoby  and Barnes can't even miss, thought the Lakers was gonna lose this game, but the bench and DLo stepped up and managed to make a huge run in the 4th.
Again, if they continue to play in this kind of level and consistency, they are going to avoid an extra work from the play-in and secure a good playoff spot.

Yeah, the updated Lakers roster continues to surprise us. It looks like the Lakers' management made the absolutely right and important decision for the team by trading Westbrook for Russell. At least Russell's performance in the last game against the Raptors is a clear example that he is exactly the guy who is needed by the Lakers, as he was able to take the initiative and lead the team to a victory.

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[Kasabus]

Now the streak of Jokic is over as the Spurs made an upset and won against the top seeded Nuggets. 2nd to the last seed won against the top seed? That's more upsetting than Hornets beating the Knicks on the road. First they lost against the Bulls on their home, and now they lost on the road against the Spurs. I have nothing to say, but just an upset.

Jokic had a triple double on this game, but since he lost, his streak of winning every game when he got a triple-double has ended now.

Anything can happen, though. Although the Denver Nuggets are a good team, the Spurs are a team that knows how to win. They have a winning culture under Coach Gregg Popovich but only lack talent because they are composed of young guns who, at the same time, play hard.

They may have a very bad record now, but as I said, they know how to win, and upsets are normal in sports.

It's just sad that the media are trying to hype a good team, which means an underdog team is underrated.

Some said that the San Antonio Spurs can somehow be a threat to the league if they would like to and their placement right now wouldn't be like that if they are not tanking for a reason. Well, part of me is indeed agreeing with what some of the people are saying and the game earlier was one of the proofs that they could be hard if they wanted to.
It's just that the Spurs right now are still exploring their talents while getting some experience and that is somehow expected by a team full of young but dedicated, maybe next season, the Spurs will be a different team.

Perhaps the lost of the Nuggets is just a blip. As for San Antonio though, yeah there are a lot of young talents in that team and it seems that they are still exploring. But once their is a perfect fit already or they have mature or get some very talented players, they are going to be a very difficult team to beat.

Coach Pop knows what he has to do, and maybe there are games that he really showed his experience as one the best coach in the NBA.

Yes, I guess we can say that because coach Pop is an experienced coach that has been delivering championship teams in the league for quite some time now. Safe to assume that he got a long-term plan for the current Spurs roster that is why we are not seeing him so furious of their outcome because he is just letting the players do their thing to acquire experience.

Suns vs the Kings might be a good game to see, two of the best in the West.

In-fact, I'll be watching that game later but I reckon that it will be much interesting to see if the Suns are a healthy team just like the Kings right now.

[harizen]

Although the Denver Nuggets are a good team, the Spurs are a team that knows how to win. They have a winning culture under Coach Gregg Popovich but only lack talent because they are composed of young guns who, at the same time, play hard.

No offense to San Antonio Spurs fans but I don't take that win against the heavy favorite Denver Nuggets. It's just another usual upset game this season. Spurs won not because they know how to win with the influence of the winning culture you are referring to about Coach Pops, but rather just play the usual basketball and give their best. The Spurs are currently in tanking phase and somehow in the process of rebuilding the team mostly by their own draft players and not by getting a big fish in free agency.

In my own honest view though, Coach Pops should let other coaches he can consider and trust, handle the new San Antonio Spurs. Not that he will totally leave the organization but rather it's just that the new generation should be handled by a new generation coach too. I know others will disagree with it but Coach Pops' system is really just effective during the prime years of the team when he handled it.

[bitgolden]

Now the streak of Jokic is over as the Spurs made an upset and won against the top seeded Nuggets. 2nd to the last seed won against the top seed? That's more upsetting than Hornets beating the Knicks on the road. First they lost against the Bulls on their home, and now they lost on the road against the Spurs. I have nothing to say, but just an upset.

Jokic had a triple double on this game, but since he lost, his streak of winning every game when he got a triple-double has ended now.

Anything can happen, though. Although the Denver Nuggets are a good team, the Spurs are a team that knows how to win. They have a winning culture under Coach Gregg Popovich but only lack talent because they are composed of young guns who, at the same time, play hard.

They may have a very bad record now, but as I said, they know how to win, and upsets are normal in sports.

It's just sad that the media are trying to hype a good team, which means an underdog team is underrated.

Honestly that Spurs is not this spurs, they do not know how to win, they are one of the biggest losers in the league right now and want to be one of those teams that want to get Wemby this summer.

Everyone thinks that this kid will be a generational talent, someone that can be as good as any stars in the league and I believe that they are right, but this is why Spurs lose all the time, in fact, losing is better for them and this win was something bad for them. They can't actively tell the players to lose, hell they can't even tell the coach to lose, Pop won't want that, but they can be a bad team and lose because of that, this was a fluke in the system.

[püsür]

The Lakers are doing good from their last 10 games, with DLo back in the line up, last night was such a huge come back for him. Surprisingly, they won against the Raptors, even with several turnovers in the first half and with AD who just finished with 8 points. Anunoby  and Barnes can't even miss, thought the Lakers was gonna lose this game, but the bench and DLo stepped up and managed to make a huge run in the 4th.
Again, if they continue to play in this kind of level and consistency, they are going to avoid an extra work from the play-in and secure a good playoff spot.

One of the most important things is AD had 8 points and still Lakers won by 10. That shows some good things about the team. Well, in my opinion, it also says some things about Raptors' defence too. But,
D'Angelo Russell played very very good and it was exactly what Lakers needed. Dennis Schröder also played very respectable, I always knew he had a good potential but couldn't show enough. He also played great in the last Eurobasket, which shows how players can be when they take responsibility. I can't believe we are talking about how good was Lakers. Who knew? If AD stays healthy, which is a high doubt itself, things will be good for Lakers.

[blockman]

Yeah, the updated Lakers roster continues to surprise us. It looks like the Lakers' management made the absolutely right and important decision for the team by trading Westbrook for Russell. At least Russell's performance in the last game against the Raptors is a clear example that he is exactly the guy who is needed by the Lakers, as he was able to take the initiative and lead the team to a victory.

Very interesting that after they've traded Westbrook, they've got better stats compared to where Westbrook is still with them. Although no offense with Westbrook while he's still with the Lakers but it seems that after his transfer, they became better.
And the team that he's got in which is the LAC is dropped a bit and suddenly has got that noticeable misfortune. Not saying that he's an unlucky guy but it is truly noticeable and that's what the fans are relaying about with the transfers that have happened to him. But just as the Lakers, hopefully that the time will be going along with him and that kind of feedback to him and his transfers might eventually be replaced by amazement.

[jakelyson]

It does not matter if they can perform well without him or not, now they will have to perform. They will have to find a way to perform without Kevin Durant on the team. This is something anybody can face at any given time. So the teams will have to prepare for any kind of situation like this. I believe the Suns are going to fix this problem somehow, because they just  simply have to.

They still has Devin Booker and Ayton on their line up. Even though Kevin Durant will be out for the regular season, they should not have problems winning games with these two still in their team. Plus, CP3 will be there to guide them in the court. Durant is a big loss but this will give way for Devin Booker to step up and prove he is still the leader of this team.

Yeah, the updated Lakers roster continues to surprise us. It looks like the Lakers' management made the absolutely right and important decision for the team by trading Westbrook for Russell. At least Russell's performance in the last game against the Raptors is a clear example that he is exactly the guy who is needed by the Lakers, as he was able to take the initiative and lead the team to a victory.

They moved up from 13 to 9 after they traded Westbrook. But the west is still very closely packed though. They can be overtaken anytime by pelicans and Jazz or they could move suddenly to 6 if they continue their winning streak. The good thing is, they are doing it without Lebron on the court. Hopefully, Lebron will not destroy the flow when he comes out of injury.

[wheelz1200]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

And now the Knicks on a 3 game losing streak.  3 games without brunsen.  Even bigger reason to see how big brunsen means to this team.  The Knicks will only go as far as jalen will take them it seems.  They need a win or 2 to salvage this west coast trip.  Would hate to see them slide into the 7th or lower spot.

[btc_angela]

Yeah, the updated Lakers roster continues to surprise us. It looks like the Lakers' management made the absolutely right and important decision for the team by trading Westbrook for Russell. At least Russell's performance in the last game against the Raptors is a clear example that he is exactly the guy who is needed by the Lakers, as he was able to take the initiative and lead the team to a victory.

Very interesting that after they've traded Westbrook, they've got better stats compared to where Westbrook is still with them. Although no offense with Westbrook while he's still with the Lakers but it seems that after his transfer, they became better.
And the team that he's got in which is the LAC is dropped a bit and suddenly has got that noticeable misfortune. Not saying that he's an unlucky guy but it is truly noticeable and that's what the fans are relaying about with the transfers that have happened to him. But just as the Lakers, hopefully that the time will be going along with him and that kind of feedback to him and his transfers might eventually be replaced by amazement.

Oh well, the reaction is different or even half though, saying that it's not Westbrook which is the problem in Lakers, but what can we say? after the trade-off, Lakers has gotten to a good start now, and now in play-in and possible to move up in the ladder if this can continue with the momentum.

On the other hand, Westbrook and the Clippers are struggling to keep their rankings and obviously has fallen from their 4th spot since they get Westbrook. So now the picture is much clearer, just saying.

[Jating]

Although the Denver Nuggets are a good team, the Spurs are a team that knows how to win. They have a winning culture under Coach Gregg Popovich but only lack talent because they are composed of young guns who, at the same time, play hard.

No offense to San Antonio Spurs fans but I don't take that win against the heavy favorite Denver Nuggets. It's just another usual upset game this season. Spurs won not because they know how to win with the influence of the winning culture you are referring to about Coach Pops, but rather just play the usual basketball and give their best. The Spurs are currently in tanking phase and somehow in the process of rebuilding the team mostly by their own draft players and not by getting a big fish in free agency.

In my own honest view though, Coach Pops should let other coaches he can consider and trust, handle the new San Antonio Spurs. Not that he will totally leave the organization but rather it's just that the new generation should be handled by a new generation coach too. I know others will disagree with it but Coach Pops' system is really just effective during the prime years of the team when he handled it.

I think it's more on the mindset of this young guys, a positive reinforcement for them that they can win games against the best teams out there if they will just put the effort, so I guess this is a what we call morale booster win for the young Spurs.

Yeah, same view here, respect for Coach Pops to stay this long in the NBA, however, it seems that maybe, this era is very different from what Coach Pop use to be and so his style might be outdated, just saying.

[EFS]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

Giannis isn't playing but the game is balanced in first quarter. Both teams missed too many shots. JaMychal Green started good. It looks like the game will go head-to-head until the last moments. Current performances are below expectations.

LOL Steph Curry's full-court tunnel shot drills a fan in the head.

[DevilSlayer]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

Giannis isn't playing but the game is balanced in first quarter. Both teams missed too many shots. JaMychal Green started good. It looks like the game will go head-to-head until the last moments. Current performances are below expectations.

LOL Steph Curry's full-court tunnel shot drills a fan in the head.

It's already 4th quarter and exactly 1:22 minutes remaining in the time, I'm currently watching  . The bucks have high probability to win because they are up 5 points where the current score is 108-105, but still GSW have chances to Win because their match is really really close. Both teams are strong but the bucks is at the no.1 spot. It is sad to see that Giannis is not playing because he his a great scorer and also defender. Curry, Thompson and DiVincenzo are the hot scorers of the GSW tonight, so excited to see what will be the final score.

[danherbias07]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

It was a great game that ended in overtime as both teams are really answering back and forth on the both ends of the floor.
Brook Lopez with a dazzling display of his defense acquired 5 blocks. But Kevon Looney won't just stay silent claiming 5 steals. Big guys doing their work and without a doubt, they play important key roles on their respective teams.
Steph Curry shined once again. Started the game with mostly perimeters and attacking the paint but ended with crucial 3-point shots and proving the reasons why he is still the dangerous player behind the arc.
GSW won.

And now the Knicks on a 3 game losing streak.  3 games without brunsen.  Even bigger reason to see how big brunsen means to this team.  The Knicks will only go as far as jalen will take them it seems.  They need a win or 2 to salvage this west coast trip.  Would hate to see them slide into the 7th or lower spot.

Yeah, their 9-win streak will be a waste if they will keep on losing from hereon but that's the Clippers at their home so I guess it's understandable.
Kawhi and PG combined with 60 points. Clippers won. The next for the Knicks are the Lakers. I hope they are ready for whoever will defend AD.

[yazher]

Yeah, their 9-win streak will be a waste if they will keep on losing from hereon but that's the Clippers at their home so I guess it's understandable.
Kawhi and PG combined with 60 points. Clippers won. The next for the Knicks are the Lakers. I hope they are ready for whoever will defend AD.

Their next game against the Lakers will be more epic because they cannot afford to lose more games after they lose tonight and it will be more of an intense game for the Lakers as well because they are in need of winning their last remaining games. That will be an interesting game and looks like it will be best to watch it live. I wonder what the rank would be for the Lakers after the end of the regular season games by winning all of their games, is that really possible since they look like found their right rhythms now?

[Harkorede]

And now the Knicks on a 3 game losing streak.  3 games without brunsen.  Even bigger reason to see how big brunsen means to this team.  The Knicks will only go as far as jalen will take them it seems.  They need a win or 2 to salvage this west coast trip.  Would hate to see them slide into the 7th or lower spot.

Yeah, their 9-win streak will be a waste if they will keep on losing from hereon but that's the Clippers at their home so I guess it's understandable.
Kawhi and PG combined with 60 points. Clippers won. The next for the Knicks are the Lakers. I hope they are ready for whoever will defend AD.

The New York Knicks are currently the underdogs for the game versus Lakers, It's going to require a better preparation from them, although the game against Clippers was one hell of game, they game was very physical and the referees allowed way too many fouls to slide, and a lot of the call were very controversial and so were the no calls too, I really think the officiating really influenced the way the match ended, The Knicks players were visibly frustrated, although some of the players like Julius Randle and RJ Barrett had a very awful night, Mitchel Robinson despite being good rim protector couldn't get decent basket during several offensive rebounds, although some were obvious foul that the referee literally just allowed the game to get physical, Immanuel Quickley was the only player I think had a really decent performance for the Knicks.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

It was a great game that ended in overtime as both teams are really answering back and forth on the both ends of the floor.
Brook Lopez with a dazzling display of his defense acquired 5 blocks. But Kevon Looney won't just stay silent claiming 5 steals. Big guys doing their work and without a doubt, they play important key roles on their respective teams.
Steph Curry shined once again. Started the game with mostly perimeters and attacking the paint but ended with crucial 3-point shots and proving the reasons why he is still the dangerous player behind the arc.
GSW won.

In the end it was all Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, they are down in the 4th and thought that the Bucks are going to steal on at their homecourt. But Curry doesn't want to lose, hit back to back 3's and then the tie.

And in the OT, both of them hitting crucial shots. But for me it's their overall defense, Donte was really a good acquisition for them. But they really need Wiggins to play. Iggy try to step up, but I guess his age is the limiting factor.

[LogitechMouse]

And now the Knicks on a 3 game losing streak.  3 games without brunsen.  Even bigger reason to see how big brunsen means to this team.  The Knicks will only go as far as jalen will take them it seems.  They need a win or 2 to salvage this west coast trip.  Would hate to see them slide into the 7th or lower spot.

Yeah, their 9-win streak will be a waste if they will keep on losing from hereon but that's the Clippers at their home so I guess it's understandable.
Kawhi and PG combined with 60 points. Clippers won. The next for the Knicks are the Lakers. I hope they are ready for whoever will defend AD.

Kawhi scored 38 points and he did that in just 22 shots.
PG scored 22 points and he also did that in just 21 shots.
Quickley scored 26 points and he did that in just 18 shots.
On the other hand, we have Randle scoring only 19 points, but he did that in 24 shots.

I mean how in the hell did Randle scored only 19 points in 24 shots? This isn't the time that he's like that. He really makes a shit ton of shots every game, and scoring less. There is a time where he is shooting 18 shots, then there is a time where he shot 21 shots. It's too much for him, and it's becoming a burden for the Knicks. Yes he is scoring 20+ points, but the volume of his shots are too many. He isn't a shooting guard. At least he must learn how to score 20+ points with a lower number of shots. I just hope that Brunson will come back so they will have a clutch player that will help them. I just don't like Randle's way of playing where he will just shoot and shoot the ball to score many points.

[Slow death]

I mean it is a big blow. But they still should be able to perform well. After all, they are still a good team without having Kevin Durant. What I am trying to say is they are of course not going to feel like everything has ended because they don't have Kevin Durant available because of injury. When he does come back from injury it is going to be really great and the team will also be more powerful.

This remains to be seen as there's no assurance that Durant will be able to come back this season. However, at least the team has won some games even without Durant, so I think they can compete well in the playoffs.

We will have to wait for the re-evaluation in two weeks to know his real status.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kevin-durant-injury-update-suns-stars-sprained-ankle-expected-to-be-re-evaluated-in-two-weeks-per-report/

from what I heard on tv they said he could stay 2 weeks to 3 weeks without playing, if that is something confirmed although he not playing still hurts the team, but if he only stays 2 weeks then he could come back early, at least 2 weeks is better than more weeks, because when a player is injured for a long time, when he gets better from the injury he still has some time to get back to his best form and this is a headache for coaches. There are even analysts saying that without Kevin Durant, the sun will not go far in the NBA, and the way these analysts talk, it seems that the Sun cannot survive without Kevin Durant, I think that the coach and players of the suns need to show that this is not true at all, they need to show that they can win games even without Kevin Durant

and speaking of injuries, Jonathan Kuminga also had an injury while preparing for the game, look at the video:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UjTlPFy2Q&ab_channel=BleacherReport

having injured players during training sessions is something that leaves coaches with headaches, now let's imagine how the coach feels when he is faced with a situation in which the player leaves in good health on the field and minutes before the game the player suffers injury, the coach freaks out, every game plan is destroyed even before the game starts, in soccer this kind of thing hasn't happened, maybe it was the case that the players didn't make much effort before the games to avoid this kind of thing

[Japinat]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

It was a great game that ended in overtime as both teams are really answering back and forth on the both ends of the floor.
Brook Lopez with a dazzling display of his defense acquired 5 blocks. But Kevon Looney won't just stay silent claiming 5 steals. Big guys doing their work and without a doubt, they play important key roles on their respective teams.
Steph Curry shined once again. Started the game with mostly perimeters and attacking the paint but ended with crucial 3-point shots and proving the reasons why he is still the dangerous player behind the arc.
GSW won.

In the end it was all Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, they are down in the 4th and thought that the Bucks are going to steal on at their homecourt. But Curry doesn't want to lose, hit back to back 3's and then the tie.

And in the OT, both of them hitting crucial shots. But for me it's their overall defense, Donte was really a good acquisition for them. But they really need Wiggins to play. Iggy try to step up, but I guess his age is the limiting factor.

Nice win by the Warriors! They finally broke their losing streak, but it was a hard-fought game for them. Even without their best player, the Bucks were not an easy team for the Warriors to beat. The Warriors need to improve if they want to become back-to-back champions.

Once again, Poole's production has dropped significantly. I don't know if this will help them much. I understand that Curry and Thompson are the usual scorers of this team, but seeing Poole's low production sometimes disappoints me.

[Baofeng]

Can't wait to watch tonight's golden state and bucks game, should be a good one on prime time tv, they should all be up for this one.

It was a great game that ended in overtime as both teams are really answering back and forth on the both ends of the floor.
Brook Lopez with a dazzling display of his defense acquired 5 blocks. But Kevon Looney won't just stay silent claiming 5 steals. Big guys doing their work and without a doubt, they play important key roles on their respective teams.
Steph Curry shined once again. Started the game with mostly perimeters and attacking the paint but ended with crucial 3-point shots and proving the reasons why he is still the dangerous player behind the arc.
GSW won.

In the end it was all Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, they are down in the 4th and thought that the Bucks are going to steal on at their homecourt. But Curry doesn't want to lose, hit back to back 3's and then the tie.

And in the OT, both of them hitting crucial shots. But for me it's their overall defense, Donte was really a good acquisition for them. But they really need Wiggins to play. Iggy try to step up, but I guess his age is the limiting factor.

Nice win by the Warriors! They finally broke their losing streak, but it was a hard-fought game for them. Even without their best player, the Bucks were not an easy team for the Warriors to beat. The Warriors need to improve if they want to become back-to-back champions.

Once again, Poole's production has dropped significantly. I don't know if this will help them much. I understand that Curry and Thompson are the usual scorers of this team, but seeing Poole's low production sometimes disappoints me.

Yeah, it's really not good to see Poole's performance drop a bit, but it's understandable as he is the 3rd man and so he received not much passes in game after Curry returns.But at least they have found a way to win against the Bucks and their home court, and that's what we say with the Warriors is that when they are at home, very hard to beat them.

Donte step up and contributed with his 3's. But Curry and Klay was the one who keep this alive against the Bucks in OT and it was over when both of them played that well in the extra 5 minutes.