2024 NBA Season

[Yogee]

I was casually browsing the results of the games and was surprised at the 89-88 score played by Clippers and Wolves. You normally just see that score line in just the third quarter with the way games are played today hehe. They are also two of the top teams right now but it turns out that both teams really struggled with field goal percentage under 40%. Rudy Gobert and Norman Powell were the best player for their respective teams.

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[Dave1]

The Celtics are absolutely blowing GSW away. 82 points for Celtics in 1st half while the Warriors just managed 38. 82-38 half time score. Is there any chance for Warriors to make a comeback?  Would be an epic comeback, one for the ages, if it does happen. Highly unlikely though. Curry has only 4 points in the first half.

This is a tough lost for the Warriors, they have been in a comeback as of late and trying to position themselves in 6th-8th spot and trying to avoid the play-in. And as I check the score, Curry didn't even manage to score in double digits. I think this is the second time this season that he failed to do that.

And it's really hard to see which team can defeat the Celtics at this point. There seems to be no loophole in their game, Tatum and Brown, the best 1-2 player, and then Drew and KP playing like they need to proved something from their previous teams that trade them.

[boyptc]

What a bad day for the Golden State Warriors. That's already a one sided game that they have no appetite to end it.

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

[TravelMug]

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

Now, it's just a question on how this will translate for the Celtics in the playoff, can they still dominate opponents that they are going to face in the playoff and continue their magical season? Or will they choke like 2 years ago when they face the Warriors in the finals and lost the series? No doubt that they are going to win the Eastern conference, maybe 8+ games or more against the number two. But still a long way to go for them and all will be answered come playoff time.

[gagux123]

What a bad day for the Golden State Warriors. That's already a one sided game that they have no appetite to end it.

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

Once again the Celtics showed they are an excellent team!

It's hard to believe the game between the Celtics and Warriors, it was an absurd difference.
I took a quick look at the statistics and saw some interesting points, all players (both teams) managed to score 2 or more points, (correct me if I'm wrong) no one (both teams) achieved a double-double, and what caught my attention was the Warriors' 3 point shoot percentage, just 17.1% (7/41) that's was insane!

[danherbias07]

Jusuf Nurkić broke his own record on rebounds. 30 rebounds for Nurkic tonight but sadly they lost against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

OKC was playing great on defense. They did not let Kevin Durant have an open look, once he received the ball, the double team would come and he was forced to pass the ball in the process.
Bradley Beal did great trying to help out, and Royce O'Neale did some damage too, but when it comes to offense, SGA had been dominating the game, actually the whole NBA, that's why he is on the Kia MVP race. 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the top 2 contender of the MVP race behind Jokic.

KD was exhausted, Bradley Beal was on minute restriction, Nurkic should actually be on minute restriction too but he was forced to play more, and Booker was out due to an ankle sprain but according to reports, the X-ray is good. He may be back after a few days of rest.
I think the Suns should find a way to make KD take his shots. After watching the game tonight, I don't see any screen and roll type of play, or KD should start practicing looking for the open man when a double team arrives.

[Japinat]

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

Now, it's just a question on how this will translate for the Celtics in the playoff, can they still dominate opponents that they are going to face in the playoff and continue their magical season? Or will they choke like 2 years ago when they face the Warriors in the finals and lost the series? No doubt that they are going to win the Eastern conference, maybe 8+ games or more against the number two. But still a long way to go for them and all will be answered come playoff time.

That remains to be seen as the playoffs are certainly a different atmosphere. It's not guaranteed that because the Celtics are doing some exceptional job this regular season, they'll easily beat the teams in the playoffs. Let us remember that this team is always overvalued during the playoffs, but we tend to miss out on the big upsetter, which is the Miami Heat. Actually, Miami now is already heating up; they know it's time to activate that playoff mode as it's already nearing.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

What a bad day for the Golden State Warriors. That's already a one sided game that they have no appetite to end it.

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

That must have been the biggest loss for GWS in quite a while.
Actually I just googled and found in the 20/21 season they lost to the Raptors by 53 points. 
So today's loss was the 3rd highest in franchise history, they also lost by 63 against the Lakers in 71/72.

That shows us how serious the Celtics are right now. If they get out of the east I see them becoming champions.

Another game that blew me away was Mavericks vs Philly (still without Embiid). Dallas started fast and furious with 11:0 and the actually lost the 1st quarter by 8 points, wtf, haha. Veeeery strange game !!

[ultrloa]

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

Now, it's just a question on how this will translate for the Celtics in the playoff, can they still dominate opponents that they are going to face in the playoff and continue their magical season? Or will they choke like 2 years ago when they face the Warriors in the finals and lost the series? No doubt that they are going to win the Eastern conference, maybe 8+ games or more against the number two. But still a long way to go for them and all will be answered come playoff time.

That remains to be seen as the playoffs are certainly a different atmosphere. It's not guaranteed that because the Celtics are doing some exceptional job this regular season, they'll easily beat the teams in the playoffs. Let us remember that this team is always overvalued during the playoffs, but we tend to miss out on the big upsetter, which is the Miami Heat. Actually, Miami now is already heating up; they know it's time to activate that playoff mode as it's already nearing.

But at least they already see a preview if they would do more better they can dominate the other team just what they did to Warriors. Its undeniable that they made impressive performance to make Warriors look so hopeless and limiting their core to single digits scoring. Nobody expect that to happen as fans expect that Warriors would perform more better since they are chasing wins to get a possible standings on their remaining games. But we don't know if we can see a same like Miami changes since Warriors this seasons looks like losing its power and its like there main core is not performing well and seems they are starting to feel their performance is totally declining.

[Yaunfitda]

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

Now, it's just a question on how this will translate for the Celtics in the playoff, can they still dominate opponents that they are going to face in the playoff and continue their magical season? Or will they choke like 2 years ago when they face the Warriors in the finals and lost the series? No doubt that they are going to win the Eastern conference, maybe 8+ games or more against the number two. But still a long way to go for them and all will be answered come playoff time.

That remains to be seen as the playoffs are certainly a different atmosphere. It's not guaranteed that because the Celtics are doing some exceptional job this regular season, they'll easily beat the teams in the playoffs. Let us remember that this team is always overvalued during the playoffs, but we tend to miss out on the big upsetter, which is the Miami Heat. Actually, Miami now is already heating up; they know it's time to activate that playoff mode as it's already nearing.

Yes, it's not a guarantee although I don't have the numbers, but usually this dominant team in the season have a higher chance of winning the championship. Unless you are Lebron James who stop 73-9 Warriors. But for now, we haven't seen teams that can get close to how the Boston Celtics are winning. J Tatum and Jaylen Brown are best duo was we say and they are consistent as compare to our duos that we have right now. Splash brothers are no more, Klay is inconsistent, while Lavine, there are news that he wanted to get out of Chicago so it's only DeRozan that is carrying the load for now.

[Fredomago]

What a bad day for the Golden State Warriors. That's already a one sided game that they have no appetite to end it.

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

They are on fire a great shooting night and that's really something that Warriors unable to adjust, not the expected outcome in terms of score deficit but that's how the game works, if you are having a tough game and your opponents are keep on firing and making shots expect that they will have a huge lead, it was a very dominating game for Boston as the lead from 1st quarter up to 3rd quarter keeps on balloning and Warriors have no answers.

Jusuf Nurkić broke his own record on rebounds. 30 rebounds for Nurkic tonight but sadly they lost against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

OKC was playing great on defense. They did not let Kevin Durant have an open look, once he received the ball, the double team would come and he was forced to pass the ball in the process.
Bradley Beal did great trying to help out, and Royce O'Neale did some damage too, but when it comes to offense, SGA had been dominating the game, actually the whole NBA, that's why he is on the Kia MVP race. 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the top 2 contender of the MVP race behind Jokic.

KD was exhausted, Bradley Beal was on minute restriction, Nurkic should actually be on minute restriction too but he was forced to play more, and Booker was out due to an ankle sprain but according to reports, the X-ray is good. He may be back after a few days of rest.
I think the Suns should find a way to make KD take his shots. After watching the game tonight, I don't see any screen and roll type of play, or KD should start practicing looking for the open man when a double team arrives.

The young guns of OKC did a great job, like what you said they keep on adjusting and rotate to make a good defense when KD's holding the ball, they've got the height and speed to bother KD's possible attack, and yes, just like what you said Beal did try to help but got a limited playing minutes while Nurkic did push as they can't let Bol be left behind, and from the OKC side, aside from SGA, William again bring a great game to help in thier scoring side.

[btc_angela]

Jusuf Nurkić broke his own record on rebounds. 30 rebounds for Nurkic tonight but sadly they lost against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Oh, I was just watching tiktok regarding players hauling 30+ rebounds in the NBA.

OKC was playing great on defense. They did not let Kevin Durant have an open look, once he received the ball, the double team would come and he was forced to pass the ball in the process.
Bradley Beal did great trying to help out, and Royce O'Neale did some damage too, but when it comes to offense, SGA had been dominating the game, actually the whole NBA, that's why he is on the Kia MVP race. 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the top 2 contender of the MVP race behind Jokic.

They've learn from their lost against the Spurs, they allow San Antonio to take the lead and them doing catch up and obviously not playing good defense. But this time they are on a mission to show who are the best team in the West and pushing the Phoenix Suns.

KD was exhausted, Bradley Beal was on minute restriction, Nurkic should actually be on minute restriction too but he was forced to play more, and Booker was out due to an ankle sprain but according to reports, the X-ray is good. He may be back after a few days of rest.
I think the Suns should find a way to make KD take his shots. After watching the game tonight, I don't see any screen and roll type of play, or KD should start practicing looking for the open man when a double team arrives.

Or it's not the same KD this season? He seems to be making a lot of turnovers and not taking the game. Maybe because he had Booker and Beal. But he needs to step up again and hope that they won't fall in the standings in the West.

[Viscore]

Or it's not the same KD this season? He seems to be making a lot of turnovers and not taking the game. Maybe because he had Booker and Beal. But he needs to step up again and hope that they won't fall in the standings in the West.

Still the same KD but has improved this season, one game does not make people forget what he has done for the Suns this season. The stats themselves will prove that he has improved this season because last season he was only averaging 26 PPG, but now it has increased to 27 PPG.

You can refer below for more information.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01.html

KD is a willing passer and that's why when Booker is playing, he doesn't need to take over the game every time, and they have had success doing that so far. Unfortunately, there has been a problem of consistency in the team since, from time to time, one of them will be injured, just like Booker who was recently injured, and Beal came back not 100% yet, so that has really affected them.

[xzone]

LeBron had a decent performance, but the big factor here is the rebounding area. The Lakers only had 31, while the Nuggets had 47.they

Yep, the low number of rebounds by the Lakers players is the main reason the Lakers lost. However, even though the Lakers couldn't handle the Nuggets, it was still a special game as LeBron reached and surpassed the 40k-point mark. I think he will be able to score even 42k points if next season is the last season of his career.

Scoring 40 thousand points is a truly incredible performance, it was a very valuable match for him. If LeBron James continues to play next season, he can break a new record as you say. He will probably want to play next season too. Yes, he has aged a lot, but he still has a great performance, we can say that there is still no basketball player as confident as him. No matter how old he is, he will always be better than many basketball players

[AbuBhakar]

Scoring 40 thousand points is a truly incredible performance, it was a very valuable match for him. If LeBron James continues to play next season, he can break a new record as you say. He will probably want to play next season too. Yes, he has aged a lot, but he still has a great performance, we can say that there is still no basketball player as confident as him. No matter how old he is, he will always be better than many basketball players

I think he is waiting for Bronny to play with him in the NBA before he will retired. I really doubt that he will stop playing next season or in the near future since he can still play very solid on his page in any role that he wants. He is just not that aggressive anymore due to his age but his leadership makes his team solid because his teammates rely on him.

I believe we will see first him play as a bench player first like Kobe did before he finally retired. He can still perform much better to bunch of other team starter tho.

[Distinctin]

Scoring 40 thousand points is a truly incredible performance, it was a very valuable match for him. If LeBron James continues to play next season, he can break a new record as you say. He will probably want to play next season too. Yes, he has aged a lot, but he still has a great performance, we can say that there is still no basketball player as confident as him. No matter how old he is, he will always be better than many basketball players

I think he is waiting for Bronny to play with him in the NBA before he will retired. I really doubt that he will stop playing next season or in the near future since he can still play very solid on his page in any role that he wants. He is just not that aggressive anymore due to his age but his leadership makes his team solid because his teammates rely on him.

I believe we will see first him play as a bench player first like Kobe did before he finally retired. He can still perform much better to bunch of other team starter tho.

At this stage, we can't yet talk about the retirement of LeBron as he is still happy with what he is doing, making history and breaking records. As we can see, he can still play, and his statistics remain very impressive. Even some young star players now can't surpass his achievements every season, so there's no reason for people to consider him retiring. If his son is fortunate enough to be in the NBA, that would likely be the happiest moment of his life as a father. However, we know his son is nowhere near him, as LeBron is a freak of nature.

[danherbias07]

KD was exhausted, Bradley Beal was on minute restriction, Nurkic should actually be on minute restriction too but he was forced to play more, and Booker was out due to an ankle sprain but according to reports, the X-ray is good. He may be back after a few days of rest.
I think the Suns should find a way to make KD take his shots. After watching the game tonight, I don't see any screen and roll type of play, or KD should start practicing looking for the open man when a double team arrives.

Or it's not the same KD this season? He seems to be making a lot of turnovers and not taking the game. Maybe because he had Booker and Beal. But he needs to step up again and hope that they won't fall in the standings in the West.

It's still him, the defense of the OKC Thunder was just focused on him because they don't have Booker, despite that he still made 20 points and that is still huge. I think the coaching style of Frank Vogel is what needed to be revised. It's so obvious that KD is having a hard time making an offensive attack because of the fast reaction of the Thunder to double him once he receives the ball. There's always a way to prevent that from happening. He needs to post up way deeper, almost at the painted area but because they lack a ball handler or a passer that could give him the ball accurately, it cannot be done. KD loves playing isolation but that should not be the case anymore with Beal and Nurkic around. They need to rotate the ball more. Vogel is a defensive coach but his players are mostly offensive players. Ball rotation will be a good way to take advantage of them.
If all of them will just be playing isolation plays then it's a waste of shooters in their roster. Someone who could drive and kick the ball out after absorbing the defense will probably make good results.

[Webetcoins]

LeBron had a decent performance, but the big factor here is the rebounding area. The Lakers only had 31, while the Nuggets had 47.they

Yep, the low number of rebounds by the Lakers players is the main reason the Lakers lost. However, even though the Lakers couldn't handle the Nuggets, it was still a special game as LeBron reached and surpassed the 40k-point mark. I think he will be able to score even 42k points if next season is the last season of his career.

Reaching 40 thousand! points is no joke. I have never really expected anyone to pass Kareem while I was alive, and not only Lebron passed him, but he broke over 40 thousand points. This is insanely awesome because Lebron is also known as the type of player who is a point forward, he is famous for his passing and court vision as well.

Obviously, he is still assisting a lot, even this year he is averaging 8 assists per game, and dude is fourth in assists totals as well, think about someone who is fourth at passing the ball but also broke forty thousand points as a scorer as well, not only he is a great passer but he is the greatest scorer as well. I would say that while I agree that people could have different opinions, saying Lebron is not the greatest or near the best, would be naive. This dude has to be near the top for everyone.

[LogitechMouse]

What a bad day for the Golden State Warriors. That's already a one sided game that they have no appetite to end it.

It is what everyone expected on how this game is going to end. 140-88. The game truly changed a lot and Celtics on this game shown how consistent they are, mostly their key players.

I saw an interview with Steph Curry after the game and he said "That's what we used to do to teams." He's talking about the dynasty that they created way back 5-6 years ago where they are dominating the league. Now the Celtics are the ones doing it.

They just demolished the Warriors by getting that win. A 52-point win is the 3rd largest win in the franchise history and the 44-point lead by halftime is their largest halftime lead in franchise history. I just wonder if this happened in Chase Center. Anyways, I already expected that the Celtics would win on this one, but I didn't expect that this would be that one-sided.

I think he is waiting for Bronny to play with him in the NBA before he will retired. I really doubt that he will stop playing next season or in the near future since he can still play very solid on his page in any role that he wants. He is just not that aggressive anymore due to his age but his leadership makes his team solid because his teammates rely on him.

I believe we will see first him play as a bench player first like Kobe did before he finally retired. He can still perform much better to bunch of other team starter tho.

The question right now is "Will Bronny be drafted this season by the NBA?".

Looking at his numbers in College, his stats are not even worthy of being drafted in the NBA. Correct me, but he's averaging near to 5 PPG ONLY. If you want to be drafted to the NBA, you need to average more than that at least. For me, if he gets drafted this coming draft night, I will think that Le-GM used his GM skills again to force that team to draft him. I get it that Lebron wanted to play with him or at least be both of them playing in the same season, but his son for me, with his current averages will become undrafted unless something changes with his playstyle and stats in College drastically.

[xLays]

Jusuf Nurkić broke his own record on rebounds. 30 rebounds for Nurkic tonight but sadly they lost against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

OKC was playing great on defense. They did not let Kevin Durant have an open look, once he received the ball, the double team would come and he was forced to pass the ball in the process.
Bradley Beal did great trying to help out, and Royce O'Neale did some damage too, but when it comes to offense, SGA had been dominating the game, actually the whole NBA, that's why he is on the Kia MVP race. 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the top 2 contender of the MVP race behind Jokic.

KD was exhausted, Bradley Beal was on minute restriction, Nurkic should actually be on minute restriction too but he was forced to play more, and Booker was out due to an ankle sprain but according to reports, the X-ray is good. He may be back after a few days of rest.
I think the Suns should find a way to make KD take his shots. After watching the game tonight, I don't see any screen and roll type of play, or KD should start practicing looking for the open man when a double team arrives.

About Jusuf Nurkic I didn't expect that he can still manage to get this kind of rebound stat because of his before gruesome leg injury. Man playing without hesitation grabbing rebound.

I'll give some credit to the coaching staff for winning this game. Oklahoma city thunder coach Mark Daigneault really doing his thing and I won't be surprised if he will win the Coach of the year award. Actually his leading the odds in coach of the year award.