2026 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

Luka is day to day on his leg injury but they are saying he is likely to play for Christmas. I hope so, as that is the only game I’m really excited to watch.

I think Luka is definitely going to play on Christmas, except he's unable to walk  Things are becoming worrying for the Lakers, despite not being amongst the best teams either defensively or offensively in the league this season, one thing they've been managing to do quite well is to win games, regardless of how they were getting it they were just doing it, but now with Austin Reaves, Ayton and last Doncic all on the sidelines will they be able carry on winning games ?

Reeves has been out. I think they just need a little more time playing together. It would be great if they could trade Knecht for a piece they can use too.

[Jostern]

Luka is day to day on his leg injury but they are saying he is likely to play for Christmas. I hope so, as that is the only game I’m really excited to watch.

I think Luka is definitely going to play on Christmas, except he's unable to walk  Things are becoming worrying for the Lakers, despite not being amongst the best teams either defensively or offensively in the league this season, one thing they've been managing to do quite well is to win games, regardless of how they were getting it they were just doing it, but now with Austin Reaves, Ayton and last Doncic all on the sidelines will they be able carry on winning games ?

I think there is a lot of difference in the games, especially when a player doesn’t have a maximum fitness level, I will really love to see Luka playing so well which would be very amazing, well we all know that Lakers aren’t playing very well and LeBron James and Junior aren’t also playing very well, they aren’t playing to their strengths, but will game is mostly important in this Scenario.

Injury is always a problem for teams but it all depends how the team plays that’ is what really matters in situations like this, and they will have no choice but to look for a way to balance everything in the team which is why you just have to keep playing and winning games.

[emrecemsan]

Wow, the Boston Celtics had a strong comeback. They were down almost 20 points at halftime and still managed to turn it around in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers. I was lucky enough to catch it live and bet on them at -5.5.

The game ended with Boston winning by 8 points, so the live spread hit, but the pregame spread didn’t since it was at -11.

After losing to Pistons and Bucks still Celtics continue to cook! This was their 3rd win in a row. Pacers were already a mess. Especially Haliburton's missing the entire season affects them really deeply...

Technically not the majority of people were waiting for Celtics to be this good without Tatum as well. However Jaylen Brown takes a huge responsibility by scoring 30+ in most of his games. He is already #5 top scorer in NBA this season.

[Yaunfitda]

Wow, the Boston Celtics had a strong comeback. They were down almost 20 points at halftime and still managed to turn it around in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers. I was lucky enough to catch it live and bet on them at -5.5.

The game ended with Boston winning by 8 points, so the live spread hit, but the pregame spread didn’t since it was at -11.

Yeah, I saw the highlight of the game, and when fans of Pacers thinks it's over they manage to make a huge comeback. And I read that Brown has set a record for the Celtics scoring 30+ points in the last 5 games or so, if I'm not mistaken. So that is another milestone for him being a Celtic. We also thought that they are going to tank this season because Tatum is out. And then they started very slow, but now it seems that they have found their groove and in the middle of the standing. Good for you to catch them and bet on the handicap. As others might have skipped it already because of that huge lead in the first half.

[xzone]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

[Dave1]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

This season is very interesting indeed, we have the Thunder trying to break the record of GSW for most wins. And as you have said, unexpected results as the underdog can win some games, like what we witnessed in the Kings beating the Houston Rockets.

And even in the NBA Cup, maybe we didn't expect the Knicks to win that championship. So a lot of surprises and sometimes it's really hard to make a prediction as when you thought that teams are going to win, suddenly the tide turn and your bet gets ruin by that one missed free throw, or a huge comeback from a double digit deficit and win in the regular or overtime.

[ultrloa]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

This really means that scripted or fix games didn't exist since we could see those situations happenings. That's why its exciting to watch every games on NBA since unexpected situation happens. There are lots to discuss after we watch the game and this makes everything more enjoyable especially when sharing your insights towards those games you are watching.

Rockets is really promising but we could see that even if they are strong team the small team can find some ways to defeat them. But lets just see if they can meet the expectation of people to become a champion this season since the path to earn that is really hard since there are lots of strong teams now in NBA.

[Oasisman]

Luka is day to day on his leg injury but they are saying he is likely to play for Christmas. I hope so, as that is the only game I’m really excited to watch.

I think Luka is definitely going to play on Christmas, except he's unable to walk  Things are becoming worrying for the Lakers, despite not being amongst the best teams either defensively or offensively in the league this season, one thing they've been managing to do quite well is to win games, regardless of how they were getting it they were just doing it, but now with Austin Reaves, Ayton and last Doncic all on the sidelines will they be able carry on winning games ?

Reeves has been out. I think they just need a little more time playing together. It would be great if they could trade Knecht for a piece they can use too.

I think they should trade for bench pieces or maybe JJ needs to sacrifice some games to experiment how to improve the Lakers bench. If they remains the same comes playoffs, there's no way they're gonna win it. Heavily relying on the first five just don't work. Injuries is gonna be a huge factor for that. If one or two starters is out, their whole system will be compromised. See how they struggled scoring against the Clippers in their most recent game?
The Lakers have a couple of defensive dogs, but majority of the team can't match the energy they gave to the team, as a result, they have several games where they almost blew a huge lead down the stretch.

[Alphie12]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

even though i dont think they have a shot at the title i can see that the durrant trade might be worth it and sengun has to be the most improved player this season

[Fredomago]

Yes he's aging and from those previous injuries he's lucky that he can still perform that we'll, though same from what you said it's not by far now that he might retired or his career may end, another year or two maybe but as long as he can take care of his body and he still wanted to play there's still inside him that may continue even not as great what he did before but still some left to provide for his fans.

For as long as he can still take care of his body and while there are contracts being asked to him to be signed, he'll still play. But I guess that he'll have a graceful exit like what some legends did when they've signed for a contract and have to retire while being in that contract. Which was a wise move for them, they're paid to do nothing but to attend the games, watch and probably contribute whatever they can in practices and as well as in the actual games in the bench.

Indeed, and he's taking advantage of that while there's still franchise who wanted to sign him and pay him decent amount of offer he'll taking care of his health though just like what I've said he's aging and it can't be stop though can delay in terms of doing a healthy routine and spend decent amount to have proper balance and conditioning of his body so he can continue as long as he got that chance to sign and play.

Wow, the Boston Celtics had a strong comeback. They were down almost 20 points at halftime and still managed to turn it around in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers. I was lucky enough to catch it live and bet on them at -5.5.

The game ended with Boston winning by 8 points, so the live spread hit, but the pregame spread didn’t since it was at -11.

Great catch as Boston manage to outfuel the Pacers in the 2nd half, I was also in the impression that Pacers will take this and it will be a pullover but it was a outstanding performances from Boston pushing their way back and outscored Pacer then complete the snatch and win the game,. Congrats with your win!

[Braticf]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

even though i dont think they have a shot at the title i can see that the durrant trade might be worth it and sengun has to be the most improved player this season

I think a Conference finals should be in sight for the Houston Rockets.

[Gabbylee]

Lately, there have been a lot of surprise results in the NBA. This morning, Sacramento, despite trailing for a long time against Houston, took the game to overtime and won 125-124.

I didn't watch the game. I looked at the odds for a Houston win, and the odds for a Sacramento win were 5. That doesn't make sense to me. Because this is happening far too often in the NBA this year.

Houston will now face the Clippers and Lakers in Los Angeles.
They have a 6-game road trip record so far, with 3 losses and 1 win. The Los Angeles games will conclude their road trip. I wonder how it will end.

We've seen a lot of surprise results in NBA games this season. One of the worst teams in the league can beat one of the best, or unexpected games go into overtime and record-breaking scores are achieved. I always say that betting on the NBA is difficult; you can always encounter interesting situations.
The Houston Rockets have been a big part of that this season; we know they're a team good enough to win championships, but they don't always play well

even though i dont think they have a shot at the title i can see that the durrant trade might be worth it and sengun has to be the most improved player this season

I think a Conference finals should be in sight for the Houston Rockets.

I think this is a big ask of the Rockets personally. I don't think they have that personnel and grit to get there.

[dwyane36]

I think a Conference finals should be in sight for the Houston Rockets.

Considering their current results in the regular season, it will be very difficult for them. According to the standings, they are currently in 6th place and may finish in the play-in zone, which means that if they make the playoffs, they could face a strong team like the Thunder in the first round. In that case, they won't have much chance of reaching the Eastern Conference finals.

[Distraction]

Austin Reaves missed the last 3 games for Lakers due to calf injury. It looks like he is a doubt for the Suns game tonight also.



Suns are quite big favourites by bookies though. 1.42 given for them to win. Lakers have 2.88. While I was wondering why it turns out Doncic is also out in the Suns game...



LeBron will have a bigger responsibility. Even if he gets some help from Laravia and Smart I don't think they can beat Suns in this situation.

[Mihaylovic]

Austin Reaves missed the last 3 games for Lakers due to calf injury. It looks like he is a doubt for the Suns game tonight also.



Suns are quite big favourites by bookies though. 1.42 given for them to win. Lakers have 2.88. While I was wondering why it turns out Doncic is also out in the Suns game...



LeBron will have a bigger responsibility. Even if he gets some help from Laravia and Smart I don't think they can beat Suns in this situation.

Well, Lakers definitely aren't winning this unless LeBron James puts on a legendary performance like his MVP days in the 2010s or Austin manages to play. In my opinion Austin is the key player here. The guy is a real massive offensive threat and plays with incredible contact for his size. This allows him to get a ton of foul calls almost as many as SGA.

[OgNasty]

Austin Reaves missed the last 3 games for Lakers due to calf injury. It looks like he is a doubt for the Suns game tonight also.



Suns are quite big favourites by bookies though. 1.42 given for them to win. Lakers have 2.88. While I was wondering why it turns out Doncic is also out in the Suns game...



LeBron will have a bigger responsibility. Even if he gets some help from Laravia and Smart I don't think they can beat Suns in this situation.

Well, Lakers definitely aren't winning this unless LeBron James puts on a legendary performance like his MVP days in the 2010s or Austin manages to play. In my opinion Austin is the key player here. The guy is a real massive offensive threat and plays with incredible contact for his size. This allows him to get a ton of foul calls almost as many as SGA.

With the drama between LeBron James and Dillon Brooks, you know they will be trying to lock James down to as few points as possible.  DeAndre Ayton and Booker aren't exactly buddies either.  This will be a chippy game with a lot of playing complaining for sure.

Mostly I just want everyone to be healthy for the Christmas game.  Tonight's matchup doesn't matter much.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Austin Reaves missed the last 3 games for Lakers due to calf injury. It looks like he is a doubt for the Suns game tonight also.



Suns are quite big favourites by bookies though. 1.42 given for them to win. Lakers have 2.88. While I was wondering why it turns out Doncic is also out in the Suns game...



LeBron will have a bigger responsibility. Even if he gets some help from Laravia and Smart I don't think they can beat Suns in this situation.

I don't think that it will be enough for Lebron James to carry them for a win. Hachimura is also out, so that is another player that can contribute to them. Smart is playing good but he sometimes makes some bad plays.

As for Laravia, he is inconsistent. While they might have beaten the Suns prior, it might be a different outcome here as we all know that Brooks will try to rage bait Lebron again. Sort of to try to unbalance his game so that the Suns will win here.

So far the Suns is the favorite with -4.5.

[Distinctin]

So far the Suns is the favorite with -4.5.

I still like that line, especially since the Suns are coming off a loss against the Warriors. But the latest report says Reaves isn’t out. Based on the news below, he’ll be playing today after missing the last three games.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/austin-reaves-cleared-return-missing-194359437.html

Khobi Price: Lakers have upgraded Austin Reaves (left calf strain) to available for tonight at Phoenix.

[passwordnow]

Yes he's aging and from those previous injuries he's lucky that he can still perform that we'll, though same from what you said it's not by far now that he might retired or his career may end, another year or two maybe but as long as he can take care of his body and he still wanted to play there's still inside him that may continue even not as great what he did before but still some left to provide for his fans.

For as long as he can still take care of his body and while there are contracts being asked to him to be signed, he'll still play. But I guess that he'll have a graceful exit like what some legends did when they've signed for a contract and have to retire while being in that contract. Which was a wise move for them, they're paid to do nothing but to attend the games, watch and probably contribute whatever they can in practices and as well as in the actual games in the bench.

Indeed, and he's taking advantage of that while there's still franchise who wanted to sign him and pay him decent amount of offer he'll taking care of his health though just like what I've said he's aging and it can't be stop though can delay in terms of doing a healthy routine and spend decent amount to have proper balance and conditioning of his body so he can continue as long as he got that chance to sign and play.

He's in the peak of his contracts although with his ball game, he's about to get out from his prime or he's already out of it. The time will come for him when he's no longer a desired veteran. But like what you've said, as long as there is a desire for him from any team he'd go since he can still contribute and play a lot of ball, he'll get that max contract that he's asking and he should keep on doing that while there's still an offer.

[Maslate]

He's in the peak of his contracts although with his ball game, he's about to get out from his prime or he's already out of it. The time will come for him when he's no longer a desired veteran. But like what you've said, as long as there is a desire for him from any team he'd go since he can still contribute and play a lot of ball, he'll get that max contract that he's asking and he should keep on doing that while there's still an offer.

KD is fine, look at his record, he average 25 points, that doesn't seem like a huge decline to call him out of his prime.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duranke01.html

We’ll probably see him continue balling out. As long as he stays healthy, he can be a huge boost for this young Rockets team.

They’re not really chasing the same way OKC is right now, but I still believe they’ll be a tough contender once the playoffs come around.