2024 NBA Season

[Theb]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

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[genology]

As the season progresses, I see Houston Rockets has a great chance on making it to the championship. As of the moment, they are unstoppable and developed their teamwork on court. Their pick and roll is unstoppable and they have deep shooters that can also contribute inside.

[harizen]

The Rockets are playing well but Mike D'Antoni's best teams always did well in the regular season. It's in the playoffs where they have struggled in the past.

The Golden State Warriors have a much better defense and a much better half-court game. The Rockets look real nice right now but let's see when things slow down in a seven-game series. Not only has D'Antoni fallen short many times in key playoff series, so has Chris Paul.

Well we have seen Rockets chokes out in the playoffs. Last year they lost to San Antonio and the veteran Manu blocks Harden to seal the victory for the Spurs.

But there is a big difference this season. They have Chris Paul now. Last year, Harden has the task of bringing the ball down and distributing it. So it lift a lot of burden from Harden's shoulder. So let see how it goes in the playoff. Gonna be critical but I think Houston will not choke this time.

Houston is much more improve now that last season and it Kawhi Leonard is not showing good signs of health. I can only hope regarding Chris Paul and Harden team work to improve better. They seemed not too good of a pair earlier.

Houston Rockets is showing also a good performance last year and they are deadly.

You know what is the problem? It's James Harden itself. Remember that Harden was one of the closest rival of Russell Westbrook for Season MVP last season and also acquired great numbers of triple double back then. But during the important turnaround game against the San Antonio Spurs last playoffs, Harden "literally choked" like what he did on his first final appearance in OKC. It's ok to loss but with that performance of him, they didn't gave a challenge.

Just hope that he will not be like that this year as they have a high chance to matched Golden State Warriors on acquiring the West champion title.

[blockman]

Another loss by the cavaliers, now against the Denver Nuggets

This game is one of the high scoring game that they made and many are surely upset with what happened.

Cavaliers are a very unpredictable team. But I think with the absence of Price really did affect them in the last two games in which they have lost now back to back.

They are for every season if Price's absence does had an impact in your opinion. I guess we have to look out for the reason of their lose but the only thing that I'm thinking is that they are fighting against stronger teams and they need to play harder.

You can not really say that Price not being in the lineup isn't hurting their offence either.

He is a killer when it comes to shooting three-pointers and they really needed the offence to kick it up a notch as their losses where not by much and definitely not blow outs.
With those extra couple of points they could be having a hot winning streak as the Houston Rockets are having nailing their 15th win in a row last night.

Oh well moving up from this past game of Cavaliers, they are able to recover against Detroit Pistons and let's see tomorrow if Lebron and his squad will be able to get some revenge against their opponent last time that did gave them a high scoring game, Denver Nuggets. What can you say people about this match?

As the season progresses, I see Houston Rockets has a great chance on making it to the championship. As of the moment, they are unstoppable and developed their teamwork on court. Their pick and roll is unstoppable and they have deep shooters that can also contribute inside.

As the saying goes, "first impressions last" so their performance is good for this season and I can't deny that they have a chance.

[markdario112616]

Another loss by the cavaliers, now against the Denver Nuggets

This game is one of the high scoring game that they made and many are surely upset with what happened.

Cavaliers are a very unpredictable team. But I think with the absence of Price really did affect them in the last two games in which they have lost now back to back.

They are for every season if Price's absence does had an impact in your opinion. I guess we have to look out for the reason of their lose but the only thing that I'm thinking is that they are fighting against stronger teams and they need to play harder.

You can not really say that Price not being in the lineup isn't hurting their offence either.

He is a killer when it comes to shooting three-pointers and they really needed the offence to kick it up a notch as their losses where not by much and definitely not blow outs.
With those extra couple of points they could be having a hot winning streak as the Houston Rockets are having nailing their 15th win in a row last night.

Oh well moving up from this past game of Cavaliers, they are able to recover against Detroit Pistons and let's see tomorrow if Lebron and his squad will be able to get some revenge against their opponent last time that did gave them a high scoring game, Denver Nuggets. What can you say people about this match?

Well, Cavs is not that consistent like before they had good game but most of the time they hava a bad game. Team's chemistry must be fixed as soon as possible. Though Cavs vs detroit, I was amazed by how Nance Jr. Showcase his talent in this match. He's now improving having 22 pts and 15 rebounds with a couple of assists. The addition of the new players like Hill, JC, Nance, is lifting the spirit of Cavs. To be honest, Cavs could easily pass Denver if and only if they will improve their on court communication.

[btc_angela]

The Rockets are playing well but Mike D'Antoni's best teams always did well in the regular season. It's in the playoffs where they have struggled in the past.

The Golden State Warriors have a much better defense and a much better half-court game. The Rockets look real nice right now but let's see when things slow down in a seven-game series. Not only has D'Antoni fallen short many times in key playoff series, so has Chris Paul.

Well we have seen Rockets chokes out in the playoffs. Last year they lost to San Antonio and the veteran Manu blocks Harden to seal the victory for the Spurs.

But there is a big difference this season. They have Chris Paul now. Last year, Harden has the task of bringing the ball down and distributing it. So it lift a lot of burden from Harden's shoulder. So let see how it goes in the playoff. Gonna be critical but I think Houston will not choke this time.

Houston is much more improve now that last season and it Kawhi Leonard is not showing good signs of health. I can only hope regarding Chris Paul and Harden team work to improve better. They seemed not too good of a pair earlier.

Houston Rockets is showing also a good performance last year and they are deadly.

You know what is the problem? It's James Harden itself. Remember that Harden was one of the closest rival of Russell Westbrook for Season MVP last season and also acquired great numbers of triple double back then. But during the important turnaround game against the San Antonio Spurs last playoffs, Harden "literally choked" like what he did on his first final appearance in OKC. It's ok to loss but with that performance of him, they didn't gave a challenge.

Just hope that he will not be like that this year as they have a high chance to matched Golden State Warriors on acquiring the West champion title.

Hah.. Good point. He was a top MVP candidate last year, however his performance during playoffs specially against San Antonio has shown the chink in his armor. He literally choked and the block that Manu put on him was one for the ages.

Let's see how it goes though. Its want separate a good player from a legendary one. Legendary does choke it the playoffs actually they raises their game about one notch. Lets see how Harden will show his MVP caliber in the playoffs specially with Paul at his side.

[Lionidas]

The Rockets are playing well but Mike D'Antoni's best teams always did well in the regular season. It's in the playoffs where they have struggled in the past.

The Golden State Warriors have a much better defense and a much better half-court game. The Rockets look real nice right now but let's see when things slow down in a seven-game series. Not only has D'Antoni fallen short many times in key playoff series, so has Chris Paul.

This is too true as it happened last year. They made it to the playoffs but then seemed to spend all their energy and didn't have anything more left in the gas tank to get it done once in there.
Same thing I notice with the San Antonio Spurs.
Always makes it to the ball but then can not execute once there.
Same thing every season.

[Mateo123]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

[stadus]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

Playoffs is a season where everyone will be tested, upset do happen so nothing can really be sure in playoffs.
They really need Butler back badly as they are not doing well without his presence, since the injury does not make him out of the season, there
is a chance that he will be back the soonest he can restore his health.

[btc_angela]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

Is Jimmy's injury that worst? I read that it needed a just a month to heal so I guess they still can buy more time and hope that they can make the playoff (which I do think they will).

However, I think that they will survived the first round. They have invested so much and the team will really exert all effort to get past the first round and then wait till Jimmy returns to the lineup.

[blockman]

Another loss by the cavaliers, now against the Denver Nuggets

This game is one of the high scoring game that they made and many are surely upset with what happened.

Cavaliers are a very unpredictable team. But I think with the absence of Price really did affect them in the last two games in which they have lost now back to back.

They are for every season if Price's absence does had an impact in your opinion. I guess we have to look out for the reason of their lose but the only thing that I'm thinking is that they are fighting against stronger teams and they need to play harder.

You can not really say that Price not being in the lineup isn't hurting their offence either.

He is a killer when it comes to shooting three-pointers and they really needed the offence to kick it up a notch as their losses where not by much and definitely not blow outs.
With those extra couple of points they could be having a hot winning streak as the Houston Rockets are having nailing their 15th win in a row last night.

Oh well moving up from this past game of Cavaliers, they are able to recover against Detroit Pistons and let's see tomorrow if Lebron and his squad will be able to get some revenge against their opponent last time that did gave them a high scoring game, Denver Nuggets. What can you say people about this match?

Well, Cavs is not that consistent like before they had good game but most of the time they hava a bad game. Team's chemistry must be fixed as soon as possible. Though Cavs vs detroit, I was amazed by how Nance Jr. Showcase his talent in this match. He's now improving having 22 pts and 15 rebounds with a couple of assists. The addition of the new players like Hill, JC, Nance, is lifting the spirit of Cavs. To be honest, Cavs could easily pass Denver if and only if they will improve their on court communication.

We can see that they are inconsistent for this season and I don't know if all of us assumed that it will be a good additional for them with Dwayne Wade as it is one of the best play maker and he's been with Lebron before. Chemistry or team play, they need to advance and add some flavor to their game play. If they will not do something that will uplift their standings it will be the end for this playoffs.

[joebrook]

The Rockets are playing well but Mike D'Antoni's best teams always did well in the regular season. It's in the playoffs where they have struggled in the past.

The Golden State Warriors have a much better defense and a much better half-court game. The Rockets look real nice right now but let's see when things slow down in a seven-game series. Not only has D'Antoni fallen short many times in key playoff series, so has Chris Paul.

Well we have seen Rockets chokes out in the playoffs. Last year they lost to San Antonio and the veteran Manu blocks Harden to seal the victory for the Spurs.

But there is a big difference this season. They have Chris Paul now. Last year, Harden has the task of bringing the ball down and distributing it. So it lift a lot of burden from Harden's shoulder. So let see how it goes in the playoff. Gonna be critical but I think Houston will not choke this time.

Houston is much more improve now that last season and it Kawhi Leonard is not showing good signs of health. I can only hope regarding Chris Paul and Harden team work to improve better. They seemed not too good of a pair earlier.

Houston Rockets is showing also a good performance last year and they are deadly.

You know what is the problem? It's James Harden itself. Remember that Harden was one of the closest rival of Russell Westbrook for Season MVP last season and also acquired great numbers of triple double back then. But during the important turnaround game against the San Antonio Spurs last playoffs, Harden "literally choked" like what he did on his first final appearance in OKC. It's ok to loss but with that performance of him, they didn't gave a challenge.

Just hope that he will not be like that this year as they have a high chance to matched Golden State Warriors on acquiring the West champion title.

Hah.. Good point. He was a top MVP candidate last year, however his performance during playoffs specially against San Antonio has shown the chink in his armor. He literally choked and the block that Manu put on him was one for the ages.

Let's see how it goes though. Its want separate a good player from a legendary one. Legendary does choke it the playoffs actually they raises their game about one notch. Lets see how Harden will show his MVP caliber in the playoffs specially with Paul at his side.

The Rockets had a great game yesterday after beng able to overcome the OKC thunder with a 10 point difference in the game. Russel Westbrook stole the show once again with 32 points 4 rebounds 7 assists. One of these two are going to win the conference championship.

[Vasilije69]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

Is Jimmy's injury that worst? I read that it needed a just a month to heal so I guess they still can buy more time and hope that they can make the playoff (which I do think they will).

However, I think that they will survived the first round. They have invested so much and the team will really exert all effort to get past the first round and then wait till Jimmy returns to the lineup.

Is there any info when Jimmy Butler will be back? It would be pity if he missed playoff now when Minesota started to look pretty good. Tomorrow they have interesting match against the Celtics. Too bad Butler will not play there, it would be hard to predict winner if he was. In this situation I would give mild role of favourite to Boston.

[Kemarit]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

Is Jimmy's injury that worst? I read that it needed a just a month to heal so I guess they still can buy more time and hope that they can make the playoff (which I do think they will).

However, I think that they will survived the first round. They have invested so much and the team will really exert all effort to get past the first round and then wait till Jimmy returns to the lineup.

Is there any info when Jimmy Butler will be back? It would be pity if he missed playoff now when Minesota started to look pretty good. Tomorrow they have interesting match against the Celtics. Too bad Butler will not play there, it would be hard to predict winner if he was. In this situation I would give mild role of favourite to Boston.

Well the initial report says is a meniscus and is expected to undergo a surgery. So it's really hard to say when he can return as players react differently to a surgery. So probably around 4-6 weeks to fully heal. Its really sad though that he got injured when T'wolves are enjoying one of its best season and its crunch time as we are approaching the playoffs. And now they are in a game that they needed to show their true character without Jimmy, (Celtics, Golden State and Houston Rockets). So it will be very interesting to watch and see how it goes for them.

[Lionidas]

Houston Rockets still on their winning streak with their 17th straight win against the streak killers the Milwaukee Bucks.
And I really thought the bucks were going to beat them since they were at home and they were the same team that killed off the Golden State Warriors winning streak last season at 24-0.
If any team were to end their run it was them.

I was watching the Indiana Pacers and they just got their asses handed to them with a 20 point loss at home. And the Utah Jazz have won their 9th straight road win.
That is another record that is very tough to achieve in the NBA league. But they managed to pull it off against a Pacers team who were 5-2 in their last 7 games before going into this one.
1-19 for three pointers does not help your cause one bit.

[Maslate]

Houston Rockets still on their winning streak with their 17th straight win against the streak killers the Milwaukee Bucks.
And I really thought the bucks were going to beat them since they were at home and they were the same team that killed off the Golden State Warriors winning streak last season at 24-0.
If any team were to end their run it was them.

I was watching the Indiana Pacers and they just got their asses handed to them with a 20 point loss at home. And the Utah Jazz have won their 9th straight road win.
That is another record that is very tough to achieve in the NBA league. But they managed to pull it off against a Pacers team who were 5-2 in their last 7 games before going into this one.
1-19 for three pointers does not help your cause one bit.

The streak is alive, people are in basketball now are watching the Rockets closely, what an achievement they have right now.
I am liking them to beat the warriors in the coming playoffs, hopefully it will happen so I can watch maybe a Rockets vs Cavaliers or against the Celtics
which I think a good team as well.

[Caladonian]

What a game for  the King today, carrying his team in final minutes, I'm really impress how he really take the lead, 9 points straight and he really create
for his team to win, adjusting too to defend Jokić who also playing well, the 2nd half runs was full of excitement Denver is too good to compete with but
still stars will shine when the team needed them most.

[goldcoinminer]

What a game for  the King today, carrying his team in final minutes, I'm really impress how he really take the lead, 9 points straight and he really create
for his team to win, adjusting too to defend Jokić who also playing well, the 2nd half runs was full of excitement Denver is too good to compete with but
still stars will shine when the team needed them most.

It was a good game and finally the Cavaliers took their revenge against the Nuggets.
I hope they can use this momentum to even work harder and develop the chemistry so even they lack players, they can still compete with great teams.

[Theb]

I just viewed the current West Standings and that is when I know the Minnesota Timberwolves are in a tight position as 10 teams will be battling for the 3rd - 8th spot in the Playoffs. Making the path of the Timberwolves harder is Jimmy Butler's return won't be until the playoff rounds which is doubtful as of the moment. Currently they are sitting on the 6th seed and their next game would be on Friday against the Boston Celtics I am hoping that they will have a firm grip on any of the west playoff spots as I really need to see them end the playoff drought.

I can say that the Minnesota Timberwolves can easily secure a spot at the western conference but if Jimmy Butler won't return until the playoffs begin, i doubt if they will survive the first round.

Is Jimmy's injury that worst? I read that it needed a just a month to heal so I guess they still can buy more time and hope that they can make the playoff (which I do think they will).

However, I think that they will survived the first round. They have invested so much and the team will really exert all effort to get past the first round and then wait till Jimmy returns to the lineup.

Is there any info when Jimmy Butler will be back? It would be pity if he missed playoff now when Minesota started to look pretty good. Tomorrow they have interesting match against the Celtics. Too bad Butler will not play there, it would be hard to predict winner if he was. In this situation I would give mild role of favourite to Boston.

Well the initial report says is a meniscus and is expected to undergo a surgery. So it's really hard to say when he can return as players react differently to a surgery. So probably around 4-6 weeks to fully heal. Its really sad though that he got injured when T'wolves are enjoying one of its best season and its crunch time as we are approaching the playoffs. And now they are in a game that they needed to show their true character without Jimmy, (Celtics, Golden State and Houston Rockets). So it will be very interesting to watch and see how it goes for them.

The expected return of Jimmy Butler isn't until playoffs but the problem I see for the Timberwolves is if they can go to the playoffs in the first place. All of them are on a tight spot on who will secure a playoff seed in the western conference and with the remaining games for the Timberwolves being a tough one, me as fan cannot breathe easily as every game will count. The Blazers are on a winning streak, Pelicans are looking great, and Spurs looks like an elite team.

[cicciobtc]

-While in Eastern Conference almost everything is decided:
1)Toronto 2)Boston 3)Cleveland with Washington, Philadelphia, Indiana, Miami and Milwaukee practically already qualified for Playoffs

-In Western Conference instead there is great competition:
Houston and Golden State are fighting for the first place, and then there are 6 teams fighting for the last 4 places useful for the Playoffs: San Antonio,Oklahoma,Utah Jazz,Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota,Denver.
For me it will come in first position Golden State, and will qualify for the Playoffs: San Antonio,Utah Jazz,Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma