2025 NBA Season

[gabmen]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

Well everyone knows that a team with an efficient lebron would be capable of beating anyone. Though i don't think that game is any indication of what to expect in the playoffs but teams are different now from last season, including the cavs.

[boyptc]

Today the spurs won against the Wizards, the wining the streak that they are enjoying now is good so they can be in the playoffs.

They are on number 6 on Western Conference other than that, I have read somewhere that Manu Ginobili said "He's not coming back" this is sad for the team though.

[markdario112616]

Today the spurs won against the Wizards, the wining the streak that they are enjoying now is good so they can be in the playoffs.

They are on number 6 on Western Conference other than that, I have read somewhere that Manu Ginobili said "He's not coming back" this is sad for the team though.

It's a good run for the Spurs, especially bouncing back from a losing streak and securing a spot for the POs. Well, there are already a lot of rumors that this would be the last season of Manu. It's sad not only for the team but also to those fans that were there since day 1. Manu Ginobili already contributed a lot and made a mark on and off the court. I hate to see him retire but its part of the game, "Your mind still want to continue but your body isn't saying the same."

Well let's just hope for the best for the Spurs. Once Kawhi get back by the time of POs then western conference will be exciting.

[harizen]

Last night game between Boston Celtics and Oklahoma city thunder was just an amazing game to watch , till the last minute I really thought that Oklahoma will win this game but the Celtics has the last word in the end , it was a magnificent comeback from them and that last 3 point shoot was incredible , I love this kind of games when you never know who's going to win till the last second but for sure the Celtics did show the importance of their bench and their collective play .

Oklahoma City Thunders have a chance to sealed the game at the few seconds remaining but Carmelo Anthony missed that 2 free throws that supposedly will give them a 4 point lead with I think 3 or 4 seconds remaining if I remember it correctly. If he nailed it and even Boston Celtics will able to have a quick 3, it's so hard for them to snatch a game because of the dead clock. Unfortunately, Melo missed that 2 bonus shot and Boston Celtics able to have a quick run on the other side of a court for a quick three that gave them a lead.

With that "choke" performance of Melo as other sayings at the dying seconds, he is on the hot seat of lots of trashtalkers for Thunders and Melo haters yesterday not realizing that it was a team loss because there are set of missed free throws too on important seconds before Melo did.

But it will be him who is most seen because of the crucial time. His team might side with him but not the crowd and also the critics.
The management might also think of it as a weakness of the Thunders if ever they go to a crucial one again in the playoffs.
There will be a lot of substitutions and they will take out Anthony to avoid it to happen again.

Playoffs is near, Pelicans or Spurs in their bracket will give them a hard time and every point will be crucial.
The Spurs though, what team are they avoiding. You cannot just predict that mysterious mind of Pops.

You can not blame carmelo Anthony for that loss , he's not the only one who missed free throws in that game even Russell Westbrook and Paul George missed also . You can't even blame the whole team because they played a big time game and missed the win by a extraordinary play from the Celtics in that few last seconds . Both teams deserved to win but in the end only one team could win . So both teams deserve respect .

Did I blamed them? Read again. You just repeat what I said:

.. because there are set of missed free throws too on important seconds before Melo did.

I called it as a team loss but never blamed the whole team. Even they did a good performance night, still at the end they loss so it's a "team loss". Way more better than blaming a single player.

Today the spurs won against the Wizards, the wining the streak that they are enjoying now is good so they can be in the playoffs.

They are on number 6 on Western Conference other than that, I have read somewhere that Manu Ginobili said "He's not coming back" this is sad for the team though.

San Antonio Spurs is alive and kicking! Looks like the playoffs appearance streak will continue.

I think you have a missing word on your post, Kawhi Leonard is the one that Manu Ginobilli is pointing out on that recent statement and not himself.

[joebrook]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

Well everyone knows that a team with an efficient lebron would be capable of beating anyone. Though i don't think that game is any indication of what to expect in the playoffs but teams are different now from last season, including the cavs.

An efficient Lebron James who has capable helpers like Love in the team are capable of doing anything that's why the Golden State Warriors are such a formidable team because they have three World Class starters in their team alone.

[Reid]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

My heart is pounding like crazy when it was at the last minute of the game.

It is a hard fought game but the Cavs can really do it.
Speed.
Toronto is more of that and Cleveland before just got Lebron who can really sprint coast to coast.
Now with the addition of the new young players, somehow they could battle with it.
Kevin Love is also back which made a lot of difference. 23 points and 12 rebounds. That is the damn Kevin Love that I knew.  

[harizen]

Dwight Howard monster performance helps the Charlotte Hornets snatch a win. It's not about the playoffs spot but one great thing happened in this game is Dwight Howard's record. He produced 32 points and 30 rebounds on that game and became a 3rd player in the NBA history to produced a 30-30 points+rebound on a single game.

But unfortunately he was being suspended for one game, not for that record (it's a lol) but for getting the 16th technical foul this season. Well it's a NBA rule that once a player reached 16th technical foul for that season, it will be an automatic suspension the next game.

Missin the prime Dwight Howard because of that performance.

[Oilacris]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

My heart is pounding like crazy when it was at the last minute of the game.

It is a hard fought game but the Cavs can really do it.
Speed.
Toronto is more of that and Cleveland before just got Lebron who can really sprint coast to coast.
Now with the addition of the new young players, somehow they could battle with it.
Kevin Love is also back which made a lot of difference. 23 points and 12 rebounds. That is the damn Kevin Love that I knew.  

When it comes to speed then Lebron can really do such thing this is why hes really capable on any positions together with a good support or tandem with Love you can really see the coordination within the team.We do have the same feeling into those last minutes of the entire game.Its really tough but they actually did it in the end.Kevin love's comeback do somehow give a difference with this game.

[cicciobtc]

Dwight Howard monster performance helps the Charlotte Hornets snatch a win. It's not about the playoffs spot but one great thing happened in this game is Dwight Howard's record. He produced 32 points and 30 rebounds on that game and became a 3rd player in the NBA history to produced a 30-30 points+rebound on a single game.

But unfortunately he was being suspended for one game, not for that record (it's a lol) but for getting the 16th technical foul this season. Well it's a NBA rule that once a player reached 16th technical foul for that season, it will be an automatic suspension the next game.

Missin the prime Dwight Howard because of that performance.

yes, it is an amazing performance!
there were 8 players in Nba with at least 30 points + 30 rebounds: in 2010 Kevin love, Karl Malone in 1982 while Wilt Chamberlain did 124 times at least 30 points + 30rebounds!

[Sanitough]

Dwight Howard monster performance helps the Charlotte Hornets snatch a win. It's not about the playoffs spot but one great thing happened in this game is Dwight Howard's record. He produced 32 points and 30 rebounds on that game and became a 3rd player in the NBA history to produced a 30-30 points+rebound on a single game.

But unfortunately he was being suspended for one game, not for that record (it's a lol) but for getting the 16th technical foul this season. Well it's a NBA rule that once a player reached 16th technical foul for that season, it will be an automatic suspension the next game.

Missin the prime Dwight Howard because of that performance.

yes, it is an amazing performance!
there were 8 players in Nba with at least 30 points + 30 rebounds: in 2010 Kevin love, Karl Malone in 1982 while Wilt Chamberlain did 124 times at least 30 points + 30rebounds!

He is good no question but he is inconsistent, I think Charlotte will miss the playoffs this year but they are very consistent in the past years.
I don't now if with howard in this team they can still improve, by the way, good thing that Howard played a lot of games this season.

[Caladonian]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

My heart is pounding like crazy when it was at the last minute of the game.

It is a hard fought game but the Cavs can really do it.
Speed.
Toronto is more of that and Cleveland before just got Lebron who can really sprint coast to coast.
Now with the addition of the new young players, somehow they could battle with it.
Kevin Love is also back which made a lot of difference. 23 points and 12 rebounds. That is the damn Kevin Love that I knew.  

The cav's was different together with love, though it's lebron do the rest but in terms of maturity, lebron played well together with love and smith,
we are seeing different cav's now since new young guns additions, they can run as they are fresh legs, if lebron love and smith continue to play
this way together with  clarkson , hill and nance jr, then spot to the finals still open for this team.

[Reid]

A very bad game for both Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons.
Both have a low percentage of shooting. Even free throws dont even work much. Only Gordon works on Houston and not much with the Pistons.
It is just with the overtime where Harden works that gave the Houston a good win in the end.

This is not how Houston plays even if Chris Paul is out. I hope he gets well when the playoffs starts.

[Oasisman]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just won a tough battle against the Eastern Conference leader Toronto Raptors and it just shows what this team is capable of come playoff times.

My heart is pounding like crazy when it was at the last minute of the game.

It is a hard fought game but the Cavs can really do it.
Speed.
Toronto is more of that and Cleveland before just got Lebron who can really sprint coast to coast.
Now with the addition of the new young players, somehow they could battle with it.
Kevin Love is also back which made a lot of difference. 23 points and 12 rebounds. That is the damn Kevin Love that I knew.  

The cav's was different together with love, though it's lebron do the rest but in terms of maturity, lebron played well together with love and smith,
we are seeing different cav's now since new young guns additions, they can run as they are fresh legs, if lebron love and smith continue to play
this way together with  clarkson , hill and nance jr, then spot to the finals still open for this team.

Those young guns are a perfect addition to the team. I dont see Cavs as an championship caliber team with stacked veteran former superstars, with lack of ball rotation and defense. This time Cavs are in a different form, they are capable of beating all the power house team in the west if they can perfectly gel together in the post season.

[Kemarit]

A very bad game for both Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons.
Both have a low percentage of shooting. Even free throws dont even work much. Only Gordon works on Houston and not much with the Pistons.
It is just with the overtime where Harden works that gave the Houston a good win in the end.

This is not how Houston plays even if Chris Paul is out. I hope he gets well when the playoffs starts.

I remember the assistant coach of Houston saying that this is not how they play. And from the expression of his face, he was really disappointed as to how they are playing at that time. Harden, didn't even score a point up to the last 4 minutes of the second quarter and missed a free throw which is unusual. Good thing that they escape with the win, otherwise if will be a big disappointed if they left this one slipped away. Really good to see that Harden didn't choke in OT but provided the spark again in this needed win to solidify their top spot in the West.

[harizen]

And from the recent happening on Charlotte Hornets via Dwight Howard's 30+ points 30 rebounds record, another record again have been set by one of their rosters, Kemba Walker.

From those who didn't know, Charlotte Hornets pinned down Memphis Grizzlies for 61 Points. Imagine that big lead and one of the most biggest lead established in NBA history. Dwight Howard missed that game due to automatic suspension via 16th technical season so how much more it could be if he played. For 140 total points produced by Charlotte Hornets, 46 here is being contributed by Kemba Walker for 28 minutes of playing (take note that he already made 35 points at halftime).

Kemba Walker now joined Joe Dumars (1994) and Kyrie Irving (2015) for making a 10 big 3's and 10 Ft's in a single game.

[Lionidas]

Dwight Howard monster performance helps the Charlotte Hornets snatch a win. It's not about the playoffs spot but one great thing happened in this game is Dwight Howard's record. He produced 32 points and 30 rebounds on that game and became a 3rd player in the NBA history to produced a 30-30 points+rebound on a single game.

But unfortunately he was being suspended for one game, not for that record (it's a lol) but for getting the 16th technical foul this season. Well it's a NBA rule that once a player reached 16th technical foul for that season, it will be an automatic suspension the next game.

Missin the prime Dwight Howard because of that performance.

yes, it is an amazing performance!
there were 8 players in Nba with at least 30 points + 30 rebounds: in 2010 Kevin love, Karl Malone in 1982 while Wilt Chamberlain did 124 times at least 30 points + 30rebounds!

He is good no question but he is inconsistent, I think Charlotte will miss the playoffs this year but they are very consistent in the past years.
I don't now if with howard in this team they can still improve, by the way, good thing that Howard played a lot of games this season.

Yes. I agree with you there.
Charlotte is not a very good team without Howard.
But as that those 30 rebounds was an amazing achievement. I watched the replay of him doing that last one with a couple of seconds to go and it looked  as if the other team player just let him have it so he can get that last rebound to be the first to get a 30-30 game. LOL!
Even the announcer said that when they showed it afterwards.

[Baofeng]

Dwight Howard monster performance helps the Charlotte Hornets snatch a win. It's not about the playoffs spot but one great thing happened in this game is Dwight Howard's record. He produced 32 points and 30 rebounds on that game and became a 3rd player in the NBA history to produced a 30-30 points+rebound on a single game.

But unfortunately he was being suspended for one game, not for that record (it's a lol) but for getting the 16th technical foul this season. Well it's a NBA rule that once a player reached 16th technical foul for that season, it will be an automatic suspension the next game.

Missin the prime Dwight Howard because of that performance.

yes, it is an amazing performance!
there were 8 players in Nba with at least 30 points + 30 rebounds: in 2010 Kevin love, Karl Malone in 1982 while Wilt Chamberlain did 124 times at least 30 points + 30rebounds!

He is good no question but he is inconsistent, I think Charlotte will miss the playoffs this year but they are very consistent in the past years.
I don't now if with howard in this team they can still improve, by the way, good thing that Howard played a lot of games this season.

Yes. I agree with you there.
Charlotte is not a very good team without Howard.
But as that those 30 rebounds was an amazing achievement. I watched the replay of him doing that last one with a couple of seconds to go and it looked  as if the other team player just let him have it so he can get that last rebound to be the first to get a 30-30 game. LOL!
Even the announcer said that when they showed it afterwards.

Looks like Dwight has totally lost his and he is like a bad omen to the teams he has joined that's why they have to let him go, I don't know, ever since he left Magic, he wasn't the same anymore. Yeah he did a 30-30 but that's it.

I'm sure that he can be totally forgotten because of his bad performance on whatever team he got into, but something is wrong with the guy, he's either frustrated that's why he got so many T's or maybe he has lost the competitiveness inside of him.

[cicciobtc]

bad news for Boston: Irving will undergo knee surgery tomorrow and then almost certainly for him the season is over.
Another serious absence for Boston after that of Gordon Hayward.

[Vasilije69]

Does somebody know if Antetokounmpo will play tonight or no? Either way, I don't think they will have any problems against unmotivated Bulls who will most likely be tanking for the rest of season.

[blockman]

Does somebody know if Antetokounmpo will play tonight or no?

He didn't played last time against LA Clipper because of his right ankle. And this is still the reason he can't play again for their match against Bulls. 

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22884869/milwaukee-bucks-forward-giannis-antetokounmpo-play-friday-chicago-bulls-ankle-injury