2024 NBA Season

[harizen]

Looks like Dwade can be a candidate for 6th Man award this season if he will continue to be like that until the end. Always showing a good performance "coming off a bench". Playing like he's not on a retirement season.

That buzzer beater by Dwade will always be remember by Golden State Warriors; a remarkable final game against the Miami Heat with Dwade on the floor.

He will really be missed.

#OneLastDance

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[morvillz7z]

Dirks is a good choice because he is barely running anymore, he still has the talent but his body is not allowing him to play

I agree Dirk should retire after the end of the season. Watching him "run" up and down the court I have the feeling that at any moment he will literally break. It's that bad. Even Adam Silver was joking during All-Star break that this would be Nowitzki's last season.

By the way, Dirk only needs 68pts to surpass Wilt Chamberlain in the all-time scoring list (moving to 6th place). Mavs have 21 remaining games, so he will need to avg around 3.2ppg to get it done. That's doable imo.

[Shinpako09]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

Eventhough GSW loss the game still fun to watch seeing Wade made that buzzer beater. I'm a GSW fan but I ain't mad for that last shot. Actually i'm happy for to see it and I guess the same with other NBA fans. Maybe because of respect to this man, you won't hate it. The reaction is priceless.

[harizen]

Is Anthony Davis being controlled? I have noticed that he only played limited minutes on their recent games and even sat out on the whole 4th quarter.

The reason:
" The center will likely not see action in the fourth quarter as the Pelicans continue to protect themselves and try to limit the risk of any injury to Davis for the rest of the season."

Anthony Davis:
"I mean, I think everybody wants to play the fourth quarter. Obviously it is frustrating. I've never, like I said before, been a guy who has been able to sit out the fourth, but I just play and do whatever I can, play as hard as I can for the minutes I am on the floor."

Alvin Gentry (head coach):
"He's fine. He's not frustrated at all. Everything that we've done has been totally transparent. We sit down and we discuss it and we talk to him and we try to do what we think is best for the franchise and he understands it, so there's no animosity at all toward it. Obviously he'd like to be playing. But I think we've got to look and see what we feel like is best for us at this particular time and move forward."

I understand that New Orleans Pelicans "might" give up now on their playoffs race because of the sole purpose of marketing a healthy Davis off season. But this is somehow unprofessional.

[Hamphser]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

You can really feel up the thrill into these kind of times where the scores or gap is too close and the time is running out.You can feel up the intense since both teams
are doing their very best to score and avoiding opponents team to succeed and with these lucky shots, it can really happen anytime even me didn't expect for that wade buzzer beater shot.
Warrior fans reaction is just normal 

[rdbase]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

They werent smiling tonight when they lost against the magic in orlando.
Except durant sat out because I think he was embarassed too much from the previous lost he just didnt want to play tonight.
With them losing two games back to back it looks like they have run out of steam and others now have a chance to upset them in the playoffs seeing the kink in their armor in which cousins was going to fill in the void.

[Vaculin]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

They werent smiling tonight when they lost against the magic in orlando.
Except durant sat out because I think he was embarassed too much from the previous lost he just didnt want to play tonight.
With them losing two games back to back it looks like they have run out of steam and others now have a chance to upset them in the playoffs seeing the kink in their armor in which cousins was going to fill in the void.

It's time to back them in the next game, the warriors never lost 3 straight times this season IIRC.
Their next game will be against the sixers which is also a good team, still this is  a road game but I like to back them here as they have time to relax before this game.

[Baofeng]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

They werent smiling tonight when they lost against the magic in orlando.
Except durant sat out because I think he was embarassed too much from the previous lost he just didnt want to play tonight.
With them losing two games back to back it looks like they have run out of steam and others now have a chance to upset them in the playoffs seeing the kink in their armor in which cousins was going to fill in the void.

And with that lost, Nuggets is on the number 1 spot in WC. I think they needed this lost to somewhat wake them up. I don't think they ran out of steam here, maybe they're just having trouble closing out games. But I'm still expecting them to be the top seed here and be the favorite to retain their championship this year, so let's see.

[mirakal]

Durant and Curry was just smiling after that Wade shot.
It was a lucky shot and they did not really expect it.

A good game though for both Warriors and Heat. Those are the kind of games that you really want to see. A 4th quarter game where both teams are getting the lead back and forth and you just dont know which one will really win the game.
That was fun to watch. I can see the faces of the Warriors fans. They may have a face with an open mouth in silence. 

They werent smiling tonight when they lost against the magic in orlando.
Except durant sat out because I think he was embarassed too much from the previous lost he just didnt want to play tonight.
With them losing two games back to back it looks like they have run out of steam and others now have a chance to upset them in the playoffs seeing the kink in their armor in which cousins was going to fill in the void.

And with that lost, Nuggets is on the number 1 spot in WC. I think they needed this lost to somewhat wake them up. I don't think they ran out of steam here, maybe they're just having trouble closing out games. But I'm still expecting them to be the top seed here and be the favorite to retain their championship this year, so let's see.

No, they are not, nuggets also loss today so nothing changes.

They loss against the Jazz at home and I can say that the Jazz is always a team that has a chance to advance in the west.
I'm looking forward at the playoff race now and it seems like Lakers still has a slim chance to make it, for the warriors, it doesn't matter if they'll
go down, they will find a way to win just like last season.

[boyptc]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

[Botnake]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

The the Nuggets win they could have taken the no. 1 spot again but that is not a big deal actually, nuggets entering in the playoffs is the big deal here.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers.  

Yeah, I'm sure I'm gonna watch that one, also I would put my bet on this game.
I'm thinking of beating against the crowd favorite, Lebron vs Giannis is good to watch, I'm expecting that it will be a close fight.

[kenzawak]

Is Anthony Davis being controlled? I have noticed that he only played limited minutes on their recent games and even sat out on the whole 4th quarter.

The reason:
" The center will likely not see action in the fourth quarter as the Pelicans continue to protect themselves and try to limit the risk of any injury to Davis for the rest of the season."

Anthony Davis:
"I mean, I think everybody wants to play the fourth quarter. Obviously it is frustrating. I've never, like I said before, been a guy who has been able to sit out the fourth, but I just play and do whatever I can, play as hard as I can for the minutes I am on the floor."

Alvin Gentry (head coach):
"He's fine. He's not frustrated at all. Everything that we've done has been totally transparent. We sit down and we discuss it and we talk to him and we try to do what we think is best for the franchise and he understands it, so there's no animosity at all toward it. Obviously he'd like to be playing. But I think we've got to look and see what we feel like is best for us at this particular time and move forward."

I understand that New Orleans Pelicans "might" give up now on their playoffs race because of the sole purpose of marketing a healthy Davis off season. But this is somehow unprofessional.

Well it sucks when you have reached a point where you have to sit your player for the most important part of the game because you consider him as an investment.
That's not what sports should be about.

[Naida_BR]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

Bucks won't have any difficulties against Lakers. LA Lakers are more weak that the Bucks squad and I think that it will be just a show game with high scoring points from both teams. The most interesting part would be again seeing Giannis and LeBron in the same pitch and dunking around!

[Reid]

Is Anthony Davis being controlled? I have noticed that he only played limited minutes on their recent games and even sat out on the whole 4th quarter.

The reason:
" The center will likely not see action in the fourth quarter as the Pelicans continue to protect themselves and try to limit the risk of any injury to Davis for the rest of the season."

Anthony Davis:
"I mean, I think everybody wants to play the fourth quarter. Obviously it is frustrating. I've never, like I said before, been a guy who has been able to sit out the fourth, but I just play and do whatever I can, play as hard as I can for the minutes I am on the floor."

Alvin Gentry (head coach):
"He's fine. He's not frustrated at all. Everything that we've done has been totally transparent. We sit down and we discuss it and we talk to him and we try to do what we think is best for the franchise and he understands it, so there's no animosity at all toward it. Obviously he'd like to be playing. But I think we've got to look and see what we feel like is best for us at this particular time and move forward."

I understand that New Orleans Pelicans "might" give up now on their playoffs race because of the sole purpose of marketing a healthy Davis off season. But this is somehow unprofessional.

Unprofessional. Yes, that is the right word to it.
Look at them being transparent into their greed.
That aint funny at all.
They made NBA look like its all about the money now. Which ai do think is.
They are losing a lot of fans because of this kind of move. It aint just the management of New Orleans that is affected but the whole NBA.
It is disgusting.

[Ipwich]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

Bucks won't have any difficulties against Lakers. LA Lakers are more weak that the Bucks squad and I think that it will be just a show game with high scoring points from both teams. The most interesting part would be again seeing Giannis and LeBron in the same pitch and dunking around!

The bucks are the better team, no doubt about that but the Lakers needed this win for their playoffs hope to stay alive.
Look back on the Rockets game, they were trailing the entire game but they end up winning the game, I guess this time if refs will help them, they will also win.

[boyptc]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

Bucks won't have any difficulties against Lakers. LA Lakers are more weak that the Bucks squad and I think that it will be just a show game with high scoring points from both teams. The most interesting part would be again seeing Giannis and LeBron in the same pitch and dunking around!

We will see it.

I won't bet for any team, I'm both fan of Bucks and Lakers but let's see the game tomorrow.

[Fredomago]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

Bucks won't have any difficulties against Lakers. LA Lakers are more weak that the Bucks squad and I think that it will be just a show game with high scoring points from both teams. The most interesting part would be again seeing Giannis and LeBron in the same pitch and dunking around!

If lakers still serious to chase the playoffs slot, every wins counts for them, it's another mind blowing game as we are expecting too much for both
teams to show up and bring the game to it's tough performance,  I just hope that bucks will play the same type of game they have every time
they face any competitive teams from the league.

[Baofeng]

The lost of Denver Nuggets today doesn't affect their standing, they are still ranked #2 in the Western Conference.

Match for tomorrow is between East's ranked 1 Bucks vs crowd's favorite Los Angeles Lakers. 

Bucks won't have any difficulties against Lakers. LA Lakers are more weak that the Bucks squad and I think that it will be just a show game with high scoring points from both teams. The most interesting part would be again seeing Giannis and LeBron in the same pitch and dunking around!

The bucks are the better team, no doubt about that but the Lakers needed this win for their playoffs hope to stay alive.
Look back on the Rockets game, they were trailing the entire game but they end up winning the game, I guess this time if refs will help them, they will also win.

Gonna be interesting match for Lakers vs Bucks. We all know that Bucks is the hottest team today with Giannis at the helm. On the other side, Lakers is in dire need of a win just to stay in the contention of a playoffs berth and not break Lebron's record. Bucks will surely be the favorite, but I think Lebron and Lakers can take this one on the strength of their home court advantage.

[GregH37]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves for discrediting Lakers just yet. Yeah, Bucks vs Lakers seems obvious to many people but honestly do you think bucks can take Lakers on 7 game if it was playoffs ? With Lebron playing like playoff Lebron ?

Right now, I have a sneaky suspicion that Lebron is not even trying to go to playoffs anymore, I think Lebron is not even caring about winning or losing anymore, dude probably started his "business" career early by moving to Los Angeles and all he wants is to make the max amount of money he can from now on, if that means wins yeah sure win the game but he knows he can't win the ring so he realized maybe commercials and movies and business deals are more important at this stage of his life because his career can't continue forever, maybe he can play another 5-6 years, maybe he will be injured and become like Kobe, so no reason not to focus on other stuff from now on.

[Jating]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves for discrediting Lakers just yet. Yeah, Bucks vs Lakers seems obvious to many people but honestly do you think bucks can take Lakers on 7 game if it was playoffs ? With Lebron playing like playoff Lebron ?

Of course it will be different if this is a playoff series and both teams are fighting to stay alive. We have seen Lebron elevated his game every time he is in a playoffs.

Right now, I have a sneaky suspicion that Lebron is not even trying to go to playoffs anymore, I think Lebron is not even caring about winning or losing anymore, dude probably started his "business" career early by moving to Los Angeles and all he wants is to make the max amount of money he can from now on, if that means wins yeah sure win the game but he knows he can't win the ring so he realized maybe commercials and movies and business deals are more important at this stage of his life because his career can't continue forever, maybe he can play another 5-6 years, maybe he will be injured and become like Kobe, so no reason not to focus on other stuff from now on.

I don't know about that but one thing is for sure. That move to Lakers is not just for the basketball, but it has something to do with his future when he is not able to play anymore. Maybe he has some other business in the "Hollywood", after his career is over. Remember that he will revived Space Jam in 2021, so that alone tells us something about Lebron's intention.