2024 NBA Season

[Questat]

I'm not siding on anyone between this matchup but I'm more on rooting with the warriors. But damn, the calls of James Harden threes were not that good. Draymond tried to get between the legs of Harden and there was no foul on the first game. I'm thinking that Warriors could possibly will have a hard time fighting the Houston since they are still the warriors from last playoffs.

The Warriors are the same team as last year but the Rockets is also the same. One thing i observe is that the Warriors put a stingy defense on Harden, they force him to go to his right or pass the ball thus minimizing his output.

The output of harden is still good, in game 1 he scored more than 30 points and game 2 more than 20 points if I'm not mistaken but it's due to his limited time, that eye injury was the reason. Did you see that when he sat down, the Rockets rally and bring the game into a single digit lead, it's nice if he will share the ball as they have good shooters who can help him win.

[Caladonian]

Game 2 of bucks against the Celtics, who will win? We see that bucks are not ready to take on the big stage and I think they will be swept in 4 games against the Celtics though.

That was a wild guess.

Last year's playoffs, the game went to Game 7 on which the Celtics won the series.

The changes from these today's matchup are:

-Celtics now have Irving and Hayward now on board
-Bucks showed a tremendous improvement throughout the whole season

Overall, both have good changes.

Eventhough Bucks struggles last Game 1, it's really hard to imagined for me that they will not able to steal even a single game. This series should end at Game 7 as my wild guess.

Last year is different from this season. The currency line up of Boston is way more deep than the bucks. Even with their improvement, they can't seem to match up the Celtics in most of the positions so i'm predicting the series to end in 4 games. But it seems I'm getting ahead of myself and the bucks won and I lost already though.

Obviously yes, it was different that's why I point the changes.

I disagree with the comparison of lineups. Bucks improvement this season is not just a "simple improvement". No changes at all at their current lineup from last year but they able to outshine all East teams the whole season with only 22 loses. It's difficult to achieved for an average team and many of us honestly didn't expect it that's why even how caliber and most popular Celtics lineup is, and now with Kyrie on board, I disagree that Bucks will be swept (which now didn't happened).

Im not a fan of either team. It's just that Im amazed for the changes of the whole Bucks team.

The improvements of talents, the coaching and managing staff really play smart, bringing the best out from their superstar, Giannis is shining as his back up squad are there to help him out, the matchup between Celtics and Bucks is really tough to predict, both teams have their own strategy against each others, the rotations and how the players will performed will be the factors from each games that they've played, expecting more surprising upset
from this semi finals series.

[Natalim]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

[Naida_BR]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

If Jokic was able to make his regular matches then Denver would have won this and made the 2-0 in series.
Now it will be interesting how the Nuggets are going to react after this 1-1.
I think that Jokic will take more scoring opportunities in the next match and this would be crucial for the next game.

[LogitechMouse]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Not only Jokic but Murray also has an injury on his thigh. If you watched the game, in the second half most of the time he is benched because of the injury. He played in 4th but he is not 100% healthy. Jokic also is a big factor why they lost because of his foul trouble. Good game for the Nuggets but the series are tied.

[Sanitough]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Not only Jokic but Murray also has an injury on his thigh. If you watched the game, in the second half most of the time he is benched because of the injury. He played in 4th but he is not 100% healthy. Jokic also is a big factor why they lost because of his foul trouble. Good game for the Nuggets but the series are tied.

Jokic will redeem himself, he might have a good game 3 and let's hope Murray will be healthy again in game 3, he have time to rest so let's expect that.
Blazers are the underdog in this series but looks like they have a good chance to win after what they showed in game 2, they are more dangerous if both Lillard and CJ will score.

[boyptc]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

[freedomgo]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

I'm betting on this game, I would favor the 76ers as they are playing at home.
They snatch the game 2 on the road, so I'm expecting they can easily win playing at home, unless some controversial calls will happen, you know...

[Yaunfitda]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Portland adjusted very well and put a suffocating defense on Jokic and push him out of his comfort way. On the other hand, Kanter also did good in offense, providing 15 points, same with Rodney Hood. Portland is really hiding high on their momentum win against OKC and they can't really denied.

I think they can upset the second seed Nuggets here. Lillard and CJ McCollum will carry this team against Golden State Warriors.

[boyptc]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

I'm betting on this game, I would favor the 76ers as they are playing at home.
They snatch the game 2 on the road, so I'm expecting they can easily win playing at home, unless some controversial calls will happen, you know...

I'm getting sentiments from the community on what you all think about this match.

I used to watch nba games but I'm choosing the teams that I'd like to watch so with that said, I'll consider your choice with 76ers.

[Cloudbet]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

Going with the Raptors tonight, it's going to be a close game so I think there's a bit of value to be had with -3.0 (2.21)

Total points averaged 193 over the last two games, so Under 215.5 (2.08) is also looking good.

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

[boyptc]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

Going with the Raptors tonight, it's going to be a close game so I think there's a bit of value to be had with -3.0 (2.21)

Total points averaged 193 over the last two games, so Under 215.5 (2.08) is also looking good.

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Oh come on, there's also Raptors it's getting harder for me to pick which team I'll betting with.

Let me consider that Ronnie, still thinking on where I should bet.

[Sanitough]

Series is tied now for the Blazers and the Nuggets, Jokic was not a big factor tonight, he was defended well but I think this series could go longer.
CJ was the best player tonight, he really shots well while Lillard has struggle, it was indeed a physical game and it what makes the series more fun to watch.

Most of the brackets are in tie now except GSW vs Houston Rockets.

Then tomorrow it will be 76ers vs Toronto Raptors. Who's going to bet with this match?

Going with the Raptors tonight, it's going to be a close game so I think there's a bit of value to be had with -3.0 (2.21)

Total points averaged 193 over the last two games, so Under 215.5 (2.08) is also looking good.

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Oh come on, there's also Raptors it's getting harder for me to pick which team I'll betting with.

Let me consider that Ronnie, still thinking on where I should bet.

Odds are good with that but I don't think it's a close game, their last 5 games, winning team won at least 5 points and game 2 was suppose to be sixers winning 10+ points if the Raptors did not really. Whoever wins this game, -3 to -5 is worth taking.

[boyptc]

Odds are good with that but I don't think it's a close game, their last 5 games, winning team won at least 5 points and game 2 was suppose to be sixers winning 10+ points if the Raptors did not really. Whoever wins this game, -3 to -5 is worth taking.

Yeah, so this made me think and although the amount that I'll bet isn't that much, it's giving me a cringe.

[Reid]

Again with the losing of Denver Nuggets in their homecourt but can still win the series. Dejavu with San Antonio Spurs.

Weakness of Denver is their offense. They can do rebounds and hard defense but who will shoot afterwards is their problem.

Murray is not working too well and Jokic cannot do it all the time. Although he had been playing 42 minutes he cannot do all the plays.
They stopped Lillard and McCollum but they are still short even with Milsap controlling the paint.

Still, I love the offensive awareness of Jokic. He is really something else. Almost a genius in basketball.

[Naida_BR]

Again with the losing of Denver Nuggets in their homecourt but can still win the series. Dejavu with San Antonio Spurs.

Weakness of Denver is their offense. They can do rebounds and hard defense but who will shoot afterwards is their problem.

Murray is not working too well and Jokic cannot do it all the time. Although he had been playing 42 minutes he cannot do all the plays.
They stopped Lillard and McCollum but they are still short even with Milsap controlling the paint.

Still, I love the offensive awareness of Jokic. He is really something else. Almost a genius in basketball.

McCollum is a good player but I don't consider him as a threat during this series.
In the first game he have 7/17 shoots which is a disappointing rate. He seems out of form and Denver should take advantage of it if they want to break the series now.

[davinchi]

I can't believe Blazers just won a game where Damian Lillard scored just 14 points. I mean I do know that their team is becoming more of a "team" rather than a star player carrying type of deal and even without Lillard they would be semi-decent (not where they are but definitely not at suns levels, more like Lakers levels) but when your star point guard scores only 14 points you gotta expect your team to lose that game.

Nuggets played such a horrible offensive game that it could be one of the biggest examples of bad shooting performance after 27 in a row miss of rockets last year. They shot 34% from the field goal, that is average for three pointers and they shot it on field goal averages, they had %20 on three pointers which is insanely horrible in this day and age and not like those were enough they shot 61% from the free throws, they really really sucked so bad its unbelievable.

[Baofeng]

I can't believe Blazers just won a game where Damian Lillard scored just 14 points. I mean I do know that their team is becoming more of a "team" rather than a star player carrying type of deal and even without Lillard they would be semi-decent (not where they are but definitely not at suns levels, more like Lakers levels) but when your star point guard scores only 14 points you gotta expect your team to lose that game.

Remember James Harden going like 0 out of 13 during their Jazz series? I guess it really boils down as to how they are going to play defense on the opposing them. Although they shot miserably, they play good defense on Jokic that's why they're able to pull up a win.

Nuggets played such a horrible offensive game that it could be one of the biggest examples of bad shooting performance after 27 in a row miss of rockets last year. They shot 34% from the field goal, that is average for three pointers and they shot it on field goal averages, they had %20 on three pointers which is insanely horrible in this day and age and not like those were enough they shot 61% from the free throws, they really really sucked so bad its unbelievable.

Worst time to have a off night, but it might be due to the tight defense by Portland. So there's nothing to blame but themselves, they can't and didn't adjust.

[Theb]

Tomorrow's much will be exciting to see. The 76ers and the Raptors is a much more entertaining match to see compared to the Warriors and the Rockets in my opinion. I really want the Raptors to win this one and I think in order to do so both Gasol and Lowry needs to step up their game in order to help Leonard. Surprisingly Siakam became a much needed scoring help for the team in the playoffs he is a totally different player compared to his regular season performance.

[harizen]

I can't believe Blazers just won a game where Damian Lillard scored just 14 points.

Nuggest able to contained the key scorer but there are branches they have missed. On the other hand, Blazes also did the same. In the end, Blazers won.

The series are tough. Really unpredictable who will win. Excluding GSW vs HOU, all game series are tied by 1-1.

Win after loss. Loss after Win. I know these teams will always make an adjustment for every loss that's why they able to even it.