2025 NBA Season

[Rikafip]

So Collin Sexton just single destroyed The Nets last night in NBA making 42 POINTS, 5 of 3 points and 5 assists and I might say that he was untouchable last night as Nets really tried at some point to make everything to stop him but the guy was nowhere to be stopped.

It's just one of those night where player can't miss, these things happen, but Sexton is pretty decent player overall who can score and Nets simply didn't take him seriously and that's the result of that attitude. Then again, whole Cavs team was on a shooting spree last night, you won't see  worst offensive team in the league shooting 20/40  for three often.

The bench did look awful. There’s a huge drop off from player 5 to player 6. The offense looked terrible too. They constantly had to rely on 1 on 1 situations and while they’re good enough to make that work, it isn’t going to be reliable enough in the playoffs. Luckily they have plenty of time to try and put an offense together, but last night wasn’t close to it. Kyrie especially looked out of place and determined to do it alone. He failed.

Yeah offense did look better with Durant and Harden, now with Kyrie back they will have to adjust again. If we base it on the last game, Harden already tried as I don't remember last time he didn't score in the first quarter at all, he was kinda reserved. I do think that they will eventually figure things out as those three player have so much offensive potential that it would be a shame if that don't happen.

[LGD2Business]

My parlay of 4.3x got ruined because of the Nets  . It was only 1.2x on them . Should have expected it. Generally it never works out at the start, when you get a big 3 assembled. Look at Kobe, Nash, Howard as an example.

I hate it when you lose because the lowest odd in your parlay.
But who expect double overtime? It was unexpectedly long game. Though Durant said he could play 20 more minutes if it happens.

[OgNasty]

The bench did look awful. There’s a huge drop off from player 5 to player 6. The offense looked terrible too. They constantly had to rely on 1 on 1 situations and while they’re good enough to make that work, it isn’t going to be reliable enough in the playoffs. Luckily they have plenty of time to try and put an offense together, but last night wasn’t close to it. Kyrie especially looked out of place and determined to do it alone. He failed.

Yeah offense did look better with Durant and Harden, now with Kyrie back they will have to adjust again. If we base it on the last game, Harden already tried as I don't remember last time he didn't score in the first quarter at all, he was kinda reserved. I do think that they will eventually figure things out as those three player have so much offensive potential that it would be a shame if that don't happen.

Harden was definitely holding back shots early on in the game.  I liked what I saw when he was running the point though.  I think they would have more success with Harden playing point guard instead of Kyrie.  Kyrie is going to have to admit to himself that he's the 3rd best scorer on this team now.  He took 28 shots yesterday, twice as many as Harden, and 3 more than KD.  I'd much rather see KD and Harden taking 25 shots a game and leaving 15 for Kyrie. 

[blockman]

Nets lost with 2 OTs. Playing with Kyrie in a high scoring game but still lost. This is tough and could be one of the good matches that we've seen so far.
I'm not expecting them to lose but at least they've shown a good game. Cavs still a team that's unpredictable or at least to say that teams are unpredictable even with mighty players.

Let us not make that loss a big deal, it's just one game and we know that Nets will bounce back. Because of that lose, we did not notice how good Durant was, man, he is back to his 100% and that is something to be happy, especially for the nets fans.

https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durants-statement-after-loss-should-excite-brooklyn-fans/

https://twitter.com/Alex__Schiffer/status/1352095045894066176

I'm not making it a big deal but each game that passes by to each is very much important. But a loss is already a loss. I'm happy for the man that after the expectations that we did to him that he can no longer be good as before, he's very well now and showing the 100% that he can.
He's shaped up and he can stay longer for every next match that they'll have. I hope that he won't have any injuries or heavy injuries anymore in the future but we know this is sports and we're expecting the unexpected.

[Febo]

Regarding the Nets big 3, they really played so well offensively like they usually do, but they lack depth, bench involvement to the game, and most specially the defense. They only got 10 bench points throughout this game.

I think that bench players couldn't take an active involvement in the game because Durant and Irving made half of the total amount of shots. Sure, Kyrie had a good performance with 53 percent, but he doesn't like to share the ball with teammates at all.

Ok so there is the problem now, Harden was just in the background and let Durant and Irving do the scoring, but if Kyrie doesn't want to share then the team will have a big problem. And they fell short despite high scoring from the three of them. Don't want to sound negative, but Nets will have a lot of talking to do with this lost against the Cavs. They also have to play defense as well and not allowing their opponents to have easy look at give them all the time to shoot the 3.

I did not watch the game but I dont get how Harden was in a background if he had 12 assist. To me that looks like he was part of most of plays.  On other hand Irving had only 3 assist. This part is very confusing. But someone that watched the game should explain how that happened. People did not score after his assists or he was not assisting ball at all.

[Jating]

Regarding the Nets big 3, they really played so well offensively like they usually do, but they lack depth, bench involvement to the game, and most specially the defense. They only got 10 bench points throughout this game.

I think that bench players couldn't take an active involvement in the game because Durant and Irving made half of the total amount of shots. Sure, Kyrie had a good performance with 53 percent, but he doesn't like to share the ball with teammates at all.

Ok so there is the problem now, Harden was just in the background and let Durant and Irving do the scoring, but if Kyrie doesn't want to share then the team will have a big problem. And they fell short despite high scoring from the three of them. Don't want to sound negative, but Nets will have a lot of talking to do with this lost against the Cavs. They also have to play defense as well and not allowing their opponents to have easy look at give them all the time to shoot the 3.

I did not watch the game but I dont get how Harden was in a background if he had 12 assist. To me that looks like he was part of most of plays.  On other hand Irving had only 3 assist. This part is very confusing. But someone that watched the game should explain how that happened. People did not score after his assists or he was not assisting ball at all.

It took him the regular game + 2 over time to register that 12 assists, so that's unusual to him, I'm not sure but in the last 6 minutes of the regulation he was just like 10 points and less than 10 assists as well. So the scoring was done by Durant and Irving, and Kyrie was the one bringing the ball. But he chooses to be a scoring point guard in this game that's why he had only 3 assists.

However, I don't see any problem yet, Harden is willing to be in the background and let Durant and Kyrie do their thing.

[Viscore]

Regarding the Nets big 3, they really played so well offensively like they usually do, but they lack depth, bench involvement to the game, and most specially the defense. They only got 10 bench points throughout this game.

I think that bench players couldn't take an active involvement in the game because Durant and Irving made half of the total amount of shots. Sure, Kyrie had a good performance with 53 percent, but he doesn't like to share the ball with teammates at all.

Ok so there is the problem now, Harden was just in the background and let Durant and Irving do the scoring, but if Kyrie doesn't want to share then the team will have a big problem. And they fell short despite high scoring from the three of them. Don't want to sound negative, but Nets will have a lot of talking to do with this lost against the Cavs. They also have to play defense as well and not allowing their opponents to have easy look at give them all the time to shoot the 3.

I did not watch the game but I dont get how Harden was in a background if he had 12 assist. To me that looks like he was part of most of plays.  On other hand Irving had only 3 assist. This part is very confusing. But someone that watched the game should explain how that happened. People did not score after his assists or he was not assisting ball at all.

It took him the regular game + 2 over time to register that 12 assists, so that's unusual to him, I'm not sure but in the last 6 minutes of the regulation he was just like 10 points and less than 10 assists as well. So the scoring was done by Durant and Irving, and Kyrie was the one bringing the ball. But he chooses to be a scoring point guard in this game that's why he had only 3 assists.

However, I don't see any problem yet, Harden is willing to be in the background and let Durant and Kyrie do their thing.

Just like what  the Rockets did when they acquired Westbrook, they let Westbrook do the scoring but when Westbrook was shooting bricks, Harden took over, this is different in Nets as both Durant and Irving are accurate shooters, so Harden will most likely be limited with points, unless there's a major adjustment that will be created by the coach and that is to allow Harden do the scoring more and Kyrie needs to be the facilitator more.

[Botnake]

Lakers vs Bucks, potential NBA Finals -  

Score now 83-91, Lakers lead, 4th quarter already with only 10 minutes left in the game.
Lebron having a great night shooting 5-8 in 3 point spot, special night for him.

Good luck everyone with your bet here, looks like Giannis and crew will have their 2nd loss here.

[TheGreatPython]

Cleveland Cavaliers played a home game against Brooklyn Nets last night. It was an awesome game and Cavs managed to beat Nets after 2 overtimes (147-135). On Cavs side, Sexton got 42 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. C. Osman got 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. On Nets side, KD made a double-double (38 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists). Irving got 37 points. Harden made another triple-double (21 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists).

Yeah, Clevland just played way too good, Nets wasn't really that bad this game neither. Nets played with 45% fg and that is not good I know that, they should have been 50%+ fg with the quality they have but their 36% threes is not bad and they made 15 of them which is quite decent, plus played with nearly 90% free throw rate as well. Harden with triple double, Kyrie with 37 point comeback, Durant with 38 points. Their only problem is the supporting cast is not anywhere near enough, so it was hard.

Whereas clevland played AMAZING, played with 51% fg, 50% threes on 20 made, and horrible free throw but didn't mattered in the end. It shouldn't even come to second overtime I agree with that BUT when it reached there, Sexton just shot threes after threes and made so many of them, I do not know even the number of threes he made on just second overtime. Long story short this wasn't a game Nets lost, it was a game Clevland won.

[Natalim]

Lakers vs Bucks, potential NBA Finals -  

Score now 83-91, Lakers lead, 4th quarter already with only 10 minutes left in the game.
Lebron having a great night shooting 5-8 in 3 point spot, special night for him.

Good luck everyone with your bet here, looks like Giannis and crew will have their 2nd loss here.

Lakers won this game, final score 113-106. Lebron played very well here with 34 points and 6-10 3 point shooing. Giannis did really struggle, the kind of defense the Lakers put in him was so effective, and this is how other teams are beating Gainnis in the playoffs. I think most of the bettors here bet on the Lakers, I saw in the betting thread, most of the picks are on the Lakers.

2 games left now.

GSW vs NYK and Jazz vs Pels.

[TravelMug]

He is expected to return against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which they are playing right now.

But Cavaliers has the lead, with 6 minutes left. And it seems that James Harden is unselfish and let Durant and Kyrie doing the scoring load, but Harden has 7 assists already.

They are closing in on Cavaliers, might be a cliff hanger, so let's see how things work out for the big 3. If they lost, then we might be hearing a lot of negative media on the big 3.

They've lost this game but it's fine since this is the first time these guys playing together as a team. maybe they just need some more games to fix their chemistry and as we can see the score is high on both teams so they were able to catch up with the Miami Heat they can't just beat them maybe because they are missing their shots in the 4th quarter so it ended up in two OTs. nevertheless, this game was fine and good for Miami to defeat such kind of a team, they are really one of the top contenders. If they can just get some straight wins there's some chance to get back in the top 8.

It's the game between the Nets and Cavaliers, not Miami.
Regarding the Nets big 3, they really played so well offensively like they usually do, but they lack depth, bench involvement to the game, and most specially the defense. They only got 10 bench points throughout this game.
Though I understand that the best offense could be a good defense too, like how the GSW was built before, but that doesn't always work.
Ok, let's give them enough time to gel together as a team. Regular season doesn't really matter as long as they'll secure a playoff spot. What's important is the playoffs.

I honestly, didn't finished watching the game, I saw that Nets are just a ticking bomb waiting to explode. There are no bench scoring, they allow the Cavs to shoot three whenever they like to, just purely relying to their big 3 to produce the score for them. In the long run, it won't be good and that's what happen here.

Although they pushed it to OT, again, if you have only 3 players who are going to take the scoring load then you can't win.

Lakers won already, 113-106 against the Bucks.

[Reid]

After the (questionable) ejection of Draymond Green in the 2nd quarter, GSW cannot find their rhythm anymore.
Add the bad night at 3 point line 9/38 which led to losing the game.

Wiseman is still young and he is being crushed below the rim by the big men of Knicks.
Without Draymond, there is no one to help him.
Next is Jazz and I hope they are feeling good to battle a strong defensive team.

[Distinctin]

Next is Jazz and I hope they are feeling good to battle a strong defensive team.

Jazz continues to roll, Pelicans had a good lead early but Jazz is a strong team, they continue their win streak. Again Jazz had an amazing night with a balance scoring team from their squad, it's led by Mitchell with a good shooting night able to tally 36 points and 6-8 shooting in 3 points. Jazz now has the longest winning streak in the league with 7.

[Pamadar]

Next is Jazz and I hope they are feeling good to battle a strong defensive team.

Jazz continues to roll, Pelicans had a good lead early but Jazz is a strong team, they continue their win streak. Again Jazz had an amazing night with a balance scoring team from their squad, it's led by Mitchell with a good shooting night able to tally 36 points and 6-8 shooting in 3 points. Jazz now has the longest winning streak in the league with 7.

They keep getting better and better, Jazz still young and we are continuing to see good improvements,.

Well balance in terms of both Offense and Defense, Mitchel as their key star for offense while Gobert administer the defense, it's also nice that the rotations with all the role players and starters are also blending so well, the chemistry shows great outcome having this longest streak.

[Vaculin]

Next is Jazz and I hope they are feeling good to battle a strong defensive team.

Jazz continues to roll, Pelicans had a good lead early but Jazz is a strong team, they continue their win streak. Again Jazz had an amazing night with a balance scoring team from their squad, it's led by Mitchell with a good shooting night able to tally 36 points and 6-8 shooting in 3 points. Jazz now has the longest winning streak in the league with 7.

They keep getting better and better, Jazz still young and we are continuing to see good improvements,.

Well balance in terms of both Offense and Defense, Mitchel as their key star for offense while Gobert administer the defense, it's also nice that the rotations with all the role players and starters are also blending so well, the chemistry shows great outcome having this longest streak.

I believe it's really the chemistry that make this team better, they did not destroy their starting 5, they added Clarkson which is very effective, so they are really getting stronger. Well, they could have beat the Nuggets last playoffs but they were careless, they allow the Nuggets to come back, maybe they'll be different this coming playoffs and I'm betting on them to win in the first round and 2nd round.

[Botnake]

Lakers vs Bucks, potential NBA Finals -  

Score now 83-91, Lakers lead, 4th quarter already with only 10 minutes left in the game.
Lebron having a great night shooting 5-8 in 3 point spot, special night for him.

Good luck everyone with your bet here, looks like Giannis and crew will have their 2nd loss here.

Lakers won this game, final score 113-106. Lebron played very well here with 34 points and 6-10 3 point shooing. Giannis did really struggle, the kind of defense the Lakers put in him was so effective, and this is how other teams are beating Gainnis in the playoffs. I think most of the bettors here bet on the Lakers, I saw in the betting thread, most of the picks are on the Lakers.

2 games left now.

GSW vs NYK and Jazz vs Pels.

yeah, good effort but Lebron James their King. Lakers are very confident, thanks to Lebron James for giving that feel to his teammates.

It's not only Lebron James who are shooting 3s here, we also have KCP who finished the night with 23 points and 7 of 10 3 point shooting.

Have you seen the block of Kuzma and Lebron James on  Lopez? I think that's one of the highlights of the game.

[yazher]

Lakers vs Bucks, potential NBA Finals -  

Score now 83-91, Lakers lead, 4th quarter already with only 10 minutes left in the game.
Lebron having a great night shooting 5-8 in 3 point spot, special night for him.

Good luck everyone with your bet here, looks like Giannis and crew will have their 2nd loss here.

Lakers won this game, final score 113-106. Lebron played very well here with 34 points and 6-10 3 point shooing. Giannis did really struggle, the kind of defense the Lakers put in him was so effective, and this is how other teams are beating Gainnis in the playoffs. I think most of the bettors here bet on the Lakers, I saw in the betting thread, most of the picks are on the Lakers.

2 games left now.

GSW vs NYK and Jazz vs Pels.

This game was an easy game for the Lakers especially at the 4th quarter where they already control the game because the Bucks has no other option to defence the Lakers of their unstoppable offence and yeah, you're right about the Bucks offence today, it kinda sucks. They should fix it or else their playoffs will be the same as last year's. Lakers need to continue this kind of play, especially with the team that has a chance to beat them. Now they got the best record in the NBA I'm sure they gonna hold that position after some more games.

[Ziskinberg]

Lakers vs Bucks, potential NBA Finals -  

Score now 83-91, Lakers lead, 4th quarter already with only 10 minutes left in the game.
Lebron having a great night shooting 5-8 in 3 point spot, special night for him.

Good luck everyone with your bet here, looks like Giannis and crew will have their 2nd loss here.

Lakers won this game, final score 113-106. Lebron played very well here with 34 points and 6-10 3 point shooing. Giannis did really struggle, the kind of defense the Lakers put in him was so effective, and this is how other teams are beating Gainnis in the playoffs. I think most of the bettors here bet on the Lakers, I saw in the betting thread, most of the picks are on the Lakers.

2 games left now.

GSW vs NYK and Jazz vs Pels.

This game was an easy game for the Lakers especially at the 4th quarter where they already control the game because the Bucks has no other option to defence the Lakers of their unstoppable offence and yeah, you're right about the Bucks offence today, it kinda sucks. They should fix it or else their playoffs will be the same as last year's. Lakers need to continue this kind of play, especially with the team that has a chance to beat them. Now they got the best record in the NBA I'm sure they gonna hold that position after some more games.

Yeah they are with 12 wins and 4 loses, but look at Jazz and Clippers, they are just 1 win away to tie the Lakers, I think these two teams has a chance to be in the number 1 spot too ,especially these Clippers which has a very dominant performance in their last 3 games.

[Febo]

There is already new Nets Cavaliers game.   There is a lot of games when teams play with each other after few days. I guess because of shorten season schedule.   I bet Nets will be very aggressive and want to revenge their 2 OT loss from 2 days ago.

[vennali]

Cavs beat the Nets again. I feel like I missed some good value bet there. Harden doesnt seem to be in prime shape and KD out of the game. Should have take the risk. Over 3x on Cavs there.