2025 NBA Season

[Pamadar]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

It was a great game for Chris Paul when he took control in the fourth quarter scoring 16 of the Suns 21 and went on to dominate in the paint.
If he hit that last shot of the match I would of cashed some good bets as I had the -12.5 on mine.
Phoenix were up double digits the majority of the game and Booker who had most of his points in the first half wasn't really needed and was on the bench most of the time.
Pelicans have to figure out a way to solve whatever issues they might have, because to be honest they looked quite weak compared to the Suns even without their star player in the last frame of the match.

Sun's role players are good enough to match with the Pelicans, sorry to say, but that's also what I have noticed here.

Putting all the stars of Suns inside and with CP3 dictating the game, Pelicans will be having more hard time
in competing with the solid defense and offense of the Suns.

Let see what adjustments Pelicans will try to do to tie this series, though it's not that bad as they, really
trying to work it out but Suns are too heavy for them.

[stadus]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

It was a great game for Chris Paul when he took control in the fourth quarter scoring 16 of the Suns 21 and went on to dominate in the paint.
If he hit that last shot of the match I would of cashed some good bets as I had the -12.5 on mine.
Phoenix were up double digits the majority of the game and Booker who had most of his points in the first half wasn't really needed and was on the bench most of the time.
Pelicans have to figure out a way to solve whatever issues they might have, because to be honest they looked quite weak compared to the Suns even without their star player in the last frame of the match.

Sun's role players are good enough to match with the Pelicans, sorry to say, but that's also what I have noticed here.

Putting all the stars of Suns inside and with CP3 dictating the game, Pelicans will be having more hard time
in competing with the solid defense and offense of the Suns.

Let see what adjustments Pelicans will try to do to tie this series, though it's not that bad as they, really
trying to work it out but Suns are too heavy for them.

The defense of the Suns made them win the game and seems like the Pelicans has no strategy to stop CP3 because I don't see them double-teaming CP3. Watching the game, I said to my self that this is too easy for the Suns, I smell a swept here.

[gagux123]

The playoffs have just started and we've already had some interesting games
I was impressed with the Grizzlies defeat against Timberwolves, I didn't imagine this could happen.

As we can see, I believe we will have some competitive and interesting games in these playoff games.

[LogitechMouse]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

It was a great game for Chris Paul when he took control in the fourth quarter scoring 16 of the Suns 21 and went on to dominate in the paint.
If he hit that last shot of the match I would of cashed some good bets as I had the -12.5 on mine.
Phoenix were up double digits the majority of the game and Booker who had most of his points in the first half wasn't really needed and was on the bench most of the time.
Pelicans have to figure out a way to solve whatever issues they might have, because to be honest they looked quite weak compared to the Suns even without their star player in the last frame of the match.

Sun's role players are good enough to match with the Pelicans, sorry to say, but that's also what I have noticed here.

Putting all the stars of Suns inside and with CP3 dictating the game, Pelicans will be having more hard time
in competing with the solid defense and offense of the Suns.

Let see what adjustments Pelicans will try to do to tie this series, though it's not that bad as they, really
trying to work it out but Suns are too heavy for them.

The defense of the Suns made them win the game and seems like the Pelicans has no strategy to stop CP3 because I don't see them double-teaming CP3. Watching the game, I said to my self that this is too easy for the Suns, I smell a swept here.

Double teaming Paul would be an easy shot for the one who will be free.
That is how lethal CP3 is when handling the ball. If he drives, he can shoot the perimeter which is almost automatic that even a big can't stop him. Now if they double him, he can see easily which player will be free and he will pass it to him. Its like pick your poison for the opponents. He will not be called "Point God" for no reason.

Suns in 5 or even 4. I think the Pelicans doesn't have enough firepower and strategy to defeat the red-hot Suns. The only problem that I see right now with the Suns is the health of CP3. We know that in the crucial moments of the game, he often gets injured that will affect the morale and the performance of his team. If he will be healthy all throughout this playoffs, I think they can win it all and get the championship this year.

[dimonstration]

The playoffs have just started and we've already had some interesting games
I was impressed with the Grizzlies defeat against Timberwolves, I didn't imagine this could happen.

As we can see, I believe we will have some competitive and interesting games in these playoff games.

Standing on regular season is just a number when it comes to playoffs because you are playing against different teams on regular season which doesn’t give other team to adjust. In playoffs, both team especially the team with low standing already carefully study the opponents gameplay base on there previous matches. Timverwolves is very strong during play-in tournament and considering they still have the momentum, I’m not surprised that they defeat Grizzlies on there first match for the playoffs. Let’s see if they can close the series.

[Yamifoud]

The playoffs have just started and we've already had some interesting games
I was impressed with the Grizzlies defeat against Timberwolves, I didn't imagine this could happen.

As we can see, I believe we will have some competitive and interesting games in these playoff games.

Standing on regular season is just a number when it comes to playoffs because you are playing against different teams on regular season which doesn’t give other team to adjust. In playoffs, both team especially the team with low standing already carefully study the opponents gameplay base on there previous matches. Timverwolves is very strong during play-in tournament and considering they still have the momentum, I’m not surprised that they defeat Grizzlies on there first match for the playoffs. Let’s see if they can close the series.

It was really a surprise that they upset the home team in game 1, but regardless, it's still one game and no one could win a series with one game win only. That win is good as it only tells that the Timberwolves are a good playoff team and they can give a good challenge to the Grizzlies.

[Bttzed03]

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They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

Yeah. They were cruising in the first half and I got a bit worried when the Pelicans started to mount a comeback.

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Watching the game, I said to my self that this is too easy for the Suns, I smell a swept here.

Yeah a likely sweep unless both CP3 and Booker suffers an unfortunate injury.

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The only problem that I see right now with the Suns is the health of CP3. We know that in the crucial moments of the game, he often gets injured that will affect the morale and the performance of his team.

I think the Suns team is already at a point where they can confidently play even without CP3. They've won many games without him during the regular season (11-6).

[yazher]

It was really a surprise that they upset the home team in game 1, but regardless, it's still one game and no one could win a series with one game win only. That win is good as it only tells that the Timberwolves are a good playoff team and they can give a good challenge to the Grizzlies.

The Timberwolves are now complete with K. Towns and Edwards is playing really well with Patrick Beverly of course, Memphis will face some hardship to win this series and tomorrow should be their best game ever because they cannot afford to lose one more game on their home court because when they go to Minnesota, they will be surprised about the enthusiastic fans that will gonna ruin their mood. NBA fans are right, Wolves are a bad match for the Grizzlies.

[mirakal]

Not having too many injures matters just because of this reason. I mean we had fun watching Celtics vs Nets I am sure but we had no missing stars on Nets, they do not have Harden anymore unfortunately but they had both Irving and Durant, same goes for Celtics who had both Tatum and Brown, on top of that some other players that they really needed. So all in all I have to say that the games will be great as long as we keep this up. However, if we keep seeing some smaller injuries that makes people miss games, that will be the trouble. The only reason why I disliked the last 2 seasons playoffs were the fact that many teams had injuries and that made the "least injured good team" champions.

That's what makes every game unpredictable as injuries is inevitable, the chance to get injured is always there even if they were just training. And there's this Covid-19 thing that would make the team struggle more just like the Clippers recently who somehow got a chance to have the playoff seat but suddenly PG turned out to be positive after he was tested.

So, of course having a healthy team with no injuries especially their superstars is a team that have the highest chance to win the championship. Though, I somehow disagree that it's unfortunate that Harden is not on the Nets side anymore because the team's offensive power is still great even if Harden isn't there with team as KD and Irving could handle the team with the additional of Seth and Drummond on the team, we already learn that too much alpha on the team isn't great and that will end up as a disaster.

[carlisle1]

It was really a surprise that they upset the home team in game 1, but regardless, it's still one game and no one could win a series with one game win only. That win is good as it only tells that the Timberwolves are a good playoff team and they can give a good challenge to the Grizzlies.

The Timberwolves are now complete with K. Towns and Edwards is playing really well with Patrick Beverly of course, Memphis will face some hardship to win this series and tomorrow should be their best game ever because they cannot afford to lose one more game on their home court because when they go to Minnesota, they will be surprised about the enthusiastic fans that will gonna ruin their mood. NBA fans are right, Wolves are a bad match for the Grizzlies.

Patrick Beverley is giving Ja the hard time. He's like a small version of Dennis Rodman way back in the 80s, I mean the Piston era.

Whoever stars that will be assigned to him will really need to step up and gas a full tank to avoid that sticky defense of Beverly. While on the Wolves

offense, the trio of KAT, D'Russ and Edwards is a pain in the ass, Memphis needs to adjust this coming game 2 else, they'll going to have a big

problem in both offense and defense against these young core of Minnesota,.

[rhomelmabini]

It was really a surprise that they upset the home team in game 1, but regardless, it's still one game and no one could win a series with one game win only. That win is good as it only tells that the Timberwolves are a good playoff team and they can give a good challenge to the Grizzlies.

The Timberwolves are now complete with K. Towns and Edwards is playing really well with Patrick Beverly of course, Memphis will face some hardship to win this series and tomorrow should be their best game ever because they cannot afford to lose one more game on their home court because when they go to Minnesota, they will be surprised about the enthusiastic fans that will gonna ruin their mood. NBA fans are right, Wolves are a bad match for the Grizzlies.

Patrick Beverley is giving Ja the hard time. He's like a small version of Dennis Rodman way back in the 80s, I mean the Piston era.

Whoever stars that will be assigned to him will really need to step up and gas a full tank to avoid that sticky defense of Beverly. While on the Wolves

offense, the trio of KAT, D'Russ and Edwards is a pain in the ass, Memphis needs to adjust this coming game 2 else, they'll going to have a big

problem in both offense and defense against these young core of Minnesota,.

I don't know how but Pat Bev is an annoying and psychology expert in the field of defense and they should know you wouldn't get onto his game. I remind him of what Lance Stephenson was doing way back on the Indiana Pacers when they face Miami or other teams during the Eastern Conference playoffs.

[püsür]

Nets almost won this one but when Kevin Durant shot 9 of 24, they will probably never win a game in playoffs. Even though he had 23 points. But Kyrie stepped up big time with 39 points. He was also fasting again because of Ramadan? That is just crazy. He shot 12 out of 20 FG and 6 out of 10 3Ps. And played 42 minutes. He is really a different kind of superstar. I don't think anyone can NOT respect him. But Celtics were just better at the end. And especially in the paint. I felt like there is huge difference between these teams in the paint. And Celtics scored 56, Nets 32. While they lost the dominance in the paint, Nets had much better shooting percentages than Celtics. This turns out one of the most intriguing series for me. So hard to choose a bet for who win the series.  

[freedomgo]

Kyrie played well even though he got many boo's from the crowd, Durant had a bad night shooting only 9/24 from the field and that turnaround buzzer beater by Tatum that gave them the victory. This series might end up in 7 games but still its hard to predict who will be the winner.

With Durant having a bad shooting tonight, I think that the Nets can win in this series and make an upset (not total upset though). If Kyrie played the same all throughout the series and Durant will be better in the future games, I think they can overcome the Celtics since this Game 1 is a very close game (even though the Celtics lead as high as 15). If only they stopped that last possession, the Nets might've won it but.. it is what it is. Nets will make an adjustment but for sure they know that they can beat the Celtics.

Kyrie Irving is already accustomed about that and he already know that the Celtics fans could be really mean at him at this game, every corner that Irving goes there will be always some fans who will try to mock him but as expected he contributed well, it's just that last shot that he didn't expected. While Durant is really having a tough night, but they will definitely bounce back again because yes now they know that Celtics is really dangerous.

[inthelongrun]

Nets almost won this one but when Kevin Durant shot 9 of 24, they will probably never win a game in playoffs. Even though he had 23 points. But Kyrie stepped up big time with 39 points. He was also fasting again because of Ramadan? That is just crazy. He shot 12 out of 20 FG and 6 out of 10 3Ps. And played 42 minutes. He is really a different kind of superstar. I don't think anyone can NOT respect him. But Celtics were just better at the end. And especially in the paint. I felt like there is huge difference between these teams in the paint. And Celtics scored 56, Nets 32. While they lost the dominance in the paint, Nets had much better shooting percentages than Celtics. This turns out one of the most intriguing series for me. So hard to choose a bet for who win the series.  

I believe that the young Celtics duo when kept healthy will edge Brooklyn in this series. But it won't be easy. It'll be tough. There's a reason why Brooklyn just after the regular season is the 3rd team favored to win the championships. Imagine the 14th best team out of the 30 teams becomes the 3rd favorite to win the finals? I was surprised but I agree that this experienced veteran team is a live dog.

[danherbias07]

Nets almost won this one but when Kevin Durant shot 9 of 24, they will probably never win a game in playoffs. Even though he had 23 points. But Kyrie stepped up big time with 39 points. He was also fasting again because of Ramadan? That is just crazy. He shot 12 out of 20 FG and 6 out of 10 3Ps. And played 42 minutes. He is really a different kind of superstar. I don't think anyone can NOT respect him. But Celtics were just better at the end. And especially in the paint. I felt like there is huge difference between these teams in the paint. And Celtics scored 56, Nets 32. While they lost the dominance in the paint, Nets had much better shooting percentages than Celtics. This turns out one of the most intriguing series for me. So hard to choose a bet for who win the series.  

They gave the Nets fans a lot of hope and they should expect more in the next game. I bet because of that performance they will change the line from +5 to just +3 for the Nets because they are capable of matching the 2nd seed. If they steal one win on the Celtics' homecourt it will change drastically.

A lot of questions are going thru my mind for later games that give me a difficult time making a bet.
Luka Doncic first. Status is "doubtful". Betting for the Mavs now is risky.
Nuggets - will they even try to use a new playbook that doesn't require a lot of "Jokic" and yet may be successful.

[gagux123]

Standing on regular season is just a number when it comes to playoffs because you are playing against different teams on regular season which doesn’t give other team to adjust. In playoffs, both team especially the team with low standing already carefully study the opponents gameplay base on there previous matches. Timverwolves is very strong during play-in tournament and considering they still have the momentum, I’m not surprised that they defeat Grizzlies on there first match for the playoffs. Let’s see if they can close the series.

Look, I don't know, maybe I'm underestimating the Timberwolves.
In the first game they played well, and several players scored for Minnesota, let's see if the Timberwoves will continue with that performance!
Although some Grizzlies players could have helped the team more, for example Adams who is an important player

[Sanitough]

Under four minutes remaining in the Suns vs. Pelicans game but I'm calling it now as a win for the Suns. I'm just waiting if they win by double digits for my bet

CP3 was just too good for them from scoring, assisting, and then stealing. I hope he gets a triple double (1 assist short at the moment). Add to that the support of Booker and the rest of the team. edit: he got his 10th assist.

They did cover the spread if I'm not mistaken, 11 point win and the initial handicap for them is -10.5.

CP3 though, is the X factor in this game 1, when the Pelicans are making a comeback at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th, he hits back to back 3's, has an assist, steal and had some intelligent play that caught his defender off-guard. That's what CP3 can bring to this team, experience and basketball IQ.

It was a great game for Chris Paul when he took control in the fourth quarter scoring 16 of the Suns 21 and went on to dominate in the paint.
If he hit that last shot of the match I would of cashed some good bets as I had the -12.5 on mine.
Phoenix were up double digits the majority of the game and Booker who had most of his points in the first half wasn't really needed and was on the bench most of the time.
Pelicans have to figure out a way to solve whatever issues they might have, because to be honest they looked quite weak compared to the Suns even without their star player in the last frame of the match.

Sun's role players are good enough to match with the Pelicans, sorry to say, but that's also what I have noticed here.

Putting all the stars of Suns inside and with CP3 dictating the game, Pelicans will be having more hard time
in competing with the solid defense and offense of the Suns.

Let see what adjustments Pelicans will try to do to tie this series, though it's not that bad as they, really
trying to work it out but Suns are too heavy for them.

Too bad for the Pelicans, they have just arrived at the playoffs but the chances for them against the Suns is really slim because their caliber is not the same as the Suns. Unfortunately, fate isn't their side as there's no way they can move to the 2nd round without getting a fight against the Suns.

McCollum and Ingram's points didn't amount so much because DeAndre and Booker already have that points covered, also CP3 almost got a triple double. That guy is really good at setting up the table for his team and if his team cannot make the shot, he can always make it.

[Reid]

Warriors vs Nuggets later.
I wish Coach Malone has something up in his sleeves to counter attack. Judging by the way it ended at game 1, it was too far to say they have a winning chance at road or even at home. This Game 2 is to prove that wrong. Get a lead or end the game in a close battle. Just don't let it become another blowout game.
Will be supporting the Nuggets with +7.

[OgNasty]

Standing on regular season is just a number when it comes to playoffs because you are playing against different teams on regular season which doesn’t give other team to adjust. In playoffs, both team especially the team with low standing already carefully study the opponents gameplay base on there previous matches. Timverwolves is very strong during play-in tournament and considering they still have the momentum, I’m not surprised that they defeat Grizzlies on there first match for the playoffs. Let’s see if they can close the series.

Look, I don't know, maybe I'm underestimating the Timberwolves.
In the first game they played well, and several players scored for Minnesota, let's see if the Timberwoves will continue with that performance!
Although some Grizzlies players could have helped the team more, for example Adams who is an important player

I think the Timberwolves are actually the better team.  With Antman, Kat, & DiAngelo, they definitely have more talent.  Kat is always a bit of a gamble because you don't know if he's going to have an MVP type game or be completely worthless out there.  Antman seems to be the most promising player on the floor.  I think he's beginning to eclipse Ja Morant with skills and with Kat and DiAngelo balling alongside him, the Grizzlies have a tough battle ahead.  I'm a bit surprised the Grizzlies had as well of a season as they did, but I think they're about to face an upset and find themselves on a fishing boat long before they had hoped.

[dwyane36]

Too bad for the Pelicans, they have just arrived at the playoffs but the chances for them against the Suns is really slim because their caliber is not the same as the Suns. Unfortunately, fate isn't their side as there's no way they can move to the 2nd round without getting a fight against the Suns.

McCollum and Ingram's points didn't amount so much because DeAndre and Booker already have that points covered, also CP3 almost got a triple double. That guy is really good at setting up the table for his team and if his team cannot make the shot, he can always make it.

Yeah, the Pelicans just don't stand a chance of winning the Suns in the first round of the playoffs. However, I would note Valanchunis' phenomenal performance in this match as the Suns couldn't handle him and allowed him to grab 25 rebounds, including 13 offensive rebounds. It's crazy stats! So this guy will most likely surprise us in the upcoming matches, and I guess the Pelicans will be able to win at least 1 game in this series, thanks to him.