2024 NBA Season

[Reid]

This will be a great series. The Heat might still be the underdog, but only slightly. I'm rooting for them to win because they beat the number one team, so there's no reason they can't beat the NYK.

I'm waiting for the betting odds to come out. My initial guess is that they will be very attractive for the Heat. Hopefully, that will come true.

Their only problem is the options for their offense. Bam Adebayo should always play like how he did today. I like how he played today making a triple double. Whatever Spoelstra did, it is a high-level kind of play. Put Bam in a position where he could see everybody and be the playmaker. This isn't far from what Jokic is doing.

The odds will probably be a close one. A +2 or +3 only for the Miami Heat because the Knicks might miss Randle.

[boltz]

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

Cavs...what a bad performance overall from them and Mitchel seems to fooling basketball lately and he is now what he was 1 year ago or when he played for the Jazz.

[JooBra]

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

Cavs...what a bad performance overall from them and Mitchel seems to fooling basketball lately and he is now what he was 1 year ago or when he played for the Jazz.

There are some teams that are made for playoffs and it looks like Miami is one of them. Butler bassicly won alone last  two games. They can have deep run this year. Bucks are disapointment again this year.

[Pamadar]

Golden State Warriors! What a wild game! Draymond Green with 21 points, his last 20-point game was on December 25, 2019, against the Rockets.
He sure contributed a lot today and gave energy to the team. Steph Curry put the dagger to send it back to San Francisco with a lead on the series.
3-2.

Knicks vs Heat on the 2nd round.

Yes, it seems that Draymond wanted to make a statement in Sacramento, there are moments wherein the will turn into the crowd whenever he scores. How about their other machine, Kevon Looney with another big rebounds 22, which really give the Warriors lots of second chance points. And then Klay Thompson started hot, it's not yet game 6 Klay,  .

Big shots too by Wiggins with that fall away with 2 minutes to go to extend their lead. And everyone that Steve Kerr fielded in this game score as least 2 points for his team. So overall good effort by the defending champions. Now they will have a chance to eliminate the Kings in their home court.

A classic GSW I mean they are known to be like this when playing their game,

I like the way all the players taking care of their respective role, just like you mentioned, everyone has their own share with this road game win. They have now the chance to finish the series at home and bring the entertainment to all dubs believers.

Let see if the defending champ will again move to the second round and continue the chance to
win another title.

[Jating]

Jimmy Butler on his 2020 form! He hits an insane shot in the last second of the game to force overtime, what a play. Congratulations to the Miami Heat for eliminating the 1st seed of the Easter Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks, they are now advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

Yeah, it's just about time that he comes back into form. And it's just too bad that it was the Bucks that fell victim for Jimmy's insane basketball IQ. So yes, they are moving into the second round.

Lakers against Memphis was another interesting match after letting game 4 slip through their finger tips, Memphis took proper care today and made a huge statement as to why they the favorites coming into the series.

They still in the lead though, and they have a big chance to eliminate the second seed Memphis at Crypto.com. For sure the atmosphere and ambience are going to be crazy. And the fans should go out and support the Lakers because it's not an easy thing to beat the Memphis specially on how Ja Morant is playing in the last 2 games. Lakers is the favorite as far as the odds currently.

[carlisle1]

This will be a great series. The Heat might still be the underdog, but only slightly. I'm rooting for them to win because they beat the number one team, so there's no reason they can't beat the NYK.

I'm waiting for the betting odds to come out. My initial guess is that they will be very attractive for the Heat. Hopefully, that will come true.

Their only problem is the options for their offense. Bam Adebayo should always play like how he did today. I like how he played today making a triple double. Whatever Spoelstra did, it is a high-level kind of play. Put Bam in a position where he could see everybody and be the playmaker. This isn't far from what Jokic is doing.

The odds will probably be a close one. A +2 or +3 only for the Miami Heat because the Knicks might miss Randle.

The connections between Bam and Butler are something that we enjoy earlier. Dropping the ball to Butler is very effective,
aside from that, those clear looks with his moving teammates.

These adjustments really give Bam an important role, creating the plays and fighting for the offensive rebounds in case his teammates missed the shot.

This second round will be the test between experienced and newcomer, determination will be the edge in winning the series for sure.

[yazher]

This will be a great series. The Heat might still be the underdog, but only slightly. I'm rooting for them to win because they beat the number one team, so there's no reason they can't beat the NYK.

I'm waiting for the betting odds to come out. My initial guess is that they will be very attractive for the Heat. Hopefully, that will come true.

Too bad we see these two current great teams in the East matching up against each other in the second rounds of the playoffs, I really prefer to see them at the Eastern Conference finals because they are really doing amazing things with their play knocking out the higher ranks teams, I think you rarely see these scenarios in the playoffs but as we can see right now, there is always a chance for the number 8th seed and it happens right in front of our eyes. let's just hope no one will get injured for this is a great match-up here and I think the Heat is more likely the favorite team to win this series.

[arwin100]

Golden State Warriors! What a wild game! Draymond Green with 21 points, his last 20-point game was on December 25, 2019, against the Rockets.
He sure contributed a lot today and gave energy to the team. Steph Curry put the dagger to send it back to San Francisco with a lead on the series.
3-2.

Knicks vs Heat on the 2nd round.

Yes, it seems that Draymond wanted to make a statement in Sacramento, there are moments wherein the will turn into the crowd whenever he scores. How about their other machine, Kevon Looney with another big rebounds 22, which really give the Warriors lots of second chance points. And then Klay Thompson started hot, it's not yet game 6 Klay,  .

Big shots too by Wiggins with that fall away with 2 minutes to go to extend their lead. And everyone that Steve Kerr fielded in this game score as least 2 points for his team. So overall good effort by the defending champions. Now they will have a chance to eliminate the Kings in their home court.

I like the way all the players taking care of their respective role, just like you mentioned, everyone has their own share with this road game win. They have now the chance to finish the series at home and bring the entertainment to all dubs believers.

Let see if the defending champ will again move to the second round and continue the chance to
win another title.

A credit deserve to give with all of them since they are showing a great performance today to beat kings on game 5. And for sure in game 6 they will finish this series and its hard for Kings to cope up especially when Fox is not in his base shape.

Warriors won the road their road game and they will be more dangerous team on their home so I guess this will be the end of this series as GSW will finish this in front of their fans.

[livingfree]

Hard to believe that the Bucs got eliminated, but Miami wasn’t the best team for them to match up against. I thought Bam had the best shot at containing Giannis. The East is up for grabs now. With the Warriors and Kings playing Friday along with the Lakers and Grizzlies, it looks like that will be a great night to watch some games.

Sure you're not the only one who's upset with them having to say goodbye to this season's playoffs. I was rooting for them to be one of those contenders to the finals but then, Heat has kicked them out.

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

I thought that there will be some balance and comeback for them but, that's it. They had to end their journey and just have to come back stronger next season.

 

[Eternad]

A credit deserve to give with all of them since they are showing a great performance today to beat kings on game 5. And for sure in game 6 they will finish this series and its hard for Kings to cope up especially when Fox is not in his base shape.

Warriors won the road their road game and they will be more dangerous team on their home so I guess this will be the end of this series as GSW will finish this in front of their fans.

Actually, Fox is questionable to play well on today’s game due to his hand injury yet he still manage to show some explosive performance that makes Kings to get an early advantage. What I notice Kings was they always out of gas on the 2nd half perhaps due to exhaustion. They doesn’t have enough of good bench players to do a rotation play unlike Warriors that have Poole and GP2 that they can rely on that always give an extra effort in both offense and defense.

I think GP2 deserves a credit too because he play a lot of defensive and offensive play that keeps GSW maintain their lead in the last quarter of the game. Kings momentum is already there when GP2 started annoys them.

[Pamadar]

A credit deserve to give with all of them since they are showing a great performance today to beat kings on game 5. And for sure in game 6 they will finish this series and its hard for Kings to cope up especially when Fox is not in his base shape.

Warriors won the road their road game and they will be more dangerous team on their home so I guess this will be the end of this series as GSW will finish this in front of their fans.

Actually, Fox is questionable to play well on today’s game due to his hand injury yet he still manage to show some explosive performance that makes Kings to get an early advantage. What I notice Kings was they always out of gas on the 2nd half perhaps due to exhaustion. They doesn’t have enough of good bench players to do a rotation play unlike Warriors that have Poole and GP2 that they can rely on that always give an extra effort in both offense and defense.

I think GP2 deserves a credit too because he play a lot of defensive and offensive play that keeps GSW maintain their lead in the last quarter of the game. Kings momentum is already there when GP2 started annoys them.

I notice that too, the rotations of players are not the same,

with GSW, they can change players using the same playing strategy and the outcome is almost the same,
players are competitive once being deployed.

With Kings, the rotations changes when role players are being added and with that the offensive side is being compromised.
Chances for GSW to finish the series in game 6 is are high as knowing them played in front of their home crowd.

[fuguebtc]

Ice Cold Trae Young became the man who destroyed Boston. What kind of buzzer beater was that? Everyone expected Boston to finish the series in this game. Bookmakers didn't even give odds for the Boston win. It seemed so guaranteed. But Atlanta managed to extend the series. It was a super excited match.
Now we're watching the Clippers - Suns game. The Suns want to end the series in this game. The Clippers have a tough job because their stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are still missing. I think the Clippers managed to balance the game, but they'll be settled at the end of the game and the Suns will finish it tonight. Booker started the game very well. Phoenix plays very casually.

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has proven to the fans that he is the team's important player and is capable of defeating their rivals. He has a solid reputation as one of the NBA's most decisive players. I assumed we were a touch hurried to wrap up the game because we were hoping Boston would defeat the Hawks. Boston had solid odds to defeat their rivals, but things didn't go as planned, so they'll get another go at the battle. Another round of the game, Clippers Vs Suns. A tough one to decide, because they key players in Clippers are not available for the clash against Suns.

Actually I believe no one thought the Hawks were actually going to win the match. Considering the situation that they were in especially after the third quarter. But after the third quarter and in the final stage of the match Hawk actually took the match away from them. I honestly feel like the Boston Celtics actually took the match a little easy at that stage and they suffer for it.

Suns won the game in a close combat. Again Kevin Duranr and Devin Booker basically did everything for the Suns. Especially Devin Booker performed really well and almost got 50 points (47 in 42 minutes of play)

[Johnyz]

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

I thought that there will be some balance and comeback for them but, that's it. They had to end their journey and just have to come back stronger next season.

 

Another wasted opportunity for Bucks after playing well during the elimination round.
Well, this is basketball and every team is a threat, hope Bucks will learn a big lesson here. Kudos to Miami for proving that they can win against the top seeded team.

Semis are getting more interested in Eastern conference, let's see if Heat will continue their magic run. Another loss bet for me as well, too sad.

[Shamm]

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

I thought that there will be some balance and comeback for them but, that's it. They had to end their journey and just have to come back stronger next season.

 

Another wasted opportunity for Bucks after playing well during the elimination round.
Well, this is basketball and every team is a threat, hope Bucks will learn a big lesson here. Kudos to Miami for proving that they can win against the top seeded team.

Semis are getting more interested in Eastern conference, let's see if Heat will continue their magic run. Another loss bet for me as well, too sad.

Miami heat is heating right now they are so good in terms of FG and and also their outside shooting ad well, butler and his team deserve the win and we all know that butler show his 100% skills for team and his teammates contributed very well so without a doubt they can compete other stronger team. And tomorrow we will watch the matchup between the Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawk and we all know that both teams are strong enough I maybe Boston will try to tie the series.

[freedomgo]

Hard to believe that the Bucs got eliminated, but Miami wasn’t the best team for them to match up against. I thought Bam had the best shot at containing Giannis. The East is up for grabs now. With the Warriors and Kings playing Friday along with the Lakers and Grizzlies, it looks like that will be a great night to watch some games.

Sure you're not the only one who's upset with them having to say goodbye to this season's playoffs. I was rooting for them to be one of those contenders to the finals but then, Heat has kicked them out.

Upset because we actually thought that the Milwaukee Bucks will be among the teams that will be a contender in the Conference Finals but not that kind of upset because the Heat eliminated them and will be the ones who will advance to the next phase. There's no doubt that the Miami Heat deserved that win because the Bucks didn't play well enough and certainly Giannis's injury won't be a reason as the Heat is also undermanned because they have their own share of injured players who even met a season ending injury.

[Eternad]

Actually, Fox is questionable to play well on today’s game due to his hand injury yet he still manage to show some explosive performance that makes Kings to get an early advantage. What I notice Kings was they always out of gas on the 2nd half perhaps due to exhaustion. They doesn’t have enough of good bench players to do a rotation play unlike Warriors that have Poole and GP2 that they can rely on that always give an extra effort in both offense and defense.

I think GP2 deserves a credit too because he play a lot of defensive and offensive play that keeps GSW maintain their lead in the last quarter of the game. Kings momentum is already there when GP2 started annoys them.

I notice that too, the rotations of players are not the same,

with GSW, they can change players using the same playing strategy and the outcome is almost the same,
players are competitive once being deployed.

With Kings, the rotations changes when role players are being added and with that the offensive side is being compromised.
Chances for GSW to finish the series in game 6 is are high as knowing them played in front of their home crowd.

Steve Kerr is genius for developing players that can relieve star players. You will notice that Curry and Thompson can rest while the bench players can maintain same game ball movement in the floor. Looney is so dominating on Rebound that gives GSW a lot of second chance points.

Kings should train Monk and Mitchell because both players has an expiration for being effective. Monk and Barnes try to do a miracle performance but they are already exhausted and can’t answer anymore GSW aggressiveness on the final minutes of the game. I remember the very same scenario when GSW fight Mavs on WCF and Boston on finals. Both Mavs and Boston that time has a very solid early start but they always out of gas on 2nd half while GSW players still can play like the first half because they regularly having a rest.

[wheelz1200]

This will be a great series. The Heat might still be the underdog, but only slightly. I'm rooting for them to win because they beat the number one team, so there's no reason they can't beat the NYK.

I'm waiting for the betting odds to come out. My initial guess is that they will be very attractive for the Heat. Hopefully, that will come true.

Too bad we see these two current great teams in the East matching up against each other in the second rounds of the playoffs, I really prefer to see them at the Eastern Conference finals because they are really doing amazing things with their play knocking out the higher ranks teams, I think you rarely see these scenarios in the playoffs but as we can see right now, there is always a chance for the number 8th seed and it happens right in front of our eyes. let's just hope no one will get injured for this is a great match-up here and I think the Heat is more likely the favorite team to win this series.

Knicks are favored in the series.  Home court advantage but it's pretty close.  For any old heads this is an old rivalry from the late 90s.  They met in the 97, 98, and 99 series with all of the series going down to the final game.  And who can forget van gundy throwing himself on Alonzos leg during the brawl.  This is gonna be a tough nosed hard fought series.  I expect this one to go the length.  Go knicks!

[ajanwalker]

Memphis easily passed the Los Angeles Lakers in the match played at home. The score was 116-99. The Los Angeles Lakers still have the field advantage, but I believe Memphis will win the game on Saturday and get the field advantage again. Because Memphis is a better team and team play is more prominent. In the other two games, New York and Miami dominated their opponents 4-1 and made it to the play-offs.

[livingfree]

I do wonder how many of us had Bucks to win last night ? Because frankly , who would had any idea that Heat will come tonight in a great form , played solid basketball and also really made a good defense even if the score won't say that , they really put Bucks in bad situation from where they couldn't score or didn't have time to do it.

I thought that there will be some balance and comeback for them but, that's it. They had to end their journey and just have to come back stronger next season.

 

Another wasted opportunity for Bucks after playing well during the elimination round.
Well, this is basketball and every team is a threat, hope Bucks will learn a big lesson here. Kudos to Miami for proving that they can win against the top seeded team.

Semis are getting more interested in Eastern conference, let's see if Heat will continue their magic run. Another loss bet for me as well, too sad.

There's even the interview on Giannis and I can feel his frustration although he answered very well, the question if this season was a failure or not. Well, he did really said something great.

Sure you're not the only one who's upset with them having to say goodbye to this season's playoffs. I was rooting for them to be one of those contenders to the finals but then, Heat has kicked them out.

Upset because we actually thought that the Milwaukee Bucks will be among the teams that will be a contender in the Conference Finals but not that kind of upset because the Heat eliminated them and will be the ones who will advance to the next phase. There's no doubt that the Miami Heat deserved that win because the Bucks didn't play well enough and certainly Giannis's injury won't be a reason as the Heat is also undermanned because they have their own share of injured players who even met a season ending injury.

Many have rooted for them because they're one of the strongest team for how many seasons. True that the Heat played well and there's no need to dwell on this frustration but to move on and cheer for them as well.

[harizen]

Memphis easily passed the Los Angeles Lakers in the match played at home. The score was 116-99. The Los Angeles Lakers still have the field advantage, but I believe Memphis will win the game on Saturday and get the field advantage again. Because Memphis is a better team and team play is more prominent.

Desmond Bane is the biggest threat to the Lakers in this series.

Back in Game 4, the Grizzlies almost steal that game because of Desmond Bane's unstoppable offense in the last few minutes of the regulation. Good thing that the Lakers managed to get some clutch shots in that game and win at the end. Here in Game 5, Bane almost repeats how he performed in Game 4 and consistently draining shots even contested and against a tight defense.

If the Lakers won't do something to aggressively contained Desmond Bane and also, Ja Morant, in Game 6, Memphis has a chance to tie the series and force a deciding Game 7 back at the Memphis home court. The Lakers need to finish the series next game or else, their effort from the whole season just to get into play-in for the playoffs spot, might all be wasted.