2025 NBA Season

[Coin_trader]

This Lakers vs Grizzlies game was over by halftime. The Grizzlies have given up and I don’t think any of the Lakers stars will even play in the fourth quarter. A dominant showing for the Lakers as they prove they underperformed in the regular season and are going to be a problem in the playoffs. Now we wait to see if they’re going to be playing the Warriors or the Kings next.

Yes, the coaches of both teams decided to let the bench players play in the fourth quarter, thus giving the main players a rest. Although it seemed strange to me that the Grizzlies didn't even try to come back in the second half. By the way, there have been cases in NBA history when a team was losing a lot of points after the first half but still managed to win a game by continuing to fight until the last minute. So I am surprised that the Grizzlies had no desire to win such an important game and gave up so quickly.

It’s not that they didn’t want to comeback but their shooting percentage is very awful while they are behind by huge gap. I think Lakers will just continuously beat them to pulp if they manage to show any sign of recovery. Desmond Bane and Ja Morant is completely shut down. Lakers already knew how they counter this two and not repeat the same mistake on the previous match.

Lakers is a serious threat on anyone in Western Conference. I think they can beat any team if Warriors beaten by Kings since only Warriors have the experience to completely shut down Lebron on playoffs. The rest is just a rookie team to the current line-up of Lakers assuming that Davis will not get injured until the end.

[inthelongrun]

The matchup of Knicks vs Heat and Sixers vs Celtics is quite close two teams as well, surely if teams were switched and Knicks or Heat played Celtics or Sixers, I would say that Celtics and Sixers would have beaten the other two team, but now that that they are facing each other, it is not going to be easy at all, and that is a tough situation to be in. I hope that they will do a lot better, I hope that they can make it work as well as possible and my favourites right now is Celtics and Heat.

Celtics because they have been playing very well both all season long and during Hawks series as well, whereas Heat also beat Bucks so it could be great too. Depends a bit on injuries as well, if all is healthy, that is my prediction, Heat vs Celtics final for the eastern conference for sure.

Indeed, the eastern semi-finals have an odd pairing. The favorites to win the conference Boston and Philly are matched early while both Miami and NYC are the underdogs. Although it is hard to count out Miami Heat since they have too much experience in deep playoffs and has been upsetting higher seeds thru the years even with just a single superstar in the team. The Heat though is ravaged with injuries, even Jimmy Butler has an injury, hopefully, it won't get worse at least during the entire playoffs.

In the west, I consider Denver and Phoenix as the top dogs as well yet they need to face each other in the semi-finals. I really want to see Denver and Jokic win the championships this season.

[livingfree]

This is like the match where everyone would say that we need a new face in the next semi finals. The viewership for this remaining teams in the last first round match will be focused on them.

As they're the last one to get a toe to toe and do or die match.

Will be cool to see if Kings would defeat Warriors in game 7 since for sure their games will be hype since they experience long playoff draught for almost 2 decades.

But Warriors is also a solid team which got huge global fan base so if the defending champ can surpass kings still  their sales will soar up since many are still interested to watch if they can defend their title this season. They are the last team will face each other first round playoff so most provably many are now speculating on which of these team will be the best match up against Lakers.

Yeah, many are having the same thoughts that for a very long time. The Kings have got in to the playoffs and what if they also beat the defending champions and the usual team that always gets this far.

I'm sure that it will be one of the greatest upset but then, it's not that of much an achievement for them until they get on the finals.

Just some news about Suns' free tv: PHOENIX SUNS ABANDON RSN MODEL FOR FREE LOCAL TV DEAL IN NBA FIRST

[boltz]

I don't know if GSW played badly last night or if Kings really had a solid game because I did saw the first half live and the 2nd half on highlight and for me , it was GSW playing poorly with bad shots , bad defense and bad teamplay during the attacks. With series being tied 3-3 , I do see Kings moving further because after all this is their best season after a very long time of waiting and eliminating the champs from last year , would be even sweeter for their fans.

Lakers...oh man , what a show from them and Memphis stood absolute no chance and I'm happy to see Lakers doing good again.

[Hypnosis00]

In the west, I consider Denver and Phoenix as the top dogs as well yet they need to face each other in the semi-finals. I really want to see Denver and Jokic win the championships this season.

They are a good team this season, and yet they are still the underdog in the series against the Suns. In terms of chemistry, I think the Nuggets are the better team, so I would not be surprised if they beat the Suns.

Murray needs to be consistent in the series, but he has already proven against the Wolves that he can lead his team. Even when he struggles, the team does not struggle fully because Jokic is always there to step up, and role players are ready to step up as well.

I think the bench players are the biggest advantage for the Nuggets in this series.

[Oasisman]

As I previously pointed out, if the Lakers won't do something to aggressively contain Desmond Bane and 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 which will be critical for the Lakers.

And guess what, here in Game 6 which is currently in Halftime, the Lakers are doing a good job containing both Bane and Morant and surprisingly these 2 Memphis Gunners just finished with 5 and 7 points respectively before halftime. Both also not showing a good stroke at their field goal attempts and having a bad night. Who knows though that they might be able to bounce back in the second half.

The Lakers are now up at 17 points. The score is 59-42 at halftime.

Yeah, it seems that the Lakers have a good chance to win the series and go on with the playoffs. They not only contained Bane and Morant, but AD is on fire in this game as well.

As for the Warriors, it was a disappointing lost at home, we thought that they are going to sweep (meaning winning the last 4 games), but they allow the Kings to steal this one at their home court. Now, they are tied, and this is the first series in this playoff that we are going to see a game 7.

The Lakers became the problem in the West right after the moment they made that trade and after a couple of games with DLo, Vando, and Beasley on the roster, the fans started to realize that the Lakers are now a playoff contender.
Judging on the Lakers performance from this series, I think they are capable of making it to the Finals. I mean when they play great, they play great both offensively and defensively. It looks like they made a re-run with how strong their defense was in 2020.

On the other hand, the Warriors and the Kings really had a long and exhausting game 7. This is gonna be good game to watch as they are down with the final showdown. Who ever gets the W will definitely have a good series against the Lakers.

The Nuggets and the Suns will have a great series too. The playoffs are just getting more interesting, I haven't seen a lot of upset in a while now.

With the way Lakers are playing, they are simply becoming deadlier than all the players are adjusting from one another,
unlike before, where most of the time LeBron handles the ball.

They are indeed. It's just really scary when LeBron and AD is playing pretty well.
I'm not sure if anyone else in here have noticed, AD was actually proving something in this series. I mean, JJJ is the NBA 2023 DPOY, but look at how AD dominated him all throughout this series. AD just had a total of 26 blocks in this series in comparison with JJJ's  12.
AD is built different, all he need to do is to protect the paint (like what he said in the post game interview) and be healthy.

While on the hilarious side, DLo stepped up in game 6 and the fans were saying it's because Kyrie was in attendance, if you know what I mean lol.

[Ziskinberg]

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

[LGD2Business]

I was sure Sacramento would win but I was scared because they lost 3 games in a row. I played over 238.5 points and both teams had one of the worst first quarters. Then they recovered in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but after the gap widened in the last quarter, they gave up scoring again. The match, which would have scored 240 points very comfortably under normal conditions, ended in such low points. My bet is settled as loss.
I think Sacramento will win at home in the last game of the series. Sabonis took a hard blow to the face, but continued to play. I guess he can play in game 7. This team is young, but they play very well when appropriate. They can advance to next round. There is a competition between experience and dynamism in this series.

[LogitechMouse]

I don't know if GSW played badly last night or if Kings really had a solid game because I did saw the first half live and the 2nd half on highlight and for me , it was GSW playing poorly with bad shots , bad defense and bad teamplay during the attacks. With series being tied 3-3 , I do see Kings moving further because after all this is their best season after a very long time of waiting and eliminating the champs from last year , would be even sweeter for their fans.

If there's one thing that I learned from this game, it's "The Ball is round". Even though you're that good in your home, when the whole team is having a bad night, you will lose automatically.

Warriors played badly. All 5 starters are in minus in the plus-minus rating (Looney -19, Wiggins -7, Curry -16, Thompson -22, Poole -7). On the other hand, the Kings duo of Fox and Monk again lead their team to the victory, and forcing a Game 7 on their home. If Monk is playing well, the Kings win, and vice-versa. I think that the Warriors need to do something to prevent him from scoring more than 20+ points in Game 7 or they will lose the series. Splash Brothers only shot 7/21 from the field, and that's a bad shooting night for them already, so you can see why they lose. Anyway, TBH it's hard to predict who will be the winner in this Game 7 because both teams are capable of winning on the road. Still, I will go for Warriors.

Lakers...oh man , what a show from them and Memphis stood absolute no chance and I'm happy to see Lakers doing good again.

All 5 starters of the Grizzlies are in the minus in the plus-minus rating as well. Their backcourt duo of Morant and Bane only scored 25 points while Russell on the other hand had his career high 31 points. I mean just imagine how the Lakers destroyed the dreams of the Grizzlies to win the title. They lost by 40 points. I wonder what Morant is thinking now after said that he's fine in the West, and how "Dynasty" Brooks is feeling right now that they're eliminated in the first round.

Now the Lakers are waiting for the Winner of the Kings-Warriors. TBH, I would want to see the Warriors facing them. Just imagine 2 legends facing each other in the 2nd round. It's a rematch of Lebron and Curry who are faced each other for 4 consecutive wins in the NBA Finals back a few years ago.

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Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

What are you saying "Dynasty Over" . They didn't even create a dynasty in the first place.
They're just pure talk, but can't back it up with their performance. They're a team whose full of arrogant players. DYNASTY? They can't even make into the NBA Finals. What a funny team they are TBH.

[Jating]

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

Dynasty didn't even start on the first place, we've seen some crazy results in this years playoff,

No. 8 Heat knocking out No. 1 seed in Bucks in the East. Then no. 7 Lakers eliminating no. 2 Memphis Grizzlies. And the way that he Lakers taunt Grizzlies at the end of the game is too funny, dancing around. In the end though it was the sportsmanship that prevail. Two years straight that Grizzlies failed and then Morant say's that he is fine in the West and then the Brooks disrespecting the King. Karma is really a bitch, but I doubt that they are going to learn their lessons though.

For the Bucks, there are news that coach Mike Budenholzer job might be on the line after their early exit, as he failed to adjust his team. Leading the game in the last 2 games but eventually choking and losing that very important game.

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

[Shamm]

I was sure Sacramento would win but I was scared because they lost 3 games in a row. I played over 238.5 points and both teams had one of the worst first quarters. Then they recovered in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but after the gap widened in the last quarter, they gave up scoring again. The match, which would have scored 240 points very comfortably under normal conditions, ended in such low points. My bet is settled as loss.
I think Sacramento will win at home in the last game of the series. Sabonis took a hard blow to the face, but continued to play. I guess he can play in game 7. This team is young, but they play very well when appropriate. They can advance to next round. There is a competition between experience and dynamism in this series.

Now the series is tied so we can not say that this is the easy one for both team and actually game 6 is not for GSW and we saw that they played back not just they played before maybe they are unlucky to day and give the Kings one more time to defend and got some good preparation for the upcoming game, 7 but for sure GSW don't want that happen so they will prepared an adjustment for the upcoming game 7 or else they will loss.

[freedomgo]

Looking like the Kings are going to take the win against Golden State tonight. They’ve got their biggest lead of the series with just over 4 minutes left. That means the Kings have recaptured home court advantage for game 7. The Kings seemed to overcome bad officiating all night long which makes the win that much more impressive.

LeBron is up next tonight…

Kings beat GSW. This is an exciting series. GSW seems like already loss their composure in the since they are already missing easy shots and not eager to get the ball. Kings keeps getting an offensive rebound even Sabonis is already out. Wiggins free throw is terrible on crucial times. I think their mind is already on Game 7 when the lead is already above 10.

This loss is painful to me because I bet on GSW ML which bothering me since yesterday because I knew that Kings can do the same by beating GSW in the home court.

I skip betting on the next match. I really feel that I have the jinx. Let's go LAL! 

Even if the Game 6 was played inside Chase Center, we cannot really say that the Warriors got the full advantage and got more chance to dominate the game instead of having the opposite outcome because the Kings got a pretty record on the road.

But even after I know that fact, I still bet on the Warriors in that game because it's just hard to rule out that they are more experienced compared to the Kings but what happened wasn't exactly the same as I imagined it because the Kings really bounced back after having two consecutive loss. Game 7 will be much more interesting and this time, the Warriors will be on the road, again.

[OgNasty]

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

I'm pretty sure that the Grizzlies are tired of Dillon Brooks and his attitude.  The LeBron poking the bear comment was probably the last straw and I think Brooks knows it.  That's why he was so defeated in the series after that.  I think he's a bad influence on Ja Morant, and they need to start surrounding that kid with people who are going to make sure he doesn't get shot in a strip club parking lot pretending to be a gangster some random night.  The icing on the cake is that LeBron didn't even stick around after the game to shake hands.  He sent a message to the league.  Put some respect on his name.

[mirakal]

As I previously pointed out, if the Lakers won't do something to aggressively contain Desmond Bane and 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 which will be critical for the Lakers.

And guess what, here in Game 6 which is currently in Halftime, the Lakers are doing a good job containing both Bane and Morant and surprisingly these 2 Memphis Gunners just finished with 5 and 7 points respectively before halftime. Both also not showing a good stroke at their field goal attempts and having a bad night. Who knows though that they might be able to bounce back in the second half.

The Lakers are now up at 17 points. The score is 59-42 at halftime.

The Lakers indeed performed well in containing two of the offensive weapons of Grizzlies, the visiting team literally had a hard time because the Lakers defense was so tight that they couldn't have any good spot most of the time and the Lakers even forced them to mostly shoot from the outside as they couldn't find a way to steer clear inside the paint. And then when the 3rd quarter ends, the Grizzlies already gave up from chasing the Lakers and accepted that they failed on their run.

[Japinat]

This is like the match where everyone would say that we need a new face in the next semi finals. The viewership for this remaining teams in the last first round match will be focused on them.

As they're the last one to get a toe to toe and do or die match.

Will be cool to see if Kings would defeat Warriors in game 7 since for sure their games will be hype since they experience long playoff draught for almost 2 decades.

But Warriors is also a solid team which got huge global fan base so if the defending champ can surpass kings still  their sales will soar up since many are still interested to watch if they can defend their title this season. They are the last team will face each other first round playoff so most provably many are now speculating on which of these team will be the best match up against Lakers.

Of course, it would be nice to see the Sacramento Kings moving forward to the next round and it's not because of the idea of seeing new faces in the playoffs this time but because of the fact that the Sacramento Kings deserved to it because they aren't just an ordinary team that barely clinched themselves to participate in the post season games, they are ranked #3 seed in the West which means that they are kind of hard to defeat.

But before all of that, they should defeat the defending champs in the Game 7 first and certainly that won't be an easy thing to do as the Warriors are known to learn from their mistakes easily and will adjust what would needed in the next game.

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

I'm pretty sure that the Grizzlies are tired of Dillon Brooks and his attitude.  The LeBron poking the bear comment was probably the last straw and I think Brooks knows it.  That's why he was so defeated in the series after that.  I think he's a bad influence on Ja Morant, and they need to start surrounding that kid with people who are going to make sure he doesn't get shot in a strip club parking lot pretending to be a gangster some random night.  The icing on the cake is that LeBron didn't even stick around after the game to shake hands.  He sent a message to the league.  Put some respect on his name.

Talking about Ja Morant again, because of him and that particular incident that got him suspended for several days, the Memphis Grizzlies issued a memorandum that in every after road games they will leave the city/town right away and will not be use the night to rest as long as they are still on the road so that Ja's particular incident can be avoided as well as for the rest of the team. And about Brooks, he is now in free agency and it was rumored that there are no teams that are interested to get him because of his particular gameplay that is so unprofessional and his performance is not that good, so it's not that surprising that no team will get him.

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

I'm pretty sure that the Grizzlies are tired of Dillon Brooks and his attitude.  The LeBron poking the bear comment was probably the last straw and I think Brooks knows it.  That's why he was so defeated in the series after that.  I think he's a bad influence on Ja Morant, and they need to start surrounding that kid with people who are going to make sure he doesn't get shot in a strip club parking lot pretending to be a gangster some random night.  The icing on the cake is that LeBron didn't even stick around after the game to shake hands.  He sent a message to the league.  Put some respect on his name.

Agreed.  I think ja got a wake up call with his off the court dealings.  No way Memphis brings back Brooks.  He is an Ufa this year.  Going to be interesting to see who picks him up.  If his mouth didn't get in the way he would be a great role player on a championship team.  But I agree his toxicity is overwhelming.  He was banking on them destroying the Lakers and have it come off as confidence when it now just looks like he is an ass.

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Dillon Brooks Insults LeBron James While Reacting To Their Mid-Game Confrontation: "I Don't Respect No One Until They Come In And Give Me 40"

I guess Brooks can now respect LeBron, since the Lakers beat them by 40 points. The Lakers are so scary in these playoffs; they have proven to everyone that they are still here. Although they are the underdogs, beating Memphis in 6 is not as easy as we think, but the Lakers dominated the series.

Lastly, I would like to say that Memphis DYNASTY IS OVER!

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

Brooks should now know where he sits, LeBron just showed him that disrespecting him was absolutely not a good idea. Looks like it will be Kings and Lakers? I'm thinking it will be them that will make it to the WCF but Lakers could likely dominate them I guess if it's them that cross paths.

[goaldigger]

Brooks should now know where he sits, LeBron just showed him that disrespecting him was absolutely not a good idea. Looks like it will be Kings and Lakers? I'm thinking it will be them that will make it to the WCF but Lakers could likely dominate them I guess if it's them that cross paths.

You’ve asked for it, you’ll get it. That can be one of the worst loss for Brooks.
Anyway, Kings vs Gsw are the only team left fighting for the last spot. Kings can have a good advantage here as they will play in their home court but I think it will be more interesting to see GSW vs LAKERS in the semis. I’m looking forward for GSW to win the last spot, they have to defend their title.