2025 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

A bunch of in-season tournament games today and a couple of them will be aired on TNT for Chuck and the crew to give commentary on. First up is the Miami Heat vs the Milwaukee Bucks. Then you have a rematch of last year’s playoff battle between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings which I think will be a good one.

[sana54210]

There's still a bright light when they won games, but it's against not a tougher opponents. Now they were tested by the Nuggets without their best players, and guess what the result it, they have lost the game. For sure this is going to hurt them more.

It's really hard to have committed players that's why they should consider not always trading their players nowadays because they may end up like this and with their current state, there will be no doubt that they cannot get to the NBA playoffs with this kind of performance. The Clippers should consider fixing their plays and strengthening their chemistry because it is such a shame that they can't even win a game from a team that resting their star players, what more if they meet up in the Playoffs in the first round?

To be honest it's both sided, you could have a team who trade their players for other players without noticing, the player may even learn that they got traded from twitter, it has happened a million times already. You could also have players who force their way out, making the team basically get nothing in return.

Both sides are not really loyal to each other, and if you are really seriously loyal then you could be either like Giannis where you get a bit lucky but also build a decent team around you, or you could be like Dame where the team owners basically reject building a decent team around you to save some money and make you spend over a decade trying to achieve the impossible. In the end, the owners make hundreds of millions in profit every year when their teams are valued higher, and players are making tens of millions of dollars for playing. That is as good as both sides could hope for, there is nothing wrong with that and I think it should be decent enough.

[TravelMug]

A star-studded Los Angeles Clippers defeated by a starless Denver Nuggets! WTF!

I was not able to watch the fourth quarter as I was busy doing something else but the whole 3 quarter was all Clippers and they ended it with an 11-point lead. When I came back, BOOM! they are defeated.
That was a freaking x5.60 if you bet before the start of the game. But who would risk that team without Jokic and Gordon on the field? I don't think that is wise and many sports bettors Clippers would win that game without any resistance.
Reggie Jackson punished them for letting him be open on three-point distance. 3/4 FG 3-point shots 15/19 total FG. I guess he knows how the Clippers work since it is his former team.
That was disgraceful in front of the Clippers fans. I lost my bet but that may be one of the biggest upsets in this season.

104-113.

Forget about the stats; it's just unacceptable that the Clippers lost that game. I mean, no Murray and Jokic, who are their best players, while the Clippers have all four of their superstars, and yet they lose to the undermanned Nuggets. To make it worse, the Clippers were playing at home. Man, there's no hope for this team; the experiment failed. Let's kill that optimism already.

And as what we have been criticizing the Clippers with the James Harden trade, not going to work with 4 superstars and then it looks like they are really trying their best to win games. But they don't play defense though, and this could be their downfall.

There's still a bright light when they won games, but it's against not a tougher opponents. Now they were tested by the Nuggets without their best players, and guess what the result it, they have lost the game. For sure this is going to hurt them more.

Maybe they should not blame this to the players but people need to see how there coach use his 4 stars. If he can't create a solution to make this team works then maybe they need a new coach that can manage them well. Clippers have 4 stars in the team and there's no reason for them to experience such embarrassing defeats.

Westbrook already adopt his role but still they are struggling so I bet there's problem with the coach or the system used since they don't click well as a team. If Clippers will not go to playoffs then provably they will be a huge team upset in history since imagine they have this stars which still in their prime but they can't manage to win.

What do you mean? of course players and coaches are to blame when they lose games, what's interesting is that a former Clippers really did the damage in this game. Reggie Jackson shows his former team what he is capable of, double doubles, 35 points with 13 assists. And who is the next player to score for them, an old Deandre Jordan, I don't know how many dunks he had in this game alley oop from Jackson (he is also a former Clipper), so how ironic is it. And then the drama on WB, calling fans for heckling him. I don't know, NBA players becoming one of the softest professional athlete being paid my millions and yet can focus on the games itself and being affected by what the heckling fans are saying to them in the courtside. Although they have every right to make a case for a fan and get them out of the arena, but they should be just concern on the game and just block what they hear from fans.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

So as expected earlier, the San Antonio Spurs led by a rookie phenom has lost 12 straight games. Luckily for Wemby, it is not the worst, the longest losing streak on the Spurs' franchise was 16. At the moment, they are on a long rest which can re-energize them a lot. I guess their next game against Atlanta is crucial, they should win it and cut the streak while they're at home. Otherwise, I'll start betting again that they'll make history in their franchise since they're facing stronger opposition after their game with Atlanta.

Might be good to beat on them though as they will surely be the underdogs in their every game and who knows, they might suddenly win at least 1 game to break that spell and for us NBA bettors, it will be good.

But against Atlanta? still a solid team in my opinion. We will see though, it seems that there are a big pressure on the shoulders of Wemby now, they will have to stop that bleeding and he should lead the team

Kings vs Warriors might be a good game tonight. They have this kind of rivalry in the bay area.

[rhomelmabini]

So as expected earlier, the San Antonio Spurs led by a rookie phenom has lost 12 straight games. Luckily for Wemby, it is not the worst, the longest losing streak on the Spurs' franchise was 16. At the moment, they are on a long rest which can re-energize them a lot. I guess their next game against Atlanta is crucial, they should win it and cut the streak while they're at home. Otherwise, I'll start betting again that they'll make history in their franchise since they're facing stronger opposition after their game with Atlanta.

Might be good to beat on them though as they will surely be the underdogs in their every game and who knows, they might suddenly win at least 1 game to break that spell and for us NBA bettors, it will be good.

But against Atlanta? still a solid team in my opinion. We will see though, it seems that there are a big pressure on the shoulders of Wemby now, they will have to stop that bleeding and he should lead the team

Kings vs Warriors might be a good game tonight. They have this kind of rivalry in the bay area.

That's probably a wild bet then. I think the ticket sales will probably gone down by now in value as well as the decline was inevitable. I didn't hope they'll break that record because for me that will be the worst, for sure they'll need improvement but I do think as well that it is a lot of improvement.

[jossiel]

So as expected earlier, the San Antonio Spurs led by a rookie phenom has lost 12 straight games. Luckily for Wemby, it is not the worst, the longest losing streak on the Spurs' franchise was 16. At the moment, they are on a long rest which can re-energize them a lot.

It's just too good when the start of season came out and few games were actually good for Wemby and the Spurs. What's not good is that most fans have a lot of expectations coming from a rookie. There is no doubt that he's good and a candidate for rookie of the year but it's not just enough to bring a team up on his shoulders.

Anyway, the Spurs isn't all about Wemby but it's a team that has a lot of players too. They just need more experience and hone it until the coming years. And no doubt that there's still a room for growth, not just for Wemby alone but for the entire team.

I guess their next game against Atlanta is crucial, they should win it and cut the streak while they're at home. Otherwise, I'll start betting again that they'll make history in their franchise since they're facing stronger opposition after their game with Atlanta.

I'd certainly avoid betting with or against Atlanta. They're too unpredictable, if we bet on them, they lose and the opposite if we don't. LOL. What a ritual.

[danherbias07]

Maybe they should not blame this to the players but people need to see how there coach use his 4 stars. If he can't create a solution to make this team works then maybe they need a new coach that can manage them well. Clippers have 4 stars in the team and there's no reason for them to experience such embarrassing defeats.

Westbrook already adopt his role but still they are struggling so I bet there's problem with the coach or the system used since they don't click well as a team. If Clippers will not go to playoffs then provably they will be a huge team upset in history since imagine they have this stars which still in their prime but they can't manage to win.

Yeah, I was thinking about that after I shared the bad loss of the Clippers. Someone will definitely be fired next if he cannot manage the player rotation of this superstar. If it ain't working, don't force it. There must be another way to patch things up. They are on the 11th seed now with 4 wins out of their 10 and it should not be considered as a strong win because they won twice against the San Antonio Spurs on those 4 wins. Their strongest win was against the Dallas Mavericks and I think that's the best Clippers I've seen so far.
If only they could repeat that same feat but I doubt that when they play against a defensive team. Coach Lue should start building a new rotation, I don't think it's working out and he should realize it after that game against the Nuggets.

Later, we have In-Season games. Look out for the Sacramento Kings versus Golden State Warriors game, I bet it will be fun.
Kings don't have Keegan Murray but I won't underestimate them. Fox is a monster although the Warriors do have Draymond Green back again.

[wheelz1200]

So I'm trying to figure out tonight's games and figure out if the Knicks win do they automatically move on to the next portion of the in season tourny.  I have been trying to find a good explanation or rather easy translation of how this is all going down.  Also since the semi and finals aren't baked into the schedule do they just play 2 extra games than everyone else?  Haven't looked to far into it but I think knicks have pole position on the wild card right now if the Bucks still end up winning out of their geoup.

[btc_angela]

Giannis and Lillard putting another 30 point performance between the two of them, defeated the Heat, 124-131. Game was really closed and even if Heat doesn't have Jimmy Butler, they gave the Bucks a good fight here. Milwaukee needed a 11 point swing in the 4th quarter to win this game.

But the Bucks are clutch, Giannis setting another personal record if I'm not mistaken, surpassing Kareem's record as a Buck.

I think I'm good already for tonight's game, I bet on the Bucks -3.5 so I did win already.

[Dave1]

There's still a bright light when they won games, but it's against not a tougher opponents. Now they were tested by the Nuggets without their best players, and guess what the result it, they have lost the game. For sure this is going to hurt them more.

It's really hard to have committed players that's why they should consider not always trading their players nowadays because they may end up like this and with their current state, there will be no doubt that they cannot get to the NBA playoffs with this kind of performance. The Clippers should consider fixing their plays and strengthening their chemistry because it is such a shame that they can't even win a game from a team that resting their star players, what more if they meet up in the Playoffs in the first round?

That's why it's a risk for this teams, the last time we have this kind of big players in the same roster is with the Nets, unfortunately, it still involves Harden. Durant leaving GSW another 2 rings, then team up with Harden and Kyrie to build a solid team. However, there is no support or role player for them. So in about 3 years, all of them are out of the Nets already.

This could be a similar scenario for WB and Harden. If they don't produce numbers that was expecting of them. Maybe in the next couple of years they will be on the trade block as obviously, it's not working with the Clippers team.

[Yaunfitda]

Warriors showing their dominance on the Sacramento Kings again, a huge lead at the end of the second quarter. Although the Kings was able to put back 7-0 run in the last 1:30 seconds, but with that huge lead the Warriors are comfortable going in the 3rd.

GSW hitting 18 three points shot, 50%, so that is huge for them. But let's see if the Kings can make a comeback in their home court.

They don't want to get another L from their rival. Draymond Green back from his suspension and playing point as well.

[Sanitough]

Warriors showing their dominance on the Sacramento Kings again, a huge lead at the end of the second quarter. Although the Kings was able to put back 7-0 run in the last 1:30 seconds, but with that huge lead the Warriors are comfortable going in the 3rd.

GSW hitting 18 three points shot, 50%, so that is huge for them. But let's see if the Kings can make a comeback in their home court.

They don't want to get another L from their rival. Draymond Green back from his suspension and playing point as well.

As long as Thompson and Wiggins are playing well, Warriors will likely win most of the time. But his ain't over yet, we still have one quarter, so breeze yourself and hope that the Warriors will be able to hold on.

Yes, Draymond the man is back, damn, this guy is what the warriors really needed as the energy on the floor is very high, so hopefully no more choking game from him.

[Japinat]

Warriors showing their dominance on the Sacramento Kings again, a huge lead at the end of the second quarter. Although the Kings was able to put back 7-0 run in the last 1:30 seconds, but with that huge lead the Warriors are comfortable going in the 3rd.

GSW hitting 18 three points shot, 50%, so that is huge for them. But let's see if the Kings can make a comeback in their home court.

They don't want to get another L from their rival. Draymond Green back from his suspension and playing point as well.

As long as Thompson and Wiggins are playing well, Warriors will likely win most of the time. But his ain't over yet, we still have one quarter, so breeze yourself and hope that the Warriors will be able to hold on.

Yes, Draymond the man is back, damn, this guy is what the warriors really needed as the energy on the floor is very high, so hopefully no more choking game from him.

Yes there's still plenty of time and a game that once dominated by the Warriors has now become a close game. Warriors are only enjoying a 3 point lead now with still plenty of time left in the game, I feel this will end like their past games, but let's see if the Warriors would still come up victorious.

[Sanitough]

Warriors showing their dominance on the Sacramento Kings again, a huge lead at the end of the second quarter. Although the Kings was able to put back 7-0 run in the last 1:30 seconds, but with that huge lead the Warriors are comfortable going in the 3rd.

GSW hitting 18 three points shot, 50%, so that is huge for them. But let's see if the Kings can make a comeback in their home court.

They don't want to get another L from their rival. Draymond Green back from his suspension and playing point as well.

As long as Thompson and Wiggins are playing well, Warriors will likely win most of the time. But his ain't over yet, we still have one quarter, so breeze yourself and hope that the Warriors will be able to hold on.

Yes, Draymond the man is back, damn, this guy is what the warriors really needed as the energy on the floor is very high, so hopefully no more choking game from him.

Yes there's still plenty of time and a game that once dominated by the Warriors has now become a close game. Warriors are only enjoying a 3 point lead now with still plenty of time left in the game, I feel this will end like their past games, but let's see if the Warriors would still come up victorious.

Crazy game with crazy sequence, here's the highlights of the game

Curry trap = turnover
Draymond unforce error = turnover

Malik Monk 3 point shot
Malik Monk 2 point shot (though shot) Sink!!!

Curry miss the last shot, Sac Kings win!

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Crazy game with crazy sequence, here's the highlights of the game

Curry trap = turnover
Draymond unforce error = turnover

Malik Monk 3 point shot
Malik Monk 2 point shot (though shot) Sink!!!

Curry miss the last shot, Sac Kings win!

Yeah the ending was truly great.
The Warriors also made a bad choice using their last timeout to challenge/check a "foul on a 3" that was called as an offensive foul by Curry.
It was so obvious what Curry was trying to do and using the timeout was truly a mistake. Needless to say that the call was confirmed and Sacramento got the ball.

Having no timeout in the last 3 or 4 minutes really also cost them the game, aside the turnovers and questionable shot selection of course. Having a lead by 18 deep in the third and then lose seems like normal these days. 

[Botnake]

Crazy game with crazy sequence, here's the highlights of the game

Curry trap = turnover
Draymond unforce error = turnover

Malik Monk 3 point shot
Malik Monk 2 point shot (though shot) Sink!!!

Curry miss the last shot, Sac Kings win!

Yeah the ending was truly great.
The Warriors also made a bad choice using their last timeout to challenge/check a "foul on a 3" that was called as an offensive foul by Curry.
It was so obvious what Curry was trying to do and using the timeout was truly a mistake. Needless to say that the call was confirmed and Sacramento got the ball.

Having no timeout in the last 3 or 4 minutes really also cost them the game, aside the turnovers and questionable shot selection of course.

That was truly and entertaining game, when these two teams are playing against each other, you can already expect the kind of entertainment they'll bring. Warriors are good in keeping leads but this time the Kings were able to come back and worse is they beat them by one point coming from the winning shot of Malik Monk, that shot was so difficult but it still sunk. Damn, Warriors, missing the old days, they really are on a bad spot not, their standing aren't improving well... but I'm still not losing faith on this team.

Having a lead by 18 deep in the third and then lose seems like normal these days. 

Wondering if someone here were able to grab that moneyline through live betting? I'm pretty sure that's a huge ML odds, maybe at least x5?


With this lose, GSW are now at #10 with 8-10 record (very unusual of them)

[inthelongrun]

So as expected earlier, the San Antonio Spurs led by a rookie phenom has lost 12 straight games. Luckily for Wemby, it is not the worst, the longest losing streak on the Spurs' franchise was 16. At the moment, they are on a long rest which can re-energize them a lot. I guess their next game against Atlanta is crucial, they should win it and cut the streak while they're at home. Otherwise, I'll start betting again that they'll make history in their franchise since they're facing stronger opposition after their game with Atlanta.

Might be good to beat on them though as they will surely be the underdogs in their every game and who knows, they might suddenly win at least 1 game to break that spell and for us NBA bettors, it will be good.

But against Atlanta? still a solid team in my opinion. We will see though, it seems that there are a big pressure on the shoulders of Wemby now, they will have to stop that bleeding and he should lead the team

I haven't seen much of Atlanta's games this season. But they're supposed to win games and enter the playoffs. They have a decent roster although not like the other teams filled with All-Stars. And Atlanta just lost again today against the Cavs. They're in a 2-game losing streak. This might be a good chance to beat Wemby and the Spurs to end their losing streak. But should the Spurs lose against Atlanta, I'll be betting on their opponents again in their next games as they're heading to make franchise history.

Kings vs Warriors might be a good game tonight. They have this kind of rivalry in the bay area.

Yeah. Great match-up. Luckily, I haven't bet on a handicap since the Kings only won by a single point. GSW is known as a 3rd-quarter or a 2nd-half team but this game is the opposite as the Kings were trailing double digits until their rally in the second half that somehow gave them the sweet victory at home.

[Finestream]

Yeah. Great match-up. Luckily, I haven't bet on a handicap since the Kings only won by a single point. GSW is known as a 3rd-quarter or a 2nd-half team but this game is the opposite as the Kings were trailing double digits until their rally in the second half that somehow gave them the sweet victory at home.

They probably changed their strategy already, I've noticed in their previous games that they aren't so dominant in the 2nd half anymore, so I guessing they're trying to have a good start so they'll not gas out in the 4th quarter. Despite of the lose, I still find the strategy seemed working, the Warriors just made a bad decision down the stretch, like thoses costly turnovers that resulted to an offense on the other side, that shouldn't happen during their normal game and to think that the Warriors are used to tough situations, I'd say it's just a bad game for them.

Don't worry Warriors fanatics.... they'll bounce back with a big win!

[danherbias07]

I just recently understood how the rules will be in a tiebreaker of the In-Season tournament. So, it was a point system, just like in FIBA and the Olympics.
When the commentator talked about it during the Warriors vs Kings game that the Warriors need 12 points and win the game, that's when I understood it. I am stupid to think that they will use the regular season rankings to identify the winner.

So, the Warriors were defeated so I guess there's no problem in Group C anymore. It was actually a sad defeat because they tried very hard to make a 17-point lead and I really thought they could win the game. But Payton was hurt, CP3 was also hurt, and those two will be their key to winning the game. Sure, Wiggins is hot but still, when it comes to defense, Payton was the one who stopped Fox from attacking the paint.
It was a nice rotation from Steve Kerr, he did well despite all those problems. But, they still lost and I think the Warriors need more time to catch up on chemistry with Draymond Green.

[TravelMug]

I just recently understood how the rules will be in a tiebreaker of the In-Season tournament. So, it was a point system, just like in FIBA and the Olympics.
When the commentator talked about it during the Warriors vs Kings game that the Warriors need 12 points and win the game, that's when I understood it. I am stupid to think that they will use the regular season rankings to identify the winner.

So, the Warriors were defeated so I guess there's no problem in Group C anymore. It was actually a sad defeat because they tried very hard to make a 17-point lead and I really thought they could win the game. But Payton was hurt, CP3 was also hurt, and those two will be their key to winning the game. Sure, Wiggins is hot but still, when it comes to defense, Payton was the one who stopped Fox from attacking the paint.
It was a nice rotation from Steve Kerr, he did well despite all those problems. But, they still lost and I think the Warriors need more time to catch up on chemistry with Draymond Green.

I was surprised to see the Warriors though losing the game, I thought they have it in the bag when they build a huge lead in the second quarter, never bother to watch. But when I check the score the Kings was able to make that huge comeback and win the game. Fox can't be stop by Klay, if I'm not mistaken he was the first one to handle Fox, but we all know how fast he is. Draymond is back in the game, but still, not enough, and yes I think there could be chemistry issues right now with the Warriors but they have the mentality of a champion, so I think they can figure it out.