2024 NBA Season

[BALIK]

OKC is back in the winning column after back to back 2 close defeats against the other top teams earlier. I thought Lebron and AD would teach young OKC some veteran plays. But OKC exploded in the second quarter with a huge rally.  I like this young team, they are pretty sure tough to beat, especially in the coming seasons.

Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

Oklahoma City Thunder performed really well. In the second quarter, they performed better than anyone expected. I never thought that they were going to make such a big difference in one quarter that it will be really hard for their opponent to overcome. But that happened. They performed so well in the second quarter that it was almost impossible for the Lakers to make a comeback. But it was a good performance from Oklahoma, and they deserve credit for that.

Spurs lost a very close match against Hawks. They lost by only two points which was very unfortunate, to be honest. Only if they could play a little better in the last quarter.

[Jating]

OKC is back in the winning column after back to back 2 close defeats against the other top teams earlier. I thought Lebron and AD would teach young OKC some veteran plays. But OKC exploded in the second quarter with a huge rally.  I like this young team, they are pretty sure tough to beat, especially in the coming seasons.

I thought that the Lakers will come strong in this game. But the OKC Thunder took the game from them. After a great performance, D'Lo just got 16 points in this game. So OKC is for real this season. And Chet still making a statement for the rookie of the year.

Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

I think it is to be expected that the Hawks are going to win, it's just a matter on what will be the handicap. And for those who bet on the Spurs on the + side, they will obviously win, but still at the end reason, they are on the losing streak and we don't know when it's going to end.

[danherbias07]

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

No, the Clippers are just bad.  Coach Kerr used 4 small guards and yet they cannot even score in the paint. 
Commentators still use the "no chemistry" card up until now but not for me. When stars are playing together, they are supposed to not "need" that.
And they are not young anymore, they are veterans and some of them have played with each other. Westbrook with Harden, George with Westbrook, it's just Kawhi who needs chemistry with them.
Warriors beat them because the Clippers cannot play like a team. They are good at playing isolation games but against a team like the Warriors who is playing like they are brothers for a long time, it won't work.
Coach Lue must have been hearing a lot of bad things from the Clippers management right now. Sure, they won against the Kings but that team also had a hard time winning against the Warriors without some of their core players.
The worst thing is the Warriors played without CP3, Wiggins, and GP3 and still beat the Clippers.

[SquallLeonhart]

I mean Warriors won with a lot of help from the bench as well, there are plenty of players I have never heard of that played very well games that allowed them to have a good win against Clippers. I have never heard of "podziemski" for example and dude scored 13 points, or Kuminga had a great game and got 17 points, Dario Saric is still in the league, I thought he retired and dude had 13 points too.

So all in all, Warriors should be quite thankful to their bench team to be this good in order to win this game, and I think it's quite clear that they are going to end up with a much better result if they can keep getting this type of production from the bench all season long. Their starting five doesn't look all that championship level to me, it looks like they are fine but not at Denver levels or Celtic levels anymore, they look like a barely playoff team to me, like first round exit level team, and very best case second round exit, that's it, I do not see conference finals for them this season.

[ChiBitCTy]

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night.  I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least.  No Lavine either is whats crazy.

Lavine is now out for a week. Some speculate it might be so he doesn't risk injury and that his trade is immanent.  What do you guys think?

Glad I didn't put money down on that bulls game!

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I mean Warriors won with a lot of help from the bench as well, there are plenty of players I have never heard of that played very well games that allowed them to have a good win against Clippers. I have never heard of "podziemski" for example and dude scored 13 points, or Kuminga had a great game and got 17 points, Dario Saric is still in the league, I thought he retired and dude had 13 points too.

So all in all, Warriors should be quite thankful to their bench team to be this good in order to win this game, and I think it's quite clear that they are going to end up with a much better result if they can keep getting this type of production from the bench all season long. Their starting five doesn't look all that championship level to me, it looks like they are fine but not at Denver levels or Celtic levels anymore, they look like a barely playoff team to me, like first round exit level team, and very best case second round exit, that's it, I do not see conference finals for them this season.

Warriors is known to have a deep bench though, that's why in their run in the championship a couple of years ago, they have Nemanja Bjelica, and now they have Dario Saric to fill that role. And then Damion Lee, JP of course, Juan Toscano Anderson, Otto Porter and Moody and Payton (which is still with the Warriors).

So that's how deep their bench that time and they are trying to replicate it with Saric, Brandin Podziemski who did play good against the Clippers, lefty with a lot of moves, he even have that right hand hook. They also have a young player in Trayce Jackson-Davis, which also a eye catcher for the Warriors. But yeah, the Celtics and Denver have one of the most deepest team right now and it's hard to match that.

[EFS]

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night.  I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least.  No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

[püsür]

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night.  I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least.  No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

Yes, Boston is obvious favourites in my opinion also, in these conditions. I wish Embiid can play, I love these kinds of games during the regular season, it shows how possible playoff match ups can be.

Bulls surprised me quite a lot actually. Without Derozan. Caruso's clutch shot was kinda unexpected, he also only scored 11 points. But Bulls showed much character, more than I expected. It was a great game to watch. Is it just me or Bucks showed bad performance during clutch minutes, especially considering they are a former champion team.

[Baofeng]

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night.  I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least.  No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

The Sixers lost the last time with Joel against the Pelicans, and so with a tougher opponent in Celtics, Maxey's 30 might not be enough, he need someone, another offensive weapon to help him. But Boston is tough, they are solid with the best duo in the league and then the length of KP will have the advantage in this game.

Plus this game will be at held at Boston's home court, so they will have all the advantage in this game. Might be a close one, but it could be that Boston could win in double digit lead. So far the line starts at -6.5 to as high as -10.5 for the Celtics.

[carlisle1]

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

No, the Clippers are just bad.  Coach Kerr used 4 small guards and yet they cannot even score in the paint. 
Commentators still use the "no chemistry" card up until now but not for me. When stars are playing together, they are supposed to not "need" that.
And they are not young anymore, they are veterans and some of them have played with each other. Westbrook with Harden, George with Westbrook, it's just Kawhi who needs chemistry with them.
Warriors beat them because the Clippers cannot play like a team. They are good at playing isolation games but against a team like the Warriors who is playing like they are brothers for a long time, it won't work.
Coach Lue must have been hearing a lot of bad things from the Clippers management right now. Sure, they won against the Kings but that team also had a hard time winning against the Warriors without some of their core players.
The worst thing is the Warriors played without CP3, Wiggins, and GP3 and still beat the Clippers.

Yes, chemistry is no longer an issue they are all stars and should know how to use their talents together, but it did not display from that
game, Warriors win with pride I guess they really wanted to win and that's what happen.

With Clippers still unstable game play, Coach Lue needs to find that formula to blend his stars, maybe just like coach Kerr put some twist
and let everyone in rotations, not to give all the game time with those stars but keep rotating and locate the best blend for the team.

[Harkorede]

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night.  I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least.  No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

The Sixers lost the last time with Joel against the Pelicans, and so with a tougher opponent in Celtics, Maxey's 30 might not be enough, he need someone, another offensive weapon to help him. But Boston is tough, they are solid with the best duo in the league and then the length of KP will have the advantage in this game.

Plus this game will be at held at Boston's home court, so they will have all the advantage in this game. Might be a close one, but it could be that Boston could win in double digit lead. So far the line starts at -6.5 to as high as -10.5 for the Celtics.

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and  Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

[Reid]

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and  Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

Undermanned 76ers. I enjoyed watching their bench playing like they are stars. Patrick Beverley showing he ain't to be underestimated when he hit some crucial shots and Celtics without Jayson Tatum (ejected with two technical fouls) had a hard time defeating them.
In the end, the Celtics still won the game by using their offensive powers against the 76ers. I love that assist by Jrue Holiday deep inside for Prichard with the shotclock almost expiring. I believe that should go to the highlights.

[btc_angela]

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and  Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

Undermanned 76ers. I enjoyed watching their bench playing like they are stars. Patrick Beverley showing he ain't to be underestimated when he hit some crucial shots and Celtics without Jayson Tatum (ejected with two technical fouls) had a hard time defeating them.
In the end, the Celtics still won the game by using their offensive powers against the 76ers. I love that assist by Jrue Holiday deep inside for Prichard with the shotclock almost expiring. I believe that should go to the highlights.

Lol, Pat Bev, thinks he is Steph Curry and leads the Sixers, he even has something to say to the fans of Boston. But at the end of the game, it was the defense of the Celtics that hold on this undermanned Sixers.

Yes, it's very unusual for Jayson Tatum to get 2 technical fouls and so he was ejected. And it seems that the game is even as the Sixers took a good lead because of their hot shooting. But good experiment to put Pat Bev, for sure he will get more minutes moving forward from what he has shown in this game.

[Harkorede]

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and  Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

Undermanned 76ers. I enjoyed watching their bench playing like they are stars. Patrick Beverley showing he ain't to be underestimated when he hit some crucial shots and Celtics without Jayson Tatum (ejected with two technical fouls) had a hard time defeating them.
In the end, the Celtics still won the game by using their offensive powers against the 76ers. I love that assist by Jrue Holiday deep inside for Prichard with the shotclock almost expiring. I believe that should go to the highlights.

I couldn't agree more with you, The 76ers gave Celtics a good run for their money, and It was quite an interesting game to see with the level of competion showed by the 76ers, they were all over the place and exchnaging 3's with Celtics , and some times they just exchange layup or keep trade basket trading by any other means, at some point I doubted if it was indeed Beverley, Melton and Morris, even moreso Mo bamba with those 3 deep 3s and all.

It would have been very much merited if the 76ers had won the game.

[gagux123]

Oklahoma City Thunder performed really well. In the second quarter, they performed better than anyone expected. I never thought that they were going to make such a big difference in one quarter that it will be really hard for their opponent to overcome. But that happened. They performed so well in the second quarter that it was almost impossible for the Lakers to make a comeback. But it was a good performance from Oklahoma, and they deserve credit for that.

Sometimes I wonder to myself how much OKC is surprising this season. I confess that because it is a reformulated team and with a large number of young players, they have shown a significant improvement and are consequently a strong candidate for the playoffs.
Let's see how OKC will perform throughout the regular season!

[Maslate]

Oklahoma City Thunder performed really well. In the second quarter, they performed better than anyone expected. I never thought that they were going to make such a big difference in one quarter that it will be really hard for their opponent to overcome. But that happened. They performed so well in the second quarter that it was almost impossible for the Lakers to make a comeback. But it was a good performance from Oklahoma, and they deserve credit for that.

Sometimes I wonder to myself how much OKC is surprising this season. I confess that because it is a reformulated team and with a large number of young players, they have shown a significant improvement and are consequently a strong candidate for the playoffs.
Let's see how OKC will perform throughout the regular season!

They are on a mission this season, they failed on the last season but they have a good chance of making it to the playoffs as they are a more improve team with Chet playing his first regular season with the NBA. Looking at the production of Chet, we can easily say that he's been one of the biggest reason why OKC has become a very consistent now, and with SGA's consistent contribution as well, it's almost certain they'll make it, the question now is how far they can go once already in the playoffs.

[inthelongrun]

Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

I think it is to be expected that the Hawks are going to win, it's just a matter on what will be the handicap. And for those who bet on the Spurs on the + side, they will obviously win, but still at the end reason, they are on the losing streak and we don't know when it's going to end.

Well, the odds aren't as wide since the Hawks lost its last few games as well and the Spurs are at home. Betting on Spurs ML was tempting but the decision to take the +6.5 was right since the Hawks managed to escape a very close game.

Meanwhile in Phoenix, the Suns can only manage to make it as close to a tie in the last few minutes against the Nuggets in a very entertaining game. It's really hard to beat a team not just depending on a single player as the Nuggets scores were widely distributed. Jokic with 16 assists in the game.

[Captain Corporate]

OKC winning is one thing, but its quite bad that Lakers lost this badly as well. We are talking about how good OKC is, but we are not talking about how terrible Lakers was. We are seeing the later days of Lebrons career and he is going to retire in a few seasons at most, well we have been saying that for years but seriously he looks like he may have like 2 more seasons after this at most, if he continues anything after that then I doubt he would be any good. And with that, we are basically seeing Lakers ruin his last years, and that's not really that nice, I think it should be noted that Lakers should do a lot better to put a team around him and coaching around him that could get him another ring before he retires.

[dwyane36]

Lol, Pat Bev, thinks he is Steph Curry and leads the Sixers, he even has something to say to the fans of Boston. But at the end of the game, it was the defense of the Celtics that hold on this undermanned Sixers.

Patrick Beverley's performance was very good in this game, considering he was close to making a triple-double. Honestly, it's unusual to see a performance like that from Beverley because he almost always plays a secondary role on the court and focuses on defense rather than offense.
I think if Embiid had been on the court, the 76ers would have beaten the Celtics.

[inthelongrun]

OKC winning is one thing, but its quite bad that Lakers lost this badly as well. We are talking about how good OKC is, but we are not talking about how terrible Lakers was. We are seeing the later days of Lebrons career and he is going to retire in a few seasons at most, well we have been saying that for years but seriously he looks like he may have like 2 more seasons after this at most, if he continues anything after that then I doubt he would be any good. And with that, we are basically seeing Lakers ruin his last years, and that's not really that nice, I think it should be noted that Lakers should do a lot better to put a team around him and coaching around him that could get him another ring before he retires.

You do know that the Lakers management has done everything for Lebron. Trading every potential prospect they had since the arrival of Lebron. Although he is currently having issues with injuries, but getting AD brought them a ring at least. A very costly trade but maybe worth it. The other costly trade that I consider a failure was the Westbrook trade. I'm not even sure if the Lakers have first-round draft picks soon due to their previous costly trades.

I think the Lakers are still having a decent squad especially if they're healthy. It's just that the other teams have better plays and better team chemistry.