2024 NBA Season

[yahoo62278]

Pacers looked good tonight and they did it without 1 of their top players. Haliburton out with knee issues had to watch his team catch fire from the bench. 6 different players with double digit scores is pretty impressive. Would love to see these guys get healthy and make a deep run in the playoffs like they used to do in the 1990s.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

It's a battle of number 3 (OKC) and number 4 (Dallas) in the West. This should be a great match, but unfortunately, we might not be able to witness a full strenght Dallas in this game as there are players who are listed as questionable to play, such as Hardaway Jr. and their main star Luka Doncic who missed the last game.

That didn't happen, Hardaway Jr. and Luka played, but I imagined only Hardaway Jr. wouldn't play.
Luka didn't play on Friday because of the birth of his daughter.

But... it was still an excellent game, Luka had an excellent performance with a triple double, Chet Holmgreen had a "shy" performance, but his teammates stood out and also played an important role in OKC's victory against the Mavs

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run. 

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

[dwyane36]

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run.  

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

It would seem that when a team loses by 24 points with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the outcome of such a game is usually obvious. However, this time, the Mavs players disproved it and showed a great example of never giving up early. The fact that the Thunder players couldn't score for 7 minutes and had a very poor field goal percentage in the 4th quarter shows that the Mavs players were too good both on defense and offense.
p.s.
I'm even wondering what the odds were on the Mavs winning at the start of the 4th quarter.

[Yogee]

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How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

There was plenty of time for OKC to recover from that collapse then there's Chet's crucial block and second chance points which allowed them to regain their confidence. If Mavs took the lead with a minute or two remaining then they probably would have won that game.

[OgNasty]

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How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

There was plenty of time for OKC to recover from that collapse then there's Chet's crucial block and second chance points which allowed them to regain their confidence. If Mavs took the lead with a minute or two remaining then they probably would have won that game.

If the vote for MVP was happening right now, I would say it belongs to Luka Doncic. He’s playing the best basketball in the league right now. Unfortunately his heroics tonight couldn’t secure them a win, but that’s somewhat to be expected with Kyrie Irving out with an illness and them having given up most of their team to get him.

[Japinat]

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How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

There was plenty of time for OKC to recover from that collapse then there's Chet's crucial block and second chance points which allowed them to regain their confidence. If Mavs took the lead with a minute or two remaining then they probably would have won that game.

If the vote for MVP was happening right now, I would say it belongs to Luka Doncic. He’s playing the best basketball in the league right now. Unfortunately his heroics tonight couldn’t secure them a win, but that’s somewhat to be expected with Kyrie Irving out with an illness and them having given up most of their team to get him.

He did everything to win but their comeback was wasted because they weren't able to close it well. a 30-0, biggest in the franchise history, that would be remembered forever and Luka could be remembered as one of the best players of Dallas as long as he stays with this team until retirement.

I thought Dallas would win, actually I'm a bit worried because I bet on the other side which I had -5.5 for OKC, luckily the last 2 FT went in, so I was also lucky though.

[mirakal]

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

[Yogee]

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

You must be referring to their recent defeat against the Clippers.

There are opinions that Kerr should distribute the balance of their offense from the first to the second half and that argument seems valid if you look at the numbers against the Clips. They start well but fades away in the third then tries to hold on in the fourth quarter.

[danherbias07]

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run. 

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

I missed this game. Shit! It could've been awesome watching it live. American Airlines Center went bananas. It's crazy. Luka is crazy.
30-0 run. They beat their own record 28-0 run against the Golden State Warriors.
Seth Curry was hot and I think I also talked about Dereck Lively II somewhere in this thread. That kid has been stepping up his game ever since Jason Kidd gave him minutes to play and it shows again. He is always ready for a lob from Luka to slam it down and he is the tallest out there so it's not difficult to find him. 20 points with a perfect field goal 9/9. 16 rebounds and 7 monster blocks.
Luka Doncic also made a monster stats. 36/15/18. An awesome night for Dallas Mavericks fans but it could've been better if they won it. Well, that's still something good to talk about on their way home.

[YuginKadoya]

It is 100% shocking to me that OKC is doing this great, I mean they do not have any star level players aside from SGA, that dude and bunch of role players have made them a successful team somehow, and we are talking about a team that owns THIRTHY!!! picks in the next 7 years, which means that they may very well use all their picks to get even better picks (give 28th and 15th to get 10th type of deal) or they may even use it to get other players as well, they could just swap picks for a player and make the team stronger.

This team is already good, when you think about the growth they may have, they are going to be unstoppable by that logic. Or maybe this is an outlier season and next year (or even rest of this season) they may not be all that great.

For sure the newer batch of players is more hungry than the veteran ones, but I really wish that they could have a solid mind when it comes to the playoffs as many teams have perished on the play-offs because they are not well experienced enough in playing for the playoffs as the veteran become more aggressive and thirty as they can taste the sweet victory for sure,

I like Paul George's courage to shoot those three. I mean it takes a lot of bravery to do that because all blame will be on him if he missed that shot. They don't need a three, a two would suffice to take it to overtime with a hardcore defense in those final seconds.
Oh and Steph, why? I know Draymond Green had been hitting his threes with a 50 percent shooting stat but that shot should be for Curry. There's a chance he could get a foul if he kept on attacking the paint but he chose to pass it to Draymond and just trust his hands.
Anyway, the Warriors are still playing great despite that loss, I can see Steve Kerr has been rotating his players very well and they could've really won that game and beat the Clippers twice. I think that's still a good thing. They are not dead yet and Steph has been getting the help that he needs.
Moses Moody especially has been stepping up his game on both ends of the floor. His last three games are all in double figures and I think Coach Kerr will keep on using him because of that. He played 32 minutes today.

Paul George becomes steamy hot with the three that have cut down the lead of the Warriors it was a sad truth seeing that the big lead of the Warriors came down to 1, I think that is a 20-plus lead and they had blown it bad even though Draymond Green made 21 points for this game the Warriors end up losing this game,

For me, Steve Kerr should give Mosses Moody much time as he was heating up from all of his 3-point attempts for sure Moody will need the experience for sure, and for the New Warriors team to make improvements for themselves,

[owengtam09]

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.

Steve Kerr is getting the wrong call nowadays and has put a loss to the Warriors because of him for sure Steve Kerr needs to have more time for the new players to make them improve and let them gain experience in playing inside as they badly need it to improve and right now the Warriors Bench also has a solid play and Brandin Podziemski is one of that guy that likely will shoot three-point shot without hesitation even the lay-up technique of Stephen Curry he also doing that even with a taller defender, Mosses Moody as well got a great time getting those 3 point shots without any problem at all for me the new players of the Warriors needs a lot of playing time,

They actually have decent squad, but the problem is they can show their reap potential since the ball is always with Lebron. Lakers is building the career of Lebron that's why their production became questionable and their talented roster cannot show their potentials.

If Lakers should focus on how their player can share the ball and also can shoot on they touch the ball so that they could win. Since if they rely on Lebron and AD only for sure they would never go any far this season.

They already made a mistake for having Westbrook since they don't have chemistry with their team so its good if Lakers would focus to create good chemistry and confidence with their current roster.

For sure they have problems with their chemistry and the important part of these is the player's confidence just like the Warriors I think the Lakers have a lot of talented players right now who need confidence in taking up for themselves and not consistently doing nothing, for me they need to improve Jarred Vanderbilt, D'Angelo Russell, Cam Reddish, and Austin Reaves, to take more time in getting those plays,

[Oasisman]

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

The Warriors are really not in good shape early this season. Even the fans knew they are struggling, we only thought of one thing in common, it is for them to figure out how to gel together and make this team work.
NBA is indeed crazy today, I mean no lead is really safe. We have seen several come back games from different teams and it's just less than 20 games yet for this season. One of the craziest come back was the Dallas Mavericks 30-0 run during the 4th quarter yesterday. Though they still lost the game, but that come back was something. 20 pts lead today may not be considered safe until the game is done lol. 

[Viscore]

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

The Warriors are really not in good shape early this season. Even the fans knew they are struggling, we only thought of one thing in common, it is for them to figure out how to gel together and make this team work.
NBA is indeed crazy today, I mean no lead is really safe. We have seen several come back games from different teams and it's just less than 20 games yet for this season. One of the craziest come back was the Dallas Mavericks 30-0 run during the 4th quarter yesterday. Though they still lost the game, but that come back was something. 20 pts lead today may not be considered safe until the game is done lol. 

Warriors not good at protecting their leads, but at the same time they are good at coming back in the game. They are probably struggling now but slowly they're getting to a form that looks like a playoff team or even a championship team. Their experimenting currently and I find it successful putting Saric as their center instead of Loney as Saric has some offense inside and beyond the arc.

[inthelongrun]

As for the poll. It seems like the majority is favoring the Celtics as the first team to reach 20 wins. But looking at their next 5 games, it is favoring the Timberwolves if their momentum continues. The Celtics in their next 5 games will face Philly, Orlando, and the Cavs. Although all of these games happen in Boston.

Speaking of home-court games, there are only 2 teams that remain unbeaten at home, the defending champions Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics.

Meanwhile, the In-Season tournament starts its quarterfinal games starting tomorrow. Is there even paying attention to it?

[passwordnow]

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run. 

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

I have not watched the early quarters of the game but when I saw that image yesterday, I was like - for real guys? LOL, the Mavs did a great job in that match against the Thunders. That was a terrible run for the Thunders and I think that the curse is with them. They all want to get inside when they were free outside to shoot.

LOL, it's probably that luck wasn't with them and this is gonna be a big lesson for the OKC Thunders, what a big disappointment when you're already on the last quarter and they're about to win the game but as they say, as long as there's time, there's hope. They were terrible in defense and always going with Luka.

Whilst for Luka, he's a great team player and sees all of the sides of their ring where everyone was placed ready to take those shots. What a crazy match and was this the kind of history that's only seen for the first time or there were other games in the past that ended up like this with that 30-0 run?

[Finestream]

As for the poll. It seems like the majority is favoring the Celtics as the first team to reach 20 wins. But looking at their next 5 games, it is favoring the Timberwolves if their momentum continues. The Celtics in their next 5 games will face Philly, Orlando, and the Cavs. Although all of these games happen in Boston.
Speaking of home-court games, there are only 2 teams that remain unbeaten at home, the defending champions Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics.

That's expected, they are the more popular team and thus far more consistent. Playing at home against any team is a big advantage for them since they are still perfect a home. So yes to Celtics from me too.

I'd like to see Celtics vs Nuggets in the Finals, sure this match up will gain a huge number of viewers, and I can already imagine a game 7 here since both teams are quite good and played with great teamwork.

Meanwhile, the In-Season tournament starts its quarterfinal games starting tomorrow. Is there even paying attention to it?

I didn't follow this match but as I was checking on the scheds, this like a playoffs since only few teams are playing in one day.

tomorrow we have Celtcs vs pacers and Kings vs Pelicans.


And by the way, we have some great news for the Filipino community.

Our very own, Jimmy the mighty mouse is doing some main coaching. actually they won this game but I just read this article, so I thought I would share.

Jimmy Alapag to coach Sacramento Kings vs Denver Nuggets


Looks like it's a false alarm as I didn't see him when I watch the replay.

[LogitechMouse]

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run. 

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

But they still lost, and that's why nobody is talking about it.
It might be a franchise history, and TBH, I was also surprised by it, but when I saw that the Thunder still won the game, I was "Nah forget about it." The Thunder stayed composed and finished the game with a 15-3 run, and it happened on the road. I mean most of the time, the crowd's pressure is just affecting the road team's performance, but not on the Thunder. It might affected them, but in the end, they still got the victory.

What's good about the Thunder right now is that SGA can score more than 30+ points if needed, but at the same time, anybody can step up, and score double digits if needed. In this game, it wasn't SGA, but all of them just contributed on offense, and we can see that 8 of them scored in double digits. TBH, they're a young player, but if their core players stay with the team, I will not be surprised if we see them competing for the title a few years from now.

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

After having a great start, they're having a losing streak, and it already happened twice that they had more than 20+ point lead, but still lost the game. I don't know if there's a problem with the players, or the coach himself, but whatever it is, they must fix it. Compared to their previous roster last year, obviously they have a better roster now. They already covered 2 of their problems which is a big and a good Point Guard that can help Steph.

I just don't like their final possession where Steph, the greatest shooter of all time has the ball, but instead of shooting it, he passed it to Green which isn't a great 3-point shooter, and we saw what happened. I guess you being guarded by one of the best defenders of the team in Kawhi Leonard is somewhat intimidating for the ball handler, eh?

[carlisle1]

How about the Warriors losing to the rockets despite enjoying over 20+ points lead?

That was like a Deja Vu of the game between the Warriors vs Kings where despite taking a good lead they still lose in the end. Regardless though, it was a fun game and I've seen how the Warriors are very comfortable with their shooting, they just have to improve their defense like always but in terms of shooting, even Draymond have hit 4 stragith 3 points if I'm not mistaken, so they have live their identity in this game.

The Warriors are really not in good shape early this season. Even the fans knew they are struggling, we only thought of one thing in common, it is for them to figure out how to gel together and make this team work.
NBA is indeed crazy today, I mean no lead is really safe. We have seen several come back games from different teams and it's just less than 20 games yet for this season. One of the craziest come back was the Dallas Mavericks 30-0 run during the 4th quarter yesterday. Though they still lost the game, but that come back was something. 20 pts lead today may not be considered safe until the game is done lol. 

They are not in good shape as the team still struggling to win a game, though knowing coach Kerr and the entire cores of GSW,
they will find ways and they will try to keep improving.

Chances of seeing them bringing new sets of rotations and allow new players from specific positions to play along with their cores.

On the other game, that crazy comeback of Dallas without Kyrie is something in the record almost a snatch if they only keep that lead
and hold to win the game, almost but unsuccessful.

[OgNasty]

The LeBron & Udoka incident is crazy. The rockets really are trying to be the most hated team in the NBA for some reason. This latest scuffle between their coach and the goat where Udoka called LeBron a bitch seems to highlight that. I’m glad he got kicked out and I hope he issues an apology. Everybody trying to get under LeBron’s skin now that he’s old…

[Yaunfitda]

The LeBron & Udoka incident is crazy. The rockets really are trying to be the most hated team in the NBA for some reason. This latest scuffle between their coach and the goat where Udoka called LeBron a bitch seems to highlight that. I’m glad he got kicked out and I hope he issues an apology. Everybody trying to get under LeBron’s skin now that he’s old…

I don't know what is the beef all about and why coach like Udoka who seems to be doing good as a Rocket coach and former Celtics coach hates Lebron. Are they trying to intimidate him or what?

And he has the nerve to call it when they are in front of the referee, and so he has nothing to but to toss him out of the game. Not sure though if he is going to issue a public apology or what. Maybe as a Rocket coach or part of the management, but telling a apology to Lebron? nah, I think he or them hates Lebron for some reasons.