2024 NBA Season

[Yaunfitda]

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

True, but as a Mavericks fun this already bring safisfaction, one win at a time, I trust Kyrie and Luka to deliver so I'm very positive with the possible outcome of the series that will favor the Mavs. There will be more adjustments that will happen, just like the Nuggets vs Wolves series, every game was really unpredictable, Wolves took 2 games on the road  and they loss 2 at their homecourt as well, who would  even thought of that?

now the series odds has changed, it's quite the opposite before game 1.

Dallas now at 1.59 and Wolves at 2.38.

Yes, it's quite the opposite now, Dallas even away from home are the clear favorite in game 2 because of what they have shown in game 1. I thought that the Wolves are going to take it in a very close game. And they did manage to take a good lead early, but they are missing their outside shot specially from ANT, Towns and Naz Reid. And they are the number 1 defensive team but they can't stop Luka and Kyrie. And their bigs dominated the Wolves, Lively and Gafford makes it hard for Rudy to dominate the rebounding department. So time again for the Wolves to make a adjustment and at least tie the series in game 2.

[Questat]

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

True, but as a Mavericks fun this already bring safisfaction, one win at a time, I trust Kyrie and Luka to deliver so I'm very positive with the possible outcome of the series that will favor the Mavs. There will be more adjustments that will happen, just like the Nuggets vs Wolves series, every game was really unpredictable, Wolves took 2 games on the road  and they loss 2 at their homecourt as well, who would  even thought of that?

now the series odds has changed, it's quite the opposite before game 1.

Dallas now at 1.59 and Wolves at 2.38.

Yes, it's quite the opposite now, Dallas even away from home are the clear favorite in game 2 because of what they have shown in game 1. I thought that the Wolves are going to take it in a very close game. And they did manage to take a good lead early, but they are missing their outside shot specially from ANT, Towns and Naz Reid. And they are the number 1 defensive team but they can't stop Luka and Kyrie. And their bigs dominated the Wolves, Lively and Gafford makes it hard for Rudy to dominate the rebounding department. So time again for the Wolves to make a adjustment and at least tie the series in game 2.

Probably a clear favorite for some but on the sportsbook, they aren't. In fact, if we check on our sportsbook now, the spread of Wolves is now -5, which is higher by 1 in game 1. I can say that it might attrack a lot of bettors in game 2 that will favor Dallas because they beat the Wolves and yet it only resulted to an increase of point spread for the Wolves, it doesn't make sense but bookies are good at making lines for bettors to fall into trap.

[Baofeng]

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

True, but as a Mavericks fun this already bring safisfaction, one win at a time, I trust Kyrie and Luka to deliver so I'm very positive with the possible outcome of the series that will favor the Mavs. There will be more adjustments that will happen, just like the Nuggets vs Wolves series, every game was really unpredictable, Wolves took 2 games on the road  and they loss 2 at their homecourt as well, who would  even thought of that?

now the series odds has changed, it's quite the opposite before game 1.

Dallas now at 1.59 and Wolves at 2.38.

Yes, it's quite the opposite now, Dallas even away from home are the clear favorite in game 2 because of what they have shown in game 1. I thought that the Wolves are going to take it in a very close game. And they did manage to take a good lead early, but they are missing their outside shot specially from ANT, Towns and Naz Reid. And they are the number 1 defensive team but they can't stop Luka and Kyrie. And their bigs dominated the Wolves, Lively and Gafford makes it hard for Rudy to dominate the rebounding department. So time again for the Wolves to make a adjustment and at least tie the series in game 2.

Probably a clear favorite for some but on the sportsbook, they aren't. In fact, if we check on our sportsbook now, the spread of Wolves is now -5, which is higher by 1 in game 1. I can say that it might attrack a lot of bettors in game 2 that will favor Dallas because they beat the Wolves and yet it only resulted to an increase of point spread for the Wolves, it doesn't make sense but bookies are good at making lines for bettors to fall into trap.

I think there's nothing wrong with that odds, punters are  good at putting the line for us to bet, and so it's either we take it or not and believed otherwise. I'm one of those though who fall for the Wolves in game 1 as I thought that they will win with ANT leading but it seems that he had struggle in this game.

But the game 2 is still unpredictable though, it could be a trap that the Mavs are now the clear favorite. But the Wolves are good at adjusting and obviously, they don't want to be down 0-2 in this series, just saying.

[Hypnosis00]

I think there's nothing wrong with that odds, punters are  good at putting the line for us to bet, and so it's either we take it or not and believed otherwise. I'm one of those though who fall for the Wolves in game 1 as I thought that they will win with ANT leading but it seems that he had struggle in this game.

But the game 2 is still unpredictable though, it could be a trap that the Mavs are now the clear favorite. But the Wolves are good at adjusting and obviously, they don't want to be down 0-2 in this series, just saying.

The odds are just correct as it's expected the Wolves are gonna even the series, the question now is if they could cover or not. Based ont their records in the playoffs, if they win they usually cover the spread, so it's safe to assume that if they'll win game 2, it should be close to double digit if it will not fall into that. Still it's a risk because there's no guarantee it will happen, all that is just the line set up by the odds provider, so we just have to choose the right side,and hopefully we can.

[Japinat]

I think there's nothing wrong with that odds, punters are  good at putting the line for us to bet, and so it's either we take it or not and believed otherwise. I'm one of those though who fall for the Wolves in game 1 as I thought that they will win with ANT leading but it seems that he had struggle in this game.

But the game 2 is still unpredictable though, it could be a trap that the Mavs are now the clear favorite. But the Wolves are good at adjusting and obviously, they don't want to be down 0-2 in this series, just saying.

The odds are just correct as it's expected the Wolves are gonna even the series, the question now is if they could cover or not. Based ont their records in the playoffs, if they win they usually cover the spread, so it's safe to assume that if they'll win game 2, it should be close to double digit if it will not fall into that. Still it's a risk because there's no guarantee it will happen, all that is just the line set up by the odds provider, so we just have to choose the right side,and hopefully we can.

There's no wrong odds, it's just their for us to choose which side we will bet. odds provider are good in setting up lines. One team could be overvalued or undervalued, at the end of the day, it's still up to our evaluation as there's no team that are guaranteed to win. If we believe in upset, that's the unexpected happened, so in this game, even if Dallas are underdog by +5, I think we can't consider it to fall on the upset view if they'll beat the Wolves again as they have already done that in game 1.

Regardless though, just keep in analyzing the game, and make it right to convert your knowledge into money. This series is gonna be a long one, so always try to analyze both teams as it's not advisable to just bet on one team only in a series of games, or just bet on the series price, that would be easier.

[wheelz1200]

I think there's nothing wrong with that odds, punters are  good at putting the line for us to bet, and so it's either we take it or not and believed otherwise. I'm one of those though who fall for the Wolves in game 1 as I thought that they will win with ANT leading but it seems that he had struggle in this game.

But the game 2 is still unpredictable though, it could be a trap that the Mavs are now the clear favorite. But the Wolves are good at adjusting and obviously, they don't want to be down 0-2 in this series, just saying.

The odds are just correct as it's expected the Wolves are gonna even the series, the question now is if they could cover or not. Based ont their records in the playoffs, if they win they usually cover the spread, so it's safe to assume that if they'll win game 2, it should be close to double digit if it will not fall into that. Still it's a risk because there's no guarantee it will happen, all that is just the line set up by the odds provider, so we just have to choose the right side,and hopefully we can.

Yeah I pretty much think whoever is the home team will be slight favorites here unless one of the stars gets hurt or isn't playing.  I think Wolves even it up but who knwos last series with them the road teams kept winning.  Gonna be a back and forth series if it was anything like last night.  The other series is going to be boring.  Can't see it going more than 5 or so games

[Volgastallion]

What to say about the yesterday game.... very complicated to analize for me, because i wasnt expecting a Dallas Mavericks wins , Minesota after defeating Denver becomes the best contender of the west side for me, they seem solid and they take down the reigning champion, but well seems like Luka Doncic wants to start to make his name on NBA.

[OgNasty]

One thing I didn’t expect about this series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks is that there would be a Kyrie Irving vs Anthony Edwards narrative. I’m happy to see it though. Kyrie’s postgame interview was funny to see when they asked him about it. You can really see Kyrie’s growth as a person over the last few years.

[xLays]

Okay, just few hours until Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Pacers vs. Celtics starts. I think the Celtics will win this Game 2 again. In Game 1, I know the Pacers almost won, but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments. The Celtics bench is also really good. They're more talented compared to Pacers bench. Payton Pritchard almost averaging 10 pts per games this playoffs.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

One thing I didn’t expect about this series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks is that there would be a Kyrie Irving vs Anthony Edwards narrative. I’m happy to see it though. Kyrie’s postgame interview was funny to see when they asked him about it. You can really see Kyrie’s growth as a person over the last few years.

That's true. He has come a long way since covid and his antics while being a member of the Brooklyn Nets.
When Dallas traded for him I thought "man, how could they". Giving up 2 of their best defensive players in Dorian Finney Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie, AND 3 future picks.
And now it seems like they have done everything right. Kyrie is his own self again and paired with Luka their are a back court double punch the league is afraid of.
Still, if one of those 2 has an off night Dallas is in trouble, especially if one of the tho is Luka.
Let's see how Dallas will play in the games to come. 1:0 and home court advantage looks nice on paper but in the previous 2 rounds they also lost 1 game at home in each round. Minnesota on the other hand showed they can win on the road winning 3 games in Denver as well as both games in Phoenix.
I for some reason still see the T'wolves ahead and they will win this series (also because I hate Dallas now because every time I bet on the they lose   ).

Imagine Wolfes vs Pacers in the finals. that would be a great surprise, best defense vs best offense. What more can we hope for?
Boston is too boring and Dalles, I have the mentioned reasons to not root for them.  

[TravelMug]

Okay, just few hours until Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Pacers vs. Celtics starts. I think the Celtics will win this Game 2 again. In Game 1, I know the Pacers almost won, but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments. The Celtics bench is also really good. They're more talented compared to Pacers bench. Payton Pritchard almost averaging 10 pts per games this playoffs.

Still going to be very close match in my opinion. If Celtics are going to adjust, then the Pacers as well as we have seen in game 1 wherein the Pacers almost win and steal it from the Celtics if not for Brown contested three point shot from the corner. Although I think the Celtics will win the series in 6 games, but it will be very easy as others might have predicted as Pacers is also a solid team. Opening line is not -6.5 for the Celtics at most sports bookies. But who knows, with how the Pacers played in game 1, maybe they can close the gap again and before for betting public to go for +6.5 for them as the odds are pretty attractive.

[boyptc]

Okay, just few hours until Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Pacers vs. Celtics starts. I think the Celtics will win this Game 2 again. In Game 1, I know the Pacers almost won, but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments. The Celtics bench is also really good. They're more talented compared to Pacers bench. Payton Pritchard almost averaging 10 pts per games this playoffs.

Pacers almost had it.

I think that every NBA fan now is seeing how Pacers are good even this is a totally new roster. I am still with the Celtics and think that they're going to win this ECF.

But then, Pacers no doubt can get some wins against them. And once this ECF is done, more opportunities coming to the contributors of Pacers.

[ultrloa]

Yeah he needs to show some respect though it's his gesture of being competitive and it might inspire him to play hard just like how Kyrie play being inspire by that kind of challenge, proving that you can still bring something and manage to win the game, I like the exchange attacks of Kyrie and Luka they are not forcing it but instead they really managing the help that they can get from all their teammates, like what you said those young big man they all working hard fighting for the second chance points.

It's tough for them and they are against a team who beat the defending champion and still managed to win game one with a hard-fought battle. It wasn't an easy game for them and they needed to win number 1 as much as possible because winning against Timberwolves when their big men are healthy is almost impossible. Thankfully, they were sinking threes and sometimes back to back to get the lead or not to be left behind too long. which is kinda bad in the NBA playoff games because they are having a hard time catching up in the last quarter because they won't be given any easy chance to do so.

Really wasn't easy for Dallas to defeat the Wolves since we see that each of them is really connecting well and provide more better defense its just Dallas is showing some great experience and take advantage to take the lead for the first game of this series. We see a lot of actions happening and for sure people watching the game is satisfied for what they see on that game. Its great to see a classic Kyrie stepping up and provide some good numbers for his team since it really show they are  trying their best  to take the lead and possible get the advantage before the Wolves will gather its momentum. I expect that game two would be more intense since for sure its time for Wolves to take revenge and they provably won't allow Dallas to get another win since this will be dangerous for them if they allow that.

Kyrie will probably remain unstoppable as he had already proved it in game 1. he like the match up with ANT which is the best player of the wolves. Luka as well is playing great basketball, his shooting struggled at the beginning but in the 2nd half, especially in the 4th quarter, he exploded again.

Well, this is just game 1, there's still more game to be played but Dallas winning on the road is big, they don't need to win game 2, they are still ahead IMO. what I'm surprise with this is that Dallas have more points in the paint compared to the Wolves which is suppose to be the opposite.

That prove that a young player should respect the experience star and that game Kyrie prove something to ANT that he ain't easy for him. For sure that game on performance leave some mark to ANT that he should respect Kyrie. He like to match up with him since he know that he need to teach this guy a lesson and its great that it converted good to him since we see how explosive Kyrie on game 1. Both stars of Dallas is blowing up that's the reason they able to manage to catch up with Wolves despite of their struggles on perimeter. But what good thing about that which is they can penetrate the defense of Wolves and score in the paint.

Wolves need to adjust and tighten up their defense on paint they have defensive guys can able to do that and its just they collapsed on game one. Game 2 would be more interesting since we know Wolves is capable to bounce back and revenge on Dallas that's why this is another game of this series which is exciting to watch.

[MK-74]

Game 2 of the Boston Celtics - Indiana Pacers series will be played tonight, starting in half an hour.
Boston Celtics are my favorite again tonight, I think they will win.
I think it will be an enjoyable game like the first game.

Dallas won last night, Kyrie and Doncic played very well and won the game.
I want to see Kyrie Irving in the finals.

[passwordnow]

What to say about the yesterday game.... very complicated to analize for me, because i wasnt expecting a Dallas Mavericks wins , Minesota after defeating Denver becomes the best contender of the west side for me, they seem solid and they take down the reigning champion, but well seems like Luka Doncic wants to start to make his name on NBA.

It is hard to analyze when we're expecting that Minnesota Timberwolves was about to win the series but ended up losing it. This is just the game 1 and there is more to come and let's see if they're going to claim back their glory on the upcoming games as this can potentially reach up to game 7.

Imagine Wolfes vs Pacers in the finals. that would be a great surprise, best defense vs best offense. What more can we hope for?
Boston is too boring and Dalles, I have the mentioned reasons to not root for them. 

The thought of most won't align with Pacers. There is not that much fans for the Pacers globally but they're showing that they should also get some love but obviously for their home court and town, definitely a lot of fans are there to support. I think with this narrative, we just want to see teams that don't usually go in the finals to face each other so I like that match up if it will be Wolves and Pacers but any possibility is there.

[Yogee]

[....]but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments.

Easier huh? Are you willing to bet on them with -handicap?

I think this is going to be another close game with less than 10-point gap but I don't know who will come out as the winner. I'm still betting on the Pacers +10.5 since they are the underdogs just like in game 1. It just makes more sense to pick that with odds @1.7

[Jating]

[....]but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments.

Easier huh? Are you willing to bet on them with -handicap?

I think this is going to be another close game with less than 10-point gap but I don't know who will come out as the winner. I'm still betting on the Pacers +10.5 since they are the underdogs just like in game 1. It just makes more sense to pick that with odds @1.7

And it's really hard to predict this game. Yes, it was very close in Game 1 and it can go either way. Pacers had a great chance though, they blew it away by allowing Brown to have that good shot at the corner.

People are talking about adjustments here in the part of Celtics. But that's how they play, high scoring game and not concern about playing defense.

And money are pouring on the Celtics, but I will change my betting here with a Under 58.5, 1st Quarter - Total.

[Yaunfitda]

[....]but I think it will be easier for the Celtics to win this time because I'm sure Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla will make some adjustments.

Easier huh? Are you willing to bet on them with -handicap?

I think this is going to be another close game with less than 10-point gap but I don't know who will come out as the winner. I'm still betting on the Pacers +10.5 since they are the underdogs just like in game 1. It just makes more sense to pick that with odds @1.7

And it's really hard to predict this game. Yes, it was very close in Game 1 and it can go either way. Pacers had a great chance though, they blew it away by allowing Brown to have that good shot at the corner.

People are talking about adjustments here in the part of Celtics. But that's how they play, high scoring game and not concern about playing defense.

And money are pouring on the Celtics, but I will change my betting here with a Under 58.5, 1st Quarter - Total.

Good bet on this one mate, the first quarter score was just 52 points. Pacers though in the second quarter is still scoreless with still 6:45. So the Celtics made the critical adjustment and make it hard for the Pacers to score unlike in the first game. And if I'm not mistaken, Wolves did a great defensive job on the Nuggets and allowing them to score just 9 points in a quarter, not sure what game it is. Perhaps the Pacers can tie or even score less if their shooting continues to go down and Celtics putting a clinical defense on them. You can see the frustrations of Haliburton already after the Pacers calling a timeout. But still very early, this is just the second quarter so let's see how the game will pan out. We wanted a close game and not one team leading huge specially in a conference finals so that it's going to be worth to watch this games.

[Harkorede]

And money are pouring on the Celtics, but I will change my betting here with a Under 58.5, 1st Quarter - Total.

That was a solid pick, the first Quarter ended with 52 points, with Pacer earning a 2 points lead.

Congratulations mate!

[EFS]

Celtics is going to Indiana with 2-0 lead in the series. Haliburton is injured, it's alarming for Pacers. Brown is having his best game in the play-off. It looks like Celtics will finish this series pretty fast and have time to rest before the finals. The Pacers' regret of not winning the first game seems to be growing even more now.
BTW if the Celtics win the championship, the Finals MVP could be Brown instead of Tatum. It would be very interesting if Brown, who was mocked in the dunk contest, becomes the FMVP in the same year.