2026 NBA Season

[bitgolden]

Cavs finally got their first ever loss, which isn't a shocker that it was against the last champions, Celtics played a great game and even with their best effort we have seen them just win by three points, totally a close game and it could have gone either way.

This is proving that Cavs are actually playing great right now. I do not think that they have anyone that amazing to be fair, surely Donovan Mitchell is great there is no doubt about that, but nobody else is that awesome, they are good but not star players. Mobley? Allen? Garland? Becoming this great with these type of players they are not really looking like they have what it takes to be this great and yet they are still doing great at the moment without a doubt.

We should be considering how they could be one of the few teams like Detroit Pistons of 2004 where they win without having a superstar on the team. Mitchell is the only one we could consider star, and this day and age, being this good with just one of them and that one is arguable, we can't really see that much from them and they are still overachieving for sure.

[livingfree]

Dalton Knecht is doing it.

It's funny that JJ Reddick said that the assistant coach wants Dalton out when he was contributing a lot to that game.

I don't understand that there's a real politics in there and coaches like JJ are standing for these kids that are on the momentum. When there are some of these assistant coaches want to cut the fun and want the kid out.

[ingiltere]

What a great end to the match. Julius Randle had a legendary game and crowned it with a buzzer beater. He took the ball out of his hands with 0.1 seconds left and hit a three to win the game for his team. The Suns couldn't take advantage of 7 points in the last quarter. The Timberwolves needed this win badly. They had to beat a Suns team without Durant and they did it, even if it was difficult. The Western Conference is a really tough competition.

Wow, you have been invited by Royse to this new campaign just to write spam like this? Impressive! First of all, 35 points is not a "legendary" game, it's a good game at best. This is the 2024 NBA, not 1990. 

Also, beating a Durant missing team at home is not a difficult task. The Suns now have lost 3 in a row, 2 of them in blowout fashion by the way. I think you should honestly improve the way you are posting, this was the worst and most generic post I have seen in the NBA thread for a long time!

Wow, you are still here to troll since years? And get paid with notorious stake signature tells a lot about you.
This little troll didn't even watch the game and try to tell what is legendary and what is not LOL. Next time think twice when you write some bs without even watching the match. Now get your trolling ass out of my thread. We don't need your spam posts here at all.

[jossiel]

Who's excited for the match later?

Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers.

These two are fire teams on the East.

If you're an NBA fan, especially of the Celtics or Cavaliers, you're surely going to be excited. Especially now that the Cavaliers have a 15-0 record. What's great about the Season Tournament is that these games also count toward the regular 82-game schedule, except for the semifinals for this NBA Cup which are not included. Hopefully, the Celtics won't get upset again, as they lost to the Atlanta Hawks in their first game of the Season Tournament (NBA Cup) although I'm also hoping that Cleveland Cavaliers to win because of their current standing. Hoping for 16-0 standing.

The game has ended.

And it was not the Celtics fans have been disappointed but the Cavs fan. There goes the cut for their winning streak.

They've got their loss but still they continue to dominate the East. But you know what I feel with their record? not all at the top 1 are going to become a champion, I hope that I am wrong.

[ultrloa]

I thought that there will be one final push for the Cavs in the last 4 minutes or so. But the Celtics doesn't want to get upset here, and yeah they did shot better in the 3 points that could have save them in this game.

How about DK tonight?

37 PTS (21 in 3Q)
5 REB
0 TOV
12-16 FG
9-12 3P (T-Most ever by a rookie)

The first rookie with 35+ PTS, 0 TOV and 75+ FG% since Blake Griffin.

And as Lebron says, 16 teams f**ed it up as they skipped on Dalton.

It was an epic performance from a rookie. Notably, his first 10 games in the regular season were pretty weak, as there were only a couple of games where he scored 10 or more points. However, in the last 4 games, his performances have gotten noticeably better for some reason. If this guy has really found his rhythm and continues to perform as well as he did the last 4 games, he will definitely be a candidate for the Rookie of the Year award.

He just need need a break to release his talent and hopefully Lakers will not waste his talent when seeing this performance made by their rookie and they would not focus to much on Bron and Davis.

As we can see right now they have solid contributors that can help their team to win. If they could able to rotate and maximize each talents they have then provably it will bring good results to them. There's a chance for Knecht to get the ROY award this year if he's consistent to perform like that. So let see if he could sustain this numbers and bring something exiting scenario to look forward for Lakers fans.

[LGD2Business]

And it was not the Celtics fans have been disappointed but the Cavs fan. There goes the cut for their winning streak.

They've got their loss but still they continue to dominate the East. But you know what I feel with their record? not all at the top 1 are going to become a champion, I hope that I am wrong.

The Cavs had a great start, but it had to end somewhere. Obviously it's not a surprise that the defending champion Celtics beat them, we're talking about the Celtics win, not the Wizards or the Jazz. The Celtics dominated the game from start to finish, even though it was a regular season game, it gives us an idea for the play-offs. Cavs shouldn't have gotten too carried away with 15-0, now this loss will help them get their feet back on the ground.

[jossiel]

And it was not the Celtics fans have been disappointed but the Cavs fan. There goes the cut for their winning streak.

They've got their loss but still they continue to dominate the East. But you know what I feel with their record? not all at the top 1 are going to become a champion, I hope that I am wrong.

The Cavs had a great start, but it had to end somewhere. Obviously it's not a surprise that the defending champion Celtics beat them, we're talking about the Celtics win, not the Wizards or the Jazz. The Celtics dominated the game from start to finish, even though it was a regular season game, it gives us an idea for the play-offs.

Forget about Jazz and Wizards.

Even if they have some good wins, they are still at the bottom of the chain right now. But then with Cavs and Celtics, these two are greater teams and they can be talk of the town the moment that they are up for matches.

Cavs shouldn't have gotten too carried away with 15-0, now this loss will help them get their feet back on the ground.

They are already on the ground and that one loss could have damaged them but not too heavily.

[LGD2Business]

Forget about Jazz and Wizards.

Even if they have some good wins, they are still at the bottom of the chain right now. But then with Cavs and Celtics, these two are greater teams and they can be talk of the town the moment that they are up for matches.

They are already on the ground and that one loss could have damaged them but not too heavily.

You must have misread the message. It's not a surprise that the Cavs lost to the Celtics because they faced the strongest opponent. It would have been sad for them if they lost to one of the teams at the bottom of the league to end this series. Also, they will have their feet firmly on the ground because winning all the games was putting unnecessary pressure on the players and that pressure is gone. So we can even say that this defeat was good for them for the future.

[passwordnow]

Continuing with the talks about the Cavs loss, they will have an easy match I'd say against the New Orleans Pelicans later. Report says that there will be eight Pelicans players including McCollum, Ingram and Williamson that will be out for their match against the Cavaliers later.
Source: Injury Report: Eight Pelicans players out for Cleveland game

[OgNasty]

Continuing with the talks about the Cavs loss, they will have an easy match I'd say against the New Orleans Pelicans later. Report says that there will be eight Pelicans players including McCollum, Ingram and Williamson that will be out for their match against the Cavaliers later.
Source: Injury Report: Eight Pelicans players out for Cleveland game

I hadn’t heard that so I avoided this game in my daily picks. Cleveland seemed like they might be a bit tired after last night’s game and back to backs are never fun. They’re off to an early lead now so it seems the Pelicans taking the night off is going to cost them a chance at beating the best team in the league. They should’ve gone all out knowing it was the second half of a back to back. This is the sort of stuff that makes you wonder what is going on with the Pelicans.

[LogitechMouse]

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I hadn’t heard that so I avoided this game in my daily picks. Cleveland seemed like they might be a bit tired after last night’s game and back to backs are never fun. They’re off to an early lead now so it seems the Pelicans taking the night off is going to cost them a chance at beating the best team in the league. They should’ve gone all out knowing it was the second half of a back to back. This is the sort of stuff that makes you wonder what is going on with the Pelicans.

TBH, I don't think that they have the chance to beat them especially with almost half of your players suffering from injuries.
It's a road game for them so I think they don't care at all especially when you look at their starters and it's composed of bench players. Right now, the Cavaliers have a 31-point lead with less than 4 minutes remaining. An easy win for the Cavaliers and a good way to redeem themselves after that first loss... I guess.

Dalton Knecht is doing it.

It's funny that JJ Reddick said that the assistant coach wants Dalton out when he was contributing a lot to that game.

I don't understand that there's a real politics in there and coaches like JJ are standing for these kids that are on the momentum. When there are some of these assistant coaches want to cut the fun and want the kid out.

He's just the assistant coach and JJ's their coach, and like you said, it's frustrating that there are people who are letting their player out of the court when they feel that it's their night. I mean if your Knecht and that happened, you'd be frustrated and worse, you might speak it out on the media. It's good that Coach Redick is giving him more time now as a rookie, and he got the starter position as well in exchange for Russell which is working for them currently.

Their biggest concern that I'm seeing is their defense, and if they want to compete for that title and be a playoff contender, they must defend way better than they are currently.

[ingiltere]

The Rockets had no trouble beating the Pacers. Alperen Şengün had another great performance with a double-double of 31 points and 12 rebounds. He is living up to his new contract. The Rockets had a good offensive night, scoring over 30 points every quarter.
Haliburton had one of his least effective games. The Pacers as a team committed too many turnovers and struggled to rebound. These two caused them to lose the game.
The Rockets have won 8 of their last 10 games and are on a roll. Unlike last season, it looks like they will make the play-offs with a good seed this season.

[Fredomago]

Forget about Jazz and Wizards.

Even if they have some good wins, they are still at the bottom of the chain right now. But then with Cavs and Celtics, these two are greater teams and they can be talk of the town the moment that they are up for matches.

They are already on the ground and that one loss could have damaged them but not too heavily.

You must have misread the message. It's not a surprise that the Cavs lost to the Celtics because they faced the strongest opponent. It would have been sad for them if they lost to one of the teams at the bottom of the league to end this series. Also, they will have their feet firmly on the ground because winning all the games was putting unnecessary pressure on the players and that pressure is gone. So we can even say that this defeat was good for them for the future.

Indeed, Boston is the defending champ so it's not surprising if Cavs will lose against them though they fought to the last but not enough to snatch a win and continue their winning streak, it's a good match up between Mitchell and Tatum both provide decent stats for their respective teams but only one will win and that's the Boston Celtics.

There are still lots of games and Cavs remain the top seed from the East and as per checking they just dominated the star-less Pelicans.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Continuing with the talks about the Cavs loss, they will have an easy match I'd say against the New Orleans Pelicans later. Report says that there will be eight Pelicans players including McCollum, Ingram and Williamson that will be out for their match against the Cavaliers later.
Source: Injury Report: Eight Pelicans players out for Cleveland game

I hadn’t heard that so I avoided this game in my daily picks. Cleveland seemed like they might be a bit tired after last night’s game and back to backs are never fun. They’re off to an early lead now so it seems the Pelicans taking the night off is going to cost them a chance at beating the best team in the league. They should’ve gone all out knowing it was the second half of a back to back. This is the sort of stuff that makes you wonder what is going on with the Pelicans.

It really seems like the Pelicans have already given up on the season, almost like the 76ers, haha. I mean there are good reasons for shutting down early since the next draft class is quite strong, unlike this year. 
Guess the tanking will start soon and I wouldn't be surprised to see some teams that nobody expected to tank this season going for it. The system clearly is flawed in the NBA.

[passwordnow]

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I hadn’t heard that so I avoided this game in my daily picks. Cleveland seemed like they might be a bit tired after last night’s game and back to backs are never fun. They’re off to an early lead now so it seems the Pelicans taking the night off is going to cost them a chance at beating the best team in the league. They should’ve gone all out knowing it was the second half of a back to back. This is the sort of stuff that makes you wonder what is going on with the Pelicans.

TBH, I don't think that they have the chance to beat them especially with almost half of your players suffering from injuries.
It's a road game for them so I think they don't care at all especially when you look at their starters and it's composed of bench players. Right now, the Cavaliers have a 31-point lead with less than 4 minutes remaining. An easy win for the Cavaliers and a good way to redeem themselves after that first loss... I guess.

The game ended and Cavs with 128 whilst the Pelicans with 100. The Cavs might be tired with their match against the Celtics but every each of them was built for this and it was just the Pelicans. I was tempted to take that odds from the Pelicans and good thing I didn't pursue it.  
Well, anyway odds for the Cavs wasn't also good to bet for but for total points, I didn't do it anyway. Cavs next match will be the Raptors, this might end up with the same story as the Pelicans, right?

[danherbias07]

The Rockets had no trouble beating the Pacers. Alperen Şengün had another great performance with a double-double of 31 points and 12 rebounds. He is living up to his new contract. The Rockets had a good offensive night, scoring over 30 points every quarter.
Haliburton had one of his least effective games. The Pacers as a team committed too many turnovers and struggled to rebound. These two caused them to lose the game.
The Rockets have won 8 of their last 10 games and are on a roll. Unlike last season, it looks like they will make the play-offs with a good seed this season.

I made the right decision to bet on the Houston Rockets. That damn Pacers is making me lose a lot of money because I trusted them to perform the same way they did last year but they are not. My revenge has finally come.

But when I saw my results today, something made me super sad.
Let me share it here with you guys.

1 point. To be exact 0.5. I do hope there is such a thing. I really hate it when these things happen to me. It's like I want to punch the monitor just to satisfy my madness. That could've been my first high multiplier parlay win for this season. I guess I will have to try again. Move on, no frustration.

[TravelMug]

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I hadn’t heard that so I avoided this game in my daily picks. Cleveland seemed like they might be a bit tired after last night’s game and back to backs are never fun. They’re off to an early lead now so it seems the Pelicans taking the night off is going to cost them a chance at beating the best team in the league. They should’ve gone all out knowing it was the second half of a back to back. This is the sort of stuff that makes you wonder what is going on with the Pelicans.

TBH, I don't think that they have the chance to beat them especially with almost half of your players suffering from injuries.
It's a road game for them so I think they don't care at all especially when you look at their starters and it's composed of bench players. Right now, the Cavaliers have a 31-point lead with less than 4 minutes remaining. An easy win for the Cavaliers and a good way to redeem themselves after that first loss... I guess.

The game ended and Cavs with 128 whilst the Pelicans with 100. The Cavs might be tired with their match against the Celtics but every each of them was built for this and it was just the Pelicans. I was tempted to take that odds from the Pelicans and good thing I didn't pursue it.  
Well, anyway odds for the Cavs wasn't also good to bet for but for total points, I didn't do it anyway. Cavs next match will be the Raptors, this might end up with the same story as the Pelicans, right?

It's possible that it could end the same, Cavs are going to face a not so good team in the Raptors so they could have win here by double digits again and try to rebuild a second run, perhaps another 15-0, after they have been defeated by the Boston Celtics the other night.

And this is going to be a big test for him, sure they have a good momentum with that 15-0, but now that it has been stop by the Celtics, are there any potential for them to rebuild? Or if their mentality has been crushed already by the Celtics that they have a hard time moving forward? We will see.

[Dave1]

1 point. To be exact 0.5. I do hope there is such a thing. I really hate it when these things happen to me. It's like I want to punch the monitor just to satisfy my madness. That could've been my first high multiplier parlay win for this season. I guess I will have to try again. Move on, no frustration.

I know the feeling mate, I posted the same in the other thread, same with you, although the odds are pretty much higher that you put, mine is just 2.x with 2 game parlay but I lost just 0.5 when the Cavs wasn't able to cover it at -8.5 as they just won 8 points only.

So yeah, it's really frustrated, and I try to move on, and didn't go on a parlay. However, even my single bet the last time was a L to me. I didn't bet tonight, I just let it pass before of those two successive lost that I got. But I do think that we can't do anything about it so we just move forward and probably will bet tomorrow's game.

[OgNasty]

1 point. To be exact 0.5. I do hope there is such a thing. I really hate it when these things happen to me. It's like I want to punch the monitor just to satisfy my madness. That could've been my first high multiplier parlay win for this season. I guess I will have to try again. Move on, no frustration.

I know the feeling mate, I posted the same in the other thread, same with you, although the odds are pretty much higher that you put, mine is just 2.x with 2 game parlay but I lost just 0.5 when the Cavs wasn't able to cover it at -8.5 as they just won 8 points only.

So yeah, it's really frustrated, and I try to move on, and didn't go on a parlay. However, even my single bet the last time was a L to me. I didn't bet tonight, I just let it pass before of those two successive lost that I got. But I do think that we can't do anything about it so we just move forward and probably will bet tomorrow's game.

That was a pretty big spread to bet the day after a back to back where it came down to the wire and gave them their first loss. Granted the Pelicans had a ton of people out, but everyone in the NBA is capable of having a good game on any given night. I think the Cavs are just lucky to get themselves a win and a night off.

[Baofeng]

1 point. To be exact 0.5. I do hope there is such a thing. I really hate it when these things happen to me. It's like I want to punch the monitor just to satisfy my madness. That could've been my first high multiplier parlay win for this season. I guess I will have to try again. Move on, no frustration.

I know the feeling mate, I posted the same in the other thread, same with you, although the odds are pretty much higher that you put, mine is just 2.x with 2 game parlay but I lost just 0.5 when the Cavs wasn't able to cover it at -8.5 as they just won 8 points only.

So yeah, it's really frustrated, and I try to move on, and didn't go on a parlay. However, even my single bet the last time was a L to me. I didn't bet tonight, I just let it pass before of those two successive lost that I got. But I do think that we can't do anything about it so we just move forward and probably will bet tomorrow's game.

That was a pretty big spread to bet the day after a back to back where it came down to the wire and gave them their first loss. Granted the Pelicans had a ton of people out, but everyone in the NBA is capable of having a good game on any given night. I think the Cavs are just lucky to get themselves a win and a night off.

And it just shows how unpredictable NBA games and it really affected us gamblers. Sometimes I fall for this kind of trap, although I got the Clippers with a + spread against the Warriors last time, however, the Warriors are playing good but lost that game when Curry missed that game tying 3.

So yes, as gamblers, very very hard to predict as there are games that it's hard to decide because as you have said, any teams at a given night, can have a good game and upset the favorite and win by a large margin. Very difficult to be betting on that parlay for now, even a 2 game legged could turn every ugly, even if you just bet on the money line itself.