2026 NBA Season

[Maslate]

Yeah, that's LeBron and Luka if you poke both a big risk for ANT though knowing him chances is high thinking that it helps to boost his game, and for sure, it's going be an eciting and enjoyable matchup fans and gamblers will enjoy how both teams will try their best winning and to have that chance to advance to the next round.

This is gonna be a fun series, I’m all in for watching ANT shock Lebron and Luka and push this to Game 7. Last season, they stunned the Nuggets, and you know they’ve grown from that experience. Now, they’re sharper and ready to pull off another upset this year.

My only worry? NBA ratings are struggling… and we all know how much the league loves its marquee teams. Wouldn’t surprise me if they give the Lakers a favorable whistle to boost playoff viewership. Honestly? I can already see them sneaking into the Finals.

[Beparanf]

Irving is fragile
Davis is fragile.

They can finish a season with out a long time nursing their Injury, The Mavericks is really in trouble and they need to bounce back soon and make a good roster for next season.
LUKA issue is done but the team is not good for now, they need a big move.

With the current roster of Mavs I think they can make Davis and Kyrie less fragile because they rotated player frequently now that they have a lot of reliable players from the bench unlike before that Kyrie is the only one doing the heavy lifting after Luka was traded.

They have a good future next year especially that Davis will play in PF position which he already show as the glimpse on what he can do with the Mavs on his recent game.

[terrific]

Without Luka, the Dallas Mavericks that has been good last year and reached the finals, now is already out.
While his new team, Lakers, is going to face the Timberwolves. I think that they can beat them.
And with the team that has won lately the Grizzlies, they're going to face the current strongest team - OKC.

I also think that the Lakers are going to win against the Wolves. It's different when you already have Lebron James, but when you add Luka and then somewhat KAT poke him? It will be a different Luka. So if I'm the Wolves then I won't make Luka angry or something as he might erupt for a 40 points and at least 10 rebounds performance.

But it will not be sweep as the Wolves could won at least 2 games in their series.

However, I'm going to bet on the Lakers to win the series and advance with a 4-2 win.

Well, KAT is no longer with the Timberwolves and I think that if ever he's still with them, it will be tough for the Lakers.
Maybe ANT will be the one to poke him and he's good at it but Lakers is on a different form now.

[Sanitough]

Well, KAT is no longer with the Timberwolves and I think that if ever he's still with them, it will be tough for the Lakers.
Maybe ANT will be the one to poke him and he's good at it but Lakers is on a different form now.

Didn’t the Timberwolves trade KAT because they thought he wasn’t good enough to help them finally succeed? Now they’ve got to prove this roster works without him - no excuses. If you really want to know which team made the worse deal, just watch who gets kicked out of the playoffs first.

[Balmain]

Without Luka, the Dallas Mavericks that has been good last year and reached the finals, now is already out.
While his new team, Lakers, is going to face the Timberwolves. I think that they can beat them.
And with the team that has won lately the Grizzlies, they're going to face the current strongest team - OKC.

I think Lakers have an advantage against Timberwolves. Especially because Doncic eliminated Timberwolves in Western Conference Finals with Dallas Mavericks last season, Lakers became even stronger team with Doncic coming. I am curious about Doncic's statistics at the end of the match. Timberwolves also have good players who will push Lakers, it will be a close match.

[danherbias07]

I lost my parlay. Damn Miami Heat showed some good performance.

Anyway, Round 1 of the playoffs will start later.
Here is the bracket of the teams that will be playing the playoffs.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-playoff-bracket-first-round-matchups-schedule-game-times-as-heat-and-grizzlies-get-final-spots/

I bet the OKC Thunder will be sweeping the Grizzlies. With Ja Morant hurt due to an ankle injury, and will probably just force him to play the games against OKC, it will be tough for the Grizzlies, as one mistake of his could ruin their entire series. Morant said that he will be playing, but I bet the management would try to keep it safe and restrict his minutes. It could become a long-term injury if an accident suddenly happens.

[Eternad]

I lost my parlay. Damn Miami Heat showed some good performance.

Anyway, Round 1 of the playoffs will start later.
Here is the bracket of the teams that will be playing the playoffs.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2025-nba-playoff-bracket-first-round-matchups-schedule-game-times-as-heat-and-grizzlies-get-final-spots/

Tyler Herro kill the hawks in the OT, I thought hawks can still comeback when Trae manage to hit 3 to cut down the leas to 3 but Miami keeps bombarding the hawks with 3 without any answer.

It’s a sad day for Trae.

I bet the OKC Thunder will be sweeping the Grizzlies. With Ja Morant hurt due to an ankle injury, and will probably just force him to play the games against OKC, it will be tough for the Grizzlies, as one mistake of his could ruin their entire series. Morant said that he will be playing, but I bet the management would try to keep it safe and restrict his minutes. It could become a long-term injury if an accident suddenly happens.

Without Ja Morant I think Grizzlies will have a tough time against full force roster OKC that has a good rest. I’m not sure though about the sweep because Grizzlies still perform good without Ja Morant in the regular season.

But surely OKC will have an easy sailing on first round.

[Rikafip]

They need to rebuild it again together with the remaining years of AD, Kyrie, and Klay.

Maybe their goal is not to rebuild after all and instead move the team to Las Vegas, even though their owner explicitly said that they won't do that. Then again, who would have thought tew months ago that they would get rid of Luka yet it did happen.

Plan for tonight is to watch Nuggets vs Clippers and my countryman Zubac trying to stop Jokic. It could be an interesting matchup.

[Fredomago]

Yeah, that's LeBron and Luka if you poke both a big risk for ANT though knowing him chances is high thinking that it helps to boost his game, and for sure, it's going be an eciting and enjoyable matchup fans and gamblers will enjoy how both teams will try their best winning and to have that chance to advance to the next round.

This is gonna be a fun series, I’m all in for watching ANT shock Lebron and Luka and push this to Game 7. Last season, they stunned the Nuggets, and you know they’ve grown from that experience. Now, they’re sharper and ready to pull off another upset this year.

My only worry? NBA ratings are struggling… and we all know how much the league loves its marquee teams. Wouldn’t surprise me if they give the Lakers a favorable whistle to boost playoff viewership. Honestly? I can already see them sneaking into the Finals.

Possible to happen for the sake of viewership though if ever that Lakers will win these series more or less their fans will believe that it's because of the combined efforts of Luka and LeBron, both are great when playing the  playoffs, we all witness that last year with Luka and with Bron he's been playing long enough and bring his teams to the title, hopefully if officiating refs will do something like that punishment should be implemented by the league commissioners..

[Baofeng]

They need to rebuild it again together with the remaining years of AD, Kyrie, and Klay.

Maybe their goal is not to rebuild after all and instead move the team to Las Vegas, even though their owner explicitly said that they won't do that. Then again, who would have thought tew months ago that they would get rid of Luka yet it did happen.

Plan for tonight is to watch Nuggets vs Clippers and my countryman Zubac trying to stop Jokic. It could be an interesting matchup.

I love this matchup, Zubac vs Jokic, and so this is the plan of Clippers to have their big man against Jokic. And if we see their games, there is no help, Jokic going on one on one against Zubac with no double teaming on Jokic.

The key for the Clippers to win is still Kawhi though, he is back on his prime I would say so I do agree that this is a interesting series and it's hard to predict as who is going to win. The only thing that can go against the Nuggets is the firing of their coach as it could still have a impact on them going into this series.

[avp2306]

They need to rebuild it again together with the remaining years of AD, Kyrie, and Klay.

Maybe their goal is not to rebuild after all and instead move the team to Las Vegas, even though their owner explicitly said that they won't do that. Then again, who would have thought tew months ago that they would get rid of Luka yet it did happen.

Plan for tonight is to watch Nuggets vs Clippers and my countryman Zubac trying to stop Jokic. It could be an interesting matchup.

There's rumor about it since before because the new majority owner of Mavs is been tied up with the casino in Vegas that's why many people got question on their trade decision and think about that is the reason on why they select to make their team weaker this season.

But the commissioner is shutting down those rumor and say that Mavs will stay on current position https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25187552-adam-silver-says-mavs-arent-leaving-dallas-no-ulterior-motives-luka-trade

So with this I guess this rumor is done since the commissioner already speak up and I believe this is the real thing will happen. I strongly believe that they get rid of Luka because they don't want to pay him a super max contract and that's the biggest mistake they have done.

[terrific]

Without Luka, the Dallas Mavericks that has been good last year and reached the finals, now is already out.
While his new team, Lakers, is going to face the Timberwolves. I think that they can beat them.
And with the team that has won lately the Grizzlies, they're going to face the current strongest team - OKC.

I think Lakers have an advantage against Timberwolves. Especially because Doncic eliminated Timberwolves in Western Conference Finals with Dallas Mavericks last season, Lakers became even stronger team with Doncic coming. I am curious about Doncic's statistics at the end of the match. Timberwolves also have good players who will push Lakers, it will be a close match.

With Luka, he's got a different roster and team now but I think he's experience will help together with Lebron.

Well, KAT is no longer with the Timberwolves and I think that if ever he's still with them, it will be tough for the Lakers.
Maybe ANT will be the one to poke him and he's good at it but Lakers is on a different form now.

Didn’t the Timberwolves trade KAT because they thought he wasn’t good enough to help them finally succeed? Now they’ve got to prove this roster works without him - no excuses. If you really want to know which team made the worse deal, just watch who gets kicked out of the playoffs first.

Yes, KAT is no longer with the Timberwolves but he's now with New York Knicks which is also in the playoffs.
He's actually an asset but still they traded him off.

[yahoo62278]

Russel Westbrook is playing like an all time great in this Denver/LAC game. Might have just sealed up the win with some clutch defense in OT. I have been such a critic of this guy the last few seasons while he was with the Lakers and the Clippers, but tonight he is the man in Denver.

Knicks with the early lead vs Detroit, I am watching until halftime before I make any sort of bet. Want to see if a fight erupts and some players get ejected. I think the Lakers handle Min at home tonight as long as the trio of Lebron, Luka, and Reeves are playing.

[OgNasty]

The playoffs starting off with a surprise. I didn’t expect we would see the Indiana Pacers jump out to a lead against the Bucks, but the Bucks have struggled since getting Dame so it isn’t a huge surprise. Looks like the Nuggets got themselves a win. All eyes are on the Lakers and Timberwolves later today though.

[passwordnow]

Russel Westbrook is playing like an all time great in this Denver/LAC game. Might have just sealed up the win with some clutch defense in OT. I have been such a critic of this guy the last few seasons while he was with the Lakers and the Clippers, but tonight he is the man in Denver.

Knicks with the early lead vs Detroit, I am watching until halftime before I make any sort of bet. Want to see if a fight erupts and some players get ejected. I think the Lakers handle Min at home tonight as long as the trio of Lebron, Luka, and Reeves are playing.

That three point that was unexpected from him helped the team to get into an OT. And with that very last defense he's made during the OT, the ball possession turned over from LAC to Nuggets because he's tipped it that went to the last touch of Harden. Wow, he's really a star on the contribution that he's made for this game, that's Russ for us! Well done to the Denver Nuggets, they've also won my bet.  

[stadus]

Russel Westbrook is playing like an all time great in this Denver/LAC game. Might have just sealed up the win with some clutch defense in OT. I have been such a critic of this guy the last few seasons while he was with the Lakers and the Clippers, but tonight he is the man in Denver.

Yeah, Denver ended up winning the game, and Westbrook was a huge part of their success.
You wouldn’t see it in his numbers (5-17), but he got solid minutes because he brings that energy on the floor.
This was a good win by the home team—1-0 now.

Knicks with the early lead vs Detroit, I am watching until halftime before I make any sort of bet. Want to see if a fight erupts and some players get ejected. I think the Lakers handle Min at home tonight as long as the trio of Lebron, Luka, and Reeves are playing.

I love seeing Detroit giving the Knicks some trouble here. They're hungry for this - after so many seasons, they're finally back in the playoffs..
Even against a healthy Knicks squad, I hope they surprise us in Game 1.

As for the Lakers... I think I trust ANT's take that Bronny and his pops will be hitting the beach after this series ends, LOL!

[Jating]

The playoffs starting off with a surprise. I didn’t expect we would see the Indiana Pacers jump out to a lead against the Bucks, but the Bucks have struggled since getting Dame so it isn’t a huge surprise. Looks like the Nuggets got themselves a win. All eyes are on the Lakers and Timberwolves later today though.

I'm not surprised by the Bucks vs Pacers, Indiana is a huge favorite to win in this series.

Great game, as I have said, it's unpredictable series, but it's good that I was able to get to the Nuggets ML with 4 minutes left in the regular time. And as others have said, WB had a great contribution in this win.

I guess that experience is showing and it seems that he is motivated to play against the Clippers. TO really kills the Clippers chance here, 20 TO in a game? You are bound to lose any game if you committed that many TO.

[jossiel]

As far as the odds for the play-in: Heat is still the slight favorite vs the Hawks, while Dallas is a big underdog against Memphis.

Heat is likely to win this game but we don't know yet. I think that the majority agrees even the bookies about them.

The other match is more interesting, the Dallas and Memphis. Both really are good teams but if the odds tells that it's Memphis that's about to win, this is also the same when the Mavs was the underdog last match they've been in.

The Heat are getting off to a good start with the 9 point lead as the first quarter ends. I don’t think Trae Young is going to be able to do enough to carry the Hawks to a win on offense and he’s looking like a liability on defense. We’ll see though. Lavert did some nice scoring off the bench for the Hawks.

He actually did carried the Hawks and brought it to an OT but that's not enough. It made way for the Heat to do more lead on them.

The next match up for Heat is the Cavaliers, I think this is an interesting match up. Both good teams but let's see how the Heat will play without Butler on the playoffs.

[Russlenat]

The next match up for Heat is the Cavaliers, I think this is an interesting match up. Both good teams but let's see how the Heat will play without Butler on the playoffs.

Forget about Butler, that guy wasn't healthy last playoffs, so the Heat got eliminated early. Of course now it's different since they're facing the #1 team in the East, but when it comes to experience, Miami has the clear edge with their veteran core and multiple Finals appearances.

Still, we can't underestimate the Heat here. Spoelstra is the ultimate game-changer, he's got endless tricks up his sleeve that could surprise Cleveland. And I can't wait to see that unfold in Game 1. 

[OgNasty]

That 21 point run by the Knicks to end the game was a statement… I’m watching the Lakers and Timberwolves now. The Lakers got off to a quick head start with Luka doing most of the scoring but the Timberwolves just made a comeback to take the lead. It’s still early but it’s looking like anybody’s game at the moment.