2026 NBA Season

[tech30338]

Now the referee is starting to react to what Hartenstein is doing down the rim, and I think they did great today putting him in foul trouble. I mean, what he is doing is locking players, disabling them from getting a rebound, and referees have been missing it in Game 2. It's a good sign for the Spurs, although they lost the game today.

Now, the adjustments must happen. They cannot let the Thunder get a 3 in a row win. That will be the end of their series if they let them win one more, especially in the home crowd of the Spurs.

There is a big chance that the Cavs will get sweep in this series they were really not in the mood i don't know if they were tired or something but, it seems to me that the team wanted the most is the Knicks, on the other hand the cavs are settling for a jump shot driving to the basket with eyes close and throwing the ball they can't win like that, they have to match the Knicks energy, but it seems its too late for them even if they win 2 games they will still be heading into knicks home court and it will be finish.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Looking like the Knicks are going to be in the Finals. That doesn’t happen nearly often enough in my opinion… The poor Cavaliers. I think James Harden wasn’t meant for the postseason…

I would love it if the Spurs could manage to beat OKC. A Spurs vs Knicks Finals would be very interesting to me.

James Harden still cant get into conference Finals, That Game 1 changed the series a lot, They dominated the game and wasted. I hope they can win even 1 but for sure NYK will got to NBA Finals.

Still looking for a game 7 for the SAS vs OKC. This is a good match up but the OKC won 2 straight. lets go SAS for 2-2!

[LogitechMouse]

Looking like the Knicks are going to be in the Finals. That doesn’t happen nearly often enough in my opinion… The poor Cavaliers. I think James Harden wasn’t meant for the postseason…

I would love it if the Spurs could manage to beat OKC. A Spurs vs Knicks Finals would be very interesting to me.

The last time the Knicks went to the NBA Finals was in 1999 where they also faced the Spurs and they lost to them 4-1.

If the Spurs will be the one that will clinch the NBA Finals, this year is the time for the Knicks to have their revenge after losing to them. I feel bad and at the same time disappointed with the Cavaliers with how they played in this series especially in Game 1. Maybe what happened in Game 1 affected them mentally? Maybe the fatigue affected since they just finished 2 Game 7 series? Whatever the case is, they'll be losing on this one based on HISTORY.

As for Harden, I don't think that Harden wasn't meant for the playoffs, but he's the type of player where you can't rely on on anything. Defense? Very awful. Playmaking? Wasn't there as well. For me, he's more of a liability when he's on the court especially in defense. We said that Luka was bad on defense, but Harden's way worse than him.

[Cointxz]

Looking like the Knicks are going to be in the Finals. That doesn’t happen nearly often enough in my opinion… The poor Cavaliers. I think James Harden wasn’t meant for the postseason…

I would love it if the Spurs could manage to beat OKC. A Spurs vs Knicks Finals would be very interesting to me.

James Harden still cant get into conference Finals, That Game 1 changed the series a lot, They dominated the game and wasted. I hope they can win even 1 but for sure NYK will got to NBA Finals.

Still looking for a game 7 for the SAS vs OKC. This is a good match up but the OKC won 2 straight. lets go SAS for 2-2!

I think this is already a sweep game series since Knicks already have the complete dominance against Cavs while we all know that Harden and Mitchell are both king of choker on crucial games.

Harden is proven can’t carry the team while Cavs has lack of player that can do clutch shots when they are trying to stop an enemy momentum.

An interesting fact if Spurs won on the West while Knicks on East, Jeremy Sochan has 100% chance rate of getting an NBA champ ring.  

[tech30338]

Looking like the Knicks are going to be in the Finals. That doesn’t happen nearly often enough in my opinion… The poor Cavaliers. I think James Harden wasn’t meant for the postseason…

I would love it if the Spurs could manage to beat OKC. A Spurs vs Knicks Finals would be very interesting to me.

James Harden still cant get into conference Finals, That Game 1 changed the series a lot, They dominated the game and wasted. I hope they can win even 1 but for sure NYK will got to NBA Finals.

Still looking for a game 7 for the SAS vs OKC. This is a good match up but the OKC won 2 straight. lets go SAS for 2-2!

I think this is already a sweep game series since Knicks already have the complete dominance against Cavs while we all know that Harden and Mitchell are both king of choker on crucial games.

Harden is proven can’t carry the team while Cavs has lack of player that can do clutch shots when they are trying to stop an enemy momentum.

An interesting fact if Spurs won on the West while Knicks on East, Jeremy Sochan has 100% chance rate of getting an NBA champ ring.  

Yea Knicks either let the game 4 for the Cavaliers or its going to be a sweep, imagine if the Knicks winning the Championship, Harden shows that when it really matter the most he is yet to be found good thing they trade harden by the clippers they have remove the thing that stopping them.
Now the question is can the spurs overcome the refs and the Thunder, it seems to be an impossible task because they need to make sure everything is set, or they will fall in thunder, they need to have a masterclass of a performance to be able to defeat the OKC.

[Jostern]

Looking like the Knicks are going to be in the Finals. That doesn’t happen nearly often enough in my opinion… The poor Cavaliers. I think James Harden wasn’t meant for the postseason…

I would love it if the Spurs could manage to beat OKC. A Spurs vs Knicks Finals would be very interesting to me.

James Harden still cant get into conference Finals, That Game 1 changed the series a lot, They dominated the game and wasted. I hope they can win even 1 but for sure NYK will got to NBA Finals.

Still looking for a game 7 for the SAS vs OKC. This is a good match up but the OKC won 2 straight. lets go SAS for 2-2!

I think this is already a sweep game series since Knicks already have the complete dominance against Cavs while we all know that Harden and Mitchell are both king of choker on crucial games.

Harden is proven can’t carry the team while Cavs has lack of player that can do clutch shots when they are trying to stop an enemy momentum.

An interesting fact if Spurs won on the West while Knicks on East, Jeremy Sochan has 100% chance rate of getting an NBA champ ring.  

This should be a sweep for Knick, they already have the complete dominance over Cavs so I’m expecting them to make it into the playoffs Finals, apparently I don’t really expect much right now from Harden maybe Mitchell could do something but most especially Harden I don’t trust his capabilities anymore.

There should be other players who should be building momentum in this team but it seems like it’s has not been the same, for them with Harden.

I’m just expecting the Knicks to go all the way in this game, so I’m expecting Cavs to still put up a fight but the Knicks should be taking this one already.

[Cointxz]

I think this is already a sweep game series since Knicks already have the complete dominance against Cavs while we all know that Harden and Mitchell are both king of choker on crucial games.

Harden is proven can’t carry the team while Cavs has lack of player that can do clutch shots when they are trying to stop an enemy momentum.

An interesting fact if Spurs won on the West while Knicks on East, Jeremy Sochan has 100% chance rate of getting an NBA champ ring.  

Now the question is can the spurs overcome the refs and the Thunder, it seems to be an impossible task because they need to make sure everything is set, or they will fall in thunder, they need to have a masterclass of a performance to be able to defeat the OKC.

This is the ultimate question for fans that supports Spurs and hate OKC. 

Spurs need to find a way to overcome their weakness which is their defense. They successfully slow down SGA contribution by double team defense but in exchange they suffer a lot of perimeter shots from wide open OKC players since they focus on SGA defense.

I think they need to mix strategy and fight OKC by letting SGA score on his own sothout giving up their perimeter defense.

[fullfitlarry]

I think this is already a sweep game series since Knicks already have the complete dominance against Cavs while we all know that Harden and Mitchell are both king of choker on crucial games.

Harden is proven can’t carry the team while Cavs has lack of player that can do clutch shots when they are trying to stop an enemy momentum.

An interesting fact if Spurs won on the West while Knicks on East, Jeremy Sochan has 100% chance rate of getting an NBA champ ring.  

Now the question is can the spurs overcome the refs and the Thunder, it seems to be an impossible task because they need to make sure everything is set, or they will fall in thunder, they need to have a masterclass of a performance to be able to defeat the OKC.

This is the ultimate question for fans that supports Spurs and hate OKC. 

Spurs need to find a way to overcome their weakness which is their defense. They successfully slow down SGA contribution by double team defense but in exchange they suffer a lot of perimeter shots from wide open OKC players since they focus on SGA defense.

I think they need to mix strategy and fight OKC by letting SGA score on his own sothout giving up their perimeter defense.

Yes, they should really fine that one, just like what they did on game 1. But the thing is that the Thunder adjusted that's why they've beat the Spurs and it shows that the young core of San Antonio might not be ready for that.

For the series between the Cavs and the Knicks. I thought that the Cavs might give the Knicks a good fight, but NY is up 3-0 and the body language of the Cavs are showing surrender already. Mitchell + Harden can't do anything against the defense of the Knicks against them. So another choke time for them, specially in game 1.

[Velvet78]

For the series between the Cavs and the Knicks. I thought that the Cavs might give the Knicks a good fight, but NY is up 3-0 and the body language of the Cavs are showing surrender already. Mitchell + Harden can't do anything against the defense of the Knicks against them. So another choke time for them, specially in game 1.

I wasn't expecting any solid fight by Cavaliers honestly. I thought they would win only 1 game which they don't even seem likely to do...

Knicks were already a too strong opponent for them. We see it clearly now. Only for Game 1, okay I accept that Knicks struggled a lot but that comeback was still incredible! 

Harden seems like the biggest mistake for Cavaliers. He literally doesn't defend.

[jaberwock]

This one was not close. The first two games, I could see it go either way, but this game was a very clear OKC victory, and now they are two in a row and on a roll. I think Spurs does have what it takes to beat OKC, but it is also ver y difficult job so I do understand if they do end up losing.

OKC was predicted to be the winners of the season even before the season started because they won it already and there weren't any teams that got much better during the season. Spurs was a shocker, and people got some hope, but it might end here.

[meser#]

It seems like one side of the NBA Finals is already decided. I think there's only one game left. New York is 3-0 up against Cleveland in Game 3. I don't remember such a huge series win before. New York has the broom and looks set to win the next game too.

OKC is better in the other game. They had a very bad start to yesterday's game, but they managed to close a 17-point gap. That gap formed early in the game, but it was still impressive.

If New York wins, I think Jalen Brunson deserves the MVP award.

[coinrifft]

It seems like one side of the NBA Finals is already decided. I think there's only one game left. New York is 3-0 up against Cleveland in Game 3. I don't remember such a huge series win before. New York has the broom and looks set to win the next game too.

OKC is better in the other game. They had a very bad start to yesterday's game, but they managed to close a 17-point gap. That gap formed early in the game, but it was still impressive.

If New York wins, I think Jalen Brunson deserves the MVP award.

Eastern conference finals? Yeah, no doubt that Brunson should win that award and I don't think that any Knicks players can question that. Not that he can only score, but he makes his team look good like Josh Hart who scored a career playoff high in game 3.

If the Cavs lost this series, there could be a big chances next season for them. They took a big risk on getting James Harden, but now they are paying that because he didn't deliver in this series or even before against the Magic in their last series.

[avp2306]

It seems like one side of the NBA Finals is already decided. I think there's only one game left. New York is 3-0 up against Cleveland in Game 3. I don't remember such a huge series win before. New York has the broom and looks set to win the next game too.

OKC is better in the other game. They had a very bad start to yesterday's game, but they managed to close a 17-point gap. That gap formed early in the game, but it was still impressive.

If New York wins, I think Jalen Brunson deserves the MVP award.

Eastern conference finals? Yeah, no doubt that Brunson should win that award and I don't think that any Knicks players can question that. Not that he can only score, but he makes his team look good like Josh Hart who scored a career playoff high in game 3.

If the Cavs lost this series, there could be a big chances next season for them. They took a big risk on getting James Harden, but now they are paying that because he didn't deliver in this series or even before against the Magic in their last series.

No doubt with that since he's the front runner to win that trophy in Knicks for this season. He do everything just to help Knicks to win, also look at this stats https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/ny/lastname

So if they finish Cavs on their last meeting for sure that Brunson will get that award.

I'm losing faith on Cavs now and for sure that Knicks will do everything to finish this series as early as they can.

[Finestream]

No doubt with that since he's the front runner to win that trophy in Knicks for this season. He do everything just to help Knicks to win, also look at this stats https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/ny/lastname

So if they finish Cavs on their last meeting for sure that Brunson will get that award.

I'm losing faith on Cavs now and for sure that Knicks will do everything to finish this series as early as they can.

He will win that for sure, but I’m thinking about something else. What would the Dallas Mavs think now after they let Brunson go?

This guy is really good, and as long as he is surrounded by solid role players, his team will always be dangerous. With that win, the Knicks are still on a winning streak, and actually they look like the best team in the playoffs so far because most of their wins are very dominant.

They do have losses in the playoffs, but those were very close, just 1 point in those 2 losses, so this team really cannot be discounted. Even if they face the defending champion or the Spurs, I think I would still bet on them.

[Stavri]

i’m really curious about what the Lakers will do in the 2026 NBA offseason. main question is what their overall strategy will be. Will they try to stay competitive for the 2026–27 season or will they look at teams like the Thunder and Spurs and decide that realistically they can’t compete with them yet. so they should focus more on 2027 instead...
connected to that, Lebron’s decision and contract situation is also a huge question mark.

[MusaPk]

i’m really curious about what the Lakers will do in the 2026 NBA offseason. main question is what their overall strategy will be. Will they try to stay competitive for the 2026–27 season or will they look at teams like the Thunder and Spurs and decide that realistically they can’t compete with them yet. so they should focus more on 2027 instead...
connected to that, Lebron’s decision and contract situation is also a huge question mark.

Teams like Thunder and Spurs are well ahead of Lakers in terms of number of wins. One team from Thunder or Spurs will play final and might lift the trophy. If Lakers want to perform well in next season then its time for them to analyse there performance in last season they played. Lakers have 53 wins and they have the potential to compete teams like Thunder and Spurs in next season provided they identify there shortcomings in previous season. NBA free agency will officially begins on June 30 and Lakers are likely to have a busy off season.

[Stavri]

i’m really curious about what the Lakers will do in the 2026 NBA offseason. main question is what their overall strategy will be. Will they try to stay competitive for the 2026–27 season or will they look at teams like the Thunder and Spurs and decide that realistically they can’t compete with them yet. so they should focus more on 2027 instead...
connected to that, Lebron’s decision and contract situation is also a huge question mark.

Teams like Thunder and Spurs are well ahead of Lakers in terms of number of wins. One team from Thunder or Spurs will play final and might lift the trophy. If Lakers want to perform well in next season then its time for them to analyse there performance in last season they played. Lakers have 53 wins and they have the potential to compete teams like Thunder and Spurs in next season provided they identify there shortcomings in previous season. NBA free agency will officially begins on June 30 and Lakers are likely to have a busy off season.

it is often said that the Lakers will have significant cap space in the summer of 2026 but achieving this requires dismantling the current roster. and alternatively, the Lakers decision might be to keep the current core largely intact and forgo using cap space altogether.

[OgNasty]

Scott Foster is the referee for tonight’s playoff matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. If you’re going to be watching like I am, keep your eye out for ridiculous calls that change the outcome of the game. Tinfoil hat mode activated…

[jakdanyel]

Knicks have been showing it really easy for 2 games. Because Cavaliers are just defending in a terrible way! Especially I must say Harden... Man, he doesn't have any passion about it.

Wasn't he the one saying that they needed to defend Brunson well as a team? The guy doesn't even do what he is responsible of. He is just walking around. They can't win even a single game like this.

[el kaka22]

OKC getting a lot of hate these days, and I mean like unreal amount of hatred. Obviously every single NBA title winner will be hated by other teams there is nothing wrong with that and we can safely assume that no matter who wins, someone else will hate that team. But you know that you are doing extra bad when the whole world rather see Spurs win their sixth title than you win another one.

I do think that the type of basketball OKC is playing is disgusting and very bad to watch, but one thing about them is that they are not the responsible party of this. They are doing whatever they can to get away with it for sure, but it is NBA and Adam Silver that is the real issue. If he called up the referees and told them to do a better job then it would make a lot more sense.