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Quote from: goinmerry on April 02, 2022, 10:40:54 AM

Like to see them meeting up during the early rounds. If Bucks are able to pass the Nets, they should handle the rest of the teams in the East.

Just my two cents.

Well there's still the Miami Heat which I think could handle Giannis with Bam protecting the rim. Then they have Tucker who could tell the secrets of the Bucks. Cheesy

Then there's the 76ers. Tyrese Maxie is getting better at his game and on the high ranks to be voted as most improved player.

I want to see that Bucks and Nets match up in the playoffs too because of that big trend they made on their game days ago.
I think their issue is too much isolation plays. Who will handle the ball? Who will take the shot? It's not healthy on their chemistry if they will stay that way.

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Quote from: Ziskinberg on April 02, 2022, 08:38:09 AM

I think most of us think they have the biggest chance to win the ECF this season.

The struggle was justifiable, Nets were a good team but missing Durant for many games really bring their ranking to go down, IIRC, they were able to stay at the top 1 this season. But look at the situation now, Durant and Irving is already playing, they are now a solid team.

Not me hehe. I'm rooting for the Milwaukee Bucks to win the Eastern Conference.

My reference is between their role-players that doing some adjustments in a crucial situation. Here in Brooklyn Nets, the focus of their offense is only limited to 2 players, the same goes when in a close-game situation. When Durant or Irving will be off-night, no other option to rely on. Although it's hard to defend both Kyrie and Durant, what matters is that they just have to restrict the movement of this two to lessen the Nets' offensive phase.

Like to see them meeting up during the early rounds. If Bucks are able to pass the Nets, they should handle the rest of the teams in the East.

Just my two cents.

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Quote from: Maslate on April 02, 2022, 06:55:31 AM

Personally, if the Nets would be in the play-in tournament, my confidence is still high that they'll be the ECF winner.

I think most of us think they have the biggest chance to win the ECF this season.

The struggle was justifiable, Nets were a good team but missing Durant for many games really bring their ranking to go down, IIRC, they were able to stay at the top 1 this season. But look at the situation now, Durant and Irving is already playing, they are now a solid team.

The betting odds are the voice of most gamblers, and since the Nets have the lowest odds, that means they have the biggest chance.
Per odds in the sportsbook I'm using, the Nets and Bucks are tied with an odds of 3.70, but it's possible that they will face in the first round if Nets will end in number 7 and Bucks stayed at number 2 spot.

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Quote from: Maslate on April 02, 2022, 06:55:31 AM

Personally, if the Nets would be in the play-in tournament, my confidence is still high that they'll be the ECF winner.

I think most of us think they have the biggest chance to win the ECF this season.

The struggle was justifiable, Nets were a good team but missing Durant for many games really bring their ranking to go down, IIRC, they were able to stay at the top 1 this season. But look at the situation now, Durant and Irving is already playing, they are now a solid team.

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Quote from: Beparanf on April 02, 2022, 02:53:45 AM

Lakers still have a chance to get the number 10 in case they miraculously beat twice Nuggets. They have also 1 games left for both Suns and Warriors on there remaining 5 games this season which is very hard and do or die for them. They also have same matches with Spurs last 5 games so this will be may the best team get that spot. I hope seeing Lakers in the playoffs rather than Spurs because the Lakers Duo is already back in the game which will give a good game to the top seed teams compared to Spurs.

That's the word. Miraculously.
Base on the website of NBA, they only met up once and the Lakers got demolished on this one and the Nuggets won by 37 points.

With regards to defeating twice, I don't think that it will happen even though Davis will be playing on that games. Same as well with the Suns but in the Warriors, they might win against them since on their last meet-up Lebron scored 50 and defeated them and another one as well is that the Warriors only won 3 on their last 10 games and in a 4 game losing streak so the Lakers might still have a chance. I think they can defeat the Thunder. Another question is that how will the Spurs perform in the remaining 5 games because it also affects the chances of the Lakers entering the play-in. Still good luck to them.

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Lakers still have a chance to get the number 10 in case they miraculously beat twice Nuggets. They have also 1 games left for both Suns and Warriors on there remaining 5 games this season which is very hard and do or die for them. They also have same matches with Spurs last 5 games so this will be may the best team get that spot. I hope seeing Lakers in the playoffs rather than Spurs because the Lakers Duo is already back in the game which will give a good game to the top seed teams compared to Spurs.

Miraculously. Yes, that's the right word for it. The only problem is they will be facing a Nuggets team that also needs that win so they will not let it slide to defeat a Lakers team that had been struggling. The Nuggets are just 2 wins away from Minnesota Timberwolves after being defeated hours ago.
There are 4 games left and the schedule of the Twolves is looking good with a list of opponents they may be able to defeat. Houston, Washington, San Antonio, and Chicago.
Nuggets would not want them getting close or they will be facing the play-in. The same goes with Jazz with an almost identical record.

I don't mind, whatever happens, teams just have to play well in order to win. Those who will be in the play-in tournament will have a hard time getting in the playoffs, but if they are really good, I think they still have a shot at winning the conference.

Personally, if the Nets would be in the play-in tournament, my confidence is still high that they'll be the ECF winner.

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Quote from: Beparanf on April 02, 2022, 02:53:45 AM

Lakers still have a chance to get the number 10 in case they miraculously beat twice Nuggets. They have also 1 games left for both Suns and Warriors on there remaining 5 games this season which is very hard and do or die for them. They also have same matches with Spurs last 5 games so this will be may the best team get that spot. I hope seeing Lakers in the playoffs rather than Spurs because the Lakers Duo is already back in the game which will give a good game to the top seed teams compared to Spurs.

Miraculously. Yes, that's the right word for it. The only problem is they will be facing a Nuggets team that also needs that win so they will not let it slide to defeat a Lakers team that had been struggling. The Nuggets are just 2 wins away from Minnesota Timberwolves after being defeated hours ago.
There are 4 games left and the schedule of the Twolves is looking good with a list of opponents they may be able to defeat. Houston, Washington, San Antonio, and Chicago.
Nuggets would not want them getting close or they will be facing the play-in. The same goes with Jazz with an almost identical record.

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Quote from: Dave1 on April 01, 2022, 09:44:09 PM

Huge win by the Memphis Grizzlies against the Phoenix Suns tonight. They just show that even without some of their starters, they can win against the best team in the NBA right now.

It's going to be scary when Ja Morant comes back in the playoff. I reckon that whoever they faces in the first round, a sweep is possible with their strengths.

4 of their starters didn't play and yet they won against the top team in the league right now.
This Memphis Grizzlies team is really a team to watch out. They are a young team and most of them doesn't have any experience in the playoffs but lets see how they will perform when playoff comes.

Their roster is very deep that you can make a good 5 man out of their second unit as well. They have many scorers and they have someone that can step up every night. If they will face TWolves in the playoffs though, they might be having a hard time since their record is 2-2. We don't know but this team is a playoff team for the next 3-5 years or even longer as long as their core players will be not be traded which I think they will not.

It was a big let down by the Suns, hehehe, the Memphis doesn't have their best players and yet the Suns did have a hard time, against them. Guys like Xavier Tillman and Ziaire Williams and Santi Aldama are scoring inside. So something is not right on that game, actually there are a lot of upsets in the schedule games.

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Quote from: Dave1 on April 01, 2022, 09:44:09 PM

Huge win by the Memphis Grizzlies against the Phoenix Suns tonight. They just show that even without some of their starters, they can win against the best team in the NBA right now.

It's going to be scary when Ja Morant comes back in the playoff. I reckon that whoever they faces in the first round, a sweep is possible with their strengths.

4 of their starters didn't play and yet they won against the top team in the league right now.
This Memphis Grizzlies team is really a team to watch out. They are a young team and most of them doesn't have any experience in the playoffs but lets see how they will perform when playoff comes.

Their roster is very deep that you can make a good 5 man out of their second unit as well. They have many scorers and they have someone that can step up every night. If they will face TWolves in the playoffs though, they might be having a hard time since their record is 2-2. We don't know but this team is a playoff team for the next 3-5 years or even longer as long as their core players will be not be traded which I think they will not.

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Quote from: onetwostep on April 02, 2022, 04:18:12 AM

Quote from: Dave1 on April 01, 2022, 09:44:09 PM

Huge win by the Memphis Grizzlies against the Phoenix Suns tonight. They just show that even without some of their starters, they can win against the best team in the NBA right now.

It's going to be scary when Ja Morant comes back in the playoff. I reckon that whoever they faces in the first round, a sweep is possible with their strengths.

I didn't think we would see such a result, the Suns were my favorite team in this match. Booker scored 41 points, but it wasn't enough for the win.
The Memphis Grizzlies took the lead with offensive rebounds. Their shooting percentage was not good, but their players all wanted to win this match and they fought.
We watched a good match Cheesy

I agree with the offensive rebounds, I never thought that collectively, they will out rebounded, McGee and Ayton in this game.

And when they took the lead, they never look back, never give any chance for the Suns to make a comeback. When you think that the Suns is about to take the lead, Memphis will respond with their own run and put a good separation lead again.

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Quote from: Dave1 on April 01, 2022, 09:44:09 PM

Huge win by the Memphis Grizzlies against the Phoenix Suns tonight. They just show that even without some of their starters, they can win against the best team in the NBA right now.

It's going to be scary when Ja Morant comes back in the playoff. I reckon that whoever they faces in the first round, a sweep is possible with their strengths.

I didn't think we would see such a result, the Suns were my favorite team in this match. Booker scored 41 points, but it wasn't enough for the win.
The Memphis Grizzlies took the lead with offensive rebounds. Their shooting percentage was not good, but their players all wanted to win this match and they fought.
We watched a good match Cheesy

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That was too bad, but their problem is really their defense.

I think they are still not out in the play-in tournament, they still have more games waiting and they just need to win them all.
Now that Davis is back, I think the Lakers chance will increase but I don't want to expect so much as I don't want to get disappointed.

With Davis yes they can win game/s but if for the future of the franchise it's much better not to push the players and let things to

happen, having an early exit will secure the players from possible injuries. though we really don't know if how the coaching staff will handle

those remaining games, if they wanted to continue chasing for the play-in they needed to work hard and win games.

Still possible and like you, I will not expect too much just go with the flow.

Davis and Lebron already delivered a championship to the Lakers, I don't understand why they trade a bunch of players for Westbrook. Now, they are playing the price of their greediness, they want to build a super team but look what happen to the team.

Yes the most bullshit ever decision on the Lakers management side. I believe this is Lebron decision to gather all the old star since Melo and Howard is acquired too on this same year. Today those young player that they trade are those rising star on there each team like Ingram and Kuzma. Westbrook is not as good as before and he is not fit for the Lakers strategy. Lebron is the one who insist this trade that's why he is forced to change uncomfortable role just to balance there roster.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on April 02, 2022, 03:24:08 AM

Quote from: Sanitough on April 02, 2022, 02:44:32 AM

That was too bad, but their problem is really their defense.

I think they are still not out in the play-in tournament, they still have more games waiting and they just need to win them all.
Now that Davis is back, I think the Lakers chance will increase but I don't want to expect so much as I don't want to get disappointed.

With Davis yes they can win game/s but if for the future of the franchise it's much better not to push the players and let things to

happen, having an early exit will secure the players from possible injuries. though we really don't know if how the coaching staff will handle

those remaining games, if they wanted to continue chasing for the play-in they needed to work hard and win games.

Still possible and like you, I will not expect too much just go with the flow.

Davis and Lebron already delivered a championship to the Lakers, I don't understand why they trade a bunch of players for Westbrook. Now, they are playing the price of their greediness, they want to build a super team but look what happen to the team.

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Quote from: Sanitough on April 02, 2022, 02:44:32 AM

That was too bad, but their problem is really their defense.

I think they are still not out in the play-in tournament, they still have more games waiting and they just need to win them all.
Now that Davis is back, I think the Lakers chance will increase but I don't want to expect so much as I don't want to get disappointed.

With Davis yes they can win game/s but if for the future of the franchise it's much better not to push the players and let things to

happen, having an early exit will secure the players from possible injuries. though we really don't know if how the coaching staff will handle

those remaining games, if they wanted to continue chasing for the play-in they needed to work hard and win games.

Still possible and like you, I will not expect too much just go with the flow.

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LeBron and Anthony Davis are both in the lineup tonight. The game is about to rip off and sadly I can’t watch it, but I’ll be awaiting the highlights and keeping my fingers crossed. The playoffs without LeBron James would be a shame. Especially at this stage in his career when who knows how many seasons he has left in the tank. Hopefully AD comes back strong and gets them the W. Additionally, the Spurs won tonight so the pressure is on the Lakers. Hopefully the Spurs lose a few going forward to take some of the pressure off, because I don’t know if the Lakers have what it takes to make it into the postseason on their own.

It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win. So the Lakers have worsened their situation again, and it's unlikely that they will be able to continue to struggle for the last place in the play-in tournament since the Spurs will probably win the next game against the Blazers.

Interesting to see Davis back in the line up and it was a very close game. Nevertheless, they still choke in the closing minutes, so it seems that the Lakers might be looking for next season now. Yes, James played great again, no question about that, but as others said, he is not a closer, he want to take the ball, but I think it's better if he could give it up to Davis.

Lakers still have a chance to get the number 10 in case they miraculously beat twice Nuggets. They have also 1 games left for both Suns and Warriors on there remaining 5 games this season which is very hard and do or die for them. They also have same matches with Spurs last 5 games so this will be may the best team get that spot. I hope seeing Lakers in the playoffs rather than Spurs because the Lakers Duo is already back in the game which will give a good game to the top seed teams compared to Spurs.

Westbrook really needs to shoot a higher percentage for them to win games. LeBron has been carrying them, and AD had an average game. It seems to me like LeBron is just going for the scoring title. He’s in the lead now and with a smaller and smaller chance at seeing the postseason it seems like he has his heart set on being the oldest player to ever win an NBA scoring title. With him currently in the lead and other stars likely to take their foot off the gas a little to prepare for the playoffs I think he’s got a pretty good shot at making it happen. A small silver lining in an otherwise frustrating season for the King of Akron.

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LeBron and Anthony Davis are both in the lineup tonight. The game is about to rip off and sadly I can’t watch it, but I’ll be awaiting the highlights and keeping my fingers crossed. The playoffs without LeBron James would be a shame. Especially at this stage in his career when who knows how many seasons he has left in the tank. Hopefully AD comes back strong and gets them the W. Additionally, the Spurs won tonight so the pressure is on the Lakers. Hopefully the Spurs lose a few going forward to take some of the pressure off, because I don’t know if the Lakers have what it takes to make it into the postseason on their own.

It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win. So the Lakers have worsened their situation again, and it's unlikely that they will be able to continue to struggle for the last place in the play-in tournament since the Spurs will probably win the next game against the Blazers.

Interesting to see Davis back in the line up and it was a very close game. Nevertheless, they still choke in the closing minutes, so it seems that the Lakers might be looking for next season now. Yes, James played great again, no question about that, but as others said, he is not a closer, he want to take the ball, but I think it's better if he could give it up to Davis.

Lakers still have a chance to get the number 10 in case they miraculously beat twice Nuggets. They have also 1 games left for both Suns and Warriors on there remaining 5 games this season which is very hard and do or die for them. They also have same matches with Spurs last 5 games so this will be may the best team get that spot. I hope seeing Lakers in the playoffs rather than Spurs because the Lakers Duo is already back in the game which will give a good game to the top seed teams compared to Spurs.

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LeBron and Anthony Davis are both in the lineup tonight. The game is about to rip off and sadly I can’t watch it, but I’ll be awaiting the highlights and keeping my fingers crossed. The playoffs without LeBron James would be a shame. Especially at this stage in his career when who knows how many seasons he has left in the tank. Hopefully AD comes back strong and gets them the W. Additionally, the Spurs won tonight so the pressure is on the Lakers. Hopefully the Spurs lose a few going forward to take some of the pressure off, because I don’t know if the Lakers have what it takes to make it into the postseason on their own.

It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win. So the Lakers have worsened their situation again, and it's unlikely that they will be able to continue to struggle for the last place in the play-in tournament since the Spurs will probably win the next game against the Blazers.

Interesting to see Davis back in the line up and it was a very close game. Nevertheless, they still choke in the closing minutes, so it seems that the Lakers might be looking for next season now. Yes, James played great again, no question about that, but as others said, he is not a closer, he want to take the ball, but I think it's better if he could give it up to Davis.

He played great but all are wasted because he could not sink the last shot which was supposed to be the winning shot. if Lakers wants to win, they need to be consistent form the start until the end of the game, and they need to make sure that the last shot should be a high percentage shot or is coming from a clutch player.

That was too bad, but their problem is really their defense.

I think they are still not out in the play-in tournament, they still have more games waiting and they just need to win them all.
Now that Davis is back, I think the Lakers chance will increase but I don't want to expect so much as I don't want to get disappointed.

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Quote from: TravelMug on April 02, 2022, 02:23:25 AM

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LeBron and Anthony Davis are both in the lineup tonight. The game is about to rip off and sadly I can’t watch it, but I’ll be awaiting the highlights and keeping my fingers crossed. The playoffs without LeBron James would be a shame. Especially at this stage in his career when who knows how many seasons he has left in the tank. Hopefully AD comes back strong and gets them the W. Additionally, the Spurs won tonight so the pressure is on the Lakers. Hopefully the Spurs lose a few going forward to take some of the pressure off, because I don’t know if the Lakers have what it takes to make it into the postseason on their own.

It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win. So the Lakers have worsened their situation again, and it's unlikely that they will be able to continue to struggle for the last place in the play-in tournament since the Spurs will probably win the next game against the Blazers.

Interesting to see Davis back in the line up and it was a very close game. Nevertheless, they still choke in the closing minutes, so it seems that the Lakers might be looking for next season now. Yes, James played great again, no question about that, but as others said, he is not a closer, he want to take the ball, but I think it's better if he could give it up to Davis.

He played great but all are wasted because he could not sink the last shot which was supposed to be the winning shot. if Lakers wants to win, they need to be consistent form the start until the end of the game, and they need to make sure that the last shot should be a high percentage shot or is coming from a clutch player.

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LeBron and Anthony Davis are both in the lineup tonight. The game is about to rip off and sadly I can’t watch it, but I’ll be awaiting the highlights and keeping my fingers crossed. The playoffs without LeBron James would be a shame. Especially at this stage in his career when who knows how many seasons he has left in the tank. Hopefully AD comes back strong and gets them the W. Additionally, the Spurs won tonight so the pressure is on the Lakers. Hopefully the Spurs lose a few going forward to take some of the pressure off, because I don’t know if the Lakers have what it takes to make it into the postseason on their own.

It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win. So the Lakers have worsened their situation again, and it's unlikely that they will be able to continue to struggle for the last place in the play-in tournament since the Spurs will probably win the next game against the Blazers.

Interesting to see Davis back in the line up and it was a very close game. Nevertheless, they still choke in the closing minutes, so it seems that the Lakers might be looking for next season now. Yes, James played great again, no question about that, but as others said, he is not a closer, he want to take the ball, but I think it's better if he could give it up to Davis.

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It was a close game, but the Lakers lost again. LeBron showed great performance by scoring 38 points, but it wasn't enough to win.

Yeah he could still score a lot but he doesn't seem reliable enough to close out games now. Was it 1 made shot in 4 attempts? I don't know what you will make of that but that doesn't really look good to me. Ran out of gas?

Lebron is not known to be a good closer, he could just give the ball to AD and AD will find a way, his last shot didn't even hit the rim IIRC.

Quote from: Bttzed03 on April 02, 2022, 12:58:57 AM

On the other hand, CJ is enjoying his time with his new team.

Yes, he was very consistent and it seems like he was really the missing piece of the team.
When Zion will come back, this team will be a scary team, they would have their own big 3, Ingram, CJ and Zion.

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