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Quote from: TravelMug on April 17, 2024, 08:49:41 AM

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yes the Kings have to face the Pelicans and the Thunder will take on the winner. It's a tough game to predict since both teams are likely to miss their key players. I don't think Zion will be a 100% even if he returns to the line up but the Pelicans will probably still get the job done. Ingram has to wake up and play for real for that to happen.

I am not sure about that. The Sacramento Kings showed me today how they will step up their game if it's needed. Keegan Murray especially, that dude gave the Warriors a lot of trouble and his shooting skills had been improving. I was actually expecting the Kings to be weaker in their offense without Malik Monk because usually, he will be the one carrying the team while Fox is resting.
The Kings proved me wrong today, they are strong, and I like how Coach Brown is handling things. That early coach challenge shocked me as it can be a crucial game in the end and he will need those challenges, but he didn't even doubt when he called it. He knew he would win and would get one more. Still, that was some courage coming from Coach Brown and I think that's where the Kings' players are getting their witty skills. Grin

Big win for the Kings, now one more. Zion didn't return in the 4th quarter but still no news about what happened to him. It was said as left leg soreness, I hope he is okay.

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Quote from: Yogee on April 17, 2024, 08:41:37 AM

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Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yes the Kings have to face the Pelicans and the Thunder will take on the winner. It's a tough game to predict since both teams are likely to miss their key players. I don't think Zion will be a 100% even if he returns to the line up but the Pelicans will probably still get the job done. Ingram has to wake up and play for real for that to happen.

Ingram is on a limited minutes, he is coming from a injury and maybe they don't want to force the issue with him. Although I was surprised that the Pelicans didn't give CJ enough time in the 4th quarter. I would understand though as Lebron James might take advantage of a switch and CJ guarding him. And the Pelicans went into a defensive mode in the 4th quarter that's why they were able to tie the game but when Zion got injured, it's a different story in the last 3 minute. I do agree that Zion will not be a 100% player in the next game and Kings better play good defense just like what they did against the Warriors to win their game against the Pelicans.

If it wasn't for Zion, we might have witness another blowout loss by the Pelicans.

Just look at the numbers of Ingram and McCollum, both scored 11 and 9 points respective, way below compared to their last game and their percentage were very poor. Zion lead the team, so when he was out due to injury in the clutch minutes, that also loss the confidence of the Pelicans. I know they are used to playing without Zion, but this is the first time that they are complete, so it's a big blow on the team losing Zion when he is needed the most.

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Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yes the Kings have to face the Pelicans and the Thunder will take on the winner. It's a tough game to predict since both teams are likely to miss their key players. I don't think Zion will be a 100% even if he returns to the line up but the Pelicans will probably still get the job done. Ingram has to wake up and play for real for that to happen.

Ingram is on a limited minutes, he is coming from a injury and maybe they don't want to force the issue with him. Although I was surprised that the Pelicans didn't give CJ enough time in the 4th quarter. I would understand though as Lebron James might take advantage of a switch and CJ guarding him. And the Pelicans went into a defensive mode in the 4th quarter that's why they were able to tie the game but when Zion got injured, it's a different story in the last 3 minute. I do agree that Zion will not be a 100% player in the next game and Kings better play good defense just like what they did against the Warriors to win their game against the Pelicans.

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Quote from: btc_angela on April 17, 2024, 07:42:19 AM

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yes the Kings have to face the Pelicans and the Thunder will take on the winner. It's a tough game to predict since both teams are likely to miss their key players. I don't think Zion will be a 100% even if he returns to the line up but the Pelicans will probably still get the job done. Ingram has to wake up and play for real for that to happen.

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No, if you look at the odds, the Warriors are the betting favorite, and with that, it is unexpected. And if you go back few pages down, majority thinks that the Warriors are going to win, and the others says it unpredictable.

As we can see on the pre game betting spread, the Warriors are -3, a slight favorite on this game.

Quote from: btc_angela on April 17, 2024, 07:42:19 AM

And that's why happened in this game, the Kings started hot and the Warriors was not able to respond and then Klay Thompson went 0/10. And what others says, it's the end of the Warriors dynasty and I don't think the CP3 can end a ring in his career. So it's going to bite them in their ass to see Thompson for the last time as a Warrior as there could be changes for them next season and most likely he will be traded.

Nope, the kings started strong, were able to lead by 16 IIRC but the Warriors responded and the lead of the kings was only 4 points after the first half.
It was in the 2nd half where the Warriors were able to respond, kings both scored 37 points in 3rd and 4th, that's too much to give up, you can see that the defense didn't clicked for them.

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Quote from: Joca97 on April 17, 2024, 07:12:47 AM

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5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yeah, very poor performance for the Warriors, they work hard in their last couple of games to stay at the 10th spot and facing the Kings, they have a great chance to win. But the Kings lock them up in this game and there's no denying that the dynasty is over.

Klay Thompson, the other part of the splash brothers are no where to be found in this important game. The Kings will have a shot if Zion, presumably injured, will not play in their game. Ingram is still on limited minutes. So congrats to those who back up the Kings here.

For me this was an expected win by the Kings. Overall they are better like a team and they just destroyed the Warriors in this home game. The odd was honestly too big on the Kings and probobly a goft. The Warriors will need to get some new trades and new players for upcoming season because Curry cannot play alone.

No, if you look at the odds, the Warriors are the betting favorite, and with that, it is unexpected. And if you go back few pages down, majority thinks that the Warriors are going to win, and the others says it unpredictable.

And that's why happened in this game, the Kings started hot and the Warriors was not able to respond and then Klay Thompson went 0/10. And what others says, it's the end of the Warriors dynasty and I don't think the CP3 can end a ring in his career. So it's going to bite them in their ass to see Thompson for the last time as a Warrior as there could be changes for them next season and most likely he will be traded.

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For me this was an expected win by the Kings. Overall they are better like a team and they just destroyed the Warriors in this home game. The odd was honestly too big on the Kings and probobly a goft. The Warriors will need to get some new trades and new players for upcoming season because Curry cannot play alone.

The trend was really different and based on the bookies it was the warriors who are the better team.

If we look at the past games before the play-in, the Warrior are winning games while the Kings are struggling, resulting for their team to be in the play-in. But in the game vs the Warriors, they played their heart, they protect their home and they "light the beam".. However, travelling to the NO for another game, that's a tough one IMO.

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Quote from: avp2306 on April 17, 2024, 06:52:23 AM

5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yeah, very poor performance for the Warriors, they work hard in their last couple of games to stay at the 10th spot and facing the Kings, they have a great chance to win. But the Kings lock them up in this game and there's no denying that the dynasty is over.

Klay Thompson, the other part of the splash brothers are no where to be found in this important game. The Kings will have a shot if Zion, presumably injured, will not play in their game. Ingram is still on limited minutes. So congrats to those who back up the Kings here.

For me this was an expected win by the Kings. Overall they are better like a team and they just destroyed the Warriors in this home game. The odd was honestly too big on the Kings and probobly a goft. The Warriors will need to get some new trades and new players for upcoming season because Curry cannot play alone.

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5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yeah, very poor performance for the Warriors, they work hard in their last couple of games to stay at the 10th spot and facing the Kings, they have a great chance to win. But the Kings lock them up in this game and there's no denying that the dynasty is over.

Klay Thompson, the other part of the splash brothers are no where to be found in this important game. So congrats to those who back up the Kings here.

Yeah we can say that this is not the Warriors what we see for past years. They play so bad and their gunner which is Klay Thompson is totally a messed on that game. Maybe this will be the end of Dynasty since for sure Warriors management would not let this to happen again and they are showing that they are not interested to give a max contract for Klay so provably that we can see Thompson to play on different team next season.

I thought they can take the lead when Kings is down to 4 and Warriors starting to get the momentum but their hopes has been down when Kings offence accelerate and they didn't give Warriors a chance to recover.

This is big win for Kings so congrats to them,fans and also for people who win on their bets.

And it's gonna be hard if you are a Warrior fans for Klay to not score in their most important game and not help the team at all. And this might be the last time to see the 3 together as his performance here could mean a lot for the Warriors to offer him a good contract. But it is what it is, end of dynasty. While on the other hand Keegan Murray scored 29 points. And he step up again in this game, becoming the 2nd or 3rd option or even their 1st for their offense. But it's not done yet, they have to travel to Pelicans homecourt and get another win so that they can be in this playoff. I think the momentum is with them now as Zion might not play.

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5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yeah, very poor performance for the Warriors, they work hard in their last couple of games to stay at the 10th spot and facing the Kings, they have a great chance to win. But the Kings lock them up in this game and there's no denying that the dynasty is over.

Klay Thompson, the other part of the splash brothers are no where to be found in this important game. So congrats to those who back up the Kings here.

Yeah we can say that this is not the Warriors what we see for past years. They play so bad and their gunner which is Klay Thompson is totally a messed on that game. Maybe this will be the end of Dynasty since for sure Warriors management would not let this to happen again and they are showing that they are not interested to give a max contract for Klay so provably that we can see Thompson to play on different team next season.

I thought they can take the lead when Kings is down to 4 and Warriors starting to get the momentum but their hopes has been down when Kings offence accelerate and they didn't give Warriors a chance to recover.

This is big win for Kings so congrats to them,fans and also for people who win on their bets.

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Quote from: passwordnow on April 17, 2024, 12:01:28 AM

5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

Yeah, very poor performance for the Warriors, they work hard in their last couple of games to stay at the 10th spot and facing the Kings, they have a great chance to win. But the Kings lock them up in this game and there's no denying that the dynasty is over.

Klay Thompson, the other part of the splash brothers are no where to be found in this important game. The Kings will have a shot if Zion, presumably injured, will not play in their game. Ingram is still on limited minutes. So congrats to those who back up the Kings here.

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 16, 2024, 11:37:04 PM

This Kings vs Warriors game is living up to expectations. Their games during the regular season were so close… I think this one will come down to the wire too. The Kings have a chance to end the Warriors dynasty for good right now but you know the Warriors aren’t going down without a fight. This is one of those games you know you’ll wake up bruised tomorrow from.

I am watching right now and the 3rd quarter just ended. Too many bad shots outside the paint for the Warriors and it's a big problem. Score now is 91 - 76 led by the Kings. Let's see if they're going to have some retrieval and those bad shots will turn into good and lucky hands as that's what I think they need to do for the 4th quarter. This 15 points of led is so much to be honest but we'll see if they'd decrease that lead on the last and deciding quarter on this game.

That was unexpected as fans are expecting the veteran Warriors to be more precise with their defense and offense but it was the other way around. The Kings executed their play very well and I think they just outplayed the Warriors in every aspect of the game. The Warriors are known to make huge runs in 3rd quarters but the Kings just did that to them. Maybe it was a bad night for the Warriors but it was so important as they are now done for the season. Klay was zeroed while Keegan was barely missing his threes.

It's going to be very interesting as the Kings will travel to New Orleans for a chance of the 8th spot. I am rooting for the Kings to win although it will be very hard if Zion returns.

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Quote from: ingiltere on April 17, 2024, 02:31:04 AM

The Lakers took the 7th place, fulfilling the expectations of the majority. LeBron went 23-9-9. D-Lo's influence is undeniable. The Lakers' narrow rotation was enough for the play-in, but they don't have much chance in the play-offs.

They'll face a tough opponent, and I don't remember they win a game in the regular season against the Nuggets.
I sems like the Nuggets owned the Lakers, and Davis has been limited with the defense of Jokic.
2 bigs are going at each other, but Lebron also have a good defender which is Gordon, so this is really hard for them, I hope they will not be sweep again.

Quote from: ingiltere on April 17, 2024, 02:31:04 AM

Although Zion scored 40, the Pelicans lost because Ingram and McCollum played very badly. Fortunately they have one more chance. They need to use it well against the Kings.

Zion coming back in that game is hard to expect, but regardless though, I think the Pelicans still have a chance of winning as the Kings are also undermanned. Plus it would be a shame if they still lose again at home, that would be 3 losses at their home court.

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5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.

That wasn’t the greatest second half, but it is always a good night when the Kings light the beam. A bit of a shame Klay had such a bad night in what was likely to be his last game in a Warriors uniform, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.

Klay's future has been concluded, he will not be a warriors anymore as he was scoreless in the most important game of the team.
Curry was also locked down, they did a great job on him so it's not surprising that the Warriors loss.

Congrats Kings, may they get a win vs the Pelicans.

I think the Kings have a real shot at beating the Thunder, but I believe they still have to get through the Pelicans first.

They have a good chance against the Pelicans as Zion was injured, and most likely will not play the last do or die game of the season.
Against the OKC, I think that's a different story, I mean the OKC are healthy while the Kings are missing Huerter and Monk.

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The Lakers took the 7th place, fulfilling the expectations of the majority. LeBron went 23-9-9. D-Lo's influence is undeniable. The Lakers' narrow rotation was enough for the play-in, but they don't have much chance in the play-offs. Although Zion scored 40, the Pelicans lost because Ingram and McCollum played very badly. Fortunately they have one more chance. They need to use it well against the Kings.

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