Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2081. (Read 902766 times)

You have a bookmaker skills mate, I guess that would be the line if the series will indeed go for the Mavericks vs Clippers.
Mavericks only needs to win 2 games to win the series, they just need to win both home court and you'll win your bet, go with it but don't go all in. 

Which team is good to bet on this series?
I think Clippers will certainly be the favorites here, but if there's a handicap, then I would probably take the Mavericks in the series.

A +2.5 handicap for the mavericks would be a good bet IMO.  what do you think?

In playoffs, we will see the top 16 teams doing all they can to reach the top and become champion. You will see what it means by playoff if you see those players running towards the basket in pass break. they really put it all for two sure points and the one that chasing them really runs fast. this is where you will see most injuries happened. Playoffs are really like a game of thrones. if possible, every decision made will be calculated to win one game. We might miss it this year but if they find some way to resume it, then the playoff game this year will worth it.

It's possible it is Clipper which they will be against.
A strong competitive duel will be witnessed.

Luka and Kristaps against Kawhi and PG13.
It will be an awesome game.
Season standings, Clippers won twice against Mavs. Last was January where Luka and Kawhi scored 36 points with 11 rebounds for Kawhi and 10 for Luka.

I think that's the trend now, soon we will see more PG with height like 6′ 8″ and 6′ 7″... Right now, I can only see two very tall PG and that's Lebron James and Luka Doncic, they have a good duel actually in the regular season and I think they will have another one int he playoffs.

They are not going to meet in the first round but if both teams will advance, they might face in the 2nd round, and that means they Mavericks will have to beat the Clippers which has Leonard who won the championship last season and the finals MVP.

The ranking might change a bit and if Dallas will face the Nuggets, I think it would be a nice match up.

The season is like the practice of being the new point forward.
We saw how scary it is when the player who is making plays is at 6'8 height. 
I didn't saw how Magic did it before. Perhaps, it is almost the same as this.
It will be more scary when it comes to the playoffs.
At Cavs he was always attacking but it will be different now. It's already exciting just thinking about it.

I think so because it was not only Doncic who is running the team, when they acquired Kristaps Porziņģis by trading their other players, their team has become a playoff team. Now, since the season will be shorten, they have already secure a spot in the playoffs and I'm expecting that they will do better against the biggest teams in the West, if they manage to enter in the NBA finals, that would be a great gift for the fans and I think it's possible as they have a very good teamwork now.

Well now, it is full of regrets for them. 
I think Cuban was also a supporter of Euroleague players. He did keep Nowitzki even with his shitty start on Dallas.
Instead of kicking him out, they improved him and it worked like a charm. They won a championship because of that unique shooting style.
I can still remember those free throws he made against Miami which hurt them the most.
45/46 total against the Miami Heat. Wow!
Actually, he is the reason I became a Dallas fan. He is the meaning of hard work and effort.

While its true that playoff is when the real stuff starts and upset is always possible, that doesn't happen very often, that low seeded team goes for a deep playoff run. Probably 2 best example of  surprises in recent history are NY Knicks. First in 1995 when they won the title despite being 6th seeded ( but they won 1994 title too, so obviosuly they were great team) and back in 1999 when they reached the final after finishing 8th in the East. But those are more exceptions, than standard thing.


I will never understand how both Suns and Kings passed on Doncic, as Kings got him only due to those teams stupidity.

First we have Suns, who at the time of draft  was managed by Kokoskov, his Slovenia national team coach, that lead him to Euro title the previous year. It is unveliveable that Suns management didn't want to listen Kokoskov, as I am 100% certain that he wanted to pick him (he even hinted that in one interview, that it wasn't up to him). He wasn't even completely new in Suns, as he was assistant coach there from 2008-2013. All that wasn't enough to persuade Suns team..

Then we have Kings, with Vlade Divac as general manager. Out of all people, Divac as an Euro player should have been able to see how good Doncic is, and pick him up. Rumor is that he has some kind of feud with Doncic father. If i was Kings owner, I would sack him just for that.

Every top NBA elite players always rises on the occasion specially playoffs. That's why it's a test on how good a player is or team is. As for the case of Lakers, LBJ is the leader and he should have the ball when the game is on the line. Davis is the number 2 options for me, James doesn't need to go beast mode every night though, its a team game and he should get help from other players as Lakers is very deep on talents.

That means your a real fan even with the low chances of winning it. 
Credits to Cuban for finding guys like Doncic. There are bad deals which he made but I guess it is for the best.

We will see different types of defensive maneuvers. 
Physicality will go up to another level.

That is the playoffs which is why we love it more.

With that said, you just conclude that Golden State Warriors, a 73-9 team on that season, is a team that only relies on D. Green. That Cavalier's momentum is coming from a 1-3 deficit and that was a big challenge. Unlike in Warriors, there is no heavy pressure at all since they just need 1 more win and Draymond Green just didn't play on 1 game. There are still Games 6 and 7 that Draymond Green was able to play.

That was already finished so we should not bring up any What If on that game. Cavs worked hard for that win.

In playoffs, that's where the real NBA stars shine, it doesn't matter if they are in the last spot in the ranking as long as they will be included in the playoffs as they could possibly upset a high ranking team. What I noticed is that LBJ always gone beast mode once in the playoffs, he take over the team and deliver a win. Now, I think he is in a better team and Davis and him can bring the Lakers into the NBA finals, so good luck to our favorite team, and hopefully the NBA will resume soon.

 Its just a different game when its the playoffs, its really not even the same. There is no way to know, but I feel like if playoff team plays against regular season team, there is no way regular season team could ever win, and I mean literally the same teams, like playoff lakers versus regular season lakers type of deal, playoff always wins. There is way too much hard work put into being in the playoffs and everyone knows that you are just few games away from being world champions, thats why everyone puts up %110 to the game and do not only the best they can do, but also try to never let that gas pedal go neither, always be on and even on bench always be hyped, just never dial it down at all.

When Draymond Green was suspended in Game 5 of this particular series, that's the start of the momentum of the Cavaliers.
If Green was their, I think The Warriors had already finished the Cavaliers like they usually did.



NBA Finals: Warriors' Draymond Green suspended for Game 5 after 4th flagrant foul

Chicago Bulls is the heavily favorites on that year so not really surprising at all to others if they didn't beat the Utah Jazz in that season. They also finished the best record in the Eastern Conference so all of their season losses are not a big deal, to whatever team, since mostly expected that Bulls will reign the playoffs.

I agree with you, all teams putting all their best in the playoffs, they even surpass their best of the best performance in the season.


That became the best because that 73-9 team lead the series by 3-1 against the Cavaliers. Then Cavs make a rally for 3 straight wins.

If only, the game is closed, it would never be the best but only notable because GSW is a 73-9 team.

That's the greatest comeback I have seen.

I'm hoping too for Dallas Mavericks. Miss them badly to see in Playoffs. Their last playoffs appearance is way back 2015-16 season.

In some sports forum, I always have a hashtag of #Dallas Mavericks NBA champion in every of my post even the chances are slim.

I even put some bucks on the NBA Futures for Dallas Mavericks in NitrogenSports.

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That was a difficult achievement.

There have been cases of No. 8 seed beating the No. 1 in playoffs but not able to advance to Finals or even Conference Finals.

It will be the biggest achievement of any team, coming from the 8th seed to the NBA championship.

I have been watching NBA for over 20 years now, if I learned anything that is regular season means nothing when you go to playoffs. And I am not even talking about worth a little, I am talking about not worthing a damn dime in playoffs. You want the biggest example? Golden State Warriors finished a season with 73-9 and broke the record for the most wins in a season.

Best historical season from any team ever in history of NBA. You know what happened, Cavs beat them in game 7. A team of Lebron, Kyrie, Kevin Love and bunch of scraps beat the 73-9 team on finals. There are thousands of examples, but this one is the most obvious one ever. At the end of the day I am not ruling out an 8th seed winning NBA championship, until the last buzzer any team has chance to win against any team.

They will put everything they have in the playoffs.
Regular season wins will be ignored.
An example was the 98 Bulls which never won against Utah in the season but still became the champion.  
You know it, I know it, we just watched The Last Dance.  

I am betting for Denver or Dallas. Some may say it is a weak decision but I don't care. It's my guts which tells me and not the stats book.
If Dallas could upset the Clippers, it will be sweeter.
Philly for the East.

I'm not really into Lakers vs Bucks discussion in the finals as the latter team literally always comes up short in the last playoffs even with a good season performance. There are Raptors, Sixers, and the overhaul Celtics that might upset Bucks.

Their core players are still intact and no doubt they really improved, but playoffs time, in a crucial series, that performance changed. See how Raptors managed to slow down the unstoppable Giannis last playoffs and eventually beat this team. That was unexpected as Bucks managed to beat Celtics, 4-1 in semis, and take the 2 games to lead against the Raptors in ECF.

I also mentioned here way back long that Bucks is improving every after season. I want to see how far they will go into the playoffs this time. Damn, this pandemic virus, they wrecked every team's momentum.

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LeBron is always explosive in most of his playoffs games, win, or loss. He can literally carry a team that's quite not performing well. The current roster around him in Lakers has so much difference in Cavaliers.

Do they still get that explosiveness? If you mean Anthony Davis, he is currently on his prime. As for LeBron, there is no sign of him slowing down.

Season games might be a good basis for determining what will be the output but I really don't take as a reference when it comes to playoffs especially "if teams involved are both dominant".