Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 231. (Read 914528 times)

Clutch in terms of defense but if that was a last shot that is far from the ring, that would not sink in as we know Lebron is not that type of clutch player.


I think it's not anymore a bearing game for the Pelicans because even if the Pelicans will be tied with the Suns in case the Suns will beat the Timberwolves, I think The Pelicans have more wins between them and the Suns. However, for the Lakers, Warriors, and Kings which are currently tied, they all have their last games, so it's still important to them as they are aiming from that 7th or 8th spot.

Yeah, Lakers survived this scare, I thought that they are going to lose this game because GG Jackson was so hot in the last minute or two of the game. And so it's a wild ending and Lebron's IQ wins the game for them. He followed the ball and he knows that it will be almost outside and it's bound to be pass and so he track it and then that windmill trade mark dunk of him to sell the win.

Still a tough game for them against the Pelicans who are in a winning streak and just beat the Warriors in their home court.

Yeah, what a way to finish the game and I thought that we'll see some clutch. But we actually saw a clutch but that's a different clutch that we're not expecting.

This is what really means when there's still time left, anything can happen but on this game, it was still in the favor of the Lakers instead of the Memphis.

Next game of Lakers is on Monday against the Pelicans. Whilst for the Pelicans, they've just won against the Warriors today.

Yes, it will be different to have a coach with that experience, but nevertheless, the teams that he had success was with the Boston Celtics. And after that era, he hadn't had teams in the finals and on the contrary, have been choking in the playoff series.

Bucks though has history of firing their coach. Budenholzer give them a ring and Adrian Griffin was doing good until he is replace by Doc Rivers.

Either case, let's see if that gamble will pay off for the Bucks this season. And it all defense on Giannis recovering from that calf injuries he suffer.

Big finish by Lebron and with that shot they have the win. Honestly I think the game would be easy for the Lakers but it turns out they are having a hard time beating the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies, so now I have doubt if they can beat the Phoenix Suns. With that win also, that put them at the number 8 possesion, which means even if they loss to the Suns, they still have a chance on a do or die game.

Davis and Lebron were beast in that game, but if they want to make this team advance in the playoffs, they need everyone to get involve, especially  Russell who was out of tune in this game scoring 4 points only.

That last seconds of Memphis and Lakers was funny. Honestly, the last shot game and ball posession of Memphis shouldn't be that hard but that drive didn't go in, 3 points in the lead of Lakers but got a drive in on the paint.

But it was even better when the ball was gotta be on the out of bounds and that ball save by White but then passed to Lebron and what a way to finish that posession.

Ja Morant even pushed him and LBJ was just laughing at him, LMAO!

Kings not gonna win because they are just relying too much on Fox, if you review the last few possesions, it's all Fox and he is missing some shots. Situation like that, they really need Monk to help fox create some points, it's just unfortunate that he wasn't able to return yet, and now it looks like the Kings are gonna play with the Warriors in a do or die game.

What a great game in Sacramento but there's no "Light the Beam" today.

Phoenix Suns! Wow. They made the Kings scoreless for the whole last minute or more. Beal got a steal to cut the lead to two and then Nurkic was fouled to get the lead.
The defense on the last possession though was superb. Help came, they tripled team Fox and he was not able to find a man to pass the ball so he turned it over. This is a big win for the Suns as they are trying to secure their 7th spot so they only need one win in the play-in tournament to advance to the playoffs.
That hurts the Kings though who are trying to make it to the 8th spot but as of now it is still a clinched position as the Lakers will play the Pelicans next. They might lose here if the Pelicans will still let their starters play.

People might hate him for how he plays dirty inside the ring but he's an important piece of the Warriors and he's contributed a lot and he, and key players like Klay and Steph knows about that. There is no doubt that the Warriors will be able to make it if he's not in and that's why many teams look at the Warriors whenever he's out, that seems to be a great handicap for them and that's why their chance of winning is less if he's not there.

I agree, they're able to use that as an advantage when Draymond was out and that's really completing the puzzle that despite all of the heated discussions and hate against Draymond, you'll love him on how he's being embraced by the entire team as one of the most important and key players that has an important role for the franchise especially when it comes to these games like in seeds, playoffs and even in the finals.

Yeah if the Timberwolves want to have any sort of success they need to have KAT right.  Bringing in Gobert was the best thing they did, it allowed KAT to roam the outside while knowing the paint was still secure.  He is fine defensively but he prefers to play on the outside and they play better when he can play liek that.

But we can't deny his contributions to the Warriors, even Steph and Kerr admit to that. Of course, Jrue can still play, but I guess the agent did great if he uses Green as a barometer to their negotiations. He got him a good contract that's it, up to Jrue to perform and obviously, there is a high expectations from him moving forward.

Magic vs Sixers, this could be a good game to watch tonight, almost identical records, and then the games held as Sixers home court. I think Philly can hold on the Magic here and they can tie Orlando if they won.

Which shocked the hell out of me to be fair. Even on the first trade news when I heard that they were getting Gobert all the way back when the trade first happened, I was shocked. At a day and age where everyone is playing a small ball type of thing, or a big man that is a little bit more passer etc, they decided to go with a defender big man along with a shooter big man. That is definitely a shocking idea and I have to be honest and say that I believed that it would not work at all, I believed it would fail miserably.

In the end, its proven to be working and I am a better man than that so I get to accept defeat here, I was wrong and I did not know any better and with how good they are, I stand corrected. Seems like its a good idea.

We can always look at the stats on how the warriors perform when Draymond is out vs when he is in. honestly, I think Draymond may not be the heart and soul of the team but he is a big help for the Warriors, his experience in the playoffs is very important. Draymond is not a big man but he can defend a big man and with him on the floor, Curry, Thompson and other shooters will have an easy job.

I just really don't think that the Warriors will win in the playoffs without Draymond Green.

Just don't forget that the Cavaliers won a championship before because they capitalize when Draymond was suspended. that's how important he is to the team.

Just as expected, he will come back when playoff comes.

TBH, I also expect them to at least go out of the top 3 in the West, but it turns out that they don't solely rely on KAT that much to the point where anybody from the team can step up and can get some wins even without him. Well, they're one of the best defensive right now in the league, and that helped them stay on the top 3. I guess another reason is that, the lead between the top 3 and the 4th seed Clippers is too much that it wasn't enough for them to go out of top 3. Whether they will be facing either the Suns or the Pelicans, they have a chance in beating any of them. I don't see the Pelicans beating them especially they don't have Ingram and as for the Suns, they might have the offensive power, but they still have many problems especially on defense.

They have been since the start of the regular season.

I saw on a Facebook post that the players want him to be fired and find a new coach because of his inconsistency, lack of communication with the team, many changes on the starting 5, etc. etc. I mean there's many problems, but they choose to let him be the coach at least for this regular season. I will not be surprised if they will be firing him this off-season especially with their current performance and standings.

Playoff picture is ready!
https://www.nba.com/news/2024-nba-playoffs-standings-and-bracket-updates


For those who are new or confused, it's actually simple when it comes to the play-in tournament.

The number 7th and 8th seeds will battle, whoever wins gets the 7th spot in the playoffs.
The number 9th and 10th seeds will battle, and whoever wins gets a chance to battle the loser of the 7th and 8th seed battle to get the 8th spot in the playoffs.
This means the 9th or 10th needs to win twice if they want to enter the playoffs. And the 7th or 8th seed needs to lose twice to exit the playoffs.

That's why all teams below the 8th seed are trying to achieve that or higher so that they only need 1 win.
But we have seen miracles happen, In 2022 Pelicans were the 9th seed to beat the Spurs and Clippers to enter the playoffs. Maybe it can happen again. So don't lose hope if you are a fan of the team that is in 9th and 10th seed.

The best things that would happen to the Lakers are: first, New Orleans needs to win against the Warriors; they need to beat the Warriors so the Warriors will go down in the seeding. Next, Phoenix needs to beat the Sacramento Kings too, and with that, Sacramento will go down in the seeding. Lastly, the Lakers need to win all of the remaining games they had, which are the Pelicans and Grizzlies. The Grizzlies should be an easy win for them, and the and the Pelicans are 50-50 since Brandon Ingram will be suiting up (of course it's the Lakers LOL) after missing some games. But I think the Lakers can win this if they manage to set the tone early and are healthy.

With that, the Lakers will be the 8th seed, and they can escape either the Sacramento Kings or the Warriors since it will be 7th vs. 8th, and they should win their play-in so they can get the 7th seed and escape the Warriors and Kings. If they manage to manage the 7th seed, they can face either the Wolves or the Thunder in the first round.

I'm not convinced he's the "heart and soul". The Warriors can remove him from the rotation now and we probably won't notice the difference. The point I'm really getting at with the comparison is that Jrue Holiday is still playing better than Draymond Green. If the latter can get a $100M 4-year contract then the former can do the same. We don't know how the talks  between Celtics management and Jrue's agent went but it's possible that Draymond's contract was also used as reference during the negotiation.

He had a lot of games already and he should have adjusted with the Bucks and he is a experience coach. So I don't see it as a reason for Rivers not to bring out the best of the Bucks. Nevertheless, he has history of choking and if my chance they are going to face the Heat, then maybe it will haunt him again.

I think the roster of the Bucks is better last season, not saying the Lillard is bad for them, but what Holiday can bring to them, the defense and basketball IQ and then they have one tough defender in Grayson Allen that can shoot from the outside as well.

We are too hype with what the Heat had achieve last season that's why we think the team that they'll face might likely struggle. Well, maybe let's consider it back to square one as those teams they beat will also make an adjustment,  in fact the Celtics and Bucks made a big move this season and they really improve because they are the number 1 and 2 teams in the East, while the Heat is still rank at the bottom in the playoff standing.

You can really trust this man, no doubt about that, and what I like in the first round in case they'll advance from the play-in, the Miami Heat are gonna be the underdog, which means juicy return for the series odds if they win.

Yes, he can always use that word "adjustment" because he is still new to the team, but the fact that the old coach was fired and he was the replacement, that pretty much said how big the expectation from the management, and coach Doc Rivers has to deliver, he wasn't able to deliver in the regular season, now he has to deliver in the playoffs.

Bucks probably hoping now that they will not face the Miami Heat, because if they'll face... I don't know what would happen to the Bucks. honestly.

It's Jimmy Buckets time, last playoffs, he made these two popular teams (Bucks + Celtics) cried.