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April 21, 2019, 01:20:30 PM
Actually James Harden has a bad night. He is not hitting his shots even though he had a few good looks. Plus Rudy G. did a good job even blocking his shots multiple times.
Bruh, it's not even between Houston and Spurs. It is Houston vs Jazz. Rudy Gay is part of San Antonio Spurs team. Even though Harden had a bad night, he still puts up numbers for his team. A 22 points is no joke for a guy that is not heated at that moment. By the way, Harden is holding the Record of most TOs/game in playoffs and Most consecutive misses to start a playoff game which is 0-15 FG.
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April 21, 2019, 12:58:53 PM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
The Nuggets - Spurs series will be a nice series that I predicted before starting the playoffs. I think this will go probably to 7 games now that the score is tied already. The Nuggets are strong but lack of experience in playoffs but the Spurs are have more experience in playoffs but probably weaker compare to the other team (personal opinion).

Anyway, I'm surprised that despite of 3/20 shooting of Harden they managed to win against the Jazz on the road and he got 22 points.

Actually James Harden has a bad night. He is not hitting his shots even though he had a few good looks. Plus Rudy G. did a good job even blocking his shots multiple times.

The problem with Jazz is that Mitchell was very hot in the first half and then went on 0 out of 10 if I'm not mistaken. That's why the Houston was just able to get close and in the fourth James got a dunk that started his rhythm. After that he made a three and Jazz was unable to hold off Houston then. CP3 got a crucial offensive rebounds to seal the deal.
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April 21, 2019, 12:08:41 PM
Embiid just got back but is in full great shape.
Defensive and offensive awareness came out from him leading the way to win against Brooklyn again.

Notice some changes with their plays. More on Ben Simmons doing the offense for points while Redick is giving space for Embiid and Harris using the paint.

Love the way their coach did a great job stopping the young guns at fastbreaks.
Yet, all the eyes on NBA teams are for championship and that speculated again the GSW against either CELTICS or it might be that CELTICS against rocket that if rockets wins against GSW if it happen again with that GSW vs. Rockets last western conference finals. As we all know that rockets is one good team and it almost win in the finals not until one of the star player in team rockets got injured.

Now, if all players will be healthy then there is a some chance that GSW will be defeated.
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April 21, 2019, 11:09:09 AM
The Nuggets - Spurs series will be a nice series that I predicted before starting the playoffs. I think this will go probably to 7 games now that the score is tied already. The Nuggets are strong but lack of experience in playoffs but the Spurs are have more experience in playoffs but probably weaker compare to the other team (personal opinion).
I agree that this series will be a fight head on. A strong team that lacks experience in playoffs vs a team that is veteran in playoffs especially having a coach like pop could help you out.

Anyway, I'm surprised that despite of 3/20 shooting of Harden they managed to win against the Jazz on the road and he got 22 points.
Well, he's a free throw master. And Utah knew how to defense Harden but still he still got some foul calls. Utilizing his body is what James Harden is made of.
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April 21, 2019, 10:49:56 AM
Embiid just got back but is in full great shape.
Defensive and offensive awareness came out from him leading the way to win against Brooklyn again.

Notice some changes with their plays. More on Ben Simmons doing the offense for points while Redick is giving space for Embiid and Harris using the paint.

Love the way their coach did a great job stopping the young guns at fastbreaks.
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April 21, 2019, 09:16:51 AM
I think Spurs are in trouble because they have managed to steal one game from Denver on their home which is very difficult to achieve but they have given up one at their own home as well which Spurs are known to be great at, now that the series is tied its almost impossible for Spurs to take another win from Denver on their home court, that chance only happens once in a series and doing that twice is very rare, its still possible but it will be insanely difficult.

I just wish Dejounte was back, dude plays so well for defense and rebounding that he could have shut down Murray and anyone else Spurs needed. Jokic just put the Denver team roster higher on skill rate because he did absolutely anything he wanted and he really brought this win home all by himself. That Craig and Barton switch helped out a lot too.
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April 21, 2019, 08:43:50 AM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
The Nuggets - Spurs series will be a nice series that I predicted before starting the playoffs. I think this will go probably to 7 games now that the score is tied already. The Nuggets are strong but lack of experience in playoffs but the Spurs are have more experience in playoffs but probably weaker compare to the other team (personal opinion).

Anyway, I'm surprised that despite of 3/20 shooting of Harden they managed to win against the Jazz on the road and he got 22 points.
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April 21, 2019, 07:50:42 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 

That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.

Jazz let it slip away, they play good defence of Harden, 0-13 if I'm not mistaken in the first 3 quarters. However, they themselves have committed a lot of turnovers and missed shot. It was a eye sore in the first 3 quarters as team misses easy shots free throws and even dunks. Jazz are now down 0-3, no team have ever comeback from that deficit.
The problem with them is they don't have good shooters, Gobert had a good number blocks in the game, but it would be nice if he also scores a lot.
Their defense is acceptable but the offense is only coming from Mitchell, they need to have other players to step up.
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April 21, 2019, 06:52:19 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 
That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.

I do agree with the - having a three 0-3 series are very low chances of winning the series but in this case, I see if Utah Jazz can win their game 4-5 against Rockets they will also win the 6-7 games.

They can't even with the games with they have the chances last night. It's was an ugly match that they can really won, however, they didn't so I doubt that they can win even one game.

This will be the greatest series comeback for Utah Jazz. Jazz need a little bet push to defeat this overrated MVP James Harden.

We have witnessed one of the best scorers in the last 20 years misses a lot of shot, so I will give the Jazz some credit, but it was not enough. If you play good defense but if the team doesn't or can't score then everything just evens up. James was also in foul trouble, but coach Mike was not bother because the Jazz is not shooting very well as well and they are just like 4 or 6 points down. They can easily make it up which they did.
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April 21, 2019, 06:26:42 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 

That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.

Jazz let it slip away, they play good defence of Harden, 0-13 if I'm not mistaken in the first 3 quarters. However, they themselves have committed a lot of turnovers and missed shot. It was a eye sore in the first 3 quarters as team misses easy shots free throws and even dunks. Jazz are now down 0-3, no team have ever comeback from that deficit.
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April 21, 2019, 06:22:46 AM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
The series is not interesting as it could go game 7, it's likely and we like watching game 7.
This could be the only series that would go game 7, I was thinking Jazz had a chance against the Rockets and they could go game 7, but they are 3-0 now.
The last 3 games ended with a score separating each team a score with more or less 10 points and the last five minutes of of the regulations are somewhat garbage. If both teams will defend the next two games in their home court, then we have a deciding game 7. I could predict that the 1st quarters of game 7 is more interesting rather than the last 12 minutes of the regulations.
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April 21, 2019, 06:22:06 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 
That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.

I do agree with the - having a three 0-3 series are very low chances of winning the series but in this case, I see if Utah Jazz can win their game 4-5 against Rockets they will also win the 6-7 games.

This will be the greatest series comeback for Utah Jazz. Jazz need a little bet push to defeat this overrated MVP James Harden.
They cannot comeback, they are not the warriors, they are just a mediocre team with lack of super star.
Mitchell is good but not as good as Harden, it would be interesting if Harden will face a real star like Giannis, Curry, and Durant.
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April 21, 2019, 06:14:36 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 
That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.

I do agree with the - having a three 0-3 series are very low chances of winning the series but in this case, I see if Utah Jazz can win their game 4-5 against Rockets they will also win the 6-7 games.

This will be the greatest series comeback for Utah Jazz. Jazz need a little bet push to defeat this overrated MVP James Harden.
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April 21, 2019, 03:17:19 AM

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 

That's a big question, game 3 was suppose to be the best time to win because when a team is 0-3, the chances of winning the series is very low.
If the Jazz will win game 4, Rockets will make sure they will end the series in 5 and will celebrate at home.
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April 21, 2019, 02:46:55 AM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
The series is not interesting as it could go game 7, it's likely and we like watching game 7.
This could be the only series that would go game 7, I was thinking Jazz had a chance against the Rockets and they could go game 7, but they are 3-0 now.

Even James Harden struggles in the first half and with a 3-20 FG, the Houston Rockets still managed to win this game despite of that James Harden performance. I didn't spec that this series will go to 3-0 leads by Rockets.

Will Utah Jazz win in the game 4? Thoughts?
 
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April 21, 2019, 01:34:08 AM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
The series is not interesting as it could go game 7, it's likely and we like watching game 7.
This could be the only series that would go game 7, I was thinking Jazz had a chance against the Rockets and they could go game 7, but they are 3-0 now.
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April 21, 2019, 12:32:01 AM
The only hard series that the Spurs are facing is the round one, but it seems they can take care of the Nuggets.
If they will pass through the 2nd round, they will be facing either the Blazers or the OKC, I believe they have a good chance, though I think they will be again underdog.
Updates, series tied with each team  have 2 wins after Spurs loss on Game 4. The Spurs 3 point shots are nowhere to be found, Belinelli and Bertans were not a treat on Game 4. Derrick White, wasn't aggressive compared to previous 3 games.
Looks like the Nuggets wanted the game 4 more. Home court advantage now back to Denver.
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April 20, 2019, 11:23:56 PM
OKC was able to withstand Portland's comeback in the third and prove that they are not going to be sweep by Lillard and CJ as they win game 3, 120-108. Lillard exploded for 25 points in the 3rd quarter alone,  and CJ McCollum made a 3 to tie the score 89-89, but that is the closest that they can get as they forced turnover after turnover. Like others have been expecting this is an interesting match, specially Westbrook vs Lillard.
The competition between this two stars is getting tougher and tougher, OKC seems don't want to give up that easily, if they will force tieng up this series
it's gonna be an interesting game to follow, Westbrook needs to be more aggressive now and do his masterpiece, showdown between him and Lilard is really expected by their own respective fans.

Looking to see if the series will extend, Do or Die or Blazers will avoid it to happen, let see how they can handle it.
Expect the series to reach game 7, if westbrook continues to shoot better, OKC can win the series though they don't have the home court advantage.
I believe that the OKC are favored in this series so I'll go with them, but we cannot underestimate the Blazers also.
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April 20, 2019, 10:04:15 PM
OKC was able to withstand Portland's comeback in the third and prove that they are not going to be sweep by Lillard and CJ as they win game 3, 120-108. Lillard exploded for 25 points in the 3rd quarter alone,  and CJ McCollum made a 3 to tie the score 89-89, but that is the closest that they can get as they forced turnover after turnover. Like others have been expecting this is an interesting match, specially Westbrook vs Lillard.
The competition between this two stars is getting tougher and tougher, OKC seems don't want to give up that easily, if they will force tieng up this series
it's gonna be an interesting game to follow, Westbrook needs to be more aggressive now and do his masterpiece, showdown between him and Lilard is really expected by their own respective fans.

Looking to see if the series will extend, Do or Die or Blazers will avoid it to happen, let see how they can handle it.
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April 20, 2019, 08:22:50 PM
3-0 for the celtics and pacers series, I'm afraid they will sweep the pacers in this series.
This time bench are stepping up, they don't rely too much on Irving only and if they will play like this they will be a tough team to beat.

Irving had 10 assist, did not seen this for awhile.
I don't think they will sweep the Pacers but one thing is for sure, the Celtics will move on to the next round because there are no teams that win the series after a 3-0 deficit.

If Oladipo is on their line up then it will be a different story but right now, the Celtics are crushing the Pacers. Irving is playing well in this series and with the help of other members, they are on the track right now.

Same with my thoughts. Pacers will bounce back in game 4 but the chance for the Pacers to win the series is very slim. Oladipo is an important piece for the Pacers and his presence on the floor is a big factor to boost his teammates confidence during the game, but they're way too behind with the standings now.
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