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legendary
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March 24, 2019, 02:37:00 AM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
Full time GSW 91 - 123 Mavericksi very bad perform Warriors
I seen how they play today Mavericks is doing great in this match so it doesn't make sense and I can't think that Mavericks can defeat a Warriors

Thompson only scored 8 points in this game and curry did not play.
So let's just call it a bad game for the Warriors, and like they do all the time, they will bounce back, so let's prepare for that.
If I'm not mistaken, they already clinched the playoffs so there are some games that their all star players will not play like this one. They are reserving their all star players and limiting their time so that they are fresh when they enter the playoffs. Correct me if I'm wrong I'm not sure about it but I think they already clinched the playoffs already.
That's what i'm thinking too. There's no need for them to play at their best. Even I would do that if i'm in their position. Making sure that i'm 100% healthy and rested before entering playoffs. Guess that's nothing new in NBA limiting playing time of star players by their own management for a purpose.
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March 24, 2019, 12:43:49 AM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
Full time GSW 91 - 123 Mavericksi very bad perform Warriors
I seen how they play today Mavericks is doing great in this match so it doesn't make sense and I can't think that Mavericks can defeat a Warriors

Thompson only scored 8 points in this game and curry did not play.
So let's just call it a bad game for the Warriors, and like they do all the time, they will bounce back, so let's prepare for that.
If I'm not mistaken, they already clinched the playoffs so there are some games that their all star players will not play like this one. They are reserving their all star players and limiting their time so that they are fresh when they enter the playoffs. Correct me if I'm wrong I'm not sure about it but I think they already clinched the playoffs already.
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March 24, 2019, 12:21:55 AM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
Full time GSW 91 - 123 Mavericksi very bad perform Warriors
I seen how they play today Mavericks is doing great in this match so it doesn't make sense and I can't think that Mavericks can defeat a Warriors

Thompson only scored 8 points in this game and curry did not play.
So let's just call it a bad game for the Warriors, and like they do all the time, they will bounce back, so let's prepare for that.

I agree. Just a few more games to go before the playoffs and i think the warriors aren't thinking of winning as much games anymore. It wouldn't matter who they play in the post season and they do have home court advantage already in thr first round and likely second. Mavs played great. Luka cemented his roy claim. Warriors played bad. It happens.
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March 23, 2019, 11:00:20 PM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
Full time GSW 91 - 123 Mavericksi very bad perform Warriors
I seen how they play today Mavericks is doing great in this match so it doesn't make sense and I can't think that Mavericks can defeat a Warriors

Thompson only scored 8 points in this game and curry did not play.
So let's just call it a bad game for the Warriors, and like they do all the time, they will bounce back, so let's prepare for that.
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March 23, 2019, 10:51:54 PM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
Full time GSW 91 - 123 Mavericksi very bad perform Warriors
I seen how they play today Mavericks is doing great in this match so it doesn't make sense and I can't think that Mavericks can defeat a Warriors
legendary
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March 23, 2019, 10:22:53 PM
You guys know what's happening with the warriors?

Mavericks just hit them hard, 108 - 70 3rd Q ( I thought my scoreboard is wrong)

This was a good steal for bettors if they beat on the Mavericks beating the warriors.
Luca did the magic tonight, triple double already.
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March 23, 2019, 10:05:14 PM
LEBRON ELEMINATED! It is the first time since 2006, its incredibly poetic it came from DLO they kicked out of the team.

What they do not understand is that Lonzo was never a great player, he played in a system and he was a system player, without that system built around him he is just fish out of water and they should have kept DLO instead of asking for Lonzo, hell Lonzo even has trade value, if they kept Dlo and still drafted Lonzo they could have traded him for something decent instead. Lebron must be feeling relieved, I mean going to finals god knows how many times in a row (last I remember Celtics on 2010 finals, after that was full on Lebron) must had some toll on his body and on his mind.

He is at an age where he can't just bully his team to finals or even playoffs, he needs help ASAP or he will be retiring earlier than we think. He also needs plenty of shooters around him.
Hard isn't it? They only got Rondo 2.0 rather than an all start D' Angelo Russell. And also, they got rid of Julius Randle, the future of New Orleans Pelicans. Sad, they threw 2 all star in the making. Well, can they just get rid of Magic?  Roll Eyes
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March 23, 2019, 02:58:58 PM
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.
The Rockets is a better team than last year. I just don't like Harden hugging the ball for a long period of time thus making their offense predictable. Harden must produce 30+ points a game for them to have a chance of winning a game but come playoff time, defense would be tighter on Harden and this may cause problem to them offensively. Just my thought.
Good coaches always adjust each time they've seen some lapses with both offense and defense strategy, if teams adjusted with harden surely CP will be there to help him carrying the team, Rockets it's not alone with harden all the rest of the team can step up and bring the competitions to it's peak.

Like what you have said, they already improved compared from the last year's selections, they just needed to be more eager to accomplish their goal for this season.
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March 23, 2019, 11:48:14 AM
LEBRON ELEMINATED! It is the first time since 2006, its incredibly poetic it came from DLO they kicked out of the team.

What they do not understand is that Lonzo was never a great player, he played in a system and he was a system player, without that system built around him he is just fish out of water and they should have kept DLO instead of asking for Lonzo, hell Lonzo even has trade value, if they kept Dlo and still drafted Lonzo they could have traded him for something decent instead. Lebron must be feeling relieved, I mean going to finals god knows how many times in a row (last I remember Celtics on 2010 finals, after that was full on Lebron) must had some toll on his body and on his mind.

He is at an age where he can't just bully his team to finals or even playoffs, he needs help ASAP or he will be retiring earlier than we think. He also needs plenty of shooters around him.
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March 23, 2019, 10:09:03 AM
Toronto raptors are really inconsistent without kyle lowry and thought he would be back for last nights game against the thunder.
Harden scored another 60+ point game and broke another record last night for most points in a quarter. Wink
He is the glue for the team because without him they suffer just like lowry is for the raptors.
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March 23, 2019, 09:16:46 AM
The problem is that Harden is also good in finding the open man.
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.

Right, it seems this season has improved because of the good spacing and as you have said, he attract defenders and those shooters know where to go to and get the assist from Harden.

They are still the main threat for GSW in the West and I do hope that they will see each other again and see if Houston will again push GSW for the conference title. They could have won last year though, if not for Paul getting injured. Battle of wits as well for D'Antoni and Kerr.
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March 23, 2019, 03:35:59 AM
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.
The Rockets is a better team than last year. I just don't like Harden hugging the ball for a long period of time thus making their offense predictable. Harden must produce 30+ points a game for them to have a chance of winning a game but come playoff time, defense would be tighter on Harden and this may cause problem to them offensively. Just my thought.

Agree. Harden could still improve his game without changing his playing style, if he could dish out quick outlet to an open teammate everytime he gets into a traffic and impossible to make a field goal, instead of risking to get a foul, he can pass it outside instead, that way he'll become less predictable. Anyway, I hope they will improve this year's postseason.
We will know if he already improved if they can beat the Warriors this playoffs.
Most likely they will be facing again in the Finals, last time the series went to game 7 but most games, Harden is not effective, it was Paul who did a great job.
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March 23, 2019, 03:20:34 AM
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.
The Rockets is a better team than last year. I just don't like Harden hugging the ball for a long period of time thus making their offense predictable. Harden must produce 30+ points a game for them to have a chance of winning a game but come playoff time, defense would be tighter on Harden and this may cause problem to them offensively. Just my thought.

Agree. Harden could still improve his game without changing his playing style, if he could dish out quick outlet to an open teammate everytime he gets into a traffic and impossible to make a field goal, instead of risking to get a foul, he can pass it outside instead, that way he'll become less predictable. Anyway, I hope they will improve this year's postseason.
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March 23, 2019, 02:44:24 AM

And he did it again, yeah against the San Antonio Spurs.
As Derozan took the ball up with his elbow out Harden suddenly flops which looks like he was hit by the elbow.
But of course not. If he was hit then he might be sleeping afterwards.
It was just the beard which was hit and the ref still called it as an offensive foul against DeRozan.

I bet they will see the replay of that. Money for NBA again. Kaching!!
Unfortunately there are questionable calls in the NBA and refs cannot make it perfect since they are just humans, at least that's their excuse.
NBA is rigged, every gambler knows that and calls can be bias sometimes because of the money involve.

You can ask Tim_Donaghy about that.
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March 23, 2019, 02:41:05 AM
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.
The Rockets is a better team than last year. I just don't like Harden hugging the ball for a long period of time thus making their offense predictable. Harden must produce 30+ points a game for them to have a chance of winning a game but come playoff time, defense would be tighter on Harden and this may cause problem to them offensively. Just my thought.
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March 23, 2019, 02:23:09 AM

And because we are discussing Harden here...... "2 free throws for Harden!".

That's how soft it is lol.

Hahaha. Even from far away, when he flops, you will hear a whistle. Refs are spoiling him way too much.

When I'm watching James Harden on how he flops and the referee calls in favor of him then that's the time I really hate him but on the other side I appreciate the way he play the game though even it's annoying sometimes because I realized his plays style is within the rule book of NBA and he's cracking it, Thooose Double step back and sneaky ways of getting fouls Cool .

And he did it again, yeah against the San Antonio Spurs.
As Derozan took the ball up with his elbow out Harden suddenly flops which looks like he was hit by the elbow.
But of course not. If he was hit then he might be sleeping afterwards.
It was just the beard which was hit and the ref still called it as an offensive foul against DeRozan.

I bet they will see the replay of that. Money for NBA again. Kaching!!
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March 23, 2019, 01:33:49 AM
The problem is that Harden is also good in finding the open man.
The rockets have improve now, they have good shooters like Gordon and green, so they just need to stay open
because Harden will drive the ball will attract defenders. The talent is there and it's the coach decision on how to make a proper game plan comes playoff time. It's going to be a chees match I think, Rockets are aiming for big success this season and D'Antoni is really good as a coach.
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March 23, 2019, 12:57:27 AM
Yes, he really 'perfected' the art of flopping on his favor. And that step back, he was able to 'exploit' it to his advantage and not be called a traveling.

I remember Lebron James, 'crab dribble' early on his career, a lot of controversy regarding that one as well, majority says it's a traveling violation, similar to Harden step back, I don't know but I have a feeling that NBA fans are still divided on whether it's a violation or not.

Not only step back, he also mastered the side step which is very hard to guard.
The only way to shut down harden is to double team him, he is not fast enough so defenders can get him out of rhythm.
We will see good defense when playoffs start, and that's the time Harden has to prove that he can also be as good in the playoffs.

Yep, that side-step or euro-step is also difficult to guard as well.

Perhaps force him to his weak side, the right and then double him. The problem is that Harden is also good in finding the open man.

I still remember though that Manu block on him 2 or 3 playoffs ago and that started the whole Harden choke in the playoffs. So let's see how team are going to adjust on him this time.
That's what I appreciate with Harden, finding the open man when it's needed and allow the guards to double or triple him just to create good spacing for his teammates, this season is full of surprises especially when playoffs starts, we will see most of the players to push themselves to the limits, last season Rockets almost went to the finals, CP injuries really affects the momentum, let see if how well this team matured as another season will test them trying to chased against much stronger opponents.
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March 23, 2019, 12:47:49 AM
Yes, he really 'perfected' the art of flopping on his favor. And that step back, he was able to 'exploit' it to his advantage and not be called a traveling.

I remember Lebron James, 'crab dribble' early on his career, a lot of controversy regarding that one as well, majority says it's a traveling violation, similar to Harden step back, I don't know but I have a feeling that NBA fans are still divided on whether it's a violation or not.

Not only step back, he also mastered the side step which is very hard to guard.
The only way to shut down harden is to double team him, he is not fast enough so defenders can get him out of rhythm.
We will see good defense when playoffs start, and that's the time Harden has to prove that he can also be as good in the playoffs.

Yep, that side-step or euro-step is also difficult to guard as well.

Perhaps force him to his weak side, the right and then double him. The problem is that Harden is also good in finding the open man.

I still remember though that Manu block on him 2 or 3 playoffs ago and that started the whole Harden choke in the playoffs. So let's see how team are going to adjust on him this time.
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March 23, 2019, 12:33:46 AM
Yes, he really 'perfected' the art of flopping on his favor. And that step back, he was able to 'exploit' it to his advantage and not be called a traveling.

I remember Lebron James, 'crab dribble' early on his career, a lot of controversy regarding that one as well, majority says it's a traveling violation, similar to Harden step back, I don't know but I have a feeling that NBA fans are still divided on whether it's a violation or not.

Not only step back, he also mastered the side step which is very hard to guard.
The only way to shut down harden is to double team him, he is not fast enough so defenders can get him out of rhythm.
We will see good defense when playoffs start, and that's the time Harden has to prove that he can also be as good in the playoffs.
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