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After that Curry slipped, Kerr decided to rest his main squad later on to prevent possible injury. Almost a sure win with a big lead. This also stopped Klay from doing more points. This was also mentioned by the commentators right after the slipped that Kerr needs to rest his squad now as the important is winning and not for a record (I believed Klay don't want to sit early lol). Only DeMarcus Cousins remained on the final quarter as part of the main squad to help him interact with other GSW rosters.

Supposedly a good winnings if you nailed that.

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Well for me it's not about being young why those two didn't able to carry the Lakers against the Warriors.

Even those 2 young guys played on their max performance, Golden State Warriors is just too much too handle for them and they also played at their best. Their shooting is good, their rotations and plays is good, their defense is good etc. which makes them dominant the whole game.

Ouch that hurts.
Garbage time took too long and that is why it gets to that point where the lead have a lot of change.

Thanks for the tip though. Because of that, I am now considering calculation of the garbage time. 3rd stringer players should be seen too if they could prevent the opponent from slicing the lead.

Sorry for the lost though.
Again a dominating GSW is stepping up. It could have been nice if Lebron is there to play.

With Klay Thompson setting the league record with 10 made 3 pointers and they took him out of the game because he accomplished enough for the game and were up by enough to put in the garbage crew afterwards. Then the slip by Curry looked as if he step on a banana or something. What a irresponsible thing of Steve Kerr to do with one of his star players when they were up by 26+ points.
LA showed they can not compete with the top team without a leader and Ingram wasnt that leader whom the players can rally behind. Like a Harden or Curry can do for their team.
The Phila game was alot more exciting to watch then the Golden state one was.
Muscala blocking Tucker at the rim and an old time player Corey Brewer messing up with Harden's game was priceless to watch and they held the Rockets to 50 points at the half and under 100 points for the whole game was something to watch over and over again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r48TRaH92Lw
The game was entertaining because everybody had a little piece of Harden and it wasnt a blow out game even if they were up by 27+ points when it was over. They took out Harden early on in the fourth cause they knew they lost but he still had 27 points in the first half and ended the night with 37 points.
I bet on the 76ers to beat the rockets and the odds were 1.55x and also had them under 224.5 and it hit. Also had the warriors game on over 232.5 and got it too but only because Klay Thompson scored so many three pointers and ended the night with 44 points. With so many star players Curry wasnt utilized like he normally is in their games and think he scored his first three pointer late in the third quarter.

I mean to begin with even with full rosters Warriors is by far the better team, not even remotely close to each other. However, considering all rondo, Lonzo and LEBRON was missing the game, it wasn't a shock to anyone that Warriors won. I am never a fan of thinking any team will win at any given night because even the most horrible tanking team could give their moneys worth to Warriors on a regular season game but lets be honest with each other Warriors is not losing these small games, it matters for home court advantage.

I think if anyone wagered on warriors last night on Moneyline it would have been easy profits, not like its different other nights but Lakers missed a lot of crucial players to begin with. If its by 26+ like you did then there is always a risk involved since 26+ is really a whooole lot of points

That's right, without lebron and rondo the team will have big problem competing with GSW, I remember the last time they played lakers was able to survive even lebron needs to bench out because the injury, rondo was able to command the game and got the chance to win that game, today w/out
them and Lonzo lakers struggles but I commence the rest of the team as they tried to make the game close before the 3rd quarter showdown of
thompson.

TBH, without LBJ and Rondo, Lakers are really struggling, now that Ball is also out too. Kuzma and Ingram are still young to carry this team though, kodus, to their efforts as they stood out to be the leaders of the team. On the other side, Klay did relatively do most of the damage in this game, shooting first 10 attempts beyond the arc with 10-11 3PFG%, he's literally on fire. What more could they do if Curry did the same (though he has an off shooting 3-12FG, 2-10 in 3pt line) but still he'd able to dish out 12 ast in this game plus a ticket to Shaqtin.

Yeah! He's the lead scorer having 44 points, what an outstanding performance . It seems that Warriors get even stronger after Cousins is now able to play for their team. They are now completely an All Star Team (looks unfair for other teams but they can't do anything about it). Let's see if Lebron and the youngsters could be able to stop them in their next match, I can't wait to watch it.

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Does somebody laugh out loud after Curry's slip and 3 point miss? For sure he will be a candidate for Shaqtin a Fool .

Surely they would dominate the Lakers, without a legitimate pointguard they certainly lose at a powerhouse team. Also the odds of betting is too high, starting at a +10 for the Lakers means everybody expect the warriors to win the game.

The Warriors avenge their previous loss by returning the favor, dominating the Lakers on this game.
In just one quarter alone specifically in the 3rd, they were able to bring the lead to their comfort, 3rd quarter score was (45-25) in favor of the Warriors.
Also, tonight Klay Thompson bring his A game and only miss one 3 point shot on the 10 of 11 shooting.

This bet almost hit, but the warriors were careless in the 4th, they do not want me to win. 

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They've win the game even without butler, and yes Embiid brings the glory of the big man back, just a like when Olajuwon and Shaq once dominates the hardcourt, it's been a while now seeing big guy to score that high, it's been a league of showcasing  speed and outside shot.

Moving back to DRose, Seeing him play like this reminds me on how we respect him when he's still on his prime, basketball lovers will remember him as a lightning slashers and a fearless ball handlers who will attack you each time he will see the opportunities, glad seeing him back to this level again,.

I hope he can do that kind of MVP mode everyday, like James Harden and some other MVP NBA players.
Rose is one of the humble star in the NBA so I'm really happy for that kind of big improvement, I just hope his team will reach the playoffs so he can help his team.

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Meanwhile, very exciting game now between the Rockets and the Sixers, Harden and Embiid are showing the talent of the real MVP.
Since Embiid is dominating the paint, I think I will put by live bet on them,Embiid is a big man but has the talent to move like Curry, big man with crossover.

I predict 76ers game against Harden and friends will be under on points and the LA lakers game against the warriors will be over.
Jimmy Butler is not going to be playing in tonights game in Phila.

I'm not a die hard fan of Harden nor Lebron but I'm weighing things if it's for their performance for overall the seasons. But we have to recognize that this guy won an MVP award last season.

While Lebron won the play of the year, entitled clutch shot of the year. I just want to appreciate and recognize those players that always excel and also for those aspiring ones, let's get back in action with this discussion folks.

Don't worry, karma is real and will execute on the right time.

Right, as NBA fans we really do appreciate how Derick Rose is doing today after his Chicago days. I still remember that there's a lot of haters saying that his career is over. But he resurrected his career and showing us a glimpse of what Derick could have been if not for that injury he suffered.

Derrick Rose goes on MVP mode again.

29 points...... in second half. Yes, that's right. Only 2 points from first half then pumped the fuel at second. The highlight? A game winner clutch shot that leads for Timberwolves victory. Derrick Rose is really making an attention this season. Following what surprising thing he will do next.

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Zaza is really living on a trademark of dirty plays ever since.

NBA should make an action about this act because their replays are full of useless thing is there's no associated penalties on it. It's a clear intentional foul and no signs of showing a hesitation whenever he is doing it..

Since Zaza's style is effective to him and NBA just let go of it, he will just continue to make a dirty plays like that.

The Lakers have improved obviously with it's last games but definitely they need Lebron and another star player to help them in the playoffs. But they suffer a setback since Ball got injured and might be out in a month. I do hope that the Lakers will get AD in a trade so that they would become a championship caliber team.

Yes. An ejection usually happens if a player is seen doing these type of fouls which can cause bodily injury. It isnt a full contact sport like football so these shouldnt be inquestion when done on another player in this sort of game.
I've seen him do some elbowing while with the warriors but nothing like these three big fouls by grabbing shoulders and intentional elbows.
Definitely uncalled for and he should be met with missing games in the future or he will just keep thinking he can get away with them when not seen by the referees.
The rest of the games today look good especially the Golden state warriors in LA later on tonight.
None of the sports book think they can steal one from the hot warriors with 8 to 1 odds stacked against them to win.
And Phila vs Houston also look good. 76ers are on a winning streak but Harden is on a tear lately with scoring nearly 50 points in each of his last three games. Last game was 48 points but close enough.

I was a little mad when I saw that. Pachulia's face says it all. He did it intentionally without remorse.
He didnt even think about it. He just grabbed him and took him down with all his might.
He had been doing this for a long time and there should be disciplinary actions made by NBA management for this guy.
The number of injuries have been increasing with the use of his body.
Flagrant 1 is okay for the game only but afterwards there should be steps that needs to be considered to stop this kind of act or else it will be repeated or be copied by other players.

Some games have started early because of the holiday today and are almost done. Including the Bulls and the Thunder matches.
Actually the most interesting one would be the Pistons game to watch.
With Pachulia causing these type of fouls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8zwse19pNk the night before against the heat.
These type of grabs and throwdowns can cause serious injury and he only received a flagrant 1 foul on the last one is poor officiating on the leagues part.
This guy is doing these on purpose and is reckless of them to keep him in the game.
He was on the warriors before and Trevon Green is known for fouling people and then yelling about it but these ones are nothing compared to those.

I agree. The comparisons are not appropriate. Scoring wise, harden seems content in taking up most of the scoring burden for his team regardless of what situation. He's there to score and he has the license to shoot and create for himself. And i think the rockets are cool with that role of his.