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Quote from: harizen on January 18, 2019, 07:21:07 PM

Quote from: Reid on January 18, 2019, 01:28:40 AM

Kuzma, Zubac and Lonzo Ball stepping up to get a big win in overtime against the Thunders.

Damn Zubac. Coming from the bench and still managed to contribute 26 big points for the Lakers in 28 minutes. Credits also to his great passer teammates who always found him uncontested below the rim.

OKC literally blew a 17 point lead. Almost a loss on game regulations if Westbrook not fouled on the dying seconds resulting on OT.

Missing Link: Brandom Ingram. 8 points (1/9 fg) for "38" minutes. Inconsistency at it's finest lol.

Improvement: Bench players combined for 61 big points.

I watched the whole game and one thing I can say, it's all Westbrook's fault, he keep shooing instead of passing the ball to find his teammates, they settle too much in outside shooting and they didn't manage their bench properly resulting to heavy minutes for the starters which played an average of over 40 minutes, that's a lot of time and in the end they still loss.

Westbrook's shooting is really awful, he took 30 shots and only made 7 of the attempt, a smart player should adjust at this situation, he didn't.

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Quote from: Reid on January 18, 2019, 01:28:40 AM

Kuzma, Zubac and Lonzo Ball stepping up to get a big win in overtime against the Thunders.

Damn Zubac. Coming from the bench and still managed to contribute 26 big points for the Lakers in 28 minutes. Credits also to his great passer teammates who always found him uncontested below the rim.

OKC literally blew a 17 point lead. Almost a loss on game regulations if Westbrook not fouled on the dying seconds resulting on OT.

Missing Link: Brandom Ingram. 8 points (1/9 fg) for "38" minutes. Inconsistency at it's finest lol.

Improvement: Bench players combined for 61 big points.

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Quote from: upsidedown75 on January 18, 2019, 11:46:19 AM

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They either play elite or they suck big time, they lost to bulls for Christ sake, how do you lose to Knicks, Cavs and bulls but than play against OKC and win ? It is hard to bet on them lately so I am going to refrain having them on my parlay for a long time until Lebron comes back.

Weird isn't it. When you expect them to beat lowly teams, they lost and when no one expect them to win against the highly touted them like OKC, they rise to the occasion. So we can only speculate that they are still searching and trying to be consistent without Lebron James in their line up.

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And Lakers won again, this time against OKC in overtime. These dudes are seriously weird. Kuzma scored 32 which is another high game from him after that 41 or whatever game sometime ago when Lebron was out I guess. They are basically 5-5 with Kuzma in the roster and 2 of those games were against Cavs and Knicks.

People who bet on Lakers while Lebron is out should be either making a lot of money thanks to them or losing a lot of money because of them. They literally don't know what to do and when to do it. Anyone who say Lakers without Lebron started the first quarter horribly against Westbrooks OKC would imagine they lost the game but they fought back hard and got the game on overtime against two of the greatest late game guys in the league.

They either play elite or they suck big time, they lost to bulls for Christ sake, how do you lose to Knicks, Cavs and bulls but than play against OKC and win ? It is hard to bet on them lately so I am going to refrain having them on my parlay for a long time until Lebron comes back.

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Quote from: Vaculin on January 15, 2019, 11:33:45 PM

Quote from: jossiel on January 15, 2019, 10:46:51 PM

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We cannot avoid but to compare because as a fan we want to see who is the best and between the two, we have our own pick
based on what we see on their performance in a game. It's just lately that Harden is playing very good but Lebron were able to maintain his stats until now.

Comparisons truly are unavoidable but on our part, it's acceptable to give everyone's thought and hear them out on who's the best pick for them. I also respect everyone's point of view regarding their favorite players.

And it's good to hear a compliment that everyone recognizes Harden though it's not just those plays that he made but most of the time he really plays well. They are two different player and the crowd really likes them.

I don't think harden plays well. In any case, yes he play good offense but to be able to rank above LeBron, he should also have to play defense.

Each player isn't really perfect at all.We can compare other superstars to other one and each of them do have flaws even Lebron too and we know that.
If Harden aims to be above Lebron then there are really things need to catch up but well each player do have their own skills so we cant really judge if he would really be only
on that line.

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Quote from: jossiel on January 18, 2019, 05:56:53 AM

Quote from: Vaculin on January 15, 2019, 11:33:45 PM

Quote from: jossiel on January 15, 2019, 10:46:51 PM

~snip

We cannot avoid but to compare because as a fan we want to see who is the best and between the two, we have our own pick
based on what we see on their performance in a game. It's just lately that Harden is playing very good but Lebron were able to maintain his stats until now.

Comparisons truly are unavoidable but on our part, it's acceptable to give everyone's thought and hear them out on who's the best pick for them. I also respect everyone's point of view regarding their favorite players.

And it's good to hear a compliment that everyone recognizes Harden though it's not just those plays that he made but most of the time he really plays well. They are two different player and the crowd really likes them.

I don't think harden plays well. In any case, yes he play good offense but to be able to rank above LeBron, he should also have to play defense.

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Quote from: Vaculin on January 15, 2019, 11:33:45 PM

Quote from: jossiel on January 15, 2019, 10:46:51 PM

~snip

We cannot avoid but to compare because as a fan we want to see who is the best and between the two, we have our own pick
based on what we see on their performance in a game. It's just lately that Harden is playing very good but Lebron were able to maintain his stats until now.

Comparisons truly are unavoidable but on our part, it's acceptable to give everyone's thought and hear them out on who's the best pick for them. I also respect everyone's point of view regarding their favorite players.

And it's good to hear a compliment that everyone recognizes Harden though it's not just those plays that he made but most of the time he really plays well. They are two different player and the crowd really likes them.

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Quote from: Reid on January 18, 2019, 01:28:40 AM

Kuzma, Zubac and Lonzo Ball stepping up to get a big win in overtime against the Thunders.

Westbrook was off and so is PG13. Lot of frustration from the Thunders team too.
How about the turnovers? Lakers got a higher number of turnovers but Thunders just cant get that bucket after a turnover.

This proves again that even without Lebron, the young guns can make it.
Lets wait what will happen with their gameplay when James is back.

They are winning now, I thought it would be an easy win for the Thunder this time, but these young players proven me wrong.
Lakers are trailing in the first quarter but they were able to make a huge rally to make the game close, game went to OT by the way courtesy of Westbrook for 3 made free throws with 2 seconds left in the game. However, the Lakers still stay aggressive in the OT and beat the OKC, it was actually Zubac who is the game changer of this game, when he got in, it result to a rally and he is only active inside.

Look at his shooting percentage, it's very impressive, and this night is probably he season's best.

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Kuzma, Zubac and Lonzo Ball stepping up to get a big win in overtime against the Thunders.

Westbrook was off and so is PG13. Lot of frustration from the Thunders team too.
How about the turnovers? Lakers got a higher number of turnovers but Thunders just cant get that bucket after a turnover.

This proves again that even without Lebron, the young guns can make it.
Lets wait what will happen with their gameplay when James is back.

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Quote from: Ewinsane on January 17, 2019, 11:19:28 AM

Nets won thanks to Dinwiddie playing amazingly on the fourth quarter and the OT. Dude had 8 points going into fourth quarter and than ended the game at 33 points, that equals to 25 points in the fourth quarter and over time. That is an amazing performance by him and basically carried the whole team on his shoulders to a victory.

Harden continues his 40+ poing average games, he is about to become the second longest streak of 40+ points averaged after ... well of course wilt chamberlain. I think harden has a chance to beat kobe's 23 game streak, harden is at 19 right now, 4 more games close to or over 40 points and he can beat it unless he scores very little in the next games.

No matter what happens this has been a great year for him, without CP3 and any other help he managed to carry rockets back to where they belong, without Harden rockets are nothing. To think that he was at OKC and got here years ago, he turned into a superstar maybe a bit slowly but he worked hard and continued on his path to success without a break.

This shows that he really have the potentials, remembering him with KD and WB this three young bloods compete against the favorite big three of Miami, though they are just young and the maturity of playing inside the finals are well dedicated by James and Wade but they fought well, and the rest is history, good thing about the trade all of them have its own MVP awards.

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Quote from: Harkorede on January 17, 2019, 06:50:16 PM

Who else watched Washington Wizards come back from 12 points deficit after the 3rd quarter to defeat the New York Knicks by 101 - 100. Although the wizards were the clear cut favorite ( I also had a bet on them to win with -4.5 points) to win the match but slump to 10 points behind after the 1st quarter, the 2nd quarter end draw and the lost the 3rd quarter again by a two points margin, but were able to stage a complete come back in the last quarter to win the match by a single point.

That's how good team respond to the situation, NEW YORK KNICKS desperate needs a win but they did not able to upset the Wizards on their home court.
4th quarter was the only quarter the wizards work hard to win the game, in the 1st 3 quarters, they struggle to take the game close but they got lucky in the 4th, home court really brings advantage as the crowd helps boost their confidence to still get back in the game and win.

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Quote from: harizen on January 17, 2019, 04:30:54 PM

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Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Looks like defenders are confused on how to deal with James Harden. If they gonna get close contact on Harden they will be called on foul (even some of them are not really a foul). If not an aggressive defense, Harden will just go for a push or do a step back rainbow shot or 3s.

I'm that's how defenders think, Harden just master his style so much and we've seen improvement year after year.
Harden is a good shooter and knows how to fish foul by driving the ball inside most of the time, he will make more shots if he continue to bring the ball most of the time, and so far they are still doing good with their 6-4 last 10 games record.

Quote from: harizen on January 17, 2019, 04:30:54 PM

Harden is doing the right thing base on his current doing. Might be annoying to anyone but his style is effective.

That's what he does, some will hate, some will appreciate, just like Mayweather in boxing, his style is annoying but that's where he is effective at.

Quote from: harizen on January 17, 2019, 04:30:54 PM

On the other hand, producing 30+ or 40+ points in a streak is really a difficult task. That's how good the last season MVP is.

And he'll probably continue to produce this score now, I'm guessing 30+ average is easy for him going forward to this season.

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Who else watched Washington Wizards come back from 12 points deficit after the 3rd quarter to defeat the New York Knicks by 101 - 100. Although the wizards were the clear cut favorite ( I also had a bet on them to win with -4.5 points) to win the match but slump to 10 points behind after the 1st quarter, the 2nd quarter end draw and the lost the 3rd quarter again by a two points margin, but were able to stage a complete come back in the last quarter to win the match by a single point.

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Quote from: Lpim01 on January 17, 2019, 12:30:31 AM

Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Looks like defenders are confused on how to deal with James Harden. If they gonna get close contact on Harden they will be called on foul (even some of them are not really a foul). If not an aggressive defense, Harden will just go for a push or do a step back rainbow shot or 3s.

Harden is doing the right thing base on his current doing. Might be annoying to anyone but his style is effective.

On the other hand, producing 30+ or 40+ points in a streak is really a difficult task. That's how good the last season MVP is.

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Nets won thanks to Dinwiddie playing amazingly on the fourth quarter and the OT. Dude had 8 points going into fourth quarter and than ended the game at 33 points, that equals to 25 points in the fourth quarter and over time. That is an amazing performance by him and basically carried the whole team on his shoulders to a victory.

Harden continues his 40+ poing average games, he is about to become the second longest streak of 40+ points averaged after ... well of course wilt chamberlain. I think harden has a chance to beat kobe's 23 game streak, harden is at 19 right now, 4 more games close to or over 40 points and he can beat it unless he scores very little in the next games.

No matter what happens this has been a great year for him, without CP3 and any other help he managed to carry rockets back to where they belong, without Harden rockets are nothing. To think that he was at OKC and got here years ago, he turned into a superstar maybe a bit slowly but he worked hard and continued on his path to success without a break.

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Quote from: Naida_BR on January 17, 2019, 08:55:45 AM

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Interesting statistic for today's game between the Rockets and the Brookly nets.
Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Winner Nets - 145 -142

Harden does all the work for Rockets. On the other hand, sometimes other players need to take some attempts in order to rest him a little bit and keep the flow of the game as normal. Sometimes, after a huge streak of Harden and when he can't find a way to the basket Rockets seems to be helpless. I believe this is the role of Harden in the team however they don't have a full roster to support my thinking.

In this kind of scenarios, CP3 will be there to catch up and lift the team but right now he's not around and like what you have observed the rest of the team are all relying with harden's next move, they need to excel and keep the game running as a team and keep rotating so harden would need to lift
the entire game from his shoulder.

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Quote from: Jating on January 17, 2019, 08:36:20 AM

Quote from: Lpim01 on January 17, 2019, 12:30:31 AM

Interesting statistic for today's game between the Rockets and the Brookly nets.
Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Winner Nets - 145 -142

Amazing comeback win for the Brooklyn Nets. Down by 10 or more in the last four minutes was able to get back and tie the score. And again during the OT they are down, but played defense and hitting big time shots.

Harden's though has another 50+ point game but the Nets ruining it. Spencer Dinwiddie played very well today hitting three's during their comeback run and also in OT. Future All-star, or likely candidate for 6th Man.

The Nets had improved a lot this season, in the past seasons, they were one of the weakest teams in the NBA like the Sixers and the Phoenix Suns.
Now, they are competing and looks like they have a chance to be in the playoffs again, with these young team after they rebuild has finally found the success like the Celtics, in the past these 2 teams are involved on the Garnett and Paul Pierce trade but the Nets as the recipient were not successful on that trade that's why they also choose to rebuild.

As a crypto enthusiast I'm happy to know that Spencer Dinwiddie is the top scorer for the Nets in this game because he publicly said he is investing in crypto.

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Quote from: Lpim01 on January 17, 2019, 12:30:31 AM

Interesting statistic for today's game between the Rockets and the Brookly nets.
Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Winner Nets - 145 -142

Harden does all the work for Rockets. On the other hand, sometimes other players need to take some attempts in order to rest him a little bit and keep the flow of the game as normal. Sometimes, after a huge streak of Harden and when he can't find a way to the basket Rockets seems to be helpless. I believe this is the role of Harden in the team however they don't have a full roster to support my thinking.

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Quote from: Lpim01 on January 17, 2019, 12:30:31 AM

Interesting statistic for today's game between the Rockets and the Brookly nets.
Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Winner Nets - 145 -142

Amazing comeback win for the Brooklyn Nets. Down by 10 or more in the last four minutes was able to get back and tie the score. And again during the OT they are down, but played defense and hitting big time shots.

Harden's though has another 50+ point game but the Nets ruining it. Spencer Dinwiddie played very well today hitting three's during their comeback run and also in OT. Future All-star, or likely candidate for 6th Man.

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Interesting statistic for today's game between the Rockets and the Brookly nets.
Harden total FT attempt 23 ==>>> Brookly nets team total FT attempt is 22 Grin

Winner Nets - 145 -142

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