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At this moment the favors back to Denver Nuggets since they won the game 4. But do you guys think that Nuggets will this series against San Antonio Spurs? Thoughts?

Homecourt advantage is not an addition to this two teams by now.
They can win anywhere they want. My brain will just explode if I try so hard to predict it. Grin

Have you seen how Michael Malone suddenly changed the strategy?
From a non scoring Jokic into a sudden fight at the paint and forcing to score it.

Now, what will Pops do?
They might try to double Jokic now but to the expense of opening one three pointer.
Damn Malone is also wise. He made a bait here but I dont think Pops will bite it. There will be another strategy for the Spurs.

It will be a fight for defense.
I am rooting for Denver now. I know how Murray worked so hard for that playoffs spot which he tried so much last season. I watched him playing like in ecstacy just to get the 8th spot. But just short.

After tieng the series plus the homecourt crowd, game 5 would be an advantage for Nuggets, they already adjusted and make good plays the duo of Murray and Jokic is really effective, both stars are playing like it's the last game that they've had and forcely fight to win, if they can keep this momentum bringing the game back to their fans, chances to win the 5 game will do favor them.

While at the East, Giannis monstrous performance eaten the Piston sweeping without any good fight at the last game of this series, leading the team with 41 points, they've gonna play against Boston who also sweep the pacers, an interesting series to watch out.

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

IMO, regular season and playoffs are two different stories. The intensity from the playoffs is far more different than the regular season. The OKC may have a good record versus Portland in the regular season, but that doesnt guarantee them a win in a playoff series.
Theres still have a chance for the OKC to comeback from this deficit anyway. But a higher chance for them to be eliminated, as there were only a handful of team to comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Its just so disappointing for the OKC, I was really expecting a 7 game series with their match up.

I respect Westbrook a great deal but I don't think his play style is congruent with leading a team to a championship.

My prediction from the start of the season still golds true, the Warriors will easily win another ring because they are just too talented. The only real question left is if Durant or Curry will win the Finals MVP.

It's not a problem with me whether any of these two talented guys will make the MVP towards finals. What's important is they've been doing great for the benefit of the team. Only the fans is competing for them, but being realistic here the motivations of each players were focused on how to achieve success in the end.

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They gave the defending champs all they got and there are moments when you have to questions GSW heart. However, it's Klay time to shine as he poured 27 points in the halftime to finished with 32 points.

This is the advantage of the Warriors, the three scoring machine. This time it is Klay and Durant who lead the scoring for the Warriors with 32 and 33 respectively. You just need two of this combo to explode and the game is in the bag.

When those three are on fire, its hard for the opposing to defeat them.

Even though Curry doesn't have a good night, Klay and Durant led the team to the victory and get a 3-1 lead. Now they are back to their home court. Do you expect that they will lose on their home Cheesy

. I don't think so. They will win the series 4-1.

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Quote from: BlackMambaPH on April 22, 2019, 05:51:28 AM

At this moment the favors back to Denver Nuggets since they won the game 4. But do you guys think that Nuggets will this series against San Antonio Spurs? Thoughts?

Homecourt advantage is not an addition to this two teams by now.
They can win anywhere they want. My brain will just explode if I try so hard to predict it. Grin

Have you seen how Michael Malone suddenly changed the strategy?
From a non scoring Jokic into a sudden fight at the paint and forcing to score it.

Now, what will Pops do?
They might try to double Jokic now but to the expense of opening one three pointer.
Damn Malone is also wise. He made a bait here but I dont think Pops will bite it. There will be another strategy for the Spurs.

It will be a fight for defense.
I am rooting for Denver now. I know how Murray worked so hard for that playoffs spot which he tried so much last season. I watched him playing like in ecstacy just to get the 8th spot. But just short.

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Quote from: BlueStackz on April 22, 2019, 11:31:34 AM

Westbrook is really that type of player, if he plays great than he makes so much difference that he can win the game all by himself. However, if he plays badly than he an cost the game all by himself as well. That is why they call it "live by bestbrook die by worstbrook".

I think Dame and CJ have been waiting to move beyond the first round for a long long time and they have finally managed to move to second round (most probably since its 3-1). Second round will be easy for them too since its either spurs or nuggets, both of them are good teams and create a challenge but other teams are warriors and rockets so spurs/nuggets is a better option to play against then the warriors/rockets so maybe they will even move to conference finals for a chance.

With the type of games they are showing right now, for sure they are eager to win this round and move to the next one, 3-1 is already a big edge even sometimes there's certain comeback that happened, if they passed OKC, either spurs or nuggets, chances to win still pretty high and maybe they can
advanced to the conference finals and face the rivalry of gsw and rockets, although it's still too early and they have to win the last one and wait for whoever wins between the veterans Spurs and the youngsters Nuggets..

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Westbrook is really that type of player, if he plays great than he makes so much difference that he can win the game all by himself. However, if he plays badly than he an cost the game all by himself as well. That is why they call it "live by bestbrook die by worstbrook".

I think Dame and CJ have been waiting to move beyond the first round for a long long time and they have finally managed to move to second round (most probably since its 3-1). Second round will be easy for them too since its either spurs or nuggets, both of them are good teams and create a challenge but other teams are warriors and rockets so spurs/nuggets is a better option to play against then the warriors/rockets so maybe they will even move to conference finals for a chance.

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

IMO, regular season and playoffs are two different stories. The intensity from the playoffs is far more different than the regular season. The OKC may have a good record versus Portland in the regular season, but that doesnt guarantee them a win in a playoff series.
Theres still have a chance for the OKC to comeback from this deficit anyway. But a higher chance for them to be eliminated, as there were only a handful of team to comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Its just so disappointing for the OKC, I was really expecting a 7 game series with their match up.

I respect Westbrook a great deal but I don't think his play style is congruent with leading a team to a championship.

My prediction from the start of the season still golds true, the Warriors will easily win another ring because they are just too talented. The only real question left is if Durant or Curry will win the Finals MVP.

I think Houston is the only team that could be a threat for the Warriors this year if they continue playing this way. They already beat the Warriors a few times this year and this should definitely be the most entertaining matchup of this season.

And this will be a great match up if they meet in Western Finals but sorry, after this 1st round Warriors vs Rockets will be the next.

And Warriors will don't make NBA Western Finals if will lost in the 2nd round. Rockets vs Blazers in Western Finals will a great match up! I don't see that Spurs and Nuggets can beat this Blazers.

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

IMO, regular season and playoffs are two different stories. The intensity from the playoffs is far more different than the regular season. The OKC may have a good record versus Portland in the regular season, but that doesnt guarantee them a win in a playoff series.
Theres still have a chance for the OKC to comeback from this deficit anyway. But a higher chance for them to be eliminated, as there were only a handful of team to comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Its just so disappointing for the OKC, I was really expecting a 7 game series with their match up.

I respect Westbrook a great deal but I don't think his play style is congruent with leading a team to a championship.

My prediction from the start of the season still golds true, the Warriors will easily win another ring because they are just too talented. The only real question left is if Durant or Curry will win the Finals MVP.

I think Houston is the only team that could be a threat for the Warriors this year if they continue playing this way. They already beat the Warriors a few times this year and this should definitely be the most entertaining matchup of this season.

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

IMO, regular season and playoffs are two different stories. The intensity from the playoffs is far more different than the regular season. The OKC may have a good record versus Portland in the regular season, but that doesnt guarantee them a win in a playoff series.
Theres still have a chance for the OKC to comeback from this deficit anyway. But a higher chance for them to be eliminated, as there were only a handful of team to comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Its just so disappointing for the OKC, I was really expecting a 7 game series with their match up.

I respect Westbrook a great deal but I don't think his play style is congruent with leading a team to a championship.

My prediction from the start of the season still golds true, the Warriors will easily win another ring because they are just too talented. The only real question left is if Durant or Curry will win the Finals MVP.

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Quote from: Jating on April 22, 2019, 03:19:54 AM

They gave the defending champs all they got and there are moments when you have to questions GSW heart. However, it's Klay time to shine as he poured 27 points in the halftime to finished with 32 points.

This is the advantage of the Warriors, the three scoring machine. This time it is Klay and Durant who lead the scoring for the Warriors with 32 and 33 respectively. You just need two of this combo to explode and the game is in the bag.

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Anyway, that is Harden's achievement I think Cheesy

but its my first time for me to see a player who is 3/20 shooting but got 22 points. No wonder how many times he go to the free throw line Cheesy

. Good game for the Jazz but Harden is just good

. They must recover in Game 4 if they want to win at least 1 game and don't be like Pacers who lost in Game 4 against the Celtics already.

I think this playoff season is already done for the Jazz as they seem to not have any chances against this Houston team. Houston will want to close it early because one more game means shorter time of resting for them which is always a bad thing for anyone.

Well, I could say the same. Still, its good for the Jazz to atleast play for the offseason.
While on the other hand, the Pacers has been completely sweeped by the Celts. I guess I was wrong with my prediction that sweeping would be a hard thing to do this year as most of the teams were very competitive lol.

Yeah you're wrong, I am also not expecting they can do that to Pacers easily, IIRC my bet on the series was 4-2 in favor of the celtics but it's a loss bet now. Looking forward, there are other teams that are competitive on their series, like the spurs/nuggets which is 2-2 at the moment and I was also thinking that OKC might even the series after the game tonight.

WB will take over again and win the game, PG still contribute though not in usual numbers.

My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.

At this moment the favors back to Denver Nuggets since they won the game 4. But do you guys think that Nuggets will this series against San Antonio Spurs? Thoughts?

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Portland rained 3 pointers!

DAMNian Lillard those 3's, he lead his team and managed to win against OKC.

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They gave the defending champs all they got and there are moments when you have to questions GSW heart. However, it's Klay time to shine as he poured 27 points in the halftime to finished with 32 points.

Kevin Durant proved why he is the MVP of this team, with 33 big points and that dagger three in the last three or two minutes if I'm not mistaken put them ahead for good. Curry having an off night, finishing with just 12 points, 3-of-14.

It's now 3-1.

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

IMO, regular season and playoffs are two different stories. The intensity from the playoffs is far more different than the regular season. The OKC may have a good record versus Portland in the regular season, but that doesnt guarantee them a win in a playoff series.
Theres still have a chance for the OKC to comeback from this deficit anyway. But a higher chance for them to be eliminated, as there were only a handful of team to comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Its just so disappointing for the OKC, I was really expecting a 7 game series with their match up.

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Paul George lead 32 points, Westbrook scored 14 points (5-21 shooting). And he missed his final 10 shots.

They can actually win if not with Westbrook's bad shooting, game 3 he is shooting well that's why they win.
I don't understand why he does not adjust knowing his shooting is not good, this is not time for stat padding, it's playoff time and his team needs to win.

I don't know what happened to Westbrook he got only 1 point in the entire 2nd half. This is not the time for Russel to make again a triple double on their upcoming 5th game that will lead to mockery of his career.

This is what happens when he doesnt have a goal.
When he is creating a tribute he can make something happen, while winning the first round is so difficult for him.
I just dont get that man.
Why not make every game a tribute to someone else. Mother, Father or any relative just so he could focus his game.

PG13 cannot run the whole show. He needs the veteran of OKC and if he plays like that it will be hard for PG13 to lift them all up. Westbrook is like the captain and he needs to show it to his team mates.

Right, maybe he is trying too hard and was gambling that one shot that will suddenly turn things around for him and his team. However, he didn't clicked and PG13 has to take the bulk of the scoring against a balance attack from Portland.

It will be another disappointment for Westbrook again if OKC won't go past the first round again. There's no one to point the blame to but to himself.

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Paul George lead 32 points, Westbrook scored 14 points (5-21 shooting). And he missed his final 10 shots.

They can actually win if not with Westbrook's bad shooting, game 3 he is shooting well that's why they win.
I don't understand why he does not adjust knowing his shooting is not good, this is not time for stat padding, it's playoff time and his team needs to win.

I don't know what happened to Westbrook he got only 1 point in the entire 2nd half. This is not the time for Russel to make again a triple double on their upcoming 5th game that will lead to mockery of his career.

This is what happens when he doesnt have a goal.
When he is creating a tribute he can make something happen, while winning the first round is so difficult for him.
I just dont get that man.
Why not make every game a tribute to someone else. Mother, Father or any relative just so he could focus his game.

PG13 cannot run the whole show. He needs the veteran of OKC and if he plays like that it will be hard for PG13 to lift them all up. Westbrook is like the captain and he needs to show it to his team mates.

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Paul George lead 32 points, Westbrook scored 14 points (5-21 shooting). And he missed his final 10 shots.

They can actually win if not with Westbrook's bad shooting, game 3 he is shooting well that's why they win.
I don't understand why he does not adjust knowing his shooting is not good, this is not time for stat padding, it's playoff time and his team needs to win.

I don't know what happened to Westbrook he got only 1 point in the entire 2nd half. This is not the time for Russel to make again a triple double on their upcoming 5th game that will lead to mockery of his career.

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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).

I agree. It is still up in the air, no one can really see who is going to win because it seems that they are a perfect match. I wanted for the Spurs to win though. Grin

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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.

It's because the other team didn't do good as well. Turn-overs, (I remember Rubio turning the ball over during the last seconds of the 3rd quarter). And Donovan is also not hitting even his free throws, there's no one to blame but themselves, had the chance in their homecourt, but they blew it.

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Quote from: Yaunfitda on April 21, 2019, 11:42:58 PM

Paul George lead 32 points, Westbrook scored 14 points (5-21 shooting). And he missed his final 10 shots.

They can actually win if not with Westbrook's bad shooting, game 3 he is shooting well that's why they win.
I don't understand why he does not adjust knowing his shooting is not good, this is not time for stat padding, it's playoff time and his team needs to win.

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Quote from: Questat on April 21, 2019, 11:33:10 PM

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My predictions with Spurs and Nuggets seems working lol.
And oh, at this very moment, Portland is winning against OKC again. Almost 20 points deficit in favor of Portland with less than 5 mins. in the 4th. I can see a 3-1 lead from Portland already. I guess, this is another wrong prediction again. Sad.

The OKC needs to win one game in the road to get this game back to their home court.
I would say it's possible they can win one as they have a good record against this team during the regular season, still the same OKC team and for sure they will play harder this time around as every game is a do or die for them.

It's already 3-1 and I would say that it is very difficult to climb back from this deficit unless you are Lebron. Grin

. Portland is the 3rd seed, and we thought that they are done because of Nurkic's injury. Lillard again put a spectacular display in the 3rd quarter and hold off Westbrook. C.J. McCollum added 27 points.

Paul George lead 32 points, Westbrook scored 14 points (5-21 shooting). And he missed his final 10 shots.

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