Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 296. (Read 902967 times)

The Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns faced off in a good one tonight. Unfortunately for the Suns Nurkic was out with an injury so they didn’t have a big presence down low.  That led to Domantas Sabonis absolutely bullying the Suns in the paint all night to help secure a 15 point victory for the Kings.

I only watched Miami a few times this season. They seem average but maybe this is normal during the regular season. But they have a nice win today even without Jimmy. Duncan was on fire in the 4th quarter and that prevented Miami from losing another home game. The Miami Heat failed to acquire another star for years now and that made Erik Spoelstra utilize what is only available and he became a master of developing players that aren't even in the top picks. Hopefully, they'll be able to make another surprise in the coming playoffs.

As for Atlanta, something's not working. They're dropping out of the top 10.

Even though Ja Morant was on the team I doubt they could make a get-go with the Indiana Pacers, but I was surprised that the Grizzlies did win this match I was surprised NBA has become so amazing every team is making something focusing on their players' strengths and weaknesses, me I will go with the Indiana Pacers and for sure it will be an interesting game as Ja Morant will surely want to prove his worth with the Memphis Grizzlies, that they can not win without him, and because Ja Morant was there they have managed in winning it, and Desmond Bane was really alive and firing up because now there are a lot of option for the Grizzlies in getting their offense,


They are really winning right now and not just Ja Morant but Desmond Bane is showing improvements in his performance sure he is getting pumped now that Ja Morant is on the court playing with him, and even Jaren Jackson Jr. is now comfortable in getting his performance pump up aswell because of Ja Morant, it was really an amazing performance for the Memphis Grizzlies they have defeated the Indiana Pacers the runner-up for the Season-In Tournament,

Duncan Robinson exploded in the fourth quarter with 21 points against the Hawks.
Almost perfect scoring:
- Field Goals 6 of 7
- Free Throws 7 of 7

He may not be the top go-to guy in the Miami Heat roster but that's an elite scoring.

Great job for Herro once again and also for Jaquez Jr. who I think is one of the best rookie this season.

With a 29-point lead by the Rockets in the 4th quarter, that sure is over already. I guess it's expected that the Rockets will win on this one knowing that the 2 superstars of the Mavericks are out. The 5 starters of the Rockets are in double-digits already. I'm not watching currently, but I would love to see Boban playing even in the final minutes of the game only. He's not injured right. 

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The Mavericks-Rockets is already a one-sided game, and so was the Jazz-Pistons game yesterday, but it ended up differently. Many expected that the Pistons would end their losing streak on this game because they're on their home, and 8 players on the Jazz aren't playing including Markannen, Clarkson, and THT, but they still lose.

I would not bring this up but it just shows how awful this Pistons team is. I want to laugh at them, but TBH, I feel sad for the whole Pistons team, and the management. How would you feel as a Pistons player if the fans themselves were saying "Sell the Team" in your face? A bit disappointing, but a bit sad and heartbreaking to see them playing like this. Their morale is now at its lowest point, and TBH, I don't know how they will come up with this one. They're only 3 games behind the current losing streak record.

This is how awful the situation in Detroit is. Even a bettor already put a bet that they will never win a single game this season anymore.

Dončić and Irving are not playing tonight, that tells why Mavericks is so bad against Rockets. They scored only 39 points in first half, that's a quarter score for a lot of teams. It seems like only Tim Hardaway Jr. is trying to do something and his 5/15 FG is not really helpful. Rest of the team, especially Hardy and Curry are awful. On the Rockets side Alperen Şengün made a double-double already. Jabari Smith Jr. also played good. Rockets should win this one fairly easy, no need to watch last quarter.

I voted for the Milwaukee Bucks to win the first 30. They are kind of scary when they play hard on both ends of the floor. When they played against the San Antonio Spurs and Giannis Antetokounmpo gained 16 assists while Damian Lillard had 40 points, that's when I said to myself that this team had so many options for their offense. Giannis became the playmaker and he scored only 11 points while Dame became the assassin. I mean, if Giannis could do that, it would help them spread the floor more. Imagine a big man who can pass or score underneath the rim just like what Jokic is doing which is the big reason why they won the championship.
The Bucks have the same roster or actually much better with Lopez defending the paint while he can also shoot outside on the offensive end. It's actually a perfect combination that will not be easy to defeat unless injuries happen. They play like a team on a championship-caliber now and their chemistry is increasing with Lillard finding his new home.
If it's about speed, they don't even need to go small ball with Portis and Giannis very agile going back on the defensive end. Their next game will be against the New York Knicks and I bet they can win it too. That will be their 7th winning streak if they get the W.

Yeah we see this guy shows that he can adopt on team situation since he do this on other team where he sacrifice a lot in terms of scoring but he's not happy with result especially on Sixers since he feels like he just get fooled by certain condition by their management. Now he's in Clippers where he actually don't need to spend a lot of energy to shoot they are in good the one they need is to share the ball and let the other star in the team do their work. But I don't expect Harden to stay since he's chasing a ring so there's huge probabilities that he go to another contender team if he can't get this on Clippers that's why they need to do more better job this season to hit their targets.

Also you can expect the players performance decline and that will be the factor of him can get a possible veteran minimum, but if he's still hot in the floor and can give 20+ points and 10+ assist to their team well maybe he's far to get that figures and might still get large contract if he plan to leave his team and go to another.

We will see how far they can go, and if we go today, they be sure in the playoffs in the West as they are rank number 5. But we all know that it's very different though, Kahwi and PG hasn't been healthy in their playoff runs. But since they have Harden, so it's going to be interesting if he is not going to choke as he also has history of failures, with the Houston Rockets wherein I think that is the closest he can get to the finals but they've lost to GSW. Or just last year, when he had a big performance against the Celtics but then lost the series.

So we don't have any idea on how the Clippers will do with their current lineup healthy. And if there 4 superstars play as expected, then they are going to be a nightmare match up for any team in the West.

As far as my research just now, I didn't find any and it says that Durant is going to play tonight against the King. But let's see, sometimes in the last minute, we see star playing not playing. But hopefully in this game, we would see KD play because the Suns needed to have a win tonight.

Yes, it's a tough game against the Kings, Sacramento though coming from a big lost against the Celtics and also wanted to bounce back. And with all their stars playing, this should be a great fight and hard to pick and to bet who's going to win.

Am I too naive or this time it seems different? With everyone healthy and especially Kawhi Leonard in great shape, they all seem like enjoying to be there and perform great and Harden seems also motivated and in good form. We have seen him good and motivated before and caused problem later but I feel like this Clippers might be different. Harden and Westbrook know their age and capabilities now and play and act accordingly. Seems like that for now and as a basketball fan, I hope it will stay this way. Even though they lost the latest game, I wonder what can they accomplish in playoffs and even get to the playoffs?

Do you have a source telling that Durant won't be available against the Sacramento Kings?

I tried to search some injury update regarding Durant and I can't seen to find one, so I'm thinking maybe he'll play tonight. Maybe what @OgNasty has told about injury was Beal being out of the team, but Durant and Booker are likely gonna play, with that, I think they still have a decent chance of winning as Kings were coming from a blowout loss against the Celtics.

Even with KD, I don't think they can beat the Kings, this team has been playing so good since last season, I even bet on them outrightly to win the championship last season. I agree, Kings are pretty aggressive when it comes to their offense, inbounding the ball so fast like they only have 10 seconds on the shot clock plus Sabonis is a great center player who can make play and shoot himself. Something is weird with Booker these days, he got 2-12 FG when they faced Toronto, I ain't see him with 40 points anymore, tho arguably because there is Beal and KD who can score the same.
KD and Beal won't be playing tonight, Imma go Kings, AGAIN.

Without KD, I doubt Suns can beat Kings that beat them badly before. Suns best chance is for Booker to become in perfect shape to provide a massive score that needed to catch with Kings aggressive. Without Book scoring, I doubt that they can give Kings a close fight with Fox and Sabonis duo is always very consistent with their game.

I will go for Kings on this match up due to KD absence. He is confirmed rule out for tonights game so no more surprise on this match.

I think the Lakers players have just gotten too relaxed after winning their first in-season tournament title, and that's probably one of the main reasons why they've been performing mediocre lately. Anyway, the end of the regular season is still a long way off, and I also expect the Lakers to find their rhythm to make the playoffs or at least the play-in tournament.

Lakers was in like 4th of 5th seed at one point, and now they are 10th (along with warriors being 11th), they had a 4-6 run on the last 10 games, if they had like 3-4 more wins which they looked like they could, because that is their average was, then they could have been at the fourth or fifth seed again, or even with 2 more extra wins they would have been at sixth or so position, instead of 10th.

I still think they will be in the playoffs, but it is such a shame to see them start to be this bad suddenly. In the end, about the 30 games, I think Celtics could be the ones that can get there, it would not be all that crazy and I think it could happen, obviously they need to stay healthy for that to happen but I think at 21, they do have a chance to get to 30 wins first, and I think if they can do that with enough difference, even 40 as well. Not that many teams achieve 60, but they do look like a 60+ win team this season without a doubt, they are really good.

Oh happy Friday. Today we get one of my favorite NBA matchups, the Sacramento Kings vs the Phoenix Suns. With the Suns still dealing with injuries the Kings are the favorites and they also have the better record. The Suns arguably have the better roster though, maybe even with their injuries, so I’m expecting a close game tonight.

Didn't watch the game, but if we look at the betting line, we would wonder why the OKC is the favorite in that game. And so with Kawhi not playing, it's might be easy that the OKC team will win and that's what happen.

As for the debacle of Lakers, they don't have the same energy when they are playing in the in season tournament.

And then there are rumors of trade as well that might be putting pressure or at least players that are supposedly involved in that trade are being bothered by that news.

Did you know Kawhi Leonard is not playing? And even with Leonard on the court, I am not placing a bet because the Thunders have the advantage of playing at home. They are becoming a genuine team to beat this season. I cannot recall a match the Thunder lost in their court without giving a challenge. And I am not placing a bet on the worst teams because they do not care about winning anymore.

It was an entertaining match, a battle between number 2 and number 4. Until in the third quarter when Chet Holmgren made a tricky dunk, and it ignited a 13-0 run. The ten digit lead went on until the remainder of the match.

Awful night for me in NBA as I had Clippers to win at 3.03odds and I was to tired to search more about their record of 9-0 win streak before this game. Apparently this 9-0 record they had was in top 4 of best franchise run ever and that should have been enough for me to switch sides and go with OKC. Then , I had faith in Portland to get another home win but I guess this team really is one of the worst teams in NBA right now...(