Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 320. (Read 903043 times)

It would seem that when a team loses by 24 points with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the outcome of such a game is usually obvious. However, this time, the Mavs players disproved it and showed a great example of never giving up early. The fact that the Thunder players couldn't score for 7 minutes and had a very poor field goal percentage in the 4th quarter shows that the Mavs players were too good both on defense and offense.
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I'm even wondering what the odds were on the Mavs winning at the start of the 4th quarter.

I'm amazed nobody is talking about the insane 4th quarter in the Dallas game. Dallas went on a franchise record 30:0 run in the last quarter and after going up by 6 with 4 min to play still managed to lose. OKC closed out the game on a 15:3 run. 

How you can still lose after getting the full momentum and the lead is beyond my understanding but at least the fans had an exiting game to watch.

Pacers looked good tonight and they did it without 1 of their top players. Haliburton out with knee issues had to watch his team catch fire from the bench. 6 different players with double digit scores is pretty impressive. Would love to see these guys get healthy and make a deep run in the playoffs like they used to do in the 1990s.

That didn't happen, Hardaway Jr. and Luka played, but I imagined only Hardaway Jr. wouldn't play.
Luka didn't play on Friday because of the birth of his daughter.

But... it was still an excellent game, Luka had an excellent performance with a triple double, Chet Holmgreen had a "shy" performance, but his teammates stood out and also played an important role in OKC's victory against the Mavs

The Warriors vs Clippers game shows that Westbrook is a problem for the Clippers. Westbrook is the reason why the Warriors led by 20 points early in the game. In the fourth quarter, Westbrook missed three-point shots and didn't play depensively against Klay. Klay had 7 points straight against Westbrook defense. If Westbrook had played more minutes in the last quarter, they surely wouldn't have made a comeback. However, Westbrook's defensive rebound in the last minute brought the opportunity for Paul George to win the game against the Warriors.

I like Paul George's courage to shoot those three. I mean it takes a lot of bravery to do that because all blame will be on him if he missed that shot. They don't need a three, a two would suffice to take it to overtime with a hardcore defense in those final seconds.
Oh and Steph, why? I know Draymond Green had been hitting his threes with a 50 percent shooting stat but that shot should be for Curry. There's a chance he could get a foul if he kept on attacking the paint but he chose to pass it to Draymond and just trust his hands.
Anyway, the Warriors are still playing great despite that loss, I can see Steve Kerr has been rotating his players very well and they could've really won that game and beat the Clippers twice. I think that's still a good thing. They are not dead yet and Steph has been getting the help that he needs.
Moses Moody especially has been stepping up his game on both ends of the floor. His last three games are all in double figures and I think Coach Kerr will keep on using him because of that. He played 32 minutes today.

I do agree, they've lost games that they have built a good lead. I'm not sure about Klay's contract though, but with this kind of performance, looking bleak and this could be their final run as big 3 in Warriors uniform.

Age is also a factor for this 3, although they still have some young players, but it wasn't like they were build on their last championship. Their defense is no longer there, no effort whatsoever to scramble and shift that's why they gave a lot of easy points and 3's for the Clippers to make that huge comeback.

I don't mean to take the efforts and resistance supposedly shown by the Clippers away from their win tonight, but the Wariors are becoming a more shitty team as they day goes by, they can effortlessly score 70 points in a row, but they can't defend those points being conceded back, so what's the point and they're becoming of the worse clutch team in my opinion, they've two of their last 4 or 5 games after leady by atleast 20 points, and more than 15 points into half way into 3rd or even the 4th Quarter, you really can't win a championship when you're that awful defensively, and Steve Kerr needs to figure out  not just a bench unit that can only function with Draymond, Curry or Klay on the floor, he needs a unit that either hold it down and get going without any of these guys on the floor!

The Clippers are starting to put together some wins here and there. With this win over the Warriors by a point, they’re now just one win away from being a .500 team. Not good but a lot better than things we’re looking a few wins ago. Kawhi has to be happy that there’s a chance to get some wins with this team.

Just watch few minutes of the first quarter, Draymond Green already hitting three 3's, that is a bad sign for the Clippers. And when I come back after a walk, score is 48-67 in favor of the Warriors.

Good to see that they are back, they've beaten the Clippers in their first game, so I wouldn't be surprised if they do it back to back. Yeah, Rockets vs Lakers is also a good game. Sengun talents against one of the most dominant big man right now. We might see some one on one plays for Sengun as I think he has the speed advantage against Davis. Or bring him out of the 3 point line to clear the middle for them.

Early game on TV as usual, Warriors at Clippers. Looking at the odds Clippers is the favorite but I expect a close game. We may see over 230 points.
Rockets vs. Lakers also look good but that's too late, or too early for me. I'd love to see Alperen Şengün against AD but maybe next time. Rockets may upset Lakers tonight, be careful about your bets.

It is 100% shocking to me that OKC is doing this great, I mean they do not have any star level players aside from SGA, that dude and bunch of role players have made them a successful team somehow, and we are talking about a team that owns THIRTHY!!! picks in the next 7 years, which means that they may very well use all their picks to get even better picks (give 28th and 15th to get 10th type of deal) or they may even use it to get other players as well, they could just swap picks for a player and make the team stronger.

This team is already good, when you think about the growth they may have, they are going to be unstoppable by that logic. Or maybe this is an outlier season and next year (or even rest of this season) they may not be all that great.

And it's a back to back game for Dallas, the first game, they've lost already. So I guess with Luka still sitting, Kyrie will be the one to carry the game for them. But OKC is one of the hottest team, with SGA and potential rookie of the year Chet Holmgren, who others think was over rated at the start of the season, even some fans of OKC themselves. But he is becoming what others have expected him to be and playing great so far.

Another great game to watch in the West is the game between the Kings and the defending champion Nuggets. Although Jamal Murray is still in the injury list, Reggie Jackson is doing great as he fills the role of their PG. The Kings is the favorite in this game.

It's a battle of number 3 (OKC) and number 4 (Dallas) in the West. This should be a great match, but unfortunately, we might not be able to witness a full strenght Dallas in this game as there are players who are listed as questionable to play, such as Hardaway Jr. and their main star Luka Doncic who missed the last game.

The only issue with Davis is his consistency. He can be explosive on a single or 2 matches but he can’t sustain that aggressiveness long term since that big body gives him a cooldown after a heavy strain on it.

I notice that AD become less aggressive every time he has a solid performance in both offense and defense. It’s good that Lakers finally developing other players to cover for him since both AD and Lebron is getting older already.

They are inconsistent and that's the truth.
The Clipper team will have more harder time defeating the teams in their division which they will be matched a lot of times. Chemistry. That's what they are missing. Not with Paul George or Westbrook but with Kawhi.
This is the first time Harden will be playing with him and I think that took a toll on their team. The expectations are too high to reach especially, from their fans who thought those the best roster they could get. It's not. PG13 do have an experience with the likes of WB and Harden but Kawhi had been used to being the team leader and I don't think everyone could accept that especially with his rank and injuries. Respect is such a difficult to thing to receive from players who had been stars in other teams.
The Clippers have so much to work with. Their defensive players are out, might as well think of another strategy from Coach Ty Lue on how he can maximize his new players. I'd focus on offense if I were him. Use the Mike D'Antoni style of plays.

Yes, this is true!
Maybe I'm talking something nonsense, but I have a strong conviction that OKC will get a seed in the playoffs of this NBA season...
Well... that's a good question and I'm also wondering how far OCK can go in the playoffs.

Tonight we will have OKC x Mavericks. I'm looking forward and i will definitely watch this game, it will indeed be a competitive and interesting game to watch.

agree with you mate these two players have a good impact once they see get back to the Lakers as we all know how they play inside the court and for the help of Davis in defense then both players is good to handle as we all know that vendo is a good defensive player he can guard even tho taller than him so it's a big contribute to the team once he will added to the Lakers team. And in offense they all players can still contribute by points.

For sure Brandin Podziemski has potential after seeing that game and how Brandin Podziemski worked in this game it was really amazing right now Steve Kerr is giving him more time to play for every game and if the Golden State Warriors could get the right chemistry with Brandin Podziemski I think the 2nd team will be a great thing with Chris Paul could be a full point guard if he wish it, because even without Stephen Curry, the Warriors can manage a great play with Brandin Podziemski and Klay Thompson on the other team for sure,


Actually, it was unexpected that the Chicago Bulls won this game, and even I thought that the Milwaukee Bucks could easily get this one, but against the Chicago Bulls it was a different story, as the game was a close match that ended up with an overtime and in that overtime the Milwaukee Bucks was too tired to make this game a win for them,


The Golden State Warriors snatched another prospect and for sure Brandin Podziemski is really slick, this new lad has sick moves and is always running inside the court just like Curry, and that floater is really hard to get in he is doing it easily for sure and for this game, the Golden State Warriors have really gotten a great pick this season and for sure Brandin Podziemski has proven that he is needed to be playing in the Golden State Warriors roster, for me Steve Kerr might need to experiment in getting more time to play Brandin Podziemski, Jonathan Kuminga, and Moses Moody for sure

This team is really unpredictable, however, just like last season, they entered the playoffs not on the top spot, they are even the underdog on each rounds before they got eliminated, so this team is still very dangerous if you'll ask me.

Lebron's favorite time are the playoffs moments, they excel on that with Davis, so as long as they'll qualify the playoffs, consider them as a threat and has the potential to win a championship.


These guys are good defensively, the Lakers really needed them, being back gives more boost on the Lakers defense, so can we expect them to turn themselves from inconsistent to consistent now?