Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 320. (Read 914539 times)

The game wasn't "really" that further apart from each other as the score suggests. Nearly identical number of rebounds ,assists, blocks, stealsa, even near similar shot attempts. The only difference was that Clippers hit a bit more, sometimes it's all about that, you just have to hit a bit more.

Back in the day, hitting 40% on a shooting night was phenomenal, these days you have to go 50%+, I mean I remember when 50-40-90 meant something, nowadays you have to be nearly there almost all the time, anyone who doesn't have that doesn't even seem to be considered great anymore. So all in all, I am guessing that it is not going to be all that easy, we need to just consider Clippers just had a better night and that's about it, doesn't mean they are the better team.

Paul George's performance against the Thunder serves as more evidence that he has been a terrific player for the Clippers this season. It's wonderful to see him guiding the squad to victory because he has been so dependable. Westbrook has been a terrific addition to the squad, and his highlight reel was undoubtedly spectacular. They seem to be peaking at the right time, which is pretty impressive considering how much they've improved since early November.


The Suns' victory over the Kings was extremely impressive, as it is not often that a club overcomes such a significant deficit. Another amazing play was Dame's dagger versus the Bucks; he truly is a clutch talent! Regarding the Nets, it's fantastic to see Durant make those critical free shots.

PG13 was phenomenal in the last quarter of the game against the OKC Thunder. Kawhi Leonard on the other hand seems to also find his rhythm on outside shots. 3/4 in a three-point line today but the most helpful thing he did was being a facilitator for the team. 6 assists and of those will probably go to the highlights. The pass to Plumlee.

OKC Thunder now lost two consecutive games and it might become three as their next game will be against the hot Utah Jazz. That team is on their 6th winning streak and they are not showing weakness every game, no exhaustion too, they are always aggressive and energetic. Thunder will have a hard time defeating that young team.

How about the battle of the two MVPs? Jokic versus Embiid.
Embiid scored 41 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds. Jokic dominated the offensive rebounds, with 25 points, 19 monster rebounds, and 3 assists. We are not used to this type of Joker. We do love watching him do some circus assists and tonight that didn't show. He was more focused on rebounds but the sad part is they are lacking on defense. Now I miss Bruce Brown on their roster because that dude always steps up his game when it comes to defense.
Anyway, the Nuggets versus 76ers' next meeting will be on January 27 and that time, the Nuggets will have the homecourt advantage. I wish Joel would play on that day.

Watch out for this guys.
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1747429433865068649?s=20

Could this be a sign that the Raptors are waving the white flag? This will be big for the Pacers aiming for the "win now".

The Heat vs Nets was a good one as well. It went to OT and what I like about it the most is both teams just attacking or driving to the paint towards the end. That kind of reminds me of some old school basketball. It's also Jimmy's first game since his injury and he scored 31 points.

He certainly had his confidence boost, he can't stop making shots especially beyond the arc. IIRC, the 2 back to back triples hit the OKC hard that they cannot come back anymore. However, that wasn't the turning point, it all started with Dort reckless move trying to fish a foul but ended up getting an offensive foul. Additionally, SGA was pretty limited this game, he scored less than 20 points which is uncharacteristics of him since he average 31 points this season.

Paul George had himself a night as well as he carried the Clippers in the second half to a victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He ended up with 38 points in his best game of the year. Westbrook had a pretty nice highlight down the stretch as well. They have the best record in the league since November 7th when they got things together.

That doesn't happen a lot. Let's just say that Sixers played better that game, but if it was a best of 7 series, I think I would always trust my money on the proven champ. not that I don't like Sixers though, in fact, I'm happy with their performance as they seemed to get better when they offload Harden, so I'm looking forward that they'll continue to impress us beating strong teams, especially in the East.

True, it's not good for the fans and for those who bets for them, that a huge lead that they let go during the last quarter, I was in the impression
that Suns will just let it go and let Kings to enjoy the road game win.

But just like what you said, KD show up and lead the offense and together with all those role players who are also helping him both sides.

It's a great comeback and it happened in front of all those fans and supporters who surely enjoy and love the game they watched.

Kings lead I think 23 points in the 4th quarter and yet Suns were still able to comeback. They had some great offense but for this to happen to them twice, I think they have to figure out how to play great defense.

Suns knows they are down big but they didn't stop playing, specially Durant who made some clutch shots and with the help of some role players. Overall, it's fun to watch but it's just a big disappointing seeing the Suns not showing maturity in the game.

Comeback of the year for the Suns against the Kings I think. This just after the Dame dagger against the Bucks the other night. Durant closed out the win with a couple free throws but it took one hell of a comeback in order to win this one. Good for the Suns. Glad to see Durant had the ball at the end too.

I don't even think you watch the game and write just by looking at the scoreboard. You either lack reading or just straight trolling. I feel like the latter here so I put you on ignore.
I always thought basketball is for everybody but it seems like there are exceptions.

Seems like you don't know what "being a close game" means.
It reflects on the game, not the final 5 minutes.

Many lead changes and ties throughout the game. And you say not a close game. 
Whole thing could have gone both ways but Philly was the team making the deciding run.
Show me one more person with minimal basketball knowledge that would support your opinion.

Just to show this visually, if this graph doesn't show a close game then I don't know:




What actually would be true if you said this about the Suns vs Kings match. Suns won by 2 even though being down the complete match ( down 12 after 1st, down 17 after 2nd, down 12 after 3rd, up 2 after 4th ). That was not a close match even though the final result suggests that.



But talking about the Philly match that's just straight up wrong.

Nuggets choked on last quarter, so the game wasn't close. If you don't know how to close a game it's not important how you play first three quarters.
Sixers was double digit ahead in last 2 minutes. The game finished with 5 points difference. People who look at the final score could think the game was close, but it wasn't.

The score looks close but the game wasn't???
I watched the complete game. Denver was leading at least 60% or the game and went to the last quarter with a 5 point lead.
So where was that not a close game? Philly had their biggest lead in the 4th, before that it went back and forth with countless lead changes.

The deciding stretch was a 18:2 run in a couple of minutes of the last quarter, that's why Philly won.

That was like a preview of a potential NBA final. Philly looked stronger. It was a tie game until last minutes but Embiid pulled it off in last minutes. Both defenses were awful, score was 78-78 at half. Nuggets couldn't shoot anything in last 5 minutes. The score looks close but the game wasn't. Philly was way better and Embiid played like an MVP.

LA lakers actually have a good squad. there is lebron james, antony davis and more. maybe the coach just hasn't been able to maximize and collaborate his star players into a good game on the field. because the lakers players are not only good, their salaries are also exorbitant, aka high salary contract values.

And a high scoring game as well. Both teams at least have 50% FG percentage at the half, and the score is tied at 78. This is a game where we get what we paid for, and for the bettors, it will add an extra layer of excitement since these two are a championship teams and the spread is just very close.

Embiid got 23, while Jokic got 15. It's going to be an easy double double for them at the end of the game, but what's more important is to win.

Good luck, and let's enjoy the game.

Very close game between the Nuggets and the Sixers. 2 of the best centers we have right now, the reigning MVP and the former MVP is going at each other, both have 2 personal fouls. I will be biased that I wanted the Sixers to win because I have a bet on them.

But in any case that they've lost in a very close game, I wouldn't mind. I will just enjoy the game as it is and see them trying to best each other. Need those supporting and role players as well to show something in this game. So let's see how it goes.

Jazz can make it if they are consistent and won't get any injuries, but there are a lot of tough teams in the west I'm afraid they will still fall short , unless they will have another all-star that can bring them deep into the playoffs.

They got everything going right now, I think they made adjusted like putting Nunn as their starting point guard. And obviously, Lauri Markkanen is still improving, how many 7 footers we have seen that can dribble the ball (that behind the back that he pulled against D'Lo), and then shoot the ball with ease. Another big man that can do that is Jokic, but I think Lauri belongs to the top along with Joel Embiid.

I think that Jazz has the potential to make the playoff, or worst be in the play-in but still the chance are still there if they keep on improving and be healthy throughout the season. The team has completely rebuild already from the last couple of years and if I'm not mistaken, only Clarkson, who remains as the remnant of the old Jazz. But still though, coming off the bench, Clarkson is still big in Utah.