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Quote from: OgNasty on November 18, 2023, 10:06:23 PM

As strange and meaningless as the in season tournament may seem to us, the players do seem to actually care. LeBron who is notoriously cheap even said he was trying to win the $500K bonus for winning the tournament and said he would use it to finally upgrade to a Spotify premium account (you know he’s still too cheap to do that).

The Lakers are 3-0 so far in tournament games.

It's even surprising that the Lakers are performing so well in the in-season tournament. By the way, the Lakers have only one game left in the group stage, which will be against the Jazz. The Jazz doesn't seem like a difficult opponent for the Lakers, and I expect the Lakers will be able to beat them easily, thus guaranteeing themselves a first place in Group A (West) and a spot in the knockout round.

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Looks like the Warriors just dropped their 6th in a row. So brutal to take the lead in the last seconds just to end up going to OT and getting spanked. I think relying on that 3 pointer is killing the Warriors. They took 46 shots from 3, while they made 18 of them it's still not the greatest strategy. If you are going to be shooting that many threes, you have to really crash the boards and have a big edge in rebounds. Probably doesn't help with the Green suspension either.

The Warriors' strength used to be their 3-point shooting, but unfortunately, many teams have caught up; they're good shooters now too. The sad part for the Warriors is that, while they keep improving their shooting, they haven't focused much on enhancing their inside defense. This leaves them vulnerable against teams with dominant big men, like OKC with Chet, the tall guy who forced the game into OT.

They're on a 5-game losing streak at home: one against the Cavs, two against the Wolves, and two against OKC. It doesn't look good, man. Tough times for the Warriors.

Indeed, tough times for them. The 1st half was looking good, especially for Wiggins, Klay, and Steph. But in the second half, Shai and Chet Holmgren dominated the offensive line. I am running out of trust for the Warriors as all those losses that they had included my losing bets.
I don't think I am going to bet for them until I see some changes. I know Steph could be lethal and now I see Wiggins stepping up his game, but Klay seems to be stuck after a good start.

Who watched the Minnesota Timberwolves versus the New Orleans Pelicans?
It was damn hot up to the end, a very close game with so many players in foul trouble and some are fouled out. The defense was at a high level that's why. But Karl Anthony Towns saved the day for the Timberwolves and claimed the win without Anthony Edwards after he was fouled out. I am glad for KAT, their team is working fine and every player makes the other look good every game. It won't be easy to defeat that team.

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Quote from: yahoo62278 on November 19, 2023, 01:51:28 AM

Looks like the Warriors just dropped their 6th in a row. So brutal to take the lead in the last seconds just to end up going to OT and getting spanked. I think relying on that 3 pointer is killing the Warriors. They took 46 shots from 3, while they made 18 of them it's still not the greatest strategy. If you are going to be shooting that many threes, you have to really crash the boards and have a big edge in rebounds. Probably doesn't help with the Green suspension either.

The Warriors' strength used to be their 3-point shooting, but unfortunately, many teams have caught up; they're good shooters now too. The sad part for the Warriors is that, while they keep improving their shooting, they haven't focused much on enhancing their inside defense. This leaves them vulnerable against teams with dominant big men, like OKC with Chet, the tall guy who forced the game into OT.

They're on a 5-game losing streak at home: one against the Cavs, two against the Wolves, and two against OKC. It doesn't look good, man. Tough times for the Warriors.

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Looks like the Warriors just dropped their 6th in a row. So brutal to take the lead in the last seconds just to end up going to OT and getting spanked. I think relying on that 3 pointer is killing the Warriors. They took 46 shots from 3, while they made 18 of them it's still not the greatest strategy. If you are going to be shooting that many threes, you have to really crash the boards and have a big edge in rebounds. Probably doesn't help with the Green suspension either.

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Quote from: Yamifoud on November 18, 2023, 11:22:18 PM

It turns out Curry was playing; I thought he'd be out due to injury, so that was a surprise. It's a positive for the Warriors since they really need a win. However, the familiar story unfolds, they struggle to protect their lead, failing to contain OKC's big 3rd quarter run. Three quarters down, and the Warriors are only ahead by 2 points going into the fourth. Let's see if the Warriors can pull this off.

Yeah he's playing but not very effective, the game is more like Wiggins vs. Holmgren. OKC came from 18 points behind and almost won the game, but Warriors didn't give up. Wiggins made a 3 when 1.6 seconds left but Holmgren replied with same. Now we're heading to overtime.
I don't know what's the problem for Warriors when they play at home, they are already 1-5 and close to make it 1-6. It's hard to explain this when you watch their games.

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Quote from: Yamifoud on November 18, 2023, 11:22:18 PM

It turns out Curry was playing; I thought he'd be out due to injury, so that was a surprise. It's a positive for the Warriors since they really need a win. However, the familiar story unfolds, they struggle to protect their lead, failing to contain OKC's big 3rd quarter run. Three quarters down, and the Warriors are only ahead by 2 points going into the fourth. Let's see if the Warriors can pull this off.

What a sequence in the 4th quarter! I thought the Warriors had it in the bag when Wiggins nailed that 3-point shot and there was only 1 second left. But, hold up! OKC called a timeout, set up a play for Chet, and he sank a tying 3-point shot. Darn, we're heading to overtime now. The Warriors are still at risk of losing. This game is intense! Grin

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It turns out Curry was playing; I thought he'd be out due to injury, so that was a surprise. It's a positive for the Warriors since they really need a win. However, the familiar story unfolds, they struggle to protect their lead, failing to contain OKC's big 3rd quarter run. Three quarters down, and the Warriors are only ahead by 2 points going into the fourth. Let's see if the Warriors can pull this off.

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As strange and meaningless as the in season tournament may seem to us, the players do seem to actually care. LeBron who is notoriously cheap even said he was trying to win the $500K bonus for winning the tournament and said he would use it to finally upgrade to a Spotify premium account (you know he’s still too cheap to do that).

The Lakers are 3-0 so far in tournament games.

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Watching this In-season tournament deal right now...just feel really odd. Watching my Chicago Bulls facing off against the Orlando Magic. The court is painted all red which is actually kind of cool.

As for me, the color of the court looks too bright, and I personally don't like it because it distracts from the performance of the teams. I don't know if the players are comfortable playing on such a court and if it somehow affects their performance in general, but I think the fans, especially in the upper rows, are unlikely to appreciate this coloring of the court.

I agree, it doesn't really look appealing to me to have these type of courts, basketball court is made of wood, let it show that and let it be wood colored, as much as possible, even the regular courts are not too much wood-like how it used to be, but it's fine, this? This is way too much if you ask me and needs to go back. To be fair, NBA has a big rating problem, it is getting less and less viewers, and they think that they could change some stuff, first all-star, now this tournament, like if they could just change some stuff or add new things they could get some added attention.

However, who was the first person that thought "if we can put an in-season tournament, we would get extra views? It was obvious from the first moment that that wouldn't be the issue. I mean the way the game is played right now is the issue, stop making offense a priority and just let the players play, bring back hand-checking and you got yourself old-school watched amazing basketball, just go back to basics, changing something doesn't increase the ratings, changing stuff is the reason why it went lower.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on November 17, 2023, 09:20:20 PM

Watching this In-season tournament deal right now...just feel really odd. Watching my Chicago Bulls facing off against the Orlando Magic. The court is painted all red which is actually kind of cool.

Might be one of the final games we see DeRozan, Vuc, Lavine and potentially others, so I'm going to try and enjoy it..but it is truly time to move on and they all could make for VERY nice fill in pieces elsewhere. Anti-up boys and girls, give my bulls some young talent! Cheesy

I actually find these courts hard to watch on. I know it's a promotional opportunity it just feels like more of a Harlem globetrotter thing than and actual nba game. I'm starting to feel like the old man who can't deal with change lol. I kind of like this in season tournament puts a little juice into the beginning of the NBA season.

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The Lakers played against the Trail Blazers and managed to win the game with a very large points advantage. In the first period the Lakers managed to win by a difference of 7 points, in the second period the opponent did well in defense and managed to improve in their attack, meaning the Lakers managed to win by just 3 points, in the third period the opponent continued to be better and came away with a 3-point victory, it seemed that in the fourth period the opponent would be able to dominate and win, but the Lakers managed to do better to the point of winning by a 5-point difference. with that the lakers were the winners of the game

Well, the Blazers are going through a very bad period, with this defeat they have 6 consecutive defeats, and a very poor result, and looking at the Blazers' next opponent, I honestly see that it will be the seventh consecutive defeat for the Blazers. I don't know what is happening with the team to have this bad performance consecutively, but I think they need to find out where the problem is and correct it as soon as possible, because the number of defeats is only increasing and the opponents they have in front of them are not I will make it easier for them

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I am curious about this NBA In-Season Tournament. Is this something significant? Are there 2 championships each year in the NBA right now? I don't get the essence of it since all the participating teams are just the same teams so what makes this necessary when the playoffs are already exciting to watch?'

I reckon you should take a peek at the rules yourself. Here's the link: https://www.nba.com/news/in-season-tournament-101

Honestly, I didn't dig deep into this in-season tournament stuff. Wasn't too keen on it, you know? I'm all about enjoying the action and expecting the same old format, like the playoffs leading to the championship.

Quote from: inthelongrun on November 18, 2023, 07:17:36 AM

Seems like the NBA is trying to do the same in European soccer leagues where the teams are playing not just in a single league but in some other tournaments and the most coveted Champions League. The big difference however is the European teams are playing teams from other leagues in the other tournaments they are joining or qualifying for.

Whatever they were thinking when they came up with this tournament, I don't think it's winning over the fans. We're used to the old format as it's easy to understand and that gets us excited. Like in the Jazz vs. Suns game, one of the announcers mentioned the Lakers being 3-0 during the in-season tournament, but honestly, I couldn't care less, LOL.

Same here. Who the hell cares about the Lakers' 3-0 when they're in the 7th place and struggling in the Western Conference. Cheesy

I already read it before but didn't understand its essence so I ended up not caring about it as well. I just read it again now and learned that the finals are already happening before the year ends. So it really unnecessary IMO. It's like a short tournament with the same teams where the final games are happening in Las Vegas a neutral venue. There's also a trophy and an MVP. Sounds like this tournament ends up in a failure and won't happen again next season.

It'll be better if the NBA creates a Champions League at the end of the season and invites the champions and top teams from the other leagues in the US, Europe, and other regions. This will help promote basketball worldwide but it might threaten the NBA's monopoly of getting the best players once rich sports groups like the Saudis, Europeans, China, etc. start spending a lot of money to boost their teams.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on November 18, 2023, 10:10:05 AM

Quote from: xLays on November 18, 2023, 05:56:10 AM

^^ The Los Angeles Clippers won, all because of Westbrook giving up the starting role. But if James Harden were absent, this would have been a more dominating win just like before. Ty Lue's offensive game plan was to play Paul George for a lot of minutes, let him force a lot of shots—dribble, dribble, and shoot. 40 mins for PG 13 vs Rockets. That's messing up the gameplays.

Respect and salute to Westbrook 🫡, who requested to be on the bench.

Finally.
I am not really focused on the game but it was playing live on my streaming service while I was doing something else. I had a glimpse of Steve Ballmer standing up and there I knew that the Clippers were winning. I checked the scorebox and it was 104-100 with seconds remaining I said to myself, finally the drought is over. Harden also had a good standing ovation. Man, I've seen the signature move of him again, I've been waiting to witness that one more time.

Yes, Steve Ballmer was focused during that intense game, and we all know as owner I would say he is one of the most animated as he likes to watch the game live and standing up and cheering for his team. Drought is over courtesy of that signature move of Harden, a three plus a foul.

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But so many things must be fixed. They must watch the tape again because their first half is really bad. Turnovers were pouring like crazy.
This is a good win for them though that might increase their confidence. Houston Rockets is a team that has been winning games, defeating them is something that ain't easy to do. WB might have also agreed that it should be Harden who would be taking over in the 4th quarter.
The final minutes were damn crazy.

And I think maybe we will all agree that it's was just a lucky break for them, Rockets has 2 error in the last minutes and then Sengun missing one free throw. But a win is a win and we should give credit to James Harden for now, as he deliver the first win to the Clippers when he join the club.

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Quote from: xLays on November 18, 2023, 05:56:10 AM

^^ The Los Angeles Clippers won, all because of Westbrook giving up the starting role. But if James Harden were absent, this would have been a more dominating win just like before. Ty Lue's offensive game plan was to play Paul George for a lot of minutes, let him force a lot of shots—dribble, dribble, and shoot. 40 mins for PG 13 vs Rockets. That's messing up the gameplays.

Respect and salute to Westbrook 🫡, who requested to be on the bench.

Finally.
I am not really focused on the game but it was playing live on my streaming service while I was doing something else. I had a glimpse of Steve Ballmer standing up and there I knew that the Clippers were winning. I checked the scorebox and it was 104-100 with seconds remaining I said to myself, finally the drought is over. Harden also had a good standing ovation. Man, I've seen the signature move of him again, I've been waiting to witness that one more time.

But so many things must be fixed. They must watch the tape again because their first half is really bad. Turnovers were pouring like crazy.
This is a good win for them though that might increase their confidence. Houston Rockets is a team that has been winning games, defeating them is something that ain't easy to do. WB might have also agreed that it should be Harden who would be taking over in the 4th quarter.
The final minutes were damn crazy.

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What do you think about Clarkson's outstanding performance? The dude scored an impressive 37 points against the Suns, probably marking his season high.

He was absolutely on fire not just in this game, but also in the ones before it.

He had some solid shooting, going 14-26, with 5 of those shots coming from beyond the arc. What's even more impressive is that he didn't have a single turnover.

Seems like the Jazz got a good deal with his current salary. Clarkson's proving he's worth more than what he's currently earning.

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Watching this In-season tournament deal right now...just feel really odd. Watching my Chicago Bulls facing off against the Orlando Magic. The court is painted all red which is actually kind of cool.

As for me, the color of the court looks too bright, and I personally don't like it because it distracts from the performance of the teams. I don't know if the players are comfortable playing on such a court and if it somehow affects their performance in general, but I think the fans, especially in the upper rows, are unlikely to appreciate this coloring of the court.

Nothing fancy about the in-season tournament court, it's to bright that even you're watching in your smart phone you can't follow where the ball is every single time, especially with that red color. It would be better if the just painted a color on the center part and retain both sides with the classic hardwood color.

Anyways, the Clippers just had broken the Harden curse that he himself lead his team to a W with that clutch 4 point play. I thought the Westbrook decision to move to 2nd unit works this time? Well, I'm still looking forward for this team to gel together because they are pretty scary if they do.

Agree with that instead we want to focus on the game we get distracted on the court color that's why I get annoyed on their current set up.

Also we don't know yet if there action is successful since this is just their first win. If they can able to win on their next game with this current adjustment then maybe what they did is really effective. But let see what happen next since if they lost again for sure many would provably say that they are just lucky at that time that's why Clippers win. Harden should adopt to what adjustment made also their other star so that they can get a long together and get a perfect combination on their current roster.

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Quote from: dwyane36 on November 18, 2023, 03:27:20 AM

Quote from: ChiBitCTy on November 17, 2023, 09:20:20 PM

Watching this In-season tournament deal right now...just feel really odd. Watching my Chicago Bulls facing off against the Orlando Magic. The court is painted all red which is actually kind of cool.

As for me, the color of the court looks too bright, and I personally don't like it because it distracts from the performance of the teams. I don't know if the players are comfortable playing on such a court and if it somehow affects their performance in general, but I think the fans, especially in the upper rows, are unlikely to appreciate this coloring of the court.

Nothing fancy about the in-season tournament court, it's to bright that even you're watching in your smart phone you can't follow where the ball is every single time, especially with that red color. It would be better if the just painted a color on the center part and retain both sides with the classic hardwood color.

Anyways, the Clippers just had broken the Harden curse that he himself lead his team to a W with that clutch 4 point play. I thought the Westbrook decision to move to 2nd unit works this time? Well, I'm still looking forward for this team to gel together because they are pretty scary if they do.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on November 18, 2023, 07:42:42 AM

Westbrook starting at second unit and then joining the main team is not a bad idea to be fair. It allows Harden to be the ball carrier, allows Kawhi to focus on defense which he does so well which we have seen again, even at a close game they did alright in the end thanks to his amazing defense, and allows PG to be "look" like third option, but be the main "passed to" guy at offense anytime. I think them three would be awesome, and not like Westbrook is terrible for this team, when he is with second unit, he is better than everyone else and that allows them to dominate the second unit minutes, when other starters join, he gets to play with them like nothing happened just a minute ago, and just drive inside like crazy, and pass to many shooters they have on the team.

Finally, their streak is over, and it goes for both teams, as the Rockets were also on a winning streak at that time. It was almost another loss for the Clippers since they were trailing in the 4th quarter. Luckily, PG's 3-point shooting was excellent, and they managed to rally and beat the Rockets. I'm not convinced yet that they've found their rhythm, but that win is probably a good start. Let's see from here if they'll continue winning or if they'll start another batch of losing streaks.

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Westbrook starting at second unit and then joining the main team is not a bad idea to be fair. It allows Harden to be the ball carrier, allows Kawhi to focus on defense which he does so well which we have seen again, even at a close game they did alright in the end thanks to his amazing defense, and allows PG to be "look" like third option, but be the main "passed to" guy at offense anytime. I think them three would be awesome, and not like Westbrook is terrible for this team, when he is with second unit, he is better than everyone else and that allows them to dominate the second unit minutes, when other starters join, he gets to play with them like nothing happened just a minute ago, and just drive inside like crazy, and pass to many shooters they have on the team.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on November 18, 2023, 07:17:36 AM

I am curious about this NBA In-Season Tournament. Is this something significant? Are there 2 championships each year in the NBA right now? I don't get the essence of it since all the participating teams are just the same teams so what makes this necessary when the playoffs are already exciting to watch?'

I reckon you should take a peek at the rules yourself. Here's the link: https://www.nba.com/news/in-season-tournament-101

Honestly, I didn't dig deep into this in-season tournament stuff. Wasn't too keen on it, you know? I'm all about enjoying the action and expecting the same old format, like the playoffs leading to the championship.

Quote from: inthelongrun on November 18, 2023, 07:17:36 AM

Seems like the NBA is trying to do the same in European soccer leagues where the teams are playing not just in a single league but in some other tournaments and the most coveted Champions League. The big difference however is the European teams are playing teams from other leagues in the other tournaments they are joining or qualifying for.

Whatever they were thinking when they came up with this tournament, I don't think it's winning over the fans. We're used to the old format as it's easy to understand and that gets us excited. Like in the Jazz vs. Suns game, one of the announcers mentioned the Lakers being 3-0 during the in-season tournament, but honestly, I couldn't care less, LOL.

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