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How about the first career triple-double of Victor Wembenyama?

That was good. I think if Victor continues to progress, we will see more than one triple-double from him, but not with ten assists, but with ten blocks. However, I wouldn't be surprised if he makes even a quadruple-double one day, as players like Olajuwon and Robinson have done before.

Quote from: ajanwalker on January 12, 2024, 01:46:04 AM

The other match of the night for me was between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix, and Los Angeles continued its inconsistent play as before and lost 109-127 at home. When Anthony Davis and LeBron scored few points, defeat became inevitable.
Milwaukee, second in the Eastern Conference, defeated leader Boston at home with a score of 135-102.

It was another pathetic performance by the Lakers. It looks like they didn't even try to beat the Suns in this game, as no Lakers player even managed to score 20 points.

The Lakers just stink. When ypu are starting austin reaves ypu kmwo ypu are in trouble. Honestly he is a good bench piece but he isn't a championship contending starter. The rest of the team outside Bron and AD is sub par at best. If AD or Bron go down for an extended amount of time the Lakers are in trouble.

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Speaking about the Lakers... You can see how badly Durant wanted to get a win over LeBron after being buried in their last meetings this season. It was important for Durant to win this one for "legacy" reasons as LeBron has owned him this season after not meeting up in the regular season for years... Below is an article where Booker talks about how Durant was telling all his teammates to be aggressive. I think Durant knew the Lakers were going to try and shut him down to let LeBron get another W on him, but Durant was focused on the win and I'm glad he finally got one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/suns-devin-booker-details-aggressive-plea-from-kevin-durant-before-lakers-thrashing/ar-AA1mSY9R

Edit: I can’t even deny it. I’m officially a Grayson Allen hater. https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/1745679027212271876

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When LeBron doesn't play well, the Lakers' chances of winning the game decrease significantly. Lebron, the player who should have scored the most points in this team, could not score many points in this match either. So it wasn't a very difficult game for the Suns.
You can't always play well every day, that day is over for the Lakers. Of course, the fact that the Suns played well also contributed to this, but I think it was not a very important match. The Lakers' goal is not to finish the season in first place anyway

Its because they are heavily relying on Lebron and their coach don't know how to use his players. They have full of talents as Davis say but they can't manage how to rotate well their players and take advantage with their potential.

If they could just play well and know of to scout their players in every important situation for sure they can take many wins. But it seems they are.really struggling and they are close for not getting any spot on playoffs. If they can't find a solution on their problems just like Clippers did maybe we cannot see again playing on playoffs.

^ I think that they are just used to Lebron always performing for them and that's why they are so interested in winning whenever Lebron is playing well. If Lebron is taking a backseat there is nobody to take his place in my opinion. Of course, I also believe that the coach is actually incompetent. Because otherwise, he would know how to use the players effectively. The squad that they have right now I think they should be performing a lot better compared to what they are doing right now. It was easy in the end for the Suns to be honest.

I have also lost hope in the Lakers. The performance is not improving. Well, actually the performance is inconsistent. The only way they win is if the one and only player, LeBron, for the Lakers, makes them win.

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Lakers are probably done this season, they lose big time to the Phoenix Suns who are also struggling, but they are worst than them. Beal had 37 points, this is scary, he is back to his old form, and hopefully the Suns will be consistent in the coming games.

While looking at the Lakers players stats, I feel dissapointed specially the two superstars of the team.

Lebron 10 points and AD 13 points, this is a real struggle, both of them.

When LeBron doesn't play well, the Lakers' chances of winning the game decrease significantly. Lebron, the player who should have scored the most points in this team, could not score many points in this match either. So it wasn't a very difficult game for the Suns.
You can't always play well every day, that day is over for the Lakers. Of course, the fact that the Suns played well also contributed to this, but I think it was not a very important match. The Lakers' goal is not to finish the season in first place anyway

Its because they are heavily relying on Lebron and their coach don't know how to use his players. They have full of talents as Davis say but they can't manage how to rotate well their players and take advantage with their potential.

If they could just play well and know of to scout their players in every important situation for sure they can take many wins. But it seems they are.really struggling and they are close for not getting any spot on playoffs. If they can't find a solution on their problems just like Clippers did maybe we cannot see again playing on playoffs.

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Quote from: xzone on January 12, 2024, 09:37:01 AM

The Lakers' goal is not to finish the season in first place anyway

Because they can't. Lakers loss 6 games on their last 10 games, that's quite below average of a good team that won the IST championship. And the Lakers team is the team of Lebron, I mean, he is a hall of famer, so we can't see this team struggling as NBA is still exciting to watch with the Lakers in the playoffs. if they were just an ordinary team, people would not talk a lot about them, but no, they are a superstar team with Lebron and Davis, on the team, so seeing them struggling in their past games is quite dissapointing, plus the video of the coach of raptors complaining on their loss against the Lakers is circling, that would question the capability of the Lakers, and do they win only because they got some help from the refs, or the league?

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Quote from: Yamifoud on January 12, 2024, 04:12:08 AM

Lakers are probably done this season, they lose big time to the Phoenix Suns who are also struggling, but they are worst than them. Beal had 37 points, this is scary, he is back to his old form, and hopefully the Suns will be consistent in the coming games.

While looking at the Lakers players stats, I feel dissapointed specially the two superstars of the team.

Lebron 10 points and AD 13 points, this is a real struggle, both of them.

When LeBron doesn't play well, the Lakers' chances of winning the game decrease significantly. Lebron, the player who should have scored the most points in this team, could not score many points in this match either. So it wasn't a very difficult game for the Suns.
You can't always play well every day, that day is over for the Lakers. Of course, the fact that the Suns played well also contributed to this, but I think it was not a very important match. The Lakers' goal is not to finish the season in first place anyway

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Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Bucks needed a win after a loss to the Jazz, while Boston had a win at home beating the number 1 team in the West, game went to OT, so probably they got tired doing to their 2nd game which is a back to back game. I see the Boston still has the talent, but they didn't have the energy to match the Bucks who are trying to bounce back after a loss.

It was really an easy win for the Bucks maybe because they were upset when they got their loss from the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics seems to be enough to get their revenge. As you can see these are the heavyweight teams in the East and they could be meeting each other in the NBA playoffs if the Bucks will gonna play the same performance as they have shown in this game, then they are a scary team and might gonna easily sweep their opponent in the playoffs. But I'm sure Boston Celtics already know what they were lacking in that game and it would be a different scenario once they play again especially when they are in their homecourt.

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

Yep. very unfortunate for Pacers to lose their leader during the games but 2 weeks is not that much but very pital for play offs spots. However, I do think and I also trust this Pacers team to deliver high even without Hali but I won't be surprised if we see them losing some games until he's back.

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Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on January 12, 2024, 08:26:30 AM

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Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

His leadership creates great impact for the Pacers, allowing his teammates to be involve is really a good sign of leadership, though aside from
that great talent he also good in producing numbers, I mean a good first option for bring basket for the team.

Missing him might really impact the entire rotation of the team, hopefully he will be in full recovery after this rest that provided to him.

2 weeks of resting may be enough for him to recover and to make sure that it won't create more problem with his health.

There's no question with his leadership on the court, and the Indiana Pacers made the right decision for giving him a max contract. Good thing that they have a good standing now, 22-15 currently and number 4 in the East. I'm sure they will not fully struggle even without him, so I'm expecting that his absent could also be positive for the team on trying to figure out how to win without him. I guess I'm gonna keep a record of this team when playing without their best player.

Depends on who they are going to face in the next couple of games when Hali is out (I haven't check the schedule yet). If they faces team like in the .500 and below they might get a gauge on how good they are without Hali and maybe win some games.

But if they faces a strong team, it might be close and they might end up losing.

We can only hope that Hali can be back strong in the next 2 weeks, I haven't seen the reports of his injury, but it's not that season ending and maybe he just need to take that rest on his hamstring.

According to the report shared by the user above, this is his exact condition.

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Tyrese Haliburton is sidelined with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain, confirmed by an MRI, facing a two-week recovery, but there's relief that the injury is not considered serious.

The words "not considered serious." is such a relief. Fans should not worry as they will only miss him for weeks and eventually once he is fully recovered, and will come back to bring some excitement to the fans.

Pacers playing without him might be a little downgrade, but knowing the Pacers, they played well as a team, so they'll surely play hard on their next game and try to earn victory on the road. Later they'll be facing Trae Young and company in Atlanta.

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Quote from: Sanitough on January 12, 2024, 08:13:36 AM

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

His leadership creates great impact for the Pacers, allowing his teammates to be involve is really a good sign of leadership, though aside from
that great talent he also good in producing numbers, I mean a good first option for bring basket for the team.

Missing him might really impact the entire rotation of the team, hopefully he will be in full recovery after this rest that provided to him.

2 weeks of resting may be enough for him to recover and to make sure that it won't create more problem with his health.

There's no question with his leadership on the court, and the Indiana Pacers made the right decision for giving him a max contract. Good thing that they have a good standing now, 22-15 currently and number 4 in the East. I'm sure they will not fully struggle even without him, so I'm expecting that his absent could also be positive for the team on trying to figure out how to win without him. I guess I'm gonna keep a record of this team when playing without their best player.

Depends on who they are going to face in the next couple of games when Hali is out (I haven't check the schedule yet). If they faces team like in the .500 and below they might get a gauge on how good they are without Hali and maybe win some games.

But if they faces a strong team, it might be close and they might end up losing.

We can only hope that Hali can be back strong in the next 2 weeks, I haven't seen the reports of his injury, but it's not that season ending and maybe he just need to take that rest on his hamstring.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on January 12, 2024, 07:58:27 AM

Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

His leadership creates great impact for the Pacers, allowing his teammates to be involve is really a good sign of leadership, though aside from
that great talent he also good in producing numbers, I mean a good first option for bring basket for the team.

Missing him might really impact the entire rotation of the team, hopefully he will be in full recovery after this rest that provided to him.

2 weeks of resting may be enough for him to recover and to make sure that it won't create more problem with his health.

There's no question with his leadership on the court, and the Indiana Pacers made the right decision for giving him a max contract. Good thing that they have a good standing now, 22-15 currently and number 4 in the East. I'm sure they will not fully struggle even without him, so I'm expecting that his absent could also be positive for the team on trying to figure out how to win without him. I guess I'm gonna keep a record of this team when playing without their best player.

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

His leadership creates great impact for the Pacers, allowing his teammates to be involve is really a good sign of leadership, though aside from
that great talent he also good in producing numbers, I mean a good first option for bring basket for the team.

Missing him might really impact the entire rotation of the team, hopefully he will be in full recovery after this rest that provided to him.

2 weeks of resting may be enough for him to recover and to make sure that it won't create more problem with his health.

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

Yeah, he is the leader of the Pacers, although in their last game they won, but this time it will be different as we know that he will be out and mentally the Pacers might be affected by it.

And that is why the Hawks are a huge favorite, they will have the homecourt advantage too and they know that Haliburton is not going to play so they should take advantage of it. And as for sure, NBA bettors are going to look at the handicap in this game (although I haven't put my bet yet).

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on January 12, 2024, 07:06:51 AM

Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

For sure, Haliburton has a remarkable ability and basketball fans love to watch him play. It is certainly not good news but better than what occurred in Memphis. Haliburton is missing seven matches, but Morant is out until the end of the season. The Pacers previously won one over the Wizards and they have a fair chance to prevail over the Hawks, Jazz, and Trail Blazers.

Anyhow, they may be able to win more than just three. The Pacers are on fire prevailing over the Bucks and Celtics which implies they are fit to win matches.

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Quote from: Viscore on January 12, 2024, 06:38:18 AM

Haliburton won't be playing .
Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

This is not good for the Pacers, missing him for 2 weeks might cost them games because Hali is their leader, he manage the plays well as evidence by his high assists on the last few games. There was even a time that his assists was 23, that's how good he is, his first priority to make a play by making his teammates ready.

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I can't believe the temporary result of the bucks vs boston celtic. until the 3rd quarter, they lost 100-62. the squad is equal but I can't believe that they can lose so badly and be so far behind. boston celtic's game today is really bad.

Well I guess even the best team in the NBA has it's bad night and they gave up already in the 3rd quarter. But you can smell that they wanted to get revenge next, but I'm not sure when is the next game between this two rivals. The Thunder as well win big against the Trailblazers but it was to be expected as Portland is one of the team in the last spot.

Bucks needed a win after a loss to the Jazz, while Boston had a win at home beating the number 1 team in the West, game went to OT, so probably they got tired doing to their 2nd game which is a back to back game. I see the Boston still has the talent, but they didn't have the energy to match the Bucks who are trying to bounce back after a loss.

Quote from: TravelMug on January 12, 2024, 06:18:15 AM

Good game tomorrow, both teams coming from a big win, Atlanta winning in OT against the Sixers and then the same with the Pacers beating the Celtics. So it's going to be a fun game to watch tomorrow night. But if Haliburton is not going to play, they might have a hard time to win, but least see, Trae Young is also nursing a shoulder injury so I'm not sure if he is going to play or not.

Haliburton won't be playing .

Here's the update.
Tyrese Haliburton update: avoids serious injury, ruled out for at least 2 weeks

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Quote from: JariKriting on January 11, 2024, 09:12:15 PM

I can't believe the temporary result of the bucks vs boston celtic. until the 3rd quarter, they lost 100-62. the squad is equal but I can't believe that they can lose so badly and be so far behind. boston celtic's game today is really bad.

Well I guess even the best team in the NBA has it's bad night and they gave up already in the 3rd quarter. But you can smell that they wanted to get revenge next, but I'm not sure when is the next game between this two rivals. The Thunder as well win big against the Trailblazers but it was to be expected as Portland is one of the team in the last spot.

Good game tomorrow, both teams coming from a big win, Atlanta winning in OT against the Sixers and then the same with the Pacers beating the Celtics. So it's going to be a fun game to watch tomorrow night. But if Haliburton is not going to play, they might have a hard time to win, but least see, Trae Young is also nursing a shoulder injury so I'm not sure if he is going to play or not.

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Quote from: JariKriting on January 11, 2024, 09:12:15 PM

I can't believe the temporary result of the bucks vs boston celtic. until the 3rd quarter, they lost 100-62. the squad is equal but I can't believe that they can lose so badly and be so far behind. boston celtic's game today is really bad.

Must be something in the air tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers are down by more than 60 to the Oklahoma City Thunder with a few minutes to go. I can’t remember the last time I saw a beat down that bad. Hard to believe they’re even running up the score that much.

Yes, it was really a blow out games, Blazers losing that big points against the Oklahoma City Thunder. I know that OKC might deliver a win in double digits, but not that huge. And then the Lakers started very slow against the your Suns, Grin

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Beal having his best game as Suns and almost shooting perfectly in the 3 point line, 8/10. And then Durant and Booker too providing the needed offense and they really buried the Lakers in just 3 quarters and it was just moot in the 4th as we are waiting what will be the handicap win by Phoenix.

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Lakers are probably done this season, they lose big time to the Phoenix Suns who are also struggling, but they are worst than them. Beal had 37 points, this is scary, he is back to his old form, and hopefully the Suns will be consistent in the coming games.

While looking at the Lakers players stats, I feel dissapointed specially the two superstars of the team.

Lebron 10 points and AD 13 points, this is a real struggle, both of them.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on January 11, 2024, 03:39:26 AM

The Golden State Warriors cannot even get close against the New Orleans Pelicans today. It sucks to watch these guys playing like that on their own turf. Steve Kerr tried all the rotations that he could but nothing was working out. Against a big team like the Pelicans, they are like kids being played at. Valanciunas literally don't jump anymore to put the ball in one or two times underneath the rim. Plus, the defense of the Pelicans against their splash brothers is against high-level defensive players who are way bigger than them. Herb Jones and Trey Murphy just locked both of them and they didn't let them score higher than 15 points.
Now the Warriors are on the 12th spot in the Western Conference. I am having doubts they can enter the playoffs, although it is still early to say.

How about the Boston Celtics coming from behind against the Minnesota Timberwolves? They played perfectly in the 4th quarter and had the lead but Twolves Antman tied the game so the game went to overtime. But there they showed how strong they are and Tatum ended up with 45 points while Brown had 35 points. Damn, these two offensive monsters. Cheesy

I feel like they are getting 'real-proper' old now, and not like they did anything with their young players neither, they kept on sending their best players away, and didn't resign with them, and they are basically playing with an older Curry who is still good of course, an injured Klay who never got back to how good he used to be, and a mad dog Draymond who is not help, these tree were awesome maybe 5-8 years ago, but not today, they are not really that great anymore and they should reconsider the rebuilding phase.

While they have these, they should try to get some young players, so far whoever they got they just get rid of eventually. You can't keep this team going, they will keep on getting worse and worse overtime.

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