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Quote from: Harkorede on December 01, 2023, 07:58:55 PM

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

Undermanned 76ers. I enjoyed watching their bench playing like they are stars. Patrick Beverley showing he ain't to be underestimated when he hit some crucial shots and Celtics without Jayson Tatum (ejected with two technical fouls) had a hard time defeating them.
In the end, the Celtics still won the game by using their offensive powers against the 76ers. I love that assist by Jrue Holiday deep inside for Prichard with the shotclock almost expiring. I believe that should go to the highlights.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on December 01, 2023, 03:26:48 PM

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night. I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least. No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

The Sixers lost the last time with Joel against the Pelicans, and so with a tougher opponent in Celtics, Maxey's 30 might not be enough, he need someone, another offensive weapon to help him. But Boston is tough, they are solid with the best duo in the league and then the length of KP will have the advantage in this game.

Plus this game will be at held at Boston's home court, so they will have all the advantage in this game. Might be a close one, but it could be that Boston could win in double digit lead. So far the line starts at -6.5 to as high as -10.5 for the Celtics.

Neither Joel Embiid nor Tyrese Maxey could make the roster today, the 76ers starting five are Tobias Harris, Pat Bev, Morris Snr, Paul Reed and Melton, I really don't know how they can handle the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden withou their best duo, this could easily be a blowout win for Celtics, except they get complacent and undermined the 76ers, if not this game should be over before the end of the 3rd Quarter, imo.

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Quote from: Natalim on November 30, 2023, 10:58:59 PM

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

No, the Clippers are just bad. Cheesy

Coach Kerr used 4 small guards and yet they cannot even score in the paint. Grin

Commentators still use the "no chemistry" card up until now but not for me. When stars are playing together, they are supposed to not "need" that.
And they are not young anymore, they are veterans and some of them have played with each other. Westbrook with Harden, George with Westbrook, it's just Kawhi who needs chemistry with them.
Warriors beat them because the Clippers cannot play like a team. They are good at playing isolation games but against a team like the Warriors who is playing like they are brothers for a long time, it won't work.
Coach Lue must have been hearing a lot of bad things from the Clippers management right now. Sure, they won against the Kings but that team also had a hard time winning against the Warriors without some of their core players.
The worst thing is the Warriors played without CP3, Wiggins, and GP3 and still beat the Clippers.

Yes, chemistry is no longer an issue they are all stars and should know how to use their talents together, but it did not display from that
game, Warriors win with pride I guess they really wanted to win and that's what happen.

With Clippers still unstable game play, Coach Lue needs to find that formula to blend his stars, maybe just like coach Kerr put some twist
and let everyone in rotations, not to give all the game time with those stars but keep rotating and locate the best blend for the team.

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I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night. I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least. No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

The Sixers lost the last time with Joel against the Pelicans, and so with a tougher opponent in Celtics, Maxey's 30 might not be enough, he need someone, another offensive weapon to help him. But Boston is tough, they are solid with the best duo in the league and then the length of KP will have the advantage in this game.

Plus this game will be at held at Boston's home court, so they will have all the advantage in this game. Might be a close one, but it could be that Boston could win in double digit lead. So far the line starts at -6.5 to as high as -10.5 for the Celtics.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on December 01, 2023, 03:26:48 PM

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night. I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least. No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

Yes, Boston is obvious favourites in my opinion also, in these conditions. I wish Embiid can play, I love these kinds of games during the regular season, it shows how possible playoff match ups can be.

Bulls surprised me quite a lot actually. Without Derozan. Caruso's clutch shot was kinda unexpected, he also only scored 11 points. But Bulls showed much character, more than I expected. It was a great game to watch. Is it just me or Bucks showed bad performance during clutch minutes, especially considering they are a former champion team.

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Quote from: ChiBitCTy on December 01, 2023, 03:26:48 PM

I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night. I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least. No Lavine either is whats crazy.

You mean Bucks? Celtics beat Bulls. Next day Bulls beat Bucks in overtime.

Great game tonight, Sixers at Boston. Too bad Embiid is questionable. Maxey can drop 30+ again but it's very hard for Sixers to win the game without their big guy. Porzingis is out for Celtics but it's no big deal. Tatum and Brown should do the work.

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Quote from: SquallLeonhart on December 01, 2023, 03:21:42 PM

I mean Warriors won with a lot of help from the bench as well, there are plenty of players I have never heard of that played very well games that allowed them to have a good win against Clippers. I have never heard of "podziemski" for example and dude scored 13 points, or Kuminga had a great game and got 17 points, Dario Saric is still in the league, I thought he retired and dude had 13 points too.

So all in all, Warriors should be quite thankful to their bench team to be this good in order to win this game, and I think it's quite clear that they are going to end up with a much better result if they can keep getting this type of production from the bench all season long. Their starting five doesn't look all that championship level to me, it looks like they are fine but not at Denver levels or Celtic levels anymore, they look like a barely playoff team to me, like first round exit level team, and very best case second round exit, that's it, I do not see conference finals for them this season.

Warriors is known to have a deep bench though, that's why in their run in the championship a couple of years ago, they have Nemanja Bjelica, and now they have Dario Saric to fill that role. And then Damion Lee, JP of course, Juan Toscano Anderson, Otto Porter and Moody and Payton (which is still with the Warriors).

So that's how deep their bench that time and they are trying to replicate it with Saric, Brandin Podziemski who did play good against the Clippers, lefty with a lot of moves, he even have that right hand hook. They also have a young player in Trayce Jackson-Davis, which also a eye catcher for the Warriors. But yeah, the Celtics and Denver have one of the most deepest team right now and it's hard to match that.

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I can't believe my Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics last night. I was halfway watching, as I was also watching the Thursday night NFL football game, and had forgotten to check back in on the game and all of a sudden the final score pops up on my TV (I've got an alerts thing on my tv) that showed 120-113.. I was shocked to say the least. No Lavine either is whats crazy.

Lavine is now out for a week. Some speculate it might be so he doesn't risk injury and that his trade is immanent. What do you guys think?

Glad I didn't put money down on that bulls game!

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I mean Warriors won with a lot of help from the bench as well, there are plenty of players I have never heard of that played very well games that allowed them to have a good win against Clippers. I have never heard of "podziemski" for example and dude scored 13 points, or Kuminga had a great game and got 17 points, Dario Saric is still in the league, I thought he retired and dude had 13 points too.

So all in all, Warriors should be quite thankful to their bench team to be this good in order to win this game, and I think it's quite clear that they are going to end up with a much better result if they can keep getting this type of production from the bench all season long. Their starting five doesn't look all that championship level to me, it looks like they are fine but not at Denver levels or Celtic levels anymore, they look like a barely playoff team to me, like first round exit level team, and very best case second round exit, that's it, I do not see conference finals for them this season.

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Quote from: Natalim on November 30, 2023, 10:58:59 PM

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

No, the Clippers are just bad. Cheesy

Coach Kerr used 4 small guards and yet they cannot even score in the paint. Grin

Commentators still use the "no chemistry" card up until now but not for me. When stars are playing together, they are supposed to not "need" that.
And they are not young anymore, they are veterans and some of them have played with each other. Westbrook with Harden, George with Westbrook, it's just Kawhi who needs chemistry with them.
Warriors beat them because the Clippers cannot play like a team. They are good at playing isolation games but against a team like the Warriors who is playing like they are brothers for a long time, it won't work.
Coach Lue must have been hearing a lot of bad things from the Clippers management right now. Sure, they won against the Kings but that team also had a hard time winning against the Warriors without some of their core players.
The worst thing is the Warriors played without CP3, Wiggins, and GP3 and still beat the Clippers.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on December 01, 2023, 08:50:05 AM

OKC is back in the winning column after back to back 2 close defeats against the other top teams earlier. I thought Lebron and AD would teach young OKC some veteran plays. But OKC exploded in the second quarter with a huge rally. I like this young team, they are pretty sure tough to beat, especially in the coming seasons.

I thought that the Lakers will come strong in this game. But the OKC Thunder took the game from them. After a great performance, D'Lo just got 16 points in this game. So OKC is for real this season. And Chet still making a statement for the rookie of the year.

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Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

I think it is to be expected that the Hawks are going to win, it's just a matter on what will be the handicap. And for those who bet on the Spurs on the + side, they will obviously win, but still at the end reason, they are on the losing streak and we don't know when it's going to end.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on December 01, 2023, 08:50:05 AM

OKC is back in the winning column after back to back 2 close defeats against the other top teams earlier. I thought Lebron and AD would teach young OKC some veteran plays. But OKC exploded in the second quarter with a huge rally. I like this young team, they are pretty sure tough to beat, especially in the coming seasons.

Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

Oklahoma City Thunder performed really well. In the second quarter, they performed better than anyone expected. I never thought that they were going to make such a big difference in one quarter that it will be really hard for their opponent to overcome. But that happened. They performed so well in the second quarter that it was almost impossible for the Lakers to make a comeback. But it was a good performance from Oklahoma, and they deserve credit for that.

Spurs lost a very close match against Hawks. They lost by only two points which was very unfortunate, to be honest. Only if they could play a little better in the last quarter.

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OKC is back in the winning column after back to back 2 close defeats against the other top teams earlier. I thought Lebron and AD would teach young OKC some veteran plays. But OKC exploded in the second quarter with a huge rally. I like this young team, they are pretty sure tough to beat, especially in the coming seasons.

Meanwhile, San Antonio failed to stop the visiting Hawks. Trae Young erupted especially in the 4th quarter. So Spurs are now on a 13-game losing streak. And it seems like the bleeding won't stop very soon since their next games they will travel to New Orleans and Minnesota.

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Quote from: OgNasty on November 30, 2023, 11:05:57 PM

The Detroit Pistons are moving themselves towards record setting territory with how bad their start has been this year. They lost another one tonight to the New York Knicks bringing their record to 2-17. It doesn’t say much for the argument that the NBA needs expansion teams when they already have teams that can’t compete as it is.

It happens from time to time in the NBA.
My point is that if a team has a rebuilding phase or has lost a few key players due to injuries, it's expected that such a team will be an underdog and won't be able to compete with other teams. If I'm not mistaken, the record for the longest losing streak belongs to the 76ers, as they lost 28 games in a row in the 13-14 season. So the fact that the Pistons have 2 wins with 17 losses is still not the worst result.

Nets fans' reaction to the team's poor performance in the 08/09 season.

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Quote from: xzone on December 01, 2023, 04:27:16 AM

Quote from: Natalim on November 30, 2023, 10:58:59 PM

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

In the previous game, they lost the match because Curry missed a shot in the last second, but in this game, he contributed 26 points to the team. I think the situation of the team is still not good, they do not play harmoniously with each other and if they are not on their lucky days, they cannot win the match. Curry cannot meet the expectations this year, something must change in the team

It also has something to do with them playing at home, and usually they play good at Chase center. But they still miss CP3, although Draymond try to play point early on and he as effective, hitting 2 three point in the 1st quarter and then they build a good lead that was chase by the Clippers all throughout.

But there's something missing with the Clippers again, they just like playing and going to the motions and as if they are not in a hurry to win this game. Although James hit his usual outside shooting, but it's not enough to break the Warriors specially their second unit who play good D and score points before Curry comes back to finish the game.

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Quote from: Natalim on November 30, 2023, 10:58:59 PM

Warriors are back!

Currently enjoying a huge lead in the first half against the clippers. They need this one as in the past games, they tend to fold in the 2nd half, so this time, no more messing around, they should continue their good shooting to prove to the fans that not only they can beat Spurs ( a bad team) on their home court but can also beat the Clippers who recently beat the Kings who put a spear on the Warriors heart with the big comeback win.

In the previous game, they lost the match because Curry missed a shot in the last second, but in this game, he contributed 26 points to the team. I think the situation of the team is still not good, they do not play harmoniously with each other and if they are not on their lucky days, they cannot win the match. Curry cannot meet the expectations this year, something must change in the team

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Quote from: Maslate on December 01, 2023, 12:40:00 AM

Warriors finally had a good win at home by beating the Clippers.

No GP3, Wiggins and CP3 and yet they were still able to beat a complete squad of the LA Clippers.

Warriors showed some impressive ball movement, the "Curry carrying the team" is not present in this game as everyone has contributed for this big win.
7 players are in double digit, seems like I haven't see this kind of stats for awhile.

Congratulations!

The match is very good since Clippers is on the good performance compared to their previous match when Harden is just newly acquired. GSW will surely lose that match if Curry is the only one carrying the game since Clippers is attacking with all their player effectively.

It’s good thing that GSW bench and Klay manage to contribute in the end even though he has a rough start with a lot of missed.

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Quote from: Maslate on December 01, 2023, 12:40:00 AM

Warriors finally had a good win at home by beating the Clippers.

No GP3, Wiggins and CP3 and yet they were still able to beat a complete squad of the LA Clippers.

Warriors showed some impressive ball movement, the "Curry carrying the team" is not present in this game as everyone has contributed for this big win.
7 players are in double digit, seems like I haven't see this kind of stats for awhile.

Congratulations!

Yes, it was Klay Thompson who really did the damage when Curry is sitting. They build a good lead early and just hold on it, this kid Podziemski was impressive and so are the rest of the supporting cast.

And a needed win for the Warriors to get back their confidence after that heart wrenching lost from the Sacramento Kings.

The Spurs continue with their struggle, losing to the Hawks in a very close game.

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Honestly Sixers looked like they would reach to 20 before anyone else, but then they had a few bad games, started better and now they are back to 50% in the last 10 games, they had like 8-1 or something start I think, and then lost a bit more and at 12-6 right now. In the end, I am not sure who would reach to 20 wins this season, feels like Celtics are doing fine, but if they end up the same and lose to a situation like that we should be doing something different. Like maybe sixers will go with 8 win in a row and Celtics will have 4 losses then that is going to be quite different.

I would say Celtics has a higher chance for sure, but it is undecided and doubtful to know beforehand. I get that it may not be all that quick to learn, will take a while. Just realize that NBA is a weird place, you do not really get what you look for, sometimes the best team could end up losing to the last team, and that wouldn't be all that shocking because in NBA that's common.

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Friday is bringing us a couple of great matchups we can watch on ESPN. The first game is likely to be the Eastern Conference Finals matchup this year with the Boston Celtics facing the Philadelphia 76ers. Then the late game could very well end up being the Western Conference Finals matchup this year between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets.

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