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Quote from: Yogee on December 20, 2023, 09:28:19 PM

Magic with Banchero losing against a Buttler-less Heat. Herro and the Heat's bench did a great job.

Herro's hot on the first quarter, and that's all they needed in this game as they sustained it throughout the 4th quarter. So another disappointing lost again to the Orlando Magic losing 3 in row now.

Quote from: Yogee on December 20, 2023, 09:28:19 PM

Clippers also putting on a clinic right now but let's see if they can hold out. There's still plenty of time for the Mavs to turn it around and coming back from 20 points is quite common in the NBA now. I expect Norman Powell to do another great job and scoring at least 15 points to cover for PG.

It's over now, Clippers won the game, and yes you are correct, good support from the bench team from the Clippers. There were moments when Harden is cooking, but Kahwi is the most consistent amongst their start with another 30 big points.

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With that being said Memphis is waayyy behind but with Ja back they just look like they got theor swagger back. I expect them to make moves through the western conference.

Currently they are 7-19. A lot of effort to be made for them to reach at least at .500, but no excuses now that Morant is back, so for sure they'll bring their firepower back. That was against the Pelicans was very necessary, it wasn't expected but Morant showed how special he is as a player, Memphis can't go on with their success without him.

Their next 4 games aren't that tough IMO, they can win these games for sure.

-Jazz
-Indiana
-Atlanta
-Peliicans (again)

But the next two after those 4 would be tougher (Let's see if their back to playoff Memphis)

-Clippers
-Denver

I expect that the Grizzlies will play much better now that Morant is back, but I didn't expect them to win that game.

With Morant back already, the morale of the team is up again. They're now at the bottom of the standings right now, but with their next games, I expect them to play better. As you shared, their next 4 games are against the Jazz, Pacers, Hawks, and Pelicans. Jazz might be an easy win for them, but the 3 are the teams that they will have a hard time defeating. They almost lost to the Pelicans last night, and the Hawks are still a good team. The Pacers will be the hardest one, and TBH, I think they will lost against them. Overall, it's good that their main player is back after being suspended for 25 games. It just shows how important he is to the team, and I hope that he will get involved in some gun-related incidents ever again.

The Clippers are seconds away from getting their 9th straight win against the Mavericks as they're leading by 9 points currently. The Lakers lost to the Bulls by double-digits. The Sixers won against the top-seeded Minnesota team, and the main news today. THE PISTONS ARE NOW ON A 24-GAME LOSING STREAK!!!!

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Magic with Banchero losing against a Buttler-less Heat. Herro and the Heat's bench did a great job.

Clippers also putting on a clinic right now but let's see if they can hold out. There's still plenty of time for the Mavs to turn it around and coming back from 20 points is quite common in the NBA now. I expect Norman Powell to do another great job and scoring at least 15 points to cover for PG.

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The thing about Ja Morant is that, he may miss the all-star because he didn't play all season long, but he is also looking like the best player at that position to be given that reign as well.

He is fun, he is high flying, he doesn't do anything bad on the court that would hurt anyone, he is not like suspended for the same stuff that Draymond did, he didn't do anything on the court, he had a friend who shared an instagram video where Ja has a gun, not that I actually enjoy any of that, but I would say considering the gun ownership numbers in the USA, I would have to say any player having a gun is not really all that crazy, and considering these players worth tens of millions of dollars, we could even consider it a smart decision, not to flaunt it of course, but to own one to protect yourself.

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Quote from: wheelz1200 on December 20, 2023, 05:56:52 PM

With that being said Memphis is waayyy behind but with Ja back they just look like they got theor swagger back. I expect them to make moves through the western conference.

Currently they are 7-19. A lot of effort to be made for them to reach at least at .500, but no excuses now that Morant is back, so for sure they'll bring their firepower back. That was against the Pelicans was very necessary, it wasn't expected but Morant showed how special he is as a player, Memphis can't go on with their success without him.

Their next 4 games aren't that tough IMO, they can win these games for sure.

-Jazz
-Indiana
-Atlanta
-Peliicans (again)

But the next two after those 4 would be tougher (Let's see if their back to playoff Memphis)

-Clippers
-Denver

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Quote from: ingiltere on December 20, 2023, 05:51:15 PM

Poll Question: First team to get 20 wins?
Celtics - 10 (50%)
Magic - 4 (20%)
Bucks - 1 (5%)
Sixers - 0 (0%)
Timberwolves - 3 (15%)
Nuggets - 0 (0%)
Mavericks - 0 (0%)
Thunder - 2 (10%)

Total Voters: 20

Half of the voters guessed it right! Boston Celtics is the first team to get 20 wins.
Do you have any idea for new poll? Let me know so I can change it. For now I'm going to change it to first 30 wins.
It may change this time because Bucks and Timberwolves are going great as well.

Change it up to best record at the all star break. That's a key point in the season everyone is driving to. With that being said Memphis is waayyy behind but with Ja back they just look like they got theor swagger back. I expect them to make moves through the western conference.

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Poll Question: First team to get 20 wins?
Celtics - 10 (50%)
Magic - 4 (20%)
Bucks - 1 (5%)
Sixers - 0 (0%)
Timberwolves - 3 (15%)
Nuggets - 0 (0%)
Mavericks - 0 (0%)
Thunder - 2 (10%)

Total Voters: 20

Half of the voters guessed it right! Boston Celtics is the first team to get 20 wins.
Do you have any idea for new poll? Let me know so I can change it. For now I'm going to change it to first 30 wins.
It may change this time because Bucks and Timberwolves are going great as well.

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Quote from: yazher on December 20, 2023, 07:36:12 AM

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Ja Morant is finally back and he did it with an awesome display of what he is capable of doing. In his return to the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way as they came back strong from 24 points down to beat the Pelicans, 115-113. What made the return more exceptional was when Morant made the buzzer shot to close the match.

That was an intense game earlier and to be able to finish it like that, he is really a phenomenon player. I'm glad he's doing the thing he should do because this is where he can inspire more kids to stay away from crimes and hate. It was a message that he is finally back and will gonna make his team a contender once again. He should be playing well like this for the rest of the season in order to get his team to at least in the play-in tournament and have a chance to pass that stage easily.

Yes, Ja Morant is back and I do agree that the game was really tight specially in the 4th quarter. I don't understand why the Pels didn't double or even triple team him on top before he can get the basketball. Anyhow, the message has been sent and it's very clear that he is finally back and let's see how teams or at least the line will be for every game they have moving forward. One thing though is that he is really gasping for air, but that can improved as he go along. It's just natural that he might not have that gas tank as he played a lot of minutes. A lot of great games for us again, but as bettors, really hard to handpick the winners as it can go either way, just like last night wherein there are a lot of surprise win from the underdog.

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Quote from: OgNasty on December 20, 2023, 01:16:05 PM

Some really good matchups today. The Clippers and Mavericks are facing off with identical records. This should be a good game… You also have a couple of the best teams in the league facing off with the Timberwolves and the 76ers. Then another great matchup between the Kings and the Celtics. Almost like a playoff day with these matchups.

Yes, really good matchup for us basketball fans, Clippers have a 4 superstars against Luka Magic, we will see who's going to stop Luka or he will be the one to break the hearts of the Clippers and stop their winning streak. The Celtics just lost to a Western team, they really have to bounce back, but it's going to be a road game for them.

And then the top team in the West, the Timberwolves will be going against Joel. There are guys that can guard Joel here, so it's going to be a tough matchup for him.

For Lakers fan, they are going against the Bulls tonight.

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Some really good matchups today. The Clippers and Mavericks are facing off with identical records. This should be a good game… You also have a couple of the best teams in the league facing off with the Timberwolves and the 76ers. Then another great matchup between the Kings and the Celtics. Almost like a playoff day with these matchups.

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Quote from: AHOYBRAUSE on December 20, 2023, 08:25:42 AM

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I saw bets on stake made by some high rollers better 5 and 6 digit amounts on these 2 games. Some guy bet 300k on Boston at 1.1 odds, that didn't go too well. Another one bet 50k on the Suns and lost.

I didn't see the lines but 1.1 really? I hope that wasn't moneyline because that's kinda disrespectful if that was the case hehe. I know the Warriors are not getting consistent results lately but chef Curry is still playing.

Those losses gotta hurt a bit even if we say that those bettors had a big bankroll.

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Quote from: Getmon on December 20, 2023, 01:00:51 AM

Ja Morant is finally back and he did it with an awesome display of what he is capable of doing. In his return to the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way as they came back strong from 24 points down to beat the Pelicans, 115-113. What made the return more exceptional was when Morant made the buzzer shot to close the match.

The Memphis Grizzlies have 56 more matches left to play this season. The arrival of Morant could be late for them but if they can win 36 of those matches then they have a case to join the other playoff teams.

Even Hollywood couldn't write a better script for a comeback I think.

I mean come on, coming back from down 24, scoring 27 in the 2nd half and then win the game on a buzzer? When have we seen something like that.
After that 2nd quarter beating the game was as good as over. Memphis played much better of course but NO can also only blame themselves for this loss.

The last 2 games of today have also been crazy with a big comeback by the Warriors in the 4th and the other comeback by Portland(!!!) after losing the 1st quarter by 16 vs the Suns.
I saw bets on stake made by some high rollers better 5 and 6 digit amounts on these 2 games. Some guy bet 300k on Boston at 1.1 odds, that didn't go too well. Another one bet 50k on the Suns and lost.

NBA crazyness at it's best!

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Quote from: yazher on December 20, 2023, 07:36:12 AM

Quote from: Getmon on December 20, 2023, 01:00:51 AM

Ja Morant is finally back and he did it with an awesome display of what he is capable of doing. In his return to the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way as they came back strong from 24 points down to beat the Pelicans, 115-113. What made the return more exceptional was when Morant made the buzzer shot to close the match.

That was an intense game earlier and to be able to finish it like that, he is really a phenomenon player. I'm glad he's doing the thing he should do because this is where he can inspire more kids to stay away from crimes and hate. It was a message that he is finally back and will gonna make his team a contender once again. He should be playing well like this for the rest of the season in order to get his team to at least in the play-in tournament and have a chance to pass that stage easily.

Super intense. I watch the whole game as I really miss witnessing him perform. In the 4th quarter, Ja Morant was already exhausted and even Coach Taylor Jenkins approached him to ask if he was okay. He must've said he was good because he continued dominating that 4th quarter. I have a bet for the Pelicans there at -5.5 because I thought the Grizzlies would need some time to adjust with Ja but it looks like he did it pretty well as most of their players are energized with what he showed. I had a bit of a laugh when they celebrated during Ja's post-game interview.

Anyway, let's hope he will continue this and obviously he will need his stamina back. No Dillon Brooks means they will have to work on both ends of the floor. And, their next game is up against the fast Indiana Pacers so speed will be needed and they will going up and down the floor without any rest.
Pacers can shoot the ball by just using 7-9 seconds in the shot clock so defense will be a priority here since the Grizzlies don't have enough firepower to answer back and forth offensively against them.
The games today were fun.

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Quote from: yazher on December 20, 2023, 07:36:12 AM

Quote from: Getmon on December 20, 2023, 01:00:51 AM

Ja Morant is finally back and he did it with an awesome display of what he is capable of doing. In his return to the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way as they came back strong from 24 points down to beat the Pelicans, 115-113. What made the return more exceptional was when Morant made the buzzer shot to close the match.

That was an intense game earlier and to be able to finish it like that, he is really a phenomenon player. I'm glad he's doing the thing he should do because this is where he can inspire more kids to stay away from crimes and hate. It was a message that he is finally back and will gonna make his team a contender once again. He should be playing well like this for the rest of the season in order to get his team to at least in the play-in tournament and have a chance to pass that stage easily.

Just hope that he learned from that suspension, welcome back as they snatch the game against NOP, I was in the impression that NOP
will keep their lead and win the game, but they blow it away in the final quarter.

Good early start for NOP but Memphis overrun them in the second half, and that welcome back win for Ja' that winning shot will be remembered.

Good catch for those who place their bets during live game, gambler who support Ja's come back he didn't fail them!

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Quote from: Getmon on December 20, 2023, 01:00:51 AM

Ja Morant is finally back and he did it with an awesome display of what he is capable of doing. In his return to the Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the way as they came back strong from 24 points down to beat the Pelicans, 115-113. What made the return more exceptional was when Morant made the buzzer shot to close the match.

That was an intense game earlier and to be able to finish it like that, he is really a phenomenon player. I'm glad he's doing the thing he should do because this is where he can inspire more kids to stay away from crimes and hate. It was a message that he is finally back and will gonna make his team a contender once again. He should be playing well like this for the rest of the season in order to get his team to at least in the play-in tournament and have a chance to pass that stage easily.

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Quote from: Wapfika on December 20, 2023, 07:21:04 AM

Fatigue factor is only possible to equate if the coach failed to rotate his players properly so this not the biggest issue to consider on basketball but rather the shooting accuracy of players on that game.

Even if the coach would rotate the players properly, there's still that fatigue factor that would happen. For example, the Lakers are playing 3 games in 4 days, we can presume that fatigue factor might hit them. Additionally, they are more tired if a game would go overtime as that means extra effort.

Players movement doesn't necessarily moving all the players in the team, that's why there's what we called starters because they are the ones that gains heavier minutes, so they'll likely get more tired than the 2nd unit or the reserves.

What would happen, if the starters are tired, they will be rested and the 2nd unit will play the team that are well rested, which gives the well rested team an edge.

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Quote from: Wapfika on December 20, 2023, 02:48:55 AM

I will not be surprised if they beat number 1 seed like Boston and Wolves to stop their streak because I watch many games in the past that records being broke by the least expected team.

With fatigue factor which is a disadvantage, it could hit any team, even teams at the top of the ranking.

Fatigue factor is only possible to equate if the coach failed to rotate his players properly so this not the biggest issue to consider on basketball but rather the shooting accuracy of players on that game.

Quote from: dwyane36 on December 20, 2023, 07:05:22 AM

It's worth noting that the Pistons were really close to breaking their long losing streak in the last game vs. the Hawks. Unfortunately for them, they were unlucky again, and even Cunningham's 43 points weren't enough to beat the Hawks. Facepalm.
Anyway, it will be interesting to watch how the Pistons players perform in the next game, as the Jazz are a weak enough team to be the perfect opponent for the Pistons.

They usually have an issue on end game because they always losing on the last quarter while they can have a close matchup during early quarters. They have an issue with bench players which can’t cover to starters to give a break.

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Quote from: Wapfika on December 20, 2023, 02:48:55 AM

Detroit Pistons is near to break the record for longest winning streak. Last 2 loss game for being tie on number 1 spot and last 3 games to claim the title solo. I’m not watching frequently NBA matches these days but I always check Piston progress for their record.

I will not be surprised if they beat number 1 seed like Boston and Wolves to stop their streak because I watch many games in the past that records being broke by the least expected team.

Jazz vs Piston tomorrow! Time to -10.5 for Jazz. Cheesy

It's worth noting that the Pistons were really close to breaking their long losing streak in the last game vs. the Hawks. Unfortunately for them, they were unlucky again, and even Cunningham's 43 points weren't enough to beat the Hawks. Facepalm.
Anyway, it will be interesting to watch how the Pistons players perform in the next game, as the Jazz are a weak enough team to be the perfect opponent for the Pistons.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on December 20, 2023, 06:44:30 AM

Tatum and Brown aren't the Splash brothers and they are better when using their strengths and physical advantages.

That's why they'll never win a championship because their best player which is Tatum isn't as clutch as Curry. This was suppose to be the time where Tatum have to showed up his skills, but he only score 15 points here and had struggle with his shooting. I think for now, the most consistent on the team which is also the most underrated is only White, Brown and Tatum may struggle at times especially against a tougher opponents, and on the road.

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BTW, we have the Warriors hosting the Celtics tomorrow, I'm guessing, Warriors will lose. Grin

I don't have to think on what team to bet as I like the Celtics on this. The Warriors are in a win streak, back at home hosting the hottest team now in the East, so I would back on the better team there. The Warriors will now be tested if they can still win against a strong team despite missing Draymond Green, so I guess it's no brainer than the Celtics will win.

If you are betting, the spread now is -5.5 for the Cetlics, quite high on the road but this Celtics team is capable of bringing a double digit win.

I already have the Celtics at the handicap beat. Definitely with how the Celtics are blending, there chances to defeat are very high. While the Warriors is a good team with Curry, but they are build different now. I mean Klay still struggling and so is Andrew Wiggins, not sure why the Warriors are moving like this, maybe their age as really catching up with them.

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-4 was the only spread I can think of because it's a home game for the Warriors although I am confident Boston will win. What a disappointing game for the Celtics. They blow a nearly 20-point lead. The 4th quarter and the OT was a game of experience and heart. Steph showed his greatness and is a hell of a clutch. As the commentators are saying, the Celtics should've driven the ball and made the tougher layups rather than just take shots from the outside. Tatum and Brown aren't the Splash brothers and they are better when using their strengths and physical advantages.

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