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Quote from: Oasisman on December 02, 2024, 06:12:47 PM

Has anyone seen the game between the Lakers and Jazz yesterday? Because, there has been a serious accusations about the Jazz head coach Will Hardy that he might be betting against his own team and were tanking for Cooper Flagg as well.
For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, go watch Youtube clip about the Jazz head coach called time out after Collin Sexton had the momentum as he drove down the lane leaving Rui behind for a score that didn't count because of the timeout called.

I don't think this was an intentional move to sabotage the game. Also, even if there was something fishy, this wouldn't have been him betting against the Jazz but the management telling them take it slow and collect losses. But usually you wouldn't make it that obvious, that's why I think it was just a big fat brain fart.
If they want to take a timeout they should have taken it right at the beginning of the last possession. They way he did it sure looks very odd but maybe he thought Sexton wouldn't get off a good shot because when he started to run on the court to take the TO Sexton was guarded pretty well. Once the coach started to run on the field Sexton beat his defender though and was right in the lane. Anyway, he had to call the TO at that point otherwise it would have been a technical foul since he was already on the court.
Overall a very unlucky situation.

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Has anyone seen the game between the Lakers and Jazz yesterday? Because, there has been a serious accusations about the Jazz head coach Will Hardy that he might be betting against his own team and were tanking for Cooper Flagg as well.
For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, go watch Youtube clip about the Jazz head coach called time out after Collin Sexton had the momentum as he drove down the lane leaving Rui behind for a score that didn't count because of the timeout called.

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Quote from: TravelMug on December 01, 2024, 07:43:07 PM

No Jalen Brown, no problem with the Celtics so far as they are leading double digits against the home team the Cavs. Cleveland has difficulty executing their play as the Celtics is really very tenacious and playing good defense.

And if the Cavs are going to play lack luster in the 4th, the Celtics are going to win this fight.

Still, Celtics managed to get close to the game.

That 4th was almost Celtics and they've got a lead in there but Cavs was able to do a come back.

Quote from: TravelMug on December 01, 2024, 07:43:07 PM

And most likely the hype on the Cavs will die down as they storm at the start and most likely in their 3rd consecutive lost. And Celtics taking the lead in the Eastern conference.

I remember last season it was Jazz or Sacramento Kings that were doing the same standing but became lackluster on the important games.

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Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 11:46:03 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

Looks like they are indeed a great team this season. It goes to show that they can compete with any team in a 7-game series. I'm starting to develop a feeling about the Cavs vs. Celtics in the ECF again. But, this time, no LeBron lol.
It's just amazing how the Cavs become a great team again, because the last time we saw the Cavs being at the top is when LeBron was still there.

They are strong. Donovan Mitchell is super healthy and Garland as his wingman. Then, they have the Twin Towers protecting the rim and keeping the rim attackers scared enough to just shoot the ball outside instead of going in. They also dominated the rebounding section.
Last year, I could already tell they were a strong team but injuries had been keeping them from reaching the top and sadly they faced the Celtics in the 2nd round.
Yes, it might be them against the Celtics but I am also considering the Orlando Magic which is showing some strength even without Banchero yet. What more if he is back? Then, of course, there's the Knicks too. All I could see is it will definitely be a fun Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Yes, the combination of Garland and Mitchell are perfect, although in this game, you seldom see this two together in the game but in the 4th they play both together. And it's also the phasing of the Cavs, they rested Mitchell and then play him the whole 4th quarter that's why he had exploded because he is well rested.

And they have Allen and Mobley to protect the ring, same as well, sometimes they are at the same time, that's why KP had a hard time against this two and put can play good defense as well. Knicks is all about nit and grit and the Magic, too early to say, although Wagner has a break through season, we will have to see how it will be for them when Paolo comes back.

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Quote from: Oasisman on December 02, 2024, 04:17:35 AM

Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 11:46:03 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

Looks like they are indeed a great team this season. It goes to show that they can compete with any team in a 7-game series. I'm starting to develop a feeling about the Cavs vs. Celtics in the ECF again. But, this time, no LeBron lol.
It's just amazing how the Cavs become a great team again, because the last time we saw the Cavs being at the top is when LeBron was still there.

They are strong. Donovan Mitchell is super healthy and Garland as his wingman. Then, they have the Twin Towers protecting the rim and keeping the rim attackers scared enough to just shoot the ball outside instead of going in. They also dominated the rebounding section.
Last year, I could already tell they were a strong team but injuries had been keeping them from reaching the top and sadly they faced the Celtics in the 2nd round.
Yes, it might be them against the Celtics but I am also considering the Orlando Magic which is showing some strength even without Banchero yet. What more if he is back? Then, of course, there's the Knicks too. All I could see is it will definitely be a fun Eastern Conference Playoffs.

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Quote from: Jating on December 02, 2024, 05:47:00 AM

I also thought that the Celtics will have this in bag, but Donovan Mitchell exploded on the 4th quarter to win this huge game. This is a mental game as both are trying to be in the number 1 spot. And with this big win, I think the Cavs are somewhat relieved having back to back loses against the Hawks.

if I'm not mistaken, the Rockets were already leading double digit at one point in that game but the home team came back in the 4th to win.
You know, its very impressive to see a team that knows how to come back from a huge deficit, so I think the cavaliers is really a real deal this season as they have beaten the defending champion which they'll like face again in the future, for sure.

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And for most of the gamblers, who take Cavs at ML or the initial -1.5, this is a great comeback win for us all.

I won my bet on that game as I trusted the home team.

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Rockets as well beating the OKC, and with that, they are closing in the lead of OKC and Houston is just .5 games behind and another big boost for them beating the best team in the West.

That's another game that we can call a win from behind, although Green was struggling but they were still able to beat the number 1.. Fred VanVleet was really big in that game.

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Quote from: Oasisman on December 02, 2024, 04:17:35 AM

Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 11:46:03 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

Looks like they are indeed a great team this season. It goes to show that they can compete with any team in a 7-game series. I'm starting to develop a feeling about the Cavs vs. Celtics in the ECF again. But, this time, no LeBron lol.
It's just amazing how the Cavs become a great team again, because the last time we saw the Cavs being at the top is when LeBron was still there.

I also thought that the Celtics will have this in bag, but Donovan Mitchell exploded on the 4th quarter to win this huge game. This is a mental game as both are trying to be in the number 1 spot. And with this big win, I think the Cavs are somewhat relieved having back to back loses against the Hawks.

And for most of the gamblers, who take Cavs at ML or the initial -1.5, this is a great comeback win for us all.

Rockets as well beating the OKC, and with that, they are closing in the lead of OKC and Houston is just .5 games behind and another big boost for them beating the best team in the West.

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Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 11:46:03 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

Looks like they are indeed a great team this season. It goes to show that they can compete with any team in a 7-game series. I'm starting to develop a feeling about the Cavs vs. Celtics in the ECF again. But, this time, no LeBron lol.
It's just amazing how the Cavs become a great team again, because the last time we saw the Cavs being at the top is when LeBron was still there.

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No Jalen Brown, no problem with the Celtics so far as they are leading double digits against the home team the Cavs. Cleveland has difficulty executing their play as the Celtics is really very tenacious and playing good defense.

And if the Cavs are going to play lack luster in the 4th, the Celtics are going to win this fight. And most likely the hype on the Cavs will die down as they storm at the start and most likely in their 3rd consecutive lost. And Celtics taking the lead in the Eastern conference.

Unfortunately Cavs managed to comeback strong and steal that win against the defending champ outrunning the Celtics in the final quarter, Mitchell leads the offense and complete that comeback, I like how the refs helps them just kidding but nothing can be done after the game the win already earn by the Cavs they managed to bounce back and recover after that close game lost from the first meet up with Boston, and another reset after losing their last game against the Hawks.

Yeah, I think everyone is on the boat with the Cavs here as far as betting goes. It was reported that there will be no Jaylen Brown and Derrick White and so it was an easy bet for gamblers. However, the Cavs is really playing very bad in the first 3 quarters.

I've only watch the first 2 and I have doubts that the Cavs is going to win although I have a bet on them. And I was surprised that they make that huge comeback, 4th quarter was very huge for them. I wish I had step and watch till the end, but it's good that I have a single bet and take that W, although I had parlays being destroyed because of Miami Heat losing.

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Quote from: TravelMug on December 01, 2024, 07:43:07 PM

No Jalen Brown, no problem with the Celtics so far as they are leading double digits against the home team the Cavs. Cleveland has difficulty executing their play as the Celtics is really very tenacious and playing good defense.

And if the Cavs are going to play lack luster in the 4th, the Celtics are going to win this fight. And most likely the hype on the Cavs will die down as they storm at the start and most likely in their 3rd consecutive lost. And Celtics taking the lead in the Eastern conference.

Unfortunately Cavs managed to comeback strong and steal that win against the defending champ outrunning the Celtics in the final quarter, Mitchell leads the offense and complete that comeback, I like how the refs helps them just kidding but nothing can be done after the game the win already earn by the Cavs they managed to bounce back and recover after that close game lost from the first meet up with Boston, and another reset after losing their last game against the Hawks.

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Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 11:46:03 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

Playoff wise I definitely had them on the radar, at least for the play-in tournament so to speak. But yeah, I guess nobody expected them to lead the league in wins after around 25% of the season is played. It's funny to see them on top with only the 11th best defensive rating actually, but their offensive rating has them to 2nd place, just behind the Knicks.
Let's see how long they can keep this up, hopefully they won't get some significant injuries or something because it's always nice to have a underdog story going as long as possible!

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The Cleveland Cavaliers got revenge against the Boston Celtics tonight in a close game. The win lets them hold onto the better record as we reach the 1/4 of the season mark. It seems to be flying by. Cleveland is by far the biggest surprise for me this year. I didn’t expect they would even make the playoffs and they’re leading the league.

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Quote from: stadus on December 01, 2024, 04:40:27 AM

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I can’t believe the Philadelphia 76ers are 3-14 to start the season. I didn’t expect the Paul George and Joel Embiid pairing to do well, but I had no idea it would result in such a terrible record. The owners have to be pretty upset at all the money they just spent to be in last place. Likely to suffer another embarrassing loss to the Pistons today.

It's a bit dispointing seeing Paul George only been playing like he’s only at 50% of what he’s capable of compared to his time with the Clippers, averaging just 14.9 points so far this season. And man, the absence of Embiid has really hurt them. They’re in a tough spot right now. We were expecting them to improve this season, but so far, they’re looking more like a bad team. But let's not conclude yet as it’s still early, and I think there’s time for them to bounce back and get consistent. I just hope they don’t mess it up and still make it to the playoffs this season despite the mess they’re in right now.

They went all in on one player, built a team around him and in the end, they'll be the ones that will be suffering. I'm talking about Embiid and how he is this regular season. We're nearly a quarter of the regular season already and the still can't find the rhythm. Even Maxey called out Embiid already because of being late on practices and many more.

As for PG, I still don't know why many are still looking up to him like he's still an all-star. I mean giving a max contract to him now and he's performing like that. That'll hurt the whole Sixers for the next 2-3 years just because of his contract unless something unexpected happens to the team and suddenly they become better. I don't want to conclude about the Sixers, but I really need to because of how awful they started the regular season. The highest that they can get is a play-in spot. They won against the Piston yesterday though, but Embiid is out.

I believe we are seeing another big 3 again that'll not play that much together in the whole regular season because of injuries just like what happened with KD, Kyrie and Harden back when they're still in Brooklyn.

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No Jalen Brown, no problem with the Celtics so far as they are leading double digits against the home team the Cavs. Cleveland has difficulty executing their play as the Celtics is really very tenacious and playing good defense.

And if the Cavs are going to play lack luster in the 4th, the Celtics are going to win this fight. And most likely the hype on the Cavs will die down as they storm at the start and most likely in their 3rd consecutive lost. And Celtics taking the lead in the Eastern conference.

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At least they surprisingly beat the Pistons yesterday. I can’t believe Paul George is averaging 14 points per game so far this season. I wonder if he is still suffering from his injuries or he’s rusty. I’d hate to think this is his dropoff already. I suspected he would miss a lot of games, I didn’t think his skills would deteriorate already.

Combination of both, he could have been nursing some small injuries as we all know that he is prone to injuries. Or maybe he is on the decline already. I mean 14 points per game when he is being paid handsomely? There are a lot of average players right now that can put that numbers in a given night. So probably another bad decision by the Sixers in getting Paul as he is underperforming with them.

He is already 34 years old, not sure if he did go to the gym to improved his body though. I mean we have great players who don't like to go to the gym. So in that case, if he is not gym rat like Lebron and others, at his age, something might have been giving up on him.

I guess he's Paul is still adjusting his self to blend well on Sixers also he's been force to play since Embiid is out of the game that's why maybe the reason on why we don't see him perform so good just like what we see on Clippers. But still they win and that's important even if they made it on Piston since every game is important to them.

Not surprising to see a performance decline since PG 13 is not young anymore. Provably there's something like that already happening that's the reason the numbers he can provide became less at the moment. There's still many games and lets just see if Sixers still able to catch up since they experience a bad start this season. This is bad knowing they have great caliber players in their team.

It's too early to say that Paul though is out of his prime, he can still ball, but I don't know, maybe he was just unlucky to go to teams that even though have a lot of superstars, they can't go over the hump. In OKC him and Westbrook or even Carmelo really did pair good, however, Lillard has other things in mind. And in Clippers, him and Kahwi, but we all know that both of them are fragile and if I'm not mistaken, they haven't had a season wherein they play full 82 games together.

And with the Sixers, he started with Joel Embiid injured and himself as well. So give him some time to blend in with the Sixers, they might get the groove maybe in the next 10 games. If not then, maybe the Sixers is going to tank and George having this kind of unbelievable string of bad luck.

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Quote from: stadus on December 01, 2024, 04:40:27 AM

It's a bit dispointing seeing Paul George only been playing like he’s only at 50% of what he’s capable of compared to his time with the Clippers, averaging just 14.9 points so far this season. And man, the absence of Embiid has really hurt them. They’re in a tough spot right now. We were expecting them to improve this season, but so far, they’re looking more like a bad team. But let's not conclude yet as it’s still early, and I think there’s time for them to bounce back and get consistent. I just hope they don’t mess it up and still make it to the playoffs this season despite the mess they’re in right now.

They're like a powerhouse last season and for the start of this season but then, with all of the games being played they're really in a bad situation now.

I guess what we have to expect from them is nothing. Embiid has got some attitude issue and his teammates are addressing that. Maybe the management has to step in or did they already but they have no control on him.

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At least they surprisingly beat the Pistons yesterday. I can’t believe Paul George is averaging 14 points per game so far this season. I wonder if he is still suffering from his injuries or he’s rusty. I’d hate to think this is his dropoff already. I suspected he would miss a lot of games, I didn’t think his skills would deteriorate already.

Combination of both, he could have been nursing some small injuries as we all know that he is prone to injuries. Or maybe he is on the decline already. I mean 14 points per game when he is being paid handsomely? There are a lot of average players right now that can put that numbers in a given night. So probably another bad decision by the Sixers in getting Paul as he is underperforming with them.

He is already 34 years old, not sure if he did go to the gym to improved his body though. I mean we have great players who don't like to go to the gym. So in that case, if he is not gym rat like Lebron and others, at his age, something might have been giving up on him.

I guess he's Paul is still adjusting his self to blend well on Sixers also he's been force to play since Embiid is out of the game that's why maybe the reason on why we don't see him perform so good just like what we see on Clippers. But still they win and that's important even if they made it on Piston since every game is important to them.

Not surprising to see a performance decline since PG 13 is not young anymore. Provably there's something like that already happening that's the reason the numbers he can provide became less at the moment. There's still many games and lets just see if Sixers still able to catch up since they experience a bad start this season. This is bad knowing they have great caliber players in their team.

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I can’t believe the Philadelphia 76ers are 3-14 to start the season. I didn’t expect the Paul George and Joel Embiid pairing to do well, but I had no idea it would result in such a terrible record. The owners have to be pretty upset at all the money they just spent to be in last place. Likely to suffer another embarrassing loss to the Pistons today.

It's a bit dispointing seeing Paul George only been playing like he’s only at 50% of what he’s capable of compared to his time with the Clippers, averaging just 14.9 points so far this season. And man, the absence of Embiid has really hurt them. They’re in a tough spot right now. We were expecting them to improve this season, but so far, they’re looking more like a bad team. But let's not conclude yet as it’s still early, and I think there’s time for them to bounce back and get consistent. I just hope they don’t mess it up and still make it to the playoffs this season despite the mess they’re in right now.

Lots of hype on Sixers when they acquired Paul but looks like everything is on mess especially that Embiid is not available around. Although they win against Piston but I guess this is will not tell that they are having a great campaign this season.

They are still second at the lowest in ranking this season which is pretty bad for them. Its like we would see a never ending rebuilding process for this team since even if they get those big stars in their team the result seems always goes bad for them. It seems there chance to bounce back is so low, but lets see if Embiid goes back again in the roster also and his teammate will perform well in their future games.

At least they surprisingly beat the Pistons yesterday. I can’t believe Paul George is averaging 14 points per game so far this season. I wonder if he is still suffering from his injuries or he’s rusty. I’d hate to think this is his dropoff already. I suspected he would miss a lot of games, I didn’t think his skills would deteriorate already.

Combination of both, he could have been nursing some small injuries as we all know that he is prone to injuries. Or maybe he is on the decline already. I mean 14 points per game when he is being paid handsomely? There are a lot of average players right now that can put that numbers in a given night. So probably another bad decision by the Sixers in getting Paul as he is underperforming with them.

He is already 34 years old, not sure if he did go to the gym to improved his body though. I mean we have great players who don't like to go to the gym. So in that case, if he is not gym rat like Lebron and others, at his age, something might have been giving up on him.

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Quote from: OgNasty on December 01, 2024, 09:12:22 AM

At least they surprisingly beat the Pistons yesterday. I can’t believe Paul George is averaging 14 points per game so far this season. I wonder if he is still suffering from his injuries or he’s rusty. I’d hate to think this is his dropoff already. I suspected he would miss a lot of games, I didn’t think his skills would deteriorate already.

His skills is truly still there but the problem is his body can’t keep up on his move due to many injury suffered and the fear of being injured again a psychological battle he is dealing right in addition to his physical struggle.

Sad to say, his value not that high anymore since team is just wasting money for paying on his premium while he can’t deliver already.

He might follow the shadow of Derick Rose career although his game is still not that low quality.

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Quote from: OgNasty on November 30, 2024, 05:25:10 PM

I can’t believe the Philadelphia 76ers are 3-14 to start the season. I didn’t expect the Paul George and Joel Embiid pairing to do well, but I had no idea it would result in such a terrible record. The owners have to be pretty upset at all the money they just spent to be in last place. Likely to suffer another embarrassing loss to the Pistons today.

It's a bit dispointing seeing Paul George only been playing like he’s only at 50% of what he’s capable of compared to his time with the Clippers, averaging just 14.9 points so far this season. And man, the absence of Embiid has really hurt them. They’re in a tough spot right now. We were expecting them to improve this season, but so far, they’re looking more like a bad team. But let's not conclude yet as it’s still early, and I think there’s time for them to bounce back and get consistent. I just hope they don’t mess it up and still make it to the playoffs this season despite the mess they’re in right now.

Lots of hype on Sixers when they acquired Paul but looks like everything is on mess especially that Embiid is not available around. Although they win against Piston but I guess this is will not tell that they are having a great campaign this season.

They are still second at the lowest in ranking this season which is pretty bad for them. Its like we would see a never ending rebuilding process for this team since even if they get those big stars in their team the result seems always goes bad for them. It seems there chance to bounce back is so low, but lets see if Embiid goes back again in the roster also and his teammate will perform well in their future games.

At least they surprisingly beat the Pistons yesterday. I can’t believe Paul George is averaging 14 points per game so far this season. I wonder if he is still suffering from his injuries or he’s rusty. I’d hate to think this is his dropoff already. I suspected he would miss a lot of games, I didn’t think his skills would deteriorate already.

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