Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 641. (Read 914777 times)

Nah, I wouldn't go that far. Nuggets surely are strong at home but once the series has shifted to LK we might see a totally different game.
Of course I think the Nuggets will advance but it won't be as easy as it looks today. Game is also not over yet, 12 points in 6 minutes are an ok lead but nothing to feel safe.

Jokic once again is a beast today with a big time triple double.This man is something special!

The Lakers though are playing a solid second half, they just slept at the beginning.
If they get together a solid start as well we would have seen a different game today.

Edit: 2min later it's a 1 possession game. 

Perhaps the Lakers are just overrated. The style of play the Nuggets are exhibiting is quite similar to that of the Boston Celtics, with excellent ball movement. However, the Nuggets possess an added threat as Jokic can dominate in the paint, and they have several skilled 3-point shooters who are confident in their shooting abilities.

Honestly, I believe this series may not even reach Game 5. It's possible that the Nuggets could win in 6 games at most, or even potentially sweep the series 4-0.

This doesn't seem to be just an issue of how the Lakers answer to the performance of the Nuggets. It seems this is also an issue of defense. The Lakers' defense is quite off. Murray, Porter Jr, Caldwell-Pope, and the rest of the Nuggets gang are having open, smooth, and easy shots.

But in fairness to the Lakers, this is just game 1. What they can actually do can't be underestimated. They can even win this series.

It's pretty much over.  Lakers have no answer they will need a day off to adjust.  I mean it's jokic but the Lakers guard play has no answer for Murray and Bruce brown.  Reaves is a decent player but he is punching above the belt here.  And they need to figure out how they can stop jokic without running AD down.  This gonna be a tough matchup for the lakers.

One sided so far and Nuggets showing us they really mean business.

All smiles for the Spurs franchise after winning the draft lottery. This is their third from what I read - they picked Robinson and Duncan in the previous two. It's safe to say they will pick another big man which is the most sought after  Wembanyama. Another addition that will make the West even more exciting.

It's not over yet. We've seen big leads in the playoffs where the opposing team was able to come back and win the game. So, while I would like the Nuggets to win the series and every game, I cannot be too confident because the Lakers are also a strong team.

So far, we are witnessing what seems like a blowout game in favor of the Nuggets. If they manage to maintain a lead of at least 20 points, I would confidently say that game 1 belongs to the home team. Lakers fans, including my friends on social media, seem relatively silent at the moment.

What a start for the Lakers and Nuggets first quarter. Jokic making nearly a double-double. They've got 37-25 and that's in favor of the Nuggets.

It seems that everyone who's saying that this first game will be taken by Nuggets are correct. But we'll see, the match hasn't ended yet.

Well, the 2nd quarter has started.

Who knows? Hehe..

Maybe a player that's already old and one who's no longer getting any offers. We don't know that there will be some of them but those that he has mentioned, they're still good with their current teams and offers.

Like I said in my previous post, I will not be surprised if he will be the next one to get fired after what happened to Coach Bud, and Coach Monty Williams. I guess it's a good decision coming from the Sixers management knowing that Coach Choke Rivers already has 10 Game 7 losses (more than twice as the 2nd most which is Pat Riley with 5). Now the Sixers are in the list of teams who don't have a coach right now after the Bucks, and the Suns. The off-season is getting more, and more interesting aside from the trades that might happen at that time.

Maybe he don't know that you can resize it thru setting it's width, and height.

Anyway, it's trilogy between the 2 teams. First match-up, Heat won in the Bubble. Second match-up, Celtics won by only a missed three-point. Now is the 3rd time they will face each other in 4 years. I wonder why the Heat only has 3% chance of winning against the Celtics after beating the Bucks who is the top favorites to win the title before the playoffs in 5 games? One thing also is that, these teams faced each other 2 times already in the playoffs, so they know the strengths, and weaknesses with each other already.

Nevertheless, I expect Butler to play like what he did against the Bucks. I expect the Playoff Butler to come up again. His performance might've went down during that series against the Knicks because of the injury that he got, but him, and other players like Bam, Lowry, and those undrafted players will help him for sure. Like you, I will also put my bet on the Heat here. I would want to see them make history as the 2nd 8th seeded team to clinch the NBA Finals in NBA history (1st is the Knicks back in 98-99). Heat in 6.


Howard's humor always, always make me laugh.

I'm pretty sure that this is just a random video, and he wasn't serious about it that's for sure. Just think about it. Do you think that anybody in one of the players he mentioned in that video would like to really go to Taiwan?

That's hilarious! Despite the fact that the players he called his team got eliminated, they are still in a good position as they are part of the biggest basketball league in the world, the NBA. Dwight is happy playing outside of his home country, but the players who were eliminated will surely improve in the next season.

So this goes for Dwight, can he come back to the NBA?

I guess we need some laughs here, did you guys saw how Dwight's video making fun of inviting those that have been eliminated already like Julius Randle, Klay, Ayton, Poole and there are others. Well, it's actually funny how he's inviting them to play on T1 League in Taiwan. For the reference guys, I've seen it on this page on Facebook "Ballislife".
(https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1934885790213890)

I don't what is better on the Suns' management decision.
a. If they trade Ayton.
b. If they fire Coach Monty.
Because I think Coach Monty has lots of value too, the Suns had been in the playoffs in his 4 years of service, or let's say 3 because I just considered their perfection in the bubble with that 8-0 Win run on the tail of the season but due to a tie-breaker or whatever reason (I forgot) they didn't make it to the playoffs. The next 3 years though were superb, it's injuries that made it difficult for their coach.

Ayton on the other hand is a big man that might be hard to replace. As I said before, it's difficult to find someone of that size who is as agile as him and have learned how to shoot perimeter shot. His value will definitely be considered and I do believe they picked that over their Coach.
I think I will agree with Stephen Smith here. Ayton may have not intended for him to be fired but due to their misunderstanding that reflected on the team's performance, it still got him fired.

And it was just about right, the timing is perfect for Coach Spo to used Kevin Love in this playoff because he is really shining in this playoff, not the tangibles though like points or rebounds, but I think his guidance as well is very much appreciated by their young core teams. And make no mistakes about him, he can still deliver points if needed, but usually that task is given to Jimmy Butler and others. They just need to have Kevin in the floor, his presence is enough for the team to win close games or even blow their opponent early and never give them the chance. So congrats to coach Spo for making the right adjustment since game 1 against the Bucks and it's working as of this time.

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Yeah, Nuggets vs Lakers in about one hour, I have the Nuggets winning game 1 though.

First time to try a fiat based gambling platform using mobile phone so this will be interesting for me, just ML though, have difficulty navigating but again, I have more options to bet on the go now.  

Did find out some article with this kind of never ending debate about Lebron and MJ being the GOAT.
Here's some link about statistics.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/michael-jordan-vs-lebron-james-goat-debate/sl8xdozy5u1m1s4t5m3npeqo1

As we can see in numbers specially on game time which Lebron does have more and some other stats too which we cant really be that so dumb on not to make some comparison.
Well, we do have our own favorites and there's no point on making up some comparison on whose the GOAT in between two.

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2 hours from now we would be able to see if Lakers would be able to take Game 1 against Nuggets or not. 

Even when his on court play isn't seller his presence alone gives the pickup merit.  You can't have all young guys with no experience.  It takes a lot to win in the playoffs.  It's a much different game than the regular season and guys like Kevin can keep his team in check.  I liked the pickup when they got him under the radar for sure.

They are now on a blaming game and just like what Embiid said in the post-game conference,
“Can’t win alone. I can’t win alone. Me and James, we just can’t win alone. That’s why basketball is played five-on-five. So we just need everybody to just keep finding ways to get better and we’ll be fine.”
- https://nesn.com/2023/05/joel-embiid-throws-76ers-under-bus-after-game-7-loss-to-celtics/

I don't know where did he even get those words because even him as the alpha of the team, he also got his own fair share of mistakes and now he's throwing everyone under the bus. He must forget that he was crowned as the MVP and yet he doesn't behave like one, Philly's fans must be so upset with this one as they did not expect these very words to come out from Embiid's mouth.

Kevin really had a couple of good performances in the first round against the Bucks, but his performance in the second round against the Knicks was pretty weak. Nevertheless, I guess Kevin still has enough energy and skills to be useful on the court. I mean, he should be more active, especially in the paint.
By the way, Kevin is only 34 years old, so he's not that old.

Please don't forget their big man, Bam Adebayo, who is also keeping up with his health so that he can help his team and contribute as many rebounds and off rebounds as he can per game. If they can maintain their health, I know that they can defeat the opposing team because they still got a good chance in upsetting the heavy favorite which is the Celtics, that are not that experienced compared to them who got years ahead.

Somehow, I agree to fire Doc. He seems to choke on very important games during the playoffs even during his time with Boston's big 3 of Garnett, Pierce, and Allen where he only managed to earn a single championship. I forgot the stats but was it zero wins in all of his game 7 games?

Another coach that is being watched closely is Jason Kidd. If only he is not Jason Kidd and not Dallas Mavericks where he earned his lone ring. But he might be given another last chance. I say the trade with Kyrie Irving trade was a huge failure. And why is it that Dallas always let go of very important players every time it accomplished something big in the previous season? When they became champions, they decided to let Tyson Chandler go in favor of saving money. Last season they upset the Suns and were able to proceed to the western finals and only lose to the champion GSW but then again they let go of Jalen Brunson who's now playing great with the NYK.

We are definitely going to see Lebrons legacy tested tonight, that is going to be something very very important. He is already considered the best player that ever played the game by some people, some still consider MJ, but it would be fair to say that %90+ of the whole world considered either one of them the best and the other second best. However, Lebron is 38 years old, he has AD with him, and the rest of the team is like rui and reaves and such, so not a great team to be fair, remove Lebron from that team and they would not make it to playoffs, with him, they barely made it in and they are at the conference finals now. If he goes to finals, even if he loses, I consider him at the top with some clear margin, MJ made the game loved more, but Lebron played it the best.

Yes, same with how I see that. He should be moving forward without anything inside him.

For sure his teammates not just Harden are all wanted to win the series, they all are trying but Boston is more aggressive to win
it and just like what I mentioned, they almost have it at home in game 6 but the leadership and the trust from Tatum's squad gives
him the confidence to take those shots to snatch the game and force the game 7, then win the semis.