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I thought the Indiana Pacers were going to lose in their game against the Boston Celtics. The Pacers were up by 16 points with 5 minutes left, but the Celtics caught up and forced overtime. The Celtics hit a crazy streak of three pointers in those last 5 minutes, making about six threes (not sure) Lol . Luckily, the Pacers won in overtime, or else a meme of Reggie Miller's "choke" image would have surfaced about them. That was a real choke, losing a 15 point lead in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter. It would've been more understandable if it happened from the first to the third quarter.
I just watched the highlight video from Magic @ Heat, since I am on the Magic bandwagon now, and what a terrible game this was from Orlando. They had such a great start and 50 points after 16 minutes and guess what, they didn't even crack the 100 point mark, what a shame. Also in the 2nd they lead by as many as 20 points and then just stopped scoring. In the 4th quarter they didn't score a field goal for the first almost 7 minutes.
Sometimes I really wonder how something like this can happen. Everything is going well, you lead by 20 or more, everybody is clicking, everybody is making their shots and then ...... total flip. Basketball is such a crazy sports as this happens so often.
As I have said before, Warriors looks to be a scary team, or at least a dark horse in this season and they got another win tonight even without Curry in their lineup. So imagine if they are back fully healthy 100%, so regardless if they are in the road or travelling, for sure they will have a good chance to win.
And so we have the Cavs and the OKC as the only undefeated team. For OKC, I'm not surprised, for the Cavs, they are a complete them with Donovan Mitchell leading them with a big home win against the Los Angeles Lakers. Jarrett Allen with a huge 17 rebounds, perhaps this could be the best version of this Cavs that we will see for this season, so it's going to be a big test for them.
And so we have the Cavs and the OKC as the only undefeated team. For OKC, I'm not surprised, for the Cavs, they are a complete them with Donovan Mitchell leading them with a big home win against the Los Angeles Lakers. Jarrett Allen with a huge 17 rebounds, perhaps this could be the best version of this Cavs that we will see for this season, so it's going to be a big test for them.
I’m glad he got his first bucket and the steal and assists was a nice touch for only 5 minutes. I do wish they had manufactured a moment where LeBron passed him the ball for his first bucket, but he had his chance to make that happen last time he was on the floor and missed it. I wonder if we’ll see any more from Bronny this year.
They have whole season to do this and I believe they have higher chance since Lebron James control the Lakers that only means he will not let his son sit on the bench most of the time just like the regular bench players.
Bronny attract attention too which is good for Lakers marketing to generate profit from viewership. I think they will capitalize on this father and son tandem this season as long as people like it.
It will be such waste for Lakers to let this opportunity slide since this is rare occasion that a star father play with his son.
Buddy Hield carrying the Warriors to a win over the Pelicans tonight with 28 points shooting 7-11 from three point range as Steph Curry cheers him on from the bench. He scored 19 points in the fourth to close out the game. Great seeing Zion back on the court getting buckets too. The Pelicans seem like they’re close to having a good team, they’re just missing something.
I doubt it's chemistry. Maybe a real leader. A point guard, or a playmaker that will best fit Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson. I doubt it's CJ and I doubt it's Jose Alvarado too. Maybe a veteran could help them out. Truly, it's nice to see Zion playing a lot of minutes and scoring 31 points in that game but still, the Warriors played without Curry and I must say it's not a good game for the Pelicans.
I do agree, they needed someone that can really guide them, perhaps it could be in the form of a good point guard, sort of like CP3 or Dennis the Menace type of player. That can lead the team, make other players score so that they will feel good. Now they've lost back to back to the Warriors without Steph and Andrew Wiggins, both Ingram and Zion didn't score that much because of the good defense by the Warriors.
The Warriors rained 3 pointers although they outrebounded the small ball Warriors, those rebounds must result in offense because that's their only way to win. It's still early but this is not actually a good start for them if they will lose against a team without their star.
Buddy Hield still leads the team again with the absence of Wiggins and Curry. But the did get a lot of help as well from other Warriors who scored double digits. It's going to be scary if Curry and Wiggins will be back in the line up.
Steph Curry being out means terrible news for Warriors without a doubt. They already lost Klay but they were hopeful that with Wiggins and Buddy Hield being there, they would do fine and not need Klay and could replace him. But now Curry is out too, he is their best player, and he is one of the greatest players in the world right now, even at his age.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
Don't worry, they are still winning. They just won back-to-back games against the Pelicans and I think that's good news for the Warriors. That just means they are not relying on Steph Curry anymore and their young core and bench are also helping out on both ends of the floor. The best part is, they are not winning in a close battle, the first game against the Pelicans they won by 18 points, and now a 14-point game. So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
It's not that they are better without him, they just work harder because they know they won't win if they don't give their all without their superstar playing. I like the Warriors better, the young guys are learning and winning.
Surprisingly, the Trail Blazers also won a game against the Clippers while on the road. I missed the game but they just won by one point. Something crucial must've happened.
Oh, and the Pacers also won against the strong Celtics. Wow, lots of underdogs won today.
Another win for the Warriors, again Buddy Hield lead them in terms of scoring but Warriors played a well balance game even without both Curry and Wiggins, still early though but if they continue playing like then they can give Curry a good rest preserving him to give enough rest to recover, we will see on their upcoming games if they can manage to continue giving good results especially to those gamblers who loves risking their money for them.
I think some of the players from their last year has matured already, like Podz and that's why Kerr has the luxury to have most of his players in the rotation or at least the second unit still playing solid. And as you have said, even with Curry and Wiggins, they have a back to back win against the Pels.
We should also give credit to Draymond against the defense he put against Zion, and the rest against Brandon Ingram. Buddy Hield with 21 points and also hitting another great percentage from beyond the arc. What a game between the Clippers and the Portland Trailblazers, Portland though was able to get a win against the struggling Clippers this early.
About the whole Dwayne Wade and how his statue doesn't resemble his face; I agree that it doesn't resemble him at all, and if they hired someone better then they could have done something better.
However, I can't blame the artists when Wade himself loved it and defended it, that's the issue I have. If the player himself says it's okay, then who am I to say anything about it, it is not my statue, I am not the one display there, if he is ok then he is ok and I don't care.
I have enough trouble in my life to care about some statue that the player himself approved. If he hated it and thought it looked terrible, then I would say that could make sense and I would say then we could be mad, still not enough to make me mad to be fair, but I could at least understand the outrage online.
Right now, nobody should be mad about it, because Wade is okay with it so why are you mad when he is not?
This went too long and we should move on, regular season under way so we should focus on the games instead. For me, it was another night of not winning anything recently, and I am getting used to this, this season started terrible so far and I guess it will continue to be terrible because I feel like I am bad this year.
However, I can't blame the artists when Wade himself loved it and defended it, that's the issue I have. If the player himself says it's okay, then who am I to say anything about it, it is not my statue, I am not the one display there, if he is ok then he is ok and I don't care.
I have enough trouble in my life to care about some statue that the player himself approved. If he hated it and thought it looked terrible, then I would say that could make sense and I would say then we could be mad, still not enough to make me mad to be fair, but I could at least understand the outrage online.
Right now, nobody should be mad about it, because Wade is okay with it so why are you mad when he is not?
This went too long and we should move on, regular season under way so we should focus on the games instead. For me, it was another night of not winning anything recently, and I am getting used to this, this season started terrible so far and I guess it will continue to be terrible because I feel like I am bad this year.
Steph Curry being out means terrible news for Warriors without a doubt. They already lost Klay but they were hopeful that with Wiggins and Buddy Hield being there, they would do fine and not need Klay and could replace him. But now Curry is out too, he is their best player, and he is one of the greatest players in the world right now, even at his age.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
Don't worry, they are still winning. They just won back-to-back games against the Pelicans and I think that's good news for the Warriors. That just means they are not relying on Steph Curry anymore and their young core and bench are also helping out on both ends of the floor. The best part is, they are not winning in a close battle, the first game against the Pelicans they won by 18 points, and now a 14-point game. So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
It's not that they are better without him, they just work harder because they know they won't win if they don't give their all without their superstar playing. I like the Warriors better, the young guys are learning and winning.
Surprisingly, the Trail Blazers also won a game against the Clippers while on the road. I missed the game but they just won by one point. Something crucial must've happened.
Oh, and the Pacers also won against the strong Celtics. Wow, lots of underdogs won today.
Another win for the Warriors, again Buddy Hield lead them in terms of scoring but Warriors played a well balance game even without both Curry and Wiggins, still early though but if they continue playing like then they can give Curry a good rest preserving him to give enough rest to recover, we will see on their upcoming games if they can manage to continue giving good results especially to those gamblers who loves risking their money for them.
Steph Curry being out means terrible news for Warriors without a doubt. They already lost Klay but they were hopeful that with Wiggins and Buddy Hield being there, they would do fine and not need Klay and could replace him. But now Curry is out too, he is their best player, and he is one of the greatest players in the world right now, even at his age.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
Don't worry, they are still winning. They just won back-to-back games against the Pelicans and I think that's good news for the Warriors. That just means they are not relying on Steph Curry anymore and their young core and bench are also helping out on both ends of the floor. The best part is, they are not winning in a close battle, the first game against the Pelicans they won by 18 points, and now a 14-point game. So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
It's not that they are better without him, they just work harder because they know they won't win if they don't give their all without their superstar playing. I like the Warriors better, the young guys are learning and winning.
Surprisingly, the Trail Blazers also won a game against the Clippers while on the road. I missed the game but they just won by one point. Something crucial must've happened.
Oh, and the Pacers also won against the strong Celtics. Wow, lots of underdogs won today.
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Buddy Hield carrying the Warriors to a win over the Pelicans tonight with 28 points shooting 7-11 from three point range as Steph Curry cheers him on from the bench. He scored 19 points in the fourth to close out the game. Great seeing Zion back on the court getting buckets too. The Pelicans seem like they’re close to having a good team, they’re just missing something.
Some are saying that Buddy Hield is the new "Splash Brother" or should I say, "Splash Brothers 2.0", but for me, I would call their tandem "Splash Buddies".Isn't it cool to hear.
I mean Splash Buddies with Buddy as one of the members. I guess pointing out Buddy Hield alone is an understatement because all of them contributed on offense. 6 players are in double-digits and let's take note that the Pelicans' star played awful as well. Ingram and Willilamson are combined for only 26 points with 10/31 shooting. This isn't the type of scoring that you expect if you're the main guy on offense. As for the Pelicans as a team, they lost Murray temporarily due to an injury which they expect that he'll be out for the next 3-5 weeks. McCollum also didn't play on this one as well.
Anyway, the Celtics got their first loss of the regular season against the Pacers 135-132 courtesy of Siakam's dagger three to seal it. At the same time, the Sixers again also lost to the PISTONS. Yes, they lost to the Pistons by 10 points. I mean many have high expectations with this team, and yet they even lost to a below 500 team yet again, and currently has a 1-3 record. Too early though especially now that Embiid isn't playing as well. I wonder why.
With rumors that Bronny was going to get some minutes in today's game in Cleveland I had expected the plan to be to try and get out to a big lead so him and LeBron could get in the game together. It looks like maybe they wanted to get him some garbage minutes instead because they're down by 23 in the second quarter. This should let Bronny get in the game. Seems to be no harm in letting LeBron get an assist to him if the game is already out of hand. We'll see...
Well, he got 5 minutes and made hist first NBA bucket, plus 2 assists. Saw a report that we will join the G league team next week, I mean that's clearly the better option for him than just repeatedly having DNPs.
Let's see how he can perform on a lower setting, not gonna be much easier though as everybody in the G league is fighting for their spot in the league as well. Maybe they can get some more people in the stands that want to see Bronny and the South Bay Lakers.
I’m glad he got his first bucket and the steal and assists was a nice touch for only 5 minutes. I do wish they had manufactured a moment where LeBron passed him the ball for his first bucket, but he had his chance to make that happen last time he was on the floor and missed it. I wonder if we’ll see any more from Bronny this year.
Steph Curry being out means terrible news for Warriors without a doubt. They already lost Klay but they were hopeful that with Wiggins and Buddy Hield being there, they would do fine and not need Klay and could replace him. But now Curry is out too, he is their best player, and he is one of the greatest players in the world right now, even at his age.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
You're somehow pessimistic about the Warriors' results while Curry is absent due to injury. As I understand it, Curry will only be out for a few games, and his status will be re-evaluated on Friday. Moreover, the Warriors still have Green, and now is the best time for him to prove himself and prove to everyone that he really deserves that $100 million contract.
With rumors that Bronny was going to get some minutes in today's game in Cleveland I had expected the plan to be to try and get out to a big lead so him and LeBron could get in the game together. It looks like maybe they wanted to get him some garbage minutes instead because they're down by 23 in the second quarter. This should let Bronny get in the game. Seems to be no harm in letting LeBron get an assist to him if the game is already out of hand. We'll see...
Well, he got 5 minutes and made hist first NBA bucket, plus 2 assists. Saw a report that we will join the G league team next week, I mean that's clearly the better option for him than just repeatedly having DNPs.
Let's see how he can perform on a lower setting, not gonna be much easier though as everybody in the G league is fighting for their spot in the league as well. Maybe they can get some more people in the stands that want to see Bronny and the South Bay Lakers.
With rumors that Bronny was going to get some minutes in today's game in Cleveland I had expected the plan to be to try and get out to a big lead so him and LeBron could get in the game together. It looks like maybe they wanted to get him some garbage minutes instead because they're down by 23 in the second quarter. This should let Bronny get in the game. Seems to be no harm in letting LeBron get an assist to him if the game is already out of hand. We'll see...
Steph Curry being out means terrible news for Warriors without a doubt. They already lost Klay but they were hopeful that with Wiggins and Buddy Hield being there, they would do fine and not need Klay and could replace him. But now Curry is out too, he is their best player, and he is one of the greatest players in the world right now, even at his age.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
So losing him means a lot, he is saying it's mild to moderate, which means he will not eb back for a week at least, but could be as high as a month. That would result in terrible regular season results for them, and then when he comes back he will have to push himself to get back into good position and when/if they reach playoffs, he will be tired and this will cause trouble for them. I believe this is going to be very tough for them and they need to reconsider their situation, don't think they are going to end up with easy solutions on this, definitely looks like it will become an issue for them.
I am not so sure if some article or post that I have seen just this day about Dwayne Wade's statue was that he's been there present when the carving of his face was being done.
If it's a real thing then he's playing out about such reactions that he's shown because he's got the approval of it while it was in the making.
But with AI's advancement, I'm not sure if it's made out of it.
If it's a real thing then he's playing out about such reactions that he's shown because he's got the approval of it while it was in the making.
But with AI's advancement, I'm not sure if it's made out of it.
Last night the Denver Nuggets won 144-139 in overtime against Brooklyn. Dennis Schroder's 28 points and 14 assists was not enough to secure a win for Brooklyn. Schroder has had a great start to the season, averaging 22.5 points per game over the first four games.
Buddy Hield carrying the Warriors to a win over the Pelicans tonight with 28 points shooting 7-11 from three point range as Steph Curry cheers him on from the bench. He scored 19 points in the fourth to close out the game. Great seeing Zion back on the court getting buckets too. The Pelicans seem like they’re close to having a good team, they’re just missing something.
I doubt it's chemistry. Maybe a real leader. A point guard, or a playmaker that will best fit Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson. I doubt it's CJ and I doubt it's Jose Alvarado too. Maybe a veteran could help them out. Truly, it's nice to see Zion playing a lot of minutes and scoring 31 points in that game but still, the Warriors played without Curry and I must say it's not a good game for the Pelicans.
The Warriors rained 3 pointers although they outrebounded the small ball Warriors, those rebounds must result in offense because that's their only way to win. It's still early but this is not actually a good start for them if they will lose against a team without their star.
My god is this for real? lmao, this is one of the worst sculptures I've ever seen. I can't imagine that Dwayne Wade is very happy about it himself. I mean it looks absolutely ridiculous. Also to say no one could do any better is pretty funny, just go take a look at any pro stadium is all of sports and at the countless statues that currently sit outside of them, I think you'd be hard pressed to find one that comes even close to as bad lol.
I know right lol. I even don't understand why D Wade is happy about it when it's obviously ridiculously made. Not even a single resemblance I could see, except for the jersey and the number lol.
There should be somehow who's better at this craft and money ain't gonna be an issue for sure lol. Anyway, we've seen Kobe and AI's statue which were also not quite good, but this one for D Wade is the worst lol.
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He was second another try because just like in Dwade, his creation is not enough close to the GOAT.
For the win of the Warriors, yeah, it was Buddy Hield who carried them, again with his shooting and he is really living up to the hype of the next splash brothers. Great game as well between the Wolves and Dallas, I thought that they are going to win as ANT was really hot in the first quarter. But Kyrie was able to match him and consistent throughout the whole game. Luka with almost triple double in this game.
Yeah, and with how Pelicans performs during the first half, it seems that there's no way for the Warriors to win, but witnessing how they let the Warriors to rally and complete the snatch really traps those who bets for them trusting that without Curry and Wiggins they can easily dominates.
And what surprises me is that it will still be in the homecourt of the Warriors and so I do agree that it was a no brainer, but Warriors are not that big of a favorite, so let's see if they can make it 2-0 against the Pels.
Something is off though with Pels again for this season, when Zion joined them, there are a lot of anticipations that they are going to be a great team and could be a NBA contender. But after years of frustrations become of Zion's injured, I do not think that they are going to be that team that Zion will carry.
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