Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 653. (Read 914881 times)

Looks like we are heard.
Wiggins stepped up his game one more time with 16 points in the first half and ended with 25 points. Draymond Green is also aggressive on the offensive end getting 20 points plus 10 important rebounds. I like this kind of spread of the points, that way the Lakers won't be focused on Curry so he can move freely.

Some say the Warriors just won because Anthony Davis was hurt in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter, but I doubt that. Davis played 32 minutes and they are having a hard time bringing the lead to single digits until Reaves made a 3-point shot in the 4th quarter.
I don't like it when people are using injuries as reasons for their favorite team's loss, the Warriors just did better on the defensive end. Gary Payton II especially, +25 when he is around, damn that was high.

This is really tough for the bettors as Davis might be resting or in a questionable status, if you are aiming for Lakers here, that odd
is something that you might need to re-evaluate as the chance for Davis' absence might give the Warriors a decent chance of winning the game.

If Warriors will duplicate their defense and if after this bad night for Klay, he will bounce back and add that long range threat for the Warriors.

Let's wait for the update or maybe it's good to bet during the live events and enjoy watching the game.

Yes, and it might be scary because we might see Game 6 Klay at Crypto.com? And I think it's the contribution of Green who really covered what the Warriors is missing on Thompson right now. Although there are reports that AD might not play in Game 6 because of concussions, but I think he will though, he just need to take a rest.

Now the Warriors won on a must win at home, can they do a must win in the road or as the predictions of 6 games for the Lakers will happen next game? Lakers now, opening at -1.5 at home as favorite.

The Warriors won by 15 points. That was awesome, and now the series is 3-2. They will still be on the edge in every game, but they have a chance to win the series, especially if they win on the road, which is difficult.

Green and Wiggins made great contributions, but Thompson hasn't found his rhythm yet after having a great Game 2 performance.

The top performers for the Warriors were:

Curry: 27 points
Wiggins: 25 points
Green: 20 points

I agree, and there are plenty of Lakers bets tonight because they have won the last two games. However, this game seems to be controlled by the Warriors, and unfortunately, there is some bad news for the Lakers: Davis is out with an injury. We will have to wait for further developments; if the Warriors win this game, it might affect Game 6.

Yes, the score is high because they are still leading by double digits now.

Yeah, that points of Draymond might be the big difference in this game, it's somewhat a low scoring game, and as of this writing they are leading by 12 points, with just 6 minutes plus to play.

Oh, that's too bad, I haven't bet on this game though, but if I'm not mistaken, the Warriors open up like -6.5 favorite?

If that is the case, chances are high that they might cover it. Let's just wait for the remainder of the ball game. Fans of the Warriors at Chase are going crazy, at least they won't be eliminated at their homecourt.

I don't want to admit it, but the Warriors are controlling the game now and it's their pace. Their 3-point shots are falling and Draymond Green scoring 18 points already is a big bonus for the team, as he's not known for his scoring. All he does is contribute on the defensive side and find an open shooter.

As someone who bet on the Lakers, I need them to bring the deficit down to single digits so they'll have a chance in the fourth quarter. Let's see what happens.

I guess when teams back are against the wall, their superstar will have to come up big. And when teams like Knicks and Warriors on the brick on elimination, superstars like Brunson and Randle carry the team in their shoulders.

Similar to what Curry and the others superstars for the Warriors team, they can't just let this game slip away from him at Chase center. They are in a double digit lead and we all know that they are a big 3rd quarter team and chances are high that they can get the job done here against the Lakers.

Yeah it seem the Warriors game is gonna be a nail biter. 
Now the Dubs opened up a small lead again but as this series told us, 8-10 point leads can be gone within 90 seconds.

I'm a little surprised about the NY game. 1st quarter 14 points by the Knicks and in the 2nd 36. How does this happen, haha.
Was hoping the Heat would put them away today and everything looked like it after 12 minutes. Well never celebrate too early in the NBA I guess.

They needed a big game from Butler and they didn't get it. The "big 3" of NY was impressive though, especially Brunson obviously.

The Warriors still haven't been able to dominate in the first quarter. Although they started strong, the Lakers were able to come back and make it a close game. The Warriors' 3-point shooting continues to be their main weapon. If they shoot well, they have a chance to extend this series.

So far, the 3-point shooting comparison is as follows:

Warriors: 56%
Lakers: 25%

I was surprised to see the Knicks win but I don’t think it will matter much. Now time for the main course. The Lakers have a chance to not only put the Warriors away for the season, but it’s possible tonight might be the night that LeBron James ends the Warriors’ dynasty. I think at best they have one more year together.

The Knicks have been controlling the game due to their big third-quarter run, but we know what the Heat can do. Hopefully, the Knicks won't panic in the fourth quarter as the Heat are slowly inching closer. From a double-digit lead by the Knicks, it's already down to 7 points, and in this situation, the Heat are already used to it since they had a big comeback win against the Bucks in their last game of the series.

85-92 is the score now.

What's more impressive with him is his stats in the first 10 games of the post season.
In the first 10 games of this playoffs, he averaged 30.6 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 9.5 APG. In the league history, there are only 2 players who made that stat line in the first 10 games of the post season. Jokic, and Oscar Robertson way back 1963. That's how impressive he is right now during the playoffs.

The Nuggets are the best all-around team right now in the West, and even in the NBA. They have one of the deepest benches right now in the league, and to see them defeating one of the considered super teams right now by double-digits is just good to see. Now the question is can they break the record where the home team wins every single game, or they will steal one on the road.

Right now, the Heat are on the road of doing a bit of a history.

They're one win away from reaching the Conference Finals. There is only one team who won the Conference Finals as the 8th seed, and that's the Knicks way back 98-99 season. Though they lost in the NBA Finals, they still made history. With how the Heat are playing right now, they're on the road to become the 2nd team to do it. I just don't know if they have the capabilities to win against the winner of the Sixers/Celtics match-up. Overall, the Heat are playing very impressive in this playoffs, defeating the top favorite to win the title which is the Bucks, and now one win away from clinching to the Conference Finals.

It is a good thing that I haven't made any bets at all I am taking a breather after so many losses that I took, but in that game, if I bet I will also take the Boston Celtics to win it, but in that game, Tyrese Maxey has pushed up and gave the 76ers a lift up, with Joel Embiid and even though James Harden only got 17 points that were a double-double game with his assist, so it is not a bad thing for him and because there are Tyrese Maxey backing them up now,
and Tobias Harris got a double-double of 11 rebounds and 16 points but with the Celtics, I only see 3 players


There is enough spread for the Denver Nuggets while the Phoenix Suns haven't anything at all just 3 players doing their thing but I think that isn't enough the Joker got a triple-double of 13 rebounds 12 assists and 29 points, for me I would go for the Nuggets winning at home but there is an itching feeling that the Phoenix Suns will surely take a comeback and the last games for this teams will be at game 7 to close the season,


The Miami Heat is in the 8th seed creating a great performance against the 5th seed the New York Knicks if that isn't weird enough this season has provided us with definitely good entertainment the Warriors in the 6th seed upsetting the 3rd seed Kings, while the 7th seed Lakers upset the 2nd Seed Memphis Grizzlies, but maybe the Lakers on the 7th seed could upset the 6th seed Warriors that is what we are seeing right now,

It's just hard to win the series requiring you to win all of the remaining games and you need not to lose any of those.

I don't think even the best team can do that having that dominance but we'll see if they'll make history against the Lakers. Still, the games aren't there yet and we have to see it ourselves if they'll make it or break it.

Every match that they'll play now anticipating that they win game 5, is like that they're on death row and they shouldn't miss it. Anyway, good luck to both of them whoever wins the game 5.

Chi I actually think that if it's the Knicks (which I doubt) you are right.  If miami gentlemen sweeps the Knicks they will be an issue for either Philly or Boston.  Both of those teams go to sleep at times and this miami team is all fight for 48 minutes.  They will of course be the underdog but if miami goes through I'm laying a bet on them to reach the championship.

There's no chance of either the Knicks or the Heat making it to the Championship..and if it weren't for Jimmy Butler and my love of him (as a former Bull/Bulls fan) I wouldn't even be watching this series at all.  But, he's a special player and of course an incredible player when it comes to the playoffs..so if the Heat do advance, I think he'll be able to will his team to at least a win or two..but nothing else.

I don’t think whoever wins between the Knicks and Heat really matters. Boston and Philly would both destroy either the Knicks or Heat (in my opinion). Selfishly, I just want to see LeBron play against Durant but if I’m being honest I don’t think the Suns are going to beat the Nuggets. Denver is one all star shooting guard away from having the best team in the league.

Just really un-Warrior like the performance they've showed last game, that is a winnable game but they let it slip away and not they are down 3-1 which is hard to make that comeback. Yes, it's going to be in Chase center and they might respond big like game 2 wherein they hit a lot of 3 point shoot. Klay should get hot early so that he can really help Curry. But they still need Wiggins as well to score or Jordan Poole to provide quality minutes, not turn overs. He should really focus on this game, one game at a time to bring back his confidence. He should understand that Kerr is making adjustments and him benching him, he should not take it as an attack on him. But it seems no one can control him in their bench.

Yeah, numbers are working against the Warriors now, and we might see that their run this year might end in 6 games. They still have a good chance to win game 5 to make it 3-2, but I doubt that the Lakers are going to collapse and lost all the next 3 games to the Warriors.

Last year it was a different team, their players from the bench are doing their role. Now, it seems that Poole ego is taking over, Kuminga's mouth is opening and telling the public that he is not happy with his minutes. And then Klay Thompson is inconsistent. And yes, it was only Steph really doing that much scoring, but he needs help here. They need someone to spark the offense next game.