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^^ Sooner or later there will be blaming games and pointing finger as to what cause Memphis that series against the Lakers. Obviously, two of them, Ja Morant's interview, "I'm fine in the West" comment and then Brooks disrespecting Lebron and "poking the bear" and until someone drops 40 on him. Yeah, the last game of the series, the Lakers won by 40 point lead, and Brooks performance in that series was garbage.

And with that, perhaps management said that they have enough of this clown, and as Draymond said, "The dynasty starts after you, not with you”. So good riddance for Brooks, and let's see if a team is going to pick him up, or going to Shanghai Sharks, Grin

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Quote from: OgNasty on May 02, 2023, 06:21:12 PM

Joel Embiid is the winner of this year’s MVP award. I personally don’t think he had a better year than Jokic, but I’m glad Jokic didn’t win it again. The NBA always gives people the MVP too early and leads to them getting snubbed later. I think that’s what happened to Jokic this year and giving the MVP to the ‘next up’ guy is why Rose stole one of LeBron’s MVPs and same with Nash stealing one from O’Neal. I could go on and on. Hopefully this Embiid MVP (which is more like a lifetime achievement award in this case) allows them to break that cycle and start giving the MVP to the player that had the most dominant season instead of the next superstar.

Yeah, it's good to see Jokic not winning the MVP this year, I'm not totally against him, but there were moments where in the MVP was announced to early as you have said. Even as early as Malone stealing one from MJ and then MJ came back in revenge to win the NBA finals.

In another news, karma is a bitch:

https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1653431147509043200

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That's the reality now that we won't be seeing them in the finals because they'll have to face each other and one is going to be eliminated. Either Steph's crew or Lebron's team. Just after we saw Warriors won against the Kings, everyone would have thought that it's gonna be the head of their journey and Kings dominance will be proclaimed but then, they're still the defending champs and have been through a lot. Now, both teams have been through a lot and one of them have to move to the next stage closer to the finals. The predictions are now in and this is gonna be like up to game 7.

Both have interesting stories this season, Lakers started 2-10 if I'm not mistaken, and there are a lot of drama last last year being carried over, specially the case of Russell Westbrook. But before the trade line, they overhaul their roster, get rid of Westbrook, in exchange of a lot of role players and they started to make a run post season. Then AD becoming healthy, then eliminated the young Memphis the second seed.

For the Warriors the same, ended up 6th seed and many analyst are writing them off. Bad road team, drama between Poole and Green at the start and even prior to the last game, we can see some frustrations, there were reports that Poole and Kuminga are not happy with the minutes they are getting this playoff. But Steph wouldn't let this one slip away, not from the young Kings. Now another storied match up between him and Lebron are going to be written again this playoff series.

Yes, too many things have happened with the Lakers and it wasn't expected that they're going to be this far because of how they started the season terribly. These dramas that has happened for both teams were now forgotten and everyone is just looking forward for their upcoming match within the next few hours. And we should give Embiid around of applause for winning the MVP award this 2022-2023 season.
News: Joel Embiid edges Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo for his first NBA MVP award

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Joel Embiid is the winner of this year’s MVP award. I personally don’t think he had a better year than Jokic, but I’m glad Jokic didn’t win it again. The NBA always gives people the MVP too early and leads to them getting snubbed later. I think that’s what happened to Jokic this year and giving the MVP to the ‘next up’ guy is why Rose stole one of LeBron’s MVPs and same with Nash stealing one from O’Neal. I could go on and on. Hopefully this Embiid MVP (which is more like a lifetime achievement award in this case) allows them to break that cycle and start giving the MVP to the player that had the most dominant season instead of the next superstar.

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Is KD gonna request a trade again if they bust out vs Denver? Grin

Jokes aside, what a defensive battle that was. From a team that has Booker and KD you would expect more than just 87 points.
Especially the last quarter with just 14 was tough to watch.

Jokic with yet another big game, no surprise. I expect Denver to win 1 on the road hopefully and then close the series at home.

Trash talking book and KD the ring chaser off to Cancun soon. Wink

To funny to see how people react when KD is on losing team since we can't blame people to think that this will gonna happen again since most of the time Durant always go on the team which is already built. To bad if they failed to defeat Denver this round for sure he will be mocked by many people who doesn't like he's jumping stints on strong teams. But its still so early there are many games left maybe we can see them became more aggressive and they can outscore Nuggets on their next game.

It’s because many of the GSW fan hated this guy to the core. Many said he is the one who carry GSW to championship but he is struggling so much on any team that he goes after GSW even though the team that he join has a very good roster even on Thunders, Nets and Suns. KD is really good but he lacks the skills to carry the team in the end without relying to other player that can score when he is not in good shape like Curry and Klay.

KD is getting older so I’m sure that he will request another trade again since he is now close to GSW. Fans of GSW will surely celebrate when KD lose to Nuggets while the team continuously climb to the championship round. KD will have a better run if he is not too full of his self expecting that he can carry any team to championship.

Well, that is what he wanted to prove, that he can lead his own team, carry them, and bring them towards the NBA Finals but in reality, ever since he left the Golden State Warriors, he repeatedly failed to bring any team to the top unlike what he said. From the Brooklyn Nets, he got a good roster to start with but he got injured and the team didn't move forward, and now that he's in the Phoenix Suns, it seems that luck is still not his side.

He totally failed on brooklyn that's why people told him that he cannot really carry a team. If Suns can pass a big challenge with Nuggets it cannot give him big recognition since once again he join on another super team again. But even though with that they still struggle on their match up with Denver and that is a big upset with their organization since they have 4 stars in team but struggle to get a win with these guys.

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With the expectation that he will add good chance for the Suns in winning the title might be spoiled since Nuggets
is really giving them a tough time leading 2-0 in their best of 7 series.

We will expect more critics as some of them are just riding with the issue to gain attentions especially those so-called sports analysts.

Their chance will be in game three because they might gonna pull an upset just like the GSW did when they first let the Kings win some games but they took the last laugh at game 7. But the problem with the Phoenix Suns is their chemistry because they are now with KD and they were not playing that long they are in the stage of building some trust, especially in the playoff games like this. If they cannot handle it well, they will gonna blow this chance and might gonna be swept by the Nuggets because right now they are completely at the different level because of jamal Murray.

A healthy Murray provides an extra help for Jokic and the rest of the team, with how Murray distributes the ball and how he also
attack the basket with a very big contribution that really giving them the extra edge.

If Suns will push this one to an upset, they need to start now. Losing 3 straight games will surely put them into a place where they needed to bring impossible things to happen.

We still can't conclude this series as there are still games that can change the tempo of a possible outcome. Let's all enjoy both teams' performances.

With Murray shooting the way he did and Denver still controlled the game late is going to be tough for the Suns to deal with. It doesn't seem like anyone can stop jokic. Eventually they are gonna have to just keep throwing doubles and triples at him and hope open shooters go cold. No one to guard him one on one.

Ayton's defense has been embarrassing. There's that clip going around of his standing out of bounds and watching the Joker get rebound after rebound... Kevin Durant is trying to pick up the slack and has gotten a couple blocks and goaltending calls being the help defender. Ayton just needs to man up. He's been a different guy then we saw in the playoffs a couple of years ago. I don't know if it was the money or what, but he's turned into a diva before he had a chance to be a superstar. I hope KD can help him see that he needs to improve. Booker hasn't been able to.

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With the expectation that he will add good chance for the Suns in winning the title might be spoiled since Nuggets
is really giving them a tough time leading 2-0 in their best of 7 series.

We will expect more critics as some of them are just riding with the issue to gain attentions especially those so-called sports analysts.

Their chance will be in game three because they might gonna pull an upset just like the GSW did when they first let the Kings win some games but they took the last laugh at game 7. But the problem with the Phoenix Suns is their chemistry because they are now with KD and they were not playing that long they are in the stage of building some trust, especially in the playoff games like this. If they cannot handle it well, they will gonna blow this chance and might gonna be swept by the Nuggets because right now they are completely at the different level because of jamal Murray.

A healthy Murray provides an extra help for Jokic and the rest of the team, with how Murray distributes the ball and how he also
attack the basket with a very big contribution that really giving them the extra edge.

If Suns will push this one to an upset, they need to start now. Losing 3 straight games will surely put them into a place where they needed to bring impossible things to happen.

We still can't conclude this series as there are still games that can change the tempo of a possible outcome. Let's all enjoy both teams' performances.

With Murray shooting the way he did and Denver still controlled the game late is going to be tough for the Suns to deal with. It doesn't seem like anyone can stop jokic. Eventually they are gonna have to just keep throwing doubles and triples at him and hope open shooters go cold. No one to guard him one on one.

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Is KD gonna request a trade again if they bust out vs Denver? Grin

Jokes aside, what a defensive battle that was. From a team that has Booker and KD you would expect more than just 87 points.
Especially the last quarter with just 14 was tough to watch.

Jokic with yet another big game, no surprise. I expect Denver to win 1 on the road hopefully and then close the series at home.

Trash talking book and KD the ring chaser off to Cancun soon. Wink

To funny to see how people react when KD is on losing team since we can't blame people to think that this will gonna happen again since most of the time Durant always go on the team which is already built. To bad if they failed to defeat Denver this round for sure he will be mocked by many people who doesn't like he's jumping stints on strong teams. But its still so early there are many games left maybe we can see them became more aggressive and they can outscore Nuggets on their next game.

It’s because many of the GSW fan hated this guy to the core. Many said he is the one who carry GSW to championship but he is struggling so much on any team that he goes after GSW even though the team that he join has a very good roster even on Thunders, Nets and Suns. KD is really good but he lacks the skills to carry the team in the end without relying to other player that can score when he is not in good shape like Curry and Klay.

KD is getting older so I’m sure that he will request another trade again since he is now close to GSW. Fans of GSW will surely celebrate when KD lose to Nuggets while the team continuously climb to the championship round. KD will have a better run if he is not too full of his self expecting that he can carry any team to championship.

Well, that is what he wanted to prove, that he can lead his own team, carry them, and bring them towards the NBA Finals but in reality, ever since he left the Golden State Warriors, he repeatedly failed to bring any team to the top unlike what he said. From the Brooklyn Nets, he got a good roster to start with but he got injured and the team didn't move forward, and now that he's in the Phoenix Suns, it seems that luck is still not his side.

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The second game between Denver and Phoenix was played at night. The first and second period passed with mutual baskets and Phoenix closed the first half ahead 40-41. The 3rd period of the match was again contentious and at the end of the 3rd period Phoenix had a 70-73 superiority in the score. Denver dominated the game in the final quarter. He managed to win the match 97-87 after establishing a 27-14 advantage in the last period. Nilola Jokic was the game's top scorer in Denver. He made a double-double with 39 points and 16 rebounds. In Phoenix, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker were top scorers. The next match will be played on May 6 at Phoenix's arena. I think Phoenix will easily win these two games.

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With the expectation that he will add good chance for the Suns in winning the title might be spoiled since Nuggets
is really giving them a tough time leading 2-0 in their best of 7 series.

We will expect more critics as some of them are just riding with the issue to gain attentions especially those so-called sports analysts.

Their chance will be in game three because they might gonna pull an upset just like the GSW did when they first let the Kings win some games but they took the last laugh at game 7. But the problem with the Phoenix Suns is their chemistry because they are now with KD and they were not playing that long they are in the stage of building some trust, especially in the playoff games like this. If they cannot handle it well, they will gonna blow this chance and might gonna be swept by the Nuggets because right now they are completely at the different level because of jamal Murray.

A healthy Murray provides an extra help for Jokic and the rest of the team, with how Murray distributes the ball and how he also
attack the basket with a very big contribution that really giving them the extra edge.

If Suns will push this one to an upset, they need to start now. Losing 3 straight games will surely put them into a place where they needed to bring impossible things to happen.

We still can't conclude this series as there are still games that can change the tempo of a possible outcome. Let's all enjoy both teams' performances.

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Quote from: arwin100 on May 02, 2023, 05:17:00 AM

To funny to see how people react when KD is on losing team since we can't blame people to think that this will gonna happen again since most of the time Durant always go on the team which is already built. To bad if they failed to defeat Denver this round for sure he will be mocked by many people who doesn't like he's jumping stints on strong teams. But its still so early there are many games left maybe we can see them became more aggressive and they can outscore Nuggets on their next game.

Durant could be accepted this time around though. The warriors move was a weak move and disliked by many, but this one wasn't really like that. Sure Suns is an alright team, but back when he moved to Warriors, that was a team that won the cup one year prior and previous year they had the most wins of all time and lost from 3-1 on the finals, so they were already dominating the league and up until his last year when he got injured, they won every title.

This is why Suns is not the same thing, in order for that to be the same thing Suns had to win at least one title, or even at least finish the league at the top, they didn't do neither of those this season. So all in all I think this one is a bit more serious and could be accepted as a normal trade.

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Quote from: AHOYBRAUSE on May 02, 2023, 03:42:43 AM

Is KD gonna request a trade again if they bust out vs Denver? Grin

Jokes aside, what a defensive battle that was. From a team that has Booker and KD you would expect more than just 87 points.
Especially the last quarter with just 14 was tough to watch.

Jokic with yet another big game, no surprise. I expect Denver to win 1 on the road hopefully and then close the series at home.

Trash talking book and KD the ring chaser off to Cancun soon. Wink

To funny to see how people react when KD is on losing team since we can't blame people to think that this will gonna happen again since most of the time Durant always go on the team which is already built. To bad if they failed to defeat Denver this round for sure he will be mocked by many people who doesn't like he's jumping stints on strong teams. But its still so early there are many games left maybe we can see them became more aggressive and they can outscore Nuggets on their next game.

And he will be a laughingstock again if in-case the Denver Nuggets sweeps the Phoenix Suns in the second round, which is by the way not that impossible to do especially if the whole Nuggets roster are all healthy. They better do something in Game 3 because the Nuggets already had a 2-0 advantage against them.

And I wonder if that happens, will CP3 remain, or will he force a trade? Not Kevin Durant because I know that Phoenix Suns will not grant his wish because they literally gambled just to get him.

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^ I’m not sure I'm part of the Warriors will win camp. I’ll have to see how they do in game 1. The Warriors struggled against Sabonis and Lyles playing the Kings, so if Anthony Davis is on his game the Warriors don’t have a man on their roster that can do anything about it. They Lakers will also show they can defend Steph and Klay. If AD goes off and Steph and Klay aren’t getting open shots, the Lakers should be able to win easily. That’s a big IF though.

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So the question is, who is going to guard him from the Lakers, Dennis? Austin Reaves, D'Lo? For me Warriors are going to be a bad match-up for the Lakers. They have Wiggins to guard Lebron. And then Looney/Green against AD in the paint.

None. Simple as that.
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I hope you guys have realized that the Lakers ranked number 1 defensively since the trade deadline and AD just dominated the 2023 DPOY JJJ. The Kings defense is way below than the Lakers. The Lakers could actually put their normal rotation as is, they are not only defending Curry, but the whole GSW team. This is not a 1 on 1 match, it's a team match - so we don't technically analyze 1 on 1 match ups here.

Nevertheless, this is going to be a good series. Some might have said that the Grizz were a better team than the GSW, but I don't believe that either. The Grizz are so inconsistent offensively, If they can't make their shots it was an automatic L for them. GSW is a much better team than the Grizz actually and they are a much experienced team as well.

The Lakers might've been a better team post-trade deadline, but we are talking about the Warriors here. One of the best three point shooting teams currently, and to back it up, the Lakers are very wide open to their opponents when it comes to shooting threes. They're allowing their opponents to shoot 36.5 attempts on average (25th), and their opponents are making 12.5 threes on average (20th). For sure the Warriors will exploit this problem of the Lakers. Expect them to shoot more on threes than in twos.

Anyway, like you said, it will be a good series, and it's a classic one because we will see Steph and Lebron matching up again after that 4 consecutive Finals match-up. It would be a good series, and I hope that the fans of both teams will be enjoying watching this one. Curry Vs. James Round 5. Cheesy

Good attention to details right there, that's what I've been slightly noticing how the Lakers are allowing these numbers. However, LeBron knew very well what the Warriors are capable of so it would be up to them how are the whole LAL team are going to adjust with the current opponent who's offensive fire power are greater than the previous one.
The reason why I brought the Lakers' defensive rating is that, MAYBE they are capable of pulling up another defensive strategy that works for teams like the Warriors.

Yeah classic match up man! We never know, this is going to be the last match up we see Curry and LeBron going against each other and everything else will be a history.

Lakers need to find ways to adjust to how the Warriors play the game,

We all know how deadly all the players of GSW when given a chance to make the clean shot, it will be a big challenge to Lakers
if how they will adjust tailing all the shooters and make those shots a tough one to release.

I think LeBron as the main alpha here will help not only playing the game but also designing their offense and defense to make
sure that they will be in this series no matter what will happen.

Darvin Ham's fresh mind will surely be needed in this game and I believe he got a better understanding on the team now and what's needed to be executed so that they can keep up with the Warriors offense and of course, defensive tactics is as important as the offense because they can't win a game if their defense is not that tight.

As of now, Basically everyone around the NBA is picking the Warriors to beat the Lakers, so, once again the Los Angeles Lakers are in a tough position where they have to prove their roster once again because they are now getting tested by the defending champs.

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Quote from: FanEagle on May 01, 2023, 02:29:18 PM

...but when it comes to Lakers vs Warriors, it's a series I am not entirely sure about.

You're exactly not alone with that, the best of 7 games between the Warriors and the Lakers will put up a mystery to the people's head because we really don't know who got the upper hand. I mean, sure, on paper, the Warriors are truly a good roster that is almost unfathomable with now Kevon Looney who is exceptional in guarding the paint. But we know that it's not about who's guarding the rim, it's about which team will have a better performance to bring the team a W at the end of the day.

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I was bummed out to see the Suns lose to the Nuggets last night. I was really looking forward to seeing LeBron and Durant face off in the playoffs but I’m not so sure either team is going to make it to the next round. We’ll see tonight how the Lakers match up with the Warriors but the Suns are for sure struggling against the Denver Nuggets this round.

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Lakers need to find ways to adjust to how the Warriors play the game,

I assume that the Lakers are well aware of the Warriors' strengths and weaknesses. By the way, these two teams faced each other 4 times during the regular season, and the Lakers managed to beat the Warriors 3 times. That seems like a reassuring fact, and I think the Lakers might have a good chance of winning this series if Davis and LeBron can dominate in the paint, grabbing as many rebounds as possible.

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Quote from: EFS on May 01, 2023, 09:15:02 PM

I believe the winner of Celtics - Sixers series will be the champion. Sixers got a huge advantage by winning the first game. Harden played one of his best games in play-offs and they won without Embiid.

We will see. Eastern Conference Champion? High chance. NBA Champion? There's the Nuggets or the Warriors. I am not convinced yet as both teams (Celtics and 76ers) have their issues. Celtics had a problem against the Hawks and the 76ers did a great job at sweeping the Brooklyn Nets but Embiid being hurt is something they should worry about. Health will be a big factor to win the NBA Finals.

I am predicting the Nuggets will win this championship this year. The option for their offense is wide, they have good backcourt defensive players too with KCP and Bruce Brown, plus what Aaron Gordon's doing against Durant seems to be working.
I wish I will not be like Sir Charles that is like a curse to predicting winners. Grin

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Quote from: carlisle1 on May 02, 2023, 06:58:09 AM

With the expectation that he will add good chance for the Suns in winning the title might be spoiled since Nuggets
is really giving them a tough time leading 2-0 in their best of 7 series.

We will expect more critics as some of them are just riding with the issue to gain attentions especially those so-called sports analysts.

Their chance will be in game three because they might gonna pull an upset just like the GSW did when they first let the Kings win some games but they took the last laugh at game 7. But the problem with the Phoenix Suns is their chemistry because they are now with KD and they were not playing that long they are in the stage of building some trust, especially in the playoff games like this. If they cannot handle it well, they will gonna blow this chance and might gonna be swept by the Nuggets because right now they are completely at the different level because of jamal Murray.

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We are here again in the battle of the goat shooter and the Goat (Still debatable), this really makes me butterflies on my stomach once again because Lebron James and Stephen Curry will face in the playoffs once again. I am GSW fan but the new roster of lakers is such a different team compared to their team before the trade deadline, so I think this would give us a great fight, but still I believe to GSW to take down the lakers maybe at 6, especially if Kevon Looney will continue the way he play just like how he play against the Sacramento Kings, he became the hero of GSW this playoff next to Stephen Curry, and if GSW will win this season, Stephen Curry can go up to top 5 all time for sure.

In the meantime, I am really shocked on the 2-0 of Denver against the Suns, I hope KD will stand out next game, they really need them, only Booker is consistent in their team, this is my second team so I hope they may comeback from 2-0.

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