Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 673. (Read 914993 times)

It's sad for the Suns as the Nuggets have a big three who consistently score. In this game, the Joker had 24, Gordon had 23, and Murray scored 34. We also have to look at the rebounding department, as the Suns were outrebounded in this game, with a 49-38 disparity. This is just Game 1 though, but the way the Nuggets are playing, it looks like they'll win the two games at home.

For the Suns, I think they should involve their bench players more and not try to tire out their starters. In the end, their starters are likely to get gassed out, so trustig on their bench players will be important.

Kevin Durant was the only one being aggressive on both ends of the floor. I don't think that's the recipe for a winning Phoenix Suns. Lots of frustration fouls happened, it's the playoffs, they must control their emotions here.

"Bubble Murray"
34 points, 6/10 3-pt field goals, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. He missed two playoff runs and now we could see a more healthy Jamal Murray that looks like he will dominate this series.
With the help of the Joker who posted 24 points, 19 rebounds,5 assists, and the deep bench they won Game 1 against the 2nd in the Western Conference Semis. They have too many weapons both offensively and defensively. Adjustments will surely happen, they should be ready for the counterattack the Suns will give.

It was really Painful for me aswell because I also did bet for the Warriors, I think they can supress this game 6 and make it a win towards the finals, but Game 7 I always think they can make proper preparation and look for their mistakes like they did in game 3 not just because they are playing at home, I know that te Warriors got a bad road game but this is the play-offs and the Warrior is a team if pressured more they just keeps in getting better, that is what I believe but if they lose this game 7 then it is goodbye for them and the kings will get their chance being champion,


Both teams got a poor turnover the Golden State Warriors got 17 turnovers while the Sacramento Kings has 18 turnovers, but surely the Warriors got a bad shooting day for game 6 and shooting slumps really happen but on game 7 there is no more excuse for a shooting slump, if you are not sure with your shooting position better try to set it on mid-range instead of pushing for 3 points because right now is a very crucial game for both teams,

Well, I am happy for the Lakers aswell but I bet for the Memphis knowing this could bring them in a gaming rhythm to get back and push it to game 7 but they did not, and so the Memphis was slaughtered by the Lakers,

Suns are not looking good in that first half. They’re shooting efficient but their turnovers and rebounding has been pathetic. They’ve let the Nuggets get 15 more shots in the first half. Hard to win the game when the other team gets to take that many more shots. Durant has 8 rebounds but Ayton only has 3… The rest of the Suns need to start boarding if they’re gonna have a chance.

Well they won one road game, but it's just very unfortunate, that they were not able to win one at home, that's why the scored at tie. For me though game 5 is critical, whoever wins that might have a good chance to get this series and moved. So the Warriors hope is still alive, they are still the defending champs and has been in this kind of situation before.

Series of Suns vs Nuggets is about to start, another good match up series, the top team in the West with Jokic and Murray against Booker and Durant. Who will take game 1?

Can't believe that Warriors ended up losing a home game. We all knew before the series even started that this season Warriors were great at home and terrible at road games, this meant that they would probably win the home games and would probably lose the road games and if they could just get one win at road then they would get the series. But looking at the scenario we have now, they lost one home and won one road game so far with this way.

I think it is going to be a tough game seven for them. Not only they are tired because they are on seventh game at the moment, but we are talking about a situation where they will play a road game on a season they have been terrible on the road. Lets see how it will do, but I bet that it will do a bit weirdly.

AD has always been a good player on the court when he is playing. I even think he should be the MVP when they won the bubble championship since he carried that team. We should expect more from Davis since he is the real star of the Lakers now. Lebron is old and though he is still performing very well for his age, AD should be the real carry of this team. Good thing they got good help from their role players now. Hopefully, AD will be able to stay healthy throughout the playoffs since that is the only variable that could really dampen the good playoff start that they have. Against a very competitive team (GS/KINGS), they need AD to be in full throttle to win the next-round series.


The next game will be Kings home court and GS are weak on the road but they were able to pull one from the Kings in Game 5 so maybe they will be able to pull another one on Game 7. I am not counting out the Warriors from the series yet. We cannot underestimate the heart of a champion. Anyway, whether it is the Warriors or the Kings moving up to the second round, the Lakers will have a hard competition ahead of them. Both these teams are agile and very physical on the court. Let's see if the Lakers are tough enough to against the Warriors or the Kings.

You’ve asked for it, you’ll get it. That can be one of the worst loss for Brooks.
Anyway, Kings vs Gsw are the only team left fighting for the last spot. Kings can have a good advantage here as they will play in their home court but I think it will be more interesting to see GSW vs LAKERS in the semis. I’m looking forward for GSW to win the last spot, they have to defend their title.

Brooks should now know where he sits, LeBron just showed him that disrespecting him was absolutely not a good idea. Looks like it will be Kings and Lakers? I'm thinking it will be them that will make it to the WCF but Lakers could likely dominate them I guess if it's them that cross paths.

Agreed.  I think ja got a wake up call with his off the court dealings.  No way Memphis brings back Brooks.  He is an Ufa this year.  Going to be interesting to see who picks him up.  If his mouth didn't get in the way he would be a great role player on a championship team.  But I agree his toxicity is overwhelming.  He was banking on them destroying the Lakers and have it come off as confidence when it now just looks like he is an ass.

Talking about Ja Morant again, because of him and that particular incident that got him suspended for several days, the Memphis Grizzlies issued a memorandum that in every after road games they will leave the city/town right away and will not be use the night to rest as long as they are still on the road so that Ja's particular incident can be avoided as well as for the rest of the team. And about Brooks, he is now in free agency and it was rumored that there are no teams that are interested to get him because of his particular gameplay that is so unprofessional and his performance is not that good, so it's not that surprising that no team will get him.

Of course, it would be nice to see the Sacramento Kings moving forward to the next round and it's not because of the idea of seeing new faces in the playoffs this time but because of the fact that the Sacramento Kings deserved to it because they aren't just an ordinary team that barely clinched themselves to participate in the post season games, they are ranked #3 seed in the West which means that they are kind of hard to defeat.

But before all of that, they should defeat the defending champs in the Game 7 first and certainly that won't be an easy thing to do as the Warriors are known to learn from their mistakes easily and will adjust what would needed in the next game.

The Lakers indeed performed well in containing two of the offensive weapons of Grizzlies, the visiting team literally had a hard time because the Lakers defense was so tight that they couldn't have any good spot most of the time and the Lakers even forced them to mostly shoot from the outside as they couldn't find a way to steer clear inside the paint. And then when the 3rd quarter ends, the Grizzlies already gave up from chasing the Lakers and accepted that they failed on their run.

I'm pretty sure that the Grizzlies are tired of Dillon Brooks and his attitude.  The LeBron poking the bear comment was probably the last straw and I think Brooks knows it.  That's why he was so defeated in the series after that.  I think he's a bad influence on Ja Morant, and they need to start surrounding that kid with people who are going to make sure he doesn't get shot in a strip club parking lot pretending to be a gangster some random night.  The icing on the cake is that LeBron didn't even stick around after the game to shake hands.  He sent a message to the league.  Put some respect on his name.

Even if the Game 6 was played inside Chase Center, we cannot really say that the Warriors got the full advantage and got more chance to dominate the game instead of having the opposite outcome because the Kings got a pretty record on the road.

But even after I know that fact, I still bet on the Warriors in that game because it's just hard to rule out that they are more experienced compared to the Kings but what happened wasn't exactly the same as I imagined it because the Kings really bounced back after having two consecutive loss. Game 7 will be much more interesting and this time, the Warriors will be on the road, again.

Now the series is tied so we can not say that this is the easy one for both team and actually game 6 is not for GSW and we saw that they played back not just they played before maybe they are unlucky to day and give the Kings one more time to defend and got some good preparation for the upcoming game, 7 but for sure GSW don't want that happen so they will prepared an adjustment for the upcoming game 7 or else they will loss.

I'd say it's just getting started.  Ja and jarren Jackson are only 23 and Desmond bane is only 24.  These kids are young.  This team is just getting started.  They need more experience and adams getting hurt, hurt them.  How do you break up a team where it's star core is all under 25 years old lol?

Dynasty didn't even start on the first place, we've seen some crazy results in this years playoff,

No. 8 Heat knocking out No. 1 seed in Bucks in the East. Then no. 7 Lakers eliminating no. 2 Memphis Grizzlies. And the way that he Lakers taunt Grizzlies at the end of the game is too funny, dancing around. In the end though it was the sportsmanship that prevail. Two years straight that Grizzlies failed and then Morant say's that he is fine in the West and then the Brooks disrespecting the King. Karma is really a bitch, but I doubt that they are going to learn their lessons though.

For the Bucks, there are news that coach Mike Budenholzer job might be on the line after their early exit, as he failed to adjust his team. Leading the game in the last 2 games but eventually choking and losing that very important game.

If there's one thing that I learned from this game, it's "The Ball is round". Even though you're that good in your home, when the whole team is having a bad night, you will lose automatically.

Warriors played badly. All 5 starters are in minus in the plus-minus rating (Looney -19, Wiggins -7, Curry -16, Thompson -22, Poole -7). On the other hand, the Kings duo of Fox and Monk again lead their team to the victory, and forcing a Game 7 on their home. If Monk is playing well, the Kings win, and vice-versa. I think that the Warriors need to do something to prevent him from scoring more than 20+ points in Game 7 or they will lose the series. Splash Brothers only shot 7/21 from the field, and that's a bad shooting night for them already, so you can see why they lose. Anyway, TBH it's hard to predict who will be the winner in this Game 7 because both teams are capable of winning on the road. Still, I will go for Warriors.

All 5 starters of the Grizzlies are in the minus in the plus-minus rating as well. Their backcourt duo of Morant and Bane only scored 25 points while Russell on the other hand had his career high 31 points. I mean just imagine how the Lakers destroyed the dreams of the Grizzlies to win the title. They lost by 40 points. I wonder what Morant is thinking now after said that he's fine in the West, and how "Dynasty" Brooks is feeling right now that they're eliminated in the first round.

Now the Lakers are waiting for the Winner of the Kings-Warriors. TBH, I would want to see the Warriors facing them. Just imagine 2 legends facing each other in the 2nd round. It's a rematch of Lebron and Curry who are faced each other for 4 consecutive wins in the NBA Finals back a few years ago.

What are you saying "Dynasty Over" . They didn't even create a dynasty in the first place.
They're just pure talk, but can't back it up with their performance. They're a team whose full of arrogant players. DYNASTY? They can't even make into the NBA Finals. What a funny team they are TBH.

I was sure Sacramento would win but I was scared because they lost 3 games in a row. I played over 238.5 points and both teams had one of the worst first quarters. Then they recovered in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but after the gap widened in the last quarter, they gave up scoring again. The match, which would have scored 240 points very comfortably under normal conditions, ended in such low points. My bet is settled as loss.
I think Sacramento will win at home in the last game of the series. Sabonis took a hard blow to the face, but continued to play. I guess he can play in game 7. This team is young, but they play very well when appropriate. They can advance to next round. There is a competition between experience and dynamism in this series.