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Quote from: btc_angela on March 25, 2023, 07:18:19 PM

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Luka's money sign to the referee have resulted for him to be fined with $35,000. Yeah, that's not a much for him and that's too little compare to the other fines that we're seeing for the other players.

Here's the article: Luka Dončić fined $35K by NBA for money gesture toward official during controversial Mavericks-Warriors game

This is too little for the chunk of the salary that he's getting.

Vanvleet's comments regarding a referee during an interview is way harsher than this one. Well, he got fined after that rant, but at least he said the truth.

Vanvleet did it. Luka did it. I expect more of this in the future where players will express their feelings towards the referees thru rant's or gestures like both of them did. As for Luka's actions, I think there is a reason why he did that, and for him it's pretty obvious, and I might agree with him as well, but at the end of the day, referee's calls will not change. I wonder what Scott Foster is doing while seeing these referees doing wrong calls. Cheesy

Quote from: btc_angela on March 25, 2023, 01:32:48 AM

It was also a good win by the Warriors, although they are the favorite since it's in their homecourt and usually they play very good at Chase center. But they have a difficult time containing the big men in Joel Embiid, which I thought is not going to play and take a rest.

Splash Brother + Poole Party for the win. Cheesy

All 3 of them scored 83 of the total 120 points with a combined 3-pt shooting of 14-31.

It was a close one TBH, until the final minute, but the three of Poole in the corner sealed the deal for the victory. They spoiled Embiid's 46 point performance, but I'm worried because they can't stop him. Even Looney who is their tallest guy on the Warriors team can't even stop him. For the Warriors to be a playoff contender, or if they want to repeat their title, at least they need to be better in terms of defense. I just hope that Wiggins and GPII will return when playoff comes.

Yeah, Embiid is just wrecking everyone being thrown at him by Steve Kerr, and even their solid defender like Draymond Green is too small for Embiid. Looney could be a good match, but still Embiid is very agile center and he has outside shooting too.

I haven't watch the Hawks vs Pacers games, but seen the the Hawks already won.

However, I'm not sure why Trae Young just played 14 minutes? did he got himself injured in this game?

Trae got ejected in the third quarter because he threw the ball "to hard" to the ref, haha. How this in enough to through a player out I don't understand, these refs are getting more and more like a Karen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dXqZt5moRE

Something has to change I think.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 25, 2023, 03:04:14 AM

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Luka's money sign to the referee have resulted for him to be fined with $35,000. Yeah, that's not a much for him and that's too little compare to the other fines that we're seeing for the other players.

Here's the article: Luka Dončić fined $35K by NBA for money gesture toward official during controversial Mavericks-Warriors game

This is too little for the chunk of the salary that he's getting.

Vanvleet's comments regarding a referee during an interview is way harsher than this one. Well, he got fined after that rant, but at least he said the truth.

Vanvleet did it. Luka did it. I expect more of this in the future where players will express their feelings towards the referees thru rant's or gestures like both of them did. As for Luka's actions, I think there is a reason why he did that, and for him it's pretty obvious, and I might agree with him as well, but at the end of the day, referee's calls will not change. I wonder what Scott Foster is doing while seeing these referees doing wrong calls. Cheesy

Quote from: btc_angela on March 25, 2023, 01:32:48 AM

It was also a good win by the Warriors, although they are the favorite since it's in their homecourt and usually they play very good at Chase center. But they have a difficult time containing the big men in Joel Embiid, which I thought is not going to play and take a rest.

Splash Brother + Poole Party for the win. Cheesy

All 3 of them scored 83 of the total 120 points with a combined 3-pt shooting of 14-31.

It was a close one TBH, until the final minute, but the three of Poole in the corner sealed the deal for the victory. They spoiled Embiid's 46 point performance, but I'm worried because they can't stop him. Even Looney who is their tallest guy on the Warriors team can't even stop him. For the Warriors to be a playoff contender, or if they want to repeat their title, at least they need to be better in terms of defense. I just hope that Wiggins and GPII will return when playoff comes.

Yeah, Embiid is just wrecking everyone being thrown at him by Steve Kerr, and even their solid defender like Draymond Green is too small for Embiid. Looney could be a good match, but still Embiid is very agile center and he has outside shooting too.

I haven't watch the Hawks vs Pacers games, but seen the the Hawks already won.

However, I'm not sure why Trae Young just played 14 minutes? did he got himself injured in this game?

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Quote from: btc_angela on March 25, 2023, 01:32:48 AM

It was also a good win by the Warriors, although they are the favorite since it's in their homecourt and usually they play very good at Chase center. But they have a difficult time containing the big men in Joel Embiid, which I thought is not going to play and take a rest.

And it's about time for Poole to catch up in his offense, as he lead the fourth quarter when they are down and the Steph takes over in crucial minutes hitting floater after floater against the big guy. They are still in the 6th spot but 2 game ahead of the T'Wolves. And another lost by the Suns will move them to 5th in the standing. Phoenix lost for the 3rd time against the Kings.

That's true. It somehow worked out. I had the feeling that they will lose that game because no one can stop Joel Embiid. 76ers could've really won that game by just putting every big man of the Warriors into foul trouble. But Coach Doc Rivers seems eager to rest Embiid more than forcing a W in the Warriors home court. Jordan Poole took advantage of every opportunity he could get while Embiid was resting.

Every game will be crucial from this day forward, especially in the Western Conference where the standing is not that far until the 12th-seed Jazz.
It looks like Damian Lillard will tweet another rant about the Trail Blazers not surrounding him with good role players.
They are deep at 13th seed now with 32 wins only.

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Embiid played brilliantly and made 46 points, but there weren't many players on the team to accompany him. In the Warriors, Poole took the stage alone at the most important moments and had the most important share in the victory. If it was James Harden, this game wouldn't have ended like this. Melton and Tucker played very badly.
Looks like the Sixers will stay in 3rd place. The gap to the top 2 has widened, and the fourth-placed Cavaliers can't keep up with them. Sixers - Heat first round would be awesome.

Yeah, Embiid performed well, although it wasn't enough to beat the Warriors. Honestly, I don't think the loss in this game and the results in the remaining regular season games will be particularly important for the 76ers, as they've already guaranteed themselves a playoff spot. However, that doesn't mean Embiid should relax. Instead, he should focus more on his individual stats in the remaining games to finally win the coveted MVP award.

Embiid is a beast, I love how he plays but he can't just be enough to beat a team like GSW when they play like themselves. Steph and Klay contributed good, Green was effective again, Poole was great and honestly, exceeded my expectations of him. Warriors had a bad time recently but they seem like getting back into the championship form.

I have to admit that it is somehow a little bit pointless but every season, I get excited during these final weeks about the mvp race. Embiid showed that he is going to do everything he can to get it this year. But every one of the contenders deserved it this season. Even Tatum, because Celtics had a great season. Let's see if Embiid can continue his last performance in the remaining games.

Draymond said that right after the game, Joel told him that he went off like that against them because Green says that Jokic is the hardest big men to guard in the NBA so Joel took offense on it and took it personal. And he really did, the Warriors defense can't stop him, Looney had a hard time bodying him up and so is Draymond. They throw everything on him and yet he scored that huge.

Maybe what they really wanted to is get Joel tired in the fourth quarter and missed some shots, and that's exactly what happen in the last quarter. Last 6 minutes Joel played but he is too tired already because of the big efforts he bring in the first three quarters. So they come up short even if Joel take it "personal", hehehe. Only MJ can be motivated and be personal on players, the team or even to the coach and managed to win the game for them.

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Quote from: ingiltere on March 24, 2023, 08:08:46 PM

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Luka's money sign to the referee have resulted for him to be fined with $35,000. Yeah, that's not a much for him and that's too little compare to the other fines that we're seeing for the other players.

Here's the article: Luka Dončić fined $35K by NBA for money gesture toward official during controversial Mavericks-Warriors game

This is too little for the chunk of the salary that he's getting.

Another ridiculous decision. The referees directly influenced the outcome of the match and there is a potential match-fixing situation. While this should be investigated and the referees should be suspended, they give fines to the players of the team that hurt by these wrong decisions. The NBA management has completely failed in this regard. We have seen many referee mistakes in recent years, but this year may be the worst year for referees. The sad thing is that the NBA management doesn't make any corrections in this regard. These referees spoil the fun of the game.

That's true and I think we will see this type of comment against the referees most often now and if the players will see something odd then they will be vocal about it.

I just hope that the management wouldn't be too sensitive on it as long as it's justifiable and if they can do some reviews about it.

Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 25, 2023, 03:04:14 AM

Vanvleet's comments regarding a referee during an interview is way harsher than this one. Well, he got fined after that rant, but at least he said the truth.

Vanvleet did it. Luka did it. I expect more of this in the future where players will express their feelings towards the referees thru rant's or gestures like both of them did. As for Luka's actions, I think there is a reason why he did that, and for him it's pretty obvious, and I might agree with him as well, but at the end of the day, referee's calls will not change. I wonder what Scott Foster is doing while seeing these referees doing wrong calls. Cheesy

Yeah, that's the same of what I'm thinking and if the fine is just like this. It wouldn't matter to them to pay the fine but they'll be able to speak the truth and what's on their minds.

It's a free country but I guess the management is just doing their thing and I know that they can do more and better than that.

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Embiid played brilliantly and made 46 points, but there weren't many players on the team to accompany him. In the Warriors, Poole took the stage alone at the most important moments and had the most important share in the victory. If it was James Harden, this game wouldn't have ended like this. Melton and Tucker played very badly.
Looks like the Sixers will stay in 3rd place. The gap to the top 2 has widened, and the fourth-placed Cavaliers can't keep up with them. Sixers - Heat first round would be awesome.

Yeah, Embiid performed well, although it wasn't enough to beat the Warriors. Honestly, I don't think the loss in this game and the results in the remaining regular season games will be particularly important for the 76ers, as they've already guaranteed themselves a playoff spot. However, that doesn't mean Embiid should relax. Instead, he should focus more on his individual stats in the remaining games to finally win the coveted MVP award.

Embiid is a beast, I love how he plays but he can't just be enough to beat a team like GSW when they play like themselves. Steph and Klay contributed good, Green was effective again, Poole was great and honestly, exceeded my expectations of him. Warriors had a bad time recently but they seem like getting back into the championship form.

I have to admit that it is somehow a little bit pointless but every season, I get excited during these final weeks about the mvp race. Embiid showed that he is going to do everything he can to get it this year. But every one of the contenders deserved it this season. Even Tatum, because Celtics had a great season. Let's see if Embiid can continue his last performance in the remaining games.

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About the Dallas Mavericks, they are now on the 11th seed in the West. Their chance has gotten thinner and thinner each day as they are now on their 3rd consecutive defeat.

Luka getting injured and then Kyrie Irving, and with some of their former players traded already, gonna be difficult for them to make the playoff as everyone is playing very hard in the log jam from 8-12 spot. Perhaps this is one instance that they really need Luka's Magic to bail them out.

There is still a big chance they make it to the play in tournament. Their remaining games are not that hard to win, and they are just 1 game away from the Lakers in the 8th spot. Every game counts for the teams in the West right now. Even the Clippers in the 4th spot are not safe for now.

Quote from: goinmerry on March 25, 2023, 04:29:35 PM

With that win, they are now at .500 with a 37-37 standing in the Western Conference. They shouldn't waste their chances to secure a playoff spot as seeing their remaining games, almost all of those games are sure can be handled by the Lakers.

They are not sure of anything yet even though they will have easy remaining games. Just one loss and they will be back to the 11th seed. They need to win their remaining games just to retain the spot they have now. It will be fun to watch the teams in the West scramble for the play in spot in the remaining regular season games.

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Quote from: Jating on March 24, 2023, 08:03:22 AM

They have 2 games that they could easily win. But they still have a good chance, although it might not be in their hands. All they can do is pray for those teams that they are juggling for position to lose their remaining games.

And then while praying for other teams to lose lol, they should do their best to aggressively win their remaining games.

What a good win they established against OKC in their recent game, however, almost have a chance of losing the game as they didn't even manage to hold that good lead at most parts of the game. They were outscored by the OKC in the 2nd and 3rd quarters which is not good although fortunately in the end, they were able to secure the win.

With that win, they are now at .500 with a 37-37 standing in the Western Conference. They shouldn't waste their chances to secure a playoff spot as seeing their remaining games, almost all of those games are sure can be handled by the Lakers.

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Yeah, when their lead was cut, I thought that they are done. But Dennis Schröder started to take matters in his own hand. And it was said that he also had a good game against OKC the last time. Him and AD had connection in the final quarter that made them take that very important win. Lonnie shooting high percentage was also one of the factors.

That was actually a close game, although OKC trailed for most of the time, the Lakers' lead was still manageable. Dennis Schröder was the key to their win with his offense and assist to AD. With him on the floor, everything looked easy for the Lakers.

Lakers became 8th seed only due to just a single win, and could drop due to a single loss as well, or they could also become 6th with just 2 wins and not even be in play-in. We still don't know what will happen with the west, have no idea.

Warriors and Sixers game is not as simple as just being predictable but more like Warriors hit their shots better, the defense of Sixers wasn't ready for them, they should be working a lot harder on defense and this is end of the season so they are resting to be ready for playoffs, and fatigue played a role on lack of defense, whereas Warriors need every win they could get and can't rest otherwise they will be out.

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^ An important game for them (the Lakers) tomorrow as they go up against the Oklahoma City Thunder, who they are tied with for the last play-in tournament spot along with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers winning this game would give them a little separation and maybe take off a little of the pressure of not making the play-in tournament at least.

They really need this one here because they kind of wasted their chance when they lost to Mavericks and the Rockets last time. Looks like this one is not easy either and they really need to play this game as if it's a crucial game to proceed in the playoff series because this is not a joke anymore when they lose more games and also they will gonna lose their chance to participate in the play-in tournament if the other teams will surprisingly take their spot with some few wins away.

Yeah, with few remaining games every win counts in each team who are aiming to move on to the next round.

Lakers still have that chance either to move into playoff or have a chance into another play-inn and take some chances to move forward.

I would like to see them winning while LeBron is still at rest. The chemistries are very important, as they needed each other's help and not
just to rely on stars like LeBron and Davis.

And they succeed again on their campaign to participate in the games in the post-season as they have defeated the Oklahoma City Thunders earlier without LeBron and D'Lo on the hardwood. Anthony Davis led the game and performed an impressive stats with over 70% FG while contributing 30+ points to earn the team another win. The league has gotten more and more interesting as games continues to get fewer each day.

About the Dallas Mavericks, they are now on the 11th seed in the West. Their chance has gotten thinner and thinner each day as they are now on their 3rd consecutive defeat.

The worst part about the Mavericks fall these last couple weeks is that the Knicks own their 1st round pick this year but it's first round protected 1-14 and now the pick is likely to land in the lottery. Knicks just can't catch a break. They own 4 first round picks this year and 3 of them won't convey because of the protections on them.

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Quote from: LGD2Business on March 25, 2023, 01:50:29 PM

Embiid played brilliantly and made 46 points, but there weren't many players on the team to accompany him. In the Warriors, Poole took the stage alone at the most important moments and had the most important share in the victory. If it was James Harden, this game wouldn't have ended like this. Melton and Tucker played very badly.
Looks like the Sixers will stay in 3rd place. The gap to the top 2 has widened, and the fourth-placed Cavaliers can't keep up with them. Sixers - Heat first round would be awesome.

Yeah, Embiid performed well, although it wasn't enough to beat the Warriors. Honestly, I don't think the loss in this game and the results in the remaining regular season games will be particularly important for the 76ers, as they've already guaranteed themselves a playoff spot. However, that doesn't mean Embiid should relax. Instead, he should focus more on his individual stats in the remaining games to finally win the coveted MVP award.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 24, 2023, 10:21:36 AM

Anyway, the Sixers are still 3.5 games above the 4th seeded Cavaliers so this one lose from the Warriors will not affect them that much so... I guess it really is a good decision for the Sixers not to push Embiid and Harden knowing that there are only a few games remaining until the regular season ends.

That's the advantage of having a good position in the standing with few remaining games in the season. Aside from that, the competition in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs spot isn't that tight compared to the Western Conference. Good decision for teams in the top position to sit out their key players and that's usual to see since then.

On the other story, really thrilling to see what teams in the West will be able to save their asses at the play-in tournament. Every win is a must and losing one is a big deal. I noticed that Utah Jazz, coming from a good start this season is now on the brink of elimination. Although in the first place, they really expected and supposedly to tank this season as part of the rebuilding process.

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Quote from: crunck on March 25, 2023, 01:09:23 PM

Stephen Curry, Thompson, and Poole played really well for the team. But on the other hand, for the Philadelphia 76ers, Embiid was the only one who absolutely carried his team. He did get some help from Maxey and Harris but it was not enough. I would say it was really good to see that other players are also helping out Stephen Curry.

Embiid played brilliantly and made 46 points, but there weren't many players on the team to accompany him. In the Warriors, Poole took the stage alone at the most important moments and had the most important share in the victory. If it was James Harden, this game wouldn't have ended like this. Melton and Tucker played very badly.
Looks like the Sixers will stay in 3rd place. The gap to the top 2 has widened, and the fourth-placed Cavaliers can't keep up with them. Sixers - Heat first round would be awesome.

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Embiid vs the Warriors was the reason why the 76ers could not win because they were very predictable. Although they dominated the paint, the Warriors' good ball movement allowed them to have a good run that became the turning point of the game. Additionally, credit should be given to Draymond Green's defense, as he was very effective and worked hard in that game.

That's the major difference between the Warriors and the 76ers - the Warriors effectively move the ball, while the 76ers heavily rely on their best player, probably due to the mismatch. You can see how the Warriors move the ball and always find an open man who has the license to take the shot.
As long as Curry is holding the ball, you can expect good things to happen.

Yep, the Sixers is very predictable with their offense, it will be Embiid holding the ball and trying to isolate himself against Green, Kuminga and Looney. While the Warriors move the ball and look for the open man.
Poole found his range and very effective for the first time since Curry went back in the lineup. Klay too has some moments when he find his rhythm.
Overall it's the Warriors strategy that gave them this big win against one of the best team from the East.

Stephen Curry, Thompson, and Poole played really well for the team. But on the other hand, for the Philadelphia 76ers, Embiid was the only one who absolutely carried his team. He did get some help from Maxey and Harris but it was not enough. I would say it was really good to see that other players are also helping out Stephen Curry.

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^ An important game for them (the Lakers) tomorrow as they go up against the Oklahoma City Thunder, who they are tied with for the last play-in tournament spot along with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers winning this game would give them a little separation and maybe take off a little of the pressure of not making the play-in tournament at least.

They really need this one here because they kind of wasted their chance when they lost to Mavericks and the Rockets last time. Looks like this one is not easy either and they really need to play this game as if it's a crucial game to proceed in the playoff series because this is not a joke anymore when they lose more games and also they will gonna lose their chance to participate in the play-in tournament if the other teams will surprisingly take their spot with some few wins away.

Yeah, with few remaining games every win counts in each team who are aiming to move on to the next round.

Lakers still have that chance either to move into playoff or have a chance into another play-inn and take some chances to move forward.

I would like to see them winning while LeBron is still at rest. The chemistries are very important, as they needed each other's help and not
just to rely on stars like LeBron and Davis.

And they succeed again on their campaign to participate in the games in the post-season as they have defeated the Oklahoma City Thunders earlier without LeBron and D'Lo on the hardwood. Anthony Davis led the game and performed an impressive stats with over 70% FG while contributing 30+ points to earn the team another win. The league has gotten more and more interesting as games continues to get fewer each day.

Yes, although the Lakers win this one, it's very tight down the stretch, it was just AD and Dennis on their end giving them the offense in the absence of D'Lo which can give them a decent 10-20 points in any game. Reaves doesn't have his game, but still though, AD has a big game and taking advantage of the small lineup of the OKC.

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About the Dallas Mavericks, they are now on the 11th seed in the West. Their chance has gotten thinner and thinner each day as they are now on their 3rd consecutive defeat.

Luka getting injured and then Kyrie Irving, and with some of their former players traded already, gonna be difficult for them to make the playoff as everyone is playing very hard in the log jam from 8-12 spot. Perhaps this is one instance that they really need Luka's Magic to bail them out.

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Embiid vs the Warriors was the reason why the 76ers could not win because they were very predictable. Although they dominated the paint, the Warriors' good ball movement allowed them to have a good run that became the turning point of the game. Additionally, credit should be given to Draymond Green's defense, as he was very effective and worked hard in that game.

That's the major difference between the Warriors and the 76ers - the Warriors effectively move the ball, while the 76ers heavily rely on their best player, probably due to the mismatch. You can see how the Warriors move the ball and always find an open man who has the license to take the shot.

As long as Curry is holding the ball, you can expect good things to happen.

Yep, the Sixers is very predictable with their offense, it will be Embiid holding the ball and trying to isolate himself against Green, Kuminga and Looney. While the Warriors move the ball and look for the open man.

Poole found his range and very effective for the first time since Curry went back in the lineup. Klay too has some moments when he find his rhythm.

Overall it's the Warriors strategy that gave them this big win against one of the best team from the East.

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Quote from: btc_angela on March 25, 2023, 01:32:48 AM

It was also a good win by the Warriors, although they are the favorite since it's in their homecourt and usually they play very good at Chase center. But they have a difficult time containing the big men in Joel Embiid, which I thought is not going to play and take a rest.

And it's about time for Poole to catch up in his offense, as he lead the fourth quarter when they are down and the Steph takes over in crucial minutes hitting floater after floater against the big guy. They are still in the 6th spot but 2 game ahead of the T'Wolves. And another lost by the Suns will move them to 5th in the standing. Phoenix lost for the 3rd time against the Kings.

It's somehow expected that they would win their game versus the 76ers because the Warriors are playing at home where they are already proven hard to defeat but as I saw the game earlier, I really thought that they cannot defeat the Sixers because Embiid is really giving them problems, even their big man, Looney, cannot do anything to keep him from driving towards the paint. Anyway, that was a good one from the defending champs, although I can't help but think that if Harden was there, would we have a different outcome.

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^ An important game for them (the Lakers) tomorrow as they go up against the Oklahoma City Thunder, who they are tied with for the last play-in tournament spot along with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers winning this game would give them a little separation and maybe take off a little of the pressure of not making the play-in tournament at least.

They really need this one here because they kind of wasted their chance when they lost to Mavericks and the Rockets last time. Looks like this one is not easy either and they really need to play this game as if it's a crucial game to proceed in the playoff series because this is not a joke anymore when they lose more games and also they will gonna lose their chance to participate in the play-in tournament if the other teams will surprisingly take their spot with some few wins away.

Yeah, with few remaining games every win counts in each team who are aiming to move on to the next round.

Lakers still have that chance either to move into playoff or have a chance into another play-inn and take some chances to move forward.

I would like to see them winning while LeBron is still at rest. The chemistries are very important, as they needed each other's help and not
just to rely on stars like LeBron and Davis.

And they succeed again on their campaign to participate in the games in the post-season as they have defeated the Oklahoma City Thunders earlier without LeBron and D'Lo on the hardwood. Anthony Davis led the game and performed an impressive stats with over 70% FG while contributing 30+ points to earn the team another win. The league has gotten more and more interesting as games continues to get fewer each day.

About the Dallas Mavericks, they are now on the 11th seed in the West. Their chance has gotten thinner and thinner each day as they are now on their 3rd consecutive defeat.

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Quote from: Sanitough on March 25, 2023, 06:01:12 AM

Embiid vs the Warriors was the reason why the 76ers could not win because they were very predictable. Although they dominated the paint, the Warriors' good ball movement allowed them to have a good run that became the turning point of the game. Additionally, credit should be given to Draymond Green's defense, as he was very effective and worked hard in that game.

That's the major difference between the Warriors and the 76ers - the Warriors effectively move the ball, while the 76ers heavily rely on their best player, probably due to the mismatch. You can see how the Warriors move the ball and always find an open man who has the license to take the shot.

As long as Curry is holding the ball, you can expect good things to happen.

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Quote from: Dave1 on March 25, 2023, 05:21:44 AM

Yeah, when their lead was cut, I thought that they are done. But Dennis Schröder started to take matters in his own hand. And it was said that he also had a good game against OKC the last time. Him and AD had connection in the final quarter that made them take that very important win. Lonnie shooting high percentage was also one of the factors.

That was actually a close game, although OKC trailed for most of the time, the Lakers' lead was still manageable. Dennis Schröder was the key to their win with his offense and assist to AD. With him on the floor, everything looked easy for the Lakers.

Quote from: Dave1 on March 25, 2023, 05:21:44 AM

Joel Embiid was unstoppable against the Warriors, but it was too much on him, when he go to the bench, the Warriors will go on a run. And I guess it's simply for them, let the big guy score and stop everyone. Maxey and Harris are the only 2 players for the Sixers to score in double digits. While the Warriors has a balance attack with 5 players.

Embiid vs the Warriors was the reason why the 76ers could not win because they were very predictable. Although they dominated the paint, the Warriors' good ball movement allowed them to have a good run that became the turning point of the game. Additionally, credit should be given to Draymond Green's defense, as he was very effective and worked hard in that game.

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