Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 763. (Read 918321 times)

Yes, that one too. The Warriors may have some struggles along the way as the regular season is closing and the same thing in the upcoming playoffs as even the Warriors management are not that sure if Wiggins can return this season. By the way, he is not injured or something like that, he's been away for more than a month now due for some personal reasons, it wasn't specified why but the Wiggins family and the Warriors are keeping it under wraps.

Big stretch for golden state to end the season coming up.  They do need to figure out how they are gonna win on the road.  But come playoff time I don't have any doubt they will be right in the mix of everything. Playoff basketball is so different than regular season basketball.  Big players step up and if Curry is on nobody is gonna stop him.

And it's not just the Warriors are good playing at home, if you look at the first 5 positions in both divisions, both have a winning record in their home court. It's that we enjoy watching them winning at home because they shoot very good, regardless of who their competition is. Just like against the Suns, they blow them up and Phoenix try to make a comeback, however, they step on the pedal again with their good shooting %.


It's gonna be hard for the depending champs, specially they don't have Wiggins in the lineup and how their championship team has been broken this year. So we will see how they are going to fair in this 5 road games. I think 3 of that games could be winnable for them.

That is the thing, it's not that new that we are witnessing the Warriors winning on their home but don't take it wrong, it still makes me excited whenever they are at home because the team is overshooting their stats as they are just so hard to beat at Chase Center or even in the Oracle Arena where the first homecourt of the present core players.

But the fact is, I'm still not that convinced since Steph Curry returned because the Bucks and Suns that they defeated just recently are the teams who lacks their core players, Giannis and Durant respectively. Before that, when they are still on the road, they cannot even defeat the Grizzlies who doesn't have Adams, Clarke and Ja Morant which makes them so bad on the road. Now that they are back on their road games, which is 5 games in total, let's see if they can defeat those teams because the way I way I see it, the easiest one is the Houston Rockets.

Charlotte Hornets - Cleveland Cavaliers

Charlotte Hornets comes into this game having achieved 22 wins and 48 losses, and in the last 10 games they have had 5 wins and 5 losses, it is not a good performance, they have 2 consecutive losses, in their last game they lost against the Cavaliers which will be your opponent again. on the other hand, we only have the Cleveland Cavaliers who come into this game with 43 wins and 27 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 5 wins and 5 losses, but coming from a victory against the Hornets. my guess is that Cleveland will win this game

Washington Wizards - Detroit Pistons

Wizards comes to this game with 31 wins and 37 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to get only 3 wins, they had 7 losses and 3 consecutive losses, lost 2 times against the Hawks and 1 time against the Philadelphia 76ers. meanwhile their opponent the Detroit Pistons comes to this game with 16 wins and 53 losses, in their last game they managed to win, but it is worth remembering that before this victory they had losing streaks. in my opinion the Wizards will win this game

Toronto Raptors - Denver Nuggets

Raptors come to this game with 32 wins and 36 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to get 5 wins and 5 losses, and to make matters worse for them, they have 3 consecutive losses, lost against the Denver Nuggets, Clippers and Lakers. is missing Otto Porter Jr. on the other hand, their opponent the Denver Nuggets comes to this game with 46 wins and 22 losses, they have 3 consecutive losses, lost against the Bulls, then lost against the San Antonio Spurs and against the Brooklyn Nets.

New Orleans Pelicans - Los Angeles Lakers

Pelicans comes to this game with 33 wins and 35 losses and in the last 10 games they managed to get 3 wins and 7 losses, in their last game they beat the Portland Trail Blazers. they are missing Zion Williamson and Jose Alvarado. on the other side we have the Lakers who also have 33 wins and 35 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 7 losses and 3 wins, and in the last game they lost against the New York Knicks. in my opinion new orleans will win this game

Oklahoma City Thunder - Brooklyn Nets

Oklahoma City Thunder comes to this game with 33 wins and 35 losses and in the last 10 games they won 5 games and lost 5 goals, but have 2 consecutive wins. meanwhile their opponent Brooklyn Nets comes to this game with 39 wins and 29 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 5 wins and 5 losses. has a streak of 2 consecutive wins. in my opinion the nets will win this game

San Antonio Spurs - Orlando Magic

San Antonio Spurs comes into this game with 17 wins and 50 losses, and in the last 10 games they only won 3 games and lost in the last game. on the other side we have the Orlando Magic that has 28 wins and 40 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to have 4 wins and 6 losses. But they won in the last game. my guess is that the Orlando Magic will win this game

One of the key factors why they managed to end their losing streak is because they are now back again in synched, and also they are back playing at their own homecourt which is already proven throughout the years that they are hard to defeat on their own soil. Those 4 games somehow sucks for sure and contrary to their home record but the Warriors are just too bad one the road and you can see it in their record as they got 7-26.

Yes, the Western Conference may seem so packed right now but look at the Eastern Conference and you can see that almost all of the teams from 1st to 9th seed got more wins than the teams in the West. Even without Brunson on the line, the team still proved to us and in the league that they are still dangerous to face. Anyway, talking about the West now, the LA Lakers should be finer this time because it's not just them who are looking forward to qualify but almost all of the teams who are still in a dangerous spot, games are now much limited and that means every game will be much more tighter.

Unfortunately, these rumors may be true, as there aren't many games left before the end of the regular season. The problem for the Grizzlies is that Morant might also miss the entire playoffs and even the beginning of next season if the NBA management eventually decides to suspend him. In that case, I wouldn't expect the Grizzlies to have any success in the playoffs without Morant.

Rockets are not really that "terrible" if you ask me. I know that they are the bottom team and they look terrible but the roster they have is too young, a team that hasn't grown into its shoes yet and I think if they can keep the same core for at least 5 seasons, then they could actually make a big difference, could be a playoff team.

They won't get any titles or anything with this team, a ring is out of question unless they get any superstars, but this same exact team is a playoff team in a few years when they grow together. Of course in order to make that happen you also need a better coach as well, Silas won't do because he is a terrible terrible head coach, we can pick someone here and they can be better.

Honestly it looks like there wasn't even some sort of background to it neither. Like he acted so "tough" and so forth with guns and all that, but the reality is that he isn't that type of guy, he went to private school and has a very good family life and grew up in a nice place as well with decent kids all around him. Not like he was growing up in the hood or something, think about Derozan, that dude grew up in the hood with a lot of people killing each other and ALL gangs got together and promised to stay away from it as much as possible to keep him safe and let him go to NBA, thanks to that he is in the NBA right now, and he never acted this way. Why Ja had to act as if he was from the hood is beyond me, that was never a good idea.

He's expected to lose $40M from that $50k strip club party that he went to. Such a crazy action resulted in a crazy dismissal that he'd never like. It will serve as a warning for most of the players that has a lot of deals and sponsorships and contracts that have been signed with.
This is such an expensive lesson for him and I guess he have just save a lot of other players for this trouble because they wouldn't do the same as what he did although there were some other players that have been doing such.

I go with your point in terms of Tatum performance if he manages to backup Brown for sure the outcome is different but it's not everyday
or every game a player will perform what the usual.

There are times that due to fatigue or just an off night they unable to produce the projected stats that the team is leaning to them.

Especially if you are the alpha of the team, your production matters, but then again, they will just let it go and move on to their next game.

Teams play 82 matches in regular season. They make long trips for away games. It's natural to lose some games even if they are the heavy favorite. There is no sure bet in NBA. Play-offs and finals are different type of games, teams give their %100 in these matches. But in regular season games teams don't care much because those matches can be compensated.

Still, Celtics loss was unexpected. Brown did everything and scored 43 but they still lost. It was one of bad days for Tatum. If he had scored with better percentage, Rockets couldn't have won this game. In the end Rockets is still at the bottom and waiting for the lottery, while Celtics is in second place comfortably.

The Ja Morant story just keeps getting crazier and crazier. Noow some are speculating he might be shut down for the season as he goes to counseling. Seems like he's doing it to try and save his Powerade deal but I think that ship has already sailed. Whatever he decides to do, I hope he gets himself figured out in time to return to the playoffs. What a shame this situation is for the Grizzlies who finally have a good team and were looking to make a deep playoff run this year. Steven Adams must be pissed off about the whole situation.

Very shocking ending. It's not that the Boston Celtics are underestimating the Houston Rockets, they just played better. Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Martin Jr, and Porter Jr (wow, that a lot of juniors) all played at high level and it was worth it when they got the win. I bet their confidence is also high now and after this they will be playing 4 more games on their home with popular strong teams. Lakers, Pelicans, and the Warriors before they hit the road again. They should not just give out any wins, make them earn it. Most teams now will be pushing their limits because of the close gap in the rankings.

It's not every day that we witness a good team losing against a bad team. However, last night we saw how the Rockets beat the Celtics, and the other night we saw how the Spurs beat the Nuggets. This has become normal in the NBA. So if you are a bettor, you would love to see this as it gives you a great opportunity to make more money by betting on the underdog.

You can't really relax when it comes to scoring in the NBA because most of those players can really shoot and can give you a surprise. This was when they think they already got this game secured but suddenly miracles happened and that's it, though they are the favorite team in this game, they lose it just like that. But the Boston Celtics might not really just playing to their fullest this time because they are getting ready for the real games in the NBA playoffs and losing sometimes to rest most of the players is not really bad.

It's really hard to stop the Warriors when one of the Splash brothers are shooting like that. And they build a good lead and that was enough. Although the Suns make a huge comeback in the 3rd, wasn't enough as it was Poole's turn to wax hot in that quarter.

Yes, they need KD because that's why they wanted him, unfortunate things happen. Nevertheless, the Suns is assured of a playoff spot already, so it's going to be very hard in the series if they don't have KD on the floor.

Its very important for Suns to have a Durant in the floor since they really need his explosive performance which can give them huge chance to win over their opponent. But Warriors are so explosive and maybe they need to prove something on this game especially we know Thompson and Booker rivalry is on fire that's why maybe that heated up Thompson to throw explosive perfomance this match up.

Great win for the Warriors, from the beginning of the game they show their supremacy and yes, Klay is really putting numbers
he's a big contributor and a silent killer in each game.

In terms of KD, Suns do need him. The number that he can provide is something that will increase the chance of them in winning games.

Moving forward, still have games before the playoffs.