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Quote from: Kelvinid on January 17, 2023, 12:18:37 AM

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Quote from: chaser15 on January 16, 2023, 03:20:44 PM

Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

He is doing that is right in his view, but the strategy just failed, so we are like blaming him for a long decision making. However, this regular season still has more games to be played, I'm sure if he will continously fail the management and the fans, then we cannot expect him to still do the job next season. Right now, the Lakers are in a bad spot, well, there's always an excuse, and that is Davis being unhealthy to play.

The Lakers cannot just honestly hide with the Anthony Davis excuse because they had it coming and they literally knew right from the start that he just cannot play with most of the games this season because he's so prone with injuries. They keep on holding what happened in the bubble where Davis and LeBron brought another championship to the Lakers, they should accept that they need rebuilding sooner or later after this season.

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Quote from: Reid on January 17, 2023, 08:43:22 AM

Quote from: carlisle1 on January 17, 2023, 07:43:35 AM

Too early to assume, but like what the post above said, betting for the future champion might be a good idea if you have that trust
to whoever team you are supporting to win the title.

It's difficult to predict who the champion will be this season. Denver Nuggets being on the top this season after that 4-1 loss in the first round against Golden State Warriors. Then, there's the Sacramento Kings at the fourth spot. They cannot be ignored, Domantas Sabonis is playing the best time of his career averaging a double double and so is De'Aaron Fox.
Then another, the Memphis Grizzlies, Ja Morant is not even in his prime yet, but he plays like he is. 23 years old and he became a scoring machine. With Desmond Bane back, he got more help. That's just the Western Conference summary, East is not far in win difference too.

I know that the Denver Nuggets are at the top of the table. But the problem is they can drop in terms of performance. After all. It is the NBA. So, it is also very easy for players to get injured in this game.

Grizzlies are in better form compared to the Denver Nuggets. I can see, they have had no loss in the last 10 games. But the Denver Nuggets do have two. And that's what I am trying to say. It is very easy for any team to drop in terms of positions on the table.

So, it is also very hard to predict which team is going to be the champions this season.

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Do you think the tanking of rockets is worth?

If they will be able to land Victor Wembanyama, then it is worth it. They have a very young roster with Jalen Green, Jabari Smith, and Kevin Porter. If they add Wembanyama in there, in a few years they will be very dangerous.

Yes, it's indeed worth it. It's just unfortunate seeing this young sprouts getting stagnant because I know they want to play with all their might and chase with the young core players in their era but they don't have any choice but to abide with the management's decision and soon, their sacrifice will be worth it if Victor Wembanyama will land in the Houston Rockets and indeed, they'll be much more dangerous.

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Quote from: OgNasty on January 16, 2023, 11:54:36 AM

Quote from: jakelyson on January 16, 2023, 11:01:35 AM

The Lakers are coming from a back-to-back game and are 19-23 against the spread. so I do not think it is good idea to bet on that line.

Ya, but the Rockets are tanking on purpose while the Lakers are desperate to try and stay in position for a playoff spot. I think they should be able to win today. By how much, who knows...

Besides, the Los Angeles Lakers will certainly get prettily embarrassed if they will still get defeated by the Houston Rockets who's currently sitting at the bottom of the conference whether if they are doing that on purpose or not, the Lakers image will heavily criticized if they are defeated earlier. Their next game will be against Sacramento Kings, they will get tested again for sure.

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Quote from: Reid on January 17, 2023, 08:43:22 AM

Quote from: carlisle1 on January 17, 2023, 07:43:35 AM

Too early to assume, but like what the post above said, betting for the future champion might be a good idea if you have that trust
to whoever team you are supporting to win the title.

It's difficult to predict who the champion will be this season. Denver Nuggets being on the top this season after that 4-1 loss in the first round against Golden State Warriors. Then, there's the Sacramento Kings at the fourth spot. They cannot be ignored, Domantas Sabonis is playing the best time of his career averaging a double double and so is De'Aaron Fox.
Then another, the Memphis Grizzlies, Ja Morant is not even in his prime yet, but he plays like he is. 23 years old and he became a scoring machine. With Desmond Bane back, he got more help. That's just the Western Conference summary, East is not far in win difference too.

It is nice to have gotten beyond the Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers every year Finals appearances. The Warriors have aged themselves out of domination a bit and LeBron jumping teams and the mess in LA seems to have ended his run. I think Giannis is probably going to dominate the league for a bit here if they can get some more talent around him. Ja Morant's game is awesome, but I'm not sure it translates well in the playoffs. Denver and New Orleans to me also have a shot at a multiyear championship run, but they both need to keep their rosters intact and avoid injuries.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on January 17, 2023, 07:43:35 AM

Too early to assume, but like what the post above said, betting for the future champion might be a good idea if you have that trust
to whoever team you are supporting to win the title.

It's difficult to predict who the champion will be this season. Denver Nuggets being on the top this season after that 4-1 loss in the first round against Golden State Warriors. Then, there's the Sacramento Kings at the fourth spot. They cannot be ignored, Domantas Sabonis is playing the best time of his career averaging a double double and so is De'Aaron Fox.
Then another, the Memphis Grizzlies, Ja Morant is not even in his prime yet, but he plays like he is. 23 years old and he became a scoring machine. With Desmond Bane back, he got more help. That's just the Western Conference summary, East is not far in win difference too.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

After the last matches, I was convinced. Denver plays very well even without Jokić. I think they are the undisputed favorites on the West side. Memphis is also doing very well, but other teams are far behind them.
Boston is also doing incredible work in the East. I think they are ready for the championship this year mentally. Tatum, Brown and Smart play very well and have reduced the errors from last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting. Of course, I couldn't see which sites give this bet and at what odds. If odds are worth playing, it can be tried.

That's if they can avoid injuries, especially the Boston Celtics. Brown and Tatum are a duo that cannot be separated, there are times one is off night while the other is having a good one. It will be crucial for them to have both of these players in the playoffs and the Finals. 7th winning streak for them with Brown missing 3 of those games, luckily, 2 games are against the Hornets and 1 against the Brooklyn Nets Durant-less.

Denver Nuggets on the other hand is a great team and they are doing better than last year. The twist will be when the playoffs happen, they cannot slack off anymore as this could be their best chance for a championship with a complete roster and strong bench.

With Boston, even with the new coach, the system still being executed and the players are intact, they are good at finding the open man,
aside from their own versions of big three, the role players are also good.

We can't tell if they can hold the east side and go straight to their way for another final slot. The competitions are very tight with the very familiar
teams like Sixers, Bucks and Nets.

Too early to assume, but like what the post above said, betting for the future champion might be a good idea if you have that trust
to whoever team you are supporting to win the title.

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Quote from: Natalim on January 17, 2023, 01:55:33 AM

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Now this season, they are at the top spot and all of their key players are healthy and at the same time, they have a deep bench as well. KCP, Hyland, Gordon, Brown, and Jordan as their 2nd big. If their key players will not be injured all throughout the whole regular season, I believe they will play better than what they performed 2 years ago. We might see them going to the Conference Finals at least but like you said, the Western Conference is full of really good teams and the battle is fierce.

They have a decent chance of winning the championship, but of course, they need to be healthy in order to do that.

Nuggets is not yet the favorites, so there's a good value if we will bet on them now.

https://www.covers.com/nba/finals/odds

Not even in the top 5 Cheesy

. Quite surprising TBH that the Nuggets aren't even in the top 5 base on what is on the website that you shared. They are at the 7th and surprisingly, the Clippers are above them. Cheesy

I'm not surprised with the Phoenix Suns though since many are expecting that they will be a title contender with their current roster.

In order for a team to win a title, they must be healthy all throughout the playoffs. Let's see how will the Nuggets play after the all-star next month. We might see them maintain the top spot or we might see them play very awful. No surprised for me that the Celtics are the favorites right now to win a title after how they clawed back last season, getting the top 2 spot and went into NBA Finals. They might do it again, but now with a different coach.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

After the last matches, I was convinced. Denver plays very well even without Jokić. I think they are the undisputed favorites on the West side. Memphis is also doing very well, but other teams are far behind them.
Boston is also doing incredible work in the East. I think they are ready for the championship this year mentally. Tatum, Brown and Smart play very well and have reduced the errors from last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting. Of course, I couldn't see which sites give this bet and at what odds. If odds are worth playing, it can be tried.

That's if they can avoid injuries, especially the Boston Celtics. Brown and Tatum are a duo that cannot be separated, there are times one is off night while the other is having a good one. It will be crucial for them to have both of these players in the playoffs and the Finals. 7th winning streak for them with Brown missing 3 of those games, luckily, 2 games are against the Hornets and 1 against the Brooklyn Nets Durant-less.

Denver Nuggets on the other hand is a great team and they are doing better than last year. The twist will be when the playoffs happen, they cannot slack off anymore as this could be their best chance for a championship with a complete roster and strong bench.

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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

I don't think that Lebron is hard to coach, I mean he has been with several teams already, winning rings, so it's not about the coaches, it's probably his team mates around that could make or break him. Although it could be intimidated to coach him because of his superstar status, but I think Lebron is not that hard headed and he respects his coach who ever it is on the current team that he is in. And speaking of Lebron, big games for him again, but this time they got the win, 48 points and almost put a triple double.

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Quote from: Oasisman on January 17, 2023, 01:57:39 AM

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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

The problem with a team that got something that is really especially in this league, I can't say nothing but to agree with your statement, those coaches and players are better than us.

We think that we know and understand the game, but in reality, if you are in their shoes you might do the worse,
Lakers are trying, but sometimes the outcome is not favoring them.

Today's performance of LeBron and the rest of the squad are great. They manage to win and the distance
is quiet enough to avoid another snatched.

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Quote from: S A KHAIR on January 16, 2023, 09:05:03 PM

Quote from: jakelyson on January 16, 2023, 06:28:03 PM

Quote from: chaser15 on January 16, 2023, 03:20:44 PM

Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

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Quote from: jakelyson on January 16, 2023, 11:01:35 AM

Quote from: Natalim on January 16, 2023, 06:54:47 AM

For bettors, the spread is -6.5, are you willing to risk on that?

The Lakers are coming from a back-to-back game and are 19-23 against the spread. so I do not think it is good idea to bet on that line.

It turns out it was a good idea after all because they were able to cover the spread, however, it wasn't easy as the Rockets does not give up easily. Good win by the Lakers and Lebron carried the team heavily.

Quote from: LogitechMouse on January 17, 2023, 01:46:53 AM

Now this season, they are at the top spot and all of their key players are healthy and at the same time, they have a deep bench as well. KCP, Hyland, Gordon, Brown, and Jordan as their 2nd big. If their key players will not be injured all throughout the whole regular season, I believe they will play better than what they performed 2 years ago. We might see them going to the Conference Finals at least but like you said, the Western Conference is full of really good teams and the battle is fierce.

They have a decent chance of winning the championship, but of course, they need to be healthy in order to do that.

Nuggets is not yet the favorites, so there's a good value if we will bet on them now.

https://www.covers.com/nba/finals/odds

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Quote from: harizen on January 16, 2023, 06:42:59 PM

Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting.

A logical choice for betting? Not for me.

Denver Nuggets is no doubt, one of the best-performing teams every season but always ended up falling in the playoffs. Although I'm seeing this team as one of the contenders, it's usual to see them just having a good run in the eliminations.

But still, Western Conference is full of teams that the real fierce can only be noticeably seen in the playoffs.

I hope though that Denver Nuggets is one of that teams.

In the last 3 seasons, Denver has been a very good playoff team. The problem with them at that time is that, it's either they faced a strong team or injuries.

In the bubble, I guess it's reasonable that they've lost to the Lakers at that time which they won the title. In the last 2 seasons, Denver lost because of injuries. Murray got injured and didn't play and Porter Jr. hasn't been a big help for the team as well. It was all Jokic. At that time, it was like, we are seeing Lebron when he is carrying the Cavaliers all by himself.

Now this season, they are at the top spot and all of their key players are healthy and at the same time, they have a deep bench as well. KCP, Hyland, Gordon, Brown, and Jordan as their 2nd big. If their key players will not be injured all throughout the whole regular season, I believe they will play better than what they performed 2 years ago. We might see them going to the Conference Finals at least but like you said, the Western Conference is full of really good teams and the battle is fierce.

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Quote from: S A KHAIR on January 16, 2023, 09:05:03 PM

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

It's really hard to coach them, especially since the players are not the same way there are when they win the NBA championship in 2019 and they are also prone to injury nowadays, just look at AD, if he wasn't hurt himself, I think the Lakers have some good stats today but he can no longer play like how he used to be because of his condition and the result is, they always struggle and rarely they're winning streak games, mostly they lose and remain out in the NBA playoff tree this season. Maybe the whole team needs to be fixed and consider working on new players because they cannot be a championship team the way they are today and they really need to move on.

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Quote from: S A KHAIR on January 16, 2023, 09:05:03 PM

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Quote from: chaser15 on January 16, 2023, 03:20:44 PM

Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

He is doing that is right in his view, but the strategy just failed, so we are like blaming him for a long decision making. However, this regular season still has more games to be played, I'm sure if he will continously fail the management and the fans, then we cannot expect him to still do the job next season. Right now, the Lakers are in a bad spot, well, there's always an excuse, and that is Davis being unhealthy to play.

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Quote from: jakelyson on January 16, 2023, 06:28:03 PM

Quote from: chaser15 on January 16, 2023, 03:20:44 PM

Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

After the last matches, I was convinced. Denver plays very well even without Jokić. I think they are the undisputed favorites on the West side. Memphis is also doing very well, but other teams are far behind them.
Boston is also doing incredible work in the East. I think they are ready for the championship this year mentally. Tatum, Brown and Smart play very well and have reduced the errors from last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting. Of course, I couldn't see which sites give this bet and at what odds. If odds are worth playing, it can be tried.

Too early to call Denver as the winners of the West. There are still tons of competitors that would really love to be on the finals and get that ring. Also, the Nuggets are notoriously known to fall off during the playoffs, while some other teams of lower ranking than they are right now performs somewhat well.

If there is any bookie that provides these odds, of course you can bet low and hope for the best as the odds will be stacked, that's for sure. But logical? I don't think so, but it would be a much welcome change to the league if it ever comes to that.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting.

A logical choice for betting? Not for me.

Denver Nuggets is no doubt, one of the best-performing teams every season but always ended up falling in the playoffs. Although I'm seeing this team as one of the contenders, it's usual to see them just having a good run in the eliminations.

But still, Western Conference is full of teams that the real fierce can only be noticeably seen in the playoffs.

I hope though that Denver Nuggets is one of that teams.

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Quote from: chaser15 on January 16, 2023, 03:20:44 PM

Quote from: el kaka22 on January 16, 2023, 03:08:04 PM

I think Westbrook was trying to pass to corner on that last possession, it looks like the ball went to the hoop but if you look closely he was trying to pass it to the guy who was open at the corner, which would have been very tiny time left, maybe not even enough to shoot. In any case, when there is a very little time left, it's never reasonable to go inside because there is a bigger chance you could be closely guarded, it's better to take a shot.

Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.

The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.

I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.

Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

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