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Quote from: Yogee on April 29, 2024, 05:34:30 PM

I read that Jamal Murray may not play for game 5 due to calf strain so how do you see this? Will it be 3-2? Calf strain is also a nasty injury so I think he will continue to struggle even if he forces himself to play. This is probably a good news for the bettors and fans of Lakers to recoup previous losses as they are still the underdog @3.1

Oh man.

I've read that as well but there's no confirmation yet but it seems that a lot of articles saying that he won't be able to play for game 5.

I don't know if the Nuggets will survive but I guess that they can but it is an advantage for the Lakers if ever Jamal is out to play. Because with most of the headlines, they're all saying that it's questionable that he can play but not yet confirmed.

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I read that Jamal Murray may not play for game 5 due to calf strain so how do you see this? Will it be 3-2? Calf strain is also a nasty injury so I think he will continue to struggle even if he forces himself to play. This is probably a good news for the bettors and fans of Lakers to recoup previous losses as they are still the underdog @3.1

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Quote from: Beparanf on April 29, 2024, 09:10:01 AM

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We have seen superteams that didn't succeed and disappointed their team management. There's certainly a big problem with these superteams nowadays.

That's why building from scratch is a good thing that some teams are doing like the Kings, Nuggets, Bucks although they've added some help through Lillard eventually.

I also agree that having no big man with the Suns is a big mistake.

I believe you are pertaining to the “super team” that composed of old star player that already near passed of their prime. Clippers, Lakers and Suns are the best example for this since they are just acquiring Star player that is just good during their prime but right now only playing on average.

The reason why building from scratch is always a good choice is because the team is being developed along with the individual skills. A tram that playing as one without stealing spotlight to each other can always beat a super team is that is just built recently while most of their star players is greedy with the ball.

It's true building from scratch is the best, we've seen this with Nuggets, Heat, Kings and Bucks. But getting with some help of an old veteran is a good strategy too but don't get it that much when they're like no one's going to listen to one another because they treat themselves as superstars.

Quote from: arwin100 on April 29, 2024, 09:11:59 AM

Not totally building some scratch since they might really get a problem for long time since maybe they would get a lot of challenges especially for getting wins and fans might get mad on them.
Maybe its important to consider by teams is they should not get a lot of stars on team but rather they should focus to get good role players since this could be a game changer to them since those guys can work with them so well and can able to share some good baskets with their stars.

And I think the team would be more balance if there's one or two stars in the team compare if they acquire a lot of stars since pride would overcome their system and that can ruin their chemistry.

Yes, not getting a lot of stars.

A few of them will be fine for each team since they're costly. And moving on the upcoming game of Lakers and Nuggets, Ham said that there won't be any changes with his first five.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on April 29, 2024, 10:40:40 AM

A few things i notice in this first stage of the post season, is one of the first time in a lot of years i dont see so much 4-0 in the first stage, and this is really good for th sport and the fans.

Only one 4-0 and was in an unexpected match, i dont know why Phoneix Suns do so bad against Timberwolves. But well congratulations for Minesota.

The other surprise for me is the Pacers 3-1 up against the super Milwaukee.

During the first round, we could always expect a sweep from any of the below seeded team. it's not like I've never seen it for a lot of years, as far as I could remember we've seen one from last year where the 76ers swept the Nets in the first round, so I'm not sure why you haven't seen a 4-0 a lot more often in the first round since in that kind of stage it is where sweep are happening more often lol.
The Wolves are just a way more better team than the Suns. Everyone knows that the Suns plays no defense, though they have enough offensive fire power but playing against a team who plays better from both ends of the floor is just a perfect recipe for disaster. This has always been the problem with the Suns since they have regularly entered the playoffs. Too bad for Booker, still he struggling to reach the finals even with Durant and Beal on his team.
Everyone has Durant under their radar on what's his next move after getting badly swept by the ever improving Minnesota Timberwolves. What's even more exciting is we may see a rematch between the Denver Nuggets and the Wolves in the 2nd round. I think they are now going to be a pretty good match up to watch.

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 29, 2024, 01:43:49 PM

The day after the Phoenix Suns get swept and they’re ready to end the experiment. Durant is blaming the coach for using him wrong. Beal was a total mistake, and now Booker wants to get traded to the Knicks. I think the Suns are going to be crippled for years as a result of this failed experiment.

Suns deserve that with Beal, losing a tons of money and they don't have first pick and second pick for every round. They're going to wait for that so long. They don't want to establish from their own picks but instead, they think that they'll able to make the best team by having those expensive stars that shall contribute. Anyway, they've been brought to the playoffs but that's all and all. I am more worried about Bol Bol as his contract is about to expire with them or it actually did already after the swept happened.

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Pacers got very very lucky, they are facing Bucks, a team that got Damian Lillard last off season to make sure they do better at playoffs. And not only did Bucks lost Lillard to injury, but they also lost Giannis as well which made it near impossible for them to win. Obviously because of that Indiana got 3-1 ahead and I think Giannis is not returning neither which means that Indiana will end up beating them eventually as well we should probably consider that as a possibility.

I believe that we need to just focus on how Bucks could recover from this and be better next season because their season already ended. Some teams like Bucks and Sixers just do as well as they could but then they get their stars injured and then all of their season was for absolutely nothing in the end.

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The day after the Phoenix Suns get swept and they’re ready to end the experiment. Durant is blaming the coach for using him wrong. Beal was a total mistake, and now Booker wants to get traded to the Knicks. I think the Suns are going to be crippled for years as a result of this failed experiment.

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Quote from: LGD2Business on April 28, 2024, 05:59:02 PM

Clippers - Mavericks match is very competitive. If the Clippers win this game, the series will be 2-2, but if the Mavs manage to win at home, they will bring the series to 3-1 and pretty much finish the job. This could be the breaking match of the series. That's why it's very normal for both teams to put their hearts into the field. The Clippers, who score with George and Harden while Kawhi is out, also receive contributions from Westbrook. In the Mavericks, Kyrie and Doncic score a lot, but the rest of the team shoots very poorly.

Clippers have indeed poured their hearts out, they managed to get the win without Kawhi and I respect that a lot. Harden showed us he was like the days of old Harden. I like this series too and 2-2 has only made it more enjoyable. But I think there are problems with Mavs. They cannot carry out 2 superstar style much longer. They definitely need more contribution from other players and especially bench, if they want to do something in the playoffs. Although this series is good to watch, on the next series these both teams probably cannot do much.

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A few things i notice in this first stage of the post season, is one of the first time in a lot of years i dont see so much 4-0 in the first stage, and this is really good for th sport and the fans.

Only one 4-0 and was in an unexpected match, i dont know why Phoneix Suns do so bad against Timberwolves. But well congratulations for Minesota.

The other surprise for me is the Pacers 3-1 up against the super Milwaukee.

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 28, 2024, 02:41:01 PM

I really hope the Suns don’t lose today and get swept. After getting Durant and Beal, to go out with a sweep in the first round is beyond embarrassing. It shows that Ayton was a more important piece to this team’s championship run than they wanted to admit. On one hand I want to see my hometown team win, but on the other hand they don’t deserve it…

Sadly Suns don’t have D and just focus on offense while Timberwolves are good both offense and defense because of Gobert and KAT combo. Wolves acquiring Gobert is their best decision to get a championship. Many people criticize it since they sacrifice a lot just to acquire Gobert yet this trade is very fruitful for them since they are the best contender to win the WCF.

Wolves is a bad matchup for Suns. I believe Suns can advance if they face different team aside from Wolves and Nuggets. KD is not that on fire anymore that can carry the team.

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It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

That's the risk of forming a Superteam, because when a team choose to build a Superteam, it's expected that they'll be in the championship but a first round exit, is a big disappointment. Giving up Ayton was a big mistake, he was a very dominant big man so they really miss a production on that area.

Also, the team has no real point guard, so the ball movement is really a problem. It's fine that CP3 was traded but the big man, I think it should have not happen. Also, Beal seemed not the same anymore, his injury have change his confidence, he is just like Klay Thompson now.

We have seen superteams that didn't succeed and disappointed their team management. There's certainly a big problem with these superteams nowadays.

That's why building from scratch is a good thing that some teams are doing like the Kings, Nuggets, Bucks although they've added some help through Lillard eventually.

I also agree that having no big man with the Suns is a big mistake.

Not totally building some scratch since they might really get a problem for long time since maybe they would get a lot of challenges especially for getting wins and fans might get mad on them.
Maybe its important to consider by teams is they should not get a lot of stars on team but rather they should focus to get good role players since this could be a game changer to them since those guys can work with them so well and can able to share some good baskets with their stars.

And I think the team would be more balance if there's one or two stars in the team compare if they acquire a lot of stars since pride would overcome their system and that can ruin their chemistry.

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Quote from: boyptc on April 29, 2024, 09:06:19 AM

We have seen superteams that didn't succeed and disappointed their team management. There's certainly a big problem with these superteams nowadays.

That's why building from scratch is a good thing that some teams are doing like the Kings, Nuggets, Bucks although they've added some help through Lillard eventually.

I also agree that having no big man with the Suns is a big mistake.

I believe you are pertaining to the “super team” that composed of old star player that already near passed of their prime. Clippers, Lakers and Suns are the best example for this since they are just acquiring Star player that is just good during their prime but right now only playing on average.

The reason why building from scratch is always a good choice is because the team is being developed along with the individual skills. A tram that playing as one without stealing spotlight to each other can always beat a super team is that is just built recently while most of their star players is greedy with the ball.

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Quote from: Distinctin on April 29, 2024, 05:55:17 AM

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It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

That's the risk of forming a Superteam, because when a team choose to build a Superteam, it's expected that they'll be in the championship but a first round exit, is a big disappointment. Giving up Ayton was a big mistake, he was a very dominant big man so they really miss a production on that area.

Also, the team has no real point guard, so the ball movement is really a problem. It's fine that CP3 was traded but the big man, I think it should have not happen. Also, Beal seemed not the same anymore, his injury have change his confidence, he is just like Klay Thompson now.

We have seen superteams that didn't succeed and disappointed their team management. There's certainly a big problem with these superteams nowadays.

That's why building from scratch is a good thing that some teams are doing like the Kings, Nuggets, Bucks although they've added some help through Lillard eventually.

I also agree that having no big man with the Suns is a big mistake.

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This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.

We watched a series that many people were waiting for. In the end, no one was surprised, everyone was saying that the Phoenix Suns had no chance against Minnesota. Actually, I thought the Suns would win at least 1 game, but they couldn't and we see a score of 4-0.
KAT played very well, the Minnesota team played a good team game. So the results were as expected

Before the series of this two teams started, it was a 50-50 chances for either team based on the betting odds that was release, in fact the Suns are even a slight favorite, probably due to their experience, you know, Durant and Booker, that's huge. However, when the Wolves take all the home games, that changes how people sees this series, especially when the Wolves beat the Suns in game 3, and they actually sweep this team which is a superteam.

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 28, 2024, 11:21:13 PM

This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.

We watched a series that many people were waiting for. In the end, no one was surprised, everyone was saying that the Phoenix Suns had no chance against Minnesota. Actually, I thought the Suns would win at least 1 game, but they couldn't and we see a score of 4-0.
KAT played very well, the Minnesota team played a good team game. So the results were as expected

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Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on April 29, 2024, 07:14:57 AM

Beal though, this year hasn't done anything to the Suns and for sure they are weighing their options but it seems Beal's contract is tight. Durant try to show us the old version of him, but ANT just dominated him in this series no doubt about that.

So Wolves are not a overrated team, Gobert and KAT in the middle is very hard for any team to content and then ANT, who is being mentioned now with the same breath as Michael Jordan. But let's see, this is just the first round, it's good that they will have a good rest while waiting for their potential opponent.

Beal is just really the problem of the team, he had some injury issues that made him out on some fo the games and when he is playing, his numbers are also not impressive. As we can see on his average this season, it dropped from 23.2 (wizards) to 18.2 (current team).

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bealbr01.html

But like you mentioned, it's just a first round, we will see the next round if they'll be able to advance against the defending champion.

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This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.

Yeah, very close.

Remaining time is 7:38 minutes in the 4th quarter and Edwards has got 20+ points and still a lot of time remaining. While Booker got 42 points.

This could be an OT later.

I was hoping for an OT but Suns could not convert their shots, the defense of Timberwolves is so good. Now, this team who exited will still be the same team next season, I wonder how the management would feel after investing a lot of money for the big 3 that they could not get a first round pick. They are getting old, and they lack players especially the 2nd unit who could help Durant and Booker, I don't know how they'll work that out next season but they have to.

It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

Beal though, this year hasn't done anything to the Suns and for sure they are weighing their options but it seems Beal's contract is tight. Durant try to show us the old version of him, but ANT just dominated him in this series no doubt about that.

So Wolves are not a overrated team, Gobert and KAT in the middle is very hard for any team to content and then ANT, who is being mentioned now with the same breath as Michael Jordan. But let's see, this is just the first round, it's good that they will have a good rest while waiting for their potential opponent.

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Quote from: passwordnow on April 29, 2024, 12:59:17 AM

A sweep!
Phoenix Suns is already out of the playoffs. Timberwolves is going to get into the semis and they're likely to face Denver Nuggets once they're done with the Lakers.
What a turn of event for the Coach of Timberwolves when Conley has jumped on him and hit him with his knee. While it's like a few minutes left on the game, their coach Chris Finch is injured but I hope that he does recover and it's nothing serious at all and they still have time to take a rest.
And with all of this seasons roster changes, KD with the Suns together with Booker and Beal as said to be a superteam, it seems that the Timbewolves is more of the superteam that we're all not expecting to come into this far. But what's next for KD? Is he going to make some transfer request and he'd sign back to the OKC as it's more of an interesting than the Suns for this playoffs.

They cannot just answer to the power of the Wolves. Defense and offense, in both ends the Wolves are dominating.
Well, I do like how optimistic the others are with the Phoenix Suns. Some do say that chemistry doesn't work in the first year a team is built. There are proofs of that including Lebron James going to the Miami Heat. They didn't win the first year he came there. Lebron is again in the LA Lakers, they had a hard time finding the right pair for him but when Davis came they got a championship in the bubble.
I do agree with all of this as chemistry is a big part of the team sport but I bet the Suns management is also looking for other players that would best help their new trio. I don't see it now, they need defensive players because it had been their weakness and that was witnessed in this playoffs.

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This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.

Yeah, very close.

Remaining time is 7:38 minutes in the 4th quarter and Edwards has got 20+ points and still a lot of time remaining. While Booker got 42 points.

This could be an OT later.

I was hoping for an OT but Suns could not convert their shots, the defense of Timberwolves is so good. Now, this team who exited will still be the same team next season, I wonder how the management would feel after investing a lot of money for the big 3 that they could not get a first round pick. They are getting old, and they lack players especially the 2nd unit who could help Durant and Booker, I don't know how they'll work that out next season but they have to.

It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

That's the risk of forming a Superteam, because when a team choose to build a Superteam, it's expected that they'll be in the championship but a first round exit, is a big disappointment. Giving up Ayton was a big mistake, he was a very dominant big man so they really miss a production on that area.

Also, the team has no real point guard, so the ball movement is really a problem. It's fine that CP3 was traded but the big man, I think it should have not happen. Also, Beal seemed not the same anymore, his injury have change his confidence, he is just like Klay Thompson now.

They lose a defensive anchor when Suns throw Ayton away to other team and that's their biggest mistake done on their franchise. If they could able to make the big man stay then provably that they would get more impressive result this season. Their problem is who will be the dominant player among those 3 stars in team that's why they really have a problem with that and we see the result when they are totally get dominated by Wolves which is they are been dominated by the twin tower of that team.

I think its fine that they don't have a real point guard since their stars is capable to handle the ball but what they need is defensive or rebounder type of player since this could give them more rebounds which could possibly converted into score by their shooters.

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This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.

Yeah, very close.

Remaining time is 7:38 minutes in the 4th quarter and Edwards has got 20+ points and still a lot of time remaining. While Booker got 42 points.

This could be an OT later.

I was hoping for an OT but Suns could not convert their shots, the defense of Timberwolves is so good. Now, this team who exited will still be the same team next season, I wonder how the management would feel after investing a lot of money for the big 3 that they could not get a first round pick. They are getting old, and they lack players especially the 2nd unit who could help Durant and Booker, I don't know how they'll work that out next season but they have to.

It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

That's the risk of forming a Superteam, because when a team choose to build a Superteam, it's expected that they'll be in the championship but a first round exit, is a big disappointment. Giving up Ayton was a big mistake, he was a very dominant big man so they really miss a production on that area.

Also, the team has no real point guard, so the ball movement is really a problem. It's fine that CP3 was traded but the big man, I think it should have not happen. Also, Beal seemed not the same anymore, his injury have change his confidence, he is just like Klay Thompson now.

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