Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 922. (Read 919125 times)

They forgot that they still need to entertain their audience and it's really acceptable considering that it was the New Orleans Pelican's homecourt and most of the audiences are their own fans. I don't know why are they so riled up because Zion dunked it in the remaining seconds and viewed that act as a disrespect to the Suns, truth is, it's the Suns ego are the ones who got hurt.

They will be having their rematch in less than 2 hours from now and the Pelicans are still hosting the game. It will be an interesting game for sure and we'll see what will be the Suns response.

The Lakers said they’ll be holding LeBron and Anthony Davis out of back to back games for the rest of the year. That should help keep them healthy I would think. It’s still early in the season but they do need to make sure the playoff race doesn’t slip out if their grasp. With the way Davis has been playing lately though it seems like they won’t have any problems so long as he can keep himself on the floor.

Yes, they should at least give Davis some rest if they will be facing a much easier opponent or an opponent that they seem they can defeat without getting Davis plenty minutes. The other guys could handle that kind of scenario given that Westbrook is also getting a hold of his new role and LeBron is still remarkable contributing decent numbers per game, and well, they also got Walker and Reaves for that job.

The last two names stated needs a lot more exposures so that they will be much more reliable when the game becomes more intense before the qualifiers, they are good now but the team needed an improvement because time will come that Davis and Lebron's numbers won't guarantee to keep them afloat.

The New York Knicks have won three games by double digit margins. Yes, you didn't misread. They succeeded but i don't think they can achieve the same success against their current rivals. The Sacramento Kings have made a surprise debut this season and continue to do so. They have four wins in the last five games. Even though things didn't go well in Milwaukee away they were able to overcome the Cleveland obstacle. We can say that New York has been defending relatively well lately. The status of De'Aaron Fox, who missed the last game in Kings, is uncertain. There is also uncertainty for Keegan Murray. This can affect Kings score strength. I think the Knicks priority will be to disrupt their opponent's offensive rhythm. It will not be a satisfactory match as a score.

He did, just think of it, Joel Embiid alone scored 20 points in the 1st quarter while the Lakers have a combined effort of 20 points to end the quarter. That quarter alone meant
something that the Lakers should start to reflect on their actions and the 76ers also got a huge help from their young guard, Melton, who got 66.7% from 3-point field. Note, what more if Maxey was there, I guess the Lakers would've been buried more even if they got a good night and WB got a tripe double.

I'm a bit late to comment about that Zion late game dunk. I think everyone's aware that it's an unwritten rule not to showoff while you're already winning by a huge margin. Any team would have been mad about that but probably not everyone will be as aggressive. It's not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last.

I also read an Ingram tweet about people comparing Booker and Ayton to Kobe and Shaq. I think that would add more spice to the rivalry of these two teams hehe.

It was really personal, and Zion Williamson's logic is like that of Luka Doncic, both of them have some personal beef against the Phoenix Suns, while the Suns are pretty much getting these things out of hand and Zion Williamson and Luka Doncic had made a fuel over the Phoenix Suns like their drive in winning every game, on the beginning of the season we can see Phoenix Suns making a great game and topping the standings on the start of the season but upon having a game with the Dallas Mavericks where Luka Doncic is, and the New Orleans Pelicans where Zion Williamson is, they keep on having lost when they are up against those teams,

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In the recent Golden State Warriors VS Boston Celtics game, I thought that the Boston Celtics could win it, making them the best rival for the Golden State Warriors just like the last season, I thought that the tandem of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown will get them to the top and beat the Warriors up, but the Tandem of the Celtics was beaten by the Poole Party in their latest game, that Poole Party is one heck of offensive firepower than the Jay Tandem and pretty much the upcoming start that is Jonathan Kuminga is performing pretty well, there is no chance for the Celtics now if this continues, it will be like the last season where the Warriors take the championship,

With Devin Booker, Crowder, Cam Johnson, and Washington Jr out for the Suns, there is a high probability that the Pelicans will win this game again. The Pelicans are playing without the service of Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, and Liddell though. It will be a good match. We know that Alvarado can easily go under the skin of CP3 and ruin his game. We saw that last season in the playoffs. I want to see that again in their game later. It is too early for me to watch but I will heed your advice and make an early bet. Hope it hits. 

Right. I love that he did it, I don't like that "player's rule" attitude in the NBA. Like what Jeff Van Gundy said, "If you don't want something like that to happen then go defend".
Anyway, that 360 dunk boosted the fans and I bet the ticket sales are already out for New Orleans people will want to witness what could happen tomorrow against the Suns.
The Pelicans are the favorites again, -4.5 if you want a good amount of profit. I'll take my chances betting for them.
This is going to be an exciting game and perhaps we will see some beef, especially with Alvarado vs CP3.

He might have just wanted to make an amazing dunk, doesn't he? I don't see the point of Phoenix getting too much upset over it. Ok, his attitude was a little bit harsh, I could see that but come on, it was a great dunk. I wish players do that every game. All star dunk contest has been very very bad these last years, I'd love to see more dunks like this in-game. Even though Suns got upset, they shouldn't have made such a big deal. Although, I'm happy to see we have a new rivalry in our hands as whole nba community. I believe it will just make their games more enjoyable, hopefully.

You don't need to wait long, they will have a game later. The game is too early in our time zone, so I think I will not be able to watch this game. If you are looking to bet, here's the betting odds. https://duelbits.com/sportsbook/editorial/NBA

Well Zion make it personal now, and moving forward, not sure if there is a still schedule between the two teams, but both teams for sure doesn't want to lose against each other. And for sure they will have to tighten their defense on Zion the next time and won't allow them to just manhandled them with dunks after dunks including that 360 to humiliate them in the end. So we will see, it makes it more interesting that there will be rivalry between the Suns and the Pels. And this time, it might bring the best of those individuals and team players.

They just have to make their revenge, Zion was just trying to show his best as a good dunker, and probably he was celebrating because they dominated the Suns who are one of the best teams in the NBA. This is personal, for sure Suns will not forget what they did and this will benefit the fans because we will see some good action once they'll face again.

We're in the modern days now, and they should just give it as a showtime for Zion or anyone who can have that slam dunk fest.

Well, I might feel bad for them too but just give it to him. The crowd cheered for Zion when he took the flight and went in. It may be feeling bad to them but just had to accept the fact that it's already a lost.

And if ever they get along again with Pelicans, they can do the same and return it to Zion and the team.

That's good so we will see a rivalry between this two team, if Zion was there in the last playoffs, I guess that series will be close. IMO, if Zion will stay healthy, they will be able to beat the Suns in case they'll face this playoffs. I'm pretty sure that Pelicans with a healthy Zion will easily qualify to the playoffs, so expect some exciting times ahead.

I saw a post in Facebook, saying that Zion do it deliberately because Phoenix eliminated them last year's playoff when he was not around.

So maybe he was just sending a message that it will be very different if this two will face each other again in the first round. Not sure though if this is the way it should be played. I mean they are already doing some trash talking themselves, CP3 and Booker in the side of the Phoenix. The thing is that they can't back it up just like the in Mavs series last season. Anyhow, yeah, NBA might be evolving, teams competitive fire are higher this early.

This is how the NBA should be, it's more than a game anyway. They need to cause some drama and excite the fans so that they will be getting an audience next time. Also, they might be doing it for real or not, we are enjoying what we are seeing right now as long as they won't hurt each other physically because if it's all just beef, then let them do it because they might want to be more than a player too, you know? 

NBA is getting interesting every year and this time because these guys have woken up from long rest, they cause a big threat for the Phoenix and for the other teams as well.

Now I looked at it more calmly, I realized the Lakers only had 2 points during overtime. This was somewhat depressing, Lakers took a good lead in the last quarter, and they were 10 points apart in the last quarter of the game.

Today the Lakers will play against the Pistons, but they are currently in a bad phase, occupying the last place in the ranking of the eastern conference.
I believe the Lakers can win this game against Detroit...

Probably it's more of a frustration on the Suns part and I don't think that Zion is disrespecting Phoenix.

He is just enjoying the game for sure, I do agree that the Suns specially Ayton, I don't know what going in his head right now but he seems to be changing his attitude to becoming a prima donna now.

And nothing that the Suns can go against Zion, its all over the media now, lol.

Players rules. Not in NBA.
And they don't have the authority to be mad about it, that was New Orleans homecourt, not theirs. Chris Paul was so mad because he just got back and they are losing pretty badly when Zion returned in the 4th quarter.  Maybe he is thinking it should be a welcome-back win for him.
I am starting to not like the attitude of these Suns players, Payne and Ayton are also being dragged on to becoming prima donnas. 
They don't like being disrespected and yet when they are winning they don't realize they are doing the same.
Pelicans are number 1 in the West.