Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 943. (Read 919221 times)

haha, you seemed right because they have 3 games with the Spurs and they won all those games. I'm still not convinced that the Lakers have already improved or have adjusted well. Lakers next game is against the Pacers, I think they can handle this team and they'll continue winning.

Westbrook only get less ball time because Bron do the most on this match. I believe Lebron is starting to step up now again for his team since people already doubting his ability due to there lose streak while his team sometimes won without him. Spurs is not that strong team but they still manage to fight Lakers on this high score match despite Lakers has veterans star while Spurs is just composed with bunch of rookies and mid range stats players.

Lakers needs to thanks Spurs because without them, they will not gonna get there 3 wins out of there current 7 wins. 

Westbrook was bloody, never seen him in this incident before, but the good thing is that the Lakers still won and Westbrook is okay now. It was indeed a high scoring game, but unfortunately, Westbrook unable to use that advantage because he only score 11 points.

The referee shouldn't gave him the technical, and I do agree that it was a deliberate elbow on the face of Westbrook that's why he has so much blood. Remember the days? "no blood, no foul" mentally?

And you can see Lebron's leadership on that incident, he put a towel on Westbrook and probably saying that he needs to take it easy as he will carry the team for him and take the win. That's what James literally did with his 39 big points. Although there could be an argument that they have face a weak or lower team.

Not just them because Schroeder, Walker and Reaves also played an important role to the team's success lately. Even in the recent days where Lebron wasn't playing before of that injury, these stated names were the ones who helped Anthony Davis deliver a win so that Davis's efforts will not be in vain and yes, that includes Westbrook too. Quite a good improvement from them, let's hope that they will start defeating some heavy teams again before we can say that they are indeed in a better situation now.

That was a lousy refereeing, they should have called the foul on the first jump where they got WB's hand. Then the elbow to the head should have not happened. And the worst, WB got the technical for reacting. At least they still got the win and an improvement in their standing.



That is good news. AD is very important for the Lakers right now. He is just starting to take over as the true carry of the Lakers. Lebron is still the top dog in the Lakers, but he cannot carry the team anymore. They need AD to do the heavy lifting like he did when they became champion in 2020. They cannot afford to sideline AD for too long since they are still catching up in the standings.

Yes, well remembered!
I even imagine, the Lakers are improving day after day, the team is maintaining a consistency of wins. But we need to wait and analyze calmly to know if this performance is something temporary or not.

I hope the things start the working for the Lakers and with that, they can become one of the favorites teams to win that NBA's season

by the way, a detail that I noticed in these last Lakers games, is the performance of Lonnie Walker, he is having a few minutes on the court and is being a consistent and important player for the Lakers, the result is his scores that he is demonstrating .

Yes, there is nothing to worry about these two as they are already used to be playing side-by-side since Lebron came to Los Angeles and won the championship last 2020. They aren't the problem really, their struggle is being consistent in any given game including the rest of the roster. But lately, they have been showing some improvement. But still, it is too early to conclude because they are still struggling to reach 4–5-win streaks to improve their rankings.

Lakers got a back-to-back victory against the San Antonio Spurs, although it is not really surprising because the latter is not that kind of a threat in the league. But regarding those topic between AD and Lebron, they seem to compliment with each other as Anthony Davis himself is still averaging good 20+ points while as usual Lebron is taking the lead for them. That is quite expected that AD's average contribution will decrease once Lebron plays again as the ball and points will also be shared towards the players.

On their game earlier, AD wasn't able to play because of the bruise on his left calf that might resulted from his aggressive play lately. But it's not that serious, he just needed some rest and might play again on their next game versus the Pacers.

Ouch! That was bloody bad. I am surprised he was still able to attend and answer questions in their press conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtTgQpbEMAU
He was wearing a hat to hide it so I guess it's not that bad if they let him do that.
I wonder what the referees are thinking, and why they gave him a technical. That's the initial reaction of someone who was hurt. And he just confronted Collins, no harm done.

I didn't watch the game as I was busy at the Suns game. Also, a close one but the Jazz didn't get the stop that they wanted to get the last possession.

Here is the result for my picks for today, and well not a good winning right now but will surely recover it later,

Toronto Raptors VS Dallas Mavericks SCORE 105 - 100 - LOST

I really thought that the Dallas Mavericks would win this because at 1st they are getting a significant score lead but as the game progressed the Raptors advanced significantly and because of that their momentum turned the tables it was a quick recovery for the Raptors to get their lead change, it was really unexpected but Luka Doncic didn't even heat up in this game,

Houston Rockets VS Oklahoma City Thunder SCORE 118 - 105 - LOST

Another game that didn't go well for me and just like the 1st game it is really unexpected for the Thunders to lose to the Rockets, and right now Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander is pretty much a monster and just like I have said in my previous post he is a player that has some boost with his performance but again it was not enough because the Rockets pretty much win this game,

San Antonio Spurs VS Los Angeles Lakers SCORE 138 - 143 - WIN

Right now this is the only bet that I win and it was on the Lakers, and even without Anthony Davis, there are other Lakers that step up in his absence, and that is Lonnie Walker IV has 19 points, Dennis Schroder has 21 points, and Lebron James has a double-double performance of 11 rebounds and 39 points, winning the game,

Phoenix Suns VS Utah Jazz SCORE 113 - 112 - LOST

A very much close game indeed, Lauri Markkanen just got a double-double of 10 rebounds and 15 points, Collin Sexton got 20 points and Jordan Clarkson got 22 points  while the Suns, winning this game got a very good score, and Mikal Bridges got 16 points, while Devin Booker got a double-double of 11 rebounds and 27 points while Deandre Ayton got a double-double of 21 rebounds and 29 points, winning the game so much Ayton just monster up into this game,

That’s pretty odd seeing two teams play each other in back to back nights. I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw this.  Lebron James and Anthony Davis certainly both played well but let’s be honest here the San Antonio Spurs are a garbage team. In fact they put up way too many points on the lakers tonight.   Lakers don’t see to have any future imo.

Seems that the Phoenix Suns where able to get their revenge win on the Jazz, same winning margin, just one point. Probably this is a rivalry in the making in the West.

Surprisingly, the Lakers won a high scoring game, Russ though was bloodied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbnawa9zWE

James another impressive comeback game 39 big points in the absence of AD.

Both good games. Nice to see LeBron back and putting up big numbers. Anthony Davis being out might lead to speculation they’re seeing how they play without each other as they look at trade options… Nevertheless, it’s good to see LeBron back to chasing the #1 scorer of all time record.

Was great to see the Phoenix Suns win by a point as well. Close game.

The Lakers let AD rest to avoid injuries due to fatigue.
They are on the good lead now against the San Antonio Spurs, one more quarter, they need to secure that lead and be good at closing games again.
Schroder is helping out, this is another good news for them as now they can stretch the floor more with many options for their offense.

Utah Jazz trying to upset the Suns in their homecourt too. Both teams trying to stay energetic even after a back-to-back game. 2nd half is on the way.

Very close game between the home team Raptors and the Mavericks.

So it's really hard to predict who's going to win, still in the 3rd quarter though, Raptors still leading. But still have Luka on the Mavs, and he can explode anytime and take over the game. Let's see how this game, but with the crowd behind them, I wouldn't be surprised with the Raptors winning the game, just saying.

The local league there needs a long way to go before becoming a talent pool for the NBA.  Not sure if anyone from that league has made it to the NBA, but looking good in that league versus stacking up against nba talent is a wide margin.  Hoping all these leagues pick up because it only progresses the sport further.

We got 4 games for today, which will start in 24 minutes, I guess Now here is my picks

Toronto Raptors VS Dallas Mavericks

The stake odds for this game are 2.20 for the Raptors, and 1.71 for the Mavericks, Right now many players are injured for the Raptors for a moment, Precious Achiuwa, Scottie Barnes, Justin Champagnie, Pascal Siakam, Otto Porter Jr. and Dalano Banton and may return on November 28, While the Mavericks doesn't have any injuries, which is for me this is a clear win for the Dallas Mavericks,

Houston Rockets VS Oklahoma City Thunder

The stake odds for this game are 2.11 for the Rockets and 1.77 for the Thunders, for this game Jae'Sean Tate, and Bruno Fernando can not play for the Rockets, and Eric Gordon and Alperen Sengun are questionable if they can play, while the Thunder Mike Muscala can not play until Dec 7, for me I will go with the OKC for this game to win,

San Antonio Spurs VS Los Angeles Lakers

The stake odds for this game are 2.14 for the Spurs, and 1.75 for the Lakers, Blake Wesley, Keita Bates-Diop, and Josh Richardson can not play for the Spurs, while Cole Swider can not play for the Lakers, and Anthony Davis and LeBron James is questionable for the Lakers if they can play, that is why for this game I think the Lakers will win this,

Phoenix Suns VS Utah Jazz

The stake odds for this game are 1.42 for the Suns and 3.00 for the Jazz, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder, and Chris Paul can not play for this game, while Landry Shamet is questionable if he can play, while Rudy Gay, Johnny Juzang, and Mike Conley can not play for the Jazz, while Leandro Bolmaro is questionable if he can play, for this game even though the Jazz is not on edge on the odds, for me, the Jazz can win this, and if they really win a high profit is possible,

Yeah, the league is still new and that's why they're still trying to do some experiments by signing NBA players that don't have contracts anymore. Well, the first try has been successful and as a young league, this has already made their name known worldwide. Yes, not only in Taiwan but also worldwide because they've been talked about and thanks to Dwight Howard. That's how a player from NBA is reaching wide audience and making news media write them article for you.

One, maybe they are just too old for the league. Then, there is an abundance of talent out there that could fill a roster better than them.

It is not like they did not have their time in NBA. They had their own era and they dominated it in their prime. Their time is up, it is time for the younger players to take their place. There are very few in their batch that is left in the NBA. Lebron is very lucky he can still play at a high level because of how he is blessed with a body and how he took care of it.


Are you saying that the worst defensive team forced 22 turnovers on the Lakers? That is a big problem for the Lakers to fix. If a less defensive team can do this, how much damage a defensive team can do against them?


You are right, defense is the key to warriors' success. Just like last year, they should have a good defensive man on the floor. They are overpowered in offense especially when 3's are going in. Between Curry, Klay, and Poole, they are already an offensive powerhouse. They needed someone that could replace what GP2 have done to them last year. I do not know in the current roster who can take that place, but Kerr should train one or acquire one.