Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 986. (Read 919566 times)

Crazy start of the NBA season. I'm losing badly once again with my bets. So far it's only the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, and Phoenix Suns that are consistent. While Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, and San Antonio Spurs are to a great start although it is still too early to tell. Many expected top teams are struggling too with Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers at the bottom. If this trend continues, I expect more trades to happen before the deadline.

I also hope to see them win in their next game so that the critics will gonna moved on with other stuffs in the NBA because right now, most of the topics are pointing to them. Whenever they messed up, it will automatically the headlines and when they finally won their first game last night, they need to follow it up and gonna make more wins than losses from now on to keep moving forward and have a chance to enter the NBA playoffs this year.

Maybe good but not the same warriors we saw before, Warriors are a good 2nd half team, especially the 3rd quarter so they usually win games. Well, they might have a bad start now but I'm pretty sure they'll be able to make the right adjustment to be consistent in winning again.

Yes! Actually, I'm happy to finally see the Lakers with that win from Nuggets. This is the game of Lakers that we want to see from different opponents and hopefully, this is the start of it and reversed streak.

That was a good start for the Warriors in the first quarter and in the second quarter, Cunningham saw the momentum. And for the third quarter, that was likely when they become confident that it was the moment that they should continue with the lead. Sad day for the Warriors, will they come back on Wednesday against Heat? For sure.

You can really see that they are been hype for the win they got and looks like they win a a spot on playoffs for achieving 1 win today. For sure those win could wake up their spirit and they might bring the same energy on their next game. If Lakers can win for second time around against Pelicans for sure those people who doubt then think about that they might not reach in playoffs again will change their outlook towards them.

Here are my picks for tomorrow's game

Washington Wizards VS Philadelphia 76ers

The stake odds for this game are 2.55 for the Wizards and 1.54 for the 76ers, I think the Wizards will be having trouble with the 76ers, but right now Joel Embiid is questionable if he can play, but I think the team will decide to let him play for me even without Joel Embiid my pick are still the 76ers,

Charlotte Hornets VS Sacramento Kings

The stake odds for this game are 2.00 for the Hornets and 1.84 for the Kings, for this match I think the Hornets are doing much great than the Kings, right now they are doing fine than the Hornets so my pick is the Sacramento Kings,

Toronto Raptors VS Atlanta Hawks

The stake odds for this game are 1.57 for the Raptors and 2.48 for the Hawks, Right now Otto Porter Jr. can not play against the Hawks, and might return on November 4, while Bogdan Bogdanovic can not play for the Atlanta Hawks and might return on November 2, for me, Bogdanovic is a big loss for the Hawks, so my pick will be the Raptors,

Utah Jazz VS Memphis Grizzlies

The stake odds for this game are 2.35 for the Jazz and 1.63 for the Grizzlies, right now there are 3 who can not play for the Jazz, Rudy Gay, Simone Fontecchio, and Walker Kessler, while Ja Morant is questionable if he can play, and there are many players that can not play for the Grizzlies, Danny Green, Ziaire Williams, and Jaren Jackson Jr. for me I like how the Utah Jazz is playing right now so my pick are the Utah Jazz,
 

Based on the highlights and the reply here, it seems that WB provide good game today,

Lakers manage not to choke even Nuggets did try to rally back and try to snatch this game from them.

Oh yes, Zion is back and he let the team feel his presence by adding decent stats today. The system is really working for
the NOP as they are sharing the ball, They are good both offense and defense..

Congrats to all who ride with both Lakers and NOP today, a risky pick, but the earnings are really decent.

Their weakness is only in the offensive end. Because, defensively they are easily top 5 this season. They have worked harder on defense that they tend to forget how to score. When they become consistent in scoring shooting at a high percentage field goals and play defense like they used to this season, they'll become a tough team to beat.
They have celebrated Hamm's first win as a head coach like they've won the finals, well good for them they needed this kind of energy to start to move things around and start getting more W's.

Yep, good to see that they finally have a W in their score, but it's just the beginning for them.

And yes, Pelicans just beat the other Los Angeles team, so they want to get a back to back win here. And Zion is back so it will be a tough match up for Davis if he will go against him in their games.

Still the microscope is on Westbrook, he still need to produce good numbers and not commit a lot and costly errors.

yeah, good to see they finally have a win, but hopefully we will not anymore see a losing streak after this week. It wasn't really a dominating win, they still showed their weakness, but of course, a win is a win, and congrats to them. Next, they'll be up against the Pelicans, that's a tough team, sure it's not gonna be easy for them.

True, but there were scary moments, when they were leading 13 points in the last 4 minutes, suddenly the Denver team went on a 6-0 run. They almost made it even further, but they play good defense, stopping the run when Porter missed a ill fated 3 point shot, complete airball.

And that what they needed, play good defense, pass the ball around and not choke on the last couple minutes of the game.

So finally they had their first win, good thing I didn't bet on this match, thinking of betting for the Nuggets to win by handicap. So far the fans of the Lakers team, this is a relieved seeing them getting their first win this season.

Best game of Russ so far this season with 18-8-8. A close triple-double for him.
Lebron and AD are consistent in their 6 games though AD didn't play some games due to injury.

It's good to see them getting their first victory after losing 5 straight, and the whole Crypto.com Arena is very happy to see their team win. This is what I love with the Lakers. Their fans are still happy and still excited to watch their team even though they have so much drama that's been surrounded to them.

Looks like the performance of Westbrook this game is the turning point of this game. If he plays well all-around, the Lakers have a higher chance to win and vice-versa. I watched the game on live and I saw on Coach Malone's face just when the game is ending. A face of frustration and he just put his hands up high.

Yeah, finally.
I just don't like how Russ boastful gestures with just one win. They have to win more. There are 82 games in the season and I would not be that overconfident yet just because of one win. Sure, he likes celebrating but it's not yet time. There's a goal to achieve the playoffs and be on the safe seed like 1-6 to avoid being in the play-in tournament.

Anyway, I like what AD is doing, that's the AD we got used to. Post-up, mid-range shots, very high accuracy. He didn't try any three which is good.

Well, I am not really aware of the History of the NBA but this is the 1st time seeing a team with that losing streak so far, but right now I think the curse of the losing streak has already lifted up, and right now Russell WestBrick had played against the Denver Nuggets,





I really think the Pelicans really did great and Zion Williamson did a great game today, with a double-double of 12 rebounds and 21 points, and a lot of steals from the side of the Pelicans in the 2nd quarter, and that is how they win against the Clippers,

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Now here are the results for the games today, well I really don't want to talk about the details of every game,

Los Angeles Clippers VS New Orleans Pelicans SCORE 91 - 112 - WIN

Cleveland Cavaliers VS New York Knicks SCORE 121 - 108 - WIN

Detroit Pistons VS Golden State Warriors SCORE 128 - 114 - LOST

Los Angeles Lakers VS Denver Nuggets SCORE 121 - 110 - LOST

It is nice to see the Lakers get a W finally. They were led by Russell Westbrook having a good shooting night off the bench as the Lakers second unit destroyed the Nuggets’ all night. A nice picture of what the Lakers are capable of.

I was also surprised to see the Warriors lose to the Pistons and go below .500 on the season now. Klay Thompson needs to get healthy both physically and mentally so he can return to the court.

Goodness gracious, Denver Nuggets are so kind that they've given the first-ever win for the Lakers. Kidding Aside.
I thought that the Nuggets would be able to catch up with the lead of the Lakers but that's it, it seems an achievement and many are happy with this win for the Lakers.
We are wishing them that this should be the motivation on them to get their next wins.

Yes! Out of nowhere Lakers put up a massive 18-2 run in the last few minutes of third quarter, and they took an 8 point lead going into the final quarter, The entire team seem to very about how they ended the quarter and you can tell from the body language and reactions towards each other, especially towards Russell Westbrook who is now having a very better game all of a sudden tonight, he's got 5/10 FG, and also made 2/3 from 3pts attempt, now they've got to get it together so as to not blow it all away again in this final quarter, and final end their winless run.

The Nuggets are up 8 points with 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. The Lakers are showing some life in the game, but the Nuggets are consistent and persistent. The Laker's 3 points are connecting, and Westbrook even made 1 as I write this. The Lakers may not be hopeless after all. If they can take this game, that will be a huge boost in their confidence going to the next game. They just need to keep pushing and pushing until the end of this game.

Both Anthony Davis and Lebron James are both playing, and so is Russell Westbrook, although Westbrook is starting from the bench role, but it's not looking like the Lakers would win this game, it's very well much on card for their them get on that 0-6 record, Nuggets are currently leading by double digits and we're only about just 8 minutes into this match, The Nuggets are playing very well and they also are defensively efficient, with couple of their defensive play being evident.

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Golden State Warriors with yet another defeat, their 3rd in 4 games, Detroit Pistons couldn't have deserved the win any better, Warriors Started pretty well in the first quarter but, it was a completely different story for the remaining three quarters, the Pistons might not have been able to cause the upset if not that they played very collectively as team, all of their 5 starters had at least 15 points or more, they were just brilliant and efficient in all aspects of the court, Cummingham, Bey, Ivey, Isaiah Stewart, and Bogdanovic were all incredible!

There is a possibility that Lebron James will not play in that game because of a foot-related injury and concern. Anthony Davis is also expected not to be present in that game later on because of a Back injury. It's really obvious that if no Lebron James or Anthony Davis around, the Lakers is trash. Even Russell Westbrook will put up big numbers here, he also needs some serious support from his teammates.

The Lakers might be on a 0-6 record later on but who knows they can pull up an upset. Juicy odds were provided to them on that match.