Milwaukee down 28 to the Hornets mid 2nd Q at home. Given up 75 points with 5 minutes still to go in the half. Making the C's feel better about their OKC debacle.
2022-23 NBA Game Thread
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With 11:22 left in the fourth, the Cleveland @ Denver game is stopped after Cancar met Mobley at the rim resulting in a failed dunk and a foul. Then they noticed the rim was bent. Let's see if the Nuggets court staff learned something from the C's game.
Denver is looking great btw against a Mitchell-less Cavs team. They will likely add pieces around the deadline which should make them even more formidable. The Nuggets feel more complete than in recent seasons, especially if Murray is back.
Edit: Delay was about seven minutes culminating with another bricked FT by Mobley. He is 0-6 from the stripe.
Denver is looking great btw against a Mitchell-less Cavs team. They will likely add pieces around the deadline which should make them even more formidable. The Nuggets feel more complete than in recent seasons, especially if Murray is back.
Edit: Delay was about seven minutes culminating with another bricked FT by Mobley. He is 0-6 from the stripe.
Apparent there are enough tomato cans in the NBA to allow the Lakers to go from 2-10 to the cusp of the play in bracket and one game out of sixth with still half a season to go.
All the attention for M.I.P. has (deservedly) gone to SGA but what Aaron Gordon has turned into now that he’s away from a losing culture shouldn’t be ignored. He’s been borderline All-Star level good.
Bones Hyland, who is can get buckets, as well as KCP and Brown are all playing well this year.
A few other notes from that game. Jamal Murray wasn't at his best in this game as he barked at Hyland for making the mistake of passing Murray the ball with two seconds left in the shot clock after dribbling it out. Hyland deserved it but it was surprising how open he was in barking at a teammate.
That said, his behavior was worse towards referee Ashley Moyer-Gleich after a call Murray didn't agree with. As Moyer-Gleich was walking away Jamal walked behind her chirping and when she wouldn't respond he clapped at her. It was so out of line that Kevin Love even stepped in a bit(can't recall the last time a non-teammate interceded like that). Murray got a T.
What the hell happened to Milwaukee last night? They managed to shoot 42% from three, but gave up 51 points to Charlotte in the first quarter and lost by about 30, with the Hornets scoring 138 points. At home, no less. Is Giannis not moving that well, with all his knee problems? No starter had more than 22 minutes, so it looks like Bud threw in the towel early.
Well, let’s see how Myers goes about guaranteeing Jerome and Lamb’s contracts. They’ve both been incredible — probably the team’s 8th and 9th best players, maybe better than that on a per minute basis — but are coming up on their limits of their two-way contracts. The Ws have one empty roster spot to play with, but something’s gotta give if they want to keep both. Definitely keeping an eye on the JGreen/Rollins/Wiseman/Moody spots over the next few weeks (I doubt Kuminga is going anywhere). I’d still flip Wiseman and Rollins for Zach Collins and call it a day.
If you’re interested in Ty Jerome, the Point Forward podcast interview I linked above is a really fun watch/listen. The part about race halfway through is especially interesting/hilarious (Andre calls him “flavored cream” and says, “I didn’t think you were were white, I thought you were Mexican,” lol).
As far as being blessed as a fan, yeah, it’s been a good millennium so far as a Ws/Sox/Pats guy. If circa 2002 you had promised me 2-3 titles over the next 20 years, I would have been thrilled with that. So 14 of ‘em has been pretty sweet. But … you guys have only three fewer!
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After blowing a 16 point lead in 1:15 the game before, they decided to see what would happen if they played a whole game the same way.
1 this is hilarious
2 i had assumed Giannis didnt play when i saw the scores going across the scroll...but he did.
It's the nba semi-dog days. Sometimes you just get blitzed
Magic apparently up by 15 on the Warriors, in california, late in the 3rd.
I think that means they're up to about a 40% chance to actually take the game.
edit: Magic win by 14. Apparently both Steph and Klay were out (Steph injured, Klay DNP-CD).
I think that means they're up to about a 40% chance to actually take the game.
edit: Magic win by 14. Apparently both Steph and Klay were out (Steph injured, Klay DNP-CD).
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Baffling home/road split aside, the Warriors are doing just fine. As much as any team in recent history, they just need finish in the top 6 and be healthy in May.
Good to know my “eye” still works. Doncic said after tonight’s game he’s been hurting with an ankle and is listed as doubtful for tomorrow in OKC. He couldn’t even move in the Houston and Boston games…..nuts that he dropped a 39/12/8 against the Rockets on one leg.
The Pacific Division is now officially completely hilarious.
SAC 20-18 —
LAC 21-20 0.5
GSW 20-20 1.0
PHO 20-20 1.0
LAL 19-21 2.0
LOLakers being two games out of first place with more than half the season to play is just *chef’s kiss*
SAC 20-18 —
LAC 21-20 0.5
GSW 20-20 1.0
PHO 20-20 1.0
LAL 19-21 2.0
LOLakers being two games out of first place with more than half the season to play is just *chef’s kiss*
Ditto, although he still can't shoot, turns the ball over like crazy and is a disaster defensively. .419/.300/.667 since moving to the bench and he's still averaging 3.8 turnovers in under 28 mpg. He's averaging the 7th most turnovers per game this year, the next guy on that list with fewer mpg is John Wall, who has the 48th most turnovers per game.
He's doing better than expected, but it's still moronic that they aren't trading him. 50-50 he's still in the NBA next year.
Has the 6th man of the year award winner ever not played in the league the following year? I supposed he “could” get Carmelo’d by the league (2% chance?) but if he’s accepting of a second unit role he’d likely have a ton of options.
If he wins 6th man, it will be because people are incredibly, unbelievably stupid. He's the same low efficiency, garbage defensive player he's been for the last few years (and still at the low low price of $47M, the second highest paid player in the league this year). It only looks better now because he's playing fewer minutes. That said, being named 6th man is like winning an award for best middle reliever - pretty much anyone who wins the award isn't good enough to be a starter, and those guys are always closer to being out of the league that you'd expect (unless the winner is a young player about to become a starter, like Herro or Harden). Lou Williams won it at age 32, and his age 35 year was his last. Lamar Odom won it at age 31, and age 33 was his last year. Walton won it at age 33 and played just one more year. Westbrook is 6'3 and will be 35 early next year, and is 100% dependent on his athleticism at this point. If he takes a second unit role (and second unit money) I think he gets another contract, but Melo (due to his size and shooting, and eventual attitude) aged a lot better than Westbrook. Maybe next year was an exaggeration, but who wants him? There's no chance the Lakers re-sign him.
Yes. If the NBA regular season were 50 games, with no B2Bs or extended road trips, then I could absolutely understand fans freaking out over these January bad games.
As it is, it's probably a bad thing if your team is consistently getting up for those games. I know the 2021-22 Celtics had to play focused all 2nd half for seeding, but the mental/physical effort they put in for 40 straight games probably hurt more than helped once the playoffs rolled around.
https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/sixth-man-year-odds
Lakers fans itching to bet on something must be moving those Russ odds
Like I said upthread this league has enough tomato can teams that even LeBron and a bunch of G Leaguers can hang around. SMH
Nah. It’s a counting stats award and Russ has been putting up triple-doubles off the bench seemingly every other game…..and the team has been winning even without Anthony “Street Clothes” Davis. I’m not a Russ guy but he’s been really good over the past month.
The Nets have 7 players who've started multiple games. Here are their free throw percentages:
Durant: 94%
Sumner: 93%
Irving: 91%
Harris: 67%
O'Neal: 64%
Claxton: 47%
Simmons: 41%
Not a single one of their regular starters has a free throw percentage in the 70s or 80s.
Durant: 94%
Sumner: 93%
Irving: 91%
Harris: 67%
O'Neal: 64%
Claxton: 47%
Simmons: 41%
Not a single one of their regular starters has a free throw percentage in the 70s or 80s.
That's why I don't trust them
Hacka Clax and Hacka Ben will be a thing in close playoffs games (for some reason Nate McMillan and JB Bickerstaff couldn't be bothered to foul in close regular season games)
1. Sitting those two will compromise their defense
2. Playing them will turn Kyrie/KD into offensive spectators
It’s not that simple though. Playing that game destroys your offensive flow which is why some coaches won’t go down this road. The Nets also can continue to use situational substitutions down the stretch of games with these two as they have been this year. Obv not optimal to have two of these players on the same team but not necessarily their undoing either if managed well by Vaughn and his staff.
Nesmith has really started to break out as a solid player, has been the starting 4 for the Pacers for the last month or so. Another 15/6/2 with 4 steals tonight.
View: https://twitter.com/MavsDraft/status/1612243983568101377?s=20&t=vbmbddOqnrhZ1EslWX5-Xw
View: https://twitter.com/MavsDraft/status/1612243983568101377?s=20&t=vbmbddOqnrhZ1EslWX5-Xw
Wish it would have happened for Romeo and Nesmith in Boston, but it's good to see them playing well.
Another weird thing of note, only 3 teams have winning records on the road: Celtics, Nets and Knicks (?!?). Last year 12 teams finished over .500 on the road, 14 the year before and 8 the year before that. Still half a season to go, but odd to see.
Wow, I was just looking at the standings and noticed the same. No WC teams with a winning road record.
Edit, even weirder that DJH just beat me to that. You guys are in my head and it's freaking me out!
I just don't get why teams aren't intentionally fouling the Nets poor free throw shooters down the stretch.
Heat -25 with Adebayo on the floor, +26 with Orlando Robinson at C. Robinson in down the stretch.
Yeah from 4 minutes to 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter of close games it's criminal that teams don't make Claxton/Simmons shoot. Force the Nets to either leave their 50% (at best) FT shooters in the game or take them out and cripple their defense (especially with Durant out).
Jimmy Butler misses a pullup J in the closing seconds that he no doubt would make against the Celtics.
The Heat announcers proclaimed that JBut was fouled. Facts not in evidence.
It destroys the Net's offensive flow much more. Simmons is 1/13 on FTs since Thanksgiving. It's criminal that he is averaging over 25mpg and only 1 FTA/gm in that span. Last month we watched Ky/KD cringe while Clankxton went 1 for 6 against Boston on FTs.
I don't really care that much about Dec-Feb hoops. My bigger point is they will have issues when the game becomes a half-court slugfest in the playoffs with their 2 biggest sluggers cowering on the bench.
It's still a bit tricky to figure out who takes all the fouls, but agree that teams can probably get Simmons, at least, off the floor.
Why can't we get guys like that?
BTW, I think Bol Bol will get votes. But Nesmith up to 36% from 3P. Looks like he'll stick in the league for a while.
Brad and his 15th-man roster skillsWhy can't we get guys like that?
BTW, I think Bol Bol will get votes. But Nesmith up to 36% from 3P. Looks like he'll stick in the league for a while.
It's more of a positive that they have had end-of-the-bench players that can actually play NBA basketball with minutes. It tells me (the League?) that Boston has a decent scouting approach. The Celtics are about concentrating talent/minutes with their Top10 players. We shouldn't be shocked if lottery-bound NBA GMs have interest in Pritchard or Hauser
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