October 22-27 NBA Game Thread
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# of games it took the NBA to figure out how to guard the supposedly unguardable LeBron+AD pick-and-roll: zero.
I make the Clippers win, Lebron suffers?
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The broadcast caught them chatting amicably after the game, so I guess he hasn’t reformat the entire hard drive (yet).
The Lakers +300 to win the West (or whatever it was) sure looks like a really bad bet right now.
Go Heels!
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Only 6 boards for Kawhi, but 5 assists and 30 points on 18 FGA. LA people haven't seen this since Magic.
The Clippers just looked awesome last night after a bricky first-quarter. Kawhi was basically unstoppable on offense and the Lakers had no answer for Williams coming off the bench. The Clippers are long, well-coached and play really hard, they are definitely the team to beat right now. When George comes back they should be dominant.
The Lakers didn't look very good to me, and their holes were obvious. They just have a bunch of guys in their rotation that you don't have any confidence in and I wonder they could all be traded at any point. Davis was very good but didn't come across as dominant. LeBron never seemed to be completely engaged in the game. There was a lot of talk in the off-season about LeBron feeling disrespected and he was going to come out flying to start the season, but it didn't feel like he really pushed himself last night. Kawhi put his fingerprints all over this game, but LeBron felt like just another guy on the court for most of the game.
The Lakers didn't look very good to me, and their holes were obvious. They just have a bunch of guys in their rotation that you don't have any confidence in and I wonder they could all be traded at any point. Davis was very good but didn't come across as dominant. LeBron never seemed to be completely engaged in the game. There was a lot of talk in the off-season about LeBron feeling disrespected and he was going to come out flying to start the season, but it didn't feel like he really pushed himself last night. Kawhi put his fingerprints all over this game, but LeBron felt like just another guy on the court for most of the game.
We usually don't have a catch-all Celtics thread...we create threads for different things (players, team issues, etc.)
Old Friend Terry Rozier off to a rough start.. 7/4/6 and a -18 in 30 minutes, spent all of crunchtime on the bench in favor of DeVonte Graham
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Look at this shit. I love this guy
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Charlotte's P.J. Washington with a great first game. 27 points on 9-17 from the field including 7-11 from deep. And teammate Devonte Graham chipped in with a +14 BPM with 23 points including 6-7 from deep and 8 dimes. Charlotte still lost but if these kids play like this, they will not be an easy out and may well beat some of the the NBA's middle tier teams regularly.
Apologies but I am back on the Luka train...
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Charlotte actually won that game; overcoming a monster performance from The Finnish Product, who had 35-17. I think Charlotte is going to be awful but it was a nice start to the season for them.
The Blake-less Pistons beat the Oladipo-less Pacers. Indiana may play Sabonis and Turner together, but neither of them could stop Drummond, who had 32 points and 23 rebounds. Luke Kennard with 30 off the bench as well.
You are correct and I was wrong. Gotta start learning how to read box scores.
This Denver Portland game is pretty good btw
No turnovers too, firt time that scoreline has ever happened. Also a nice +/-, the Nets didn't lsoe because of Kyrie, he was terrific.
Big time 3's down the stretch of regulation to get the game to OT. I watched a decent amount of this game.....Kyrie was in NBA Finals mode for one night anyway.
On a related note, the all-time scoring record for a Lakers debut now belongs to ...
Danny Green.
Scary Terry outplayed, and sat down for, by his backup on his Charlotte debut night.
Jokic gets 3 fouls early and plays four minutes in the first half. Cool officiating! Give the first team all NBA'r some respect.
Coach's challenges were talked about more than they were used.
Nice to see Markell Fultz have a good night.
Luka Magic is real.
Jokic gets 3 fouls early and plays four minutes in the first half. Cool officiating! Give the first team all NBA'r some respect.
Coach's challenges were talked about more than they were used.
Nice to see Markell Fultz have a good night.
Luka Magic is real.
So, he played 23 minutes, scored 12 points on 6/12 from the field (0/3 from deep), and had 6 assists, and 2 steals.
Hawks look good. ET was such a good under the radar acquisition to lead their second team. This team is going to give some team fits in the first round of the playoffs.
On like, an unbelievable soft call.
Earlier in the game D’Antoni challenged a blocking call that turned into a charge against Giannis. I made fun of him for challenging a call so early in the game but it may pay off big.
He does this pretty regularly. He also does the anthem for Giants games as well. He is the Bay Area version of James Taylor but much, much cooler.
Kawhi just had a sick pass to Zubac. I have no question which player I would start a team with right now. And as much as I like him, its not Zubac.
Forearm according to Allie LaForce.
I love me some D-Lo. I would take him in Boston in a second. He is going to fit right in next to Steph.
The guy is a legend. I saw him play at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit maybe eight years ago and his energy was fantastic. Didn’t realize he sometimes plays the anthem for Giants games. I’ve been to a bunch of their games but to be honest I’m not sure I ever got to any of them prior to the start of the game.
Meanwhile, the Warriors literally couldn’t buy a basket for the first several minutes but have come storming back. They can put up points quickly. This should be a very good game.