NBA thread - Season is almost here!

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Ladies and gentlemen, NBA tipoff is almost here!

The season tips off at 6:30 on Tuesday when the Los Angeles Referees travel to the Defending champion Denver Nuggets.

Fear the Deer

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Title Favorites

1. Milwaukee
2. Boston
3. Denver
4. Phoenix
5. Los Angeles Refkers

[FoxandHound34]

Title Favorites

1. Milwaukee
2. Boston
3. Denver
4. Phoenix
5. Los Angeles Refkers

I expect GS to be right in the mix by the end of the year if everyone can stay healthy

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I expect GS to be right in the mix by the end of the year if everyone can stay healthy

they always are but idk if I can trust them after barely getting past Sactown last season

[FoxandHound34]

Season started last night!
Nuggets defended their crown took it to the Lakers, while the Suns won a hard fought back and forth 108-104 battle with a win over the Warriors

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Season started last night!
Nuggets defended their crown took it to the Lakers, while the Suns won a hard fought back and forth 108-104 battle with a win over the Warriors

Nurkic 14 boards. Seems that he is at least serviceable and may even be decent down there in the Valley. Ring ceremony along with a pretty controlling win over LA, they led by 18 in the 1Q (!)

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Bucks play the 76ers in Fiserv tonight. I wanna see Dame and Giannis combine for 75 points

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Bucks dang near fumbled that one, but Dame Time saved it. Bucks 119 - 118 76ers. Lakers also eked one out over the dinged up Suns without D Book, winning 100-95.

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Day 1 of NBA In-Season Tournament Group Play has concluded.

Knicks 105 - Bucks 110.
Jalen Brunson scored 45 for NY; Brook Lopez had 8 blocks for MIL

Cavaliers 116 - Pacers 121.
Donovan Mitchell scored 38 for CLE; Tyrese Haliburton had 13 assists for IND

Wizards 114 - Heat 121.
Tyler Herro nearly had a triple double with a 24-10-9 statline for MIA; Jordan Poole had 19 points and 4 steals for WSH.

Nets 109 - Bulls 107.
Dorian Finney-Smith scored 21 for BKN; Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan both scored 24 for CHI.

Warriors 141 - Thunder 139.
Stephen Curry scored 30 for GSW and added 8 rebounds with 7 assists; Chet Holmgren scored 24 for OKC.

Mavericks 114 - Nuggets 125.
Luka Donçič scored 34 for DAL while adding 10 rebounds and 8 assists; Nikola Jokić scored 33 for DEN and also snatched 14 rebounds and dimed 9 times.

Grizzlies 113 - Trail Blazers 115.
Desmond Bane scored 33 for MEM, adding 4 steals and 3 blocks in a defensive gem of a game. Malcolm Brogdon scored 24 for POR while adding 10 assists.

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Bucks playing awfully in the early going. 5-4

- 1 point win over Philly
- 20 point loss to ATL
- 8 point win over Miami in which they led by around 30 at one point..
- 20 point loss to LeBronto
- 2 point win over Detroit..
- 2 point loss to Indy (No Lillard)
- 15 point loss to Orlando (No Lillard)

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First two games of the NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament has concluded with Indiana avenging a 50-point loss to Boston by beating the Celtics 122-112. Tyrese Haliburton had the first triple-double of his young career. Pelicans defeated the Kings 127-117 to make it to Vegas.

[HorseFeathers]

In season tournament ? Are these extra games or a part of the 82 game season?

[VHSCoach2]

In season tournament ? Are these extra games or a part of the 82 game season?

They are part of the 82 games, but the two teams who make the In-Season Tournament Final will play an 83rd game that doesn't count for the standings.

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Bucks dismantle the Knicks 146-122. As a team, they shot 60.7% from three.

Lakers and the refs packing their bags for Vegas after beating the Suns 106-103

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Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks franchise-record 64 points lead Milwaukee past Indiana, 140-126. Oscar Tshiebwe scored his first NBA point on a free throw..then there was a scuffle over the game ball because Giannis set a franchise record for points but rookie Oscar Tshiebwe scored his first point..

[FoxandHound34]

Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks franchise-record 64 points lead Milwaukee past Indiana, 140-126. Oscar Tshiebwe scored his first NBA point on a free throw..then there was a scuffle over the game ball because Giannis set a franchise record for points but rookie Oscar Tshiebwe scored his first point..

64 points deserves it a lot more than a FT. Should've just set up a boxing mat and let em duke it out after lol

[HorseFeathers]

64 points deserves it a lot more than a FT. Should've just set up a boxing mat and let em duke it out after lol

Draymond Green approves this idea

[RATTLER43]

Draymond Green approves this idea

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64 points deserves it a lot more than a FT. Should've just set up a boxing mat and let em duke it out after lol

Giannis didn't even want it for himself, he was getting it for Dame, who passed Kyle Korver on the all time 3PM list

also Giannis vs Tshiebwe would be a dope fight, we all saw how Oscar played in that UK @ ARK game 

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Why are the Pistons so incredibly rancid? They are 2-25. Two. And Twenty-Five. Since the beginning of last season, they are 19-90.

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Why are the Pistons so incredibly rancid? They are 2-25. Two. And Twenty-Five. Since the beginning of last season, they are 19-90.

Pistons break single-season losing streak record at 27.

[HorseFeathers]

Pistons break single-season losing streak record at 27.

Time for a new streak

[PurpleNWhite FTW]

Time for a new streak

Pistons tie the all-time L strk record regardless of season at 28, then beat the Raptors by 2 to snap it

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Night full of blowouts in the NBA.

BKN (16-22) 102
CLE (22-15) 111
CLE led by as many as 26 before the Nets made it more respectable in garbage time.

BOS (29-9) 102
MIL (26-12) 135
MIL led by 41 entering the 4th, when rotation players were pulled. Celtics starters did not touch the court after the break, when Milwaukee led 75-38

POR (10-27) 77
OKC (26-11) 139
OKC ties the 5th largest win in NBA history

NYK (22-16) 124
DAL (23-16) 128
Only entertaining game of the night, and even this one was a 19-point deficit for NYK at one point.

PHX (20-18) 127
LAL (19-20) 109
PHX led by as much as 101-70 in the 3Q.

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Thriller in Milwaukee after 24 minutes

SAC (23-15) 66
MIL (27-12) 68

- D. Sabonis | C | SAC - 13/7/10
- B. Portis | F | MIL - 11/5/1 (4-4 FG)

[beach bum]

Thunder up!

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SAC (23-15) 88
MIL (27-12) 86

2:56 Q3

D. Sabonis (SAC) - 19/11/11, 8-9 FG
G. Antetokounmpo (MIL) - 18/9/6, 6-10 FG

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Thunder up!

Shai's been on an absolute heater

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SAC (23-15) 128
MIL (27-12) 128

Headed to OT


G.Antetokounmpo (MIL): 27/9/8
D.Fox (SAC): 25/1/5

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SAC (23-16) 142
MIL (28-12) 143

F/OT

DAMIAN LILLARD. FOR THE WIN.

[Walter]

The Bucks are a good team. May not be the best but can win it all.

[PurpleNWhite FTW]

The Bucks are a good team. May not be the best but can win it all.

As a Bucks fan who has watched 32 of the 40 games so far, I can't trust the perimeter defense. Need a point of attack defender.

[Walter]

I wish they still had Holiday.

[PurpleNWhite FTW]

I wish they still had Holiday.

Half court offense wasn't good with Holiday and he didn't command the kind of gravity that Lillard does late in games. When the game comes down to a few possessions and the Bucks are coming down past the logo, there's no one I'm more scared of than Damian Lillard. If the Bucks had a guy kind of like Derrick White, who can guard the opponent's best frontcourt player, alongside Damian Lillard, that team is likely the overwhelming favorites in the NBA.

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Bucks fire Adrian Griffin; he went 30-13 in his 43 games with the Bucks. Defense struggled. Bucks looking into Doc Rivers as his successor.

Please, change your mind, Jon Horst. We do not need that man here. I'd rather you have a reunion with Mike Budenholzer. No Rivers.

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NBA All-Star Starters

West

Luka Doncic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Nikola Jokic

West

Tyrese Haliburton
Damian Lillard
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Joel Embiid

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Standings update

Eastern Conference
1. Boston (37-11)
2. Milwaukee (32-15)
3. New York (!) (31-17)
4. Cleveland (28-16)
5. Philadelphia (29-17)
6. Indiana (27-21)
7. Miami (24-23)
8. Orlando (24-23)
9. Chicago (22-26)
10. Atlanta (20-27)
11. Brooklyn (19-27)
12. Toronto (17-30)
13. Charlotte (10-35)
14. Washington (9-37)
15. Detroit (6-40)

Western Conference
1. Minnesota (33-14)
2. Denver (33-15)
3. OKC (32-15)
4. LA Clippers (30-15)
5. Sacramento (27-18)
6. Phoenix (27-20)
7. Dallas (26-21)
8. New Orleans (26-21)
9. LA Lakers (24-25)
10. Utah (24-25)
11. Houston (22-24)
12. Golden St (20-24)
13. Memphis (18-29)
14. Portland (14-33)
15. San Antonio (10-37)

Today's Games:
Chicago (-4.5) @ Charlotte
Detroit @ Cleveland (-12.5)
LA Clippers (-11.5) @ Washington
Sacramento @ Miami (-1.5)
New Orleans (-2.5) @ Houston
Dallas @ Minnesota (-13.5) (No Luka, Kyrie, Exum, or Lively)
Orlando (-4.5) @ San Antonio
Denver @ OKC (-1.5) (Somehow not nationally televised..kinda like Bucks-Nuggs the other day)
Phoenix (-3.5) @ Brooklyn (this one's televised instead of DEN-OKC...)
Milwaukee (-10.5) @ Portland (Dame's return to Hippie Central caps off the night)

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Steven Adams headed to Houston

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NBA Trade Deadline:

- Knicks acquire Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks from DET for Grimes, Fournier
- Mavericks acquire PJ Washington from CHA for Grant Williams, Seth Curry
- 76ers acquire Buddy Hield from IND for Furkan Korkmaz, Doug McDermott. Marcus Morris headed to SA.
- Suns acquire Royce O'Neale and David Roddy from BKN and MEM, respectively. MEM receives a pick swap, Chimezie Metu, and Yuta Watanabe. BKN receives Keita Bates-Diop (decent player, tbf), Jordan Goodwin, draft rights to Vanja Marinkovic, and some 2nds
- Thunder acquire Gordon Hayward from CHA for Vasilije Micic, Tre Mann, Davis Bertans, and 2 2nds (how they have their boatload of first rounders and managed to not give a single one up here is insane to me, once again the NBA learns to block Sam Presti's number)
- Raptors acquire Spencer Dinwiddie from BKN for Dennis Schroder and Thad Young
- Bucks acquire Patrick Beverley from PHI for Cameron Payne and one of the few picks they have for the rest of Giannis' life LOL

[FoxandHound34]

NBA Trade Deadline:

- Knicks acquire Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks from DET for Grimes, Fournier
- Mavericks acquire PJ Washington from CHA for Grant Williams, Seth Curry
- 76ers acquire Buddy Hield from IND for Furkan Korkmaz, Doug McDermott. Marcus Morris headed to SA.
- Suns acquire Royce O'Neale and David Roddy from BKN and MEM, respectively. MEM receives a pick swap, Chimezie Metu, and Yuta Watanabe. BKN receives Keita Bates-Diop (decent player, tbf), Jordan Goodwin, draft rights to Vanja Marinkovic, and some 2nds
- Thunder acquire Gordon Hayward from CHA for Vasilije Micic, Tre Mann, Davis Bertans, and 2 2nds (how they have their boatload of first rounders and managed to not give a single one up here is insane to me, once again the NBA learns to block Sam Presti's number)
- Raptors acquire Spencer Dinwiddie from BKN for Dennis Schroder and Thad Young
- Bucks acquire Patrick Beverley from PHI for Cameron Payne and one of the few picks they have for the rest of Giannis' life LOL

Mavericks got El Dorado native Daniel Gafford from Washington too I saw

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Mavericks got El Dorado native Daniel Gafford from Washington too I saw

I knew the Mavs made another trade I forgot about! lol

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Bucks needed the All-Star Break. They're showing they put it to use.

MIL 93
MIN 79

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NBA Standings Update

Eastern Conference

1. Boston (53-14) - Clinched Playoffs
2. Milwaukee (44-24) - 9.5 GB
3. Cleveland (42-25) - 11 GB
4. New York (40-27) - 13 GB
5. Orlando (40-28) - 13.5 GB
6. Indiana (38-30) - 15.5 GB
-- PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT --
7. Miami (37-30) - 16 GB
8. Philadelphia (37-30) - 16 GB
9. Chicago (33-35) - 20.5 GB
10. Atlanta (30-37) - 23 GB
-- BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR --
11. Brooklyn (26-42) - 27.5 GB
12. Toronto (23-45) - 30.5 GB
13. Charlotte (17-51) - 36.5 GB
14. Detroit (12-55) - 41 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
15. Washington (11-57) - 42 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention (How are you more than half a season behind the #1 seed)

Western Conference

1. OKC (47-20)
2. Denver (47-21) - .5 GB
3. Minnesota (46-21) - 1 GB
4. LA Clippers (42-25) - 5 GB
5. New Orleans (41-26) - 6 GB
6. Sacramento (38-28) - 8.5 GB
-- PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT --
7. Dallas (39-29) - 8.5 GB
8. Phoenix (39-29) - 8.5 GB
9. Golden State (35-31) - 11.5 GB
10. LA Lakers (36-32) - 11.5 GB
-- BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR --
11. Houston (32-35) - 15 GB
12. Utah (29-38) - 18 GB
13. Memphis (23-45) - 24.5 GB
14. Portland (19-48) - 28 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
15. San Antonio (15-53) - 32.5 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention

Today's Scores

Phoenix 129 - Milwaukee 140 - F
Miami 104 - Detroit 101 - F
Denver 105 - Dallas 107 - F
Toronto 96 - Orlando 111 - F
Boston 130 - Washington 104 - F
Brooklyn 115 - San Antonio 122 - F/OT
Atlanta 110 - LA Clippers 93

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Big games in the next week:

Tonight
DEN (47-21) @ MIN (47-21) - First round playoff rematch from last season, but this time, it's an imperative game in the jostle for Western Conference playoff positioning.

Tomorrow
MIL (44-24) @ BOS (52-14) - Boston has all but clinched the East's 1 seed, but the Bucks would prove a lot with a signature win in TD Garden.

MIA (37-31) @ CLE (43-25) - Miami, sitting at No.8 in the East, is fighting to stay in the race for the 6th seed and the rest during the Play-In Tournament.

Thurs.
NYK (41-27) @ DEN (47-21) - Interconference matchup between two playoff contending teams.

Fri.
CLE (43-25) @ MIN (47-21) - Two of the league's elite defenses collide in Minnesota, as the Wolves and Cavs both look to hold serve in their respective conferences' top 4.

NO (41-26) @ MIA (37-31) - Two teams, currently facing road playoff series, look to hold their position in the playoffs.

Sat.
Pretty much nothing

Sun.
OKC (47-20) @ MIL (44-24) - Two of the NBA's best teams and two of the top MVP candidates battle in Wisconsin. This one's just for signature and for the viewers.

Mon.
Nothing

Tues.
OKC (47-20) @ NO (41-26) - Two Western Conference playoff teams go at it in New Orleans. Depending on the way these teams play in the next week, they may be looking at a pivotal game here.

DAL (39-29) @ SAC (39-28) - Two West play-in teams with high-scoring offenses jostle for position for the postseason.

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Standings Update

Eastern Conference
1. Boston (57-14) - Clinched #1 Seed in East
2. Milwaukee (46-25) - 11 GB
3. Cleveland (43-28) - 14 GB
4. New York (42-28) - 14.5 GB
5. Orlando (42-29) - 15 GB
6. Indiana (40-32) - 17.5 GB
-- Play-In Tournament --
7. Miami (39-32) - 18 GB
8. Philadelphia (39-32) - 18 GB
9. Chicago (34-37) - 23 GB
10. Atlanta (31-39) - 25.5 GB
-- Better Luck Next Year --
11. Brooklyn (26-45) - 31 GB
12. Toronto (23-48) - 34 GB
13. Charlotte (17-53) - 39.5 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
14. Washington (13-58) - 44 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
15. Detroit (12-59) - 45 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention (this is basketball malpractice, how are you 45 games behind another team)

Western Conference
1. Denver (50-21)
2. OKC (49-21) - .5 GB (got smoked by the Bucks last night  )
3. Minnesota (49-22) - 1 GB
4. LA Clippers (44-26) - 5.5 GB
5. New Orleans (44-27) - 6 GB
6. Phoenix (42-29) - 8 GB
-- Play-In Tournament --
7. Sacramento (41-29) - 8.5 GB
8. Dallas (41-29) - 8.5 GB
9. LA Lakers (39-32) - 11 GB
10. Golden State (36-34) - 13.5 GB
-- Better Luck Next Year --
11. Houston (35-35) - 14.5 GB
12. Utah (29-42) - 21 GB
13. Memphis (24-47) - 26 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
14. Portland (19-52) - 31 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
15. San Antonio (15-56) - 35 GB - Eliminated from Playoff Contention

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Playoff Scores

East Round 1, Game 1:
MIA 94
BOS 114
(BOS 1-0 MIA)

ORL 84
CLE 97
(CLE 1-0 ORL)

IND 94
MIL 109
(MIL 1-0 IND)

PHI 104
NYK 111
(NYK 1-0 PHI)

West Round 1, Game 1:
NO 92
OKC 94
(OKC 1-0 NO)

DAL 97
LAC 109
(LAC 1-0 DAL)

PHX 95
MIN 120
(MIN 1-0 PHX)

LAL 103
DEN 114
(DEN 1-0 LAL)

East Round 1, Game 2:
BOS - MIA tomorrow

ORL 86
CLE 96
(CLE 2-0 ORL)

MIL - IND tonight

PHI 101
NYK 104
(NYK 2-0 PHI)

West Round 1, Game 2:
OKC - NO tomorrow

LAC - DAL tonight

MIN - PHX tonight

LAL 99
DEN 101
(DEN 2-0 LAL)