The Official NBA Regular Season Thread—-20/21 Edition

[daeve]

kd arguing for an and-1 on an obvious foul/block... lmao it's not even close. If he's frustrated due to getting torched by MPJ then maybe he should play some defense?

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by daeve

I bring this up fairly consistently but most people seem to think they're just already in the Finals.

Their defensive rating is 25th in the league.

Houston, Cleveland, Minny, Portland, and Sacramento are worse.

Wow. That's a brutal stat..

They aren't really taking this season that serious. Surely their goal this season was to roll the balls out and have a go with their eyes on next season.

Because their attitude has been unprofessional at best.

[bulljh]

Unless the game becomes a little more competitive, Curry’s not gonna be playing the fourth

[Dame]

Originally Posted by Kingofkings1281

Does Brooklyn always look this horrid on defense?

Their biggest trump was always going to be offense. They have 3 of the best ISO scorers in the league. It’s a MDA ran offense so the Nets were built to out score any matchup thrown their away, they have supreme confidence that they can trade blows with anyone and win. Defensively, the Lakers in 01 ranked 21st and won the title. It was unprecedented but so is this Nets team, that’s if they’re healthy.


Their season really hinges on how quick Harden rounds up to playoff form. He missed a month + and I’d imagine it would take several games to get him acclimated in the team.


I think the Bucks has the advantage in the East because of their cohesiveness. This is such a wide open season with key injuries from some contending teams.

[kd the sniper]

Nets showing a little fight to start the 2nd half.. Denver couldn't miss in the first

[daeve]

Nets woke up and are playing with effort now, guess we'll get a game tonight after all.

Oh yeah no Milsap or Gordon either for Denver tonight. So it's Jokic, MPJ and the 2nd-4th string at this point.

This should be a win for the Nets

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by daeve

Nets woke up and are playing with effort now, guess we'll get a game tonight after all.

Oh yeah no Milsap or Gordon either for Denver tonight. So it's Jokic, MPJ and the 2nd-4th string at this point.

This should be a win for the Nets

Denver is not an easy place to play.. No way this is a guaranteed nets win. Denver is gonna put up 150 tonight

[kd the sniper]

Nets can't grab a rebound.. Sad

[daeve]

Originally Posted by kd the sniper

Denver is not an easy place to play.. No way this is a guaranteed nets win. Denver is gonna put up 150 tonight

Yeah I know they have an altitude advantage but look at their guys out for this game - look at their available personnel.

Bol, Cancar, Howard are all 3rd string [after injuries], all played in the 1st half.

[bulljh]

49 for Steph in 3 quarters. He’s done for the night

[daeve]

Howard back in and scorching Kyrie again, wow

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by daeve

Yeah I know they have an altitude advantage but look at their guys out for this game - look at their available personnel.



Bol, Cancar, Howard are all 3rd string [after injuries], all played in the 1st half.

Playing like starters atm..

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by daeve

Yeah I know they have an altitude advantage but look at their guys out for this game - look at their available personnel.

Bol, Cancar, Howard are all 3rd string [after injuries], all played in the 1st half.

The team on right now for Denver is putrid

[kd the sniper]

Good defense on jokic then knocks down 2 big free throws by kd

[kd the sniper]

Huge win for the nets

[tjforce]

Man... Jokic with 3 bricks in the last minute of the game.

Denver now with recent losses to Lakers (down LeBron), Jazz (down Mitchell), and Nets (down Harden). I guess they are missing Murray a bit.

[bulljh]

Crazy stat:

Most games with 10+ made 3pt FG in NBA history

Curry 22
Klay 5
Harden 3
Lillard 3
JR Smith 3
Lavine 2

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by kd the sniper

Huge win for the nets

Kept them in the race for the 2 seed.

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Kept them in the race for the 2 seed.

No doubt!!

[Akphillips86]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Man... Jokic with 3 bricks in the last minute of the game.

Denver now with recent losses to Lakers (down LeBron), Jazz (down Mitchell), and Nets (down Harden). I guess they are missing Murray a bit.

Yep. Denver would be DANGEROUS with Murray, but I think this postseason will end up being a big “if only” for them. Not rooting against them, but just being realistic.


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[greg8731]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Man... Jokic with 3 bricks in the last minute of the game.

Denver now with recent losses to Lakers (down LeBron), Jazz (down Mitchell), and Nets (down Harden). I guess they are missing Murray a bit.

Didn't get to watch the game but checking the box every now and then seems like MPJ didn't get many shots at the end. Maybe they should try giving it to him to close games

[kd the sniper]

Originally Posted by greg8731

Didn't get to watch the game but checking the box every now and then seems like MPJ didn't get many shots at the end. Maybe they should try giving it to him to close games

Denver only had 15 in the 4th. I didn't see that coming. I don't even remember mpj taking any shots in the 4th

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Man... Jokic with 3 bricks in the last minute of the game.

Denver now with recent losses to Lakers (down LeBron), Jazz (down Mitchell), and Nets (down Harden). I guess they are missing Murray a bit.

I'm shocked!

I know you've hated on the Nugs all year but they're missing way more than just Murray.

Did you even see the group they had on when they were trying to hold on before the starters came back in?

Yikes. God awful.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by drobfan8

I'm shocked!

I know you've hated on the Nugs all year but they're missing way more than just Murray.

Did you even see the group they had on when they were trying to hold on before the starters came back in?

Yikes. God awful.

Missing Gordon tonight didn't help.. Milsap... he's 36 and averaging 9 points a game. Meh.

If you look at the 4th quarters of the 3 games they've lost recently:

15 points
21 points
24 points

Jokic took all 3 of the team's shots in the last minute tonight. With Murray in the line-up, that doesn't happen. Think of last year's bubble.

TBH.. I don't know that bringing Gordon back is going to make a huge difference in the last minute of the game either, but it would have been nice for them to have him the rest of the game.

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Missing Gordon tonight didn't help.. Milsap... he's 36 and averaging 9 points a game. Meh.

If you look at the 4th quarters of the 3 games they've lost recently:

15 points
21 points
24 points

Jokic took all 3 of the team's shots in the last minute tonight. With Murray in the line-up, that doesn't happen. Think of last year's bubble.

TBH.. I don't know that bringing Gordon back is going to make a huge difference in the last minute of the game either, but it would have been nice for them to have him the rest of the game.

A lot of garbage to post when you could just say you wanted to have a dig at the MVP. No idea what last years bubble has to do with this team right now. Joker prefers to pass but he's closed so many games this season it's laughable to act like he's not capable.

You've been wrong all year about him.
I mean, wow, he misses 3 shots in a minute of a close game where they were missing 6, yes 6, rotation guys.

Gloss over it all you want, but that bench is horrid and they've had to trot it out far too often.

Gordon, Sap, Barton, Morris, Dozier and Murray all out.

But sure. Meh.