NBA ***2024 NBA Thread - Let The Games Begin***

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Unknown Pleasures said:
Nuggets aren;t a very good road team - they're good enough that they rarely get blown out and often have a chance to win, but they are just maybe 4 or 5 games above .500 on the road if I had to guess. That was this game and everyone but Jokic played ass. Refs were real shitty too and Malone got kicked out for calling them out on their bullshit. And Nuggets still were a single play from winning and Aaron Gordon literally slipped on the court like a banana peel was there on a very important late posession. Then on the last play of the game the (back up) coach who I've never heard of blew the timing of calling time out which forced Jokic to only have time to put up a shitty prayer shot at the end of the game.

in other words, it's not a barometer for much. Personally I'd be optimistic that the Mavs will beat the Clippers.
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Game meant literally nothing in my eyes because this team knows how to turn it on in the playoffs and the circumstances.
 
MM808 said:
A playoff series is completely different than one regular season game though. Do you believe this clippers roster from last game can beat the nuggets 4 times in 7 games? Highly doubt it
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Totally, plus there's difference in tactics over a series as opposed to regular season stuff. Nuggets won 80% of their play off games last year as opposed to 65%ish regular season games which would include much more watered down opposition. Denver especially ratchets up the two man game (Murray and Jokic tend to raise their numbers in post season) and shrinks their roster. While home court is nice for them, having Murray healthy for the playoffs is by far of greater importance. I do think though teams are constructed better to beat Denver this year. I honestly think Boston, Philly (with in form Embiid), and Minnesota have pretty good shots (pretty much pick 'ems), and Milwaukee, Dallas, Phoenix, OKC and healthy Knicks having decent shots.
 
MM808 said:
A playoff series is completely different than one regular season game though. Do you believe this clippers roster from last game can beat the nuggets 4 times in 7 games? Highly doubt it
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I dunno, do the Nuggets get Murray back? And do the Clippers get Klaw? The Flerps worry me man, that F'ing team is low key LOADED.
 
MusterX said:
I dunno, do the Nuggets get Murray back? And do the Clippers get Klaw? The Flerps worry me man, that F'ing team is low key LOADED.
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Yes, of course they are getting Murray back. Him not playing is more to rest him for the playoffs, he’s said days ago he wants to play already but they are being cautious.

Clippers have zero chance without Klaw, period. Just because they had a good game against the Nuggets without Murray doesn’t mean they can beat them in a series. I also think they are good, but not “loaded.” Too much is being made from this one game lol. They haven’t looked consistently good for a month now.
 
MM808 said:
I do know. Yes, of course they are getting Murray back. Him not playing is more to rest him for the playoffs, he’s said days ago he wants to play already but they are being cautious.

Clippers have zero chance without Klaw, period. Just because they had a good game against the Nuggets without Murray doesn’t mean they can beat them in a series. I also think they are good, but not “loaded.” Too much is being made from this one game lol. They haven’t looked consistently good for a month now.
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I'm not saying the Flerps can beat the Nuggets in a series, I'm saying they can beat everyone else and go to the WCF lol, unless they are in the Nuggets bracket but even then I'm not so sure it won't just come down to which team is healthiest or which team gets hot. I'm mostly just sick of those assholes putting Lucuck out. First round probably going to a 7 game war of attrition.
 
MusterX said:
I'm not saying the Flerps can beat the Nuggets in a series, I'm saying they can beat everyone else and go to the WCF lol, unless they are in the Nuggets bracket but even then I'm not so sure it won't just come down to which team is healthiest or which team gets hot. I'm mostly just sick of those assholes putting Lucuck out. First round probably going to a 7 game war of attrition.
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Yes I agree with a healthy Klaw…otherwise no
 
MM808 said:
DLive is the only worthy one noting besides Luka lol
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Fair enough but Gaff had a strong game tonight in DLive's absence. He had 10/15/5 with 3 blocks. PJ Washington was out of his mind though with 32/5/3, 5 steals, 2 blocks on 12/18 shooting.
 
Corona said:
Kyrie destroyed the warrios like a prime 2016 finals imo. Gaymond about to be in tears begging lucuck to join them next year.
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He had a good game, didn't shoot that well but got the job done short handed. This season he is having has to be one of the best of his career though, 25/5/5 on almost 50/40/90.
 
Sweater of AV said:
Lol at the Bucks. Looks like Warriors-Mavs was a close one. Just get the playoffs started already.
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Yoffs, at least in the West, are going to be wild this year. The matchups are starting to form and they look interesting to say the least. Suns/Thunder, Mavs/Flerps, T-Wolves/(Wario's or Lakers), Nuggets/(Pelicans or Kings), if it started tomorrow.
 
MusterX said:
Yoffs, at least in the West, are going to be wild this year. The matchups are starting to form and they look interesting to say the least. Suns/Thunder, Mavs/Flerps, T-Wolves/(Wario's or Lakers), Nuggets/(Pelicans or Kings), if it started tomorrow.
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Those are all pretty decent. Yeah it's going to be tough to get out of the West. Hopefully everyone stays healthy.
 
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