Here is a place to have in depth, x’s and o’s, discussions on yesterday’s games. Post-game discussions are linked in the table, keep your memes and reactions there.
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| Away | Home | Score | GT | PGT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Bucks | Charlotte Hornets | 130 - 99 | Link | Link |
| New York Knicks | Washington Wizards | 120 - 99 | Link | Link |
| Philadelphia 76ers | Atlanta Hawks | 126 - 116 | Link | No PGT Found |
| Detroit Pistons | Cleveland Cavaliers | 100 - 108 | Link | Link |
| Boston Celtics | Toronto Raptors | 108 - 105 | Link | No PGT Found |
| Sacramento Kings | San Antonio Spurs | 129 - 120 | Link | Link |
| Orlando Magic | Chicago Bulls | 103 - 97 | Link | Link |
| Denver Nuggets | New Orleans Pelicans | 110 - 115 | Link | Link |
| Phoenix Suns | Utah Jazz | 131 - 128 | Link | Link |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Portland Trail Blazers | 107 - 95 | Link | Link |
| Houston Rockets | Los Angeles Clippers | 100 - 106 | Link | Link |
Suns @ Jazz
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Phoenix Suns 41 34 27 29 131 Utah Jazz 38 37 24 29 128 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Phoenix Suns 131 45-86 52.300000000000004% 18-33 54.50000000000001% 23-26 88.5% 5 44 35 22 5 8 4 Utah Jazz 128 43-85 50.6% 16-36 44.4% 26-31 83.89999999999999% 10 47 27 23 3 8 10 Feeling oddly positive despite the bad record this season. We have some pieces and cap flexibility / assets to trade for more. Just need a legit 2 way wing long term and the team will be good.
6 teams scored 120+ yesterday, oof. Scoring is out of this world in the NBA right now.
Bucks @ Hornets
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Milwaukee Bucks 28 31 33 38 130 Charlotte Hornets 37 20 24 18 99 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Milwaukee Bucks 130 49-89 55.1% 22-45 48.9% 10-13 76.9% 4 53 32 21 4 13 7 Charlotte Hornets 99 37-91 40.699999999999996% 6-26 23.1% 19-22 86.4% 9 47 18 14 5 12 2 The Hornets gotta take more 3s. It’s absurd that they shot the amount they did. This is the modern NBA. At least get into 30 shot attempts.
Mark Williams is really fun to watch him rebound, but it was even more fun watching him try to challenge Lopez. Always a good reminder that “good for a rookie” doesn’t mean “ready to challenge quality NBA starters”.
Knicks @ Wizards
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total New York Knicks 35 30 24 31 120 Washington Wizards 25 29 30 15 99 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK New York Knicks 120 45-91 49.5% 16-38 42.1% 14-20 70.0% 14 57 26 21 5 10 6 Washington Wizards 99 37-82 45.1% 10-32 31.2% 15-16 93.8% 7 41 25 18 4 14 4 Refs screwed Houston
Keep low effort comments like this out of this thread, and if you’re going to comment about a team respond to that team’s post game comment.
76ers @ Hawks
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Philadelphia 76ers 30 27 37 32 126 Atlanta Hawks 24 32 31 29 116 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Philadelphia 76ers 126 43-88 48.9% 13-30 43.3% 27-28 96.39999999999999% 13 51 32 20 9 15 4 Atlanta Hawks 116 40-89 44.9% 12-33 36.4% 24-30 80.0% 14 50 24 20 8 13 4 Weird there was no post game thread for this game
Lakers @ Trail Blazers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Los Angeles Lakers 30 30 22 25 107 Portland Trail Blazers 23 27 25 20 95 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Los Angeles Lakers 107 40-81 49.4% 12-29 41.4% 15-22 68.2% 11 55 27 16 11 18 6 Portland Trail Blazers 95 36-89 40.400000000000006% 10-37 27.0% 13-18 72.2% 19 51 17 17 11 18 2 Rockets @ Clippers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Houston Rockets 23 27 27 23 100 Los Angeles Clippers 29 19 31 27 106 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Houston Rockets 100 38-88 43.2% 10-31 32.300000000000004% 14-20 70.0% 12 53 24 28 6 16 5 Los Angeles Clippers 106 36-83 43.4% 13-34 38.2% 21-30 70.0% 8 59 22 19 10 12 7 Not a bad loss honestly we are super young and having 5 days off can really kill momentum, noticeable in our two young stars Green and Sengun having meh games, I’m honestly surprised we didn’t lose by more I guess the clippers benched helped there lol
But from the clippers side its obvious that the offense flows much better through harden and the defense also improves when him and russ dont share the court. That being said PG and Kawhi have to be better, they are the superstars now and in order to be championship level they have to be amazing and so far they have not.
I think people who are piling on Jalen Green are dumb. Yes he did not have a good game but this is first time in the NBA he has a coach who is hard on him. Also he faced a steady dose of PG, Kawhi, and Russ guarding him. Dude is 21/22 years old, wtf do you expect him to do.
Pistons @ Cavaliers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Detroit Pistons 26 19 28 27 100 Cleveland Cavaliers 35 24 21 28 108 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Detroit Pistons 100 39-91 42.9% 9-35 25.7% 13-15 86.7% 18 54 20 19 8 17 6 Cleveland Cavaliers 108 42-82 51.2% 9-21 42.9% 15-21 71.39999999999999% 7 46 21 9 9 12 6 Celtics @ Raptors
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Boston Celtics 26 39 19 24 108 Toronto Raptors 32 17 32 24 105 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Boston Celtics 108 42-92 45.7% 16-46 34.8% 8-9 88.9% 8 48 29 13 5 10 4 Toronto Raptors 105 42-87 48.3% 12-33 36.4% 9-14 64.3% 5 53 29 11 4 13 1 Okay, for all the Raptors fans: are the Raptors actually good or not?
This team’s starting 5 of Dennis-OG/Trent-Barnes-Siakam-Poeltl plays quality basketball together but could use a bit more shooting. This team just collapses whenever Darko puts in an all bench lineup or 4 bench-1 starter. Darko’s been doing better though and we’re seeing less long stretches of this.
We’re playing our best when in transition and when Scottie or Siakam identify mismatches in the post and create offense through that. When the bench checks in the offense goes cold and the defense turns soft.
I’d say we’re an average .500 team. Maybe a hair below .500.
Refs screwed Houston
Kings @ Spurs
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Sacramento Kings 29 33 33 34 129 San Antonio Spurs 31 31 32 26 120 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Sacramento Kings 129 46-85 54.1% 18-42 42.9% 19-24 79.2% 4 45 31 22 10 13 2 San Antonio Spurs 120 43-92 46.7% 15-36 41.699999999999996% 19-23 82.6% 6 52 33 21 7 15 3 Great to see Zach Collins on a career resurgence arc.
An interesting fact that other Kings fans pointed out: this was Wemby’s first game without logging a block. While that might look bad in the box score, Wemby’s defensive presence was still obvious in the game, and it’s another example of how the box score doesn’t tell the whole story.
Also it was nice to see Sabonis hit some jumpers. 2/3 from 3 is great accuracy and relatively great volume. I think he also hit a floater over Wemby without much hesitation, and he hit a fadeaway over another defender too.
Magic @ Bulls
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Orlando Magic 23 25 29 26 103 Chicago Bulls 16 17 32 32 97 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Orlando Magic 103 38-79 48.1% 11-34 32.4% 16-23 69.6% 10 52 24 22 7 17 7 Chicago Bulls 97 35-79 44.3% 10-29 34.5% 17-22 77.3% 5 45 19 21 10 16 3 Bulls might be the first team that’s ticked me off enough to not watch their games. I’m certainly close to that.
Their own traded pick Franz Wagner hit an and-one over the guy they traded for in Vucevic who also missed the game-winner in the end. That’s just peak poetry in a sad way.
Just blow it up. It’s beyond over now. The Bulls aren’t going anywhere.
Reinsdorf might be the worst owner in the NBA now that Sarver is gone and Dolan stopped meddling with the Knicks. The fact that he stuck with Donovan the entire tenure of Zach,Vooch and Derozan is terrible.
Nuggets @ Pelicans
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Denver Nuggets 28 25 33 24 110 New Orleans Pelicans 36 33 26 20 115 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Denver Nuggets 110 47-96 49.0% 10-40 25.0% 6-12 50.0% 11 57 37 20 4 13 3 New Orleans Pelicans 115 46-88 52.300000000000004% 12-23 52.2% 11-21 52.400000000000006% 4 50 33 13 8 9 5