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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Wizards | Detroit Pistons | 126 - 107 | Link | Link |
| Portland Trail Blazers | Indiana Pacers | 114 - 110 | Link | Link |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 94 - 138 | Link | Link |
| New Orleans Pelicans | Utah Jazz | 112 - 114 | Link | Link |
| Denver Nuggets | Los Angeles Clippers | 113 - 104 | Link | Link |
Lakers @ 76ers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Los Angeles Lakers 19 34 27 14 94 Philadelphia 76ers 32 36 30 40 138 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Los Angeles Lakers 94 39-83 47.0% 7-28 25.0% 9-13 69.19999999999999% 6 43 23 18 3 17 4 Philadelphia 76ers 138 47-93 50.5% 22-46 47.8% 22-26 84.6% 15 55 33 17 11 5 2 Is this Lebron James biggest margin of defeat of all time?
Wizards @ Pistons
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Washington Wizards 31 26 37 32 126 Detroit Pistons 27 27 29 24 107 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Washington Wizards 126 45-89 50.6% 10-29 34.5% 26-28 92.9% 6 50 29 18 8 15 6 Detroit Pistons 107 43-102 42.199999999999996% 8-38 21.099999999999998% 13-19 68.4% 18 61 29 22 7 16 11 Not gonna lie, this looks worse than when the Rockets lost 20 straight 3 seasons ago. At least that Rockets team somehow held an above-.500 record and then crashed down to the mean, getting blown out by the Wizards who basically have Poole and Kuzma doing whatever they’re doing has to be the lowest low in the last half a decade.
The Pistons are in year 4 of their rebuild, their 5th year tanking, and they have gotten progressively worse. 3 top 5 picks, 4 lottery picks, a load of failed projects bought from other teams and yet they’ve amounted to like… almost no change at all. Ausar looks great, Cade isn’t terrible but it’s becoming more and more true that they somehow don’t have a franchise-altering player on their team right now.
This team might legit remain at single digit wins for this entire calendar year. Their cross-town football team legitimately could have more wins this calendar year by the end of December. How?
I get what DET is trying to do, in that - They are a big team across the board, and you can’t teach size. Drafting the BPA regardless of “fit” is also a valid philosophy.
Now that they have a new coach, and Monty is seeing what’s “there”, once “trade season” starts mid Dec-Jan, we’ll see if DET looks to move some pieces around to make things fit a little better, and identify the “core” moving forward.
Pelicans @ Jazz
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total New Orleans Pelicans 24 31 33 24 112 Utah Jazz 32 25 31 26 114 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK New Orleans Pelicans 112 44-88 50.0% 7-22 31.8% 17-25 68.0% 11 55 27 25 5 8 1 Utah Jazz 114 37-88 42.0% 17-48 35.4% 23-28 82.1% 9 53 31 23 6 10 4 Trail Blazers @ Pacers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Portland Trail Blazers 30 35 18 31 114 Indiana Pacers 34 26 23 27 110 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Portland Trail Blazers 114 40-85 47.099999999999994% 9-18 50.0% 25-31 80.60000000000001% 9 52 20 21 6 16 4 Indiana Pacers 110 42-88 47.699999999999996% 8-33 24.2% 18-24 75.0% 10 51 26 24 10 20 6 The Pacers really are the new Kings. When the offense works, it works. But there isn’t much to fall back on when it doesn’t. As progression goes, taking the Kings’ Road isn’t a bad choice for year one of actual success.
Nuggets @ Clippers
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Denver Nuggets 25 33 19 36 113 Los Angeles Clippers 28 28 32 16 104 TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK Denver Nuggets 113 44-92 47.8% 10-22 45.5% 15-28 53.6% 18 61 28 22 8 11 6 Los Angeles Clippers 104 35-85 41.199999999999996% 6-20 30.0% 28-34 82.39999999999999% 16 56 18 23 6 13 9 I don’t understand the point of playing Harden but not using him on offense. He was being hunted by Reggie Jackson. You’re getting all of the negatives of Harden with none of the benefits.
4 future hofs at home losing to deandre jordan nd reggie jackson 😹
The most concerning thing about the Clippers right now is that their stars have all been fully healthy this season, this is where they need to rack up wins.
Jackson. Tyson. Jordan. Game 6.
Little did we know Jay-Z was talking about Reggie and DeAndre instead lmao.
In all seriousness, what a great game to help pick up our bench. They’ve had some rough ones, this’ll be great for us moving forward. Also Jokic getting any rest for his wrist is wonderful even if we had lost.
I’m so curious what this does to our bench rotation. I’m not sure DAJ is currently ready to play backup minutes every night, but after that performance he deserves to play some with the bench unit once everyone is healthy, and specifically him and Reggie should get more time together to PnR opposing benches to death.
I honestly think he’s the favorable option off the shelf right now in most matchups. My read on the situation so far this season is that we’re still holding hope that Zeke will have improvement with development/rhythm in more minutes. It’s hard to decide when to cut our losses if he’s consistently having 0 offensive production.