NBA Regular Season 2012/13

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Honey nut cheerios !!

Paully D

Heat lose again, this time to Portland.

Nuri Sahin

Paully D wrote: »

Heat lose again, this time to Portland.

Mah boi Lillard!

Seriously though, some cave in from Miami in that second half! Really struggling in third quarters of games this season. Just glad I was on the Blazers spread :pac:


Also look out for this kid in the NBA Draft in 2020 :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKam0zfEDHs

Paully D

Bulls/Knicks should be good tonight. I'm setting the over/under of technicals at around 28 :pac:

ButtersSuki

Paully D wrote: »

Bulls/Knicks should be good tonight. I'm setting the over/under of technicals at around 28 :pac:

I'd go under if Melo is out....;);););)

Paully D

GoldFour4

Is Lakers - Thunder on ESPN tonight or have sky already taken over ?

kmart6

It is on ESPN, Sky have not 'taken over', they have Sunday games and then they have the Western Finals I think and the Finals!

Paully D

Deng is absolutely bullying Melo at the minute. Bulls up by 46-24, 5 minutes left in the first half.

Nuri Sahin

Melo is having a bit of a nightmare game out there, Bulls seem to have their number in general. Can't get much going. Really don't know what it is about the Bulls and playing in front of the national cameras, but even without Rose they really step it up a notch I've noticed, more so than the majority of teams and then proceed to be a let down soon after, especially against the lesser teams. It just wouldn't surprise if they faced the Bobcats tomorrow and made them look good/lost to them!

Paully D

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Melo is having a bit of a nightmare game out there, Bulls seem to have their number in general. Can't get much going. Really don't know what it is about the Bulls and playing in front of the national cameras, but even without Rose they really step it up a notch I've noticed, more so than the majority of teams and then proceed to be a let down soon after, especially against the lesser teams. It just wouldn't surprise if they faced the Bobcats tomorrow and made them look good/lost to them!

Aye, the Knicks are a good matchup for us to be honest. Although on saying that I wouldn't be surprised to see the Knicks put a run together here and get it close with 5-8 minutes to go to make a game of it because we have no closer.

Yep, the inconsistency is the thing without Rose. Even if one or two players have an off night we really struggle, whereas when he plays you can have two or three playing average stuff and we'd still beat the vast majority of teams. Great to see him warming up on the court before the game, hopefully it won't be long (less than 8 weeks I'd imagine)

kmart6

Lovely ESPN are showing the last couple of mins of the Bulls/Knicks game....games over...but gives the crowd some hope!

Paully D

We are ****ing awful at closing games out.

kmart6

Meh, a wins a win no matter how it comes!

Nuri Sahin

Too little too late unfortunately from the Knicks, too many games like that recently.

kmart6

No idea why I've stayed up to watch this OKC/Lakers game...could be very ugly!

Carcharodon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I'm calling it.

After 35 games, they're 15-20.

Normally the 8th seed usually has a record of about 44-38, sometimes as high as 48-34.

With 47 games left, the Lakers would have to go at least 29-18 over their remaining games to qualify as the 8th seed. With the way teams are playing in the West and the competitiveness in that Conference, I just can't see that happening (unless someone deliberately throws games to qualify for the draft). They're currently 11th in their Conference, and with OKC up next, they're most likely to drop another game. Then in the following 8 games they play Miami, Chicago and OKC again. This could get very funny!

Yea, time is starting to run out but not a lost call yet, way too much talent in that team, I think they could get it together, especially with Nash coming back to full fitness.
D'Antoni could be the weakest part of that team.

Lakers v Okc now plus Warriors v Blazers, I ll have to jump back and forth.
Warriors need to get back to winning ways tonight, Clippers killed them and Memphis is probably their worst matchup, played well though.

Paully D

kmart6 wrote: »

No idea why I've stayed up to watch this OKC/Lakers game...could be very ugly!

Thought the same after a few minutes but the Lakers have just gone on an 11-0 run to end the first and tie the game at 25-25. Crowd have got right into it too. Has potential.

kmart6

Seriously, Lakers are getting no breaks this season, Hill out for the season now!

kmart6

Well that's that over!

Carcharodon

oh its a beat down, could get pretty ugly if Lakers dont get it together.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

The Lakers are back show continues. Hilarious. Looking at their upcoming fixtures, they play the Rockets and then the Spurs on the road and then face OKC back home at the Staples center. Can't see them winning a single one of those games. Cavs after that might offer them some respite, likewise the Bucks. You wouldn't bet on it though!

Well they lost the three games I thought they'd lose, won't be surprised to see them pick up just a single win on this home run of fixtures tbh, A streaky Miami being the final game of that too!

stuchyg

Watched the OKC - Lakeshow game this morning. MWP was horrible, 0 from 7 in 3pt and every single one of them was a wide open look, on the flipside KD is a fcukin beast

BQQ

The Bulls beaten at home by the Suns :pac:

GoldFour4

BQQ wrote: »

The Bulls beaten at home by the Suns :pac:

Yup thats a bad loss. As a Suns fan I'm already looking ahead to a top five draft pick :P

padraig_f

BQQ wrote: »

The Bulls beaten at home by the Suns :pac:

Are you a Suns fan or are you just rubbing it in?

That's the way it's been all season for the Bulls, without Rose there's a lot of inconsistency in the offense, because no-one's getting to the rim or getting to the line all that much. They're relying a lot on jump-shots, some nights they go in, some nights they don't.

BQQ

padraig_f wrote: »

Are you a Suns fan or are you just rubbing it in?

That's the way it's been all season for the Bulls, without Rose there's a lot of inconsistency in the offense, because no-one's getting to the rim or getting to the line all that much. They're relying a lot on jump-shots, some nights they go in, some nights they don't.

Neither. Just a surprising result.

With Rose back they're definite contenders, but they need him back soon IMO.

ButtersSuki

malistheman wrote: »

Yup thats a bad loss. As a Suns fan I'm already looking ahead to a top five draft pick :P

Looking at the Bulls record, they're 10-10 at home and 10-5 away! Bizarre really, esp. when you consider Tibs is the coach and his philosophy of playing hard. If anything, logic would dictate without Rose those records would be the other way around.

Not sure how much impact Rose will have this year. It's going to take him a while to find his groove and fit in with the team. They'll be a lot better - no question about that, but I see some spikes in form from him and the team when he comes back.

padraig_f

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Looking at the Bulls record, they're 10-10 at home and 10-5 away! Bizarre really, esp. when you consider Tibs is the coach and his philosophy of playing hard. If anything, logic would dictate without Rose those records would be the other way around.

Not sure how much impact Rose will have this year. It's going to take him a while to find his groove and fit in with the team. They'll be a lot better - no question about that, but I see some spikes in form from him and the team when he comes back.

I can't really explain the home-road discrepancy, except that they've generally been a good road team under Thibs, and the bad inconsistency has happened to come more in home games.

Yeah, I'm not really expecting them to become a championship contender once Rose comes back. I presume he'll be on limited minutes and it will take some time to build up his conditioning. I think my main hope for this season is that he finishes the season healthy, and they can mount a real challenge the following year.

GoldFour4

Just watched the first half of the Clippers and Memphis. LA well on top. LA missing Chris Paul and the Griz are missing Rudy Gay. Watching the Griz play without Rudy is tough. They're just very one dimensional. Everything goes through Marc Gasol. He's done some smooth moves down low but nothing else is falling. Eric Bledsoe has been able to pop in to the starting lineup and create some continuity for the Clippers.

Soby

Oh Miami :P

ButtersSuki

Just looked at the scores from last night. Atlanta scored 58points. 58points!!!! In an NBA game?!!! That's the lowest score I can remember in years. That is shocking. Checked 2 sources in case it was a typo...it wasn't.

Anyone remember anything approaching that?

ButtersSuki

Anyone seen this? People and media are calling foul, looks strange in the way it sticks....judge for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0410b41Puw

Paully D

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Just looked at the scores from last night. Atlanta scored 58points. 58points!!!! In an NBA game?!!! That's the lowest score I can remember in years. That is shocking. Checked 2 sources in case it was a typo...it wasn't.

Anyone remember anything approaching that?

This Bulls inconsistency without Rose is hilarious. We lose at home to the Suns and then beat the Hawks by 39 the next night :pac:

Funnily enough (well, not really for us fans) the lowest points total ever by a team in the shot clock era is 49 by us against Miami in 1999, one year on from Jordan leaving and the NBA Championship. 1999-2004 really was a crap period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQwLaq5poU

BQQ

Jamaal Crawford mercilessly attacked Jeremy Lin last night.

Lin really needs to work on his defence.

Paully D

Bulls up by 19 at one stage v Raptors, Bulls as always let the opposition get close when it should be a blow out and Lowry travels but isn't called to make the game 100-99. Play goes on for a bit and it ends with Bulls having 11 seconds on the clock at 100-100, so the final shot. They go to Belinelli in iso, despite Boozer having over 30 points and dominating for 3 quarters.

Overtime now.



EDIT - Bulls win in OT. Deng with the right wing jumper. 107-105. Phew!

padraig_f

Paully D wrote: »

EDIT - Bulls win in OT. Deng with the right wing jumper. 107-105. Phew!

That would've been a gut-wrenching loss, I thought they got screwed by the refs down the stretch, particularly on Lowry's flop which fouled Hinrich out.

I liked Deng's non-reaction on the game-winning shot - no celebration, just jogs back up the floor.

ButtersSuki

Big night for LeBron - 20,000th point and 5,000th assist in the same game. Youngest ever to reach 20,000 - though not in the fewest number of games.

Not a big LBJ fan but impressive nonetheless.

GoldFour4

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Big night for LeBron - 20,000th point and 5,000th assist in the same game. Youngest ever to reach 20,000 - though not in the fewest number of games.

Not a big LBJ fan but impressive nonetheless.

Massive achievements. He took a massive fall in the first quarter that would have knocked a lot of people out of the game but got up and hit a three on the next possession !

kmart6

Eh you know he mentioned the assist milestone in the post?!

Paully D

Heat vs Lakers tonight at 3:30am should be a good one. The London game between Knicks and Pistons is on at 8pm too.

kmart6

Want to watch the Lakers game, see how they manage, but just think it'll be too late to stay up, have to suffice with the Knicks game....tough life!

GoldFour4

kmart6 wrote: »

Eh you know he mentioned the assist milestone in the post?!

I was tired :P

Paully D

Heat have 8 points so far (game has just started), all 8 have come from dunks off Laker turnovers. Fun start to the game anyway!

GoldFour4

This looks like it good be a gem of a game. Nash in good form early looking to shoot the ball. He doesn't miss a lot !

Paully D

So many turnovers for the Lakers. 7 already for 12 points, yet they're only 2 down. They really have to cut them out.

kmart6

Ridiculous that the Lakers are ahead at the half!

GoldFour4

ButtersSuki

Great article in SI.

http://nba.si.com/2013/01/16/james-harden-traveling/?sct=uk_bf1_a4

Harden's not even in the Top 3 travelers in the league - those honours go to LeBron, D-Wade and Kobe.


It's actually laughable sometimes some of the things you see in the NBA re. traveling. And some very funny examples can be seen on YouTube - Dan Majerle's 9 (yes, NINE!) step pivot change being a particular fave.

There's a great montage of LeBron's, Wade's and Kobe's travels on YouTube somewhere...worth looking for. I'll try and post it later if I can find it.

ButtersSuki

malistheman wrote: »

That loss moves the Lakers to 2-1 in the NEW season! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: