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Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #630 on: December 08, 2018, 06:15:25 AM »

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Wow....

The Western conference is a frenetic conference to be in.. Only 3.5 games separate the 4th seed from the 14th seed.
A 2 or even 3 game slump and you'd be looking out of the playoff race... Its still early but I do not really expect the separation to expand as teams are all as competitive with each other.. Even the Warriors are lookin vulnerable in the regular season at least.

TP. This might be unique. A conference where 13-14 teams have a legit chance to make the playoffs. I love it.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #631 on: December 08, 2018, 11:29:56 AM »

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Wow....

The Western conference is a frenetic conference to be in.. Only 3.5 games separate the 4th seed from the 14th seed.
A 2 or even 3 game slump and you'd be looking out of the playoff race... Its still early but I do not really expect the separation to expand as teams are all as competitive with each other.. Even the Warriors are lookin vulnerable in the regular season at least.

TP. This might be unique. A conference where 13-14 teams have a legit chance to make the playoffs. I love it.

While not as close, the east is pretty lumped together as well. Celtics are 1 in the loss column out of 2nd place.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #632 on: December 08, 2018, 11:47:48 AM »

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Wow....

The Western conference is a frenetic conference to be in.. Only 3.5 games separate the 4th seed from the 14th seed.
A 2 or even 3 game slump and you'd be looking out of the playoff race... Its still early but I do not really expect the separation to expand as teams are all as competitive with each other.. Even the Warriors are lookin vulnerable in the regular season at least.

TP. This might be unique. A conference where 13-14 teams have a legit chance to make the playoffs. I love it.

While not as close, the east is pretty lumped together as well. Celtics are 1 in the loss column out of 2nd place.

Well in the East there are already a bunch of teams (quite) certain to make the playoffs (Toronto, Boston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Indiana) and also who aren't (Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago, Brooklyn, New York). It's basically a competition for three places between Detroit, Charlotte, Washington, Orlando and Miami.

It's hard to predict which teams fail to make the playoffs in the West. My prediction would be that Phoenix ( ;D), Sacramento, Dallas, Minnesota, Houston, San Antonio and Memphis don't make it. But I could easily be wrong about 4 teams or so.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #633 on: December 08, 2018, 12:31:24 PM »

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Millsap broken toe

Another injury plagued season

Gary Harris (hip) out 3-4 weeks now

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #634 on: December 09, 2018, 12:12:40 AM »

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Derrick Rose is still a miracle. To play this well with those rotten knees of his... It's something else man.

18 points
3 rebounds
9 assists
3 steals
1 block

Game still going but that aint bad. Especially with only 2 turnovers.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #635 on: December 09, 2018, 01:03:10 AM »

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SAC and MEM and LAC lost

2/3

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #636 on: December 09, 2018, 06:41:49 PM »

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As of today, per bball-ref, the top 3 teams in the league in point differential are all in the East: the Bucks (+9.4), the Raptors (+7.9), and the Celtics (+7.4). The Thunder are 4th (+6.6), followed by the Nuggets (+6.4), and the Warriors sit in 6th place (+5.8 ) as they've struggled with injuries.
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Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #637 on: December 09, 2018, 08:34:58 PM »

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Anthony Davis apparently suffered an injury tonight against Detroit.  Sounds to be a minor right hip injury but is questionable for tomorrow.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #638 on: December 09, 2018, 08:47:37 PM »

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Craptors lost...Bucks gained though.

Does anyone else feel that we are atleast a notch above both teams?...

atleast the way the cs are playing now I suppose.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #639 on: December 09, 2018, 08:51:48 PM »

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Craptors lost...Bucks gained though.

Does anyone else feel that we are atleast a notch above both teams?...

atleast the way the cs are playing now I suppose.

I think we've got better overall depth than MIL so we're above them.

TOR is still the team to beat in the East though. They've got great depth too.
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Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #640 on: December 09, 2018, 10:05:13 PM »

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Craptors lost...Bucks gained though.

Does anyone else feel that we are atleast a notch above both teams?...

atleast the way the cs are playing now I suppose.

I think we've got better overall depth than MIL so we're above them.

TOR is still the team to beat in the East though. They've got great depth too.

I’m not so sure TOR is the team to beat. I’m not sure any team has emerged above the rest.

Toronto is our biggest threat though. But still, I’d favor our elite talent over theirs. They have the best player but we may have the next 4. By season end, Tatum could.should be better than Lowry.
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Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #641 on: December 09, 2018, 10:11:57 PM »

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Craptors lost...Bucks gained though.

Does anyone else feel that we are atleast a notch above both teams?...

atleast the way the cs are playing now I suppose.

I think we've got better overall depth than MIL so we're above them.

TOR is still the team to beat in the East though. They've got great depth too.

I’m not so sure TOR is the team to beat. I’m not sure any team has emerged above the rest.

Toronto is our biggest threat though. But still, I’d favor our elite talent over theirs. They have the best player but we may have the next 4. By season end, Tatum could.should be better than Lowry.


We've already beaten the Raptors this season when we were far from our best. The Bucks however I am still worried about. We need to see how we match up against them this season.

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #642 on: December 10, 2018, 01:28:47 AM »

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I think Boston has the best team in the East by far. They had a rough early schedule(a 5 game West Coast swing, 6 back to backs, 2 series of 4 games in 6 nights, 15 games on the road in the first 25 games, the 4th hardest strength of schedule) and have overcome some nagging injuries, fitting in two players, one 100% ready, one not.

And yet the Celtics are 4 games in the loss column out of first place and are now playing some of the best ball in the league

Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #643 on: December 10, 2018, 04:35:35 AM »

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I think Boston has the best team in the East by far. They had a rough early schedule(a 5 game West Coast swing, 6 back to backs, 2 series of 4 games in 6 nights, 15 games on the road in the first 25 games, the 4th hardest strength of schedule) and have overcome some nagging injuries, fitting in two players, one 100% ready, one not.

And yet the Celtics are 4 games in the loss column out of first place and are now playing some of the best ball in the league

Ugh, can we just go back in time and sticky this to EVERY sky is falling thread. TP.
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Re: NBA Season 2018 - 2019
« Reply #644 on: December 10, 2018, 04:56:06 AM »

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I think Boston has the best team in the East by far. They had a rough early schedule(a 5 game West Coast swing, 6 back to backs, 2 series of 4 games in 6 nights, 15 games on the road in the first 25 games, the 4th hardest strength of schedule) and have overcome some nagging injuries, fitting in two players, one 100% ready, one not.

And yet the Celtics are 4 games in the loss column out of first place and are now playing some of the best ball in the league

Make it 3 in the loss column!

And we haven’t trailed in the second half of the last five games. Great to see us get off to great starts and push the lead.
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