NBA Season 2025-26

[Silas]

The 1-seeded, 8-2 Pistons lose to the 1-9 Wizards. And the Cavs about to lose to the Heat

ESPN says the Pistons won in OT...137-135 and the Heat won in OT...140-138

[Goldstar88]

San Antonio Spurs: Victor Wembanyama is the first player in NBA history with 35+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists, 5+ three-pointers and 5+ blocks in a game.

[Who]

* M Smart = 13pts 6ast 4reb 7stls

* Cade Cunningham = wow, he took 45 shots!!! Another 18 FTAs so that is 9 more possessions. 54 possessions. 46 points. I'd love to know when is the last time someone took 45 shot attempts. Don't see that everyday.

* Anthony Black still struggling. The 6th pick in the draft 3 years ago. Still not a reliable rotation player. Orlando are giving him 26.7mpg but doesn't deserve it. 3 years in. Still can't shoot. 29% on 3PT (11-39). Worse, he has not made a single shot from 15-23 feet. He is only 7-19 on 3-10 footers. Almost half his scoring is coming directly at the rim (24-31 FGA for 48pts). He was billed as someone with strong ball-handling and playmaking ability but he creates very little. He averages only 2.3apg in 26.7mpg (1 assist every 10 minutes). He also averages 2.3 turnovers. A 1:1 AST:TOV ratio. He is having a dreadful season.

* Luke Kornet a +8 in a 4pt win over Chicago. The Spurs have missed him. I thought Kornet was their 4th best player early in the season behind Wemby, D Harper, S Castle. He has been playing great for them. Bigger impact than D Vassell, H Barnes, Keldon Johnson.

* Ayo Dosunmu is having a great season for Chicago. He has suddenly become a scoring guard in his 5th season. He is averaging 15ppg in 26mpg on 54% FG 48% 3PT. He was a 12ppg in 30mpg previous two years as a defensive orientated guard. This season he is scoring more and doing it in less minutes. He is averaging 21pts per 36 minutes. He has been a major weapon off the bench for the Bulls. Probably their 2nd best player after Josh Giddey. Dosunmu would be a great replacement for Jrue Holiday on the Celtics. Big defensive guard. Good glue guy. Now he can score too! The new D-White.

* Grayson Allen with 42pts for Phoenix. 10 threes.

* Hawks 6 wins 5 losses. With Trae, they had 2 wins 3 losses. Without Trae, they have 4 wins 2 losses.

[Who]

* Hawks 6 wins 5 losses. With Trae, they had 2 wins 3 losses. Without Trae, they have 4 wins 2 losses.

I was curious what the W-L record for ATL is historically for Trae Young's career. Trae has actually been healthy for most of his career. He only missed extended time in one season. So there isn't much of a sample size.

Atlanta 219 wins 265 losses with Trae Young
Atlanta 31 wins and 35 losses without Trae Young

Not including this season's wins and losses. They have a comparable win rate with or without Trae for his career there. Slightly better in fact.

[Phantom255x]

The 1-seeded, 8-2 Pistons lose to the 1-9 Wizards. And the Cavs about to lose to the Heat

ESPN says the Pistons won in OT...137-135 and the Heat won in OT...140-138

Wow these games went to the final seconds and they miraculously pulled it off it seems 

Oops

[Donoghus]

Marc Stein
@TheSteinLine
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2m
Nico Harrison?s exit from the Mavericks as GM after four-plus seasons is regarded as imminent and could happen as soon as today,
@TheSteinLine
 has learned.

[Donoghus]

And now Shams reporting also.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks and owner Patrick Dumont are expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison at a 10 am central time meeting on Tuesday, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon.

[Who]

Three worst teams in the East

30 Washington = 1 win 10 losses
29 Brooklyn = 1 win 9 losses
28 Indiana = 1 win 9 losses

Indy should improve as they get healthy. They have been massacred by injuries to open the season. Regularly missing 3-5 rotation players a night. Often their perimeter guys. Still, 8 games below .500 already and still not healthy yet ... that is a big hole to climb out of. Tough job to get back into the play-in race.

27 New Orleans = 2 wins 8 losses
26 Dallas = 3 wins 8 losses

22-25 = 3 teams in the West with 3 wins 7 losses. 1 in the East. Charlotte, LA Clippers, Utah and Sacramento.

21 Memphis = 4 wins 7 losses

The bottom 10 teams in the league thus far.

[Who]

Cunningham finished 14-of-45 from the field in 46 minutes. By missing 31 shots, he broke Kobe Bryant?s record of 30 missed field goals, which is the most since the NBA started keeping track of all these stats in the '83-'84 season. Kobe set the record on Nov. 7, 2002 when he scored 41 points on 17-of-47 shooting in an overtime loss to the Celtics.

As for Cunningham, his 45 field goal attempts ties him with Bryant for the seventh-most since '83-'84. Bryant holds the record with 50 field goal attempts in the final game of his career. Taking 40 shots in a game is rare.

Taco Trey Kerby
@treykerby

Cade 41 shots so far tonight. 39th player ever to take 40 or more. Wilt did it 104 times.

Incredibly, this should not be considered the worst shooting night in Pistons history, as Jerry Stackhouse once scored 21 points on 7-of-34 shooting.

https://www.si.com/nba/cade-cunningham-made-unfortunate-shooting-history-during-ot-win-vs-wizards

The Pistons point guard had a 46-point triple-double with 12 rebounds, 11 asssists, five steals and two blocks.

I remember Barkley laughing / joking around about how many shots MJ took in the 1993 Finals. I looked it up. It was 43 shot attempts ... in a Finals game!

He had 36 shot attempts the game before and 37 shot attempts (and 18 FTs!) the game after. For a 3 game stretch in the 1993 Finals, MJ averaged 38.7 shots per game and about 10 FTs as well. Of course, he also averaged 47pts a game for that 3 stretch run.

[slightly biased bias fan]

I know it is probably a bad photo, but wow Davis has really let himself go.

I realized who fat Anthony Davis is starting to look like, Earl the father from the 90s TV show Dinosaurs.