[NBA] Unofficial Discussion Thread

[Captain Corporate]

I am expecting another shock from Pacers to be fair. Wolves shocked the world by beating Nuggets, which was awesome of course and I do not think that anyone expected that, even though Wolves had an epic regular season. Next up, I think Pacers have what it takes to beat Celtics as well, Boston Celtics has been doing the same thing for a long time and that means while they are talented and even if you know what they will do, just out of sheer talent they can still win, if you are good enough then you can prevent them because people are ready and expecting their system, and Pacers might be good enough for that.

[Baofeng]

It's good to see a new face to win the championship this year. Out of the four teams remaining, I think Tatum and the Celtics deserves it the most but I have no problem if Luka's Mavs gets it. Anyway, how do you plan on betting in game 1 of the EC Finals? Are you going to skip it to see how they will match up?

Betting for the Pacers +9.5 @2.01 as this game is like a getting to know each other game hehe so i think even if the Celtics win game 1 they will not cover the spread. But i would love to see the Pacers upset the Celtics in the East Finals as i have a bet on them @15.0, very juicy to think that the Celtics is a beatable team.

Looking at the odds now, +10.5 is still very attractive @1.84 so I'm taking this one. This is going to be a close one, usually the Celtics started slow in the first two games of the series. And so this first game, specially coming from a rest, might put them at a disadvantage. Plus the Pacer are high in momentum right now after that big win against the Knicks and it shows their character.

@yahoo62278 - yeah, the Over might be a good bet too as both can score and averages 120++ in the regular season. So this could be a run and gun game for both good shooting team as well.

[bisdak40]

It's good to see a new face to win the championship this year. Out of the four teams remaining, I think Tatum and the Celtics deserves it the most but I have no problem if Luka's Mavs gets it. Anyway, how do you plan on betting in game 1 of the EC Finals? Are you going to skip it to see how they will match up?

Betting for the Pacers +9.5 @2.01 as this game is like a getting to know each other game hehe so i think even if the Celtics win game 1 they will not cover the spread. But i would love to see the Pacers upset the Celtics in the East Finals as i have a bet on them @15.0, very juicy to think that the Celtics is a beatable team.

Looking at the odds now, +10.5 is still very attractive @1.84 so I'm taking this one. This is going to be a close one, usually the Celtics started slow in the first two games of the series. And so this first game, specially coming from a rest, might put them at a disadvantage. Plus the Pacer are high in momentum right now after that big win against the Knicks and it shows their character.

Congrats to us bro hehe, it was indeed a close and exciting game. The Pacers almost took that one if one for that costly error by the Pacers in the dying seconds which lead to a three point shot by Jalen Brown that tied the game and went into overtime. The game was also a high scoring one so congrats also to those who bet for the "over 230.5" before the started.

[Zed0X]

Good win for the handicap bettors Let's hope bookies will give us attractive odds like that for the rest of the series.

For game 1, there are a lot of players that played good but it was Jrue Holiday was a huge surprise to me. Being a widely known defensive player, he wasn't expected to score that many.

[LogitechMouse]

It's good to see a new face to win the championship this year. Out of the four teams remaining, I think Tatum and the Celtics deserves it the most but I have no problem if Luka's Mavs gets it. Anyway, how do you plan on betting in game 1 of the EC Finals? Are you going to skip it to see how they will match up?

Betting for the Pacers +9.5 @2.01 as this game is like a getting to know each other game hehe so i think even if the Celtics win game 1 they will not cover the spread. But i would love to see the Pacers upset the Celtics in the East Finals as i have a bet on them @15.0, very juicy to think that the Celtics is a beatable team.

Looking at the odds now, +10.5 is still very attractive @1.84 so I'm taking this one. This is going to be a close one, usually the Celtics started slow in the first two games of the series. And so this first game, specially coming from a rest, might put them at a disadvantage. Plus the Pacer are high in momentum right now after that big win against the Knicks and it shows their character.

Congrats to us bro hehe, it was indeed a close and exciting game. The Pacers almost took that one if one for that costly error by the Pacers in the dying seconds which lead to a three point shot by Jalen Brown that tied the game and went into overtime. The game was also a high scoring one so congrats also to those who bet for the "over 230.5" before the started.

As expected for these 2 teams, the score is quite high as they're the top 2 teams in the regular season in terms of offensive ratings.

TBH, I'm shocked with how the Pacers played in Game 1. If only Brown's 3-point shot didn't go in, we might've seen an upset in Game 1. I didn't expect that the game will end up in a close one. Well, I guess I underestimated the Pacers so much knowing how good the Celtics are. Coming into Game 2, the Celtics have a curse where in their first 2 series, they lost in both Game 2's on their home. Will we see it in Game 2 as well?

[Baofeng]

It's good to see a new face to win the championship this year. Out of the four teams remaining, I think Tatum and the Celtics deserves it the most but I have no problem if Luka's Mavs gets it. Anyway, how do you plan on betting in game 1 of the EC Finals? Are you going to skip it to see how they will match up?

Betting for the Pacers +9.5 @2.01 as this game is like a getting to know each other game hehe so i think even if the Celtics win game 1 they will not cover the spread. But i would love to see the Pacers upset the Celtics in the East Finals as i have a bet on them @15.0, very juicy to think that the Celtics is a beatable team.

Looking at the odds now, +10.5 is still very attractive @1.84 so I'm taking this one. This is going to be a close one, usually the Celtics started slow in the first two games of the series. And so this first game, specially coming from a rest, might put them at a disadvantage. Plus the Pacer are high in momentum right now after that big win against the Knicks and it shows their character.

Congrats to us bro hehe, it was indeed a close and exciting game. The Pacers almost took that one if one for that costly error by the Pacers in the dying seconds which lead to a three point shot by Jalen Brown that tied the game and went into overtime. The game was also a high scoring one so congrats also to those who bet for the "over 230.5" before the started.

Yeah, I thought that the Pacers are going to steal this one, and I have no doubt that we are going to win our bet, hehehe. But it was really exciting first game. Next game will be close again in my opinion, and the odds might not be as big as this one, but still we will get go and bet on the handicap for the Pacers.

The Over as well it a hit as the game went into OT. So at least there's a lot of NBA bettors who might get this first game and win.

Next game, Wolves vs Mavs - I will be on the Wolves bandwagon at -3.5 @1.82.

[yahoo62278]

It's good to see a new face to win the championship this year. Out of the four teams remaining, I think Tatum and the Celtics deserves it the most but I have no problem if Luka's Mavs gets it. Anyway, how do you plan on betting in game 1 of the EC Finals? Are you going to skip it to see how they will match up?

Betting for the Pacers +9.5 @2.01 as this game is like a getting to know each other game hehe so i think even if the Celtics win game 1 they will not cover the spread. But i would love to see the Pacers upset the Celtics in the East Finals as i have a bet on them @15.0, very juicy to think that the Celtics is a beatable team.

Looking at the odds now, +10.5 is still very attractive @1.84 so I'm taking this one. This is going to be a close one, usually the Celtics started slow in the first two games of the series. And so this first game, specially coming from a rest, might put them at a disadvantage. Plus the Pacer are high in momentum right now after that big win against the Knicks and it shows their character.

Congrats to us bro hehe, it was indeed a close and exciting game. The Pacers almost took that one if one for that costly error by the Pacers in the dying seconds which lead to a three point shot by Jalen Brown that tied the game and went into overtime. The game was also a high scoring one so congrats also to those who bet for the "over 230.5" before the started.

As expected for these 2 teams, the score is quite high as they're the top 2 teams in the regular season in terms of offensive ratings.

TBH, I'm shocked with how the Pacers played in Game 1. If only Brown's 3-point shot didn't go in, we might've seen an upset in Game 1. I didn't expect that the game will end up in a close one. Well, I guess I underestimated the Pacers so much knowing how good the Celtics are. Coming into Game 2, the Celtics have a curse where in their first 2 series, they lost in both Game 2's on their home. Will we see it in Game 2 as well?

With 10 seconds left and the Pacers leading 117-114, the Pacers should have fouled and put the Celtics on the free throw line. If they do that, Celtics cannot score 3 and tie the game up sending it to OT. It would have turned into a free throw shooting contest and as long as the Pacers don't miss, they win the game.

Really not sure what the head coach was thinking there, but he blew it for sure.

[Zed0X]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

[bisdak40]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

Lost my bet too as I thought that the Wolves' frontline would pose problems for the Mavs but it didn't happen. Just fortunate for the Mavs that Irving caught fire early in the game and when Luka exploded, that's it for the Wolves. That game was 50-50, it's just that the breaks of the game favored the Dallas Mavericks.

[LogitechMouse]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

You're referring to KAT's put back dunk in the final minutes of the 4th quarter?
Based on the official review, the ball is still above the ring hence, they called it a basketball interference but TBH, it's pretty close. Well, if that counts, we might see a different result in this Game 1. It happened in the final minutes of the game that's why every point at that moment is very crucial.

Luka's knees is hindering him to play all-out. ANT on the other hand looks like he's exhausted in the 4th quarter because of defending both Luka and Kyrie which for me is very exhausting knowing how good they are in ball handling. Anyway, this is what I expect from both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals. It's anybody's game, and I hope this will be the case all throughout the whole series.

I didn't bet since I'm out of funds already, but I'm still watching though.

[Baofeng]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

Lost my bet too as I thought that the Wolves' frontline would pose problems for the Mavs but it didn't happen. Just fortunate for the Mavs that Irving caught fire early in the game and when Luka exploded, that's it for the Wolves. That game was 50-50, it's just that the breaks of the game favored the Dallas Mavericks.

Yeah, very unpredictable game, in the first half it was clear that the Wolves have the upperhand although they seems to missed a lot of open 3's wherein in the Nuggets series, they are hitting it. And then their defense falls apart against Luka, although no one can really guard Luka in the playoff. But as I have said before, when Irving goes into his mode, it's hard to stop him and he will score at will. And so he did shows it here that's why they won. Next game is the Pacers vs Celtics. I haven't check the odds yet, but I might go on the Pacer with the + handicap as they show that they can beat the Celtics at home.

[yahoo62278]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

Lost my bet too as I thought that the Wolves' frontline would pose problems for the Mavs but it didn't happen. Just fortunate for the Mavs that Irving caught fire early in the game and when Luka exploded, that's it for the Wolves. That game was 50-50, it's just that the breaks of the game favored the Dallas Mavericks.

Yeah, very unpredictable game, in the first half it was clear that the Wolves have the upperhand although they seems to missed a lot of open 3's wherein in the Nuggets series, they are hitting it. And then their defense falls apart against Luka, although no one can really guard Luka in the playoff. But as I have said before, when Irving goes into his mode, it's hard to stop him and he will score at will. And so he did shows it here that's why they won. Next game is the Pacers vs Celtics. I haven't check the odds yet, but I might go on the Pacer with the + handicap as they show that they can beat the Celtics at home.

Anthony Edwards calling out Kyrie was a silly move. Basically Kyrie exploded out the gate with 20+. First time he has came out with a fire lit up under his ass. Not smart to go poking at players especially those that IMO are great.

Now, Pacers vs Celtics tonight. The lines are Boston -9 currently and the over under is 224.5. Boston got lucky to come away with a win in game 1. Should have lost that game and been motivated to fight hard tonight. I think the Pacers cover 9 and again I would probably be looking at the o224.5 and taking over. Game 1 was 234 points without the OT and it felt like they got that easy. More of the same coming tonight as noither team is really awesome at defense. Jrue holiday is the exception obviously as that dude is a great defender, but mostly everyone else isn't all that awesome for the Celtics.

[Captain Corporate]

I always liked Doncic a lot and I would love to see him win a ring of course. Usually players take a few years before they can win a ring, not everyone gets to win a ring right away, and to be fair Celtics has been trying a lot longer with similar group of players and still failed, not sure if Dallas could beat Wolves but I sure do hope so because I would love to see him win. I am on a dilemma though, because I do not like Kyrie all that much, and it would be silly to see him win another ring here, but to be fair my wish for Doncic to win a ring is a lot higher. In the end, whoever wins the ring, it will be fun to see for sure.

[Baofeng]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

Lost my bet too as I thought that the Wolves' frontline would pose problems for the Mavs but it didn't happen. Just fortunate for the Mavs that Irving caught fire early in the game and when Luka exploded, that's it for the Wolves. That game was 50-50, it's just that the breaks of the game favored the Dallas Mavericks.

Yeah, very unpredictable game, in the first half it was clear that the Wolves have the upperhand although they seems to missed a lot of open 3's wherein in the Nuggets series, they are hitting it. And then their defense falls apart against Luka, although no one can really guard Luka in the playoff. But as I have said before, when Irving goes into his mode, it's hard to stop him and he will score at will. And so he did shows it here that's why they won. Next game is the Pacers vs Celtics. I haven't check the odds yet, but I might go on the Pacer with the + handicap as they show that they can beat the Celtics at home.

Anthony Edwards calling out Kyrie was a silly move. Basically Kyrie exploded out the gate with 20+. First time he has came out with a fire lit up under his ass. Not smart to go poking at players especially those that IMO are great.

It was the first time that Kyrie seems to be playing with a mission here. Perhaps ANT thought that he can used the same mind games when he had a duel with KD during their series. But Kyrie and specially Luka are built differently. There basketball IQ and mentality has been tested before. And it's not like a player of ANT caliber, I mean he doesn't have the experience to trash talk the likes of Kyrie who has a lot of experience than him.

Now, Pacers vs Celtics tonight. The lines are Boston -9 currently and the over under is 224.5. Boston got lucky to come away with a win in game 1. Should have lost that game and been motivated to fight hard tonight. I think the Pacers cover 9 and again I would probably be looking at the o224.5 and taking over. Game 1 was 234 points without the OT and it felt like they got that easy. More of the same coming tonight as noither team is really awesome at defense. Jrue holiday is the exception obviously as that dude is a great defender, but mostly everyone else isn't all that awesome for the Celtics.

I already got the +9.5 for Pacers @1.86. And probably another high scoring game for both team, Pacers specially with their hot shooting and there are no defense at all except in the last couple of minutes of the game. So I'm expecting another close game, and even if the Celtics are going to win, it will not be a huge margin and I think the Pacers can cover that handicap for us.

[yahoo62278]

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

Lost my bet too as I thought that the Wolves' frontline would pose problems for the Mavs but it didn't happen. Just fortunate for the Mavs that Irving caught fire early in the game and when Luka exploded, that's it for the Wolves. That game was 50-50, it's just that the breaks of the game favored the Dallas Mavericks.

Yeah, very unpredictable game, in the first half it was clear that the Wolves have the upperhand although they seems to missed a lot of open 3's wherein in the Nuggets series, they are hitting it. And then their defense falls apart against Luka, although no one can really guard Luka in the playoff. But as I have said before, when Irving goes into his mode, it's hard to stop him and he will score at will. And so he did shows it here that's why they won. Next game is the Pacers vs Celtics. I haven't check the odds yet, but I might go on the Pacer with the + handicap as they show that they can beat the Celtics at home.

Anthony Edwards calling out Kyrie was a silly move. Basically Kyrie exploded out the gate with 20+. First time he has came out with a fire lit up under his ass. Not smart to go poking at players especially those that IMO are great.

It was the first time that Kyrie seems to be playing with a mission here. Perhaps ANT thought that he can used the same mind games when he had a duel with KD during their series. But Kyrie and specially Luka are built differently. There basketball IQ and mentality has been tested before. And it's not like a player of ANT caliber, I mean he doesn't have the experience to trash talk the likes of Kyrie who has a lot of experience than him.

Now, Pacers vs Celtics tonight. The lines are Boston -9 currently and the over under is 224.5. Boston got lucky to come away with a win in game 1. Should have lost that game and been motivated to fight hard tonight. I think the Pacers cover 9 and again I would probably be looking at the o224.5 and taking over. Game 1 was 234 points without the OT and it felt like they got that easy. More of the same coming tonight as noither team is really awesome at defense. Jrue holiday is the exception obviously as that dude is a great defender, but mostly everyone else isn't all that awesome for the Celtics.

I already got the +9.5 for Pacers @1.86. And probably another high scoring game for both team, Pacers specially with their hot shooting and there are no defense at all except in the last couple of minutes of the game. So I'm expecting another close game, and even if the Celtics are going to win, it will not be a huge margin and I think the Pacers can cover that handicap for us.

I like over 224.5 more than I like taking the points tonight. Game is either going to be Boston by alot or Indiana wins. Don't feel like there is any middle ground here. Nembhard, Haliburton, Turner and others are going to have to be hitting their 3 pointers. Going to need a decent game out of Siakim as well, he needs to be a rebounding machine and control the paint.