[NBA] Unofficial Discussion Thread

[Baofeng]

I will only have 2 bets in tonight's game,

Nets vs Pacers, - Indiana Pacers, -7.5 @1.80. They will be playing at their home court, so they have the advantage. Plus the Pacers are really a good team while the Nets are very inconsistent and you don't know who is the leader of the team.

OKC vs Memphis - OKC, -9.5, best team in the West, OKC is one of the biggest surprise this season specially how their chemistry work out with SGA putting MVP numbers and one of the candidate for this year. While Memphis has a lot of problems, started the season without Ja Morant, and then Ja comes back and play, unfortunately, he had a season ending shoulder injury.

Your second bet ticket didn't win bro as the Thunders didn't cover spread. That fourth run by the Grizzlies ruined your bet. Thunder these days seems unpredictable, i mean they won games but on a close one and they even lost to the Pacers the other day.

Yes, mate just break even me for, as the Thunders allows the Grizzlies to make a comeback in the 4th and I didn't realized that Bane will play here after missing games because of injuries.

In games today, I will go on the underdog Spurs for a +9.5 against the Mavs. Although the Mavs is playing very good basketball, the Spurs might make it a very close game. Too good of a odds @1.80.

[Zed0X]

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In games today, I will go on the underdog Spurs for a +9.5 against the Mavs. Although the Mavs is playing very good basketball, the Spurs might make it a very close game. Too good of a odds @1.80.

Well done spotting the @1.80 and the game was actually close to my surprise. It was back and forth until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. You can tell that the Spurs can also compete but still lacks the experience.

[Baofeng]

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In games today, I will go on the underdog Spurs for a +9.5 against the Mavs. Although the Mavs is playing very good basketball, the Spurs might make it a very close game. Too good of a odds @1.80.

Well done spotting the @1.80 and the game was actually close to my surprise. It was back and forth until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. You can tell that the Spurs can also compete but still lacks the experience.

Thanks mate, I maybe just lucky that it turn out what I have in mind, it was really a close game. I know that Mavericks are going to win, but Spurs will always be behind and trying to steal this game from them.

For the Miami Heat vs Cavs game, will change a bit, I'm going for Jared Allen, over 16.5 points @1.80.

[Zed0X]

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For the Miami Heat vs Cavs game, will change a bit, I'm going for Jared Allen, over 16.5 points @1.80.

Well done once again. That's a pretty high odds for him considering he will be one of the main go to guys for the Cavs because Mitchell wasn't available and the fact that Bam won't play too. Allen did really good but that wasn't enough. Their shot clock violation with over a minute remaining cost them a lot.

[bisdak40]

For the Miami Heat vs Cavs game, will change a bit, I'm going for Jared Allen, over 16.5 points @1.80.

Wow, consecutive wins mate, congrats. Though the Cavaliers lost that close game your props for Jarrett Allen won. He got 25 points along with a monstrous 20 rebounds.

Lost my bet today as the Warriors blew out the Grizzlies, i thought that it's gonna be a close game but it turned out to be opposite.

Will tail your bet for tomorrow if you can post your picks early.

[Baofeng]

For the Miami Heat vs Cavs game, will change a bit, I'm going for Jared Allen, over 16.5 points @1.80.

Wow, consecutive wins mate, congrats. Though the Cavaliers lost that close game your props for Jarrett Allen won. He got 25 points along with a monstrous 20 rebounds.

Lost my bet today as the Warriors blew out the Grizzlies, i thought that it's gonna be a close game but it turned out to be opposite.

Will tail your bet for tomorrow if you can post your picks early.

Thanks mate, yeah, for me this is going to be a close game that's why I have a hard time deciding and so player props might be a good idea and it works like a charm. Just another day of those I become lucky. The thing is that after I put up that beat, the line suddenly changes to 17.5 +/-.

But I guess there's no problem as Allen scored 25 points. I could have parlay it with + rebounds for a good odds, as he haul down 20 rebounds in this game. However, I don't want to be greedy and so that is enough win for me.

I'll try to post early mate before I go to sleep and see if my winning streak will continue. 

Edit: Magic vs Pels, it will be Magic's homecourt, so I will go with them at +2.5 @1.91.

[bisdak40]

I'll try to post early mate before I go to sleep and see if my winning streak will continue. 

Edit: Magic vs Pels, it will be Magic's homecourt, so I will go with them at +2.5 @1.91.

And the streak continues, congrats again mate for another big win today. The Magic have defeated the Pelicans, that's a hard choice, i mean if i am to pick that match-up, i'll go easily for the Pelicans and lost hehe.

Good thing that i have tailed your bet today, hope you will post your picks early again for tomorrow's game.

[Baofeng]

I'll try to post early mate before I go to sleep and see if my winning streak will continue. 

Edit: Magic vs Pels, it will be Magic's homecourt, so I will go with them at +2.5 @1.91.

And the streak continues, congrats again mate for another big win today. The Magic have defeated the Pelicans, that's a hard choice, i mean if i am to pick that match-up, i'll go easily for the Pelicans and lost hehe.

Good thing that i have tailed your bet today, hope you will post your picks early again for tomorrow's game.

Hehehe, thank you, gratitude to the universe as our winning streak continues. Actually I wanted to bet on the Magic ML because it was so attracted, nevertheless that +2.5 is already great @1.91.

Yes, I will do, just keep up with this thread, before 9-10 pm our local time I will post my predictions here so that you can tail again and hopefully we will win another time.

Ingram though went down in the 2nd quarter if I'm not mistaken, and he had to be carried. Doesn't look good for the Pels.

Edit: Sorry for the delay mate, Cavs vs Wolves, +6.5 for Cavs @1.99. Gonna be a great game and it will be close.

[Zed0X]

The Rockets keep piling up the wins after defeating the Bulls. How long do you think this streak is going to continue? They could win against their next two opponents (Jazz and Blazers) but the Thunders are waiting. I've already dismissed the possibility that they will make it to the play-in but, hey, they look serious and inspired right now.

[dwyane36]

The Rockets keep piling up the wins after defeating the Bulls. How long do you think this streak is going to continue? They could win against their next two opponents (Jazz and Blazers) but the Thunders are waiting. I've already dismissed the possibility that they will make it to the play-in but, hey, they look serious and inspired right now.

Up until a week ago, I was convinced that the Rockets had almost no chance of reaching the play-in zone in the standings. However, they now have 7 straight wins and could potentially extend their winning streak to at least 9 wins. As a result, the Rockets are getting closer and closer to the Warriors and Lakers in the standings. If those two teams start losing their remaining games, the Rockets could take the spot of one of those two teams.

[Zed0X]

I watched highlights of the final 3 minutes of Clippers vs. Blazers game and I must say it's so disappointing. Although it's their second/third unit that played because Clippers were already leading by a huge margin at that time, that was still a sloppy finish. It looks like some players were trying to make an impression that's why there were so many selfish plays.

[Jating]

Pelicans won against the Miami Heat. I thought that when Ingram went down and not able to play today, the Miami Heat is going to win this game. I didn't watch the game though, but it seems that Zion just played 25 minutes and had 4 points only? And it was CJ who lead the team with a big help from Alvarado. And it was a low scoring game, and with this phase, Miami Heat should have the advantage, but it seems they are off tonight and can't keep up with the Pelicans even without their best player.

[Baofeng]

My winning streak has ended, 

But it's good though, 3 wins in a rows, games are very much unpredictable as we are just a couple of weeks from the regular season and every team are trying to fight for the position.

I will just add and edit again my bets and see if I will start another winning streak.

[Zed0X]

Pelicans won against the Miami Heat. I thought that when Ingram went down and not able to play today, the Miami Heat is going to win this game. I didn't watch the game though, but it seems that Zion just played 25 minutes and had 4 points only? And it was CJ who lead the team with a big help from Alvarado. And it was a low scoring game, and with this phase, Miami Heat should have the advantage, but it seems they are off tonight and can't keep up with the Pelicans even without their best player.

It's one of those days. The team's 36% FG is not going to cut it against any team in the NBA unless they have impenetrable defense.

It's just too bad for them because Pacers won and that widens the gap between 6th (Pacers) and 7th (Heat).

[LogitechMouse]

Pelicans won against the Miami Heat. I thought that when Ingram went down and not able to play today, the Miami Heat is going to win this game. I didn't watch the game though, but it seems that Zion just played 25 minutes and had 4 points only? And it was CJ who lead the team with a big help from Alvarado. And it was a low scoring game, and with this phase, Miami Heat should have the advantage, but it seems they are off tonight and can't keep up with the Pelicans even without their best player.

As @Zed0X said, the Heat have a terrible night while the Pelicans shot 51% from the field. Aside from that, the Pelicans shot 50% from 3-point area as well whereas the Heat only shot 27%. The Heat overall had a bad night that's why the lost pretty bad on their home.

Well, as much as I want to praise the Pelicans for this, I always believe that the regular season and playoffs are different. One all-star player out because of injury can change the whole series. It's good that Ingram didn't get a serious injury after that previous game, and he will be playing again I think after 1-2 weeks. They are also in a pretty good spot at 5th spot with 1.5 games above the 6th seeded Phoenix but still they can't afford to sit out their key players in some games.

As for the Heat, we've seen them defeating the Bucks last season, and reaching the NBA Finals when nobody expected them to clinch that. Their roster is still the same, the coach is still the same, nothing much has changed with them so I still believe that even though they're at the bottom spot come playoff time, top teams must not be overconfident when they face them. Heat facing the Cavaliers on the 3-6 match-up would be good, but I would want them to face the Bucks again for a rematch for the 2-7 match-up.