[NBA] Unofficial Discussion Thread

[LogitechMouse]

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.

If Haliburton will play in Game 3, there's a chance that Indiana will win in both Games on their home.
Apparently, he suffered a sore left hamstring injury in the 3rd quarter causing him to not return until the end of the game. I believe that the game might be closer if he just played, but I just hope that he will recover and will play in both of their home games to increase their chances.

Just for context, the Pacers are 1-12 all-time in the playoffs when they are down 0-2 and 1-8 in a best of 7 series. This might mean a lot especially when they are up against a team that may believe to win it all this year. The problem with the Pacers is that they might be one of the best offensive teams during the regular season, but they are also one of the worst defensive teams as well. They are giving up too many points to their opponent, and with a team like Celtics, they will take advantage of that weakness of them.

Anyway, I still believe that the Pacers will at least win on their home, but they will not win in this series. Not against a team like Boston.

[Zed0X]

I went for Pacers +10.5 again for game 2 and I didn't even bother to watch the game because I'm confident the bet would win Little did I know that Haliburton was struggling in the third quarter and had to be sidelined for the rest of the game.

What's your read on West's Finals game 2?

[yahoo62278]

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.

If Haliburton will play in Game 3, there's a chance that Indiana will win in both Games on their home.
Apparently, he suffered a sore left hamstring injury in the 3rd quarter causing him to not return until the end of the game. I believe that the game might be closer if he just played, but I just hope that he will recover and will play in both of their home games to increase their chances.

Just for context, the Pacers are 1-12 all-time in the playoffs when they are down 0-2 and 1-8 in a best of 7 series. This might mean a lot especially when they are up against a team that may believe to win it all this year. The problem with the Pacers is that they might be one of the best offensive teams during the regular season, but they are also one of the worst defensive teams as well. They are giving up too many points to their opponent, and with a team like Celtics, they will take advantage of that weakness of them.

Anyway, I still believe that the Pacers will at least win on their home, but they will not win in this series. Not against a team like Boston.

The Pacers screwed up by not taking game 1. That would have given them the series advantage and depleted some of Boston's confidence. The Pacers kept it close in the 1st half of last night, but like I thought, Boston turned it on in the 3rd quarter and it was game over.

The worst thing about last night was not that the Pacers lost, but that they might lose Haliburton. He is getting an MRI today and we will know a little more about what is going on,  but if Haliburton isn't able to play the series is over.

[bisdak40]

Anyone here have put a bet on the Mavs? What a game, that clutch 3 by Luka was amazing and it seems to me that this could be a potential sweep though the Wolves is a good road team but in this kind of a situation, they will be having a hard time defeating the Mavs on their homecourt.

[Zed0X]

I don't care what he's done before but ANT made really made bad decisions in the final minute. What the F was that pass from their second to the last possession that became a turnover? His teammate on the right was wide open but he decided to keep on spinning and then threw a bad pass. Is it nerves?

Anyway, I enjoyed both teams fearlessly attacking the basket.

[Baofeng]

Anyone here have put a bet on the Mavs? What a game, that clutch 3 by Luka was amazing and it seems to me that this could be a potential sweep though the Wolves is a good road team but in this kind of a situation, they will be having a hard time defeating the Mavs on their homecourt.

No, I was not able to bet on this game, however, if I did, I could have lost as I will go with the Wolves as I thought that they can win this game and they almost got it. If not for the Luka magic again and showing who's the better team right now.

I don't think that the Wolves though are going to overcome the Mavs here, they are now down 0-2 and their inexperience as showing in this game. ANT seems to be not performing in this series and way below his average and then that turnover in the last minute is very costly. We should also give props to Jason Kidd for his outstanding defense on him. It's not over, but it seems that the chance of the Wolves are slimmer with that 2 upset win by the Mavs at their homecourt. And now they are going to travel to Dallas and it might be 3-0 after game 3.

[yahoo62278]

Pacers had another game in the bag and blew it. Haliburton didn't play and the Pacers got up 18 on Boston, still led by 9 going into the 4th quarter. Looked like they were going to pull off a miracle, but instead they went cold late in the 4th and Boston took the lead in the last minute. Boston won 114-111 and now lead the series 3-0.

[Zed0X]

Pacers had another game in the bag and blew it. Haliburton didn't play and the Pacers got up 18 on Boston, still led by 9 going into the 4th quarter. Looked like they were going to pull off a miracle, but instead they went cold late in the 4th and Boston took the lead in the last minute. Boston won 114-111 and now lead the series 3-0.

It's almost the same as the game 2 of the Mavs vs. Wolves.

Pacers are not coming back from this, not with Haliburton injured. If ever, they can only extend this by one game and the Celtics will finish them at home. Too bad it'll end early because I expected more from this series.

[bisdak40]

Pacers are not coming back from this, not with Haliburton injured. If ever, they can only extend this by one game and the Celtics will finish them at home. Too bad it'll end early because I expected more from this series.

Yeah, impossible for them to come back from that 0-3 hole without their star guard Haliburton. If only Haliburton was not injured, i think the Pacers could give the Celtics a good fight as they are a very good team when playing at home. I expect that this series would be 2-2 after game 4 but with all the happenings, there might be a chance that this could be a sweep.

[Baofeng]

Pacers are not coming back from this, not with Haliburton injured. If ever, they can only extend this by one game and the Celtics will finish them at home. Too bad it'll end early because I expected more from this series.

Yeah, impossible for them to come back from that 0-3 hole without their star guard Haliburton. If only Haliburton was not injured, i think the Pacers could give the Celtics a good fight as they are a very good team when playing at home. I expect that this series would be 2-2 after game 4 but with all the happenings, there might be a chance that this could be a sweep.

True, and it might be over for the Pacers, although this game is winnable for them when they build a good lead. But it was eaten by the Boston Celtics in the 3rd and 4th quarter and very hard for them to sustain without Haliburton in the line-up.

What's funny is that both conferences has a possibility of a sweep unlike in the first two rounds wherein team fighting out will have to grind a game 7 just to be in the conference final, how weird it will be? And it just shows that the game is really unpredictable and teams win in the last minute or have to force overtime game.

[bisdak40]

What's funny is that both conferences has a possibility of a sweep unlike in the first two rounds wherein team fighting out will have to grind a game 7 just to be in the conference final, how weird it will be? And it just shows that the game is really unpredictable and teams win in the last minute or have to force overtime game.

Yes indeed, both conferences has the possibility of a sweep with Dallas winning tonight. Though this West Finals is exciting to watch but the Wolves were just outplayed both by Luka and Irving in the dying minutes of the game. Both the Pacers and the Wolves are in a 0-3 hole where no NBA teams has recovered and win the series, is it safe to say the the Celtics and the Mavericks will now meet in the finals?

[Jating]

What's funny is that both conferences has a possibility of a sweep unlike in the first two rounds wherein team fighting out will have to grind a game 7 just to be in the conference final, how weird it will be? And it just shows that the game is really unpredictable and teams win in the last minute or have to force overtime game.

Yes indeed, both conferences has the possibility of a sweep with Dallas winning tonight. Though this West Finals is exciting to watch but the Wolves were just outplayed both by Luka and Irving in the dying minutes of the game. Both the Pacers and the Wolves are in a 0-3 hole where no NBA teams has recovered and win the series, is it safe to say the the Celtics and the Mavericks will now meet in the finals?

To couple it with Haliburton being questionable in Game 4, I do think it will be Dallas Mavericks vs Boston Celtics in the finals now. Minnesota can't stop Luka, much more on guarding the ball handlers right now in Kyrie Irving. So we will see a potential Tatum/Brown, which for me the best NBA duo against the tandem of Luka/Kyrie.
Betting line against the Pacers is at odds of 3:1, so they are huge underdog. And I think a -6.5 bets for Boston Celtics is not that bad a bet here. But still interesting to see Dallas vs Minnesota though, the odds is still very close and odd makers are giving the Wolves at least a fighting chance to win in game 4 and avoid a potential sweep.

[LogitechMouse]

Pacers are not coming back from this, not with Haliburton injured. If ever, they can only extend this by one game and the Celtics will finish them at home. Too bad it'll end early because I expected more from this series.

Yeah, impossible for them to come back from that 0-3 hole without their star guard Haliburton. If only Haliburton was not injured, i think the Pacers could give the Celtics a good fight as they are a very good team when playing at home. I expect that this series would be 2-2 after game 4 but with all the happenings, there might be a chance that this could be a sweep.

Well, their all-star guard will be out for Game 4 because of that sore left hamstring injury:
https://www.espn.ph/nba/story/_/id/40230555/pacers-rule-tyrese-haliburton-game-4-vs-celtics

With him being out in Game 3, I expect that the game will end up in a blowout, but it wasn't. Nembhard stepped up on that game and scored his career high. With Haliburton out, I know that he's still a young player, but I expect him to play the same as he played in Game 3 if not even better, and aside from him, I also expect other players to step up as well like Siakam, and Turner especially on the offense. I mean Indiana doesn't want to get swept on their own home, right.

Anyway, it's kind of risky, but I'm thinking of betting on the Pacers in this game. Anybody here who also put their money on Pacers as well?

[Zed0X]

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Nembhard stepped up on that game and scored his career high. With Haliburton out, I know that he's still a young player, but I expect him to play the same as he played in Game 3 if not even better, and aside from him, I also expect other players to step up as well like Siakam, and Turner especially on the offense.

The game is still close after two quarters and Nembhard and Siakam leading the Pacers as expected.

I mean Indiana doesn't want to get swept on their own home, right.

No team wants that.

I skip betting on this game and probably on the West game 4. I've been losing on both series I might as well save a bit and bet bigger on the Finals.

[bisdak40]

I skip betting on this game and probably on the West game 4. I've been losing on both series I might as well save a bit and bet bigger on the Finals.

I also skipped betting on the winner but bet on the total score and fortunately my bet won hehe.

Indiana had a chance to win in both game 3 and game 4 but they choked on the dying minutes, failed to defend when it mattered the most.

Well, congrats to those who bet for the Celtics to win in this series, though the odds is not so attractive but if you are a whale then you might have won big also.