2023 NBA Off-Season: The Season Begins Now (Or As Soon As KD Says It Does)

[M2]

That's one of many reasons why I hate Curry with a passion.

That and he murders your team, and he's little-brothered Dame for his whole career. BTW, those are viable reasons for a fan to hate a guy. I get it. I hated Larry Bird. Steph literally changed the game and brought back high-octane offense. Also seems to be the most universally popular athlete in a long time. That's a bit of a lonely island you've picked for yourself.

[dubc47834]

Curry takes five steps like he's at a hoe-down and then he whines when they call traveling?

That's one of many reasons why I hate Curry with a passion.

Warriors now 2-9 on the Road.

Yeah...and how'd them Blazers do last night???

[BuckeyeRed27]

Going to the Cavs 76ers game tonight.

Unfortunately Allen is out, so Embiid might get 60. Fortunately Mitchell and Garland can score enough to cancel that out, should be fun.

[texasdave]

It's looking as if the Celtics are not going to be missing Ime Udoka all that much. 17-4 and counting.

[goreds2]

Going to the Cavs 76ers game tonight.

Unfortunately Allen is out, so Embiid might get 60. Fortunately Mitchell and Garland can score enough to cancel that out, should be fun.

I bet you are having fun with the Cavs up by 21 at halftime. I need to try and catch a 76ers game in person someday.

[M2]

It's looking as if the Celtics are not going to be missing Ime Udoka all that much. 17-4 and counting.

Yeah, I thought that would be a factor for them and it hasn't manifested at all. The only difference is now they score like crazy too.

[SteelSD]

I bet you are having fun with the Cavs up by 21 at halftime. I need to try and catch a 76ers game in person someday.

Cavs shot 16 for 17 from the floor in the 2nd quarter. Everything they were chucking up went in. Not much you can do about that. Nine threes in a row between the 2nd and 3rd quarter. Made the clueless officating a complete non-factor.

[M2]

I'm watching the Celtics-Heat. Miami has been hovering behind Boston most of the 2nd half as Jaylen Brown was on the bench with foul trouble. When they finally got him and Jayson Tatum on the floor together again it got unfair and they're going to win comfortably. Tatum has 49. Brown has 26 (in 28 minutes).

[Mutaman]

Good one at the Garden. Old time basketball. Giannis fouled out and Mitchell Robinson had 20 rebounds but Grayson Allen with the big shot for the win and the cover.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Cavs shot 16 for 17 from the floor in the 2nd quarter. Everything they were chucking up went in. Not much you can do about that. Nine threes in a row between the 2nd and 3rd quarter. Made the clueless officating a complete non-factor.

The 2nd quarter was indeed crazy. Cavs were hot, but the 76ers didn’t show any interest in playing defense and , Embiid looked disengaged even before they got run off the court.

Give them a bit of a break since Maxey and Harden weren’t there…but I think that’s a team in serious trouble.

[M2]

Most interesting thing to me tonight is Wendell Moore started for the Timberwolves (a win over the Grizz). He didn't do much in his 20 minutes (7-3-2), but it's only his 5th game and it indicates they like what they see from him.

[Betterread]

Most interesting thing to me tonight is Wendell Moore started for the Timberwolves (a win over the Grizz). He didn't do much in his 20 minutes (7-3-2), but it's only his 5th game and it indicates they like what they see from him.

His first real NBA Minutes. First Fg and first 3pt Fg. With five players out due to injury somebody had to play and he was doing well in G League. He outrebounded Gobert (1). He looked alright to me.
Memphis outrebounded min 59-29. 30 Fts to 19 for Min. But they had 29 turnovers (stat sheet says 24 but it is wrong).
I swear that Jah gets four free throws every game for merely walking onto the court.

[SteelSD]

The 2nd quarter was indeed crazy. Cavs were hot, but the 76ers didn’t show any interest in playing defense and , Embiid looked disengaged even before they got run off the court.

Give them a bit of a break since Maxey and Harden weren’t there…but I think that’s a team in serious trouble.

Nah. The Sixers have won 7 of their last 10, even including last night, while dealing with injuries to Maxey, Harden, Embiid, and Tobias Harris- who, after attempting to make a go of it (and playing horribly), left last night's game with an illness. Any team is going to look bad when everything the opponent chucks at the basket goes in regardless of how well the defense plays. Philly played some good defense last night, forcing 18 turnovers and holding Cleveland to 25 or fewer points in three of the four quarters. That's usually a winning formula if you can hit a shot and if the opponent doesn't put up 44 points in the other quarter. The ball just went in at an astounding rate for the Cavs in that second quarter, and the Sixers couldn't hit anything. Make or miss league. Way it goes. Gotta' just nod to your opponent when that happens and move on.

Things might have looked somewhat better for Philly had Cleveland not been allowed to camp out in the lane on both sides of the ball all night long. That was clearly a plan defensively given that they picked up three defensive three second violations (could have been 30 of them). Credit to the Cavs for finding a risk/reward exploit. And Embiid was engaged enough to pick up a tech (almost got tossed) for rightly demanding that he shouldn't be consistently mugged by the three guys camped out in the lane the entire possession. Overall, I think the officiating has been better this season, but that crew stunk. That didn't cause the loss, but it certainly exacerbated things.

[Rojo Rijo]

Fultz looked good in his limited return to action last night. With him and Anthony back that will likely push Suggs into a lesser role. Not sure what the future will look like for Orlando. The roster is loaded with top draft picks and talent yet we still have one of the worst records in the league.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Nah. The Sixers have won 7 of their last 10, even including last night, while dealing with injuries to Maxey, Harden, Embiid, and Tobias Harris- who, after attempting to make a go of it (and playing horribly), left last night's game with an illness. Any team is going to look bad when everything the opponent chucks at the basket goes in regardless of how well the defense plays. Philly played some good defense last night, forcing 18 turnovers and holding Cleveland to 25 or fewer points in three of the four quarters. That's usually a winning formula if you can hit a shot and if the opponent doesn't put up 44 points in the other quarter. The ball just went in at an astounding rate for the Cavs in that second quarter, and the Sixers couldn't hit anything. Make or miss league. Way it goes. Gotta' just nod to your opponent when that happens and move on.

Things might have looked somewhat better for Philly had Cleveland not been allowed to camp out in the lane on both sides of the ball all night long. That was clearly a plan defensively given that they picked up three defensive three second violations (could have been 30 of them). Credit to the Cavs for finding a risk/reward exploit. And Embiid was engaged enough to pick up a tech (almost got tossed) for rightly demanding that he shouldn't be consistently mugged by the three guys camped out in the lane the entire possession. Overall, I think the officiating has been better this season, but that crew stunk. That didn't cause the loss, but it certainly exacerbated things.

Yeah the refs were fine. Like I said I’ll give Philly a bit of a pass due to missing guys, although Cleveland was also missing Allen, Love and Stephens and started a guy I don’t think has played this season yet so.

Mitchell and Garland could do whatever they wanted and yes there was a team defense aspect going on with Embiid, but Mobley also did a fantastic job.