Around the NBA: Week 20 (3/4 - 3/10/24)

[ShelC]

Nationally televised games this week
Tuesday, March 5th
Boston @ Cleveland at 7:30PM EST on TNT
Phoenix @ Denver at 10:00PM EST on TNT

Wednesday, March 6th
LA Clippers @ Houston at 7:30PM EST on ESPN
Milwaukee @ Golden State at 10:00PM EST on ESPN

Thursday, March 7th
Miami @ Dallas at 7:30PM EST on TNT
Boston @ Denver at 10:00PM EST on TNT

Friday March 8th
Minnesota @ Cleveland at 7:30PM EST on ESPN
Milwaukee @ LA Lakers at 10:00PM EST on ESPN

Saturday, March 9th
Boston @ Phoenix at 8:30PM EST on ABC

Sunday, March 10th
Philadelphia @ New York at 7:00PM EST on ESPN
Minnesota @ LA Lakers at 9:30PM EST on ESPN


NBA News
Starting 5, March 4: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander takes over & a new West No. 1
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-starting-5-march-4-2024-2

Sixers honor Allen Iverson with sculpture at training complex
https://www.nba.com/news/allen-iverson- ... ng-complex

Gilbert Arenas shockingly blames Europeans for lack of NBA defense
https://clutchpoints.com/gilbert-arenas ... ba-defense

Lakers' LeBron James reaches 40,000 career points
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/396 ... eer-points

[Mori Chu]

[In2ition]

Does he have another 368 games in him?

[Superbone]

You can say what you want about the guy but that's pretty dang consistent. I'm sure the PEDs don't hurt.

[Kryptonic]

You can say what you want about the guy but that's pretty dang consistent. I'm sure the PEDs don't hurt.

PED's made for the best era in baseball Can't hurt...

[Split T]

Dean Wade just had a 20 point 4th Q, including the go ahead put back dunk and Cleveland beat Boston…they were down about 20 at one point in the 4th

[TOO]

Helluva ending in Cleveland, refs did their best to ruin it lol.

[Split T]

At least they overturned that absolutely garbage foul call

[TOO]

At least they overturned that absolutely garbage foul call

I was expecting them to say he was in the landing area after it showed no contact

[In2ition]

It should have been a foul on Tatum, twice the same play, imo.

[Superbone]

I watched the last 5 minutes starting with the Celtics up 10. That was great to see. D Wade is back, baby!

[Kryptonic]

Dean Wade just had a 20 point 4th Q, including the go ahead put back dunk and Cleveland beat Boston…they were down about 20 at one point in the 4th

Was laughing after he had 12 points and said at that point might as well heat check him…. That they did lol.

[Mori Chu]

Interesting article about the Thunder.

[MightyMoog]

I just hoped they learned from their Harden mistake.

[ShelC]

The Thunder might be a great regular season team that has trouble in the playoffs. Not big enough up front.

[Split T]

Ya they are ripe for a 1st round exit. Assuming everyone is healthy I think Dallas, LAL, and PHX would all beat OKC. I’d probably pick OKC over Sacramento or NOP. I think 2nd round is there ceiling.

[Mori Chu]

Ya they are ripe for a 1st round exit. Assuming everyone is healthy I think Dallas, LAL, and PHX would all beat OKC. I’d probably pick OKC over Sacramento or NOP. I think 2nd round is there ceiling.

I am more positive on the Thunder than this. I think OKC would beat most teams in the west other than maybe Denver or LAC. I think they'd beat us in a series, ditto the other teams like DAL, LAL, SAC, NOP. But we'll have to wait and see, since they are so young there isn't much to go on other than this regular season and hunches.

[Split T]

Ya they are ripe for a 1st round exit. Assuming everyone is healthy I think Dallas, LAL, and PHX would all beat OKC. I’d probably pick OKC over Sacramento or NOP. I think 2nd round is there ceiling.

I am more positive on the Thunder than this. I think OKC would beat most teams in the west other than maybe Denver or LAC. I think they'd beat us in a series, ditto the other teams like DAL, LAL, SAC, NOP. But we'll have to wait and see, since they are so young there isn't much to go on other than this regular season and hunches.

They have not fared well against Dallas and LAL this year. They’ve lost their last 4 against those 2. They are just too small for the Lakers…Dallas steamrolled them in Gafford and PJ Washington’s first game with Dallas. I think those are bad matchups.

[Mori Chu]

What's too bad about our underwhelming season is that the league really is wide open. There's no dynasty, no juggernaut team. Several teams are very good, like the Nuggets, Celtics, etc. But nobody is truly terrifying. This would be a great year for our Suns to have a dominant team and roll to a title. But we can't stop from tripping over our own feet.

[ShelC]