Around the NBA: Week 13 (1/12 - 1/18)

[Mori Chu]

Nationally televised games this week
source: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/tv-sch ... -schedule/ (All times EST, sorry)

Mon 1/12
7:30 pm Boston Celtics vs Indiana Pacers: Peacock, NBCSN

Tue 1/13
8:00 pm San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder: NBC, Peacock, NBCSN2
11:00 pm Portland Trail Blazers vs Golden State Warriors: NBC, Peacock, NBCSN3

Wed 1/14
7:00 pm Cleveland Cavaliers vs Philadelphia 76ers: ESPN
9:30 pm Denver Nuggets vs Dallas Mavericks: ESPN

Thu 1/15
2:00 pm Memphis Grizzlies vs Orlando Magic: Prime Video (Berlin Game)
7:30 pm Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets: Prime Video
10:00 pm New York Knicks vs Golden State Warriors: Prime Video

Fri 1/16
7:00 pm Cleveland Cavaliers vs Philadelphia 76ers: ESPN
9:30 pm Minnesota Timberwolves vs Houston Rockets: ESPN

Sat 1/17
7:30 pm Phoenix Suns vs New York Knicks: NBA TV
10:00 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers: NBA TV

Sun 1/18
12:00 pm Orlando Magic vs Memphis Grizzlies: Prime Video (London Game)


NBA News
ESPN.com: Are blockbuster trades actually worth it? We looked at 14 trades since 2013. (Suns' KD and Beal trades are featured)
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/475 ... raft-picks

CBS Sports: Kings' Dennis Schröder suspended 3 games for trying to strike Luka Doncic in his vagina:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/king ... ka-doncic/

Bleacher Report: NBA reschedules Bulls/Heat games to Jan 29, 31:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/253 ... nter-court


Power Rankings
NBA.com (Suns #5): https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2025-26-week-13

ESPN.com (Suns #10): https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/475 ... -grizzlies

USA Today (Suns #8): https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 148347007/

[Wally_West]

[pickle]

Pacers upset the Celtics for their third straight win.

[pickle]

And the Kings dispatched the Lakers. Good day.

[Superbone]

And the Kings dispatched the Lakers. Good day.

We're now a mere 0.007 behind them for 5th in the Western Conference now.

[pickle]

The Lakers have a negative scoring margin and had won 13 close games in a row before losing to Milwaukee, so I think some regression to the mean is due. Oh and apparently the honeymoon period with a certain 1st overall pick is over. Whodathunkit.

[Kryptonic]

The Lakers have a negative scoring margin and had won 13 close games in a row before losing to Milwaukee, so I think some regression to the mean is due. Oh and apparently the honeymoon period with a certain 1st overall pick is over. Whodathunkit.

Literally... ALL OF US. LOL


Aside from that... We should be passing the Fakers soon.

[Split T]

The Lakers are the actual team we are better than and should stay ahead of to maintain a top 6 seed

[BKinSJC]

The Lakers have a negative scoring margin and had won 13 close games in a row before losing to Milwaukee, so I think some regression to the mean is due. Oh and apparently the honeymoon period with a certain 1st overall pick is over. Whodathunkit.

They mad at LeBron?

[Mori Chu]

The Lakers are the actual team we are better than and should stay ahead of to maintain a top 6 seed

100%, I think the Lakers have had a fake good record to start the season and are regressing to the mean. I agree that we are better and should stay ahead of them. I also think we are better than the no-Jokic Nuggets, though that team has been playing great even without their MVP.

[Split T]

Ya they’ve done enough without Jokic that I think they’ll be hard to catch. How I see the west shaping up:

1. OKC

2. Denver
3. Spurs

4. Houston
5. Minny
6. Phoenix

7. Lakers
8. Warriors

9. Clippers
10. Blazers

With some gaps for where the tiers are…some blurry lines between tier 2 and 3 as well.

[bajanguy008]

Poor guy smh

[Superbone]

Ya really just hate to see it.

[Superbone]

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