Tuesday 11/28 NBA Game Thread - Final Night of IST Group Play

[Ckay]

Star of the game.

[DonaldSanders]

Enjoy the win Kings fans!

I just wish we didn't have to sit through 72 FTs, whew that part was not fun. We got the playoff atmosphere with a regular season whistle.

Moody looks good every time I watch the Warriors. Confused why he doesn’t get more consistent minutes

Yup, some of us including me have wanted Moody to start over him since last year. This year it's undeniable. Moses can not miss a shot in a quarter and still get pulled, so frustrating. This was one where Steve should be able to leave Klay on the bench and say "Moses was hot."

[MrGoat]

The Rockets-Mavs finish was even crazier than I thought. The Mavs just played the first 4th quarter with 3 different players scoring 11+ for them in the 4th quarter in the 21st century. That was also the first entertaining tourney game the Mavs played despite being already eliminated

[OxAndFox]

The Warriors look like title contenders. Anyone disagreeing isn’t watching this game. This is special special stuff. They can beat any team playing like this, and that is no exaggeration.

Remember this performance before you write them off.

Noted

[OxAndFox]

Feel bad for Curry. Even at 35 the dude's still capable of being a championship #1 but this Warriors supporting cast just ain't it.

Also Draymond remains a hilarious individual.

Honestly. Put him on the Wizards. The Warriors become the Wizards.

[OxAndFox]

Moody looks good every time I watch the Warriors. Confused why he doesn’t get more consistent minutes

I'm telling everyone. He and Kuminga are going to ball out when they get out of GS. It's disgusting how Kerr treats them. Kuminga would be up there as a 20/10 guy and Moody at MIN. is a 18ppg with decent D.

[OxAndFox]

I can't stand watching the Warriors. Illegal screens and flops all damn game

Yes Sabonis and the Kings never flop

They definitely don't get the "vet smart" calls that Steph, Klay, Dray, CP103, Wigg get. Cmon man. You've had almost a decade of clear calls.
Or does Fox or Sabonis get "MVP" calls like the Warriors? No. Yet they were #7 and #10 in MVP voting last season. History needs to be respected, but that's on court, not by getting calls from refs.

The amount of exaggerating contact by the Warriors is unmatched. Not 1 team in history has been more looked after. Not 1. Let me know if there is. There was a clear non foul on Curry and he was motioning hooking like it even happened at all. They're trying to gameplan the refs and typically it has worked, it worked in the first half, but hopefully the refs and the NBA wake up that there are other teams out there.

[iggymcfrack]

Warriors are cooked. Do they fall into the play in this year?

Nah, they're still 5th in the West in SRS even with Curry and Draymond missing time. One of the teams ahead of them is the Rockets who have had unsustainable shooting luck and are currently 8-1 at home and 0-6 on the road. Honestly if I had to rank the teams by their likely final seed, I'd probably go:

1. Minnesota
2. Denver
3. Oklahoma City
(gap)
4. Golden State
5. Phoenix
6. Sacramento
7. New Orleans
8. LA Clippers
9. LA Lakers
10. Dallas

The Warriors might be closer to the Mavericks in 10th than the Thunder in 3rd, but I'd still have them at the top of that group.

[iggymcfrack]

Moody looks good every time I watch the Warriors. Confused why he doesn’t get more consistent minutes

I'm telling everyone. He and Kuminga are going to ball out when they get out of GS. It's disgusting how Kerr treats them. Kuminga would be up there as a 20/10 guy and Moody at MIN. is a 18ppg with decent D.

Benching Moody down the stretch when he was on fire and was literally the only person on the team who could make a three pointer was insane. If you count the ones where there was a foul taking the shot away, I think he was 5/5 from three in the quarter. Meanwhile, Klay and Wiggins have been garbage all season. I don't care which one of those guys you leave on the bench, but you can't play both of them over Moody when he has flames flying out of his ass. It's not fair to Moody and it's not fair to the team. That move totally cost them the game.

[J-Mezzy]

No hate on the Cs as they are having an incredible season

But as a Magic fan, it feels wrong to be eliminated from the tournament. We have the same record and beat them head to head

But then both the Cs and the Knicks beat us in point differential… not only is that a silly tie breaker to use over head to head, but if you are going to use that, the games all have to be played simultaneously. Both the Cs and Knicks knew ahead of time what they needed to score to move on so they kept their starters in their blow out wins. The magic won their games organically while the Cs and Knicks had a target to hit in order to advance.

Not the Cs or Knicks fault and I wish them luck. Just feels that this was a poor way to set up things imo

[JN61]

Feel bad for Curry. Even at 35 the dude's still capable of being a championship #1 but this Warriors supporting cast just ain't it.

Also Draymond remains a hilarious individual.

Honestly. Put him on the Wizards. The Warriors become the Wizards.

And wizards stay wizards. You can't trust on Curry carrying anything remotely mediocre team.

[AleksandarN]

Warriors are cooked. Do they fall into the play in this year?

Nah, they're still 5th in the West in SRS even with Curry and Draymond missing time. One of the teams ahead of them is the Rockets who have had unsustainable shooting luck and are currently 8-1 at home and 0-6 on the road. Honestly if I had to rank the teams by their likely final seed, I'd probably go:

1. Minnesota
2. Denver
3. Oklahoma City
(gap)
4. Golden State
5. Phoenix
6. Sacramento
7. New Orleans
8. LA Clippers
9. LA Lakers
10. Dallas

The Warriors might be closer to the Mavericks in 10th than the Thunder in 3rd, but I'd still have them at the top of that group.

I have the kings a head of them especially if cp3 continues to breakdown. They are an old team with injury history. That’s a not a good combo in the regular season

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[KingFox]

I love the relationship between Coach Brown and Fox. He challenges him when appropriate and praises him when he meets the challenge.

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[SweetTouch]

Damn that had Klay Thompson redemption comeback game winner written all over it

Like always defenses leave him wide open and do not even consider his existence

But now even his teammate doesn’t consider his existence

[Johnny Tomala]

4/5 - Warriors wrong pick.

[Wolfgang630]

No hate on the Cs as they are having an incredible season

But as a Magic fan, it feels wrong to be eliminated from the tournament. We have the same record and beat them head to head

But then both the Cs and the Knicks beat us in point differential… not only is that a silly tie breaker to use over head to head, but if you are going to use that, the games all have to be played simultaneously. Both the Cs and Knicks knew ahead of time what they needed to score to move on so they kept their starters in their blow out wins. The magic won their games organically while the Cs and Knicks had a target to hit in order to advance.

Not the Cs or Knicks fault and I wish them luck. Just feels that this was a poor way to set up things imo

That’s what I’ve said too. This isn’t the way to do it. Also, I think it should be 5 games instead of 4. 4 gives you no wiggle room. One lost can eliminate you. They do this over the span of 3-4 weeks anyways. They can squeeze one more game in. Plus these groups need to be balanced better. Idk how the Lakers got the most cupcake grouping ever.

[Johnny Fontane]

Haha Draymond. Maybe the league is finally done with simping for his antics

[KyRo23]

Honestly, would anyone have been surprised if that last Curry heave went in?

Honestly yeah. He’s the anti clutch and gets no heat for it

[Dirk]

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