Friday 1/20 NBA Game Thread

[bisme37]

The West's top three teams look to extend their winning streaks tonight on ESPN and League Pass
- No. 1 Nuggets seek 9 straight
- No. 2 Grizzlies seek 12 straight
- No. 3 Kings seek 6 straight



(Sorry if your team is not in the poll. There's a limit of 10 poll options.)

[GeorgeSears]

Lakers and Mavs both need a win badly.

[MrGoat]

I have time today so injury report:

ATL: Bogdanovic, Young questionable
BRK: unknown, not submitted yet but assume KD is out because he hasn't even been re-evaluted yet
CLE: Rubio, Wade, Windler out, Mitchell questionable
DAL: Kleber, Wood, Wright out, Hardaway probable
DEN: Gillespie, Watson out, Green questionable, Murray probable
GSW: unknown, have not submitted yet
IND: Kendall, Haliburton, Theis out
LAC: Kennard, Wall out
LAL: Davis, Reaves, Walker out, James questionable
MIA: Jovic, Robinson, Yurtseven out, Haslem probable
MEM: Green out, Williams questionable
NO: Ingram, Lidell, Zion out, Jones, Marshall questionable
NYK: Robinson out
OKC: Holmgren, Poku, Robinson-Earl out
ORL: Isaac, Okeke out, Franz Wagner questionable
SAC: Dellavedova, Len, Sabonis questionable
SAS: Vassell out
UTA: Olynyk out

[The4thHorseman]

Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs

[Statlanta]

Dellevadova is a name I haven't seen in a while. Jose Alvarado really stole his and Tim McConnell niche

[bisme37]

Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs

Very weird. It was a tough game last night but they're under .500 and need wins. I get that they want to load manage and not be worn out for the postseason but right now they aren't even in the postseason.

[The Rainmaker]

Last season the Grizzlies had a 11 game winning streak in January that ended on a Friday night game on ESPN.

This season the Grizzlies have an 11 game winning streak in Janaury going into a Friday night game on ESPN.

[rocketsfan100]

This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing

[The4thHorseman]

Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs

Very weird. It was a tough game last night but they're under .500 and need wins. I get that they want to load manage and not be worn out for the postseason but right now they aren't even in the postseason.

I feel for those who are going to be attending. Sure, you want to see your team to win but not against GS bench players the entire game.

[C64]

Last season the Grizzlies had a 11 game winning streak in January that ended on a Friday night game on ESPN.

This season the Grizzlies have an 11 game winning streak in Janaury going into a Friday night game on ESPN.

Don't you put that evil on US!

[jokeboy86]

Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs

Very weird. It was a tough game last night but they're under .500 and need wins. I get that they want to load manage and not be worn out for the postseason but right now they aren't even in the postseason.

I feel for those who are going to be attending. Sure, you want to see your team to win but not against GS bench players the entire game.

I'm very curious how the league is going to handle scheduling next year because you've had a couple times where a team has 2 road games back-to-back sand they've had to rest players for the 2nd game and if this is a team that's in a different conference it's usually the lone time some fans are able to see their star players. So either local fans(and media) complain vocally or with their wallets or fans are going to have to start being even more selective when they buy their tickets. The only reason the national media isn't as mad as they used to be is because the league made sure that players aren't always missing the marquee national tv matchups.

[OkcSinceSGA]

OKC by 12.

[azcatz11]

This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing

If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous

[DonaldSanders]

Saw earlier that Steph, Klay, Draymond, Wiggins and Wiseman ruled out tonight against the Cavs

Very weird. It was a tough game last night but they're under .500 and need wins. I get that they want to load manage and not be worn out for the postseason but right now they aren't even in the postseason.

We started resting vets on b2bs right as the season started, that's what's more baffling than this rest game. It'd be one thing if we had developed a cushion, but we have no cushion, we're currently the 9th seed. I don't think there is any actual good science that resting players early in the season yields actual results. I get it as the playoffs get closer, but we have been resting vets on b2bs all year. It may have a really rough outcome by season's end, if we had won 3 more games we'd be 25-20 fighting for the 4th seed.

Klay has to sit for legit medical reasons on back to backs, but Steph/Dray/Wiggins are absolutely playable. Rest is ideal, but we're really in no position to rest guys at this point. And then word is we're mostly going to be quiet at the trade deadline, despite being a team under 500.

I also feel bad for the Cleveland fans that paid to see some stars.

[pillwenney]

I have time today so injury report:

ATL: Bogdanovic, Young questionable
BRK: unknown, not submitted yet but assume KD is out because he hasn't even been re-evaluted yet
CLE: Rubio, Wade, Windler out, Mitchell questionable
DAL: Kleber, Wood, Wright out, Hardaway probable
DEN: Gillespie, Watson out, Green questionable, Murray probable
GSW: unknown, have not submitted yet
IND: Kendall, Haliburton, Theis out
LAC: Kennard, Wall out
LAL: Davis, Reaves, Walker out, James questionable
MIA: Jovic, Robinson, Yurtseven out, Haslem probable
MEM: Green out, Williams questionable
NO: Ingram, Lidell, Zion out, Jones, Marshall questionable
NYK: Robinson out
OKC: Holmgren, Poku, Robinson-Earl out
ORL: Isaac, Okeke out, Franz Wagner questionable
SAC: Dellavedova, Len, Sabonis questionable
SAS: Vassell out
UTA: Olynyk out

FWIW, Sabonis and Dellavedova participated in shootaround this morning. I'd guess they're good to go tonight.

[MrGoat]

Dellevadova is a name I haven't seen in a while. Jose Alvarado really stole his and Tim McConnell niche

Seeing Len on Sacramento injury report was also a blast from the past speaking of players I didn't even realize were still around

[stillgotgame]

When's the last time you were excited to see OKC play Sacramento? I'm really looking forward to this game, great match up.

[The4thHorseman]

D. Mitchell has now been ruled out for Cleveland tonight.

[xdrta+]

This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing

If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous

Hahaha, that's a good one.

[Dirk]

This load management nonsense is out of hand. People pay hundreds of dollars for tickets weeks prior to games and then on the said game they find out the stars of the teams are not playing because of load management. It’s embarrassing

If I was a fan - I would demand a refund. I hope an attorney sues the league with a class action on behalf of fans and takes every penny. This is ridiculous

I heard Duke4life received a partial refund from Amazon for his league pass subscription since Zion only plays 10% of the games.