Wednesday 11/12 NBA Game Thread

[Chuck Everett]

Lakers are 8-4 with a negative NET rating. Their record appears to be deceptive based on that.

With only a 12 game sample size all it really means is that when they lose they lose by blowout and they've been caught flat footed with a couple of revenge games recently by Atlanta and OKC that will really drag down that net rating.

It's worth monitoring. They had some luck to beat the Wolves on the Reaves buzzer beater and then that foul fest against the Spurs.

Still, they haven't had Lebron for any of these games and that makes a difference. Thing is, their net rating wasn't good a year ago either. Of the 8 playoff teams in the West, they had the worst rating (1.2).

If the season ended today, they would be 9th behind Portland and Golden State. It will be interesting to see if fatigue sets in with Luka/Reaves at some point carrying this heavy of a load. Imagine they didn't have the FT advantage.

[OverAndOut]

DEN vs OKC will be the real NBA finals this season.

[76ciology]

DEN vs OKC will be the real NBA finals this season.

You’re not allowed to win on back to back years. So if that happens, then Den would be the champs

[floppymoose]

GSW is not a contender, but Steph will still have it some nights, and on those nights they are still scary.

[Mavrelous]

Lakers are 8-4 with a negative NET rating. Their record appears to be deceptive based on that.

With only a 12 game sample size all it really means is that when they lose they lose by blowout and they've been caught flat footed with a couple of revenge games recently by Atlanta and OKC that will really drag down that net rating.

It's worth monitoring. They had some luck to beat the Wolves on the Reaves buzzer beater and then that foul fest against the Spurs.

Still, they haven't had Lebron for any of these games and that makes a difference. Thing is, their net rating wasn't good a year ago either. Of the 8 playoff teams in the West, they had the worst rating (1.2).

If the season ended today, they would be 9th behind Portland and Golden State. It will be interesting to see if fatigue sets in with Luka/Reaves at some point carrying this heavy of a load. Imagine they didn't have the FT advantage.

They were low net rating last year also, and Mavs Luka teams with bad defense are like that, they need to take care of business against bad teams and hope for a trade to bolster their defense,

[1993Playoffs]

OKC looks head and shoulders above anyone else

Even Denver doesn’t look that close tbh.

[knicksfan974]

ORL, when healthy, is a serious basketball team. They have some nice pieces and a well-rounded roster.

[Jadoogar]

All that Jokic glazing and your guy is struggling with a 3-7 team without Kawhi. Take a seat, pal.

Joker isn’t struggling against them

Clippers on pace to put up 140. With no Kawhi. Wild comment to make.

Whoops

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[Tnasty4l]

Winners: 5/12
Bulls: Giddey 23pts 11asts 10rbs lost
Knicks: Towns 24pts 9rbs 3asts lost
Heat: Powell 22pts 5rbs 4asts lost
Spurs: Wemby 21pts 12rbs 4asts 5blks lost
Thunder: SGA 25pts 6rbs 7asts won
Bucks: Giannis 33pts 14rbs 6asts lost
Blazers: Deni 22pts 8rbs 4asts won
Mavs: Flagg 22pts 8rbs 4asts lost
Celtics: Brown 24pts 7rbs 5asts won
Kings: Sabonis 22pts 14rbs 10asts lost
Rockets: Durant 25pts 7rbs 5asts won
Nuggets: Jokic 28pts 13rbs 12asts won

Craziest night in the league so far.

[The4thHorseman]

Sean Elliot on Jimmy Butler:

"That's a travel. He's NBA royalty though, so he gets that extra step"

Rough night for Draymond. Always funny to see how emotional he gets over calls. Then berates Scott Foster during the FTA.

[GeorgeSears]

James Harden is actually having a solid season this year. Much better than he's had in a while, and the unction is 3-8. Kawhi has missed 5 games, they're not playing any defense after being 3rd in DEF last year. Ty Lue doesn't know what he's doing.

This team is a total disaster.