Wednesday 3/9 Game Thread

[Slim Charless]

Big Shot Batum

[MrGoat]

I'm shocked about the Blazers-Jazz score. The Blazers had 43 points late in the 3rd quarter and ended up with 85 points. I thought for sure they would be held up 70 points. Especially with the roster they were putting out.

I think it was 94-43 when I made a comment about that game about how the Blazers should make the tank less obvious. They actually ended up doing a pretty good job of making it look more like a run of the mill blowout in garbage time

[Dubnation]

The history will show LeBron was 0/0 on that game winner…

That’s what matters!

Skip, is that you?

[G35]

Really putting it to the test the question, "Would you take 10 crappy years for one title".......

We did this. And for many teams the answer is yes.

That is why those teams are not the Lakers, they have lower standards.....

[God Squad]

Really putting it to the test the question, "Would you take 10 crappy years for one title".......

We did this. And for many teams the answer is yes.

That is why those teams are not the Lakers, they have lower standards.....

Dumbest thing I've seen on RealGM today. Lower standards?

[Perseus1966]

The reffing in the Hawks vs Bucks game was as bad and one sided as I’ve ever seen. Giannis legit committed 6 charges and was called for 1. Hawks players probably traveled a combined 57 feet in mid air after getting bulldozed by Giannis’ shoulder and most were called for blocking fouls. A couple no calls as well while Hawks players were hammered to the ground. game has become unwatchable.

You must learn to live with it ,as we learn that no other player will get ft except giannis .
And if you play defense and dont flop you have better results.

[The Sebastian Express]

I just looked at the Utah Portland score. There's tanking, but Portland may want to make it a little less obvious. 3 different Utah players are a +43, Josh Hart is a -51 and we're still in the third quarter

Listen. We tried to mess up the tank by winning four in a row before the break, desperate measures were needed.

Revel in our catastrophic play.

But also my sincere apologies for anyone who tuned into the game lol. They -definitely- should've taken this off the national schedule a week ago.

[Goomba3666]

Westbrook putting up 30 shooting better than 50% from the field with only two turnovers. LeBron goes 9/26 from the field with 5 turnovers and a team worst -17 with an empty stat triple double. I thought it was supposed to be the other way around

Headlines later today:

"Lakers Lose to Rockets Despite Lebron's Triple Double."

[BallerTalk]

ROCKETS ROOKIES:

Jalen Green: 32 pts, 3 ast, 3 rbs, 1 blk, 62% fg, 57% 3pt

Alperen Sengun: 21 pts, 14 rbs, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk, 45%fg, 33% 3pt

Josh Christopher: 21 pts, 6 rbs, 1 ast, 62% fg, 60% 3pt

[scrabbarista]

ROCKETS ROOKIES:

Jalen Green: 32 pts, 3 ast, 3 rbs, 1 blk, 62% fg, 57% 3pt

Alperen Sengun: 21 pts, 14 rbs, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk, 45%fg, 33% 3pt

Josh Christopher: 21 pts, 6 rbs, 1 ast, 62% fg, 60% 3pt

And Christopher is the oldest at 20 years and 92 days.

[shakes0]

The reffing in the Hawks vs Bucks game was as bad and one sided as I’ve ever seen. Giannis legit committed 6 charges and was called for 1. Hawks players probably traveled a combined 57 feet in mid air after getting bulldozed by Giannis’ shoulder and most were called for blocking fouls. A couple no calls as well while Hawks players were hammered to the ground. game has become unwatchable.

You must learn to live with it ,as we learn that no other player will get ft except giannis .
And if you play defense and dont flop you have better results.

bunch of nonsense. Show me one call from last night where the Hawks player flopped? 6 blatant charges by Giannis, only 1 called. ZERO FLOPS.

GTFO with this crap.

[Mr Puddles]

I usually put little to no stock in +/- numbers but -51 in 26 minutes is brutal lol. That basically means the Blazers were getting outscored by a bucket every minute he was on the floor.

To put that into perspective:

the OKC Thunder score 2.15 points per minute, per game.
the Blazers just got OUTscored 1.96 points per minute, for every minute J. Hart was on the floor.

[UcanUwill]

Rockets rookies are great, sadly Garuba is in the dog house

[Perseus1966]

The reffing in the Hawks vs Bucks game was as bad and one sided as I’ve ever seen. Giannis legit committed 6 charges and was called for 1. Hawks players probably traveled a combined 57 feet in mid air after getting bulldozed by Giannis’ shoulder and most were called for blocking fouls. A couple no calls as well while Hawks players were hammered to the ground. game has become unwatchable.

You must learn to live with it ,as we learn that no other player will get ft except giannis .
And if you play defense and dont flop you have better results.

bunch of nonsense. Show me one call from last night where the Hawks player flopped? 6 blatant charges by Giannis, only 1 called. ZERO FLOPS.

GTFO with this crap.

1q 5:53 Collins flops
1q 5:27 gallinari blocking foul he is moving.
1q 4:16 gallinari flops gets 2 ft.
3q 11:20 capella flops but irs a blocking foul.

[shakes0]

You must learn to live with it ,as we learn that no other player will get ft except giannis .
And if you play defense and dont flop you have better results.

bunch of nonsense. Show me one call from last night where the Hawks player flopped? 6 blatant charges by Giannis, only 1 called. ZERO FLOPS.

GTFO with this crap.

1q 5:53 Collins flops
1q 5:27 gallinari blocking foul he is moving.
1q 4:16 gallinari flops gets 2 ft.

bunch of nonsense. GTFO homer!

[Perseus1966]

bunch of nonsense. Show me one call from last night where the Hawks player flopped? 6 blatant charges by Giannis, only 1 called. ZERO FLOPS.

GTFO with this crap.

1q 5:53 Collins flops
1q 5:27 gallinari blocking foul he is moving.
1q 4:16 gallinari flops gets 2 ft.

bunch of nonsense. GTFO homer!

Going ,enjoy your play in (if you make it)

[dlts20]

Explain why they lose to a 17-49 Rockets' team when they desperately need a win...

He just doesn't have anything left in the tank in crunch time.

Did you see the open opportunity to score at the end of the game?

Do you really think a prime LeBron lets this team lose to the 17-49 Rockets?

Keep mentioning his offensive stats, in this inflated offensive stats era. But to the eye test he is being destroyed by Father Time. Not his fault but he needs to be the 2nd or 3rd option.

AD needs to be healthy, obviously.

He literally was a inch away from scoring 60 last game against a great team... Lol

No one is saying that he's 28 but saying that he's being destroyed by father time is insane. He still would be the best player on majority of the teams in the league and still clearly one of the best players in the league

this is what happens if you count raw stats. lebron is nowere near the best player he would be lucky to be a mvp candidate 3rd team.
miami lebron would never lose to a historically bad team and it makes no sense prime lebron has worse stats. he is clearly stat padding and not playing half the game. meanwhile westbrook is just a victim of usage bc of lebron not because he is washed up like him. his shooting isnt even that bad would be easily over 45% if not for lebron taking away 30 shots in days like these.

Come again?

[dlts20]

If you can’t acknowledge LeBron is getting destroyed by Father Time you are in ledenial.

He's averaging 29, 8, and 6 on 52% from the field, and may win the scoring title. May father time be so grateful to us all

Explain why they lose to a 17-49 Rockets' team when they desperately need a win...

He just doesn't have anything left in the tank in crunch time.

Did you see the open opportunity to score at the end of the game?

Do you really think a prime LeBron lets this team lose to the 17-49 Rockets?

Keep mentioning his offensive stats, in this inflated offensive stats era. But to the eye test he is being destroyed by Father Time. Not his fault but he needs to be the 2nd or 3rd option.

AD needs to be healthy, obviously.

Washed king