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Our “savior” has returned. Remember we cut him. Now he’s the key to our success?
 
The Nougats don't do defense. Any team with capable scorers on a good night can beat them.
If we beat them tomorrow, we pass them in the standings and take the division lead.
 
AD just can’t stay healthy and they can’t afford to lose games right now.
 
Magic beat Clippers to snap 9 game losing streak. Banchero was clutch. Clippers were awful down the stretch. We move ahead Clippers in the standings.
 
Holy shit... this is an absolute drubbing. The best record in the East absolutely handling the best in the West.
 
I like to see Phoenix get a good ol fashioned butt whoopin’.

From the eye ball test Boston looks like the best team in the league to me.
 
Damn- Jazz came back from 4 down with 9 secs left and won. Former Blazer NA-W with the assist and steal to win it. Unbelievable. Warriors just can’t win on the road.
 
I like to see Phoenix get a good ol fashioned butt whoopin’.

From the eye ball test Boston looks like the best team in the league to me.
And they still have Gallo coming. Pritchard and Horford were out too.
 
Holy shit... this is an absolute drubbing. The best record in the East absolutely handling the best in the West.
I get that every team has a night like this, but the word "effort" was never there.
Marcus Smart taking the ball away from Bridges, and laying it up, while two Suns (Ayton&Paul?) just stood there...
Hey Phoenix: You can die with dignity.
 
I get that every team has a night like this, but the word "effort" was never there.
Marcus Smart taking the ball away from Bridges, and laying it up, while two Suns (Ayton&Paul?) just stood there...
Hey Phoenix: You can die with dignity.
Still 10 minutes left. This would be an amazing comeback.
 
Damn- Jazz came back from 4 down with 9 secs left and won. Former Blazer NA-W with the assist and steal to win it. Unbelievable. Warriors just can’t win on the road.
The Jazz second to last position started with 13.3 seconds left in the game with the score at 123-119.
Alexander-Walker dribbled the ball to the hoop and had an open 2 pointer but threw the ball out to Beasley who made a 3 with 6.9 seconds left.
On the ensuing inbounds pass to Jordan Poole, Walker Alexander poked the ball out from behind Poole, Olynyk poked the ball again to Beasley who dribbled down the court and dished the ball to Fontecchio, who layed it in with 1.4 on the clock.

Golden State didn't have any timeouts and threw a long bomb down the court which fell incomplete.

Great execution for the winners, terrible way to end for the losers.

Atrocious defense by Klay Thompson on the 3-pointer by Beasley, as he stood on the edge of the key watching Alexander-Walker dribble to the hoop, did not defend Alexander-Walker and left Beasley, his man, undefended at the 3-point line. What the heck was he thinking?

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And Poole was way too complacent with the ball, I guess figuring that he'd be fouled immediately.
Edit: Looking at it again Poole was stripped almost instantly from behind, so maybe it was just great defense by Alexander-Walker.
 

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Shit! Wait til this kid gets in shape!!!!

 
Not generally a fan of gatekeeping, but I feel like people's opinions on this clip should define whether they should be permitted to comment on basketball, ever.

 
Not generally a fan of gatekeeping, but I feel like people's opinions on this clip should define whether they should be permitted to comment on basketball, ever.


Traveling? Or “Faking the bounce pass”?
 
Tons of comments in the replies accusing Paul of a double-dribble, a carry, and a travel...

at first I was thinking double-dribble, but he didn't take the 2nd dribble. It really doesn't look like a carry either

but he does take more than 2 steps during the fake-pass/spin-dribble-->catch-&-scoop-pass so that was a travel as the rule is you can't take more than 2 steps, or 1-step-&-gather between dribbles. Of course, the NBA's enforcement of the travel rules has gone the way of Pan American Airlines
 
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