Friday 03/15/13 NBA discussion thread

[nbafan88]

Did you 'tweet' him a happy birthday ?

no I just find it to be cool that I was born the same day as him.

Hope he got shitfaced

 

[emkee]

Safe to say the Grizz knew what's up when they traded half their 'offense'. Team is built for playoff basketball...

 

[BetCrimes1984]

Here-we-go OT, here-we-go.

 

[M.W.]

I played Bulls 1Q and full game +5 and +5.5. Am looking to take GSW for 2H, however -- not really liking what I'm seeing now.

 

[nbafan88]

Safe to say the Grizz knew what's up when they traded half their 'offense'. Team is built for playoff basketball...

:bomb:

 

[BetCrimes1984]

Got the limp effort from Mempiss I feared. 1 x 20+ pt period out of 4 at a no-defense venue. I'm not amongst those loving Utah.

 

[nbafan88]

Terrible game by Lawson too. Nuggets are legit

 

[M.W.]

Okay -- how can the Pacers be laying just 4.5 at Philly tomorrow?

 

[emkee]

They still held the 'best' home team in the NBA to under 92 points. Will give the Grizz a pass being on the front end of a B2B in the 'altitude' zone...

 

[nbafan88]

Why is the front end the tough part? Don't just make up reasons for their failure. Tomorrow is the tough part.

The grizz are not a good team when it comes to closing out games from what I have seen. Denver is just deeper and has more weapons.

 

[nbafan88]

Okay -- how can the Pacers be laying just 4.5 at Philly tomorrow?

Philly is playing better basketball last two games. A little bit better team chemistry and they are no longer in the funk. The pacers would be about -11 at home vs Philly. That sounds about right

 

[BetCrimes1984]

From my pov, Mempiss saved their energy for Utah. Had they really cared to win tonight's game, you'd have seen 3 if not all 4 periods resembling the 2nd period (the only time Mempiss really poured energy into offensive execution, & naturally Denver worked to match it). If you don't execute on offense, you're dead in Denver. Denver's lost 3 home games this season: those opponents scored 98, 101 & 112 pt totals. You aren't beating them there pretty much unless you break 100 pts (or the Nuggs are in such a bad scheduling spot they've got little energy for the contest, which wasn't the case tonight). Defense-first game plans for games in Denver don't fly. Even good defensive teams know this. Mempiss knew this.

FTR...
8-5 SU - Utah's record @home vs Western teams with a realistic shot at making the playoffs
15-3 SU - Utah's record @home against all other teams.

Utah's home record overall looks quite good. But then you delve into it a bit more deeply (1 of those 8 wins was vs a-Dirkless-Dallas. Take away that result and they're merely 1 reversed result from simply being a .500 home team vs playoff-possible Western teams)...

 

[nbafan88]

Utah also had a bunch of injuries at different times so the team has not been able to get any chemistry going. I don't think they can beat Memphis though.

 

[emkee]

BC is on the money. Team felt it was better served to conserve resources for the Mormon State game tomorrow. Pretty obvious the intensity dropped off in the final 2 quarters.

Will be interesting to see how the Nuggs translate their play into the playoffs. Works in the regular, post-season not so much.

 

[emkee]

Biedrins a candidate for the 'Worst FT attempt' of 2012/13...

 

[twinkie13]

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