NBA 2018/19

I think they'll be around for long, Giannis Brogdon and Middleton are all young so there's definitely time for them to deliver it if not this year. Giannis hasn't even hit his prime tbh which is wild

NBA Summary - 9th January 2019

Pacers 108-135 Celtics

IND:
Sabonis 20 pts 7 Rebs 5 ast
Oladipo 17 pts 3 Rebs
Tyreke Evans 15 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast
O’Quinn 11 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast

BOS:
Jaylen Brown 22 pts 7 Rebs 3 ast
Marcus Morris 22 pts 8 Rebs
Tatum 20 pts 4 Rebs
Hayward 14 pts 5 Rebs 4 ast 5/7 FG
Rozier 12 pts 5 Rebs 5 ast

Sixers 106-123 Wizards

PHI:
Embiid 35 pts 14 Rebs 3 blk
Jimmy Butler 23 pts 9 Rebs
Korkmaz 16 pts 5 Rebs
Ben Simmons 15 pts 10 Rebs 8 ast

WAS:
Beal 34 pts 5 ast
Porter 23 pts 6 Rebs 3 stl
Ariza 17 pts 5 Rebs
Satoransky 4 pts 5 Rebs 11 ast 3 stl

Hawks 100-116 Nets

ATL:
John Collins 30 pts 14 Rebs
Trae Young 17 pts 7 ast
Lin 16 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast 3 stl
Huerter 14 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast

BKN:
Russell 23 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
DeMarre Carroll 17 pts 3 Rebs
Dinwiddie 16 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast
Joe Harris 16 pts 9 Rebs
ED Davis 8 pts 16 Rebs

Bucks 116-109 Rockets

MIL:
Antetokounmpo 27 pts 21 Rebs 5 ast
Brogdon 24 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast
Middleton 15 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast 3 stl
Sterling Brown 13 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
Ilyasova 10 pts 7 Rebs

HOU:
Harden 42 pts 11 Rebs 6 ast
Capela 18 pts 13 Rebs
Gerald Green 16 pts
Rivers 13 pts 4 Rebs
Tucker 8 pts 8 Rebs 7 ast

Spurs 86-96 Grizzlies

SAS:
Forbes 14 pts 4 Rebs
Belinelli 14 pts 3 Rebs
Aldridge 13 pts 7 Rebs
DeRozan 9 pts 5 Rebs 4 ast

MEM:
Marc Gasol 26 pts 14 Rebs 3 ast
Conley 15 pts 6 ast
JaMychal Green 12 pts 11 rebs
Mack 10 pts 3 Rebs 7 ast

Cavaliers 124-140 Pelicans

CLE:
Clarkson 21 pts 4 Rebs 3 stl 3 blk
Dellavedova 17 pts 4 Rebs 7 ast
Burks 17 pts
Payne 16 pts
Sexton 13 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast

NOP:
Anthony Davis 38 pts 13 Rebs 7 ast 4 blk 11/17 FG
Frank Jackson 19 pts 4/4 Threes
Holiday 18 pts 7 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl
Randle 17 pts 8 Rebs 4 ast
Mirotic 17 pts 4 Rebs

Suns 94-104 Mavericks

PHX:
TJ Warren 20 pts 7 Rebs
Josh Jackson 17 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast 3 stl
Holmes 16 pts 6 Rebs 5 ast
Oubre 14 pts

DAL:
Doncic 30 pts 6 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl
Harrison Barnes 17 pts 4 Rebs 3 ast
Matthews 14 pts 5 ast
Kleber 13 pts 9 Rebs
DeAndre Jordan 11 pts 7 Rebs

Magic 93-106 Jazz

ORL:
D.J.Augustin 23 pts 3 Rebs 6 ast
Vucevic 20 pts 8 Rebs 3 ast
Aaron Gordon 18 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast
Ross 13 pts 5 Rebs

UTA:
Mitchell 33 pts 4 Rebs 7 ast
Ingles 16 pts 7 ast
Gobert 12 pts 14 Rebs
Korver 11 pts 7 Rebs

Bulls 112-124 Trail-Blazers

CHI:
Wendell Carter JR 22 pts 6 Rebs 7/9 FG
LaVine 18 pts 3 ast
Kris Dunn 15 pts 5 Rebs 7 ast
Portis 15 pts 6 Rebs

POR:
McCollum 24 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
Nurkic 18 pts 8 Rebs
Seth Curry 17 pts
Lillard 16 pts 10 ast
Zach Collins 16 pts 9 Rebs 4 ast

Pistons 100-113 Lakers

DET:
Griffin 16 pts 0 Rebs ( 😲 ) 6 ast
Reggie Jackson 15 pts 5 ast
Galloway 15 pts 3 Rebs
Drummond 6 pts 17 Rebs 3 stl

LAL:
Kuzma 41 pts
Beasley 19 pts 4 ast 9/13 FG
Caldwell-Pope 15 pts 6 Rebs 4 ast
Zubac 11 pts 9 Rebs
Ingram 10 pts 9 Rebs 6 ast
Lonzo Ball 5 pts 5 Rebs 11 ast

Top Rookie Performances

Luka Doncic (DAL) 30 pts 6 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl
Wendell Carter JR (CHI) 22 pts 6 Rebs 7/9 FG
Trae Young (ATL) 17 pts 7 ast
Kevin Huerter (ATL) 14 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast
Collin Sexton (CLE) 13 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
Jaren Jackson JR (MEM) 12 pts
Rodions Kurucs (BKN) 11 pts 4 Rebs
Elie Okobo (PHX) 10 pts 4 Rebs 3 ast

Takeaways

Celtics have been crazy explosive offensively in recent weeks

Wizards have played some good ball recently

Bradley Beal is balling

Nets continue to impress!

Giannis is beyond amazing

Bucks have been incredible against elite teams this season

Pelicans have been red hot the past week

Doncic is SPECIAL

Kyle Kuzma WENT OFF!

Pistons look awful

Interesting Stats and Facts

Indiana Pacers are giving up 123.6 opp ppg in their last 3 games which Myles Turner has missed. Prior to that they were giving up NBA’s best 101.4 ppg.

Boston Celtics are 15-5 in their last 20 games and have the best off RTG in the NBA in that stretch

Wizards have beat the Sixers at home 10 consecutive times

Wizards have won 9 of their last 11 home games

Sixers are still below .500 on the road at 9-12 😲

Nets have won 8 of their last 9 Home Games and in general 13 of their last 17. They’re now 6th seeded in the East

Nets are averaging 120.3 ppg in their last 9 home games

Bucks have now beaten the Rockets Warriors Nuggets Raptors and Celtics on the road this season

Rockets had their 10 game home win streak snapped against the Bucks

Cavaliers have lost 11 straight games and are giving up 118.3 ppg in them

Pelicans are 4-1 in their last 5 games (3 straight wins). Figuring it out?

Orlando magic have lost 4 straight games all being by double digits

Pistons have lost 15 of their last 19 games

Lakers have beat the Pistons 8 of last 9 times at Home

Kyle Kuzma’s 41 pts was his new career high

I'd be willing to back a Spurs win tonight at 2.05. They're at home against OKC who we know are suspect against top teams due to inability to close as Russ tends to do too much but in general Spurs are playing so well at Home right now that these odds make no sense. Rudy Gay is out but still I don't think they should be underdogs against OKC at home

LeBron James (left groin) is increasing his on-court activity and will have another injury update on Jan. 16.

LeBron was already ruled out for Friday, but this means he'll also miss home games on Sunday (vs. Cleveland) and Tuesday (vs. Chicago). Depending upon the next injury update, he could be activated for road games on Jan. 17 and 19.

Man I love how D-Wade took over when Miami was about to blow a 26 pt lead. Dude could probably play another 1-2 years, sad to know that he'll retire after this season

Aldridge 56/9/4/4
Spurs 16/19 Threes
Spurs made first 14 threes
Russ 24/13/24
Grant 25/12/3b
George 30/8
White 23/5/8
OKC 147-154 SAS (301 pts)

OH MY GOODNESS. GAME OF THE YEAR AND PROBABLY OF THE DECADE. INCREDIBLE!

NBA Summary - 10th January 2019

Celtics 99-115 Heat

BOS:
Irving 22 pts 5 Rebs 5 ast
Smart 18 pts
Marcus Morris 17 pts 6 Rebs
Tatum 17 pts 4 Rebs

MIA:
Wade 19 pts
Josh Richardson 18 pts 3 Rebs 6 ast
Derrick Jones 14 pts 7 Rebs
Winslow 13 pts 7 Rebs 11 ast
James Johnson 12 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast

Clippers 100-121 Nuggets

LAC:
Lou Williams 19 pts 5 ast
Tobias Harris 18 pts 11 Rebs 4 ast
Gallinari 18 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
Harrell 16 pts 6 Rebs 7/9 FG

DEN:
Jamal Murray 23 pts 6 Rebs
Jokic 18 pts 14 Rebs 10 ast
Plumlee 17 pts 12 Rebs 5 ast 7/8 FG
Malik Beasley 15 pts 5 ast
Craig 14 pts 4 Rebs 3 stl
Monte Morris 14 pts 4 ast

Thunder 147-154 Spurs

OKC:
George 30 pts 8 Rebs
Jerami Grant 25 pts 12 Rebs 3 blk
Westbrook 24 pts 13 Rebs 24 ast
Ferguson 21 pts
Adams 19 pts 7 Rebs
Schroder 14 pts 4 ast

SAS:
Aldridge 56 pts 9 Rebs 4 ast 4 blk
Derrick White 23 pts 5 Rebs 8 ast
Belinelli 19 pts
DeRozan 16 pts 8 Rebs 11 ast
Forbes 14 pts 8 Rebs
Mills 14 pts 3 Rebs 6 ast

Pistons 102-112 Kings

DET:
Stanley Johnson 16 pts
Bullock 15 pts 6 ast
Bruce Brown 15 pts 3 stl
Drummond 12 pts 11 Rebs

SAC:
Hield 18 pts
Cauley-Stein 14 pts 14 Rebs 5 ast
Giles 14 pts 4 Rebs 3 ast 3 blk
Shumpert 13 pts
Fox 12 pts 5 Rebs 6 ast

Top Rookie Performances

Bruce Brown (DET) 15 pts 3 stl
Marvin Bagley (SAC) 10 pts 7 Rebs

Takeaways

Dwayne Wade of course still got it

Nuggets are playing exceptional at home

Ridiculous game between thunder and Spurs. Game of the year easily

what a night for Aldridge

Pistons are tragic

Interesting Stats and Facts

Miami have beaten Boston 3 straight times for the first time since 2006

Nuggets have now won 11 straight home games and the average margin of these wins are 16.3 pts. Dominant home court

Spurs Thunder 301 pts combined was the highest scoring NBA game since 2006 and the highest scoring game that the Spurs were involved in since 1990

Spurs made their all of their first 14 threes attempted which is a record in the past 20 years

Lamarcus aldridge 56 pts was the first time a Spur scored 50+ since Parker in 2008. It was the 3rd highest scoring performance by a Spur and the highest since David Robinson (71) in 1994. It was also Aldridge’s first 50 pt career game

Westbrook’s 24 ast was his career high. It was also the tied most assists in a triple double in NBA history

Westbrook’s 24 pts 13 Rebs 24 ast is the first time someone had these numbers in NBA history

Gregg Popovich moved into the 3rd place of all time nba coaching wins with 1222

Spurs shot 84% from 3 which is the highest % in NBA history (min 15 attempts)

Pistons are 4-16 in their last 20 games

What a ridiculous game by OKC and San Antonio 😲 LaMarcus Aldridge was absurd

Giannis Antetokounmpo is out against the Washington Wizards tonight!

Bookies still got Bucks as 1.5 favourites, but I'm kinda tempted to go with the Wizards who are 9-2 in their last 11 Home games and playing well since Wall been out with Beal carrying

Utah Jazz will be without any actual Point Guards tonight as Exum, Rubio, Neto and Allen are all OUT against the Lakers

Given that Utah don't have that playmaker now, I think the newly confident , still LeBron-less but decent looking again Lakers could steal one here and at 3.90 (Unibet) are worth the look. Low stakes high reward pick

Joel Embiid is Ruled OUT against the Atlanta Hawks for the 76ers tonight!

Sixers are now at a -8.5 handicap after being at -12 prior to these news.

Just like the Nets drew it up 😄

Harden got 24/8/9 at the HALF against the Cavs. Honestly this guy is ridiculous, Cavs suck but still that is just incredible

Wizards beat the Giannis-Less Bucks and Beal goes off again for 32/5/7. Man I'm impressed with Washington recently. Beal is carrying this team to wins

Beal has been incredible in this stretch. Proving he can lead a team for sure

Yep, more and more looks like Wall should be the guy to go and not Beal

Philly lost to Atlanta at Home 😲 , proves how valuable Embiid is though

I like the young players that the Hawks have. Young and Collins of course but that rookie Huerter CAN BALL. 29 pts tonight

Watching the Pacers-Knicks, Domantas Sabonis is an absolute beast. potential 6 MOY and maybe even a MIP candidate

NBA Summary - 11th January 2019

Hawks 123-121 Sixers

ATL:
Kevin Huerter 29 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast
John Collins 25 pts 9 Rebs
Dedmon 19 pts 8 Rebs 7 ast
Trae Young 18 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast
Bembry 14 pts 6 Rebs 5 ast

PHI:
Jimmy Butler 30 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl
Ben Simmons 23 pts 10 Rebs 15 ast
JJ Redick 20 pts
McConnell 16 pts 3 Rebs 6 ast
Muscala 16 pts 3 Rebs

Bucks 106-113 Wizards

MIL:
Middleton 25 pts 8 Rebs 3 ast
Bledsoe 18 pts 8 Rebs 9 ast 3 stl
Brogdon 15 pts 6 Rebs 8 ast
Brook Lopez 13 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast 5 blk
Ilyasova 12 pts 5 Rebs

WAS:
Beal 32 pts 5 Rebs 7 ast 3 stl
Jeff Green 20 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast
Ariza 20 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast
Satoransky 18 pts 12 Rebs 10 ast 7/10 FG
Thomas Bryant 11 pts 5 Rebs

Nets 105-122 Raptors

BKN:
Russell 24 pts 6 Rebs 9 ast
Napier 15 pts 5 ast
Jarrett Allen 9 pts 12 Rebs

TOR:
Leonard 20 pts 11 Rebs 4 ast
Siakam 16 pts 6 Rebs
Ibaka 14 pts 9 Rebs
Anunoby 13 pts 3 Rebs
Powell 13 pts
Delon Wright 12 pts 5 Rebs 3 stl
Monroe 10 pts 8 Rebs

Pacers 121-106 Knicks

IND:
Sabonis 22 pts 15 Rebs 3 ast
Oladipo 19 pts 4 Rebs 6 ast
Bogdanovic 15 pts
Thaddeus Young 13 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast 4 stl
Collison 7 pts 5 Rebs 10 ast

NYK:
Mudiay 21 pts 3 ast
Dotson 15 pts 6 Rebs 4 ast
Knox 14 pts
Tim Hardaway JR 12 pts 6 Rebs
Hezonja 10 pts 6 Rebs 5 stl

Cavaliers 113-141 Rockets

CLE:
Zizic 18 pts 8 Rebs 6/8 FG
Osman 15 pts 3 Rebs
Sexton 14 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast
Burks 13 pts 7 Rebs 4 ast

HOU:
Harden 43 pts 10 Rebs 12 ast
Capela 19 pts 4 Rebs
Danuel House JR 14 pts 5 Rebs
Brandon Knight 12 pts 4 Rebs 4 ast
Rivers 12 pts 3 ast

Mavericks 119-115 Timberwolves

DAL:
Doncic 29 pts 8 Rebs 12 ast
Harrison Barnes 23 pts
JJ Barea 16 pts 4 Rebs 7 ast
Powell 15 pts 3 Rebs
DeAndre Jordan 8 pts 15 Rebs

MIN:
Towns 30 pts 11 Rebs 4 blk
Rose 21 pts 3 rebs 5 ast
Wiggins 17 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast
Teague 12 pts 3 Rebs 6 ast
Taj Gibson 10 pts 15 Rebs

Lakers 95-113 Jazz

LAL:
Beasley 17 pts 3 Rebs
Ingram 15 pts 5 Rebs
Caldwell-Pope 12 pts 5 Rebs
Kuzma 11 pts 8 Rebs

UTA:
Mitchell 33 pts 4 Rebs 9 ast
O’Neale 17 pts 7 Rebs
Favors 15 pts 13 Rebs
Ingles 14 pts 12 Rebs 4 ast
Gobert 12 pts 18 Rebs

Hornets 96-127 Trail-Blazers

CHA:
Walker 18 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast
Jeremy Lamb 15 pts 5 Rebs

POR:
McCollum 30 pts 6 Rebs
Lillard 20 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl 4 blk
Turner 15 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast
Stauskas 13 pts 5 Rebs 3 ast
Nurkic 11 pts 11 Rebs 8 ast 6 blk

Bulls 109-146 Warriors

CHI:
LaVine 29 pts 4 Rebs
Portis 16 pts 4 Rebs
Blakeney 12 pts

GSW:
Klay Thompson 30 pts
Curry 28 pts 5 Rebs 8 ast
Durant 22 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast
Quinn Cook 15 pts 5 Rebs 4 ast
Jordan Bell 13 pts

Top Rookie Performances

Luka Doncic (DAL) 29 pts 8 Rebs 12 ast
Kevin Huerter (ATL) 29 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast
Trae Young (ATL) 18 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast
Josh Okogie (MIN) 15 pts
Collin Sexton (CLE) 14 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast
Kevin Knox (NYK) 14 pts
Ryan Aricidiacono (CHI) 10 pts 3 ast
Marcus Derrickson (GSW) 10 pts
Theo Pinson (BKN) 9 pts

Takeaways

Hawks have a nice young core

Embiid’s value to the Sixers is insane

Beal and wizards are playing well

Sabonis is a monster

Harden is just ridiculous right now. Beyond ridiculous

Cavs are an abomination

Doncic is CLUTCH

Donovan Mitchell is balling

Warriors just love torching the Bulls

Interesting Stats and Facts

Wizards are 10-2 in their last 12 home games

Bradley Beal is averaging 30.4 ppg on 49/42/92 shooting splits in his last 5 games

Knicks are 2-16 in their last 18 Games

Raptors have won 7 straight home games

Cavaliers have lost 12 straight games. The average margin of loss is 18.3 ppg and they’ve giving up 120.2 ppg to their opponents in this stretch. They gave up 140+ in back to back games

James Harden became only the 2nd player since the NBA/ABA merger to average 40+ ppg over a 15 game span (40.5 ppg)

Luka Doncic became the first rookie since LeBron (2004) to drop a 25+ 10+ ast game

Doncic is averaging 28.3 ppg in his last 3 games

Blazers have beaten charlotte 11 straight times at Home

Warriors are averaging 148 ppg against the Bulls in 2 regular season meetings this year

Warriors have scored 140+ pts in 3 of last 4 meetings with the Bulls