NBA season 2019/20

[shark]

Spurs beat the Thunder today though at least.

[mariner4life]

Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical

Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.

[voodoo]

Just looking at Dwights reference page. 14 and 14 per 36mins on 74% shooting with 2.4 blocks. Pretty wild.

Shame he shoots FT's at 46%...

[canefan]

@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:

Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical

Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.

Just watching now, LBJ put a savage dunk on Craig early in the 3rd quarter

[mariner4life]

@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:

@mariner4life said in NBA season 2019/20:

Lakers v Nuggets is a beauty. Close and very physical

Torrey Craig has spent the evening guarding LeBron. It, hasn't always gone well.

Just watching now, LBJ put a savage dunk on Craig early in the 3rd quarter

There were a couple

[mariner4life]

This dude on the Clippers is 6'8 but has a 7'4 wingspan! His hands come to his fucking knees!

[ACT Crusader]

@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:

Just looking at Dwights reference page. 14 and 14 per 36mins on 74% shooting with 2.4 blocks. Pretty wild.

Shame he shoots FT's at 46%...

Did the business on Joker too.

He’s having a really good year and come the playoffs will be vital in terms of his ability to play with Lebron and AD.

[voodoo]

@ACT-Crusader only if he can stay on the floor though. Hack-a-Dwight will definitely come out, a blight on the game IMO

[mofitzy_]

[voodoo]

@mofitzy_ love the wrist action and form. Definitely a set play. 😅

[shark]

That basket is being reported all over the world

[shark]

Team USA absolutely thrashing Team World in the Rising Stars game. Defence apparently not even optional. In fact it's so high scoring and end to end that I'd say only about 3% of the commentary had been about the actual game.

[shark]

Zion 0/3 at the end trying to jam in some audacious dunks. Fun to watch regardless.

[Crazy Horse]

@shark that's why I can't get into the all star concept. The fun for me in sport has always been about the competition. Pass and giggle bores me.

[shark]

Buddy took out the 3 point contest in an awesome finish, over my man Book.

Then there was a robbery in the dunk contest.

[canefan]

The format for the All Star game worked a treat, with the fourth quarter a first to a total score bringing out the best in the players. Real playoff intensity

[barbarian]

The Elam ending was amazing. It completely changed the game, and it was all for the better. For those who don't know, in this format the clock in the 4th quarter is replaced with a 'target score' which in this game was 24 more than the leading team score at the end of the 3rd. The game is played until the score is reached.

The game became more tactical, more tense, and led to a much more watchable contest. The last few minutes as both sides approached the target score were gripping.

If you play this format it ends timewasting, it largely ends intentional fouls, mindless timeouts, and changes how teams would play 'crunch time' (because they have no real idea as to how long 'crunch time' will be).

At very least I think we'll see it in the G-League and a future midseason tournament if that ends up happening.

[canefan]

@barbarian I could see it replacing overtime too in future. It was great how the refs just let the teams play, the best players in the world going hard out for the win

[barbarian]

@canefan Yeah that's a good idea. Change overtime to a 'first to 12' scenario, or something similar.

[raznomore]

haven't seen the AS game yet but heard it was amazing. Yet another razbra hot take