Luka Doncic (DAL) 24 pts 10 Rebs 6 ast
Trae Young (ATL) 24 pts 10 ast
Kevin Knox (NYK) 19 pts 7 Rebs
Collin Sexton (CLE) 19 pts 3 Rebs
Kevin Huerter (ATL) 19 pts
Marvin Bagley (SAC) 17 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast
Jaren Jackson JR (MEM) 14 pts 6 Rebs
Rodions Kurucs (BKN) 13 pts 3 stl
Landry Shamet (PHI) 10 pts
Bruce Brown (DET) 8 pts 6 Rebs
Takeaways
Time to stop sleeping on the Pacers
Incredible performance by Spencer Dinwiddie
Kyrie Irving is a BAAAAD MAN
Boston continue to roll!
Blazers road struggles stay continuing
Grizzlies dropped yet another great defensive performance
Big win for New Orleans
Anthony Davis is ridiculous
Trae vs Doncic did not disappoint
Kings continue to play solid basketball
RAPTORS ARE A PROBLEM
Interesting Stats and Facts
Pistons have lost 6 straight games and are now 13-13 after starting 13-7.
Pacers have won 5 straight and are just 0.5 GB Philly and Milwaukee
Sixers loss to Nets was only their 2nd loss at home this season (14-2)
Joel Embiid became just the second player in sixers history with multiple 30p/15r/5a games in the same season (Charles Barkley).
Spencer Dinwiddie’s 39 pts was his career high. That performance was the most pts scored by a nets player off the bench since 1981-82 and most pts scored off the bench this season.
Nets have won 3 straight after losing 8 in a row. Resurgent
Celtics have won 7 straight games now
The celtics wizards game saw 5 game tying/go ahead buckets in the final minute of 4th quarter/OT which is most in a game this season
Celtics are averaging 124.8 ppg and have dropped 120+ pts in 5 of their 7 games during the win streak
Wizards have lost 3 straight and are just 11-17. Still not figured it out
Grizzlies have held 6 teams under 90 pts this season (5 of those were at home).
Grizzlies are giving up just 99.5 ppg at Home this season
Blazers have lost 6 straight on the road
Blazers are 15-0 when they lead after 3 quarters and 0-13 when they don’t
Anthony Davis dropped back to back 40 pt games against boston and okc who are both top 3 in DEF RTG
No player has more 40 pt games this season than Anthony Davis (5)
Only Shaq (19) have had more 40 pts 15 Rebs Games than Anthony Davis (15) since 1983.
Mavericks have won 11 straight games at home and have the best home record in the West at 13-2
Utah Jazz have won 3 straight home games by an average margin of 29.3 pts. They beat the Spurs by 34, Houston and Miami by 27 pts each in this home stretch
Kings have won 5 of their last 6 games
Timberwolves are just 2-11 on the road this season
Raptors win over the Warriors was their win in Golden State since 2004 snapping a 13 game losing streak at the Oracle
Warriors 93 pts was the 4th lowest mark scored by them when Green Klay Durant and Curry play together
Raptors are 7-0 against Western conference teams on the road this season
Man the Lakers had a chance in Houston until Harden went berzerk.. Nothing you can do when he starts nailing those shots. Lakers gotta improve on free throws though it's been shocking. Onto Charlotte
NBA: DENVER NUGGETS VS THUNDER MATCH BETTING PREVIEW
This Friday night we have two of the NBA elites facing up in Denver as the Nuggets host OKC Thunder! Nuggets are currently the 1st seed at 18-9 while OKC are 3rd at 17-9. Nuggets have unfortunately been hit with injuries, but despite that they’ve been able to hold it down by continuously winning games. OKC Thunder are healthy and are one of the hottest teams in the NBA after starting 0-4. OKC did lose their last game on Wednesday though to New Orleans and will look to bounce back and they are tipped as favourites here, but we can for sure expect Denver to give them a tough game despite many key players being out. Denver already beat OKC this year once in Oklahoma 105-98 and they’ll look to make it 2-0 in the season series.
Very impressed with Indiana man, beatdown Milwaukee Wednesday, now they win in Philly. 19-10 now and they have moved above Philly! hope people stop sleeping on em
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Trail-Blazers 104-111 Rockets
POR:
Lillard 34 pts
McCollum 23 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
Nurkic 15 pts 10 Rebs 4 ast
Aminu 10 pts 15 Rebs
HOU:
Harden 29 pts 4 ast
Eric Gordon 14 pts 4 ast
Gerald Green 13 pts 5 rebs 5/6 FG
Capela 13 pts 7 Rebs
Paul 11 pts 11 Rebs 10 ast 3 stl
Suns 86-111 Spurs
PHX:
TJ Warren 23 pts 6 Rebs
Melton 17 pts 7 Rebs 6 ast
Ayton 12 pts 11 Rebs 4 ast
SAS:
Forbes 24 pts 11 Rebs 3 ast 5/5 Threes
Aldridge 18 pts 5 Rebs
Cunningham 14 pts 3 Rebs 4/4 Threes
Gay 13 pts 4 Rebs
DeRozan 5 pts 9 ast
Raptors 123-99 Clippers
TOR:
Ibaka 25 pts 9 Rebs 3 blk
Lowry 21 pts 5 Rebs 7 ast
Valanciunas 16 pts 5 Rebs
Siakam 13 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast
VanVleet 5 pts 6 Rebs 14 ast
LAC:
Marjanovic 18 pts 7 Rebs
Tyrone Wallace 15 pts 4 Rebs 6 ast
Gallinari 11 pts 5 Rebs
Top Rookie Performances
De’Anthony Melton (PHX) 17 pts 7 Rebs 6 ast
DeAndre Ayton (PHX) 12 pts 11 Rebs 4 ast
Mikal Bridges (PHX) 8 pts 4 Rebs
Interesting Stats and Facts
Rockets have won 6 of their last 7 home games
Blazers have lost 5 consecutive road games by an average margin of 20 pts
Suns have now lost 10 straight games and they’re 1-13 on the road this season
Spurs have won 4 straight home games (each by double digits)
Spurs have beaten Phoenix 10 straight times at home
Clippers have lost 4 of their last 6 games. Reality check?
Clippers have been held under 100 pts in 2 of their last 3 games. Prior to that they’ve scored under 100 just once in the first 23 games
Clippers have lost back to back games by 20+ pts at home. Before that they won 9 straight at home.
Raptors are 6-0 on the road against Western Conference teams
Raptors are 6-1 in games Kawhi has missed this season
Serge Ibaka has put up 59 pts (29.5 per game) on 26/35 shooting (74%) against LA teams in Staples Center this season