NBA 2018/19

Luka Doncic has received Rookie of the Month honors every single month this season. Bright future ahead of him.

Billy Donovan says Paul George is “day to day” with his shoulder. He says OKC didn’t do much contact today in practice. Wouldn’t speculate either way if George will be available for Game 1.

Just been 2 days since Regular Season ended and 4 coaches already fired

Drew - Cavs
Joerger - Kings
Bickerstaff - Memphis
Walton - Lakers

Crazy 😲

NBA PLAYOFFS OFFICIALLY START TODAY! SO EXCITED

76ers star Joel Embiid (knee) will be available to play in Game 1 against the Nets.

My goodness Brooklyn what a run, got the Sixers fans booing already 😲 , crazy crazy start

Not a good look for the 76ers

D.J.Augustin is giving Toronto that work rn, surely not another shock on the cards?

D.J.AUGUSTIN! WOW! First Brooklyn now Orlando what a start to the Playoffs man them lower seeds ain't playin

LOOOL that is disgusting from Kyle Lowry..

Playoff Lowry back in full flow 😄

Steph Curry is just sensational, love it when he gets going like that, always a safe bet to back a points over at Oracle in the Playoffs

NBA Playoffs - 13th April Summary

Nets 111-102 Sixers

BKN:
Russell 26 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast
LeVert 23 pts 4 Rebs
Dinwiddie 18 pts 3 Rebs
Joe Harris 13 pts 3 Rebs
ED Davis 12 pts 16 Rebs 5/7 FG
DeMarre Carroll 11 pts 6 Rebs 3 stl

PHI:
Jimmy Butler 36 pts 9 Rebs
Embiid 22 pts 15 Rebs 4 ast 5 blk 5/15 FG
Marjanovic 13 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast 5/7 FG
Ben Simmons 9 pts 7 Rebs 3 ast 3 blk
Tobias Harris 4 pts 7 Rebs 6 ast 2/7 FG

Nets Lead Series 1-0
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Magic 104-101 Raptors

ORL:
D.J.Augustin 25 pts 6 ast 9/13 FG 4/5 Threes
Fournier 16 pts
Isaac 11 pts 8 Rebs 3 blk
Vucevic 11 pts 8 Rebs 3 ast 3/14 FG
Aaron Gordon 10 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast 3 stl
Ross 10 pts 6 Rebs 2/11 FG
Carter-Williams 10 pts 5 Rebs

TOR:
Leonard 25 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast
Siakam 24 pts 9 Rebs 4 ast
VanVleet 14 pts
Marc Gasol 13 pts 6 Rebs 4 ast
Danny Green 13 pts 3 Rebs
Lowry 0 pts 7 Rebs 8 ast 0/7 FG 0/6 Threes

Magic Lead Series 1-0
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Clippers 104-121 Warriors

LAC:
Harrell 26 pts 5 Rebs 11/15 FG
Lou Williams 25 pts 3 Rebs 9 ast
Gilgeous-Alexander 18 pts 5 Rebs 3 blk
Gallinari 15 pts 8 Rebs 3 stl
JaMychal Green 10 pts 6 Rebs
Beverley 3 pts 7 Rebs 7 ast

GSW:
Curry 38 pts 15 Rebs 7 ast 11/16 FG 8/12 Threes
Durant 23 pts 4 Rebs 3 ast 3 blk
Draymond Green 17 pts 7 rebs 7 ast
Klay Thompson 12 pts
Cousins 9 pts 9 Rebs 4 ast
Iguodala 8 pts 6 Rebs 6 ast 3 blk

Warriors Lead Series 1-0
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Spurs 101-96 Nuggets

SAS:
DeRozan 18 pts 12 Rebs 6 ast
Derrick White 16 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast 7/10 FG
Aldridge 15 pts 8 Rebs 6/19 FG
Forbes 15 pts 5 Rebs 6/9 FG 3/4 Threes
Gay 14 pts 6 Rebs 6/9 FG

DEN:
Gary Harris 20 pts 3 Rebs
Jamal Murray 17 pts 6 stl
Barton 15 pts 10 Rebs
Millsap 12 pts 4 Rebs
Jokic 10 pts 14 Rebs 14 ast

Spurs Lead Series 1-0
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Top Rookie Performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (LAC) 18 pts 5 Rebs 3 blk

Takeaways

Brooklyn Nets are DEEP AND FOR REAL!

Other than Jimmy Butler , the Sixers should be ashamed. That was a horrendous performance.

Ben Simmons has to develop a shot, he got exposed tonight

Orlando Magic defensively are scary good and will cause Toronto more problems than many may think.

Kyle Lowry was a joke. Cost Toronto this game

That was a sensational performance by Steph Curry

Clippers don’t stand a chance in this series, just not enough fire power outside of Lou Will and Harrell

Nuggets are in trouble after losing home court advantage

Derrick White is a Damn good player

To summarise overall, that was a crazy opening day of the Playoffs!

Interesting Stats and Facts

Brooklyn Nets bench scored 59 pts which is a franchise high for bench points in a playoff game ever

Raptors are now 1-10 in Game 1s of round 1 of the playoffs and 2-14 in Game 1s overall In franchise history

Steph Curry’s 15 rebounds against the clippers was his new career high

Steph Curry has surpassed Ray Allen in all time made 3s in the Playoffs history with 386. It also took Steph 80 less games. Ridiculous.

Nikola Jokic became the 4th player ever to post a triple double in his first playoff game of his career

Gregg Popovich is now the alltime leader in coaching wins in NBA history with 1413 wins

This is the perfect example of the 76ers players and nowadays NBA players (most of them). Social media and other stuffs just like phones/games gives a big addiction for the players. I hope so NBA will punish well Amir Johnson. The final result of the yesterday games as like a kick in their asses. All the way for the Nets in this series.

Paul George WILL play today

Indiana miss Oladipo drastically. My goodness are they looking bad on offense, no shot creators at all.

OKC-Blazers is gonna be a FUN FUN series, great Game 1! Portland finally win in the Playoffs, wonder how OKC respond now

Blake Griffin WILL NOT play against the Bucks in Game 1

Expect a blowout here

Dame Lillard looks like he got playoff mode activated this year properly, some the shots he made were crazy good to see him ball out in the Playoffs though I think OKC will level it in Game 2

OMG Giannis 😲