Wizards started 3-12 now they've won 15 in a row at home and are 28-20 and 4th in the east and only 4.5 back of Cleveland. That about the craziest thing ever

By pure luck, NBA managed to get a really hyped up match occur outta nowhere. Winner of Cs-Lakers game tonight ends up becoming the new #1 for most wins all-time in NBA history.

Both conveniently were tied in all-times wins going into tonight's game.

C's win and best team ever. Suck it!

Wizards 17 game home winning streak on the line Monday vs Cleveland on TNT. Might watch that instead of Raw lol

DONT SLEEP ON DEM PACERS!

Wizards Cavs has felt like a game 7 back and forth..ridiculous

O M G

LeBron James missed a easy shot to win the game lol

Then if course he hits a hail Mary 3 pointer to tie it with .3 seconds on the clock

Then LeBron fouls out 45 seconds into OT

Cavs denying rumors about Lebron pushing for the team to make the Love-Melo trade happen. ESPN and NY Daily News teased at talks resuming between both teams over a possible trade.

Wizards gonna lose an incredible game..meh

Pacers 14-4 the last 18. 7 game winning streak

#winning

WOOO watching my first nba game today. Let's go Westbrook. Already pretty bored.

Triple douBle!!!!!!!! Westbrook is a beast. Wish I lived in OKC to see him play.

Cavs look bad compared to last year but it's the regular season so I am sure Lebron is just coasting.

Feel like OKC would be a bitch of an oppenent to get in the first round. Sure you will win if you are the Spurs or Warriors but it will be rough. Houston could lose the series.

OKC wins I guess. Westbrook is fun to watch. Don't think Lebron touched the ball in the 4tf. He so does not care. Irving wanted to win but he's no Westbrook. Kevin Love seems like a mediocre player now.

Some super dark skin player on OKC can shoot. Helped Westbrook get his triple double.

Hope Westbrook gets a new star to play with. Maybe a PF or C to go with his play style. He should be the face of the NBA.

Why would anyone watch Portland and Boston?

Fab Melo dead at 26.

:( :'( :?:

Not feeling so fab I'm guessing

How in the world did the Thunder miss 24 straight shots vs the Wizards. Doesn't sound possible

Cause they are cursed for leaving Seattle.

Lakers cleaning house with both their GM and president fired in favor of Magic Johnson becoming the new president of the team. Owner didn't want to wait till the offseaon to start the changes and rebuilding needed.

Hate the Noel trade.

lol not even getting a 1st out of it... brutal trade

Noel +Embiid was the way to go, IMO. But they just couldnt get anyone to bite on Okafor.

God bless Rip Hamilton. #32 will never be used again and he deserves to join his 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons teammates, Chauncey Billups (#1) and "Big" Ben Wallace (#3).

He tried to bribe beat writers to write negative pieces on John Kuester to try and get him fired.

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Rudy Gobert has 15 blocks in his last 9 quarters.

20-51.

More like No Show.

C doesn't stand for cookie anymore. It stands for Clinch! Is not good enough for me! No one-and-done this year.

Gobert ended up with 35 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks. Best kept secret in the league. He's so fucking great.

Russell Westbrook managed to break Oscar Robertson's record for most triple doubles in a season tonight and just 2nd guy in NBA history to average one for a whole season.

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As of right now

Celtics/Bulls
Cavs/Pacers
Raptors/Bucks
Wizards/Hawks.

Warriors/Blazers
Spurs/Grizzlies
Rockets/Thunder
Clippers/Jazz.

Wow that half-court travel by LeBron on the fast break. It wasn't even close. The ref should be fired and investigated.

Bulls...

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Celtics in 6.

Told you. :D

1-0 C's in Round 2.

Clip show cancelled by the Jazz.

Spurs 39 point beat down and series ending game against the Rockets managed to set an NBA record defense wise.

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Previous record was 11 regular shots made in a game.

The King of Akron Lebron James will reign again as the champion of the world

Lol.

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First ever NBA game

Crazy to See the banners for the bullets where they were Eastern Conference champs 4 times in the 70s and nothing since

They don't do conference banners anymore for basketball right? Little trickier to get a banner if it's only the number 1 seed or finals appearance.

The Wizards hadn't won a division championship since 1979

Sami Zaynd theme playing before the start of 3rd..They tipped off The game to KOs theme too..I thought that was cool. Sloppy game first half

Crazy game however it ends

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Spurs taking the Warriors out behind the woodshed on the road..interesting

They just lost Kawhi Leonard again with an injury though.

If they can manage to hold onto this game they should be fine. Game 2 can be a throw away game to get him healthy.

Come on Spurs. Almost there.

Wizards n celtics need to hurry tf up. NONE OF YOU HAVE A CHANCE!!!!!!! And Spurs suck so do warriors . The King of Akron will once again prove why he is the best player in the world and ever

Lol I just saw the Spurs ended up losing. Good job. Hope they enjoy getting swept

:D Cs advance to the East Finals.

Cs-Wiz was probably the best series for this year's NBA Playoffs so far.

ECF on Wenesday and the Draft Lottery tomorrow. Thanks Nets. Is Paul Pierce going to be the Celtics rep tomorrow?

Wizards talked a lot of shit over the season about the C's. They must have known it would come down to them. They now can go to the Kelly Olyenik three point burn Clinic for treatment.

Damn. Celtics have a real shot at becoming a legit powerhouse. Wonder what direction they will go in.

Kind of baffled superstars are not trying to join Boston over the past 2 years.

Been like that for decades even when they were great. Some of it due to the city's bad reputation with African American players and some due to the location not being as great like LA or Miami or New York when they are actually good.

Think historically its been Lakers getting big stars usually from free agency while Cs got theirs usually from drafts and trades.

Thank you Nets! Love your arena and local beer.

There's also a legacy of excellence playing as a Celtic. Nothing is stronger in the history of the NBA than Celtic Pride. Some players can't handle it.

celtics really tried that hard just to get swept smh. If celtics are smart draft lonzo ball and trade isiah thomas .

Don't think I ever heard of expected excellence from Boston. No idea what you are talking about.

Ah, ya I can see the rep making it not so friendly. Hoping they do get a superstar this year especially with players wanting to find rings now a day. Paul George could easily be there final piece.

The Cs did try to get George prior to the deadline but Pacers were asking for way too much. Around 3-4 quality players and next year's 1st Rd pick. Lakers are more likely getting him based on recent rumors.

Think since losing out on George and Jimmy Butler, most of the speculation has been on Jazz's Gordon Hayward likely being the big signing by the Cs this offseason.

Is Butler still off the table? Feel like my Bulls will go into rebuilding mode.

Need to look up his contract status but think at this point, Cs probably rather wait till he's a free agent than make a deal with Chicago who is likely going to ask for a lot or even more.

Then again if the wait is too long, could end up like Boogie Cousins where the Cs ended up losing almost all interest after a while. Had the chance to grab him when the Kings were actually willing to dump him but didn't like what the Kings demanded I think. Probably would have accepted if the deal happened a year or two earlier.

I think they need to be in the now mind set. They don't need a guard imo since they have Thomas. Trade your #1 pick for George or Butler. If either team wants more than that for their mid card superstar they can eat rocks. I guess Cs could give up like Smart I guess too.

If they really want this #1 pick then trade next year's pick that comes from the Nets. Grab your final superstar and try to win in the next 3 or 4 years.

Really, I don't think any team will be able to compete with the Cavs unless they have a star at the small forward position. Someone needs to be able to matchup with LeBron. Of course they won't be better than LeBron but if he goes against some scrub it's already game over.

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We're you drunk when you posted?

That does not mean expected excellence. Literally, never heard anyone from any sport show say there is expected excellence for the Celtics. You are mildly retarded though so whatever.

Celtics won most of their titles against 0 competition. The King of Akron would destroy any Celtics team..... EVER

2008 Cs beat Lebron on the way to the title. Had the 2010 Cs won the title, same would have been said and the added bonus of being a big reason why Lebron bolted to Miami to form a super team.

Lowe's pivot foot moved call something.

Is NBA the easiest sport to just buy a championship?

Love how the Celtics are showing their expected excellence right now.

this cavs team would beat ANY team.

Not the bank.

Fuck you Clerk. This ain't over.

Wow at that shot by Bradley to win the game.

Haha awesome. Go Celtics. Fuck Jamesland.

Did not expect the San Antonio Spurs to just get steamrolled.

Durant speaks truth on the nature of sport. People can't accept.

Meh. Lost their mvp and Tony Parker. Pretty sure if LeBron and JR Smith go down they will be swept too by Golden State. Same thing for the Warriors if Durant and Clay to go down to the Cavs.

Damn it. At least they got one. Hope they can pick up another at Home to bring it back to the Cleve

Yeah. Was good they managed to get Lebron in early foul trouble and a big lead for a while but couldn't stop Kyrie's red hot streak while Lebron was benched and the 3rd Q.

Kyrie having almost as many points as the Cs combined in the 3rd Q ended up being a dagger for the Cs chances.

Wish there were a conceivable way for the NBA to have 10-12 viable contenders in any given year, but that's just never going to happen.

Super teams are here to stay.

There have never been that many teams though. 4, maybe 5 tops, have ever really been contenders.

Really, the playoffs were good for the most part. Jazz/Clippers went 7 games. Same with Cs and Wizards. Houston and Spurs had a really good series.

Of course Warriors and Cavs killed there first 2 match ups. Think if the Patriots played the 8th best team in the ACC. It will be a blowout.

It does suck Spurs lost their mvp and Tony Parker otherwise the Warriors would have been tested.

Yeah but the NBA is as deep as its ever been from a talent standpoint, and it only gets better as more and more great players are coming into the league every year.

I really don't think it's a stretch where you can get to previously unforeseen levels of contending teams instead of dudes just banding together to get a guaranteed Finals trip.

Even with stuff like the Celtics/Wizards series, yeah it went 7 games but everybody knew they were just playing for the right to get dropped by Cleveland. It's just a shame that there is really no suspension of disbelief in the NBA.

Well, Warriors ran through the league for 2 years before landing Dursnt. Hell, Spurs were the ones who grabbed Aldridge and that failed.

There will always be the teams on top because it's all about who is better at the game. Coaching and such barely matter. You put LeBron on Miami this year and that team will crush the entire east.

What about LeBron on the Knicks? :shifty:

An out there idea that obviously has zero chance of happening would be to just kill the draft entirely. All rookies enter as free agents.

The reason being - the real dregs of the NBA are run poorly from the top. Giving them lottery picks just leads to really talented guys wasting their careers. But at the same time, the top 5 level picks are going to want a platform to maximize future earnings, a platform that probably won't be available to them on a team as loaded as the Warriors.

So the hope would be most of the top rookies sign up with the middle of the road teams and you wind up with more actual contenders. The bottom tier teams would still be fucked but there'd still be a potential for a lot more parity than what currently exists.

Lebron James is lot bigger now then he was in 2010-2011.

No one talks about that, because one cares. I understand.