2016-17 season

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Opening night results:

Cleveland Cavaliers 117-88 New York Knicks
Portland Trail Blazers 113-104 Utah Jazz
Golden State Warriors 100-129 San Antonio Spurs

The Warriors 'Super team' lacked cohesion as the Spurs ripped them apart. Kevin Durrant scored 27 on debut, but Kawhi Leonard silenced the Oracle Arena with a career best 35 point game.

Warriors made heavy weather of it but had just enough to gets passed the Clippers. 115-98. Klay dropped 24 and Draymond 22.

Cavaliers outclassed the Knicks with a 126-94 victory.

Kingraf's fab five at this point of the season

Durant
Davis
Giannis
Westbrook
Karl Anthony Towns

Golden State edged passed an injury depleted Utah Jazz 106-99. Steph dropped 26 points. Warriors had won 8 consecutive road games.

San Antonio's road warrior streak ended against the Chicago Bulls. The Spurs lost a close game 95-91. Ending their perfect 12-0 road streak.

The Memphis Grizzlies routed the Golden State Warriors 110-89 last night. Warriors 8 match road game win streak shattered. Warriors 20-4

Warriors rebounded from the mauling from the Grizzlies by edging out the Timberwolves. Warriors exploded in the fourth quarter to win 116-108. Klay with 30 points. Warriors 21-4

The super team is misfiring...

Warriors edged a thriller against the Pelicans to improved to 22-4 for the season and concluded their 5 match road stretch 4-1.

Stephen Curry piling on 30pts, KD with 27pts. Draymond Green weighted in with a triple-double. Green with some incredible defence to see the Warriors close it out.

Cleveland Cavaliers have rested their 'Big 3' for tonight's road game with the Grizzlies.

the Big three less cavaliers were no match for the Grizzlies.
Miami heat snatched a morale boosting win against Paul George and the Indiana Pacers. the Boy, Hassan Whiteside hit a 20-20 to get us home. Maybe some life in the Heat yet

Would love to see Hassan Whiteside join the Raptors. Think he could make them contenders

Another night another record for the Golden State Warriors. The first time since the 96-97 Chicago Bulls to register 40 assists in a game three times in a season.

Warriors took advantage of a Melo/D-Rose less New York Knicks to improve to 23-4 with a 103-90 victory.

San Antonio Spurs improved to 21-5 with a 107-92 over the Phoenix Suns.

The Houston Rockets set a trio of 3 pointer related records in their 122-100 blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans. The Rockets made a record 24 3pointers. The also set records for most 3pointers attempted in a half(31) and in a match(61). They where on fire!

The Bucks routed the Bulls in the house that Jordan built 95-69.

The Raptors four game winning streak was ended up the Hawks in a thrilling 125-121 victory in Toronto. Dwight Howard dropped 27 points and landed 15 rebounds.

The Clippers just about managed to hold off the Heat's comeback with a 102-98 win. Blake Griffin dropped 20, but the Clippers survived the Heat's dominant second half showing

Cleveland Cavaliers Chris Andersen out for the season with ACL injury

Cleveland Cavaliers survived a nail biter with the Milwaukee Bucks to win in OT 114-108

Golden State Warriors destroyed Utah Jazz 104-74

Los Angeles Clippers staying in the mix with a 119-102 win over the Denver Nuggets.

Warriors 25-4
Spurs 23-5
Clippers 21-8
Rockets 21-8

Cavaliers 20-6
Raptors 20-8

The Warriors are a few games up already. They've said they won't be chasing the regular season record again, and to be fair they aren't even on pace, but I reckon they should get 67-70 wins.

Warriors have improved 27-4 ahead of the Christmas day showdown in Cleveland against the Cavaliers. Warriors won 117-101 in Brooklyn and followed that up with a 119-113 win over the Pistons. Warriors roll into Cleveland on a 7 match win streak.

Cleveland cavaliers required home town reffing to once again get lucky on Christmas Day. It's getting embarrassing how the refs are the cavaliers 6th man every match. 109-108

So the NBA confirmed the Warriors where robbed by inept home town ref decisions

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/12/27/14088012/warriors-referees-christmas-cavaliers-gmib

Don't worry LeQueen you might reach 7 straight finals but you'll never be Jordan

The Warriors tanked a 24pt lead against the Grizzlies and lost in over time 128-119. Total embarrassment.

The Dubs destroyed the Cavaliers last night in Oakland. 126-91 Warriors showing they are the team to beat.

Warriors 36-6
Cavaliers 29-11

Warriors are definitely the top team in the NBA at the moment, sadly.

GSW could be the greatest team of all time. If they win a ring this season, they'll be my nomination. don't even have to repeat.

Yawn, please. They choked last year and we're not even at the AS break for this season.

Save the hyperbole.

Theyve got the greatest shooter of all time playing the point. Arguably the second greatest playing SG. And the greatest scorer in the league, arguably the greatest ever, but certainly top five ever at power forward. THere has never ever been this much offensive firepower in NBA ever

Curry may well end up being the greatest shooter ever but he's a defensive liability. Klay is nowhere near the second greatest. KD isn't the great scorer in the league now, let alone of all time.

Defensive liability my ass. He isn't chris Paul, but Stephen can defend just fine. Like Stephen A. Smith says, people always talk about Steph being this normal guy, regular guy... but he's 6'3, with long ass arms. HE can do his work defensively. Lead the league in steals last year, and the Warriors are the #1 Fast break team in the league.

As for KD... Only seven players in NBA history have ever shot a 50-40-90 season. Of those seven, only Curry and Larry Bird did it with better point per game average. Neither of those guys have four scoring championships. So he doesn't only just score in volume, he scores from everywhere on court.

As for Klay, set the record in the three point contest. Most succesful treys by anyone not named Curry. Most points in a quarter. OF course he's the second or third greatest shooter of all time.

The same Stephen A. Smith who is widely regarded as a trash commentator that will say anything to get fame. The same Stephen A. Smith that said that Kawhi Leonard would never amount to much offensively. Yeah, I'll pass on his opinion.

With regard to KD, you're talking about one season. He's behind multiple players in terms of scoring this season. He's not close to being the best ever scorer. Great player, but you're giving him way too much.

Pr4wn wrote:The same Stephen A. Smith who is widely regarded as a trash commentator that will say anything to get fame. The same Stephen A. Smith that said that Kawhi Leonard would never amount to much offensively. Yeah, I'll pass on his opinion.

With regard to KD, you're talking about one season. He's behind multiple players in terms of scoring this season. He's not close to being the best ever scorer. Great player, but you're giving him way too much.

He just listed the guy's already listed physical dimensions. He's a 6'3 190lbs steal machine.

Of course he won't lead the league in scoring this season. He doesn't have to. Curry is getting nearly 25 points a game and Klay is getting 22. Why on earth would he need to get 30 a nightb? Russell Westbrook is getting 30 a night and Thunder have lost what? 5 out of 7?

Showed this week that he can go nuclear if and when he wants to. 40 points on 16 shots? 5 for 7 from downtown? That's outrageous.

Spurs outlasted the Cavaliers in OT last night to seal the deal 118-115. This forgone conclusion that Cavs/Warriors will dance in the finals may well be unfound. Spurs are a mega threat.

Warriors 38-6
Spurs 34-9
Cavaliers 30-12

Kawhi Leonard has had 30+ points in his last seven games.

If the Cavs had to play in the West, I'm not convinced they'd make it out. I don't however doubt for a moment that the Warriors are gonna run through the Spurs if they meet.

Little bit more than halfway through the season, and the Warriors are 38-6 having been 40-4 at the same point last season. Hard to argue with them having taken a quantum leap forward despite this. Harrison Barnes was a quality player, but trading Barnes for Durant is unfair. This is the best team in the NBA this season. Possibly the best team since the 2000-1 Lakers... but do they have ring winners in them?

In a slightly surprising result, my Miami Heat edged the Warriors by three points to track their 15th win of the season. We'd need a miracle to break .500, but we've got four wins on the bounce. Haven't had much good to say about the Heat since we sold Wade.

For the Warriors, okay it's their third game of a road trip. Last week they took out the Cavs, Thunder and Rockets so maybe they just weren't up to it tonight, which can happen In a 82-game season, but they're only 2-3 games ahead of the Spurs, so they can't really take locking down the top seed for granted

The Cavs lost their fifth in seven games to drop to 30-13, which puts them fourth overall in the season standings, behind three Western conference teams. barring a shock in the West, it seems the Cavs will probably not have home court these finals

The Warriors screwed up the balance of the side with the acquisition of Kevin Durant. We ended up losing a lot of quality rotation players. Bogut is a big loss and whilst Barnes wasn't top tier he offered a lot. Obviously the opportunity to get KD couldn't be turned down but it could end up being detrimental

Huge drop off to Zaza. He's pure trash.

Pr4wn wrote:Huge drop off to Zaza. He's pure trash.

He is, but, KD + Zaza represents an upgrade from Barnes = Bogut.
Need to remember that the dubs got absolutely blown to bits in the paint during last year's finals. Bogut was walked all over. KD is listed at 6'9, but he's really at least 6'11 (maybe 7'1) with a 7'6 wingspan. If he wants to, he can defend better than Bogut. It's just that simple. Sure it would be great (for them, not for me) if they had a Hassan Whiteside playing C, but they've blown their cap keeping the Hampton, helped by the fact that Steph Curry has the most bang for buck deal in the NBA. Zaza is a luxury they can afford with Javale coming off the bench and KD helping out. Look at Bogut away from the Dubs. He's no more than a role player for the Mavs.

I would gladly trade Klay Thompson to make room for Hassan Whiteside...

Jermaine2015 wrote:I would gladly trade Klay Thompson to make room for Hassan Whiteside...

You have four all stars in your starting five and a former finals MVP on your bench. Not to mention a guy with a huge upside in Ian Clark. Leave my one decent player alone!!

Seems the Space Jam monsters still haven't given the Cleveland Cavaliers their talent back. They lost to the Sacrémento kings in over time. In other news, The Dubs won, beat New Orléans by 10. KD and Curry as per usual did damage. 33 and 28 points respectively

today couldn't have actually gone better. The Cavs lost. Dwyane Wade and his Bulls lost to go below .500 and the Heat won our fifth in a row! Only 16-30, but six games behind a play off slot. If we can just push a little more, who knows...

In sport sometimes you win sometimes you lose. But every now and then you get absolutely pasted and probably lose the will to live. Unfortunately for the Clippers, this was one of those times they got pasted. The Golden State Warriors trashed them by 46 points, as Stephen Curry dropped 46 points on 15-23 shooting including a 43 point third quarter. Unfortunately for the Clippers, even in a perfect world where they managed to curtail the Curry barrage, Kevin Durant scored 23 points on 9-11 shooting. How the Frak does a team have a guy shooting that well only score 23 points and still win by 46 points??

In other news Miami won their seventh game in a row. SEVEN. That's right. The hottest team In the NBA at the moment is the Heat. No pun intended

Looks like the overrated Warriors will be topping the western conference against. The Spurs have lost 2 straight and are 4.5 back on the Warriors.

Draymond Green dropped a rare record breaking triple double last night as the Warriors outlasted the Grizzlies. Green only managed 4pts but lands 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. This guy makes us tick!

Warriors head to OKC tonight, KD set for a hostile homecoming!

So a quick update KD and the Warriors went to OKC and put it on the Thunder. KD's decision to join the Warriors was justified. KD is all about the win whereas Westbrook is all about personal achievements.

Last night the Nuggets when on beast mode on the warriors. Denver landed a record equaling 24 3s. Incredible stuff.

Kevin Love out for up to 6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

The Kings got absolutely fleeced in the Cousins trade.

Forgot to update before, Anthony Davis was named the All Star Game MVP after he drained an ASG record 52 points. Man was on fire!

But nobody cared because AS weekend is dull.

The Warriors overturned a half time 12pt deficit over the Clippers to end up easing to 123-113 win. Dubs went all beast mode in the third quarter dropping 50pts.

Warriors improved to 48-9. Curry with 35pts

48-9 this season, compared to a 73-9 season last year, but this is a way better team. I don't know what the Cavs can do to beat them, especially with trade deadline passed. LeBron must just take the L and go home.

Ha, listen to this. It's not over until it's over. Look at the 16-0 Patriots or even the Eagles "Dream Team" recently.

All it takes is an injury or two or a few freak results.