Any NBA fans?

[Scion]

Actually i don't follow anymore also. 

Just that these particular news interest me.

 

I think a main issue is that the games happen during work hours here in SG, so definitely popularity is down.

And the league is very long, 80 games really?

30 teams should be at most 60 games right.

 

i dun catch the games too

 

but i still watch the highlights on NBA youtube every now and then

[Acemundo]

anyone knows which team is marc gasol playing for now?  I look at Memphis team roster for today game, his name for wasn't there.

[Shorty]

Warriors swept rockets aside in game 4 with curry injured for the 2nd half. They tied the playoffs record of most 3s in a game if i heard correctly...without curry.

[Othello]

anyone knows which team is marc gasol playing for now?  I look at Memphis team roster for today game, his name for wasn't there.

 

he's injured, i read

[Fcw75]

anyone knows which team is marc gasol playing for now? I look at Memphis team roster for today game, his name for wasn't there.

I have been following the playoffs. Marc Gasol is still playing for Memphis but he's injured and have already missed 51 games.

 

My favourite team SAS swept Memphis who is without Gasol and Mike Conley.

 

Seems like curry is injured and might be out. If so, SAS stand a very good chance of winning the championship.

[Acemundo]

I have been following the playoffs. Marc Gasol is still playing for Memphis but he's injured and have already missed 51 games.

 

My favourite team SAS swept Memphis who is without Gasol and Mike Conley.

 

Seems like curry is injured and might be out. If so, SAS stand a very good chance of winning the championship.

I hope curry is not injured though.  I slightly support warriors more than spurs but will be happy if either team wins it.

he's injured, i read

 

 

I was surprised cos there was another injured player (mike conley I think ) who is till listed on the team roster for today's game.

[Acemundo]

I have been following the playoffs. Marc Gasol is still playing for Memphis but he's injured and have already missed 51 games.

 

My favourite team SAS swept Memphis who is without Gasol and Mike Conley.

 

Seems like curry is injured and might be out. If so, SAS stand a very good chance of winning the championship.

 

Stephen Curry is expected to miss at least two weeks with a Grade 1 sprain of the MCL in his right knee, dealing an unexpected blow to the Warriors' hopes of repeating as champions.

"From our perspective, it's relatively good news," general manager Bob Myers said Monday. "Clearly we don't want to be here getting MRIs at this point of the season, especially someone of Steph's stature. ... But mechanically the knee is intact, so that's good."

 

 

 

Myers said the two-week estimate is an educated guess based on how players typically respond to similar injuries, but cautioned the absence could be three weeks or possibly slightly shorter.

The team will have a better handle on how long Curry will be out after about a week but Curry will miss the rest of the first round of the playoffs and almost assuredly the start of the second round if the Warriors advance. Golden State leads Houston 3-1 heading into Game 5 at home on Wednesday night.

"If it's not two weeks, don't go crazy," Myers said. "If it's before that, great. If it's after, it's after."

Curry was injured on the final play of the first half of Sunday's 121-94 win in Houston when he slid awkwardly on a wet spot on the court and fell. He immediately grabbed his knee and jogged with a limp to the locker room.

"Nobody is to blame here," Myers said. "If you play basketball, that stuff happens unfortunately."

Curry came out with the team after halftime, but sat on the bench for most of the warmup time. After talking with coaches, he returned to the locker room with his second injury of the series. Curry had missed the previous two games with a sprained right ankle but said that was not an issue during the first half Sunday.

The Warriors thrived without Curry on Sunday, hitting eight 3-pointers in the third quarter alone to turn a tie game into a 21-point lead on the way to the easy win.

But doing that without the reigning MVP for a longer period of time figures to be more problematic. The Warriors have gone 3-2 this season without Curry playing, including wins against the Rockets on New Year's Eve and at home in Game 2. Golden State also lost Game 3 in Houston by one point while Curry sat with the ankle injury.

Replacing everything Curry does is almost impossible because no one has ever had the collection of skills he has with the ability to spread the defense with long-range shooting, the ballhandling to create his own shot and the playmaking that leads to easy baskets for his teammates.

 

Curry led the NBA this season by averaging 30.1 points per game, while averaging 6.7 assists, 5.4 rebounds and a league-leading 2.1 steals as well. Curry made a record 402 3-pointers, eclipsing his own previous mark by 116.

While backup point guard Shaun Livingston and do-everything power forward Draymond Green can shoulder much of the playmaking load and Klay Thompson is the second-best 3-point shooter in the league, the Warriors go from a historically great team that won a record 73 games in the regular season with Curry in the lineup to a vulnerable one if he misses significant time.

With a 3-1 series lead and two potential games at home against the eighth-seeded Rockets, Golden State is still primed to advance to the second round without Curry. But a second-round series against either the Los Angeles Clippers or Portland would be much more problematic.

The second round of the playoffs won't start until this weekend at the earliest. No matter when the second round starts, Game 4 would likely be either May 8 or 9, which will be in two weeks.

That would make Curry's earliest possible return in Game 5 but Golden State could be forced to go the entire round without him, which could open a path for teams like San Antonio, Oklahoma City, the Clippers or Cleveland to win the title.

The Warriors benefited from injuries to opponents last season on the way to the NBA title with Memphis point guard Mike Conley missing time in the second round and Cleveland missing point guard Kyrie Irving for the last five games and power forward Kevin Love for the entire NBA Finals.

Now Golden State is the team dealing with injuries.

[Fcw75]

Golden State is definitely in a more difficult situation now without Curry.

 

In the next round, they will short handed against Damian Lillard of Trailblazers or Chris Paul of LAC.

 

Go Spurs Go!

[Acemundo]

Golden State is definitely in a more difficult situation now without Curry.

 

In the next round, they will short handed against Damian Lillard of Trailblazers or Chris Paul of LAC.

 

Go Spurs Go!

 

haha I hope curry recovers in time to face the spurs.  like that will be fairer outcome to the battle of 2 teams with the best record in the nba.....I think LAC or Blazers aren't that difficult opponents.  spurs should have their hands full against the talented OKC team.  But I believe spurs will come good against OKC.

[Fcw75]

haha I hope curry recovers in time to face the spurs. like that will be fairer outcome to the battle of 2 teams with the best record in the nba.....I think LAC or Blazers aren't that difficult opponents. spurs should have their hands full against the talented OKC team. But I believe spurs will come good against OKC.

True, it will be a fair fight.

 

Anyway, if OKC lose this year I think Kevin Durant will leave as he is a free agent.

[Acemundo]

True, it will be a fair fight.

 

Anyway, if OKC lose this year I think Kevin Durant will leave as he is a free agent.

 

hehe just read that chris paul broke a bone in his hand.  maybe LAC may not advance afterall.

[Duckduck]

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Edited April 26, 2016 by Duckduck

[Othello]

hehe just read that chris paul broke a bone in his hand.  maybe LAC may not advance afterall.

 

confirmed ! LAC gone case liao. Griffin out for the season. 

[Acemundo]

confirmed ! LAC gone case liao. Griffin out for the season. 

yeah quad injury.......this is best chance for Portland to advance.  hope this also means warriors have easier path to final for curry's absence not to be consequential.

[Fcw75]

Wah, both Griffin and Paul out for the playoffs.

 

Gone case for LAC liao.

[Mustank]

 

[Fcw75]

 

 

What are you trying to show us with this photo?

 

The black anaconda that has F 5000 women or.....?

[Mustank]

What are you trying to show us with this photo?

 

The black anaconda that has F 5000 women or.....?

 

nothing nothing

just an old photo