Christmas Games Thread

[Spurtacular]

JohnnyMax can add the games table; I just want to get this started. I know I'm looking forward to these games. I'm half way tempted to drive out to Nevada to place some wagers; but I won't. If I lived half the distance I would though.

[Spurtacular]

MIL (-10) @ NYK (U 226)
OKC @ HOU (-1.5) (O 220)
PHI @ BOS (-3.5) (U 223.5)
LAL @ GSW (-8.5) (0 235)
POR @ UTA (-5.5) (0 214)

[LkrFan]

Knicks playing, but the Sp*rs ain't? :lol

[JohnnyMax]

Tue, Dec 25, 2018
Venue
TV


12:00 PM ET
Milwaukee Bucks
(22-10)
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New York Knicks
(9-25)
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
ESPN


3:00 PM ET
Oklahoma City Thunder
(21-11)
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Houston Rockets
(17-15)
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
ABC


5:30 PM ET
Philadelphia 76ers
(22-12)
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Boston Celtics
(19-13)
TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
ABC


8:00 PM ET
Los Angeles Lakers
(19-14)
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Golden State Warriors
(23-11)
ORACLE Arena, Oakland, California
ESPN


10:30 PM ET
Portland Trail Blazers
(19-14)
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Utah Jazz
(16-18)
Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
ESPN

[Spurtacular]

Tom Rivers Jr. pretending he's Jimmer.

[140]

Tom Rivers Jr. pretending he's Jimmer.
No need to pretend to be a scrub when he's already one tbh :lol

[Spurtacular]

No need to pretend to be a scrub when he's already one tbh :lol

Houston put him out there to knock down two corner J's to close out the game. Classify that how you want.

[FrostKing]

Games on Christmas

Slave mentality

[Laker_1995]

If it wasn’t for the lakers Christmas games this year would be fucking trash. Every game has been weak

[Laker_1995]

Celtics players literally go one on one every time down the court.

Embid is the best big man in The league not even close

[D-Wade]

Bang !

[Laker_1995]

If it wasn’t for the lakers Christmas games this year would be fucking trash. Every game has been weak


I take that back kyrie making me eat my words lol

[D-Wade]

Philly cracking under pressure again... Simmons' offensive ineptitude is deadly.

[Spurtacular]

I would've had the under if that Bos/Phi game didn't go OT; but I wouldn't have had the spread (which I got after OT); whole time I was watching I thought I had picked the over though.

[lefty]

Kyrie being clutch as usual

[phxspurfan]

Celtics really overrated as assembled. They were better off without Hayward and Irving. Now it’s just iso ball with their guys standing around the 3 point line and no offensive creativity

[lefty]

Well Brad Stevens is overrated

[HarlemHeat37]

Lakers looking good, should be a win tonight..

[Laker_1995]

Defense has looked A1 so far on the warriors big 3. Hopefully we keep it up or they stay cold either one lol

[HarlemHeat37]

Fading the Warriors is easy money almost every night, tbh..they're still extremely overvalued by casuals, spread is too high every game..

[Laker_1995]

Here come the refs lol

[Mr. Body]

Warriors are ripe for the plucking this year. If they run into the right team in the playoffs their run is over.

[Spurtacular]

Warriors are ripe for the plucking this year. If they run into the right team in the playoffs their run is over.

If they were to go into the playoffs today. We'll see how things look come April.

[DAF86]

Warriors look drunk outthere, tbh. :lol

[Arcadian]

:lol Golden Showers

[Bynumite]

Warriors are ripe for the plucking this year. If they run into the right team in the playoffs their run is over.

At some point they're gonna start Cousins over Looney, so there's that.

[Spurtacular]

Bron hurt his half inch pecker.

[Bynumite]

Lebron felt a pop on his nuts, apparently.

[daslicer]

Warriors remind me of the '02 Lakers. They are not as good as they have been in years past but I look for them to peak at the right time which will be around March or April and then enter the playoffs ready to go.

[Spurtacular]

Lebron felt a pop on his nuts, apparently.

Worst faker of all-time. Title used to belong to Earvin Johnson.

[Laker_1995]

Basketball gods why

[Arcadian]

:lol Having to rely on Ingram, Kuzma, and Ball to fend off a comeback

[daslicer]

Basketball gods why

Didn't seem like a season ending injury for Lebron. From what I saw it looked like a groin injury.

[MultiTroll]

Did Kuzma even touch Twinky Curry? :rollin

Ok they did the replay finally. He grazed the side of his head after the ball was 10 feet released.
WarriorRef coming on strong.

[Spurtacular]

I still can't believe the Lakers didn't pull the trigger on the Kawhi trade as I watch these scrubs.

[spursparker9]

I still can't believe the Lakers didn't pull the trigger on the Kawhi trade as I watch these scrubs.

Am sure Celtics and Lakers regret their decision after watching Nephew went back to his MVP form in Toronto.

But he did only played 9 games last season and had this really mysterious injury

[Spurtacular]

Caldwell Pope; that's the guy that plays on prison release, right? :lol

[DAF86]

Who the fuck cares about Blazers and Jazz?

[Laker_1995]

Btw how in the fuck did the NBA not put SA vs Toronto today !???

[Bynumite]

Zubac reminiscent of a prime Shaq circa early 00's.

[Bynumite]

Btw how in the fuck did the NBA not put SA vs Toronto today !???

Should have ben bucks-raps but San Antonio? :lmao

That's the equivalent of getting socks for christmas as a kid.

[Spurtacular]

Am sure Celtics and Lakers regret their decision after watching Nephew went back to his MVP form in Toronto.

But he did only played 9 games last season and had this really mysterious injury

Kawhi was a known entity. Back to form is not a real calculation except in hypothetical land.

[Bynumite]

Zubaq O'neil :wow

[MultiTroll]

:lol little bitch Curry likes receiving the touch fouls but doesn't like it when he gets called for them.

[Laker_1995]

Am sure Celtics and Lakers regret their decision after watching Nephew went back to his MVP form in Toronto.

But he did only played 9 games last season and had this really mysterious injury


Boston are the only morons. POP was never sending Kawahi here idk why nobody fucken realizes that.

[Laker_1995]

:lol little bitch Curry likes receiving the touch fouls but doesn't like it when he gets called for them.

Word lol

[TDfan2007]

Draymond with more fouls than points :lol

[Spurtacular]

Who the fuck cares about Blazers and Jazz?

I would if I had money on it.

[Mr. Body]

If they were to go into the playoffs today. We'll see how things look come April.

Maybe. The questions about where Durant will be next year will get worse.

[Bynumite]

"Shhhhhhhh."

- Lakers sans Lebron to spurstalk, Christmas 2018

[Spurtacular]

Maybe. The questions about where Durant will be next year will get worse.

Donkey is having a hard time finding the rim on his threes. Curry looks like crap; but that comes and goes for him. Thompson has no rhythm even for a stand-still type player. All that ISO for Durant ball may be starting to hurt them.

[ducks]

Warriors are 8-8 on the road this season, have been blown out at home by 20 by the Raptors, 23 by the Bucks, 28 by the Thunder and whatever this Lakers blowout ends up at. Currently 7th in the NBA in net rating, worse than the Pacers.

[spursparker9]

Will GSW still send 4 players to this year All Star Game?

[daslicer]

Will GSW still send 4 players to this year All Star Game?

This is going to be the first time in a long time Draymond doesn't get into the All-Star.

[skin27]

:lolWarriors

[Bynumite]

https://i.imgur.com/d8sUlNE.jpg

[HarlemHeat37]

Will GSW still send 4 players to this year All Star Game?

Klay and Draymond don't deserve to be anywhere near the ASG..they have both been absolutely terrible all season..

[LkrFan]

Good dub (pun intended) :lol

[Bynumite]

Donkey sounding extra salty tonight :lol




https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=sxloV7HcC40

[LkrFan]

Donkey sounding extra salty tonight :lol




https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=sxloV7HcC40
Saw that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!! :lmao

He shooting 23% from downtown. They left him open all night. :lol

[Killakobe81]

:lol Having to rely on Ingram, Kuzma, and Ball to fend off a comeback

nice take!

[Bynumite]

Donkey is so trash. Coming off the bench for Orlando in garbage time should have been the highlight of his career. Lucked out big time by playing next to 3 of the best shooters in NBA history.

He thinks he's worth a max slot too. Delusional fucking Donkey :lol

[phxspurfan]

he did only played 9 games last season and had this really mysterious injury

It’s not an injury if doctors clear you to play and medical imaging shows no structural damage. He held out.

[Bynumite]

Saw that shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!! :lmao

He shooting 23% from downtown. They left him open all night. :lol

Exactly. Lakers simply left a trash shooter open and dared him to beat them. Nothing gimmicky about that, Donkey's salty because he got further exposed as the trash shooter that he is.

Lakers did the same to Iguodala but he actually made shots.

[phxspurfan]

He thinks he's worth a max slot too. Delusional fucking Donkey :lol


Dude reminds me of Ben Wallace. Decent, but overrated since he’s playing on a good team. And allowed to play ridiculously physical defense. His shots lately look like shot puts. If he was on Orlando or some shit he’d be behind guys like Aaron Gordon and Vucevic

[Ball Buster]

:lol Having to rely on Ingram, Kuzma, and Ball to fend off a comeback


nice take!

:lmao

[lefty]

Lol ESPN


https://twitter.com/espn/status/1077773694397792257?s=21

[lefty]

Lol Green got killed by a farm league Euro dude :lol

Would lock down Shaq they said :lol

And why is he shooting like he has a backpack on ?

[JohnnyMax]

1077800210045186051

[phxspurfan]

Whatever happened to Klay thompson being the best 2 way player in the NBA ? No one says that bullshit anymore :lol

Who was he even guarding tonight? Lance Stephenson?

[Arcadian]

nice take!

:lol thanks

[Spurtacular]

Donkey is so trash. Coming off the bench for Orlando in garbage time should have been the highlight of his career. Lucked out big time by playing next to 3 of the best shooters in NBA history.

He thinks he's worth a max slot too. Delusional fucking Donkey :lol

He cried his way to an all-star selection and a DPOY. Saddest thing I've ever seen.

[Spurtacular]

Didn't seem like a season ending injury for Lebron. From what I saw it looked like a groin injury.

He heard a nut pop.

[Spurtacular]

Teams are finally figuring out that if you're gonna let anyone beat you from three it should be Donkey.

[Broly]

Can't really get excited over the Warriors losing anymore. Just when you think this might be the year they are done for, you're reminded that in a few weeks they'll be starting a team consisting of five Olympians. While Green is seriously losing money with every second he is on the floor, Klay is bound to get his shit right sooner than later one might think.

[LkrFan]

1077784836830425088
:lmao

[lefty]

Whatever happened to Klay thompson being the best 2 way player in the NBA ? No one says that bullshit anymore :lol

Who was he even guarding tonight? Lance Stephenson?

Klay = Ehlo with a perm

[Will Hunting]

1077784836830425088
:lmao
He'll get more than that from a desperate team with cap space to blow, this is a league where fucking Nick Batum got a 5 year/$120 million contract.

[HankChinaski]

I don't think so. Batum's contract was at the height of the salary cap increases with the new TV deal I believe. Just about 80% of the NBA franchises were reacting to the new market price tags.

That has mostly died down an this last off season has seen that change.

Only recall off the top of my head 1-2 year deals an trash teams extending players they drafted for above their play level.

Not a lot of lol can't believe he got signed for that much.

More we could have signed him for that if that was the price.

[Ashy Larry]

Solid game actually. Laker nation was well represented. Took the boy and made that drive up to the Bay. Solid Christmas.