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2013-2014 Official NBA Thread
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ey...4-nba-schedule
With the Schedule released today, I figured it would be a good time to start the thread. The NBA released its 2013-2014 schedule on Tuesday in a televised special on NBATV alongside a release on NBA.com and its team websites. The season kicks off Tuesday, October 29th as Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Derrick Rose's expected return to the court. Then it's the Battle of LA as the Lakers host the Clippers. It could be the return of Kobe Bryant from his Achilles injury he suffered last spring, and will be the regular season debut of Doc Rivers as the Clippers' newest head coach. It's a massive gamble by the NBA, considering Rose's struggles returning from his ACL injury suffered in the 2012 playoffs and Bryant's more recent Achilles surgery. If those players were to miss the opening night, it's going to make for a very underwhelming opening night of basketball, regardless of the markets involved for ratings. Opening week continues on Thursday with the Bulls hosting the Knicks in what is likely to be Rose's return to the United Center in the regular season. The Knicks will be on a back to back, opening the season on Wednesday vs. the Bucks. Thursday night the revamped Warriors visit the Clippers, who are clearly the hot team, with two national appearances in the first three days. Opening week concludes Friday with the Nets' home opener vs. the Heat, followed by another Lakers home game, this time vs. the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs. On the NBA's biggest regular season day, Christmas Day, starts with the Nets hosting Chicago, followed by the scoring-champ rematch of Carmelo Anthony vs. Kevin Durant as the Thunder visit Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Then in the main event, the Heat play the Lakers at Staples Center. Dwight Howard joins the Christmas fun as the Rockets travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs. And in the night cap, the Clippers visit Oracle Arena to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors. Monday, January 20th continues the NBA's tradition of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a huge basketball event, with four games on the schedule. Brooklyn travels across the bridge to take on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Grizzlies hosting the Pelicans, the Lakers taking on the Bulls at the United Center, and the Pacers facing the Warriors in the bay to cap off the night. The Lakers first meet Dwight Howard on November 13th in Houston, and again on January 14th. They first host Howard at Staples Center on February 19th, and again on April 8th. The NBA Finals rematches occur on January 26th in Miami and March 6th in San Antonio. Will Gregg Popovich rest his starters? It's not a back to back, as the Spurs face Atlanta on the 24th, but it is in the middle of a three-game road trip. Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Lakers keep the max number of nationally televised (non-NBA TV) games in the league at 25, tied with the Knicks and Heat. The Clippers have 21 nationally televised games, while the defending Western Champs, the Spurs, only have 15. The Bulls jump to 24 national games, with the league banking on Rose's return to carry audiences. The Thunder also feature on national TV 24 times. Houston, with newly-signed Dwight Howard and James Harden, feature 20 games on national television, a pretty low number given the star power. The Mavericks won the NBA title in 2011, and now have just eight national TV appearances. The Warriors meanwhile jump to 17 games, while Eastern Conference finalist Indiana only appears 10 time next season. To put that in perspective, the Denver Nuggets appear 13 times. The rest of the schedule is at the link. |
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04-16-2014, 09:42 PM | #1741 |
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Lots of weird/bad calls in that game. I'll take it. Grizz weren't beating either SA or OKC, but they have better chance against OKC. Courtney Lee is terrible, and they have a gaping hole at SF. That said, Prince is decent defensively against KD because of his length. Conley really struggles with Westbrook though.
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Probably not but the Nets players have said they match up well with Miami since both play small ball and both suck at rebounding. In the regular season they were 4-0 against the Heat and a combined 1-6 against the Pacers\Bulls.
But they may not make it past your Raptors. Good luck in the playoffs. |
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Im taking the Thunder taking the ship this year
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04-17-2014, 03:08 PM | #1748 |
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And rested. No starter is averaging :30 mins a game and no player is in the top 100 in minutes played. Ironically Duncan is the top Spurs player on that list at # 102. Because of this, Pop has been able to go to and test a variety of lineups. They are talented, deep and rested.
Im pulling for the Rockets as I predicted a HOU / OKC Western Conf. Finals before the season, but to do that that the Rockets have to face the Spurs if they get past Portland. Even though the Rockets are 4-0 against the Spurs this season, I have little confidence they can beat them in a playoff series... I remember when the Rockets were a #6 seed and the Spurs were 4-0 against them in the regular season, and the Rockets took them out in 6 in route to their 2nd title. That Rockets team knew how to win in the playoffs like this Spurs team. Regular season means nothing...
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04-17-2014, 03:42 PM | #1749 |
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Playoff picks:
SAS over DAL in 4 OKC over MEM in 7 LAC over GS in 6 HOU over POR in 6 SAS over HOU in 5 OKC over LAC in 7 SAS over OKC in 7 IND over ATL in 5 MIA over CHA in 4 CHI over WAS in 6 BKN over TOR in 6 IND over CHI in 7 MIA over BKN in 5 MIA over IND in 7 MIA over SAS in 7 It's Miami's to lose until they do. |
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It's been a while since I've had a rooting interest in the playoffs beyond specific players (LeBron, Ginobili, M. Gasol, Artest, Kobe, etc.). Should be fun. Don't think the Raptors have the experience to beat the Nets (nor will they get the calls over HOFers), but thinking long-term, it is a series that will only make their young players better.
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SAS over Dallas in 6
OKC over Memphis in 5 LAC over GS in 4 HOU over POR in 6 LAC over OKC in 7 SAS over Houston in 6 LAC over SAS in 6 IND over ATL in 5 MIA over CHA in 5 WAS over CHI in 7 BKN over TOR in 7 IND over WAS in 6 MIA over BKN in 5 MIA over IND in 6 LAC over MIA in 5 |
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As for chalk across the board except for Miami, at least one other series will be an upset.
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