Well, this is what I supposed. Thanks for the this information @Reid

Regarding, this Durant's injury, I hope he will recover as soon as possible, I would like to see him play in playoffs.

This is a topic that makes me a little worried, what is the reason why several NBA players are injured this season? Is it because of the large number of games the NBA has been playing in recent years?

I was thinking about starting this topic. I confess, without LeBron and AD the Lakers are weak, despite the fact, in the last Jazz x Lakers game, it was a good game, KCP, Schroder, Drummond and others players scored well, despite the fact that almost all the Jazz players scored above 10 points .

Today will be an interesting game, and I think it will be "level", but I think Jazz will win!

I think Jazz really missed the services of Rudy Gobert in their first game that's why Drummond went on tearing the middle and scoring like 20 points if I'm not mistaken. But since Rudy will play today, it will be a different story and I agree that I don't think that Lakers can make it 2-0 against a full roster.

The betting odds shows that, even if Lakers get 1-0, still they are a huge underdog with 3.x odds. Punters knows that with Gobert and Conley, it will be a different out come.

Steph back to playing at an elite level. He hit 10 3’s and scored 49 points to help the Warriors beat the 76ers in the first half of this ESPN double header. The Lakers are currently down 10 to the Jazz, which is to be expected with no LeBron. Kuzma seems to be leading the offense for the Lakers, which is some good experience but he hasn’t taken things to the next level like I have been hoping he would. I’d love to see him develop into a Jayson Tatum type player.

Nuggets knows how to win, they are behind most of the time in this game but they did come back. I am also impressed with the Grizzlies because they have been winning more games lately and despite they are playing on the road, they still have a good win rate record. I think I'm already seeing a potential playoff match up.

Lakers already won by a large margin was even cover the handicap of (-6.5) because Gobert is back a it was a very different ball game when the Jazz team is almost healthy. And in the third quarter alone, Jazz shot an incredible 60% from the field, that's why they really took a huge lead and never look bad as if to show that the first lost was a fluke because they missing the services of the big man.

That was a thrilling game to watch and with 2 times OT like that, you can say how intense was the game was and at the end of the game Denver Nuggets gets the win which they likely deserved it especially when you see how Jokic handle the last minute of the game.

If that follow-up dunk from Ja Morant went in or ref made a call.

That's really a good leadership can't say nothing but he really deserve that ROY award last year, he's athleticism was so cool Nuggets

just made a good adjustment and give them a pain in the ass in the last 3 mins of the regular pushing this game to double overtime,
Great job for both teams.

Curry is playing at MVP level once again. Dude missed so many games this year and he still ended up with the highest total games and highest points per game at the same time. You do not do this without being one of the best offensive players eve in the league. I do not remember any player being as great as him on offense, I know Lebron is great, I know Kobe was great, I know MJ was great, all of these players are great but I still say that he is the best scorer we have ever seen.

MJ had other stuff, Kobe had other stuff, Lebron has other stuff, but Curry is a pure scorer that can never be found anywhere ever again, dude is just surreal and he should even get MVP but warriors suck so he will probably not get it, most of the time MVP is given to players who plays in a team that is highly ranked, barely under 5th seed and usually goes to first seed most of the time.

It's not always with the team rankings at the end of the season but mostly it was based on the stats throughout the season. As an example, Russell Westbrook before got his Season MVP award while his team OKC finished the 6th spot on that season.

And also not just by PPG, it should be accompanied by other stats too to make a good stat line. As of the latest MVP ladder, Steph Curry was in the 9th spot. Let's see if he can climb with the rankings although it's just about 15-16 games left before the end of the season if I'm not mistaken.


Playoffs have nothing to do with Season MVP selection.