Agree. Overconfidence could make you lose your composure and we just witnessed it. You can still see it, the chemistry of the team is like a disco light it goes on and off.   I admire how he wanted the winning shot/tie to be on him but I don't think it is his time yet. What's worst? Melo took all the blame. Ouch!
I just saw the Westbrook trend in Facebook and it seems like they are having fun about it. We still have to consider that he just made another triple double at his age and turnover will happen if you have that kind of stats.
It means he is working his ass to make something happen for the team even if it will cost a turnover. I don't mind turnovers for play makers.

Westbrook contributed big time on TO, the Lakers has a total of 17 turnovers on that game while Westbrook owned 10 of it. That's insane because he had a triple-double but was unable to manage the ball very well, this is one of the worst games of Westbrook in terms of turnover, hopefully, it will not happen again.

If you check Westbrooks career, he had many 10+ turnover games, it is not the first and certainly not the last. During his triple double seasons, he had many games with triple double + 10 turnovers as well, it wasn't uncommon, him and harden had a big stretch of having insane turnover rates together. All in all it is based on his play style, dude plays so fast that there are some times when he just loses the ball because of the pace.

If you are driving a car with 20 km/h and you see a deer going on a road, you can stop very easily, when you are going with 200 km/h then you will not see the deer until you hit it, let alone be unable to stop, you literally won't see it at that pace. So, I would say that it is clear to me that westbrooks pace is the cause of his turnovers. However you can't just ask him to slow down neither, then he won't be who he is anymore. Lakers may have started badly, but I am 100% sure that they will get better overtime for sure, they are way too good to not get better.

You do have a valid point on the pace thingy. But I'm still upset as they still haven't figured out the chemistry among them. Lakers have the best players in the world but that hardly matters if they are not clicking together. Not the best of start to the season for them but I just hope they get better over time.

Looks like the new rule regarding calling fouls by the referees really hit Harden that bad. On average, Harden is taking 9 FTA per game but now he is only taking at least 3 FTA per game. A huge decrease and that is because of the new rules. The new rule hit him, Young, Doncic and those players who really like to lean on to the defenders to let them commit a foul. With the Nets currently 24th in offense and with a record of 2-3, they really need Kyrie but it seems like his ego still prevails and he still don't want to get vaccinated for his personal reasons and shit.

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Well, the Lakers team still not fail to amaze me
At one point, they lead by up to 26 at the 2nd quarter and they blew it all up at the 3rd quarter. Many here are blaming Ninja Turtle (Westbrook) but lets also blame his teammates who did awful on the second half. Scored 72 in the first half which is high already and only 43 on the second. I'm curious on what LeBron is saying to his teammates after the game .

They need to sort this one out. I don't think the coach can do anything if the players do not personally let someone lead the team. What's happening with Lakers right now also reminds me of the Wade-James-Bosh Heat era. There were two leaders in their first season together but Wade had to give up the lead role to James the next year and they started winning championships.

The problem is their chemistry, and Lebron did not play against the OKC, so they are undermanned also as they missed their best player. What's important now is the Lakers had 2 wins already and at the same time, Westbrook is doing well although he had a high turnover last game, but that's okay, it's still too early, they can make a correction or adjustment so they will not gonna make that mistake again.

The Spurs vs. Mavs match looks interesting. The Spurs lead by only 2 points after the first half, although they even led by 20 points in the first quarter. It's worth noting that the Mavs had a disgusting performance at the beginning of this match, considering that they made only 1 out of 11 in the first half of the first quarter.

If my memory serves me right, even though the Suns took the lead, it was still Dallas who are the favourite with that score. And they actually won the game 104-99.

GSW vs Memphis now going into OT. What a comeback by Memphis, but it's not over yet, the initial handicap for GSW is -4.5. They can still cover it in OT.