^That Chicago Team is really something else. It's scary if you combine underrated players in one team. Lonzo, DeMar, Zach, and Caruso. Love it.

I watch two disappointing games with the Hornets losing against the Cavaliers and the Knicks also losing against the Raptors. Too much expectation could really ruin your bets, parlay is out I might go back to singles. Well, I guess it's also fun to see unexpected events like this and confuse basketball analysts about their predictions. 

It seems like the Bulls have found a gem with the team rebuilding. Lonzo, Lavine, and Derozan plays like they have played each other for quite a long time.
Lavine and Derozan was unstoppable in the 4th quarter making damages from both in and outside the 3pt territory.

Well, let's see how long this Bulls could sustain their fire power.
So, many surprising team excells every season. Interesting!

You can't really say a gem to veterans They might be underrated but they had their share of the spotlight.

I'm guessing their performances and results is more down to the freedom given to them to just play basketball. No high expectations from the management and from the fans. It's like they are enjoying themselves on the court. I see a similar thing happening with the Miami Heat.

I told y'all the Bulls is gonna have a strong start judging on how the preseason went for them, DeMar DeBuckets is definitely gonna love the chemistry, the difference between the Lakers and the Bulls is that these players are young and willing to pass the ball, DeRozan is already at his 30's but he's willing to pass the ball or take over if LaVine isn't at his game, just like what we witnessed against the Celtics, this Bulls team is definitely a playoff-contender, heck if they stay this consistent they may even be a finals contender, this season is going to be fun and entertaining.

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One possible reason could be that the Rockets are filled with young players, last game was possibly one of the worst for the Rockets, what could you expect on this team besides KPJ, Wood and Jalen. LeBron definitely tweeted that because he's probably looking forward to teach the young guys, even last season LBJ told Marc Gasol to actually guard Wood saying that they need to hold him down, not a fan of the Rockets but I'm also looking forward to this game.

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Paul George went off again tonight. He’s starting to look like pre-injury PG13 again. A shame he doesn’t have his sidekick out there with him, but at least he won’t tonight. He had to put up 32-9-7 on 5-8 from 3 point range but a win is a win no matter how hard the Clippers have to lean on him for it. It would be nice to see more wins coming from the Lakers/Clippers/Nets superteams.

The Bulls are raging like literally right now at the start of the season. They are now 6-1 and the top 1 overall.
The Celtics on the other hand though choked. They did the same as what Lakers did against OKC. The Celtics lead 17 at one point and only scored 11 points in 4th quarter. 11 points in 4th quarter only :X.

This Chicago Bulls is different right now. If last season the Phoenix Suns improved so much, now the Bulls are the one who improved heavily. The chemistry is there, lots of passers, they have shooters on perimeter and on three point line. If you will see on their roster, they aren't as strong as the ones who has superstars like now like the Lakers or Warriors but their chemistry is what is making this team at the top right now. I just hope that they can continue this kind of gameplay all throughout the season. I'm pretty sure that they will be in the playoffs.

That's true, we cannot expect that we will see the same Murray once he comes back as he might have healed his physical injury but mentally there's still some fear of getting reinjured and he might not be as aggressive as he was before. I hope that they will come back this season, it doesn't matter if after the regular season as long as he will be in the playoffs as Nuggets really needs his service.

He can't do it alone, I think he has the same predicament as Luka in Magic, needs to put up offensive numbers just to be able to win. But when everything went wrong, there's no one to help. It's good though that Reggie Jackson, Kennard and Batum has somewhat scored above 10 points, enough for George to get a very hard win against a 1-6 OKC. But maybe next time, they won't be as lucky as this game.

Of course, that if they still want to be in the playoffs.

Leonard is out of the season already, they can only defend on their one superstar which is PG13, the Clippers need a healthy PG13 so they will have a leader. They reach the WCF last season but I think it will be harder this time as teams like the Warriors and Lakers are healthy again.

It's a big task for PG but there's no doubt he can carry it as he proved it already to us who doubted him during the last playoffs.
They struggle from the start but they are still a good team as they play stronger in the 4th quarter and win.

Murray had been a very important player for them and now they are suffering because of his absence. He is one of the better point guards in the NBA and they are now feeling the absence of him scoring and making the space for his teammates. Last year he averaged 21 points a game and 4 assists. All I can say is that I hope he can return as soon as possible and stay fit and get back on his peak form again.