I would have liked to watch the Philadelphia 76ers - Brooklyn Nets game if it wasn't too late for me. Because it must have been a really delightful game and a surprising thing happened at the end too. I didn't give much chance to Nets for winning this game. But they did even by a score like 129-100. I wonder what went wrong with 76ers players in this one. I watched the highlights today and really appreciated Nets' solid game plan. But they are still not very trustworthy until starting a decent form.

Yeah, i'm not sure either.

It wasn't even like that the Nets was doing well prior to this game. They were way below .500 in the last 20 games coming into this one.

I think that it's probably just all the rumours and drama having built up over the past few months releasing. KD with another very efficient performance, he's not going to let Ben Simmons down haha.

Anybody could understand their frustration for Ben's actions but I thought the "tribute" was still childish. I would assume some employee of the Sixers management made that and it was approved to be shown there. I mean they didn't pay him during those times and they also got a good trade out of him.

I have to say it was a good move for marketing. Fans will be more curious how Ben responds on the court.

The players that were added can also be called veterans and they have been playing in different teams already. As far as their stats are concerned, I think they are blending well with the team and therefore I can say that they have no hard time adjusting to their chemistry. What the Nets need now is to ensure that the superstars are healthy in the regular season most especially in the offseason so they can fight with full capacity in the playoffs.

Durant and Irving are proving that could lead a team, so I have no doubt about the Nets' chances to be in the NBA Finals.

Just one shy of assist for another triple double game. For now, I cannot say that he would win the MVP because there are other players who were very consistent from the very start, Jokic just recently had great stats because Nuggets were struggling early.

As for - https://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/mvp/.. Embiid is still leading the race.

I'd have to agree.  The Nets are the clear winner in the trade.  I can't believe they let Seth Curry go in that deal.  I guess the 76ers were anxious to make a deal since Simmons was basically a liability to them, but Drummond and Seth Curry?  That would have been a decent trade without Simmons with the way Harden has been playing this year.  I do like the pairing of Embiid and Harden better than the pairing of Simmons and Embiid, but the loss of a backup center (who is a rebounding machine) and their best shooter (who trades a shooter with the last name Curry?) makes this a pretty bum deal for Philly in my opinion.  I think last night's game showed that, even without Simmons.  The 76ers might have a better record, but they're clearly not the better team.  Can't wait to see Simmons on the floor with KD.

I think that it'll ultimately come down to how many games Philly can win before the end of the season.

If they drop a few games they can slip 1-2 places in the rankings quite easily, and Philly would become the 4th-5th seed instead of the 3rd, which can seriously hurt their chances.

The fact that they lost to the Nets in embarassing fashion is honestly not helping either.

Yes, that's valid, though we also know that Nets are very capable of upsetting whoever they are facing in the next round.

Once the team played with healthy selections/squad, this team will continue to receive support from fans and bettors
we will see though if they can continue doing the damage and win most of the games that left for them during this
regular season.

I think that's just one game, they have been beating good teams lately, so the lost to the Nets might be embarrassing but if they can win and put up a streak again and Embiid putting up MVP numbers then maybe his chance of winning it for this year are still good.

And it boils down as to how Jokic will put up statistical numbers and how far he can carry the Nuggets into the regular season. Going to be close between this two centers.

Yes, but the Lakers have been talked about how they are not going to go the playoffs and if they did first round exit. But we really have to appreciate Lebron James, he is really trying his best to bring the Lakers and win some games. Although they win today, it was against a low team. Just imagine the hate they will got if they lost to Kuzma and the Wizards after getting beaten by the Houston Rockets? For sure Russ will be crucified again. Hopefully though, AD can come back, he is the missing piece of the puzzle here.