Whenever I'm betting, this is the first thing that I always see. Injury reports because it's a big factor to the chances of a team to win. Home-Road record is also the one that I'm using, but both of them aren't a crystal ball that will tell you who will win based on the 2 factors. It's just my basis and it increases my chances of winning.

The Jazz are starting to regain their momentum now after they lost 5 straight and now on a 2-game winning streak. As for the Blazers, they are undermanned, but they are also on a 3-game losing streak and it might continue against the Jazz.

Winning 7 of their last 10 games, the Lakers are in now looking good after a rough start though they are still 3 games below 500, but just looking on how they played in their last games, it seems that they are gaining a bit of a momentum as well.

Seeing Davis putting numbers like these is always good. The Big 3 of the Lakers are doing pretty well on their last games. Davis starting to put big numbers, Lebron also doing what he does best as well, scoring and passing as well and Wesbrook is starting to embrace his role as a 6th man but on the same time, he is very efficient though we might see him having bad nights, but it's normal for a player to have bad nights. Overall, the Lakers are starting to gain momentum. They are currently at the 12th spot but only 2 games behind the 8th seeded Warriors.

At least though mate, you hit one game, so not bad at all instead of losing all of the matches.

And based on the games last night, it's very tough to pick, there are a lot of surprises and upsets, like the LA Lakers beating a strong Milwaukee Bucks. Is this a sign that Lakers is slowly getting back and could make a run and improved their position?

We will have to find out, but it seems that Lebron and AD are like in their championship year, putting good and solid and they are consistent even at 4th quarter.

I agree, both AD and Lebron gave their all especially the latter for playing impressively for the last 10 games and averaging almost 30 points per game and 12.6 RPG. And with of course Westbrook as he finally enjoying every game and having a good time unlike last season that he's playing poorly in almost every game, right now, they are slowly climbing the ladder towards the top 10 and might dethrone the Mavs next game.

Safe to say that they just got lucky to be sitting at the top of the conference when almost every team in the league are still struggling and adjusting or taking their time while the season have just started. But now that teams are starting to get their sense, their rank dropped in just a week which is not that surprising because they are not that deep enough to compete with the heavy teams on the league. In time, when they reached the right depth and know each other's strengths and weakness, they will be a heavy time just like how the Boston Celtics started.

The outcome of this match showed that a healthy Davis is a key to the Lakers' success this season. So let's hope the Lakers' coaching and medical staff will do everything in their power to make Davis less injury prone. As for Westbrook, his performance was also good, considering he had a double-double. However, let me remind you that there was an important moment when Westbrook missed both free throws with 13 seconds left at the end of the 4th quarter. Thereby he could have easily ruined and negated Davis and LeBron's efforts in this match.

AD has been playing very aggressively in the last few games they have. I think this contributed a lot to their recent wins. That is what he needs to do because he is the one in his prime. He needs to take control of the Lakers and let Lebron be the 2nd option. They are winning more when AD is the first option and Lebron is taking fewer shots. AD dominates the paint and still shoots well outside. They just need to stay healthy and avoid lasting injuries. That would hamper the Lakers run if AD is sidelined.


They got injuries, that is what happened. A rebuilding team that suffers 3 or 4 injuries at the same time will surely suffer some losses. They do not have a legit superstar but they have a team basketball system in placed. That system is the one beating other superstar-laced team that only plays hero basketball. This team is more like the Boston team when Jason Tatum and Brown are still in their rookie years. They are effective but cannot get to the finals because they are still lacking experience and core players. A couple more years, this team will be a threat like the Boston is right now that Tatum and Brown are on their prime.


It was a good shot. I would take that anytime for the Bucks. It just did not went in to force OT.

Westbrook is trying his best this season. I don't believe he is still good enough of course. He needs to put a bigger effort into their games to help maintaining a lasting good form. They have been pretty good in their recent games as won most of them. We don't see them in any of the playoffs placements yet but they can do it if they keep up this effort.

Lakers were a really big disappointment last season. If they give up in the regular season already again then it might be hard to see Lebron wishing to continue with this team. Lakers just need some changes to be more stable actually. I would be glad to see Westbrook being replaced by a much more consistent and productive guard.

Right, by now we know what Davis can really bring to the Lakers, specially when he was in a rampage and the statistics that he has put in that 5 game stretch if I'm not mistaken. But they can't totally depend on him, because admit it or not, he is very fragile that a simple fail or just going to get the ball or even helping his team mates to stand up might result in pulled muscle or injuries.

So as a coach, Ham should experiment with different combination, sort of testing everything when Davis is on the bench.

To get a feel and see who works inside an who doesn't.

I think they have done multiple experiments with or without AD and Lebron and we know what the result is, meaning either can't be missed as it will be a disaster.

And they found the perfect the combination of just bringing Westbrook at the bench. I like to point out the Pat is also being aggressive as far as his offense goes, he is shooting good in 3 and some dribble penetration. I guess there is a sense of urgency for them or for the players to really perform very well because there could be missed opportunity or at least they will know where to fit in when Davis or Lebron is out.

Of course, they can't tank again this season, they need to be in the playoffs so they have a chance to win a championship again. They were criticized at the beginning but look where they are now, they seemed to found the way to be a championship caliber team and beating the Bucks is just a good statement to that.