Teams of the week
The magic hour is upon us
This is why there going to make the playoffs. With a tough start to the season the Orlando Magic are excelling in the back end of this season and are looking to clinch a place in the playoffs. With Vucevic averaging around 10 rebounds a game there is nothing stopping the big man in the middle and he is a vital part of the teams success. Do I think they will win the playoffs? No. Do I think they’ve had a great end to the season and deserve to be there? Absolutely.
Its better on the other side of Los Angeles
Maybe LeBron should of chose the clippers over the Lakers, because they’ve only gone and made the playoffs. 4 straight wins this week shows there dominance and why they deserve there place there. I always find with the clippers that they don’t really have any stand out performers but just like the Nuggets and the Pacers they all work like well oiled machines. Even though I don’t feel like they’ll be bale to go and win the playoffs but like the Magic they deserve there place and could definitely put some pressure on.
Following the trail to victory
3 straight wins and Damien Lillard seems to be the consistent story to the Portland Trailblazers success this year. In the 3 victories this week they he dominated points and assists for the Trailblazers and, in my opinion is one of the best players in the NBA and is a major credit into how well the Trailblazers have done this year. There looking to finish 4th in the Western Conference and I believe they can go quite far in the playoffs and I think there will be some surprise victories on the cards for the Trailblazers.
Room for improvement…
Luck of the Irish? Not this week
4 straight loses, if the Celtics hadn’t already got there place in the playoffs a while ago they would be in some serious trouble. They’ve featured on my room for improvement list twice now and although I am a self proclaimed fan of the team, they haven’t been up to scratch in the back on of this season. Without a serious challenge for the championship I can personally see Kyrie Irving leaving to a team that can not only get to the playoffs but also win it. Maybe this could change with the hopeful signing of Anthony Davis?
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Potential Celtics signing? (Davis, 2016) -
Crying out for teammates to challenge (Lavedad, 2017)
Couldn’t Knick a win if they tried?
Although this sub heading may be a bit unjust due to the Knicks getting a win last week (praise the lord), they went back to there usual ways. Raptors, Nuggets, Clippers and the Jazz were just too much for the Knicks. Feel like this blog could have just been a judgement of the Knicks and I would have had enough content to cover a lifetime. Will the Knicks ever be great again and relive the glory days of Patrick Ewing, unless they can have a compete overall, I cant see it happening to the foreseeable future.
Harry Potter can’t help you now
Its been a pretty difficult season for the Washington Wizards and this week was another dent in the spirits with 4 straight loses. A big deficit to the Utah Jazz followed by loses to the Bulls, Nuggets and Heat shows how frustrating it was to be a Wizards fan this week. I not too familiar to the Wizards squad but Bradley Beal was in my player of the week a few weeks back but this isn’t enough to get you a playoff push or even contend for a spot.
Player of the week – IMO
The NBA gave there player of the week to James Harden and the rookie Trae Young but I’ve got to give it to Damian Lillard. He put the Trailblazers in my team of the week with sinking the most points and having the most assists in the games as well. If he’s not scoring he’s assisting and if he’s not assisting he’s scoring. The man is an absolute powerhouse and is one of the reasons to why the Trailblazers have had such a good season and this week I couldn’t let his efforts go unnoticed.
References
Basketball-Reference.com. (2019). NBA Players of the Week | Basketball-Reference.com. [online] Available at: https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/pow.html [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].
Davis, S. (2016). Anthony Davis is done for the season, and it could be a good thing for the Pelicans. [online] Business Insider. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-davis-has-been-shut-down-2016-3?r=US&IR=T [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].
ESPN.com. (2019). NBA – National BasketballAssociation Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Rumors – ESPN. [online] Available at:http://www.espn.com/nba/ [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019]. – This reference for allstatistics
Lavedad, P. (2017). Kyrie Irving pide disculpas por afirmar que la tierra era plana. [online] La Verdad Noticias. Available at: https://laverdadnoticias.com/deportes/Kyrie-Irving-pide-disculpas-por-afirmar-que-la-tierra-era-plana-20181002-0154.html [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].
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