Image Credit : @twitter/@spurs


New Orleans Pelicans is a young team, they need to learn a lot and they will. They have very good young players who could become a superstar in the future like Zion Williamson, Lanzo Ball, Brandon Ingram etc.


After a loss against San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans is out of play offs race. Now Orleans Pelicans is in the 12th place of Western Conference. They have only 2 games to play and 2 games behind Portland Trail Blazers. Portland Trail Blazer won their game against Philadelphia 76ers which means Pelicans is officially out of play offs race.    


After resuming NBA season in Bubble environment, New Orleans Pelicans won only 2 games out of 6 games. Zion Williamson has to wait until the next year to play in the playoffs if he will play next season without any injury.    


New Orleans Pelicans is the team which were most exited after resuming NBA season in Orlando knowing that they have best chances to make into play offs but all went wrong. They didn't play as they want to play. An injury concern about Zion Williamson put minute restriction on him to play in a game and that cost New Orleans Pelicans. If Zion Williamson had played more than 30 minutes in all of his games after resuming NBA season, New Orleans Pelicans had batter chances to make into the play offs. 


San Antonio Spurs has some chances to make into the play offs. They are now 1 game behind 8th seed Memphis Grizzlies and 0.5 game behind Portland means if any team will lose one of their remaining games and San Antonio win all of their games than they have chance. 


In a game against Pelicans DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points with 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Murray added 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Derrick White made 16 points with 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Rudy Gay scored 19 points coming of the bench. Belinelli also scored 14 points. 


For New Orleans Pelicans JJ Redick scored game high and season high 31 points coming off the bench and he made 8 3 pointers in a game. Zion Williamson played 27 minutes in a game and scored 25 points. Ingram added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Derrick Favors score 10 points with 12 rebounds and 1 assist. 


Next Game : 


San Antonio Spurs Vs Houston Rockets 


New Orleans Pelicans Vs Sacramento Kings


Portland Trail Blazers Vs Philadelphia 76ers  


                                      Image Credit : @twitter/@trailblazers


In other crucial game between Portland and 76ers which was important for the play offs where Portland won against 76ers 124-121. Now Portland is just 0.5 game behind Memphis Grizzlies. Damian Lillard scored 51 points with 3 rebounds and 7 assists. 


Damian Lillard joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor and James Harden to score at least five 50 points games in a season in NBA History. Carmelo also made a history with moving into the 15th place in all time scoring list passing John Havlicek and Paul Pierce.  


Ben Simmons didn't play in a game due to knee injury and Joel Embiid played only 6 minutes in a game. Joel Embiid left a game facing ankle injury. Missing 2 all stars due to injury which could be a big problem for Philadelphia 76ers.


For 76ers Josh Rchardson scored 34 points with 5 rebounds and 6 assists.  Harris and Horford added 16 and 15 points in a game. Alec Burks scored 20 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists coming off the bench.


 Next Game :


with the some hope to make into the play offs Portland Trail Blazzers will play Dallas Mavericks who is playing superb and it will be tough for Portland to win.


Philadephia 76er Vs Phoenix Suns  

                                                                                                                      Image Credit : @twitter


Last year's MVP award winner Giannis Antetokounmpo, runner up James Harden and LeBron James selected as finalists for this year's KIA MVP award. Giannis Antetokounmpo is also selected for the Defensive Player Of The Year. 


NBA also list out other awards of 2019-2020 season like Kia NBA Rookie Of the year, Kia NBA Defensive Player Of The Year, Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, Kia NBA Most Improved Player and NBA Coach Of The Year.


MVP award finalists are selected by Sportswriters and Broadcasters of United State and Canada.


NBA Most Valuable Player :

1. LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)

2. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)

3. James Harden (Houston Rockets)


Last year Giannis won MVP award and before that James Harden did it. This season Giannis leads his team to the top of the Eastern Conference. LeBron James also leads his Los Angeles Lakers to the top of the Western Conference but Giannis Antentokounmpo is heavy favourite to win MVP award this year. If Giannis will win Kia Most Valuable Player award this season means he will become back to back MVP award winner after Stephen Curry won back to back MVP award in seasons of 2014-15, 2015-16 and before Curry LeBron James won back to back MVP awards with Miami Heat in seasons of 2011-12,2012-13.


This season Giannis averaged 29.8 points, 13.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1 steal and 1.1 blocks per game.


James Harden averaged 34.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.9 blocks per game. 


LeBron James averaged 25.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.


Kia NBA Rookie Of the Year :


1. Jo Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) :


Jo Morant is the most favorite to win this award with averaging 17.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.2 blocks per game. His Memphis Grizzlies team is in the 8th place in the Western Conference which make his statement to win this award is nearly possible.  


2. Zion Williamson(New Orleans Pelicans) :


Before the start of the NBA season Zion Williamson regarded as top favorite to win this award but he caught up in so many injury issues. Zion Williamson gave very good performance when he played in this season. Zion averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. His team New Orleans Pelicans is in the 11th place in the Western Conference and he didn't play as many games as Jo Morant this season. These are the main reason where everyone will select Jo Morant over if Zion will not win Rookie Of The Year award.


3. Kendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) :


Kendrick Nunn also has some chance but he is playing with very good team. He averaged 15.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks per game.   


Kia NBA Defensive Player Of The Year :


Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) : 


This season Anthony Davis is become the pillar of the Los Angeles Lakers. If it's from the offensive end or defensive end. Anthony Davis delivered it from the both ends for Los Angeles Lakers but particularly he did a great job in defense for Lakers. Anthony Davis made 2.3 blocks per game and 1.4 steals per game.  


Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) : 


Favorite to win MVP award and selected for the finalist of Defensive Player Of the Year this season. Gainnis Antetokounmpo made 1.1 and 1 steal per game. 


Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) : 


Rudy Gobert made 2 blocks and 0.8 steals per game. He is making strong case to win this award but it looks like he will be fall behind from Anthony Davis and Giannis. 


This years Anthony Davis has the best chance to win this award. 


Kia NBA Most Improved Player :


Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) :


Luka Doncic played only two season in the NBA and become the superstar of the NBA at the age of only 21 years. Last season of the NBA Luka averaged 23.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks. This season Luka averaged 30.9  points, 10.1 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.2 blocks per game. He scored nearly 7 more points per game this season than the last season and He nearly to score triple-double in this season.   


Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat) : 


This is the another star making player who is doing very good for his team Miami Heat. Adebayo scored 16.1 points per game with 10.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1..2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game compared to last seasons 8.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. He improved in all category this season from the last season. 

Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans) :


This is the 4th season for Brandon Ingram in the NBA and he is improving himself a lot that is why he is here. In the Los Angeles Lakers he was unable to show his full potential but with the New Orleans Pelicans he doing great. He averaged this season 23.9 points with 6.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. Last season he averaged 18.3 points per game with 5.1 rebounds, 3 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.6 blocks.  


Luka Doncic and Bam Adebayo improved a lot from the last season which means this is going to be tough to decide between them.


Kia NBA Sixth Man Of TheYear :


Montrezl Harrell (Los Angeles Clippers) :


Montrez Harrell is doing a great for Los Angeles Clippers this season coming of the bench. He scored 18.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. This is a very good number for any who player who are not a part of starting lineup for a team.  


Lou Williams ( Los Angeles Clippers) :  


Lou Williams won this award in the last 2 seasons and this season he made into the top 3 for Most Improved Player Of The Year. He averaged 18.2 points with 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.2 blocks per game.


Dennis Schroder ( Oklahoma City Thunder) :


Dennis Schroder scored 18.9 points per game with 3.7 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks per game. His team is standing in the 5th place of the Western Conference.


This time Lou Williams has less chance to win this award. Montrezl Harrell is the one who has best chances to win this award because of he played great at the both end of the game, means on the offensive side and defensive side.


Kia NBA Coach Of The Year :


Mike Budenholzer(Milwaukee Bucks) :


Mike Bundenholzer managed his team very well and trained them well to top the East. Now Milwaukee Bucks is one of the favorite to win NBA title with only one superstar Giannis. Bucks has other star but not the superstar compare to other teams. With Only one superstar they managed to top the East and also has a chance to win NBA title tells you that how wonderfully Mike is doing his job as a coach for Milwaukee Bucks. 


Billy Donavon (Oklahoma City Thunder) :


Billly Donavon's team is in the 5th place in the tough West. With one superstar Chrish Paul who is getting older and no other great player in a team Billy tried his best for OKC. In the last season they have 2 superstars - Russell Westbrook and Paul George but they failed to do what people expected from them but this season they did better than what everyone has expected from them. 


Nick Nurse(Toronto Raptors) : 


Nick Nurse's team holding the title of champion in NBA and they are doing great in the East. Toronto Raptors sealed the 2nd seed in the East with record of 50-19 and some games yet to play in the NBA. They don't have any top 10 player in their team but they have some stars who play like superstar for Toronto and Nick Nurse always giving his best to manage this all players to give his team best result. His team is not favorite to make into the finals of the NBA but they are dark horse which can surprise any team.   

                                                                                                    Image From : @Twitter/@okcthunder


Lakers lost their game to OKC by a huge margin of 19 points. A first time in this season Los Angeles Lakers never led in a game. Some children from 'I Promise' school visible in a game in  virtual way. This is a school which is supported by LeBron James. 

In a game, Lakers outscored by Oklahoma city thunder in the first quarter by scoring 26-18. Another bad night for Lakers from the long range, They scored from the long range 5 times out of 37. OKC was also bad from the 3 point range, They made only 5 out of 24 with shooting percentage of 20.8. 

Lakers missed so many free throws in a game making 19 out of 29  with free throws percentage of 65.5. OKC made 32 free throws out of 36 with free throws percentage of 88.9. OKC beat Lakers in every field of a game. 

In the starting line of Lakers only LeBron James  was able to  score in double figure. Anthony Davis scored only 9 points playing 29 minutes in a game. Kyle Kuzma and Waiters were the other players who scored in double figures. Waiter scored most of his points in the fourth quarter. 

Both team secured their position in the play offs and Lakers clinched the top seed in the Western conference means they were playing this game as practice game for the play offs. Now Lakers lost back to back games, Not they only lost games but all are with huge margin which could effect Lakers confidence and chemistry. 

86 points are the lowest score by Lakers this season and also OKC's opponents. Fewest points allowed by OKC to Lakers since 2016.

OKC will face Memphis Grizzlies in their next game who falls to Utah Jazz. This is their 4th loss after resuming NBA in Orlando. Now they have only 1 game advantage over Portland Trail Blazers.


What a game by Chrish Paul 
Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Houston Rockets

Oklahoma City Thunder Vs Memphis Grizzlies

For Los Angeles Lakers :

PlayerPointsReboundsAssists
James19114
Davis985
Green951
Kuzma1030
Waiters1422

For Oklahoma City Thunder :

PlayerPointsReboundsAssists
Chrish Paul2176
Adams1872
Alexander1375
Dort1440
Gallinari1970
  
                                                                                               Image From :@Twitter/@PelicansNBA


Memphis Grizzlies lost their last 3 games and they have now only 2 game advantage over 9th and 10th seeded team Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers. After loss against Pelicans, Pelicans also not far from play offs race. If Memphis will lose their other games and any team from the 3 of them will win their match they will qualify for the play offs. Now play offs race for Western Conference become more competitive.

In the play in series  9th number team in the Western Conference needs to win two times against 8th seeded team in the West. Meanwhile 8th seeded team needs to win only one game to advance in the play offs. San Antonio Spurs falls to Philadelphia 76ers. 

Zion Williamson scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists. In his last two games, he missed many minutes which cost his team and they lost but in this game Zion Williamson played 25 minutes which is good news for New Orleans Pelicans. 

New Orleans Pelicans bench player did a great job in this game scoring 38 points combine in a game. 

New Orleans Pelicans gets the easiest matches, They will face Kings two time, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizard and Orlando Magic While Memphis Grizzlies have toughest matches. They will face Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks. All Teams are better than them so they have very less chances to win remaining games. 

Next Game :

New Orleans Pelicans Vs Kings

Memphis Grizzlies Vs Utah Jazz

For New Orleans Pelicans :

PlayerPoints Rebounds Assists
Ingram2475
Zion Williomson2375
Holiday1543
Redick1622
Hart1570



For Memphis Grizzlies :

PlayerPointsReboundsAssists
Ja Morant1158
Jackson Jr2222
Jonas13131
Brooks1553
Allen1712
Clarke1081


 




Los Angeles Lakers gets an easy win over Utah Jazz. In the Last  game against Toronto Raptors Los Angeles Lakers had no answer Kyle Lowry and Toronto players. Anthony Davis struggled against Raptors but that not happened against Utah Jazz. Anthony Davis scored only 14 points in that game against Toronto Raptors with just 6 boards.

After this win Lakers clinch number 1 seed in the West after six years and even they also missed play offs in these years.

In the first half of the game Lakers got 2 points lead over Utah Jazz 58-56 where Anthony Davis scored 23 points with 7 rebounds and 2 steals, LeBron James scored 10 points with 6 assists. 

2:02 left in the fourth quarter Rudy made 2 free throws who fouled by LeBron James and cut a lead to 6 points but Lakers come back with 3 pointer and lead extended to 9 points. Utah Jazz came back with their own three and cut a lead to 6 points. Anthony Davis had other idea when just under 43 minutes remaining in a game he scored from a long range and drew a foul. 4 points play for Anthony Davis and 40 points for Anthony Davis. Once again Utah Jazz came with their own 3 when Mitchell made 3 pointer and drew a foul. 4 points play for Mitchel and cut a lead to 6 points. 

LeBron James 10 games away from reaching 1000 games for scoring more than 10+ points in a game.

After 1984 Lakers secured number 1 seed 12 times and by doing this they won titles 6 times in those 12 number one seeding.  

For Utah Jazz Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points with 5 rebounds and 3 assists.  This is the 19th game of Donovan Mitchell where he scored more than 30 points in a game. 

Los Angeles Lakers did a great job, shooting a ball with the percentage of 50 making 41 out of 82 meanwhile Utah Jazz made 37 shots from 83. Los Angeles Lakers not great in the 3 point shooting but better than last game against Toronto where they missed 30 3-pointers out of 40. Utah Jazz also had a bad shooting from a long range where they made 12 out of 43 with shooting percentage of 27. Lakers did a slightly better in defense by stealing a ball 12 times compared to Utah's 8. They both blocks a ball 3 times in a game.  

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Utah Jazz Vs Memphis Grizzlies

For Lakers :

PlayerPoints Rebounds Assists
Anthony Davis42124
LeBron James2289
Caldwell-Pope1041
Howard1150
Kuzma911

For Utah Jazz :    
 
PlayerPointsReboundsAssists
Mitchell3354
Gobert16132
Conley Jr2428
O'Neale5135
                                                                                                        Image From@Twitter/@Raptors


Toronto Raptors played like a champion of the NBA in this game. They played great at the both end, Offensive end and defensive end. Kyle Lowry led them to victory against Lakers with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.  

First Half,

2:31 minutes left in the Second Quarter Anthony Davis made a one free throw to give 1 point lead to Lakers but Danny Green missed both of his free throws which could give Lakers lead of 4 points. After this many shooting but no team was able to score for a one minute until LeBron James drew a foul and made one free throw out of 2. What a pass by Alex to Howard  to finish a bucket. Lakers got 3 points lead after first half. It was not a big scoring first half. Both team played a great on defensive end.  

In the first half of the game, Lakers starter played very bad, Only LeBron scored 7 points. It's Lakers bench who kept them in a game. Anthony Davis scored only 1  point in the first half, McGee scored 2 points, Green scored 0 points and Caldwell-Pope scored 3 points. Coming off the bench Kyle Kuzma scored 9 points, Caruso scored 7 points, Morris scored 6 points, Howard scored 4 points and Waiters scored 5 points. Lakers bench scored 31 points in total in the first half. 

And For Raptors Kyle Lowry scored 11 points, Anunoby scored 9 points and Siakam scored 8 points. 

Fewest combine points for LeBron James and Anthony Davis as they both scored only 8 points in first half. 

Second Half,

Third Quarter,

Anthony Davis scored first bucket to start second half. McGee made one free throw and gave lead of 6 points to Lakers but Siakam with the easy bucket cut a lead to 4 points. 9:05 left in the 3rd quarter, Lowery made 3-pointer and tied a game at 47-47. Toronto Raptors took 4 points lead when Kyle Lowery scored 2 points when he driving through the lane. First LeBron James made a block and after that Anthony Davis made a block at the same possession play. 5:33 minutes left in a quarter Raptors got 8 points lead when Kyle Lowery finished with long range shot. Lowry scored on technical foul on J R Smith and Pascal Siakam scored on both free throws to give 11 points lead to Raptors. Kyle Lowry once again with a beautiful finish and Raptors made 22-3 run to give Raptors 13 points lead. 4:06 left in quarter, Alex  Caruso dunked when Lakers stole a ball and cut a lead to 8 points.  

Anthony Davis made 2  free throws to cut a lead to 6 points. VanVleet scored from long range shot to give 9 points lead to Raptor. Anthony Davis made 8 consecutive free throws which kept Lakers in a game. Kuzma scored 3-pointer on Caruso's pass. 28.6 seconds left in a quarter LeBron finished with a bucket and cut a lead to only 2 points. 13 points lead of 3rd quarter cut within 2 points. 

Fourth Quarter,

LeBron James drained back to back 3-pointer which gave 4 points lead to Lakers but Anunoby answered with a long range shot and cut a lead to 1 point. Another 3-pointer from Anunoby and 2 points lead for Raptors. 7:56 left in a game Kuzma's 3-pointer gave 2 points lead. 2:13 minutes left in the quarter, Kyle Lowry's free throw gave 12 points lead to Raptors. 1:27 minutes left in the game Toronto Raptors got 16 points lead.  

Lakers made only 10 pointer out of 40 which is very bad for them and they also didn't shoot a ball very well. Lakers also missed so many free throws in a game, They missed 11 free throws in a game. they didn't played like a top team in the West and title contender. 

While Toronto Raptors extend their lead over Celtics after this victory. 

Next Game :

Los Angeles Lakers Vs Utah Jazz

Toronto Raptors Vs Miami Heat

For Los Angeles Lakers :

PlayerPointsReboundsAssistsStealsBlocks
James2010501
Davis146313
Kuzma164101
Waiters123201
Caruso110331



For Toronto Raptors :

PlayerPoints Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kyle Lowry3314610
Anunoby 234120
Siakam159322
VanVleet1351111
From Twitter/@HoustonRockets


This is a high scoring game and there was an absence of defense. James Harden helped Houston Rockets to get a crucial victory over Dallas in their opening game in bubble environment. Mavs is a young team and their young player did a great job in this game. It's a little disappointment for them to not take a win after very good lead in a game.  

Both teams scored the same points in the first quarter but in the second quarter Dallas tops the Houston when they took 10 points lead after the first half. In the second quarter they scored 43 points compared to Houston Rockets' 33 points. 

Total points scored combine by both teams in this game were 160 points and this is the record of last 20 season for highest scoring first half ever. 

James Harden played a great in this game scoring 49 points with 9 rebounds and 8 assists and most importantly he did a great job from the defensive end he blocked a ball 3 times and stole a ball 3 times. Westbrook scored 31 points with 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steal and 1 block. 

for Houston Rockets 7 players scored in double figures. 

In the 3rd quarter, 1:55 minutes left in the quarter Dallas had 14 points lead in the game. In the fourth quarter when 7 minutes left in the game Dallas had 11 points lead but they were unable to hold the lead. 1:47 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Houston Rockets made 9-2 run in 4 minutes which cut a lead to only 4 points. 45.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kleber made a wide open 3-pointer which gave Dallas 7 points lead but Harden replied with a dip 3 pointer and cut a lead to 4 points when 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter Curry had a chance to seal a game when he was on the line to shoot free-throws but he missed one. 3.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter, James Harden drew a foul and went to free throw line when last free throw was missed by Harden it was rebounded by Robert Covington who put a ball into basket. What a huge play by Robert Covington!

In OT Dallas took early lead but Houston Rockets back with 5-0 run and took 1 points lead when 2:35 minutes left in the OT. 2:19 minutes left in the OT, James Harden once again drew a foul and scored a bucket, 3 points play for Harden and 8-0 run for Houston Rockets. 2:05 minutes left in the game Porzingis scored 2 points with a going on a line for free throws. He made 3 points and cut a lead to only one point. Once again there was Covington who scored 3 pointer which gave 4 points lead to Houston. Covington played many crucial moment in this game.   

Houston Rockets registered their 41 win of the season. Now they are in the 5th place  in the Western Conference and get more advantage over Dallas and OCK which gave Houston Rockets good position in the play offs if they maintained this position. 

Eric Gordon missed this game due to an injury but House Jr who played in his position had a very good game who scored 20 points in the game with 5 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steal. 
     
James Harden passes Calvin Murphy for Houston Rockets in the all time scoring list. Now Hakeem Olajuwon is only one who is ahead of James Harden in the scoring list in the Houston Rocket's jersey. 

Houston Rockets turn a ball only 9 times compared to Dallas' 20 and Houston Rockets did a great job in stealing and blocking a ball. They made total of 22 combine blocks and steals compared to Dallas only 11. Dallas did a good job in rebounding a ball but it was not enough for them they made total 55 rebounds compared to Houston's 43. Both teams scored 40 3 pointer combined in this game. 

Next Game :

Houston Rockets Vs Milwaukee Bucks 

Dallas Mavericks Vs Suns 

For Houston Rockets :

Player Points Rebounds AssistsSteals Blocks
James Harden499833
Westbrook3111821
Covington1311324
P.J.Tucker74311
Jeff Green101111
House Jr.205120
McLemore130000
Rivers102212

For Dallas Mavericks :

Players Points ReboundsAssistsStealsBlocks
Doncic28131011
Porzingis3916221
Hardaway Jr.245310
Trey Burke311610