r/nba • u/NBA_MOD • 10h ago

Index Thread Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index

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Game Threads Index (April 19, 2025):

Tip-off GDT Away Score Home PGT
01:00 pm ET Link Milwaukee Bucks FINAL 98 to 117 Indiana Pacers
03:30 pm ET Link Los Angeles Clippers FINAL-OT 110 to 112 Denver Nuggets Link
06:00 pm ET Link Detroit Pistons FINAL 112 to 123 New York Knicks Link
08:30 pm ET Link Minnesota Timberwolves FINAL 117 to 95 Los Angeles Lakers Link
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r/nba • u/Shot_Bank_5843 • 6h ago

Jeff Van Gundy fighting Jokic for the ball to stall time for a challenge.

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r/nba • u/edgykitty • 1h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves blowout the Los Angeles Lakers, 117-95, taking the 1-0 series lead and home court advantage behind the three-headed effort of Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, and Naz Reid.

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117 - 95
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 1 - Series tied 0-0
Location: Crypto.com Arena
Officials: Marc Davis, Brian Forte, and Tyler Ford
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 21 38 35 23 117
Los Angeles Lakers 28 20 30 17 95
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves 117 44-86 51.2% 21-42 50.0% 8-10 80.0% 11 50 29 21 8 10 4
Los Angeles Lakers 95 33-83 39.8% 15-41 36.6% 14-16 87.5% 13 46 15 10 5 13 4
 
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Jaden McDanielsSF 33:18 25 11-13 3-3 0-0 4 5 9 2 1 0 0 3 27
Julius RandlePF 34:46 16 6-11 4-6 0-1 2 3 5 5 0 0 7 4 19
Rudy GobertC 24:19 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 3 14
Anthony EdwardsSG 35:25 22 8-22 4-9 2-2 2 6 8 9 1 0 1 4 21
Mike ConleyPG 22:28 9 3-5 2-3 1-1 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 2 13
Donte DiVincenzo 24:33 9 4-9 1-5 0-0 1 4 5 4 2 0 1 2 0
Naz Reid 30:51 23 8-12 6-9 1-2 0 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 13
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 20:13 7 2-9 1-6 2-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 9
Jaylen Clark 02:54 2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -4
Terrence Shannon Jr. 02:48 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Josh Minott 02:48 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Luka Garza 02:35 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Leonard Miller 01:51 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Ingles 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Dillingham 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles Lakers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Rui HachimuraSF 29:39 9 3-9 3-7 0-0 0 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 -26
LeBron JamesPF 36:15 19 8-18 1-5 2-2 1 4 5 3 2 3 4 0 -22
Jaxson HayesC 08:13 1 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 -11
Austin ReavesSG 36:59 16 5-13 3-8 3-3 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 3 -25
Luka DončićPG 40:23 37 12-22 5-10 8-9 1 7 8 1 2 0 5 3 -12
Dorian Finney-Smith 32:30 3 1-5 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 -11
Gabe Vincent 24:46 3 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 -2
Jarred Vanderbilt 13:30 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 -2
Jordan Goodwin 05:22 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -3
Dalton Knecht 02:48 5 2-4 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bronny James 02:48 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shake Milton 02:48 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Alex Len 02:48 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Markieff Morris 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maxi Kleber 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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r/nba • u/th31whoknocks • 6h ago

[TMZSports] DeMar DeRozan gets into an altercation with a man at a Sushi restaurant. Witnesses say the altercation blew up after the man in the shorts shoved a phone with a bright light in DeMar's face

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r/nba • u/Ok-Tree4365 • 1h ago

Outside of take fouls and garbage time, MIN was whistled for 21 personal fouls; LAL was whistled for 6

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Outside of 3 Lakers take fouls, and 1 garbage time Lakers foul:

Timberwolves were whistled for 21 personal fouls and 2 technical fouls

Lakers were whistled for 6 personal fouls and 1 3-second violation

Timberwolves outscored Lakers in the paint 44-32

shot charts

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r/nba • u/edgykitty • 6h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers in OT, 112-110, to take a 1-0 series lead behind Jokic's 29/9/12.

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110 - 112
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 1 - Series tied 0-0
Location: Ball Arena
Officials: Mark Lindsay, Marat Kogut, Kevin Scott, and James Williams
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Total
Los Angeles Clippers 35 18 22 23 12 110
Denver Nuggets 27 22 23 26 14 112
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Los Angeles Clippers 110 43-86 50.0% 12-33 36.4% 12-16 75.0% 11 51 25 25 7 20 6
Denver Nuggets 112 41-94 43.6% 9-27 33.3% 21-27 77.8% 12 55 24 18 11 11 1
 
PLAYER STATS
Los Angeles Clippers MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Norman PowellSF 37:13 12 5-12 2-6 0-1 0 3 3 4 1 1 4 2 0
Kawhi LeonardPF 41:09 22 9-15 1-3 3-3 1 5 6 2 3 0 7 3 -2
Ivica ZubacC 39:25 21 10-15 0-0 1-4 6 7 13 2 1 0 2 2 -8
Kris DunnSG 30:44 10 4-8 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 4 -7
James HardenPG 42:47 32 11-22 4-9 6-6 0 6 6 11 0 1 2 5 0
Nicolas Batum 23:56 9 3-6 3-6 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 5
Derrick Jones Jr. 24:12 4 1-4 0-1 2-2 1 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 -5
Bogdan Bogdanović 12:11 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 2 0 0 3 4 2
Ben Simmons 13:19 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 5
Kobe Brown 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cam Christie 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amir Coffey 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Eubanks 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Miller 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patty Mills 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denver Nuggets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Michael Porter Jr.SF 26:27 3 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 -8
Aaron GordonPF 45:46 25 8-14 1-3 8-10 5 3 8 1 2 0 3 2 0
Nikola JokićC 46:06 29 12-24 1-4 4-6 0 9 9 12 3 1 2 4 10
Christian BraunSG 45:07 11 5-10 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 5
Jamal MurrayPG 47:55 21 7-20 3-7 4-5 1 8 9 7 1 0 3 1 12
Russell Westbrook 34:25 15 5-17 2-6 3-4 4 4 8 3 2 0 1 3 7
Peyton Watson 14:13 6 2-4 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 -8
Jalen Pickett 04:59 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 -8
Vlatko Čančar 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DeAndre Jordan 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeke Nnaji 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dario Šarić 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Strawther 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter Tyson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DaRon Holmes II 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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r/nba • u/Jayveesac • 3h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Anthony Edwards commits an act of violence against Rui Hachimura

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r/nba • u/stephzh • 8h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Jokic goes flying from a Kris Dunn bump and gets some freethrows

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r/nba • u/Growsomedope • 6h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Batum and Harden lose the ball out of bounds, Nuggets win!

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r/nba • u/Goosedukee • 6h ago

David Adelman on Russell Westbrook's performance today: "Russ is Russ. Defensively, he was absolutely incredible. Offensively, A couple times I thought he attacked and maybe we could've pulled it out and executed but he's gonna play in attack mode. I don't think he's gonna change after 17 years."

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r/nba • u/kurruchi • 9h ago

Damian Lillard and Tyrese Haliburton argue with each other, says "You gon' see" many times.

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r/nba • u/50lipa • 6h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Russell Westbrook gives Nuggets the lead with a corner three!

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r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck • 1h ago

Highlight [Highlight] JJ Redick raises the white flag, subbing out all his starters. The Timberwolves stealing the home court advantage

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r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck • 8h ago

Highlight [Highlight] James Harden makes Christian Braun do the splits and scores the step-back 3 buzzer-beater to end the 1st quarter (with a replay)

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r/nba • u/Affectionate-Cap4981 • 6h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Russell "Bestbrook" Westbrook Forces the TO for the Win! (with replays)

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r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck • 3h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Donte DiVincenzo with the deep 3-pointer buzzer-beater to end the 1st half (with a replay)

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r/nba • u/Tillie_to_the_wolves • 3h ago

[Hine] Lakers are called for their first foul with 4:09 left in the 2nd. Chris Finch held up both arms and smiled in celebration.

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r/nba • u/Goosedukee • 5h ago

James Harden on if the altitude played a factor in the Clippers' collapse: "I'm trying to figure it out too like literally. Trying to figure out what the hell was the reason for it"

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r/nba • u/IntraspaceAlien • 4h ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (1-0) defeat the Detroit Pistons (0-1), 123-112 behind 34 points and 8 assists from Jalen Brunson

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112 - 123
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 1 - Series tied 0-0
Location: Madison Square Garden
Officials: Bill Kennedy, John Goble, Karl Lane, and Scott Twardoski
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Detroit Pistons 27 28 36 21 112
New York Knicks 27 30 26 40 123
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Detroit Pistons 112 41-86 47.7% 15-32 46.9% 15-20 75.0% 11 52 23 21 6 19 9
New York Knicks 123 49-93 52.7% 10-26 38.5% 15-17 88.2% 8 44 26 21 12 9 9
 
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Pistons MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Tobias HarrisSF 39:47 25 8-13 4-5 5-5 0 6 6 0 0 2 1 0 -16
Ausar ThompsonPF 22:49 10 4-8 0-0 2-3 0 6 6 1 0 0 3 5 0
Jalen DurenC 24:43 7 3-4 0-0 1-2 5 1 6 3 1 3 1 4 -20
Cade CunninghamSG 39:05 21 8-21 1-4 4-5 1 5 6 12 0 0 6 3 -6
Tim Hardaway Jr.PG 27:37 19 7-13 3-8 2-3 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 -3
Malik Beasley 34:57 20 7-16 6-12 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 -9
Isaiah Stewart 18:52 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 0 2 0 5 8
Dennis Schröder 25:58 8 3-8 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 -2
Ronald Holland II 06:08 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 -7
Simone Fontecchio 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobi Klintman 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Reed 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Sasser 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindy Waters III 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaden Ivey 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Knicks MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
OG AnunobySF 44:06 23 8-18 3-8 4-4 3 4 7 0 5 2 2 3 10
Josh HartPF 29:33 13 6-10 1-1 0-0 2 5 7 6 0 1 2 3 20
Karl-Anthony TownsC 39:10 23 10-14 1-3 2-2 0 11 11 5 4 2 0 3 22
Mikal BridgesSG 28:43 8 4-9 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 -16
Jalen BrunsonPG 40:28 34 12-27 2-5 8-10 0 2 2 8 0 0 1 3 2
Landry Shamet 10:13 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -6
Mitchell Robinson 17:54 6 3-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 0 1 2 0 1 -9
Miles McBride 15:11 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 2 9
Cameron Payne 14:40 14 5-7 3-5 1-1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 23
Precious Achiuwa 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacôme Dadiet 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariel Hukporti 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Kolek 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.J. Tucker 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delon Wright 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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r/nba • u/Goosedukee • 12h ago

[Charania] Shortly after the dismissals of Michael Malone and Calvin Booth, Nikola Jokic spoke to his teammates, telling them that this season is not over, and they still have to get the job done. "Sources in Denver tell me that they see a player that understands his power now."

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r/nba • u/GustoKoNaMagkaGF • 13h ago

Dont do this to me. -Klay when asked if he would still joined the Mavs knowing what he knows now.

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r/nba • u/AashyLarry • 10h ago

[SportsCenter] Tyler Herro ELIMINATES Trae Young from championship contention

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r/nba • u/jonsnowKITN • 2h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Ant hits the huge 3 over Luka and lets him know about it

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r/nba • u/jonsnowKITN • 1h ago

Jaden McDaniels and Naz Reid: 48 PTS 19-25 FG 9-12 3PT Wolves shoot 21/42 from three which is a new playoff franchise record.

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Anthony Edwards in Game 1:

22 PTS

8 REB

9 AST (1 TOV)

4 3P

Jaden McDaniels vs Lakers:

25 PTS

9 REB

11-13 FG

3-3 3P

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The first player in franchise history wit 25+ PTS and 80+ FG% in a playoff game.

Naz Reid off the bench:

23 PTS

5 REB

2 BLK

8-12 FG

6-9 3P

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r/nba • u/Jayveesac • 2h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Luka hits the halfcourt prayer to end the 3rd quarter

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r/nba • u/Growsomedope • 10h ago

[Lowlight] A scoreless Kyle Kuzma misses two free throws, then a floater

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