15 in 60 (Western Conference 11.11.24)

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Nate Duncan

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Our bi-weekly look at the 15 teams in the West. DEN–Nikola Jokic is proving why he’s still the best in the world. HOU and OKC–The Thunder blew out the Rockets in a clash of styles, but the Thunder now face months without Chet Holmgren. 8:41 GSW–36 year-old Stephen Curry has passed some big tests against great perimeter defenses. 27:20 SAS vs UTA–The Jazz get their second win in Devin Vassell’s return. 34:09. PHX vs DAL–The Suns burnished their clutch credentials against Dallas’ highly-ranked defense, but how will they adjust without KD? 50:18 NOP–Are the 3-7 Pels done already? 1:05:54 MEM–The Grizz are dominating in the paint early this season but also will now miss Ja along with Desmond Bane. 1:16:17 LAC vs SAC–The Clippers are improbably getting it done with James Harden off the floor, while Sacramento has been a mixed statistical bag so far. 1:23:39 LAL–Darvin Ham decided to start Cam Reddish again. 1:40:39 MIN–Where has their defense fallen off from last season’s dominant group? 1:48:58 POR–What was the point of the Deni Avdija trade again? 1:55:29

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0:00.0	All right, welcome on to a West edition of the 15N way more than 60 in this case.
0:08.3	Is that joke still funny after 10 years?
0:10.1	I think people probably know.
0:11.0	Well, I mean, I think it's even, we'll see if we get to the 15th.
0:14.2	But we'll get to that.
0:16.7	But it's, I mean, this is a really fun time of year.
0:19.6	You and I talk about this.
0:20.6	And we don't have enough time to get super met on it.
0:22.5	But part of the fun of the beginning is that you're really trying to figure out signal,
0:26.7	noise, and everything else.
0:28.0	And, you know, like, I was cracking up, I was cracking up myself.
0:31.2	We had this conversation about, you know, I brought up one of my big storylines
0:35.2	is being worried about the nuggets, and then they beat the Thunder and the Mavericks.
0:39.0	And they're like, okay, that's the way goes.
0:40.5	And we're starting with the Denver Nuggets, 7 and 3 on the season.
0:44.0	They still only have a plus four net rating, which is 11th in the NBA per coding the glass.
0:48.6	Fourth on offense, 20th on defense.
0:51.4	And ESPN's BPI projects them to finish with 48 wins. That is fourth best in
0:56.2	the West and they have a very good chance. Still making the playoffs. Yeah, I mean, like, you know,
1:01.4	the Nuggets, Tarenkrist, they are shooting, coming into today's game, 55% at the room. That is
1:07.4	tied for dead last in the NBA. They are shooting a league worst, 41.9% eField goal on
1:16.0	self-created shots. That is not good. If they aren't getting assists, it's not going too well.
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