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blackmamba08 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Just beat the Clippers. For the rest I dont care. We really need a win against them. |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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well if Nuggets maintain the 3rd seed it would actually be better to be 2nd seed to play them in the 2nd round over the Rockets
and another advantage of letting Memphis keep the 8th seed is that it anti-tanks their pick they give to the Celtics _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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drae Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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audioaxes wrote: | well if Nuggets maintain the 3rd seed it would actually be better to be 2nd seed to play them in the 2nd round over the Rockets
and another advantage of letting Memphis keep the 8th seed is that it anti-tanks their pick they give to the Celtics |
Nuggets have a hard schedule compared with the Lakers, Clippers, and Rockets. There's a good chance the Rockets go straight over the top of them |
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hype Star Player
Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 4369 Location: Lake Nacimiento
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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drae wrote: | audioaxes wrote: | well if Nuggets maintain the 3rd seed it would actually be better to be 2nd seed to play them in the 2nd round over the Rockets
and another advantage of letting Memphis keep the 8th seed is that it anti-tanks their pick they give to the Celtics |
Nuggets have a hard schedule compared with the Lakers, Clippers, and Rockets. There's a good chance the Rockets go straight over the top of them |
I agree, i'd be very surprised if the season does not end with the Clippers as the 2nd seed and the Rockets as the 3rd. |
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LonzoLegend2 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Gonna get awfully hostile around here if we choke both weekend primetime games, as it would only be a 4 game lead in the loss column with LAC owning the tiebreaker. _________________ MAMBA OUT
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Hero Ball Star Player
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:21 am Post subject: |
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I like Sacramento schedule of remaining games.
Dark horse to get the 8th spot. |
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RI Laker Star Player
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 7135
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:27 am Post subject: |
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I don't think SAC is a dark horse. Luke has them playing well. 12-5 in their last 17 with 2 wins against the Clips and 1 against Miami. |
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ExPatLkrFan Star Player
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 3982 Location: Mukdahan, Thailand
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:36 am Post subject: |
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Number 1 seed in the west is practically in the bag for the Lakers. Lakers have 22 games left so to get to 62 wins they need to go 15 -7. The Clippers on the other hand have 21 games left an would need to go 20 -1 to get to 62 wins. I don't see it happening to be honest. |
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defense Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:14 am Post subject: |
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LonzoLegend2 wrote: | Gonna get awfully hostile around here if we choke both weekend primetime games, as it would only be a 4 game lead in the loss column with LAC owning the tiebreaker. |
So a normal day |
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epic_ Franchise Player
Joined: 23 Jan 2020 Posts: 11310
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Fight for the 8th spot
31 losses: Grizz
34 losses: Spurs, Kings
35 losses: Blazers
36 losses: Pelicans _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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SGV-Laker fan Star Player
Joined: 23 May 2013 Posts: 8842
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:26 am Post subject: |
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i want the Lakers to face Memphis in the 1st round. i want LBJ and AD not spending all their energy just to get out of 1st round. shove your "we don't care who we face" argument, you know it, i know it, everyone knows it, of the teams contending for the 8th seed, Memphis is the easiest of the bunch. i do not want us to face Portland, Dallas or Pelicans. |
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kikanga Retired Number
Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 29150 Location: La La Land
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Rooting for the Rockets tonight.
Want Clippers to have to play Dallas the 1st round. Then Houston the 2nd round. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you betterโ |
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defense Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Rockets 2-10 from 3 against a legit team
Shocker |
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kikanga Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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defense wrote: | Rockets 2-10 from 3 against a legit team
Shocker |
Just gotta hope they can cut it to single digits by half. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you betterโ |
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epic_ Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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kikanga wrote: | defense wrote: | Rockets 2-10 from 3 against a legit team
Shocker |
Just gotta hope they can cut it to single digits by half. |
Welp.
They're 2-18 from 3 now. _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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epic_ Franchise Player
Joined: 23 Jan 2020 Posts: 11310
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Fight for the 8th spot
31 losses: Grizz
34 losses: Spurs
35 losses: Blazers, Kings
36 losses: Pelicans _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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vasashi17+ Star Player
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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And Portland seems to be gearing up for that 8th spot knowing they can match up well with our length. FYI: Blazers got the 6th easiest remaining schedule.
Quote: | Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who has been sidelined for almost a year after a devastating leg injury, told Yahoo Sports he will make his season debut March 15 against the Houston Rockets. โIโm ready to help my team make the playoffs,โ he told Yahoo Sports. โItโs time.โ
โI worked my ass off to be in position to get back on the court and help my team, but game speed is going to be different,โ Nurkic told Yahoo Sports. โIโm not going to be playing 40 minutes. But for me, mentally, I need to get these reps in before I can play [extended minutes]. Physically, Iโm good. I had a calf strain recently, which is normal for the injury I had. Iโve been pleased with where my rehab is going. I never doubted Iโd be back, but I had to make sure I was 100 percent. I canโt wait for [March 15].โ
It will be the first time Nurkic will get to play with Hassan Whiteside, the center Portland traded for in the offseason as a placeholder and who is currently leading the league in blocks at 3.1 per game. โHeโs my teammate,โ Nurkic told Yahoo Sports. โI donโt know the plans going forward, but my mind is on how Iโm going to help this team make the playoffs. We just need to sacrifice our games for the teamโs good, do the little things that donโt show on the stat sheet and put our games together for possibly the playoffs. We have a chance, and when you have a chance, youโve got to go get it.โ โ via Chris Haynes @ Yahoo! Sports
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1236020460510306304
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A little more incentive tonight...
Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA
#Lakers can clinch a playoff spot tonight and officially end the franchiseโs long postseason drought with a win over the #Bucks pic.twitter.com/5vsL9VZOkc |
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epic_ Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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Potential path to the ๐ so far, based on best records:
๐ป โก ๐โก ๐ขโก ๐ฆ
Tough road. But it will be so worth it. _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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Nash Vegas Star Player
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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We are officially in the Playoffs _________________ |
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epic_ Franchise Player
Joined: 23 Jan 2020 Posts: 11310
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Fight for the 8th spot
32 losses: Grizz
35 losses: Spurs, Kings
36 losses: Pelicans, Blazers _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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yuurin98 Star Player
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I kinda want the Spurs to get the 8th seed so we can see a 7 game series between LeBron and Pop _________________ I was an atheist, until I knew Kobe.
I love basketball. *Metta voice* |
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epic_ Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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yuurin98 wrote: | I kinda want the Spurs to get the 8th seed so we can see a 7 game series between LeBron and Pop |
I just want a sweep. _________________ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ #18!!! |
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SPO200 Star Player
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:02 am Post subject: |
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I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers. |
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alleyoop Star Player
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:14 am Post subject: |
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SPO200 wrote: | I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers. |
Pels and Spurs Iโm cool with, you never know with Dame though
At this point I donโt really care who we match up with though, youโre as good as who you win against. If we canโt win against teams like the Rox/Jazz/Nuggets before we go up against LAC so be it, if we lose before the WCF we donโt deserve the chip anyway
That said, todayโs win has made me more confident in this team and what it can do, keen for Sunday _________________ #18 next... |
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SPO200 Star Player
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:28 am Post subject: |
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alleyoop wrote: | SPO200 wrote: | I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers. |
Pels and Spurs Iโm cool with, you never know with Dame though
At this point I donโt really care who we match up with though, youโre as good as who you win against. If we canโt win against teams like the Rox/Jazz/Nuggets before we go up against LAC so be it, if we lose before the WCF we donโt deserve the chip anyway
That said, todayโs win has made me more confident in this team and what it can do, keen for Sunday |
I think that we won't have major problems in the first round, but I believe that we can win 4-0 against the Grizzlies or the Kings. But the other teams can win one or two matches. |
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