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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:14 pm    Post subject:

Just beat the Clippers. For the rest I dont care. We really need a win against them.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:36 pm    Post subject:

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
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:07 pm    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:21 pm    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:24 pm    Post subject:

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.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:21 am    Post subject:

I like Sacramento schedule of remaining games.

Dark horse to get the 8th spot.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:27 am    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:36 am    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:14 am    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:23 am    Post subject:

Fight for the 8th spot

31 losses: Grizz
34 losses: Spurs, Kings
35 losses: Blazers
36 losses: Pelicans
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:26 am    Post subject:

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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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:24 pm    Post subject:

Rooting for the Rockets tonight.

Want Clippers to have to play Dallas the 1st round. Then Houston the 2nd round.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:38 pm    Post subject:

Rockets 2-10 from 3 against a legit team

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:05 pm    Post subject:

defense wrote:
Rockets 2-10 from 3 against a legit team

Shocker


Just gotta hope they can cut it to single digits by half.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:11 pm    Post subject:

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.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:46 pm    Post subject:

Fight for the 8th spot

31 losses: Grizz
34 losses: Spurs
35 losses: Blazers, Kings
36 losses: Pelicans
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:25 pm    Post subject:

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.

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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. โ€œIโ€™m ready to help my team make the playoffs,โ€ he told Yahoo Sports. โ€œItโ€™s time.โ€

โ€œI 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. โ€œIโ€™m 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, Iโ€™m good. I had a calf strain recently, which is normal for the injury I had. Iโ€™ve been pleased with where my rehab is going. I never doubted Iโ€™d be back, but I had to make sure I was 100 percent. I canโ€™t 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. โ€œHeโ€™s my teammate,โ€ Nurkic told Yahoo Sports. โ€œI donโ€™t know the plans going forward, but my mind is on how Iโ€™m going to help this team make the playoffs. We just need to sacrifice our games for the teamโ€™s good, do the little things that donโ€™t show on the stat sheet and put our games together for possibly the playoffs. We have a chance, and when you have a chance, youโ€™ve got to go get it.โ€ โ€“ via Chris Haynes @ Yahoo! Sports

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1236020460510306304



A little more incentive tonight...

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#Lakers can clinch a playoff spot tonight and officially end the franchiseโ€™s long postseason drought with a win over the #Bucks pic.twitter.com/5vsL9VZOkc
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:48 pm    Post subject:

Potential path to the ๐Ÿ† so far, based on best records:

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Tough road. But it will be so worth it.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:19 pm    Post subject:

We are officially in the Playoffs
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:45 pm    Post subject:

Fight for the 8th spot

32 losses: Grizz
35 losses: Spurs, Kings
36 losses: Pelicans, Blazers
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:53 pm    Post subject:

I kinda want the Spurs to get the 8th seed so we can see a 7 game series between LeBron and Pop
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:55 pm    Post subject:

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.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:02 am    Post subject:

I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:14 am    Post subject:

SPO200 wrote:
I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers.

Pels and Spurs Iโ€™m cool with, you never know with Dame though

At this point I donโ€™t really care who we match up with though, youโ€™re as good as who you win against. If we canโ€™t win against teams like the Rox/Jazz/Nuggets before we go up against LAC so be it, if we lose before the WCF we donโ€™t deserve the chip anyway

That said, todayโ€™s win has made me more confident in this team and what it can do, keen for Sunday
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:28 am    Post subject:

alleyoop wrote:
SPO200 wrote:
I want to avoid the Pelicans, Spurs and Blazers.

Pels and Spurs Iโ€™m cool with, you never know with Dame though

At this point I donโ€™t really care who we match up with though, youโ€™re as good as who you win against. If we canโ€™t win against teams like the Rox/Jazz/Nuggets before we go up against LAC so be it, if we lose before the WCF we donโ€™t deserve the chip anyway

That said, todayโ€™s 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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