part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

an absolute carnival of errors

christ this is tense.

prrrrretty insane decision by stotts to challenge that foul and lose his last timeout

blazers deserve that loss for dame's incomprehensible possession that started with 15 or 20 secs left and for stotts' challenge fuckup xp

that game really got me ready for playoff dame. the man is a superhero

Excited to see what Booker will look like in the offs

man we’re dangerously close to clippers-lakers first round

Udonis is the last active NBA player to be older than me

suns-blazers first round series would be pretty sick

The Lakers can finish
5th
6th
7th
The Blazers can finish
5th
6th
7th
The Mavericks can finish
5th
6th
7th
The Jazz can finish
1st
2nd
The Suns can finish
1st
2nd
3rd
The Clippers can finish
2nd
3rd
4th
The Nuggets can finish
3rd
4th

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 14, 2021

also because there are 5 very good teams in the west, at least one of them will be knocked out in the first round

Clippers are definitely trying to tank this game vs the rockets and I appreciate it as an addition to the proud legacy of nba tanking

starting a guy with the last name scrubb is a nice exclamation point on the tank

btw important hoop things: It's the 2021 WNBA Season thread (PS go pay 7 to get the WNBA League Pass you cowards)

was wondering the clippers were trying to tank or if they thought they could get away with sitting kawhi and PG vs the rockets and got caught with their pants down. i guess they’re operating under the assumption the lakers are gonna end up with the 6 seed

the dream of keeping the nets out of the top seed has been fulfilled god is good

i guess they’re operating under the assumption the lakers are gonna end up with the 6 seed

― J0rdan S., Friday, May 14, 2021 11:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

they at least know that they wont be the 5th seed

the boys are back in town

Lakers coach Frank Vogel announces that LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Dennis Schroder will all play today’s lunchtime tip in Indianapolis.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 15, 2021

lakers locked into the 7th seed now vs golden state, please god let curry go off for like 60

we need this

or wait are they locked in? maybe I messed that up

they couldnt be as theyre tied with the blazers with a game left, still we need this

if the lakers win and blazers lose tomorrow, then the blazers fall to 7th seed and the lakers ascend; whether they ascend to to 6th or 5th is based on the mavs final record. i think.

The Clippers rested Kawhi on every b2b this season but this time it was because they were ducking the Lakers? It seems far-fetched to me.

the only appropriate ending for this season would be for the celtics and lakers to both get the 7 seed and lose the play-in

they rested pg too xp

+the celtics win the draft and the lakers are relegated to the g league xp

i don't care about that part i just want the league to face the consequences of the play-in tournament

wld be funny

Lots of people begging the nuggets to tank their game against the blazers so they don’t face the lakers but I think you should just play the game out. Jokic has played every game, he’s MVP, let him finish it off without tanking.

I'm no fan of tanking to manipulate the standings, whether it's to manipulate the draft order or playoff seeding. Either one is bad and hurts the league. When a final game is meaningless to the standings, I'm fine with resting whoever needs rested.

If you don't like this perceived offense, win more games.

if the nuggets tank to avoid the lakers it would only benefit my chosen team, but I'm not begging them asking them to tank. play the game and see who wins. the playoffs will take care of themselves. every team will lose their series eventually, except one. gaming the first round seems pointless when there are three rounds after that.

nuggets should tank tomorrow it’s the right thing to do, morally

nuggets should win the nba playoffs

it’s the right thing to do, morally

morally they're covered, but only bcz lakers

i want everyone to tank to avoid the lakers and then for the lakers to lose in the play in, just seems like a fun scenario

love tanking /trusttheprocess

sometimes you gotta tank

I support the nuggets tanking this game btw

wilbon was inducted into the HoF? okay

can he even dunk

If the nuggets had Murray it would be defensible to tank, but in this circumstance I don’t like it

So Hawks get the 4 seed due to winning the southeast I think

espn has the knicks at 4

If there is a tie, then head-to-head record is used to determine which team receives the better seed.

If that is also level, then the higher seed goes to the team that is a divisional champion. Should both or neither team be divisional champion, the third tie-breaker is the win-loss record against other teams in their division.

Oh well I don’t think we can fall to 6 at this point

if you look at the opponents for today the top 6 in the east is gonna stay as it currently is. the only team with a game they could lose is the knicks but boston is apparently resting its entire team today

so basically the sixers should have a cake walk into the east finals

hmm are the celtics not capable of giving them a hard time in the first round this year