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

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

prob not lol

i mean jaylens out, also they cant play defense

oh right forgot about that completely because i stopped watching the games lol

haa

huh are the wizards really the best team in the east play-in then? fucked up

if the celtics drew the sixers they would have a hard time getting to 100 points in those games

i didn't notice what the wiz were doing the past month, 100% wins or <5 point losses

i haven't kept track, but did the league succeed in making up most of the games postponed due to covid earlier this season?

everyone is getting to 72.

suns-spurs had an insane ending for a virtually meaningless game

it was very meaningful for the spurs who likely got a better draft pick bc of this loss.

could mean the difference between getting jalen johnson and getting keon johnson

Playoff draymond is just a completely different beast

does winning the 9-10 play-in game hurt your draft positioning?

i think your draft position only changes if you make it into the offs but not 100% sure

thats correct

not impressed by ja right now

like the lottery is still the teams that missed the offs by descending record

Ja been doo doo

Jordan Poole turning into a solid 6th man option is a great story for the dubs

I notice the betting line listed by ESPN for Blazers v Nuggets has the Blazers by 9.0. I guess the idea the nuggs will tank the game is conventional wisdom now.