2023 IST *** THE FIRST ANNUAL THREAD FOR THE FAMOUS NBA IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT *** IST WE LIVE FOR IT

also -- i assume the wacky courts are here to stay but they really need to address the issue of the courts not just looking ridiculous but also being confusing because of the colors. like last night the kings and warriors were playing in *sacramento* on a blue and yellow court w/ the warriors wearing blue and yellow jerseys. it's crazy to me nobody stopped that before it happened. the heat's court was this weird shade of pinkish-red that they've never used paired w/ a big grey stripe down the middle... you turn the TV on and you assume you're watching a game being played in toronto. the celtics are a trademark kelly green franchise & yet their court was bathed in milwaukee's shade of hunter green. this stuff just all feels easily avoidable to me

yeah theyve lost their minds

tho tbf the weird celtics dark green color this year is slightly lighter than the bucks where last year it was a perfect match which leads me to believe they are aware that it might be a problem

I genuinely like the colored courts but I agree the particular colors really do need to get sorted out. the NBA has been really bad with this in general, like letting teams use their 2nd alternate colors vs. a team who happens to have those colors as a primary - I think there was some Bucks/Mavericks game last year where the Bucks wore blue and the Mavs were in green, it was really weird

yeah I watched kings-warriors for a full quarter before figuring out it was in Sacramento

other than the courts my main gripe with the IST is that so many podcast minutes seem to be dedicated to the standings and scenarios

IST is a godsend to nba-centered podcasters. not so much for their podcast audience.

we're goonna need another one of these in january

tonight at 730est the in season tournament knock out rounds begin when the indana pacers host the boston celtics

folks we have a game of basketball

sorry but i refuse to "give it up" for austin reaves

he is powered by his h8rs, thank u 4 playing

AD having quite a game.

LeBron definitely does not play like he is going to be turning 39 this month. Kareem was still really good at that age, but it is still rare.

I'm sure with how players train year round for their entire career, you will see more staying that good that late, but LeBron is still a freak of nature.

the lakers scored 123 points and only made 2 threes, ha

anthony davis can be pretty fun to watch when it's all clicking for him

yeah his potential still shines through sometimes, best defender in the league when hes on

one might think that the ist semis were the first regular season games in vegas but ive just been informed that in fact the lakers played a home playoff game in vegas during the la riots in 92, compelling historical factoid

and the jazz played 11 home games there in the 82-83 season too but thats not as interesting

ok this is actually kind of interesting

The Jazz played a number of home games (11 in total) at the then-newly built Thomas & Mack Center in the Las Vegas Valley, in an attempt to drum up regional support. In one of those games, Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored the points that would make him the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

i saw that pop up on the screen during the broadcast but i wasn't listening closely enough to know what the situation was, huh

ive edited the wiki

In one of those games, Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored the points that made him the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

hah nice find too obscure for the lebron fans to notice

I still don't know about score differential vs overall record, like for example when the Wolves were eliminated even though they had the best overall record in the West they ended up getting two new easier games against Memphis and San Antonio added to their schedule, seems sort of unfair, like being rewarded in the big picture for missing the IST

seems like they way to go would be to expand the tourney have everyone play twice in the group stage and add another round to the knockout stage, then tie breakers wouldnt matter as much and the nba can squeeze more juice out of their successful new thing

I liked the point diff, players got salty about it.

xp yeah the home and away would be good. if and when the nba expands to 32 teams, they could easily do the 8 winners of 4-team divisions which would be 6 games of home-and-away group games.