NBA Season - now 24/25
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after a bit over half the season the East is a shitfight!! There are only 6 games between 1st and 11th! It drops away after that, but that is really close, and no team seems to be able to string wins together.
In the West the top 4 have kicked clear, but there are still plenty of teams in contention for the play-in.
Injuries and Covid outs having a big impact.
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after a bit over half the season the East is a shitfight!! There are only 6 games between 1st and 11th! It drops away after that, but that is really close, and no team seems to be able to string wins together.
In the West the top 4 have kicked clear, but there are still plenty of teams in contention for the play-in.
Injuries and Covid outs having a big impact.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
after a bit over half the season the East is a shitfight!! There are only 6 games between 1st and 11th! It drops away after that, but that is really close, and no team seems to be able to string wins together.
In the West the top 4 have kicked clear, but there are still plenty of teams in contention for the play-in.
Injuries and Covid outs having a big impact.
And with KD out, will the Nets drop back into the middle of the pack. 8 of their next 10 games are on the road, so will have Kyrie, but there are some tough away games in that stretch - Suns, Warriors, Jazz, Nuggets,
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@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Jokic with the big stat line today. 1 point off a 50-point triple-double.
That was a really exciting game. What a pass at the end by Joker to find Gordon for the go ahead 3.
Really enjoyed the Bucks and Grizzlies game. Adams was a menace on the O-boards again. 8 offensive rebounds in 26 minutes. Grizzlies lost but they showed real fight and a bit of mettle against the World Champs.
Funniest thing from todays games, the Nets assistant coach deflecting the ball and the refs didn’t do anything about it. Washington get pinged with a turnover.
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Funniest result was the Lakers losing at home to the Pacers getting pumped in the 4th.
I'm sorta stuck between wanting Curry to get another ring, and the Suns going one step further. Either side will have my support in the finals
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Funniest result was the Lakers losing at home to the Pacers getting pumped in the 4th.
I'm sorta stuck between wanting Curry to get another ring, and the Suns going one step further. Either side will have my support in the finals
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Funniest result was the Lakers losing at home to the Pacers getting pumped in the 4th.
I'm sorta stuck between wanting Curry to get another ring, and the Suns going one step further. Either side will have my support in the finals
And the Pacers did it without Miles Turner. Ol’ Russ had a strange game (albeit I only watched a condensed version) but he looked good from 3pt but was bricking plenty of 2pt shots and missing layups too. Went 1-11 from 2pt and 4-6 from 3pt.
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@dice said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Jokic with the big stat line today. 1 point off a 50-point triple-double.
That was a really exciting game. What a pass at the end by Joker to find Gordon for the go ahead 3.
Really enjoyed the Bucks and Grizzlies game. Adams was a menace on the O-boards again. 8 offensive rebounds in 26 minutes. Grizzlies lost but they showed real fight and a bit of mettle against the World Champs.
Funniest thing from todays games, the Nets assistant coach deflecting the ball and the refs didn’t do anything about it. Washington get pinged with a turnover.
@act-crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Funniest thing from todays games, the Nets assistant coach deflecting the ball and the refs didn’t do anything about it. Washington get pinged with a turnover.
I've finally seen that. holy shit i have never seen anything like that in a professional sports game!! hilarious and terrible at the same time! dude just sticks his hand out and intercepts the pass. No call. The ref probably thought "there is no way i saw what i think i saw"
You reckon that coach had that instant regret "oh shit, oh shit, what have i done?"
Surely the league needs to send him to the stands for a few weeks. Some sort of message needs to be sent.
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lo, $10k fine for the coach, $25k fine for the Nets
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
lo, $10k fine for the coach, $25k fine for the Nets
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. He should not be on the bench for a game or two
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goddam it Spurs, are you allergic to 4th quarters? How many 4th Q blowouts for a narrow loss is that this season?
And to the Warriors' 2nd unit too
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i forgot the play-in was still a thing
God it sucks
Imagine the rest of the season if only the top 8 made post season? In the East the current 5-9 teams would have to put in all the rest of the season to make it, and would be looking over their shoulder at the Hawks coming home hard after that disastrous start. Instead all the top 10 can fuck around and aim more for match ups.
In the West you would have the Nuggets, T-Wolves and the two LA teams all having to push just to make it. Instead they are all in, and will be joined by the least shit of the rest.
The play-in was an okay idea to make up for a truncated season. In a full 82-game schedule it makes zero fucking sense.
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i forgot the play-in was still a thing
God it sucks
Imagine the rest of the season if only the top 8 made post season? In the East the current 5-9 teams would have to put in all the rest of the season to make it, and would be looking over their shoulder at the Hawks coming home hard after that disastrous start. Instead all the top 10 can fuck around and aim more for match ups.
In the West you would have the Nuggets, T-Wolves and the two LA teams all having to push just to make it. Instead they are all in, and will be joined by the least shit of the rest.
The play-in was an okay idea to make up for a truncated season. In a full 82-game schedule it makes zero fucking sense.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
i forgot the play-in was still a thing
God it sucks
Imagine the rest of the season if only the top 8 made post season? In the East the current 5-9 teams would have to put in all the rest of the season to make it, and would be looking over their shoulder at the Hawks coming home hard after that disastrous start. Instead all the top 10 can fuck around and aim more for match ups.
In the West you would have the Nuggets, T-Wolves and the two LA teams all having to push just to make it. Instead they are all in, and will be joined by the least shit of the rest.
The play-in was an okay idea to make up for a truncated season. In a full 82-game schedule it makes zero fucking sense.
The season is so fucking long. I don't watch anything until the playoffs now. Funnily enough, I might watch the play-in.
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The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
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The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
@shark said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
i get that argument. but essentially it's giving 6 teams a slight reason to try harder. And 8 teams a reason to try less.
Those 6 teams will all get bounced straight away as well.
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@shark said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
The play-in does serve to lengthen the part of the season that has something on it. Tanking is an ever-increasing blight on the NBA, and NFL, so although I don't agree with the concept, it should motivate more teams to try for a little longer and that alone makes it worthwhile. Bit like the NFL wild card round. Or having an 8 team finals series in a 14 team rugby comp. Okay maybe not the latter which is still just thick.
i get that argument. but essentially it's giving 6 teams a slight reason to try harder. And 8 teams a reason to try less.
Those 6 teams will all get bounced straight away as well.
@mariner4life Why would a team which is going to qualify, try less and therefore heighten their chances of getting a higher seed? There is certainly some strategy late in the season around jockeying for match-ups, but I don't see a mid-range seed dropping games to get the top team happening very often.
And in terms of those lesser play-in teams getting bounced, yep, mostly they will but it's only a matter of time before one of them makes a deep run and then the perception will alter.
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Nah not buying it
And in the East for sure teams will look at match ups given how tight it all is.
