Of the 3 teams, I truly believe the refs would give OKC stars and Pop and the Spurs more favorable whistles than just AD is all.
OKC is gonna get gifted so many calls... and SAS is who they are... they well get legacy calls. I know the whistles don't come as often, but that doesn't mean they couldn't come strategically.
I think the more worrisome thing about playing the Pelicans is the lack of whistles we may get because of AD on defense. It’s the same thing that the Celtics will have to worry about with against Giannis.
I was thinking the same in case Dame was still banged up. But the shorter turn around might hurt the road team more. Either way I bet we would have played game 2 on Tuesday, so not sure it would have helped Harkless.
4/28 would be a conflict for me; hopefully Blazers win in fewer than 7! I mean, when I got tickets a year ago and made restaurant reservations last month, who knew playoff schedule? May have to go in for some very unpleasant medical tests during the week but would be home by game time.
The Spurs will get a lot of calls but it won't matter. They just aren't very talented without Kawhi. They won't win a road game in their series.