I guess they can feel less bad about it because there aren't fans in the building who paid good money for this shit.
damn. I guess Portland counting on the Pacers for an assist is like counting on Melo to be a pass-first player
the way i see it, la clippers will choose who they want to face in the 1st round, dallas or the portland they are 4th seed and if they want to face dallas, theyre gonna lose to okc (by resting a lot of players) and hope that dallas beats minnesota and therefore end up being the 5th seed if they want to face portland (they know portland will give their best to win against denver and therefore get straight into playoffs), they will beat okc and hope dallas beats minnesota, so portland ends up being the 6th seed
they should have beat Houston last night if they wanted that kind of control of the situation besides there are too many variables right now for any team to really control this situation. #1 vs #2 isn't decided; #3 vs #4 isn't decided; #5, #6, & #7 aren't decided. I can't recall all seeds from 1-7 not being known this late in a season. And all of this could still be true at 6pm tomorrow when 6 of the top-7 seeds start their games. Pretty entertaining if a bit nerve-wracking
Not just the first round. The Clippers could be thinking about round 2 as well. Do they want to avoid the Lakers until the Western Conference Finals? The only way is to stay out of 3rd.
Cmon, enough silliness. Playing the warriors for the season. I think if they lose against GSW than that's it. They will have no fight left to face Memphis or sas victoriously
I don't really want to see a Blazer starter on the court tomorrow. Doesn't matter to me what the outcome is. Blazers can field a team that will compete without any starters.
Personally I think CJ and Nurk have had plenty of rest already....I want them both in better game shape for the big dance and Norman and Roco to keep building chemistry....it's not like we've had the same core for 3 seasons together and there was little training camp and no road practice most of the season...I think lack of conditioning is more dangerous this season than rest is beneficial for those guys. Dame, Enes and Roco could use the rest....I'd still like to see the starters play the first half but we need to win this game so that they can get some practice in for the playoffs
https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-ne...e-on-potentially-ducking-lebron-james-lakers/ I don't think we're getting let off the hook tomorrow. Not with what this article says and with the break the Nuggets are facing during the play-in tournament. They won't be resting anyone that doesn't have a legit injury. We're going to have to fight to stay out of the play-ins.
Since the beginning of April the Blazers have had 1 point losses to the Suns, Nugs, Clips, and Celts and a 2 point loss to the Grizz. Win ONE of those games and you don't have to worry about the play-in.
If the nuggets really want to lose to the L*kers, then let them. No way the NBA will let Lebron/AD lose in the first round. Clippers know this, clearly Ballmer has legit smarts.
This narrative is so tired. Why don't you go out there and find one credentialed journalist that has ever had a sourced story about the NBA choosing who wins series. In other words, LINK? The story of the NBA rigging playoffs series or even one game would be so good and career making that any investigative journalist would kill to break it. So all of these years of everything being fixed and not one email, recording, piece of paper or anything has been dug up on something that the league according to people like you does every year. How does this make any sense to you at all. Donaghy conspired on his own and got caught. Do you think that the small market owners would roll over for this? Do you think Adam Silver and the league would wager everything on this? Do you think these things especially with examples like San Antonio, Cleveland, OKC, Miami, Orlando, Detroit and more? I don't think your that dumb, so just stop saying it just because it's a convenient conspiracy theory.
