Lakers and Clips on ABC this afternoon - it's a good time to be a Laker hater. The only thing better than the Lakers getting beat down by little brother is having it happen on national tv.
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Babb had 5 steals in 14 minutes against Detroit, but also had his worst shooting at 0-4. Hope he can get a good shooting performance or two in.
Portlandia is doing an episode with the Portland Trailblazers franchise this Thursday. Looks pretty hilarious.
http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/16199134?widget=true
Sounds like a plausible excuse for failure.:shocked::swoon:
Based on current standings, the playoff picture:
1 Miami vs 8 Atlanta
4 Chicago vs 5 Brooklyn
3 Toronto vs 6 Washington
2 Indiana vs 7 Charlotte
1 San Antonio vs 8 Phoenix
4 Houston vs 5 Portland
3 Los Angeles vs 6 Golden State
2 Oklahoma City vs 7 Dallas
In the East, the Knicks are all but mathmatically eliminated now (ATL has the tiebreaker). Miami and Indiana, Toronto and Chicago, Washington and Charlotte could each flip seeds,
In the West, the Spurs have nearly locked up the 1 seed, and home court throughout. Memphis could still beat out Dallas or Phoenix for the 8th spot. The top six seeds are probably going to finish as they are currently.
1 Miami vs 8 Atlanta
4 Chicago vs 5 Brooklyn
3 Toronto vs 6 Washington
2 Indiana vs 7 Charlotte
1 San Antonio vs 8 Phoenix
4 Houston vs 5 Portland
3 Los Angeles vs 6 Golden State
2 Oklahoma City vs 7 Dallas
In the East, the Knicks are all but mathmatically eliminated now (ATL has the tiebreaker). Miami and Indiana, Toronto and Chicago, Washington and Charlotte could each flip seeds,
In the West, the Spurs have nearly locked up the 1 seed, and home court throughout. Memphis could still beat out Dallas or Phoenix for the 8th spot. The top six seeds are probably going to finish as they are currently.
So in the west, 45 wins doesn't get you in the playoffs but in the east it gets you a 3 seed. That's a joke. Or I should say the eastern conference is a joke.
The East is terrible. With the way the Pacers are playing right now they will probably be eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs. Miami essentially gets 3 rounds of byes and can sleepwalk into the finals.
Not if they draw the Bulls. Don't get me wrong; I have no doubt they would beat Chicago in five. I also don't doubt that the Bulls would make them earn every bucket and beat the crap out of them physically for every minute of every game. Sleepwalk? Better not against that group. And go ahead and laugh, but Brooklyn is going to be a tough out too.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10748178/detroit-pistons-president-joe-dumars-expected-resign
Long overdue. Hard to believe, but the beginning of the end was way back in 2003 when Dumars took Darko Milicic over Carmelo Anthony.
Long overdue. Hard to believe, but the beginning of the end was way back in 2003 when Dumars took Darko Milicic over Carmelo Anthony.
We need to somehow get 3 seed. Brooklyn in first round then miami in round 2 if we get that far. no thanks
Brooklyn has had Miami's number all year, I would really like to see the Heat avoid them if possible. Also, there's a big difference between playing the Hawks and Bobcats in the first round, the Bobcats are feisty. Atlanta has pretty much given up this year, they would basically be a first round bye, Charlotte would at least make Miami work a little bit.
Pacers reserves hang on to beat the lowly Bucks and the Heat lost to Memphis, setting up a huge Friday night game in Miami. Indy now holds a half game lead for the #1 seed. It'll be interesting to see if Frank Vogel will stick to his new "rest the starters" mandate or if Indy will go all out. My guess is that it'll be a playoff atmosphere and all the key guys will play big minutes.
The 1 seed plays most likely Bulls or Nets so 1 seed outside of having homecourt advantage the 1 seed isn't something I would be fighting for.
That's a good point. If the playoffs started today and chalk held through the conference finals, the #1 seed would draw Atlanta and the winner of the Chi/BKN slugfest. The 2 seed would draw the Wizards (entertaining but self destructive) and then the not-ready-for-this Raptors.
The problem is that the playoffs don't start today and there are still a ton of scenarios in place. Chicago and even Brooklyn could leapfrog Toronto in the standings, NY could catch Atlanta for the eight seed, and the Bobcats and Wizrds could swap places. All in all, if the opportunity is there to guarantee home court regardless of the matchup then the Pacers and Heat would be wise to go balls out to clinch it.
Miami gets past indy most likely has 1 seed. Knicks beat Toronto and bulls rallied from 18 down at home to beat Detroit to move into 3 seed. Both have 3 games left so if bulls can win out they will be the 3.