Dolfan in NYC Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The Second Season begins tomorrow! Pretend you understand how this play-in thing how it works! Tuesday Atlanta @ Miami, 730p Minnesota @ LAL, 10p Wednesday Chicago @ Toronto, 730p Oklahoma City @ New Orleans, 930p Thursday Day 2 Winners @ Day 1 Losers Afterwards... Got it? (Don't worry, no one else does either.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 And in case you need someone to root for, I humbly suggest: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Rudy Boy Gobert is suspended for the play-in game against the Lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Rudy Boy Gobert is suspended for the play-in game against the Lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: The Second Season begins tomorrow! Pretend you understand how this play-in thing how it works! Tuesday Atlanta @ Miami, 730p Minnesota @ LAL, 10p Wednesday Chicago @ Toronto, 730p Oklahoma City @ New Orleans, 930p Thursday Day 2 Winners @ Day 1 Losers Afterwards... Got it? (Don't worry, no one else does either.) It's pretty simple though. 7 and 8 have two chances to win one game and get in. 9 and 10 have to win two straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 7 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: And in case you need someone to root for, I humbly suggest: If they get by Boston I like their chances of making the East Finals (mainly I think the 76ers crap out in round 2 regardless of whether they play Miami or Boston). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Billion-Dollar Chuck! Thanks for that jinx, Barkley. Now just beat whoever the 9/10 scrub is and then upset Milwaukee, thanks Heat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 And Minnesota is coming out FEISTY. This is some fun shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Through three quarters, the four Lakers starters who are not LeBron have shot 11-34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Yeesh, at least 4th quarters in the 90s had the excuse of gritty defense. This is some of the shittiest offense ever to close a game. Edwards has been DOG SHIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Now that is some ice cold clutch free throw making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Thanks for having as many brain cells as eyebrows, Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I don't know why this made me giggle so much Quote Nearly everything about this season has been a grueling challenge for the Los Angeles Lakers, so nobody in a gold jersey really seemed surprised when Anthony Davis committed a baffling foul that allowed Minnesota's Mike Conley to snatch a playoff berth from their hands with 0.1 seconds on the regulation clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I like how some announcers say things like, "They've never met in the playoffs before" and others are all, "This isn't the playoffs!" What if the play-in wasn't the regular season or the playoffs, but instead a secret third thing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 It never occurred to me this wasn’t the playoffs, so I find it a bit jarring when announcers insist it isn’t. i don’t know what else it would be when you keep playing after the season ends and either you or the team you play moves on to the next round of the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) NBA=Non-Binary Association I didn't watch much of Bulls/Raps, but I can't imagine a game where a team gaks up a 19-point lead and misses 18 FTs was a "good" game. But OKC/NO? Whooo, that didn't disappoint; best game of the play-in so far even if Night 1 was crazier. If I could evict teams from the playoffs, I'd pitch the Clippers out on their ass and put NO back in anyway, just because they're fun to watch, even without Zion. Really want to see OKC run Minnesota too and then go to Denver. Edited April 13, 2023 by Contentious C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 The NBA officially doesn't count the play-in as playoff games. For instance, LeBron didn't add thirty points to his career playoff scoring total. But he also didn't add 30 points to his career regular season scoring total. It's limbo. Anyway... Man Zion is becoming one of the biggest conundrums in sports. They aren't good enough to win without him, he likely has no major trade value, they owe him all the money... And on those rare occasions he actually plays basketball, he's borderline MVP level and they look like a serious title contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, L_W_P said: As an Aussie, I'm 100% here for Josh Giddey; Play In GOAT. Kid is TWENTY Doesn't turn 21 until October. That's insane. OKC has the youngest team in the league. The fact that they have a shot Friday to get into the playoffs is absurd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I've never seen so many folks on Twitter seriously advocating for a nine-year-old girl to get punched in the face until now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, Pete said: I've never seen so many folks on Twitter seriously advocating for a nine-year-old girl to get punched in the face until now. The only thing I’ll say in response is I hope this doesn’t lead to other players kids (or more likely grown assed men) doing that at other games. The amount of attention ESPN gave her during the game, and that they continue to give her suggests it won’t be a one time incident. Nor was it cute. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, LF2 said: The only thing I’ll say in response is I hope this doesn’t lead to other players kids (or more likely grown assed men) doing that at other games. The amount of attention ESPN gave her during the game, and that they continue to give her suggests it won’t be a one time incident. Nor was it cute. Hopefully it doesn't become a "thing", but it's a little girl trying to help out daddy's team. Gotta love that. Plus, if a kid screaming causes you to miss free throws, you suck at free throws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Log said: Hopefully it doesn't become a "thing", but it's a little girl trying to help out daddy's team. Gotta love that. Plus, if a kid screaming causes you to miss free throws, you suck at free throws. How many players have little girls? All but this one know how to behave at a game, and not make a spectacle of themselves. It’s not worthy of applause or admiration. Plus they don’t suck at free throws when they made 79% during the season. Clearly the girl screaming like she was a murder victim in Scream 6 threw them off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 If you've made it to the NBA, you've most likely played through junior high, high school and college basketball. At all of those levels, fans go to all kinds of great lengths to distract you while shooting free throws. If a little girl screaming makes you miss, that's on you. It's always interesting how when little girls do little girl things, grown men can't handle it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Embarrassing loss by the Raps last night. Losing a 19 point lead and missing 18 free throws? They deserved to lose. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Log said: If you've made it to the NBA, you've most likely played through junior high, high school and college basketball. At all of those levels, fans go to all kinds of great lengths to distract you while shooting free throws. If a little girl screaming makes you miss, that's on you. It's always interesting how when little girls do little girl things, grown men can't handle it. It’s also interesting how grown men defend it when it’s a little girl like they’re precious, and not being annoying as hell. At the levels you referenced when has a child (of either gender) ever behaved this way? It would have gotten national attention before now, and it would have also been stopped before now. But yes keep claiming the players who made 30% more of their free throws during the season aren’t any good at shooting. As I already stated there’s a difference between trying to distract them, and letting out a murder victim Scream 36 times. But please defend the little princess some more, and go applaud Mina Kimes for calling the little brat Queen on Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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