Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 174. (Read 902379 times)

That's gonna be tough for the Lakers as the Pelicans are having a good momentum now, they were 4-0 on the road and the home game is their last game. I'm sure they'll still continue to play hard as they don't want to have a record tied with the Phoenix Suns, owning that number 6 based on record is way easier. If the Lakers will drop to the number 10, that is not good for them especially if they'll face the Warriors as Curry would not allow to lose, so it will be a 50-50 battle.

The Lakers will need to win against the Pelicans on their last game, otherwise they'll fall below the 10th seed again if the Kings and Warriors win theirs. As far as I'm aware of, tie breakers in the NBA are head-to-head record first. So, that means the Lakers are below against the Warriors (1-3) and the Kings (0-4).
The Warriors and the Kings on the other hand is tied against each other this season, so I think there is another criteria for this to determine who's going to be in the 8th seed. I have been following the games from these 3 teams as things are getting interesting between them.

I haven't check the history of the last 3 teams, do you have an idea what would be the ranking in case they will end up tied? I know that these three will have their last games, but what if Lakers will lose and the Kings and Warriors will win, that would result to 46-36 record for all three.

Yes, it's better to be on the 8th position rather than 9 or 10 between. 9 and 10 will be on a death match or at least they have to win twice to advance. And after that they will be facing the top seed.

Kings losing again and now they are tied with the Warriors at the 9 and 10 spot, and the Lakers moving to 8th position now.

This is the rules of the play in
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-play-in-tournament

Loser of 7 and 8 will face the winner of the 9 and 10.. So if the Lakers will end at the top 8 and they loss to the Suns, they still have one shot by playing the winner of 9 and 10.. So there's an advantage in finishing at 8 rather than 9 or 10.

I think the Lakers, Warriors, and Kings are all fighting for the last play in game spot aren't they? 2 out of 3 of those teams will not make the Playoffs. I think Lakers prob make it in personally.

Clutch in terms of defense but if that was a last shot that is far from the ring, that would not sink in as we know Lebron is not that type of clutch player.


I think it's not anymore a bearing game for the Pelicans because even if the Pelicans will be tied with the Suns in case the Suns will beat the Timberwolves, I think The Pelicans have more wins between them and the Suns. However, for the Lakers, Warriors, and Kings which are currently tied, they all have their last games, so it's still important to them as they are aiming from that 7th or 8th spot.

Yeah, Lakers survived this scare, I thought that they are going to lose this game because GG Jackson was so hot in the last minute or two of the game. And so it's a wild ending and Lebron's IQ wins the game for them. He followed the ball and he knows that it will be almost outside and it's bound to be pass and so he track it and then that windmill trade mark dunk of him to sell the win.

Still a tough game for them against the Pelicans who are in a winning streak and just beat the Warriors in their home court.

Yeah, what a way to finish the game and I thought that we'll see some clutch. But we actually saw a clutch but that's a different clutch that we're not expecting.

This is what really means when there's still time left, anything can happen but on this game, it was still in the favor of the Lakers instead of the Memphis.

Next game of Lakers is on Monday against the Pelicans. Whilst for the Pelicans, they've just won against the Warriors today.

Yes, it will be different to have a coach with that experience, but nevertheless, the teams that he had success was with the Boston Celtics. And after that era, he hadn't had teams in the finals and on the contrary, have been choking in the playoff series.

Bucks though has history of firing their coach. Budenholzer give them a ring and Adrian Griffin was doing good until he is replace by Doc Rivers.

Either case, let's see if that gamble will pay off for the Bucks this season. And it all defense on Giannis recovering from that calf injuries he suffer.

Big finish by Lebron and with that shot they have the win. Honestly I think the game would be easy for the Lakers but it turns out they are having a hard time beating the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies, so now I have doubt if they can beat the Phoenix Suns. With that win also, that put them at the number 8 possesion, which means even if they loss to the Suns, they still have a chance on a do or die game.

Davis and Lebron were beast in that game, but if they want to make this team advance in the playoffs, they need everyone to get involve, especially  Russell who was out of tune in this game scoring 4 points only.

That last seconds of Memphis and Lakers was funny. Honestly, the last shot game and ball posession of Memphis shouldn't be that hard but that drive didn't go in, 3 points in the lead of Lakers but got a drive in on the paint.

But it was even better when the ball was gotta be on the out of bounds and that ball save by White but then passed to Lebron and what a way to finish that posession.

Ja Morant even pushed him and LBJ was just laughing at him, LMAO!

Kings not gonna win because they are just relying too much on Fox, if you review the last few possesions, it's all Fox and he is missing some shots. Situation like that, they really need Monk to help fox create some points, it's just unfortunate that he wasn't able to return yet, and now it looks like the Kings are gonna play with the Warriors in a do or die game.

What a great game in Sacramento but there's no "Light the Beam" today.

Phoenix Suns! Wow. They made the Kings scoreless for the whole last minute or more. Beal got a steal to cut the lead to two and then Nurkic was fouled to get the lead.
The defense on the last possession though was superb. Help came, they tripled team Fox and he was not able to find a man to pass the ball so he turned it over. This is a big win for the Suns as they are trying to secure their 7th spot so they only need one win in the play-in tournament to advance to the playoffs.
That hurts the Kings though who are trying to make it to the 8th spot but as of now it is still a clinched position as the Lakers will play the Pelicans next. They might lose here if the Pelicans will still let their starters play.

People might hate him for how he plays dirty inside the ring but he's an important piece of the Warriors and he's contributed a lot and he, and key players like Klay and Steph knows about that. There is no doubt that the Warriors will be able to make it if he's not in and that's why many teams look at the Warriors whenever he's out, that seems to be a great handicap for them and that's why their chance of winning is less if he's not there.

I agree, they're able to use that as an advantage when Draymond was out and that's really completing the puzzle that despite all of the heated discussions and hate against Draymond, you'll love him on how he's being embraced by the entire team as one of the most important and key players that has an important role for the franchise especially when it comes to these games like in seeds, playoffs and even in the finals.

Yeah if the Timberwolves want to have any sort of success they need to have KAT right.  Bringing in Gobert was the best thing they did, it allowed KAT to roam the outside while knowing the paint was still secure.  He is fine defensively but he prefers to play on the outside and they play better when he can play liek that.

But we can't deny his contributions to the Warriors, even Steph and Kerr admit to that. Of course, Jrue can still play, but I guess the agent did great if he uses Green as a barometer to their negotiations. He got him a good contract that's it, up to Jrue to perform and obviously, there is a high expectations from him moving forward.

Magic vs Sixers, this could be a good game to watch tonight, almost identical records, and then the games held as Sixers home court. I think Philly can hold on the Magic here and they can tie Orlando if they won.

Which shocked the hell out of me to be fair. Even on the first trade news when I heard that they were getting Gobert all the way back when the trade first happened, I was shocked. At a day and age where everyone is playing a small ball type of thing, or a big man that is a little bit more passer etc, they decided to go with a defender big man along with a shooter big man. That is definitely a shocking idea and I have to be honest and say that I believed that it would not work at all, I believed it would fail miserably.

In the end, its proven to be working and I am a better man than that so I get to accept defeat here, I was wrong and I did not know any better and with how good they are, I stand corrected. Seems like its a good idea.

We can always look at the stats on how the warriors perform when Draymond is out vs when he is in. honestly, I think Draymond may not be the heart and soul of the team but he is a big help for the Warriors, his experience in the playoffs is very important. Draymond is not a big man but he can defend a big man and with him on the floor, Curry, Thompson and other shooters will have an easy job.

I just really don't think that the Warriors will win in the playoffs without Draymond Green.

Just don't forget that the Cavaliers won a championship before because they capitalize when Draymond was suspended. that's how important he is to the team.

Just as expected, he will come back when playoff comes.

TBH, I also expect them to at least go out of the top 3 in the West, but it turns out that they don't solely rely on KAT that much to the point where anybody from the team can step up and can get some wins even without him. Well, they're one of the best defensive right now in the league, and that helped them stay on the top 3. I guess another reason is that, the lead between the top 3 and the 4th seed Clippers is too much that it wasn't enough for them to go out of top 3. Whether they will be facing either the Suns or the Pelicans, they have a chance in beating any of them. I don't see the Pelicans beating them especially they don't have Ingram and as for the Suns, they might have the offensive power, but they still have many problems especially on defense.

They have been since the start of the regular season.

I saw on a Facebook post that the players want him to be fired and find a new coach because of his inconsistency, lack of communication with the team, many changes on the starting 5, etc. etc. I mean there's many problems, but they choose to let him be the coach at least for this regular season. I will not be surprised if they will be firing him this off-season especially with their current performance and standings.