re: Non-Pels March thread

Do we really want MIN? Honestly I rather get the clippers.

Makes sense. Im just rooting for Houston to frick everything up and the national media lose its mind.

Phoenix schedule is crazy hard. 11 games left. 10 are against current playoff teams. 9 against teams in the top 5 of their respective conferences.
Sacramento's schedule is slightly tougher than ours.
Meanwhile, Dallas only plays 1 team in the top 5 of their conference. They are 2.5 back of us. It will be insanely difficult to keep them from passing us.

Go 5-6 in our last 11 and we are the 6 seed given all this. That would be a good end to the season imo. Probably match up with the Wolves

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They are 2.5 back of us. It will be insanely difficult to keep them from passing us.

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I disagree. Being 2.5 back with 11 to go isn’t easy to do. It basically would take a decent long winning streak by Mavs and us winning only 3 or 4 of the last 11 for mavs catch us. I just dont see that happening.

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Dallas only plays 1 team in the top 5 of their conference. They are 2.5 back of us. It will be insanely difficult to keep them from passing us.

Go 5-6 in our last 11 and we are the 6 seed given all this. That would be a good end to the season imo. Probably match up with the Wolves

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having essentially a 3 game lead with 11 to go is a pretty safe spot to be. Definitely won’t be insanely difficult to remain ahead. Playoffstatus has Pels at 75% getting 5 seed or better, Mavs at 13% getting 5 seed or better.

And the beauty of it is, it might be an easier path to the WCF anyway even if that did happen. Whichever way we avoid Denver in the second round. Think I’d rather face Wolves-Thunder than Clippers-Nuggets.

Saw the Lakers scored 150 points last night ..

For fun I check the free throw disparity

LAL - 43
IND - 16

It's so easy to hate those pieces of shite

Spurs, without Wemby tonight, are only down 52-51 to the Suns in the 3rd. The Suns have everyone playing.

The Suns simply should be better, but they are not. They are not an elite team.

Complete list of NBA teams by net free-throw attempts since the start of last season, including the playoffs:

1.Los Angeles Lakers (+1,017)
2.New York Knicks (+358)
3.Milwaukee Bucks (+344)
4.Orlando Magic (+311)
/5.Boston Celtics (+271)
6.Miami Heat (+263)
7.Los Angeles Clippers (+263)
8.New Orleans Pelicans (+198)
9.Toronto Raptors (+160)
10.Philadelphia 76ers (+129)
11.Atlanta Hawks (+126)
12.Dallas Mavericks (+85)
13.Utah Jazz (+24)
14.Sacramento Kings (+24)
15.Memphis Grizzlies (-10)
16.Houston Rockets (-54)
17.Chicago Bulls (-65)
18.Cleveland Cavaliers (-85)
19.Minnesota Timberwolves (-115)
20.Portland Trail Blazers (-134)
21.Phoenix Suns (-140)
22.Denver Nuggets (-143)
23.Washington Wizards (-195)
24.Charlotte Hornets (-244)
25.Brooklyn Nets (-262)
26.Oklahoma City Thunder (-270)
27.San Antonio Spurs (-285)
28.Detroit Pistons (-293)
29.Indiana Pacers (-533)
30.Golden State Warriors (-646)

Wow! A fully healthy Suns team losing to Spurs without Wemby is just insane.

Sun loss was a shocker, I'm still glad we picked up Dyson but Pop has Sochan playing like young Kawhi ... 26 and 18 against the Suns.