re: Non-Pels March thread

It's never a bad night...when somebody beats the Lakers. (Assuming I didn't just jinx the Kings)

There is no clear cut No. 1 in the West IMO.

Denver is the best until proven otherwise.

I'm not a believer in Minnesota or OKC at all, and I could see either or both losing their first-round series.

I think the Lakers or Warriors would beat either of them.

Sacto is also a pretender.

Wow. Huge injury

What’s the recovery on a torn meniscus?

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There is no clear cut No. 1 in the West IMO.

Denver is the best until proven otherwise.

I'm not a believer in Minnesota or OKC at all, and I could see either or both losing their first-round series.

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I agree.
Denver is the team to beat, and i'd put a healthy Clippers team as the next best team, and by healthy i mean Kawhi/PG/Harden/Zubac/Powell

The Warriors aren't beating anyone. They have way too many roster holes to win a playoff series. Maybe Steph can magically win a series for them, but they aren't beating a good team in a 7 game series.
A healthy Lakers team could beat anyone, and lose to anyone. If they get the 8 seed and play the Wolves, they'd probably be favored to win the series, and for good reason.


I don't know why, but i dont' expect Phoenix to do anything, nor am i afraid of them. They just seem like a bunch of individuals over there.

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Damn. That’s brutal. I think they can still keep a top 4 spot without him, but that’s tough.

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Yea, this will have playoff implications mostly. Certainly possible seeding implications but only in the 1 through 4 range.

They're essentially locked into the top 4, barring a complete meltdown which I imagine is like a 1 or 2% to happen type thing.

They're still a solid team and will still likely be the best defense in the NBA. They have 20 games left and 6 games up on the 5 seed, they'd have to go something like 8-12 or 7-13 to realistically have a shot to drop to 5. I mean, it could happen, but I'd argue there's just as good a chance they go 13-7 as they do to go 7-13.

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This definitely opens the door for a potential Minn fall to 4. We just need to stay at 5. I like our chances against a Kat-less Minnesota.

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Yep, that's the scenario we need to hope for.

Yeah, my gut is that we match up the worst against the Thunder, but a MIN without KAT is probably the easiest.

Didn’t know that about KAT and Minnesota. I’ll gladly take a 5 seed if it means matching up with them. We went 2-2 against them with him.

They’re only 2.5 games ahead of Clippers with 20 left to play still and 3 of those are against Denver so could easily see them dropping to the 4 seed. Not enough games left for us to gain 6 games on them though and overtake them for the #4.

Should’ve been 3-1 for sure and 3 straight wins for us. That second lost was a 1-pt loss that I remember Pels blew on top of all those guys being out