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Can't decide which is less surprising, Primetime Pricey rising from the dead to taunt the Celtics, or the Pels offence sh1tting the bed?

I'll second that. Veteran viewers will be watching Game 3 with interest.

Code blue.

Hartenstein was huge in those last 30 seconds. Great offensive rebound, clean block on Maxey. Will have suitors.

The Pels don't do clutch. If we traded for Washington's starting five, we'd get better results in the final three minutes of games.

The Kings swept you, you don't want any part of that. Also we own swap rights with you, so sliding into the lottery is of marginal value at best. Also weak draft class, and no way LeBron would agree to it. It's just hilarious that the Nuggets lost to the Spurs last week to drop them to second...

Start of third quarter was legendary. Cavs had five turnovers in five minutes, and the Magic shot about 5 bricks, two airballs and a lay up that hit the side of the backboard. I regret nothing.

nahnah i kid you not - I woke up around 4am, decided to switch on Cavs/Magic for a bit. Offensively challenged would not begin to cover it. That was some old school basketball.

Yes. Yes I did. Don't ask me what I'm doing at 3am though.

Hello, and welcome to the 2024 playoffs. Or, judging from the general apathy of NBA fans since about February, possibly welcome back. Here are your first round previews, complete with odds. Remember to post nicely and gamble responsibly - or maybe it's the other way around. 1. Boston...

Also that stat caption is slightly confused. The Lakers have a nearly +1,000 free throw differential since 2022. +659 is their lead over the second place team, Miami. Make that make sense.

We are, in a few hours. The play-ins wreak havoc on those under-appreciated heroes, amateur preview writers. I just want everyone to know that this was all going to be in the thread anyway, but I had my thunder stolen. Insert Sonics/Seattle joke here. I wasn't going to post this, but I'm...

Pels home record - 21-20 Pels away record - 28-14 We choke at home, I'd rather the game was in Sacramento. We're 5-0 against the Kings, but without Zion it's all probably moot. We ain't beating OKC without him. Just one of many reasons why I'm beyond pissed that we threw away a guaranteed...

A third of them are always Lakers fans. Our ticket prices are pretty low too.

If we ever play those pricks in purple and gold again, it'll be a billion years too soon. Also peternorth is a nice fella. Zion injured is just the expired mayonnaise capper on a gigantic sh1t sandwich.

We're everyone's friend, except our own. The even better news is that if we somehow managed to turn around our pathetic form against the Lakers in the 7 vs 8 showdown, our reward is a matchup with the Nuggets. We only have ourselves to blame, but talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

The Pels will always let you down. Unbelievable. We had a better road record than Boston, still contrived to qualify for the play ins.

They go through phases, but they're really inconsistent. They had a big emphasis on carries early in the season and last season but it seemed like they were only targeting some specific players - Jordan Poole was one. But others they let go completely. Travelling they miss an awful lot of...

Hmmmm. https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/39937307/error-led-extra-clock-lakers-win-vs-grizzlies The NBA also released its Last Two Minute Report for the Lakers-Grizzlies game on Saturday. There were three incorrect calls identified and they all worked in the Lakers' favor. With 1:42...

Managed to squeak past the Griz today. 14-6 free throw count in the last quarter, multiple Griz offensive fouls, a successful Lakers challenge, an unsuccessful Memphis challenge, and a tech called on Taylor Jenkins. Probably wouldn't crack their top 20 controversial wins of the season.

Yeah i think they're playing with fire a bit. I cannot think of another knockout tournament in sport that isn't a stand alone event, but rather actually contributes as a subsidiary to the main event, or main league. It's only the IST final itself that doesn't count. Maybe they should just make...

Actually, scratch all that. I completely forgot the IST final was LAL vs Indy. So that's the trade off, an 83rd game that doesn't count towards the record. Damn that stupid tournament.

Yeah it's incredibly convoluted. I can't remember if IST results have any bearing either. I can foresee a potential problem down the road though, because the draws for the pools for the IST are random. It results in some teams having far easier pools than others, eg the Lakers had a pretty easy...

Cheers. In which case, we could do them a solid. Given they swept the Lakers this year, maybe they should tank their cupcake game. And on that topic, the Mavs did that today, only for the Clips to lose at home to the Jazz. Whoops.

Why Denver, why? Have said all along the one matchup I don't want in the first round is the Nuggets, and right now we've both contrived to make it happen. Ugh. On the other hand, we play so much better on the road than at home it's not even funny, so viva la altitude. Some big games in WC on...

This endorsement has a 24 hour shelf life? Fun fact: the Pels's trip to San Fran will be their 42nd road game of the season. Just another odd consequence of the IST.

Pels Quarter by Quarter breakdown. Ist Qtr - +11.4 (ranked 3rd) 2nd Qtr- + 9.6 (ranked 2nd) 3rd Qtr - - 0.7 (ranked 20th) 4th Qtr - -1.8 (ranked 24th) Yep. Incidentally the Wolves are ranked 2nd behind Boston for fourth quarter net differential this season, Dannnnnnnnnn - not even...

I was reading something recently where Finch (I think?) attributed the uptick back to the trade for Conley last season, particularly with regard to utilising Gobert better. Conley knew how and where to get him the ball so that he was an offensive threat rather than liability. Ant and KAT are a...

It's a good question. We brought in James Borrego as associate head coach to improve the offense this season, and it has worked, to an extent. We do move the ball around during the course of a game, we do run pick and roll, flares, drag screens and flashes to the post. We do take more threes...

Tbh mate, the 'youth' excuse for us has a shelf-life that has expired. We have vets on our team. And that's not including Ingram, who's in his 8th season, and Zion who is his 5th, even though they didn't play today. In total this team has pretty much had a full three seasons of playing...