Season in serious jeopardy right now if Brown/Tatum are not 100%. Real danger Cs miss the playoffs.
Might be a good thing for this team. Let it be a learning lesson that they should never crap up games against sub .500 teams, and always play at maximum effort and to never play for only one half. Respect the opponent whether they are extremely good or extremely poor.
I agree. Those two OKC losses are already haunting us, with the standings this close. I think JB should sit a couple of games out if needed. We have Fournier and Nessie to somewhat cover for him. We need our guys healthy for the playoffs.
With the play in format in place, the 7th and 8th seeds are practically the same right? They just need to win once to officially get the 7th seed? Am really not a fan of this format.
I believe it's a best of 3 series for the 7 vs 8 and 9 vs 10:
Winner of 7 vs 8 clinches 7th seed.
Loser of 7 vs 8 hosts the winner of 9 vs 10.
Winner of that clinches 8th seed.
So I think even if you have like a .520 record, you can still lose out to a sub .500 team but only in the East cuz "the East is weak." I don't like the play-in tourney either but it excites other fans and the rest of the league.
Though too bad at the end of the day, the 7th and 8th seed in the East will get rekt in the first-round.
It’s not best of 3. It’s single game “series”. 7 hosts 8. Winner advances, loser hosts the winner of 9 vs. 10.
From NBA.com
Q: When is the Play-In Tournament?
The Play-In Tournament will begin Tuesday, May 18 and conclude Friday, May 21. The teams with the seventh-highest and eighth-highest winning percentages in each conference
will each have two opportunities to win one game to earn a playoff spot. The teams with the ninth-highest and tenth-highest winning percentages in each conference will each
have to win two consecutive games to earn a playoff spot.
Basically still have to win two games, no? Unless I'm misunderstanding it somewhere
EDIT: I think I get what you mean. 9 vs 10 basically needs to win two in a row to get the 8th seed. 7 vs 8, they get two chances to try to clinch playoff berth. It's not by a best-of-3 series, actually. My bad haha.