NBA Season 2021-22

[celticsclay]

Any way the pelicans beat the clippers?

Yep. They improved a lot during the season, then made a big leap after the McCollum trade.  I'd be surprised if they lose to the Clippers.  After that, it'll be tough to beat Phoenix, though.

Maybe if Zion plays. 

Clips have a lot of size and length with PG, Morris, Batum, Covington. Very switchable team and it’s going to be tough for CJ. Plus, the games in LA…

They are long and experienced, but McCollum is playing out of his mind. Ingram can get his shot off on anyone. And Valanciunas has been great.

Herb is a tough match-up to throw at PG, and their offense is otherwise pretty mediocre.

And the young NOP are are probably more motivated than the older Clippers.

Plz clap

I mean you said this before george was out. Any doubt they win with George?

[SparzWizard]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

Crazy. Too bad, they're about to get swept by Phoenix or a gentleman's sweep.

[celticsclay]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

And its the first time in the Play in that 9th seeds in the reg season reach the Playoffs..and it so happened in both conferences.

Yes its annoying as hell if you played 82 games to position yourself atleast in the 8th seed only to be knocked off by the 9th or even possibly the 10th seed...but the motivation for the 9th 10th or even the 11th place team to keep grinding and play to win is atleast making the regular season games in late March and April interesting with lower seeded teams vested for the win.

Play in games should stay .

If New Orleans win without a fluke Covid test from George this would have a lot more merit. Under these circumstances it is actually an indictment of the playin.

[Celtics2021]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

And its the first time in the Play in that 9th seeds in the reg season reach the Playoffs..and it so happened in both conferences.

Yes its annoying as hell if you played 82 games to position yourself atleast in the 8th seed only to be knocked off by the 9th or even possibly the 10th seed...but the motivation for the 9th 10th or even the 11th place team to keep grinding and play to win is atleast making the regular season games in late March and April interesting with lower seeded teams vested for the win.

Play in games should stay .

If New Orleans win without a fluke Covid test from George this would have a lot more merit. Under these circumstances it is actually an indictment of the playin.

Paul George had played 26 games, during which the Clippers had gone 14-12, by the time Clippers clinched the 8-seed.  In other words, New Orleans beat the team that got to the 8-seed.  Bad luck for the Clippers that George wasn’t available, but it’s not like he’d been there all year.

[radiohead]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

And its the first time in the Play in that 9th seeds in the reg season reach the Playoffs..and it so happened in both conferences.

Yes its annoying as hell if you played 82 games to position yourself atleast in the 8th seed only to be knocked off by the 9th or even possibly the 10th seed...but the motivation for the 9th 10th or even the 11th place team to keep grinding and play to win is atleast making the regular season games in late March and April interesting with lower seeded teams vested for the win.

Play in games should stay .

If New Orleans win without a fluke Covid test from George this would have a lot more merit. Under these circumstances it is actually an indictment of the playin.

As a compromise perhaps they can put a certain number of games between the 7/8th seed and 9/10th seeds in order to merit a play in scenario? I mean if the 8th seed is way ahead of the 9th seed then the play in shouldn’t push through.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Any way the pelicans beat the clippers?

Yep. They improved a lot during the season, then made a big leap after the McCollum trade.  I'd be surprised if they lose to the Clippers.  After that, it'll be tough to beat Phoenix, though.

Maybe if Zion plays. 

Clips have a lot of size and length with PG, Morris, Batum, Covington. Very switchable team and it’s going to be tough for CJ. Plus, the games in LA…

They are long and experienced, but McCollum is playing out of his mind. Ingram can get his shot off on anyone. And Valanciunas has been great.

Herb is a tough match-up to throw at PG, and their offense is otherwise pretty mediocre.

And the young NOP are are probably more motivated than the older Clippers.

Plz clap

I mean you said this before george was out. Any doubt they win with George?

Nope. I think it would've been a different (probably more traditional) game, though. The NOP were owning the paint in the first quarter, then the LAC went small to look for more balanced scoring. That worked, and the Pels went ice cold, but eventually they took back the paint, made shots, and used their length to get stops. I got 'em winning one game against Phoenix, but wouldn't be shocked if they pull off two.     

[celticsclay]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

And its the first time in the Play in that 9th seeds in the reg season reach the Playoffs..and it so happened in both conferences.

Yes its annoying as hell if you played 82 games to position yourself atleast in the 8th seed only to be knocked off by the 9th or even possibly the 10th seed...but the motivation for the 9th 10th or even the 11th place team to keep grinding and play to win is atleast making the regular season games in late March and April interesting with lower seeded teams vested for the win.

Play in games should stay .

If New Orleans win without a fluke Covid test from George this would have a lot more merit. Under these circumstances it is actually an indictment of the playin.

As a compromise perhaps they can put a certain number of games between the 7/8th seed and 9/10th seeds in order to merit a play in scenario? I mean if the 8th seed is way ahead of the 9th seed then the play in shouldn’t push through.

Yeah I’m down with this. In the east I didn’t have problems with it as both the 9 and 10 seeds were both 4 games over .500. There just were not enough good teams in the west this year to warrant the playin. I suspect silver will tweak this. While last night was entertaining we are left with a first round series that is less interesting and will have worse ratings (especially when there was growing chatter leonard was getting closer to a return). The clippers fought hard all year with significant injuries to powell and George. I would also add if nothing else the nba should do what baseball does and penalize the playin teams with no rest. It’s crazy the nets made the playin but have a full 4 days off before playing the Celtics. In baseball you burn your ace by being in wildcard.

[Phantom255x]

Omg I'm out of sorts lately. I didn't realize the playoffs started today. Guess it's because just last night they played the last two play-in tournament games so I assumed there'd be a day off after.

[bello_man09]

Omg I'm out of sorts lately. I didn't realize the playoffs started today. Guess it's because just last night they played the last two play-in tournament games so I assumed there'd be a day off after.

yeah play in throwing me off- Its a good idea but some how it makes it harder for top seeds trying to figure out who they are going to play. Heat will have issues with the hawks.

[sgrogan]

The Clippers were 6 games ahead of NOP during the regular season and yet they’re going home. That’s a hard pill to swallow.

And its the first time in the Play in that 9th seeds in the reg season reach the Playoffs..and it so happened in both conferences.

Yes its annoying as hell if you played 82 games to position yourself atleast in the 8th seed only to be knocked off by the 9th or even possibly the 10th seed...but the motivation for the 9th 10th or even the 11th place team to keep grinding and play to win is atleast making the regular season games in late March and April interesting with lower seeded teams vested for the win.

Play in games should stay .

If New Orleans win without a fluke Covid test from George this would have a lot more merit. Under these circumstances it is actually an indictment of the playin.

As a compromise perhaps they can put a certain number of games between the 7/8th seed and 9/10th seeds in order to merit a play in scenario? I mean if the 8th seed is way ahead of the 9th seed then the play in shouldn’t push through.

Yeah I’m down with this. In the east I didn’t have problems with it as both the 9 and 10 seeds were both 4 games over .500. There just were not enough good teams in the west this year to warrant the playin. I suspect silver will tweak this. While last night was entertaining we are left with a first round series that is less interesting and will have worse ratings (especially when there was growing chatter leonard was getting closer to a return). The clippers fought hard all year with significant injuries to powell and George. I would also add if nothing else the nba should do what baseball does and penalize the playin teams with no rest. It’s crazy the nets made the playin but have a full 4 days off before playing the Celtics. In baseball you burn your ace by being in wildcard.

I think it probably worked out as hoped.

In the east 4 close teams battled for the last 2 spots. BKN got to 7 and won the 7 seed. Lots of interests in the seeding.
Clevland was a first half team, Atlanta was a second half team. They battled for the last spot, the current best team one.

In the west it was about hope.
MIN 7 gets 7 , KAT
Maybe the Lakers get their stuff together, AD and Lebron
Maybe the Clippers can get healthy by the end of the season, George and Kawhi
NOP, Zion

In west

[Goldstar88]

Any way the pelicans beat the clippers?

Yep. They improved a lot during the season, then made a big leap after the McCollum trade.  I'd be surprised if they lose to the Clippers.  After that, it'll be tough to beat Phoenix, though.

Maybe if Zion plays. 

Clips have a lot of size and length with PG, Morris, Batum, Covington. Very switchable team and it’s going to be tough for CJ. Plus, the games in LA…

They are long and experienced, but McCollum is playing out of his mind. Ingram can get his shot off on anyone. And Valanciunas has been great.

Herb is a tough match-up to throw at PG, and their offense is otherwise pretty mediocre.

And the young NOP are are probably more motivated than the older Clippers.

Plz clap

PG13 plays and the Clips win that game. He really F’d them over. That’s like taking JB away from the C’s for an elimination game and pretending that it wouldn’t have mattered. It does.

[bdm860]

New Orleans had a good post All-Star break, going 13-10, practically the same record as the Clippers 12-9.

You can suck early in the season, make trades, and still fight your way into the playoffs, is that a bad message to send to the rest of the league?

Them making it in isn't some huge travesty.

We also don't know how long George will be out with Covid, as he's actually sick not asymptomatic, but I think he would have been out for at least Games 1-2 too.

Do you really think 1-8 ratings are going to be that different?

[Atzar]

Mitchell finally looking like Mitchell in this quarter.

That last three was lucky-ass garbage though, lol. 

[sgrogan]

New Orleans had a good post All-Star break, going 13-10, practically the same record as the Clippers 12-9.

You can suck early in the season, make trades, and still fight your way into the playoffs, is that a bad message to send to the rest of the league?

Them making it in isn't some huge travesty.

We also don't know how long George will be out with Covid, as he's actually sick not asymptomatic, but I think he would have been out for at least Games 1-2 too.

Do you really think 1-8 ratings are going to be that different?

I don't think it has a big effect for the top. 7-8 are probably aren't going to win the chip anyway.
But if an 11th team tries to win for a play in that's better than tanking for better lottery odds.

[Atzar]

Okay, Mitchell looks like Mitchell but why is he taking every single shot?  You have teammates, dude. 

There's more offensive talent on that Utah team than this.  He doesn't have to play like this.  This is just selfish basketball, whether the ball is going in now or not.