NBA Season 2026-27

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

BOS and LAL are both #1 seeds in their respective conferences after tonight.

Maybe we might finally have that NBA Finals rematch after all, and I'm licking my chops for some revenge!

Kinda like 2008. BOS broke out of the gates far quicker than most imagined. LAL were a complete surprise. They had been a 7th-8th seed the two previous years.

Bet the League would love a Boston v. LA NBA Cup Final

[snively]

Kessler like a healthier version of Andrew Bynum for LAL.

[Phantom255x]

Sexton and Kessler have been really good adds for LAL. Obviously Doncic has played like an MVP. They did have an impressive win without Luka against the Pistons recently. I still want to see though how they do against the cream of the West. Believe it or not, they still haven't faced any of OKC/SAS/DEN/HOU/MIN so far. The only two Top-8 teams in the West they've played are Portland (twice) and GSW, and they split vs POR and lost to GSW.

[snively]

Lost in the Orlando underachievement story is Anthony Black seems to have turned a corner offensively. Could just be a hot streak but he's averaging 17/6/5 on very good shooting splits.

[RMO]

Sexton and Kessler have been really good adds for LAL. Obviously Doncic has played like an MVP. They did have an impressive win without Luka against the Pistons recently. I still want to see though how they do against the cream of the West. Believe it or not, they still haven't faced any of OKC/SAS/DEN/HOU/MIN so far. The only two Top-8 teams in the West they've played are Portland (twice) and GSW, and they split vs POR and lost to GSW.

And their next three games are against Milwaukee, Phoenix and Charlotte.  I'll admit I haven't watched them this season but I've held up getting worked up about it for the time as I had noticed how easy their schedule had been.  The Detroit win is impressive but I wonder how much a detriment it can be to a team when their opponents' best player gets scratched at the last minute.

[Neurotic Guy]

Sexton and Kessler have been really good adds for LAL. Obviously Doncic has played like an MVP. They did have an impressive win without Luka against the Pistons recently. I still want to see though how they do against the cream of the West. Believe it or not, they still haven't faced any of OKC/SAS/DEN/HOU/MIN so far. The only two Top-8 teams in the West they've played are Portland (twice) and GSW, and they split vs POR and lost to GSW.

Well apparently I'll be sickened for the next 7 years or so as Doncic plays out his HOF career with the Lakers in a trade so stupid from the Mavericks perspective that it makes the JB trade look like a stroke of genius (which actually it may turn out to be).  So the Lakers are off to a great start - all I can do is hope that that don't have what it will take to get them past the power teams in the West.