NBA Season 2016-2017

[Rondo9]

Cavs getting roasted early by Pacers 33-20. If the Cavs don't turn this around we would have a chance to be 1.5 games back of Cavs. They also need to give Lebron some rest at some point.

Could be a big opportunity for us. If Pacers could hold on tonight and force Lebron to play significant minutes, it sounds like Lue might very well rest him tomorrow night in OKC. If they'd lose to both Indy and OKC without James, which is very possible, and we beat Sacramento tonight and Portland tomorrow, which we should, then we'll only be a half game back from Cleveland.

And the Cavs scored 17 points in 3 minutes to open the half.  People need to wait to report on the Cavs demise.

40-18 3rd quarter for the Cavs, who are now up by 16.  Ooof.

I take the trash out - they're tied.

I come back - they're up 16. Good job; good effort, Pacers.

It may make Paul George available! 

[The_Truth]

Jabari Parker just got injured again. The day the Bucks got Middleton back 

[Denis998]

hopefully the wolves win today

[jpotter33]

Tyus Jones puts the Wolves up 3 over the Raptors with 19 seconds to go!!

[jpotter33]

Lol the Raptors choke again and let the Timberpuppies come back and beat them! They're not 4 games back behind us in the loss column.

[max215]

Jabari Parker just got injured again. The day the Bucks got Middleton back 

It looked awful, almost identical to his 2014 ACL tear. Really hoping he's okay, but I can't help but fear the worst.

[bdm860]

Lol the Raptors choke again and let the Timberpuppies come back and beat them! They're not 4 games back behind us in the loss column.

The Eastern Conference playoff race is going to be interesting.  Is anybody that scared of meeting the Wizards in the playoffs?  No matter the records at the end of the year, it's the Cavs and Raptors that would be the toughest opponents, right?  But the East might finish:

1) Cleveland, 2) Boston, 3) Washington, 4) Toronto.  Where CLE/TOR would have to face off in the 2nd round.

Or

1) Boston, 2) Cleveland, 3) Toronto, 4) Washington.  Where again, it's CLE/TOR in the 2nd round.


Those are probably the 2 potential seedings we should be hoping for, and they're both possible.

[saltlover]

Lol the Raptors choke again and let the Timberpuppies come back and beat them! They're not 4 games back behind us in the loss column.

The Eastern Conference playoff race is going to be interesting.  Is anybody that scared of meeting the Wizards in the playoffs?  No matter the records at the end of the year, it's the Cavs and Raptors that would be the toughest opponents, right?  But the East might finish:

1) Cleveland, 2) Boston, 3) Washington, 4) Toronto.  Where CLE/TOR would had to face off in the 2nd round.

Or

1) Boston, 2) Cleveland, 3) Toronto, 4) Washington.  Where again, it's CLE/TOR in the 2nd round.


Those are probably the 2 potential seedings we should be hoping for, and they're both possible.

I expect the Wizards to fall back a bit.  Maybe they'll still get the 4th seed, but they're a terrible road team (9-14 on the year including tonight's OT win at Brooklyn), and 18 of their final 30 are away.  This includes two west coast trips, games at Cleveland, at Boston, and at Toronto.  With a home game against Golden State, they can't even count on winning all of their home games either.  They've had one of the easiest schedules in the league so far, and that's about to change pretty significantly.

[celticslove]

wow heat 12 game winning streak.

[celticsclay]

Cavs getting roasted early by Pacers 33-20. If the Cavs don't turn this around we would have a chance to be 1.5 games back of Cavs. They also need to give Lebron some rest at some point.

Could be a big opportunity for us. If Pacers could hold on tonight and force Lebron to play significant minutes, it sounds like Lue might very well rest him tomorrow night in OKC. If they'd lose to both Indy and OKC without James, which is very possible, and we beat Sacramento tonight and Portland tomorrow, which we should, then we'll only be a half game back from Cleveland.

And the Cavs scored 17 points in 3 minutes to open the half.  People need to wait to report on the Cavs demise.

I wouldn't say pointing out they are losing and saying "if they don't turn it around" we could have a chance to pick up a game reporting the "cavs demise." Seems a bit dramatic

[KGs Knee]

Miami is on one hell of a hot streak right now. 12 consecutive wins, ties GSW for the longest streak this season. Yet, despite their play lately, they are still well below .500 overall. I'm not sure any team has ever won this many consecutive games with a sub .500 win percentage.

[greece66]

Charles Oakley incident

There already is a thread on this, and the OP contains a vid of the incident.

Personally, I'm only in it for the tweets.



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[greece66]

Miami is on one hell of a hot streak right now. 12 consecutive wins, ties GSW for the longest streak this season. Yet, despite their play lately, they are still well below .500 overall. I'm not sure any team has ever won this many consecutive games with a sub .500 win percentage.

You were correct on that.



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[saltlover]

Cavs getting roasted early by Pacers 33-20. If the Cavs don't turn this around we would have a chance to be 1.5 games back of Cavs. They also need to give Lebron some rest at some point.

Could be a big opportunity for us. If Pacers could hold on tonight and force Lebron to play significant minutes, it sounds like Lue might very well rest him tomorrow night in OKC. If they'd lose to both Indy and OKC without James, which is very possible, and we beat Sacramento tonight and Portland tomorrow, which we should, then we'll only be a half game back from Cleveland.

And the Cavs scored 17 points in 3 minutes to open the half.  People need to wait to report on the Cavs demise.

I wouldn't say pointing out they are losing and saying "if they don't turn it around" we could have a chance to pick up a game reporting the "cavs demise." Seems a bit dramatic

I was jokingly being superstitious and declaring that we jinxed it, while trying to reverse-jinx it.  But I couldn't say that or otherwise I'd mess up the  reverse-jinx attempt -- ahh, failed susperstitions.

[celticsclay]

Cavs getting roasted early by Pacers 33-20. If the Cavs don't turn this around we would have a chance to be 1.5 games back of Cavs. They also need to give Lebron some rest at some point.

Could be a big opportunity for us. If Pacers could hold on tonight and force Lebron to play significant minutes, it sounds like Lue might very well rest him tomorrow night in OKC. If they'd lose to both Indy and OKC without James, which is very possible, and we beat Sacramento tonight and Portland tomorrow, which we should, then we'll only be a half game back from Cleveland.

And the Cavs scored 17 points in 3 minutes to open the half.  People need to wait to report on the Cavs demise.

I wouldn't say pointing out they are losing and saying "if they don't turn it around" we could have a chance to pick up a game reporting the "cavs demise." Seems a bit dramatic

I was jokingly being superstitious and declaring that we jinxed it, while trying to reverse-jinx it.  But I couldn't say that or otherwise I'd mess up the  reverse-jinx attempt -- ahh, failed susperstitions.

Ahh fair enough! The classic quad jinx!