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htr10 said:

Jamal Murray tore his ACL.

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Wow! Bad news .. the West had 4 championship teams with a healthy Jamal Murray ..
Lakers, Clippers, Jazz, and Denver.
I had Denver as the West sleeper championship team once they traded for Gordon.

BOS loses to OKC, after losing to CHA.

MIA lost yesterday....

Young is hurt....

As long as Knicks finish 5-5, I think we lock up the 4th seed

Play-in setup getting crazy in the West. Dallas, Lakers, and Portland all have the same record with 8 games to play. 1 of these 3 teams is going to end up with the 7th seed and having to participate in the play-in.

Poor sports Cuban and Lebron have both complained about the play-in after realizing their teams could end up in it. They didn?t seem to care much until it possibly directly affected them.

Carmelo Anthony came off the bench to hit 5-of-11 shots and three 3-pointers for 14 points and nothing else in Monday's loss to the Hawks.
Melo passed Elvin Hayes to become the No. 10 all-time scorer in NBA history, so congratulations are in order

The Washington Wizards Beal & Westbrook has gone on a 13-3 run in their last 16 games, will they keep up their winning to grab the 8th seed in their final 7 games?
Or will the return of Charlotte Hornets ROY Lamelo keep the Hornets in the 8th seed in the East?

It's hard to believe the GSW are fighting the Grizz and Spurs for the 8th seed in the final 2 weeks of the regular season.

As a Knicks fan I'm rooting for the Knicks & Hawks to stay a 4th & 5th seed team at the end of regular season. Knicks vs Hawks in the first round.

Indy does us a solid and beats HAWKS.

WAS officially knocks out TOR....

The dynamic performance the Westbrook/Beal Wizards has been putting on since early April (14-4) says they are gonna make it to the 8th seed playoff spot.

The Lebronless Lakers are slipping down slowly to the 7th seed .....

Dallas Mavericks forward/guard Luka Doncic eclipsed 5,000 career points Friday in the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers, reaching the mark in 194 career games — faster than any active NBA player.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reached 5,000 points in 197 games. At 22 years and 68 days old, Doncic is also the fourth-youngest among active players to reach 5,000 points behind James (21 years, 22 days), Kevin Durant (21 years, 133 days) and Carmelo Anthony (21 years, 292 days).
In his third NBA season, Doncic has career averages of 25.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game.

htr10 said:

Play-in setup getting crazy in the West. Dallas, Lakers, and Portland all have the same record with 8 games to play. 1 of these 3 teams is going to end up with the 7th seed and having to participate in the play-in.

Poor sports Cuban and Lebron have both complained about the play-in after realizing their teams could end up in it. They didn’t seem to care much until it possibly directly affected them.

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The Championship-Lakers are taking advantage of the Play-in by losing enough games to become the 7th seed to take on the non-playoff-experience CP3-Phoenix Suns in the first-round of the playoff.
And the Clippers in the second-round of the playoff.

Cuban's Dallas Mavs got it bad in the first-round taking on Denver or Clippers ???

These late games deciding Western Conference seeding have gotten weird. Seems like some teams, like the Mavericks, are maybe tanking games to avoid ending up in the part of the bracket that will likely include Clippers and Lakers.

Then LeBron rolls an ankle with 6 minutes left in the game.... with POR up big, should he have been on the floor?

Charlotte?s season ends with getting destroyed in the play-in game.

htr10 said:

Charlotte’s season ends with getting destroyed in the play-in game.

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WOW! The Pacers took no hostage bombing the Hornets for a 144-117 Win.
Pacers grabbed a 16 pt lead in the first quarter .. 40-24, then a 24 pt lead at half-time with a 69-45 first half.

Celtics are going to play Nets in the 1st round. Wizards and Pacers play for chance to play Sixers in 1st round.

What a matchup! What a 1rst round test for Brooklyn, and what better opponent for Boston to get their mojo back with. They?ll be some shootouts.

Spurs are eliminated. Memphis goes on to play loser of Lakers and Warriors. In a way, it does seem kind of pointless if the play-ins just result in 7 and 8 seeds staying alive.

Hard to believe anyone could take a lead on that Laker lineup of Schroeder, KCP, LeBron, AD and Drum but GS has the lead early in the 1st qtr. Lakers are way bigger and will eventually gain the upper hand on GS, too much size and talent for GS to beat.
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Lakers win a close one against Warriors. Lakers play Phoenix in the 1st round. Memphis vs Golden State decides who plays the Jazz.

tiger0330 said:

Hard to believe anyone could take a lead on that Laker lineup of Schroeder, KCP, LeBron, AD and Drum but GS has the lead early in the 1st qtr. Lakers are way bigger and will eventually gain the upper hand on GS, too much size and talent for GS to beat.
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Odds makers in Vegas equally impressed with that Laker lineup like I am. Lakers favored in their matchup with the Suns, first time ever that a 7th seed has been favored over the 2nd seed in the NBA playoffs.

I was impressed with how well the Warriors played. If Klay was healthy i think the Lakers surely would be playing the Grizzlies tomorrow night