NBA Cup 2024 (Congratulations NBA Cup Champion Bucks)

[BigGargamel]

I didn't watch the game because I don't care, but what's with that final score? What year is this?

[Decipher]

I didn't watch the game because I don't care, but what's with that final score? What year is this?

Didn’t watch either but OKC couldn’t hit water from a boat by the looks of shooting %

[AussieBuck]

I didn't watch the game because I don't care, but what's with that final score? What year is this?

For a game with two contenders it had 4 total guys who could confidently do anything against the D.

Under the new cap rules, other than current Boston, this seems to be the new way.

[bisme37]

I didn't watch the game because I don't care, but what's with that final score? What year is this?

Didn’t watch either but OKC couldn’t hit water from a boat by the looks of shooting %

Bucks played some of their best defense of the season and also OKC was tight and just not hitting anything. Score was close at halftime and It was a good game until it became a blowout at the end.

[Ben-N1ce]

Did this even draw half the ratings of the worst Thursday night football game this year?

[MavsDirk41]

This nba cup championship wasnt as pure as the nba cup championship last year

[dolphinatik]

Game showed a lot. Bucks were written off and okc was crowned yet feet to the fire bucks very presence and D had okc shook. Good conjure boost for both teams. Even in a loss okc learned they need to force the issue and exploit other advantages if they want playoff success.

[Deivork]

In terms of incentive, one I can clearly think of is a tiebreaker incentive.

Tiebreakers work like normal except for the winner, the winner basically gets the tiebreaker over every other team with the same record regardless of the other tiebreakers.

Won’t be every year, but if you see it where an NBA Cup winner is tied with a team in terms of seeding, could make all the difference. Like, if a 6 and 7 seed are tied record wise and the 7 had won the NBA cup, the 7 seed ends up move up one spot because their NBA Cup tiebreaker trumps the others. That way, there isn’t a drastic change to the current playoff format, like a year where maybe a team that doesn’t make the playoffs wins the NBA cup, but still has playoff implications to encourage teams to try and win the games.

Nice. Or also, imagine these 2 teams would meet in the Finals, Cup winner gets home advantage regardless of record. Talk about incentive

[Deivork]

I’m surprised no one has bumped the laker fans owe Ham an apology thread yet

bumping threads every other day to prove "see they won tonight so I was right" or "see they lost tonight so I was right" is getting old

[Deivork]

I’m surprised no one has bumped the laker fans owe Ham an apology thread yet

bumping threads every other day to claim "see they won tonight so I was right" or "see they lost tonight so I was right" is getting old

[Deivork]

This nba cup championship wasnt as pure as the nba cup championship last year

What do you mean?

[Mamba Mentality]

Shai cant get over the Giannis hump. Good thing he probably wont ever run into him in a more meaningful setting.

[MavsDirk41]

This nba cup championship wasnt as pure as the nba cup championship last year

What do you mean?

Just making fun of the thread saying the bubble championship is the most pure championship ever. Just poking fun at it, nothing more.

On a serious note, Giannis is in peak form and Lilliard looks as though he is finding his groove in Milwaukee finally. If only Middleton could ever get healthy Milwaukee might be dangerous again.