Playoff picture thread

Neeva · Post #241 » by **Neeva** » Sun Apr 2, 2023 10:23 pm

I feel bad for paying fans having to see the team at home, how are they so bad at home? Fire Finch.

urinesane · Post #242 » by **urinesane** » Tue Apr 4, 2023 4:17 pm

Current playoff picture:

What a bi-polar season it's been!

shrink · Post #243 » by **shrink** » Tue Apr 4, 2023 4:45 pm

People may get a laugh at this: I’m busy most evenings, so I DVR the games, and have the opportunity to watch them at 10 PM. I try to resist the urge to find out the score, but sometimes I’ll be in my car and listen to the last five minute on the radio. If I know the results, I’m less likely to watch the game, especially if we lose.

That said, this has been the craziest season I can remember. The highs are so high, the lows are so low, and we can beat, or lose to, practically any team in the league! Three times this season, I have thought, “this season is over and too painful to keep watching - time to stop recording further Wolves games!” And three times, I’ve went searching to record them again!

We’ve played a whole season, and I still have no idea how good or bad we are. At least when we’ve been bad, I know we’re bad, and I know how to set my expectations. And it’s not just because I missed some bad games (and good ones). It’s because this team has multiple personalities, and you never know who’s going to show up.

TimberKat · Post #244 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Apr 4, 2023 5:50 pm

The game was grand canyon low. I am not going to watch the regular season games live. At the same time, I think they can win 2 game in play-in. Crazy and bipolar

Post #245 » by **Klomp** » Tue Apr 4, 2023 6:35 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #246 » by **Calinks** » Tue Apr 4, 2023 6:52 pm

I'm still mad about that Portland game but this team deserves wherever they wind up this season. If they make the playoffs they clearly earned it by scraping together enough big wins despite all the injuries. If they miss the playoffs, they deserve by not being able to take care of business against the worst teams in the league time and time again. I had hoped for better but I can live with the result, if anything, it will be fair, they earned it either way.

cmoss84 · Post #247 » by **cmoss84** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 3:27 am

So...if we beat spurs and NO we get 8 seed and home court advantage?

cmoss84 · Post #248 » by **cmoss84** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 3:31 am

Holy shnikies go Jazz!!

TimberKat · Post #249 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 4:13 am

cmoss84 wrote:So...if we beat spurs and NO we get 8 seed and home court advantage?

No, unfortunately Lakers just won, so getting to 7 is now very difficult. #8 plays away at #7 in the play-in. The loser plays the winner of #9,#10 to get the 8 seed.

TimberKat · Post #250 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 4:32 am

With OKC loss, Wolves just clinched the 9th seed. We will host either DAL or OKC for the play-in. Amazing, with one win, we clinched 2 seeding. What's crazier, we have tie breaker on all those teams that's fight for lower half of playoffs except NOP (not sure what breaks the tie if we lose to them on Sunday).

younggunsmn · Post #251 » by **younggunsmn** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 6:11 am

5. Warriors (42-38) have Sacramento and Portland. For us to pass them they would have to lose both.
6. LAC (41-38) have LAL, POR, PHX
7. LAL (41-38) have LAC, PHX, UTAH
8. NOP (40-39) have MEM, NYK, MIN

We have a very small chance of taking the 6th seed via tiebreaker if we win out and finish at 42-40, but for that to happen an unlikely scenario has to play out:
For us to jump to 6, we have to win out and 2 of GSW/LAC/LAL has to lose 2 of their remaining games.
For that to happen, either Portland has to beat GSW or LAC,
OR (our best chance) LAL beats LAC and then lose to UTAH, and PHX beats both LA teams.

Lakers beat Utah in OT tonight, that was a big blow to our chances of moving up in the standings.
If we lose to New Orleans, our only chance to climb out of the 9 hole would be for LAC or LAL to lose out and tie us at 41-41.
The Portland loss was a killer because if we had won that game all we would have needed for the 5 or 6 seed was to win out and 1 win either from Sacramento vs GSW or PHX vs the team that wins the LAL/LAC game.

If we beat New Orleans and San Antonio (not at all a given), we are assured of at least 8 (we win head to head tiebreaker vs NO then) and we will only have to win one play-in game.
So that game will basically be another play-in game for us.

We can still get to 7 and have a home play-in game if we win out and PHX beats the team that loses the LAL/LAC game.

TimberKat · Post #252 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 2:37 pm

That is a great summary of what remains of this crazy season. Our Lakers game loss is a huge difference makers.

Post #253 » by **Calinks** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 3:13 pm

We really blew some massive opportunities. I cant be mad at this point its who we are. If they flop in the play in, I will be very disappointed but cool with it, it just means to me that we need to make some more changes and the front office will be motivated. Sometimes you need to experience some bad things to make a positive change.

Note30 · Post #254 » by **Note30** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 3:35 pm

younggunsmn wrote:5. Warriors (42-38) have Sacramento and Portland. For us to pass them they would have to lose both.
6. LAC (41-38) have LAL, POR, PHX
7. LAL (41-38) have LAC, PHX, UTAH
8. NOP (40-39) have MEM, NYK, MIN

We have a very small chance of taking the 6th seed via tiebreaker if we win out and finish at 42-40, but for that to happen an unlikely scenario has to play out:
For us to jump to 6, we have to win out and 2 of GSW/LAC/LAL has to lose 2 of their remaining games.
For that to happen, either Portland has to beat GSW or LAC,
OR (our best chance) LAL beats LAC and then lose to UTAH, and PHX beats both LA teams.

Lakers beat Utah in OT tonight, that was a big blow to our chances of moving up in the standings.
If we lose to New Orleans, our only chance to climb out of the 9 hole would be for LAC or LAL to lose out and tie us at 41-41.
The Portland loss was a killer because if we had won that game all we would have needed for the 5 or 6 seed was to win out and 1 win either from Sacramento vs GSW or PHX vs the team that wins the LAL/LAC game.

If we beat New Orleans and San Antonio (not at all a given), we are assured of at least 8 (we win head to head tiebreaker vs NO then) and we will only have to win one play-in game.
So that game will basically be another play-in game for us.

We can still get to 7 and have a home play-in game if we win out and PHX beats the team that loses the LAL/LAC game.

I remember when people were talking about how we would be a 60+ win team. This feels just sad.

Post #255 » by **Calinks** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 4:05 pm

I really felt like we could be 2-4 in the west. Granted I was thinking of a healthy team and I also thought that KAT and Rudy would be really good together. I had felt like Myles Turner was a good pairing that Towns could use but Rudy seemed like a super version of Turner. Unfortunately, that fit was not seamless like Finch and Conelly have said, its been a really rough fit and I don't know how we make it a great fit without moving Towns or Gobert.

Maybe there is some kind of tweak that can be made or alteration to some player's games that we can grow from next year but this season has been a big let down from the expectations the front office gave us going into the season.

shrink · Post #256 » by **shrink** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 4:46 pm

Two games over OKC now, and we went 3-1 against them, so we are at a minimum, guaranteed the #9 seed.

But I want #8. With our .500 club, I want to have two chances to win a game and make the playoffs.

The Pelicans are a half game in front of us. They host the Grizzlies tonight, the Knicks on Friday, then come here on Sunday. We’re 1-1, so that game will determine ties.

shrink · Post #257 » by **shrink** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 4:51 pm

Calinks wrote:I really felt like we could be 2-4 in the west.

I think there are 12 teams in the West that look back on this season, and think “we could have had homecourt advantage in the playoffs this year.”

And that’s the thing. We look at the losses and think, “only a truly awful team would lose some of these games.” And I don’t disagree. But we aren’t unique. This year, most of the contenders in the west have had several horrible losses this year. It’s a season of inconsistency, not just for us, but for everyone. It just feels like it’s just us.

Post #258 » by **Calinks** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 5:35 pm

shrink wrote:
Calinks wrote:I really felt like we could be 2-4 in the west.

I think there are 12 teams in the West that look back on this season, and think “we could have had homecourt advantage in the playoffs this year.”

And that’s the thing. We look at the losses and think, “only a truly awful team would lose some of these games.” And I don’t disagree. But we aren’t unique. This year, most of the contenders in the west have had several horrible losses this year. It’s a season of inconsistency, not just for us, but for everyone. It just feels like it’s just us.

Yea it was a wonky/bad season for most teams in the west. That also makes me more frustrated because we could have capitalized on that. We get a few rare opportunities to make a big push but we are never able to seize the day for one reason or another. WE could have been in the Kings position this season if we had a healthy/good team. At the same time would definitely be out of the playoffs ina lot of the west's more competitive seasons.

Post #259 » by **Klomp** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 6:47 pm

Read on Twitter

Colbinii · Post #260 » by **Colbinii** » Wed Apr 5, 2023 7:29 pm

Note30 wrote:
younggunsmn wrote:5. Warriors (42-38) have Sacramento and Portland. For us to pass them they would have to lose both.
6. LAC (41-38) have LAL, POR, PHX
7. LAL (41-38) have LAC, PHX, UTAH
8. NOP (40-39) have MEM, NYK, MIN

We have a very small chance of taking the 6th seed via tiebreaker if we win out and finish at 42-40, but for that to happen an unlikely scenario has to play out:
For us to jump to 6, we have to win out and 2 of GSW/LAC/LAL has to lose 2 of their remaining games.
For that to happen, either Portland has to beat GSW or LAC,
OR (our best chance) LAL beats LAC and then lose to UTAH, and PHX beats both LA teams.

Lakers beat Utah in OT tonight, that was a big blow to our chances of moving up in the standings.
If we lose to New Orleans, our only chance to climb out of the 9 hole would be for LAC or LAL to lose out and tie us at 41-41.
The Portland loss was a killer because if we had won that game all we would have needed for the 5 or 6 seed was to win out and 1 win either from Sacramento vs GSW or PHX vs the team that wins the LAL/LAC game.

If we beat New Orleans and San Antonio (not at all a given), we are assured of at least 8 (we win head to head tiebreaker vs NO then) and we will only have to win one play-in game.
So that game will basically be another play-in game for us.

We can still get to 7 and have a home play-in game if we win out and PHX beats the team that loses the LAL/LAC game.

I remember when people were talking about how we would be a 60+ win team. This feels just sad.

We were on paper. Paper Champions 2023 Baby!