2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread

byeganyo · Post #1381 » by **byeganyo** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:48 pm

basketballRob wrote:Miami is the team that gives us the hardest time in the 3-8 range. Looking at the schedule, we could face them in a 4th and 5th seed.

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the have won 5 in a row on the road including back to backs and 4 of the wins were against teams with better record than them.
if they can keep that level they can get even 3rd seed, othewise who knows, they acan easily slip to 8th place again...

RookieStar · Post #1382 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:43 am

Well.. Pelicans arent helping us by being beat up by IND.

pepe1991 · Post #1383 » by **pepe1991** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:26 am

byeganyo wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Miami is the team that gives us the hardest time in the 3-8 range. Looking at the schedule, we could face them in a 4th and 5th seed.

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the have won 5 in a row on the road including back to backs and 4 of the wins were against teams with better record than them.
if they can keep that level they can get even 3rd seed, othewise who knows, they acan easily slip to 8th place again...

3rd seed is out of reach imo.

Bucks would have to play below .500 and Heat would need to win around 17 out of last 24 games to surpass them. Bucks also now have tiebreaker so they would have to have 1 W more at the end.

Probably most interesting team to follow, due all the wrong reasons are Knicks. Brunson hurt, Randle Hurt, OG hurt, Hartenstein hurt, Robinson hurt.

They will get Brunson back soon, not sure for the others.

Residual-Heat · Post #1384 » by **Residual-Heat** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 4:02 am

If the Heat lose tonight the Magic take the 6th seed. Sixers loss vs Hornets tomorrow should put them at 5th seed and one win away from 4th.

RookieStar · Post #1385 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 4:21 am

You guys watched that Chet vs Wemby duel? Wow Wemby didnt use lube on Chet with that masterclass.

And the SAS actually won against OKC!!

If we gotta go through Wemby for the championship ina few years, we better make sure We have JI lol

thelead · Post #1386 » by **thelead** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 4:23 am

RookieStar wrote:You guys watched that Chet vs Wemby duel? Wow Wemby didnt use lube on Chet with that masterclass.

And the SAS actually won against OKC!!

If we gotta go through Wemby for the championship ina few years, we better make sure We have JI lol

Immediately switched to that game after ours. It was an amazing game. You're not wrong about needing JI healthy.

RookieStar · Post #1387 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 4:31 am

thelead wrote:
RookieStar wrote:You guys watched that Chet vs Wemby duel? Wow Wemby didnt use lube on Chet with that masterclass.

And the SAS actually won against OKC!!

If we gotta go through Wemby for the championship ina few years, we better make sure We have JI lol

Immediately switched to that game after ours. It was an amazing game. You're not wrong about needing JI healthy.

I have a feeling only JI can slow down Wemby in a few years. No one else is 7ft, long and quick with a good bbiq to deal with Wemby one-on-one

Post #1388 » by **SOUL** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 5:37 am

Good results tonight for us.

Post #1389 » by **eyriq** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 5:55 am

25 losses: New York and Philly
26 losses: Orlando, Indiana, and Miami

Going to be a great race

RookieStar · Post #1390 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 6:06 am

SOUL wrote:Good results tonight for us.

Yup everything went our way
Compared to a few games ago wherein everything went wrong.

drsd · Post #1391 » by **drsd** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 6:55 am

eyriq wrote:25 losses: New York and Philly
26 losses: Orlando, Indiana, and Miami

Going to be a great race

Orlando has now tied it's win total from last year. ANd in doing so is back up to the 6 seed. That was a nice win for the confernce standings race.

p.s. Orlando now has more W's than Philly does. Wow.

p.p.s. The Heat lost so Orlando is currently in sole possession of the division lead!

p.p.p.s. Orlando's annual midseason slump is clearly over:

p0peye · Post #1392 » by **p0peye** » Fri Mar 1, 2024 8:16 am

It's incredible race and playoffs are going to be tough. I am not one to be calculating and picking opponents, even though I do have wishes, I say we play whoever comes out of the West and give them hell.

basketballRob · Post #1393 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:16 am

Mo Bamba is starting against Clifford's Hornets, 1 week after Clifford made remarks about some 6th picks not being good enough to be in the NBA.

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thelead · Post #1394 » by **thelead** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:35 am

When we were tanking, I would watch the teams close to us rooting for them to win.

Now, I watch on our off-nights hoping the team close to us lose :lol:

I'm locked into this Philly/Hornets game and will jump to the Indy game afterwards.

RookieStar · Post #1395 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:49 am

thelead wrote:When we were tanking, I would watch the teams close to us rooting for them to win.

Now, I watch on our off-nights hoping the team close to us lose

I'm locked into this Philly/Hornets game and will jump to the Indy game afterwards.

We can always rely on Coach Cliff to try to win no matter what.

IND vs NOP... hmmm Pelicans have let ua down twice alreayd in the last week by folding against teams we wanted to lose. Dunno if we can trust then to do us a solid against Indy

thelead · Post #1396 » by **thelead** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 12:53 am

RookieStar wrote:
thelead wrote:When we were tanking, I would watch the teams close to us rooting for them to win.

Now, I watch on our off-nights hoping the team close to us lose

I'm locked into this Philly/Hornets game and will jump to the Indy game afterwards.

We can always rely on Coach Cliff to try to win no matter what.

IND vs NOP... hmmm Pelicans have let ua down twice alreayd in the last week by folding against teams we wanted to lose. Dunno if we can trust then to do us a solid against Indy

Agreed. I don't trust NOP at all. I expect Indy to win that one and will be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong.

thelead · Post #1397 » by **thelead** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 1:38 am

NOP decided to play like a playoff team today. We'll see if it continues.

3ddman23 · Post #1398 » by **3ddman23** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 1:56 am

Pelicans absolutely blowing it. Unbelievable

RookieStar · Post #1399 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 2:27 am

Coach cliff couldnt do us a solid qgainst PHI....

RookieStar · Post #1400 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Mar 2, 2024 2:28 am

3ddman23 wrote:Pelicans absolutely blowing it. Unbelievable

Huh? Arent they 30pts lead ahead?