If these scores hold (PHI over ORL, CLE over IND, MIA over TOR), 76ers are very likely avoiding the play-in and it might be possible the Heat do too.
2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread
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Pacers/Cavs is down to 3 after 3. Should be a great 4th quarter.
Orlando is playing themselves into a play-in game
ok I gotta flip over to Pacers/Cavs then, or at least double-screen it with the Red Claws vs Hornets.
Actually I think I'm wrong, because a 3-team tiebreaker (ORL, IND, PHI would be all 46-35) starts with any division winner, which would be Orlando.... theN Pacers won head to head against the 76ers...
... so 76ers would still be the 7 seed
... so 76ers would still be the 7 seed
Haliburton ruining his own season, fouling Strus on a 3 point attempt (that would've been a brick), just completely trucking him.
They've played good D on some possessions, too, but other times they can't stop a nosebleed.
They've played good D on some possessions, too, but other times they can't stop a nosebleed.
Really silly to me that 76ers are still #7, but as stated they have every chance to get up to 6+. Magic are a bleh team right now.
No Giannis though will make that game potentially spicy.
No Giannis though will make that game potentially spicy.
You mean 2/3/6/7 ~Knicks/Bucks/Sixers/Heat being in play? With Celts/Cavs/Pacers/Magic on the other side?
If Magic lose their next two games (including 7-8 play-in) and everyone else wins their remaining games (including Miami 7-8 play-in), it would be exactly this.
Bucks will also be playing for the 2 seed now, so they have something to play for against Orlando. No Giannis, though.
Nuggets had something to play for with #1 seed on the line, were clearly trying to win this game, had a 23 point lead, and will probably lose this one. What a league
That could be a disastrous loss for the Nuggets. Losing home court for game 7 to Minny / OKC.
I’m showing Sixers as 6 seed now. But a lot is going to happen Sunday. I think we want Orlando to win, Sixers to win, Heat to win, and Indy to lose.
Wembanyama drew a charge on Jokic with 3 minutes to go. I'm sure Pop had his heart in his mouth.
Both NBA.com and ESPN have Philly as the 7th seed. There was a brief moment between Philly winning and Indy losing where it was Philly 6 and Orlando 7, but that flipped after the Pacers lost. Crazy stuff.
This is crazy.
The sturm and drang from folks about the Celtics losing a game they didn't care about to a hungry Knicks team blows my mind when you see shit like this happen. Nuggets wanted that game and blew a 23-point lead! Sometimes in the NBA the other team hits a fuckton of 3s and you lose even when you shoot 50% and only turn the ball over 7 times and put up 31 assists.
Chuck has capital-T Thoughts about the right way to fall down.
View: https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1778623892812095512
Lost in all of that is, I don't think Zion tried to catch himself with his wrist, he did in fact fall on his ass.
View: https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1778623892812095512
Lost in all of that is, I don't think Zion tried to catch himself with his wrist, he did in fact fall on his ass.
The Warriors really like their small lineups. 3rd quarter of a really important game, they're playing CP3 (6'0), Curry (6'2), Pods (6'5), Moody (6'6) and Draymond (6'6). Draymond plays bigger than his size, but the other guys not so much.
Who holds the tiebreaker if MIL and CLE are tied at 49-33? (And NYK is 50-32)
GS falls just short of a comeback against NO. It looked like the Pelicans had put the game away (12 point lead with just under 3 minutes left), and Curry exploded with 10 points in 2 minutes, but missed a three 13 seconds left that would've tied it. If any shot made by a red hot Steph Curry can be considered awful, this would be it. Warriors fall back down to 10th, and the Lakers will have moved out of the 9/10 matchup if the Kings lose (playing the Suns, close in the 4th).
Warriors and Kings both lose, and the Lakers now stand alone in the 8th spot. Not a shocking result given today's matchups (Lakers were playing the Grizzlies who have been on vacation for 3 months while GS/SAC played teams fighting for their playoff lives), but incredible considering a few hours ago the Lakers were staring down the barrel of needing to win two straight road games, for the pleasure of playing the Nuggets in Round 1. Amazing day for the Lakers.
MIL/NY/CLE can all still end up anywhere from 2-4:
- Milwaukee will be the second seed if it beats Orlando; New York will be if it beats Chicago and Orlando beats Milwaukee; Cleveland will be if it beats Charlotte and both New York and Milwaukee lose.
- New York will be the third seed if the Bucks and Knicks both win. Milwaukee will be the third seed if the Knicks win and the Bucks and Cavaliers lose. Cleveland will be the third seed if the Cavaliers win and the Knicks win and Bucks lose.
- Cleveland will be the fourth seed if it loses or the Cavaliers, Bucks and Knicks all win. Milwaukee will be fourth if New York and Cleveland win and the Bucks lose. New York will be fourth if Knicks and Bucks lose and Cavaliers win.
- Milwaukee will be the second seed if it beats Orlando; New York will be if it beats Chicago and Orlando beats Milwaukee; Cleveland will be if it beats Charlotte and both New York and Milwaukee lose.
- New York will be the third seed if the Bucks and Knicks both win. Milwaukee will be the third seed if the Knicks win and the Bucks and Cavaliers lose. Cleveland will be the third seed if the Cavaliers win and the Knicks win and Bucks lose.
- Cleveland will be the fourth seed if it loses or the Cavaliers, Bucks and Knicks all win. Milwaukee will be fourth if New York and Cleveland win and the Bucks lose. New York will be fourth if Knicks and Bucks lose and Cavaliers win.
Shocking how things always work out for them.
And now they’ll get the Thunder while avoiding Wolves and Nuggets. Damnit.
I mean, so be it - if they take any of those teams out, they'll have done us a big favor.
