NBA 2023-2024 Season + Playoffs

[Jaymann]

Ho-hum, the regular season starts today. I checked the Lakers' roster and they got a whole lotta nothing.

[Pyperkub]

Anyone interested in the Tournament? @Rip ?

I'm a little annoyed that the Kings and Warriors are in the same group, after they have played 11/17 games against each other recently (that apparently includes preseason games, as well as the playoffs last year)

[Pyperkub]

Ho-hum, the regular season starts today. I checked the Lakers' roster and they got a whole lotta nothing.

As to the Lakers - they are a contender if they have AD and LeBron healthy come playoff time, as always. However, that appears to be about a 24-30% shot.

[Skinypupy]

Just turned on ESPN to see the score of the Jazz/Suns game was tied at 75…AT HALFTIME.

No thanks.

[gilraen]

Turned off the Denver Nuggets-Golden State Warriors game with about 7 minutes left because Denver was down by 16 and it was just getting frustrating af. Apparently Nuggets went on a 25-6 tear and won the game on this beauty with less than 1sec to go:
https://www.espn.com/core/video/iframe/ ... 2/endcard/

[Jaymann]

The play-in mini tournament starts today. Lakers play the Pelicans. Win and in. Lose and they get another shot against the winner of Golden State/Kings.

[Pyperkub]

The play-in mini tournament starts today. Lakers play the Pelicans. Win and in. Lose and they get another shot against the winner of Golden State/Kings.

That last week of the regular season was pretty amazing with all the playoff jockeying. I'm hoping the Warriors can get into the 7 game serieses - they were playing so much better lately, and would be in great position if the Pelican's hadn't gone completely nuts from 3 in the 2nd quarter (I think the Pels went 10 for 12 on 3's in the quarter - everything they chucked up went in) in the penultimate regular season game.

rooting for the Heat as well (love Jaime Jacquez Jr from UCLA and how well he's done as a rook).

It sure does look like it will be Nuggets-Celtics in the finals tho.

[gilraen]

Patented Lakers 4th quarter meltdown in 3...2...1...

[Jaymann]

Patented Lakers 4th quarter meltdown in 3...2...1...

Except Zion goes down to injury with 3 minutes left. Lakers survive in a nail biter to face...the Nuggets.

[gilraen]

Patented Lakers 4th quarter meltdown in 3...2...1...

Except Zion goes down to injury with 3 minutes left. Lakers survive in a nail biter to face...the Nuggets.

Seeing as I don't want to jinx the Nuggets, I'll hold off on the witty retorts

[Pyperkub]

Injuries already the huge factor they always are.

[Jaymann]

Aaaaand the Warriors are gone fishin'.

[Pyperkub]

Aaaaand the Warriors are gone fishin'.

The Kings played amazing defense last night. Warriors may also have taken it a bit for granted given the Kings' injuries. Sad not to see Steph in the playoffs for more than a cup of coffee, but the Dubs did this to themselves by underperforming in the regular season in a West which got a LOT better this year.

[naednek]

Aaaaand the Warriors are gone fishin'.

The Kings played amazing defense last night. Warriors may also have taken it a bit for granted given the Kings' injuries. Sad not to see Steph in the playoffs for more than a cup of coffee, but the Dubs did this to themselves by underperforming in the regular season in a West which got a LOT better this year.

Just imagine what their record could have been if Dreymond Green wasn't suspended all those games. They probably wouldn't be a Play-In team...

[Pyperkub]

Aaaaand the Warriors are gone fishin'.

The Kings played amazing defense last night. Warriors may also have taken it a bit for granted given the Kings' injuries. Sad not to see Steph in the playoffs for more than a cup of coffee, but the Dubs did this to themselves by underperforming in the regular season in a West which got a LOT better this year.

Just imagine what their record could have been if Dreymond Green wasn't suspended all those games. They probably wouldn't be a Play-In team...

Eh, He's Draymond. If you're a dubs fan, you should have learned that you gotta take the idiotic with the great. Remember that the Dubs were the 6 seed in the West last year with a worse record (44-38 in 2023) than this year as the 10 seed (46-36 in 2024).

[gilraen]

The West was pretty insane this year. Having 3 teams literally tied for 1st place until the last couple of games is unheard of.

[Pyperkub]

The West was pretty insane this year. Having 3 teams literally tied for 1st place until the last couple of games is unheard of.

Literally, as in it had NEVER happened before!

[Jaymann]

Philly lucked out in their next matchup - the Knicks without Julius Randle. Meanwhile Miami faces the winner of the Bottom of the Barrel Bowl: the Hawks (36 - 46) vs the Bulls (39 - 43).

[gilraen]

While it would be super entertaining* to see Miami knock Boston out of the playoffs again, it doesn't seem possible that they can pull it off without Jimmy Butler.

*super entertaining for me personally, not for Boston fans

[Jaymann]

Lol, Suns get eliminated before the Lakers, 0-4 to T-wolves.

[El Guapo]

While it would be super entertaining* to see Miami knock Boston out of the playoffs again, it doesn't seem possible that they can pull it off without Jimmy Butler.

*super entertaining for me personally, not for Boston fans

There was quite the panic after the Celtics lost game 2. I don't even know what the psychic impact of losing a series to Miami without Butler in round 1 after such a dominant regular season. Still not likely (especially after the big game 3 win) but...terrifying to contemplate.

[gilraen]

Panic is something fully anticipated here if Nuggets don't finish off the Lakers tonight.

[Pyperkub]

Panic is something fully anticipated here if Nuggets don't finish off the Lakers tonight.

The Lakers definitely found something in the second half of game 4 with the double team Jokic strategy. I fully expected them to get dubbed in the second half again, but they prevented it.

It will be interesting to see how Denver adjusts.

[gilraen]

This is how you score 8 points in 20 seconds

[Jaymann]

Two game sevens today (Pacers - Nicks and T-wolves - Nuggets) to see who will face the Celtics and the Mavericks. I thought Celtics - Nuggets was a shoo-in. Now I'm not so sure.

[Isgrimnur]

[gilraen]

Well, too bad, I don't have another link to it. Here's a shorter version:


Edit: Nuggets blew a 20-point lead and were eliminated in game 7, so I'm too pissed off to care.

[Kurth]

Sorry, gilraen. But I have to admit, I’m so happy to see Jokic and the Nuggets knocked out! Especially after the first half. Minnesota looked listless and Jokic was making Rudy Gobert his personal punching bag. Crazy turn around in the second half. Fun game.

[Pyperkub]

Color me impressed by the Timberwolves. Porter Jr and Gordon did nothing, and those were the guys who were the difference for them the past 2 years.

And on the other side, KAT finally didn't try to play hero ball and jack up incredibly stupid 3s late in games, like he has every other time they've been in the playoffs. Their defense was lights out in all their wins.

[Kurth]

Their defense was lights out in all their wins.

Maybe never more so than in the second half tonight against the Nuggets. Impressive.

[gilraen]

Can't stand Gobert, not since his Utah Jazz days. Will be rooting for the Mavs (ugh) to wipe that smirk off of Ant's face.

[Pyperkub]

I felt Gobert was overrated for years and just an 82 game player who was worthless in the playoffs, but he played great in this series as the backstop of one of the best defensive playoff performances I've seen since the Pistons of the early aughts.