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Bucks were a scheduled loss for ATL but losing the previous game (to Detroit?) was just inexcusable from Trae n them.

Cavs/Raps stretch run is an intriguing subplot bc altho the Raps would like to move up (and avoid 1 game eliminations) they also don’t give a cotdamn how well Kyrie is playing since he’d be ineligible vs them.

The Cavs just don’t want all that hard work to fizzle away. Play-in tourney is 4/12 - 4/15, and playoffs start 4/16... so idk if a month is long enough to recover from a broken finger (Allen), but at least they’d get an extra week with a top 6 seed.

Happy for Minnesota. They seem to finally be figuring it out. Them vs Memphis would be a fun series. And Memphis is the type of jump you’d hope Minny can have next year; they have the talent.
 

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The seeding shuffling fukkery that is going to take place in the East coming down the stretch is going to be something else.

Depending on where BK potentially winds up will dictate how teams approach closing their seasons. Being the 3rd Seed seems the most ideal path to the ECFs/Finals if you're Boston, Chicago or Miami.
 
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This is why I was against the play-in when it was announced.

Every so often you get a team like last year's Grizzlies or the Suns that year they won 48 and were the 9th seed. But most of the time those teams on the outside are not worthy of a second chance at making the playoffs. Lakers are garbage and their season needs to end at game 82.

Or maybe they need to implement a rule that you have to at least have a winning record to qualify.
It’s really designed to discourage tanking coupled with the new lottery odds. I think the teams that want to tank still will but it seems to have added some extra incentive to be competitive. It’s also essentially extra playoff games the league & broadcast partners have created. I don’t necessarily disagree it’s an odd system but it’s not going away
 

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but seriously, all the times we've seen Bron power thru folks. he couldve went up for the layup
he had the size advantage on #2
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Scust ive been saying that the right play >>>>> hero ball but this shyt here is pathetic.
He made an unecessary extra move to pass the ball when he could have simply lay it up :dead:
 
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