Kings Playoff Standings Watch!!!
- Thread starter Rain man
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The Warriors randomly threw the ball into the stands a half dozen times last night. In fact, they had 24 turnovers against a team lacking four of its rotation players, including its two All-Stars. The Kings had 12. Later, the players admitted to a lack of concentration.
I submit that you cannot turn concentration on and off at will, just because the playoffs are finally here. Like anything else in basketball, it requires practice and consistency. Even two plays where you fire the ball into the stands are enough to lose an entire series.
I submit that you cannot turn concentration on and off at will, just because the playoffs are finally here. Like anything else in basketball, it requires practice and consistency. Even two plays where you fire the ball into the stands are enough to lose an entire series.
If I had to rank who I’d like to face in the 1st round it’d likely be:
Clippers have some solid playoff experience on their roster but George is out which makes me feel more comfortable facing them. I also think their iso ball centered offense will be easier for Brown to scheme for. They also don’t have anyone that I think can handle Sabonis.
Warriors could be a sleeping giant considering they won the championship last year. Especially with Wiggins coming back, Payton healthy, and their championship caliber core ready to lock in during the playoffs. Not to mention our home court advantage would feel largely mitigated by the amount of GSW fans that will be in attendance. Part of me also thinks we’d be playing against the refs in this one too. Having said that, they are getting older and they don’t have anyone at PF/C with great size and length to neutralize Sabonis. I think it’d be a tough matchup, but I don’t feel super worried about their players shutting down our stars.
Lakers worry me a bit due to ref bias, home court advantage being neutralized, and playoff Anthony Davis neutralizing Sabonis. Davis has the size, length, and the athleticism advantage over Sabonis which makes me worry about how impactful Sabonis can be in this type of matchup.
Suns just seem like a sleeper championship contender. A big 4 of Paul-Booker-Durant-Ayton is pretty hard to beat. If they had that roster from the beginning of the year and were relatively healthy, I would guess they would have been a top seed.
- NOP
- LAC
- GSW
- LAL
- PHX
Clippers have some solid playoff experience on their roster but George is out which makes me feel more comfortable facing them. I also think their iso ball centered offense will be easier for Brown to scheme for. They also don’t have anyone that I think can handle Sabonis.
Warriors could be a sleeping giant considering they won the championship last year. Especially with Wiggins coming back, Payton healthy, and their championship caliber core ready to lock in during the playoffs. Not to mention our home court advantage would feel largely mitigated by the amount of GSW fans that will be in attendance. Part of me also thinks we’d be playing against the refs in this one too. Having said that, they are getting older and they don’t have anyone at PF/C with great size and length to neutralize Sabonis. I think it’d be a tough matchup, but I don’t feel super worried about their players shutting down our stars.
Lakers worry me a bit due to ref bias, home court advantage being neutralized, and playoff Anthony Davis neutralizing Sabonis. Davis has the size, length, and the athleticism advantage over Sabonis which makes me worry about how impactful Sabonis can be in this type of matchup.
Suns just seem like a sleeper championship contender. A big 4 of Paul-Booker-Durant-Ayton is pretty hard to beat. If they had that roster from the beginning of the year and were relatively healthy, I would guess they would have been a top seed.
Yes, but Kawaii played today and I have not seen him play back to back since returning from his injury.
It’s going to be interesting, because I can’t see Phoenix being motivated to win tomorrow, given a win likely means they play GSW in the first round.
If Phoenix just straight out tanks (likely), the Clippers win this one, since they need it more to guarantee they don’t drop to the play-in. Meaning we will probably get GSW in the first round.
It’s going to be interesting, because I can’t see Phoenix being motivated to win tomorrow, given a win likely means they play GSW in the first round.
If Phoenix just straight out tanks (likely), the Clippers win this one, since they need it more to guarantee they don’t drop to the play-in. Meaning we will probably get GSW in the first round.
I’m not seeing it. Not without 5-on-8 help.
MEM plays really good defense and can score well enough that they should beat LA rather easily.
LAL has nobody to stop Ja Morant at the end of games and both JJJ and Brooks will wreak havoc on them defensively.
If officiated properly, I’d take MEM over LAL in 5 or 6 games.
MEM plays really good defense and can score well enough that they should beat LA rather easily.
LAL has nobody to stop Ja Morant at the end of games and both JJJ and Brooks will wreak havoc on them defensively.
If officiated properly, I’d take MEM over LAL in 5 or 6 games.
I tend to think that the above apply to two teams only...not three or more. Sure, it's easy to figure out if it's just two teams tied based on that rules. You're saying the above rule apply to three or more team tied as well? So, the head-to-head won lost percentage are combined head-to-head won lost percentage among each other rather than between two teams.
