Kings Playoff Standings Watch!!!
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Kings Playoff Tracker
For the second straight day, the Kings had a chance to clinch a top-6 playoff slot, but didn't get the help they needed. No matter, because if my combinatorics are correct, the path for the Kings to miss a top-6 playoff spot is unfathomably narrow. There are 33 relevant games remaining, only ONE of which needs to go the Kings' way for us to light the Playoff Beam. Now, assuming every single one of those games is a 50/50 shot, the chance that the Kings miss the playoffs is 1 in about 8.6 billion. I'm pretty sure we've got this eventually.
Meanwhile the Grizzlies continue to refuse to lose, keeping the #2 slot the less-likely of our two likely landing slots for now.
Note that with a win tomorrow, the Kings will eliminate FOUR teams, and guarantee home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Today's games (3):
MEM def. Hawks
MIN def. GSW
Magic Number To Eliminate (TB=TieBreaker):
DEN (50-24) 14, 8 games remaining, TB 1-1, 1 to play (winner gets TB)
MEM (47-27) 11, 8 games remaining, TB goes to Kings if they win the Pacific Division, otherwise goes to Memphis
SAC (45-29) --, 8 games remaining
PHX (39-35) 3, 8 games remaining, TB goes to team with better division win%
GSW (39-37) 1, 6 games remaining, TB=Warriors
LAC (39-36) 1, 7 games remaining, TB=Kings
--- Playoffs ---
MIN (38-37) 1, 7 games remaining, TB=T'Wolves
NOP (37-37) 1, 8 games remaining, TB=Pelicans
Tomorrow's games (6):
PHX at Jazz, 6 PM
Sixers at DEN, 6:30 PM
NOP at Blazers, 7 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Pelicans with a Blazers win
MIN at SAC, 7 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Wolves, the Pelicans, the Warriors AND the Clippers, securing a top-4 playoff slot with a win
Bulls at LAC, 7:30 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Clippers AND secure a top-6 playoff spot with a Bulls win
For the second straight day, the Kings had a chance to clinch a top-6 playoff slot, but didn't get the help they needed. No matter, because if my combinatorics are correct, the path for the Kings to miss a top-6 playoff spot is unfathomably narrow. There are 33 relevant games remaining, only ONE of which needs to go the Kings' way for us to light the Playoff Beam. Now, assuming every single one of those games is a 50/50 shot, the chance that the Kings miss the playoffs is 1 in about 8.6 billion. I'm pretty sure we've got this eventually.
Meanwhile the Grizzlies continue to refuse to lose, keeping the #2 slot the less-likely of our two likely landing slots for now.
Note that with a win tomorrow, the Kings will eliminate FOUR teams, and guarantee home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Today's games (3):
MEM def. Hawks
MIN def. GSW
Magic Number To Eliminate (TB=TieBreaker):
DEN (50-24) 14, 8 games remaining, TB 1-1, 1 to play (winner gets TB)
MEM (47-27) 11, 8 games remaining, TB goes to Kings if they win the Pacific Division, otherwise goes to Memphis
SAC (45-29) --, 8 games remaining
PHX (39-35) 3, 8 games remaining, TB goes to team with better division win%
GSW (39-37) 1, 6 games remaining, TB=Warriors
LAC (39-36) 1, 7 games remaining, TB=Kings
--- Playoffs ---
MIN (38-37) 1, 7 games remaining, TB=T'Wolves
NOP (37-37) 1, 8 games remaining, TB=Pelicans
Tomorrow's games (6):
PHX at Jazz, 6 PM
Sixers at DEN, 6:30 PM
NOP at Blazers, 7 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Pelicans with a Blazers win
MIN at SAC, 7 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Wolves, the Pelicans, the Warriors AND the Clippers, securing a top-4 playoff slot with a win
Bulls at LAC, 7:30 PM --> Kings will eliminate the Clippers AND secure a top-6 playoff spot with a Bulls win
I think the Kings would have a really tough time with the Warriors in the first round. We give up a ton of wide open 3s.
I'd much rather the Warriors lose and the Wolves, Pels or Thunder slide into the 6th spot.
Lakers would be a nightmare scenario. The NBA would absolutely screw us out of our first playoff trip in years by making it a 5 on 8 series.
I'd much rather the Warriors lose and the Wolves, Pels or Thunder slide into the 6th spot.
Lakers would be a nightmare scenario. The NBA would absolutely screw us out of our first playoff trip in years by making it a 5 on 8 series.
Yeah the 3 teams I don't want are PHX, GSW and LAL. PHX for obvious reasons with a healthy KD and you nailed why GSW and LAL would be bad match-ups for us.
Everyone else though I think we'd have a great chance to move on, especially with HCA. Not to say I don't think we could beat GSW or LAL in a series, but they'd be much tougher
Everyone else though I think we'd have a great chance to move on, especially with HCA. Not to say I don't think we could beat GSW or LAL in a series, but they'd be much tougher
I DON'T want to play the Warriors. They have way too many shooters. If any, or all, of them get hot, it's gonna be a long night, and a very long series.
I'd feel much better, and more confident, if we get a team like the Lakers, or any of the other teams currently fighting for the final few playoff spots in the West. Heck, give me Luka, and I'd feel more confident than I would going up against the Warriors.
I'd feel much better, and more confident, if we get a team like the Lakers, or any of the other teams currently fighting for the final few playoff spots in the West. Heck, give me Luka, and I'd feel more confident than I would going up against the Warriors.