Scoreboard Watch/Playoff Standings Watch 2025 Edition
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We squandered too many "winnable" games under Mike Brown, including the first two games of the season, where he inexplicably decided to start Kevin Huerter, who had not played a single game preseason. All of which were losses. Remember that the next time a player or coach claims that preseason wins are "irrelevant." Maybe the overall preseason record is unimportant, but when you are flat-out bad, it shows on the court.
Surprisingly, the Kings remain in 9th place, tied with Phoenix for the remainder of the day, even though they are two games below .500 after this brutal stretch of the season. The Suns play the Celtics tonight, which could go either way. Also surprisingly, Jason Tatum is a game-time decision. He may be back on the court sooner than expected.
Sacramento has to go 6-4 the rest of the way to reach .500.
Sacramento has to go 6-4 the rest of the way to reach .500.
That sounds about right to me but I can't say definitively. However, Claude AI can:
"In the NBA's tiebreaking procedures for playoff seeding, if two teams have the same overall record, the first tiebreaker is the head-to-head record between those two teams. Since you mentioned that the Suns beat the Kings in their last game to tie the season series, this means they would have split their season series 2-2.
In this scenario, the next tiebreaker would actually be the division record. So yes, if the Suns have a better record within their division (the Pacific Division) compared to the Kings, the Suns would win the tiebreaker and secure the 10th seed for the play-in tournament.
This is different from conference record, which comes later in the tiebreaking procedure. The division record is the second step in determining playoff seeding when teams have the same overall record and have split their head-to-head matchups."
"In the NBA's tiebreaking procedures for playoff seeding, if two teams have the same overall record, the first tiebreaker is the head-to-head record between those two teams. Since you mentioned that the Suns beat the Kings in their last game to tie the season series, this means they would have split their season series 2-2.
In this scenario, the next tiebreaker would actually be the division record. So yes, if the Suns have a better record within their division (the Pacific Division) compared to the Kings, the Suns would win the tiebreaker and secure the 10th seed for the play-in tournament.
This is different from conference record, which comes later in the tiebreaking procedure. The division record is the second step in determining playoff seeding when teams have the same overall record and have split their head-to-head matchups."
I’m now officially in the tank for the 11th spot in the west. I mean what are we doing here at this point. Play in game(s) will be on the road anyhow. Even if we win and meet the thunder it all seems pretty futile. Rather we keep our draft pick. Whether people are on the pro full rebuild train or not, it seems like this offseason and next year could be ugly so probably would keep next years pick also.
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I'm here too. Domas has become one of my favorite players of all-time, Monk is one of the "ride or die" kind of players for this city, but this thing somehow complexly broke in 3 months since Fox snaked the Kings and forcing his way onto the Spurs. He's not the only reason for the downfall, but he absolutely was the catalyst.
I'm the biggest Monte bull on this forum, but a fully new regime needs to come in. Clean house, new FO, new coaching staff. Trade off all the vets, massive minutes for Carter/Keon/Keegan/LaRavia (hopefully somehow resign) and start over. I thought you might be able to salvage this thing if you could just get to the off-season and give these guys a chance to gel and build chemistry, but seems pretty clear that option is over.
But, of course knowing Vivek, Vlade is probably on his way back and we'll spend the next 5 years winning 36-39 games and "competing" for a 10 seed.
I'm the biggest Monte bull on this forum, but a fully new regime needs to come in. Clean house, new FO, new coaching staff. Trade off all the vets, massive minutes for Carter/Keon/Keegan/LaRavia (hopefully somehow resign) and start over. I thought you might be able to salvage this thing if you could just get to the off-season and give these guys a chance to gel and build chemistry, but seems pretty clear that option is over.
But, of course knowing Vivek, Vlade is probably on his way back and we'll spend the next 5 years winning 36-39 games and "competing" for a 10 seed.
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Play in/ Play off games are a massive financial incentive for the ownership group because they are gravy after expenses are covered, and the revenue from those games is huge due to TV, full attendance, etc. I vaguely remember, but I believe each play off/in game results in something like 5-10M of additional PROFIT (not revenue) added to the bottom line. Even a moderate little play off/in run will be very financially rewarding to the owners.
I'd rather have a lottery pick at this point. The body language I saw while catching literally just 1 minute of action against the Magic showed me there is no Cinderella in this team.
I'd rather have a lottery pick at this point. The body language I saw while catching literally just 1 minute of action against the Magic showed me there is no Cinderella in this team.
If a team is on an upward trajectory, getting to a .500 record and making the playin can be a great stepping stone. It’s a signal that the hope one sees in a young team is starting to pay off. However, playin for a veteran team in turmoil is no good. Sure I would watch the game and cheer for the Kings, but it would do nothing to make me feel any better about the future.