Scoreboard Watch/Playoff Standings Watch 2025 Edition

[SacTownKid]

Either your good enough to win or your not irregardless of the strength of schedule. SOS doesn’t take into consideration matchup problems with other teams.

Yeah, and this is a definitely a good thing. This way the Kings will have a much better gauge of what works and what doesn't. The Kings have gotten really lucky with other teams injuries too so that's allowed them to build some momentum so even though it's still a new situation they've kind of gotten ahead on the chemistry side already.

 

[Caccia]

The Mavericks lost another tough one to Memphis, and the Clippers entertain the Knicks tonight. Take care of business and keep moving up. The Lakers and the Warriors have already.

 

[Tetsujin]

lol suns had a good chance to win against the Nuggets but Plumlee just gave away a board to MPJ and they’re tied with 11 seconds left with Denver having the ball

 

[Tetsujin]

Holy crap KD!!!

 

[Tetsujin]

Denver-Suns going to OT. Not sure how the Nuggets left KD so wide open.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

lol suns had a good chance to win against the Nuggets but Plumlee just gave away a board to MPJ and they’re tied with 11 seconds left with Denver having the ball

That's FIBA World Champion Mason Plumlee™, watch you mouth.

 

[Sac.Kings]

Good win for us tonight, unfortunately most of our competition in the standings also won or is very likely to win.

 

[sactowndog]

The next 4 games are critical to avoid being locked into the 9/10 seed. We have to beat the Clippers and the Warriors and win the back to back.

 

[See_Hanks]

Looks like we are pretty much a lock for at minimum a play-in home game. Whether we are #9 or #8. Well only if we were the #8 and lose the first away play-in game. We have been a strong team over the last 30 or so (20-10 I think). Over an 82 game season that's a 50+ win team, which is something we have been trying to get to the past couple years. Reminds me when we traded for Artest and won a bunch of games to make the playoffs when we were at about .500 before the trade. I think we had like the 2nd or 3rd best record after Artest trade, but got a tough San Antonio team. I did not even know at one point we were 13-19... yikes.. That's like 30 win Kings team area..

 

[Tetsujin]

Rockets wing Amen Thompson will undergo an MRI tomorrow, league source tells @TheAthletic.

Thompson — who exited Saturday’s blowout win over New Orleans after landing on Karlo Matkovic’s foot in the 4th quarter — was seen in a walking boot and crutches exiting the arena.

— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) March 9, 2025

might not be enough games left in the season for the Rockets to completely freefall but they have been struggling for a while and this won’t help.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Rockets wing Amen Thompson will undergo an MRI tomorrow, league source tells @TheAthletic.

Thompson — who exited Saturday’s blowout win over New Orleans after landing on Karlo Matkovic’s foot in the 4th quarter — was seen in a walking boot and crutches exiting the arena.

— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) March 9, 2025

might not be enough games left in the season for the Rockets to completely freefall but they have been struggling for a while and this won’t help.

Yeah that's not good for them. It was an interesting choice for them to completely stand pat at the deadline so they could "see what they have". I still think they are in good position for the future but they could have made a few small moves to try to secure home court and now they seem like they could wind up in the play in.

 

[Sherds]

Watching Den-OKC, was a great game until the refs completely injected themselves for no reason. OKC getting an all time whistle

 

[Angelo127]

Why can't we just move back to the 8 seed format?

This current format is kind of weird. What's with the gimmicky tournament team.

I mean, isn't it exciting to see those 8/9 seeds gut it out at the end of the regular season anyway?

You spend all season playing for some weird tournament at the end

 

[bball_nomad]

Watching Den-OKC, was a great game until the refs completely injected themselves for no reason. OKC getting an all time whistle

What irritates me most are not those phantom calls, but the non - calls. Sure, no replays is a rule in such situations. But sometimes we see replays and can only smile "How that foul was not called???". Even without the replays, in real game-time situation there are so many obvious non-calls...

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Why can't we just move back to the 8 seed format?

This current format is kind of weird. What's with the gimmicky tournament team.

I mean, isn't it exciting to see those 8/9 seeds gut it out at the end of the regular season anyway?

You spend all season playing for some weird tournament at the end

It's because they won't seed top 16 league wide and so the Western Conference will once again have the 9 and 10 seeds finish with better records than the Eastern conference 7 seed. There's even a pretty good chance that seeds 11 and 12 in the West will be better than a team that makes the EC playoffs.

Also a way for a few owners to get an extra home game or two and charge playoff prices.

 

[Fantazija]

Looks like we are pretty much a lock for at minimum a play-in home game. Whether we are #9 or #8. Well only if we were the #8 and lose the first away play-in game. We have been a strong team over the last 30 or so (20-10 I think). Over an 82 game season that's a 50+ win team, which is something we have been trying to get to the past couple years. Reminds me when we traded for Artest and won a bunch of games to make the playoffs when we were at about .500 before the trade. I think we had like the 2nd or 3rd best record after Artest trade, but got a tough San Antonio team. I did not even know at one point we were 13-19... yikes.. That's like 30 win Kings team area..

Kings should not fall lower than 9
Dallas has is too injured and Suns schedule believe it or not is more difficult than Kings schedule plus Kings have a solid lead on them
Sneaking into the 8th would guarantee 2 games so obviously that's the goal.Realisticly only Clippers are here for the taking, Minny has much easier schedule and Warriors seem to have that "we not losing again" aura around( how else to explain Draymond hitting game winning 3 ...) with Curry turning back the clock and playing like an MVP Curry

 

[LPKingsFan]

Plenty of evidence from the discussion in this thread and elsewhere that the play-in is good, actually. Yes, you lose the in or out stakes at 8 vs 9. But instead of that one race, you have meaningful stakes at 6/7, 8/9, and of course 10/11, and arguably 7/8 and 9/10 in terms of home court. We have a Houston team at 5 looking like they could slide into the play in, and a Portland team at 12 not giving up. You could argue it makes the regular season more interesting, if anything.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Plenty of evidence from the discussion in this thread and elsewhere that the play-in is good, actually. Yes, you lose the in or out stakes at 8 vs 9. But instead of that one race, you have meaningful stakes at 6/7, 8/9, and of course 10/11, and arguably 7/8 and 9/10 in terms of home court. We have a Houston team at 5 looking like they could slide into the play in, and a Portland team at 12 not giving up. You could argue it makes the regular season more interesting, if anything.

I will beat my personal dead horse but if you seeded top 16 regardless of conference and maybe extended a play-in to any teams finishing above .500 it would likely result in the same thing, without rewarding a team who finishes 8 games under .500 with a playoff spot.

The reason a team like Portland is competing for the play in (if they actually are) is because they will be like #11 or 12 in the lotto standings if they miss.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Suns lost was a big one. My prediction is they win 38-39 Dallas has an easy schedule. They should win 41 or so. We have 33 wins. Can we get to 43? Most likely outcome is we play Dallas at home in the play in. Can we catch fire and play the wolves instead? That would be much better.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Pels knock off the Clips

 

[Tetsujin]

Suns lost was a big one. My prediction is they win 38-39 Dallas has an easy schedule. They should win 41 or so. We have 33 wins. Can we get to 43? Most likely outcome is we play Dallas at home in the play in. Can we catch fire and play the wolves instead? That would be much better.

Given our respective splits, the TWolves might be better served playing the playin game against us at G1C

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Halftime results for some games we care about:

DAL 62, SAS 64
PHX 52, HOU 57
LAC 57, MIA 52

Minnesota takes on Denver later, but I’m starting to care less and less about results involving teams above the top 8. Our chances of 6th or 7th are extremely slim.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Suns, Mavs and Blazers all lost. Portland lost a heartbreaker in OT on a 3 by Bridges.

 

[sactowndog]

At this point the odds of not being 9 or 10 must be exceedingly high. We are 3 back of the Clippers as they hold the tie breaker. 3.5 behind Minnesota and Golden State.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

A heavily injured Lakers squad running the Suns off the court in the first quarter. Up 31-15 at the end of the quarter. And the Kings got blown out by this team…

 

[NewArena]

A heavily injured Lakers squad running the Suns off the court in the first quarter. Up 31-15 at the end of the quarter. And the Kings got blown out by this team…

Heavily injured? Ok and they’re also on a 4 game losing streak, don’t forget that lol. Kings constantly adjusting their lineup every 2 weeks after a major trade and injury ain’t easy either + it’s all about matchups. Nuggets just lost to the Wizards and I’m pretty sure the Kings blew the Wiz out before. Means nothing

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Heavily injured? Ok and they’re also on a 4 game losing streak, don’t forget that lol. Kings constantly adjusting their lineup every 2 weeks after a major trade and injury ain’t easy either + it’s all about matchups. Nuggets just lost to the Wizards and I’m pretty sure the Kings blew the Wiz out before. Means nothing

Means nothing lol the delusion is strong my friend

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Heavily injured? Ok and they’re also on a 4 game losing streak, don’t forget that lol. Kings constantly adjusting their lineup every 2 weeks after a major trade and injury ain’t easy either + it’s all about matchups. Nuggets just lost to the Wizards and I’m pretty sure the Kings blew the Wiz out before. Means nothing

This Suns team is horrible. They’ve been losing to just about everyone besides the Kings, and they blew us out at that. Pretty worrying when that’s likely your 9/10 matchup, let alone if we win that we would have to beat an even better team to get into the playoffs .

 

[Caccia]

I just checked the schedule. Cleveland plays the Clippers tomorrow night, so we will be getting them at home on the second night of a back-to-back.

There is hope.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

The scope of teams relevant to the Kings has shrunk to only a handful of teams now.

8. LAC, 38-30, 0.0 GB
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9. SAC, 34-33, 3.5 GB
10. DAL, 33-36, 5.5 GB
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11. PHX, 32-37, 6.5 GB

Including the Clippers here is pretty generous but it’s been a crazy season so why not? They have a slightly tougher schedule and we play them one more time so that’s a chance to get a direct game. Clippers have the tiebreaker though, so we’d have to completely surpass them W-L wise to finish ahead of them.

Dallas has almost no chance of catching us the way they are spiraling. Phoenix has an outside shot, but their schedule is insane even compared to ours. They would have to make up ground with a tougher schedule AND beat us on the last day of the season to have any hopes.

Remaining strength of schedule (league ranking in parentheses):

1. PHX, .616 (#1)
2. LAC, .565 (#3)
3. SAC, .557 (#5)
4. DAL, .501 (#15)