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Now we need to just hope for a Warriors win tomorrow against NOH. We at least have a coin flip guaranteed for the 8th pick.
 
Beautiful play by Philwaukee tonight! If the hapless Warriors can win one more, that pick is ours.
 
Hearsky said:
Dude, buy a paper. The Cavs game didn't mean anything. In fact, a Cavs win would have been a much better outcome.
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If the Cavs won then all they needed to do was win 1 of their 2 remaining games to match the Warriors record if they lost. Meaning that 3 teams would be tied for the 6th spot instead of two for the 7th. It meant a lot. You buy a paper.
 
50/50 chance as of right now....minus the lottery draw which likely puts a few percentages points on our side.
 
Hearsky said:
Dude, buy a paper. The Cavs game didn't mean anything. In fact, a Cavs win would have been a much better outcome.
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The Cavs have two more games, one against the Wizards that they are expected to win. If the Cavs won tonight, they could have tied Golden State and pulled them into a coin flip for the 6th/7th spot. With the loss today, the Cavs can't catch the Warriors. That matters.
 
This will all seem so trivial when the lottery gods align against and GS gets a top three pick.
 
Catchall said:
The Cavs have two more games, one against the Wizards that they are expected to win. If the Cavs won tonight, they could have tied Golden State and pulled them into a coin flip for the 6th/7th spot. With the loss today, the Cavs can't catch the Warriors. That matters.
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^^^^ This and I will be taking that apology whether Hearsky is willing to give it to me or not.
 
Speaking of 66 games, does anybody else like the idea of this over 82 game season? I'm a basketball junkie, but games just appear more meaningful this year.
 
If the warriors win one more (probably not going to happen), they could possibly tie with Detroit still. That would be better for my ticker!
 
JJAS said:
If the warriors win one more (probably not going to happen), they could possibly tie with Detroit still. That would be better for my ticker!
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I just discussed that in the other thread. It would be nice if that were to happen just for the fact that both teams would split up the lotto balls. Which in turn would limit the Warriors chances even more of jumping into the top 3.
 
Spurs locked up the top seed in the west tonight, which makes it pretty likely they'll rest the old three against the Ws in the last game. They're tied with the Bulls for best record overall, but in the past when they needed the last game to secure HC throughout, they've rested their guys anyway. I'm guessing Pop will stick with that, hopefully.
 
We need the Bulls to be motivated to beat the Cavs the last game of the season. Hence it would be nice if the Pacers can beat the Bulls, pulling the Heat to within a game of the Bulls if the Heat beat Boston. Oh the subplots never end.
 
freakazoid said:
Spurs locked up the top seed in the west tonight, which makes it pretty likely they'll rest the old three against the Ws in the last game. They're tied with the Bulls for best record overall, but in the past when they needed the last game to secure HC throughout, they've rested their guys anyway. I'm guessing Pop will stick with that, hopefully.
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That would be great as long as he doesn't rest them against Phoenix if we lose tomorrow. But if we win tomorrow (when we win tomorrow), it would be sweet if they rested most of their players--and I mean most of them, at least ten of them. Pops could take the Bobcats to the Playoffs. He is such a great coach and the Spurs look so damn good right now.
 
freakazoid said:
Spurs locked up the top seed in the west tonight, which makes it pretty likely they'll rest the old three against the Ws in the last game. They're tied with the Bulls for best record overall, but in the past when they needed the last game to secure HC throughout, they've rested their guys anyway. I'm guessing Pop will stick with that, hopefully.
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Yep, that's a good scenario. They'll rest their main guys and the W's might be forced to win that game.

On the other hand, Sacramento now plays 2 teams with nothing to play for. The Kings could tie GS with wins over OKC and the Lakers (if GS loses both of their games). You normally wouldn't give them a chance of winning either game, but OKC and LA have nothing to gain and may choose to rest their key players.
 
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