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Jazz 2017/18 Playoff Bus! All Aboard!

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Since LAC (41-36) can only get to 46 wins, and DEN (42-35) and MIN (44-34) can't both win 47 games since they play each other twice, any team that wins at least 47 games is assured a playoff spot.

However, no team yet to clinch really has an "easy" path to 47 ("easy" games against teams with reason to tank in bold):

4. SA (45-32): @LAC, @LAL, POR, SAC, @NO

5. OKC (45-33): GS, @HOU, @MIA, MEM

6. UTA (44-33): LAL, LAC, @LAL, GS, @POR

7. MIN (44-34): @DEN, LAL, MEM, DEN

8. NO (43-34): MEM, @PHO, @GS, @LAC, SA

9. DEN (42-35): IND, MIN, @LAC, POR, @MIN

10. LAC (41-36): SA, @UTA, DEN, NO, LAL
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RJF said:
Hey man, are you alright? You seem a little more douchey than normal. I’m being totally serious.
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Lolz. I mean, my third is imminent. Maybe that's it. And I'm basically a single parent for the other two five days a week. And my job sucks. But that's not it. Goddamit, we can not overlook anyone. We're not the Rockets and can't think we are. That's all.

On another note, have you gotten laid?
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Lolz. I mean, my third is imminent. Maybe that's it. And I'm basically a single parent for the other two five days a week. And my job sucks. But that's not it. Goddamit, we can not overlook anyone. We're not the Rockets and can't think we are. That's all.

On another note, have you gotten laid?
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Congrats on the third. Sorry your job sucks. And what does my sex life have to do with you being a bigger **** than usual?
 
RJF said:
Congrats on the third. Sorry your job sucks. And what does my sex life have to do with you being a bigger **** than usual?
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Don't hold out, bro. I remember a decade ago hearing you were a virgin. Just curious if that's changed.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Alright, lighten up. I'm just in douche mode I guess, according to RJF. No one here should ever take anything I say seriously. Certainly not you. Snowflake.
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I've been in douche mode for a while now as well. Maybe there's something in the water.
 
Edit: Scratch that. I intended to send the message last night but I see now that Zyzz posted it already.

Not sure I've seen this anywhere, so here's the remaining schedule for every team fighting for playoff position in the West:

4. Spurs (45-32): @LAC, @LAL, vs POR, vs SAC, @NO
5. Thunder (45-33, .5 behind SA): vs GS, @HOU, @MIA, vs MEM
6. Jazz (44-33, 1 behind SA): vs LAL, vs LAC, @LAL, vs GS, @POR
7. T'Wolves (44-34, 1.5 behind SA): @DEN, @LAL, vs MEM, vs DEN
8. Pelicans (43-34, 2 behind SA): vs MEM, @PHO, @GS, @LAC, vs SA
9. Nuggets (42-35, 3 behind SA): vs IND, vs MIN, @LAC, vs POR, @MIN
10. Clippers (41-36, 4 behind SA): vs SA, @UTA, vs DEN, vs NO, vs LAL

Winning 3 out of 5 seals the deal regardless of what happens with the rest of the teams, but in order to avoid HOU and GS the Jazz may even need to win 4 games, since the Wolves own the tiebreaker and their schedule is not that hard. A lot will depend on those two DEN-MIN games though.
 
yamers said:
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That was the play I mentioned in the gamethread. Best defense I ever saw from Rudy. And the video should have started a few seconds earlier.
 
Sugarless said:
Edit: Scratch that. I intended to send the message last night but I see now that Zyzz posted it already.

Not sure I've seen this anywhere, so here's the remaining schedule for every team fighting for playoff position in the West:

4. Spurs (45-32): @LAC, @LAL, vs POR, vs SAC, @NO
5. Thunder (45-33, .5 behind SA): vs GS, @HOU, @MIA, vs MEM
6. Jazz (44-33, 1 behind SA): vs LAL, vs LAC, @LAL, vs GS, @POR
7. T'Wolves (44-34, 1.5 behind SA): @DEN, @LAL, vs MEM, vs DEN
8. Pelicans (43-34, 2 behind SA): vs MEM, @PHO, @GS, @LAC, vs SA
9. Nuggets (42-35, 3 behind SA): vs IND, vs MIN, @LAC, vs POR, @MIN
10. Clippers (41-36, 4 behind SA): vs SA, @UTA, vs DEN, vs NO, vs LAL

Winning 3 out of 5 seals the deal regardless of what happens with the rest of the teams, but in order to avoid HOU and GS the Jazz may even need to win 4 games, since the Wolves own the tiebreaker and their schedule is not that hard. A lot will depend on those two DEN-MIN games though.
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Looking at that I’m hoping things just stay the way they are. Give me Portland in round 1.
 
Really need to root for Denver tonight - at least one of their two games against Minnesota has to mean something to them. Luckily the first game is at the Pepsi Center.

I'm torn as to whether or not to root for LAC tonight - a loss would all but knock them out of the playoffs and Thursday's game would be meaningless to them.

But the 4 seed would be sweet too.
 
Jazz play Lakers twice. Lakers have no reason to win and every reason to lose. They can't move up from the 10th pick but they can lose to fend off Charlotte outlosing them.

Their pick is protected 1 and 6-30. It's not possible for them to fall to 2-5.
 
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