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yeah I've seen those teams xp a lot because here in Europe they're the ones whose games are starting before 12:30am. they're been fun! the us east & west coast teams get the later starting times so I haven't seen them as much. also we've seen lots of jazz games, less fun than those four.

You just watched Bol bol play the last 14 minutes of a close game
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, August 11, 2020 12:21 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)

the lakers played their full roster and could barely win. it was compelling TV!

matt advocating both for more games and no games in order to address the problem of there being a few games per night for one week where one team isn't trying its hardest

if they had just skipped straight to the playoffs teams would've treated round 1 w/ kid gloves. there's no way of getting around the fact that the whole league is far more cautious about player health than ever.

w/ no regular season ramp up giannis would've come down with his "toothache" about midway thru game 3 vs orlando

w/ no regular season ramp up giannis would've come down with his "toothache" about midway thru game 3 vs orlando

bucks def would have rested or severely cut giannis minutes up 3-0 on the under .500 magic... they still might do it!

the heatles rested guys in the first round vs the bucks one year

going straight to the playoffs was a nonstarter anyway for myriad financial reasons... they more or less picked the perfect amount of games. maybe could've trimmed it by one but who really cares.

best wldve been just to finish out the regular season imo but barring that it seems like teams have at least had the opportunity to shake osome rust off which at this point is prob the most important thing

how does the timing for the west coast play-in 8/9 seed work? everybody else takes a week off?
my understanding is that it's a two game playoff where the 8 seed only needs to win once but the 9 needs to win both games?

so if the blazers win their next 8 games in a row, they knock out the lakers. i like it.

how does the timing for the west coast play-in 8/9 seed work? everybody else takes a week off?
my understanding is that it's a two game playoff where the 8 seed only needs to win once but the 9 needs to win both games?

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 10:28 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is my understanding

the heatles rested guys in the first round vs the bucks one year

wade had janky knee

how does the timing for the west coast play-in 8/9 seed work? everybody else takes a week off?
my understanding is that it's a two game playoff where the 8 seed only needs to win once but the 9 needs to win both games?

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:28 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)

8-9 game is saturday, if the 9 wins they play again on sunday. real playoffs start on monday.

hopefully some teams playing back ups in the fourth quarter over the next few days doesn't kill matt before then

so the 9 has to take 2 of 2 games off the 8 to steal the spot? i never actually looked up how they were doing that

weird but i guess it works fine

so we get playoff ball starting Friday? could be worse.

the phoenix suns will win the nba bubble

best wldve been just to finish out the regular season imo but barring that it seems like teams have at least had the opportunity to shake osome rust off which at this point is prob the most important thing

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:27 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's funny, i was listening to steve kerr on simmons pod and he was saying that at first the warriors were happy to not be going but now he and draymond are a little jealous of all the teams that are getting some games in.

yeah theres just one little thing the league forgot: ballers ball

ball is life after all

it stands to reason

lol nice

The NBA is going to have an NBA All-Seeding Games Team and a Player of the Seeding Games, the league just announced

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) August 11, 2020

good idea!

Great idea, but in need of a hook that sounds less like a Hunger Games knockoff porno.

lol

Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Josh Richardson, Tobias Harris, and Al Horford are all out for the 76ers today

— Tony East (@TEastNBA) August 11, 2020

cute

I’m not crying... you are

We surprised the team with starting lineups announced by their families at home 💜🧡 pic.twitter.com/xjtwYS7RN1

— 6-0 (@Suns) August 11, 2020

aww that's nice. the phoenix suns are....becoming likable.

that’s adorable also lol @ them cutting monty’s kids off, really cold

this is sweet: https://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/19/devin-booker-nba-draft-lottery-phoenix-suns-jenna-warren

tatum is hitting absolutely everything

"Stache Gordon"?

bubble ball mvp just did this

Bad man pic.twitter.com/hqcVn9vAnM

— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) August 11, 2020

lol I can't tell what teams are playing in that clip!

that is the suns and sixers viewed through one of those things that you drop a coin into to see the statue of liberty

this f'n shot

Jayson Tatum, too smooth pic.twitter.com/TowMIKv81x

— Tucker Boynton (@Tucker_TnL) August 11, 2020

BOOKER FROM DEEP. pic.twitter.com/UyK9Edlaf6

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 10, 2020

Crazy how people can just pull up a jumper like it an 18 footer from that far out.

really hope the reffing steps up in the offs bc it is still let's say not great

It seems to me like porzingis hits way more of his postup jumpers now, is that true?

Always seemed like an inevitability, they’re basically free throws half the time

Honestly growing concerned about the officiating

Like that is an awful call lol

Terrible result for the lakers

prob teams should not make fun of dame he does not seem to like it

in fact my new conspiracy theory is the clippers dudes made fun of dame so he would go insane and take down the lakers

well i will need to watch dame's possessions from this game soon, holy hell