2022/23 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "TANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

what is he even talking about there

it sucks when the game changes in terms of the game

and things of that nature

is he saying that their defense was based on being able to commit take fouls

lakers have lost ten in a row to the clips?

The Lakers say Anthony Davis (right foot stress injury), LeBron James (right foot soreness) and D’Angelo Russell (left foot soreness) have all been upgraded to available to play tonight as they seek to halt a 10-game losing streak to the Clippers.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 6, 2023

really hope pulling Middleton was a cautionary move, Bucks can't afford to lose him

as long its not serious shdnt be a big deal 2nd round doesnt start for like a month

boo

The Hawks' Streak Of Mediocrity is over.

33 straight games after which they were within 1 game of .500.

It comes to an end w/ their win over the Wiz tonight, improving them to a disgustingly lopsided 41-39.

Long live the streak. pic.twitter.com/QHHIjrkP1Z

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 6, 2023

boo, hope they lose their last two at least

Curse broken. ECF here we come

Grizz were down 6 with 11 seconds on the clock and no timeouts and managed to tie it

INSANE ending to this grizz/pels game. grizz blow a 5 point lead going into the 4th quarter. grizz inbounding down 5 with 13 seconds left and get a 5 second violation. grizz foul, trey murphy misses the second FT and grizz run up the floor down 6, brooks hits a corner 3 and-1, INTENTIONALLY MISSES the free throw and gets called for a lane violation???? pels then get called for an offensive foul on their next inbound, giving the grizz the ball down 3 with 4 seconds left. pels intentionally foul, bane makes the first, misses the second on purpose, JJJ gets the offensive rebound and gets fouled with half a second left, though the replay shows the foul was probably on JJJ. pels have a timeout left, don’t challenge, JJJ hits both free throws and we’re going to overtime

hugely important game too, grizz can’t get the 1 seed with a loss, pels clinch at least the play-in with a win

pels then open OT with a 12-0 run lmao let’s go, nuggets clinch the 1 seed baby, never in doubt

lakers give up 71 in a half to the clippers, that's a lot of points

need to bench lebron

didn’t realize the season was about to end, congrats to all involved I believe in you

we left it all on the court

hi5s

the offs are upon us

lakers give up 71 in a half to the clippers, that's a lot of points

they looked completely uninterested haha

lebron called it a schedule loss lol

the heat are throwing 3-4 guys at embiid tonight and just letting anybody else do whatever they want. PJ tucker especially

butler also was clearly messing with embiid at the end of the half. he fronted him super hard in the post for a full 20 seconds denying him the ball the whole possession and then the next time down got right up in his chest and forced him into throwing the ball out of bounds

the nuggets backups are the suns kryptonite

gotta say when the suns are hitting their jumpers it is pretty tough to imagine a way to stop them

there can’t be a single defense in the league that is built to prioritize stopping mid range shots

this nuggets team has taken years off my life, ILH. past two months, any day could be a day like 2 days ago when they come out full strength but completely mentally checked out and lose to the rockets, or a game like tonight where their 5 best players are sitting and they come out with insane energy and take it to arguably the best team in the west. it’s killing me

didn’t realize the season was about to end, congrats to all involved I believe in you

― Clay, Thursday, April 6, 2023 4:34 PM (seven hours ago)

honest to god said i was gonna stop using ilxor (and twitter) before this season started. can't resist ilh and hoops. would love to stop twitter tho

by the way it is so wild that the nuggets traded for thomas bryant, who was leading the league in true shooting at the time, and now he can’t even get run in a game like this. doesn’t exactly cover malone in glory

heez don’t leave! we’ll be nicer to trae

speaking of leaving ILH, thinking of matt armstrong as zeke nnaji and bismack biyombo square off on national TV

CP on fire

maybe Reggie Jackson should try covering him

lol the only way i'll leave is if the hawks keep sucking. trae need to know i could turn on him

after nearly a full season of nba games, a clear champion has not yet emerged! i propose a playoff tournament to determine the best team in the nba once and for all!

— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) April 7, 2023

i have been saying this

Decisions have been made

Kyrie Irving (right foot injury recovery), Josh Green (rest), Tim Hardaway Jr. (left ankle soreness), Maxi Kleber (right hamstring injury recovery) and Christian Wood (rest) will all miss tonight’s game against the Bulls.

— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) April 7, 2023

the bulls are locked into the 10 and have nothing to play for so maybe the thinking is that they're gonna run out a g league squad so the mavs can win the game just rolling luka out there? bcuz otherwise i don't really understand, seeing as the mavs just beat the kings a few days ago. feels like they picked their direction

the (rest) ones are a bit puzzling in a must-win game…

It's a home game. The Dallas fans want to see Luka play and it sounds like they'll oblige them. And is there really that much difference between a 10 seed and barely-a-lotttery pick?

for the mavs this season there is, yes. majorly so

haha yes its a major difference

trading draft picks for Kyrie and then tanking anyway, amazing stuff

https://i.imgur.com/tJaaf09.png

The Pelicans have ruled out Zion Williamson for the Play-In Tournament and his status is in doubt for start of potential playoff berth as well. https://t.co/IKmYMPT5qq

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 7, 2023

two weeks away from being two weeks away

recent footage ive seen of him shows him completely out of shape again too

whatever his injury timeline it is you gotta take the high end of and then multiply it by at least 2 cos he has to get back in shape every time.