Worst gift in the pile: 2023 NBA Play-Ins

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cant believe the heat ruined the only good lowry game theyve gotten from him in 2 years

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 06:13 (one year ago) link

fell alseep but it doesnt sound like that second game was of the highest quality basketball

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:16 (one year ago) link

rough night for the lad

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link

You know I said I thought the hawks had the best center duo in the league for a reason

― Heez, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 10:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

youve upset them

https://i.imgur.com/trUwooS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vHnSuPn.png

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link

watching highlights wow fouling on the 3 with .1 left incredible

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:47 (one year ago) link

it looked like if he had tried davis couldve avoided the foul instead he turned around to watch the shot and just wiped conley out

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link

brow ultimately is just not a true baller

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:51 (one year ago) link

yea it was pretty stunning given the situation, no time to set up a decent shot all you have to do is not foul. not only did he foul it was one of those fouls that didn't even really affect the shot. props to Conley for making all 3 in that scenario, mentally I think a lot of players would've been shook as hell in that situation. too bad the Wolves didn't win in OT, would've been a hilarious way for the Lakers to lose

frogbs, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link

lol yeah too bad

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link

lakers grizz is an interesting match up youd think the grizz young legs will win out but if not could be close lakers are actually kind of good since the deadline deals, lakers despite being old actually play a fast pace prob to overcoming their shooting deficiency get those easy transition baskets, grizz also play fast and have bad halfcourt offense when theyre not getting offensive rebound and their main offensive rebounder is out, will be interesting to see what happens when transition opportunities dry up like they usually do in the offs could get ugly

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 14:07 (one year ago) link

was thinking last night it would make sense imo for the final play-in games to happen the day after the 9/10 games to make the lower seed play a back to back

k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 15:31 (one year ago) link

fell alseep but it doesnt sound like that second game was of the highest quality basketball

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 9:16 AM (two hours ago)

both games were... far from the best the NBA has to offer. the lakers game was at least dramatic in its own way even tho the t wolves didn't make a field goal for a full 8 mins between the 4th Q and OT

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link

both those games really did remind me of NCAA tournament games. heat-hawks was a raggedy up and down game w/ tons of bad passes, botched fast breaks, guys running into each other etc. in wolves/lakers nobody could score in crunch time, the lakers turned it over inbounding *and* committed a three shot foul in the last like 10 seconds of the game, TNT threw up a "wolves have not scored in 5 mins" graphic which you see in every march madness game but never in the NBA. idk if this is good or bad... i think the play in games are generally stupid and fun

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link

btw i just looked it up... KAT re-entered the game with 7:35 in the fourth quarter and 5 fouls. from that point forward including OT he went 0-2 from the field w/ 1 rebound

it's a very KAT-ish turn of events for KAT to be so good for three quarters in a playoff game that he sets himself up for miserable failure in the fourth quarter

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:10 (one year ago) link

xp we basically get six game 7s before the playoffs even start

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link

heat-hawks was a raggedy up and down game w/ tons of bad passes, botched fast breaks, guys running into each other etc. in wolves/lakers nobody could score in crunch time, the lakers turned it over inbounding *and* committed a three shot foul in the last like 10 seconds of the game

hence the thread title

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link

xp we basically get six game 7s before the playoffs even start

― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:12 PM (eighteen minutes ago)

calling those games 7s is an insult to game 7s...

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link

to be fair though a lot of game 7s are pretty ugly

frogbs, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link

yup

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link

dollar store game 7s if you will

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link

i get that game 7s are often ugly but there's a tension inherent in a game 7 that can't be replicated in a one game winner take all scenario. that's why i mention the ncaa tournament... you realize that you're not really watching either good or very meaningful basketball, but the concocted stakes of a one game winner take all scenario carry the day despite all the warts. but these are no game 7s let's be real

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link

you're otm

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link

the West was pretty ideal for this, every team in it was basically the same record and no one team really "deserved it", a scenario in which the 7th seed in another season was like 5 games clear of the next seed and didn't advance would be a bummer

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 April 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link

feel like watching the playin might make me more likely to tune into some hopeless 1-8 matchup because i already watched the 8th seed advance im already in "a playoff mindset"

lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link

the lakers would've been an interesting test case as a team w/ high end talent that was underperforming but changed their roster at the deadline & started playing a lot better. but they got the 7 and won the first game so nothing changed. but if they had been the 8 and won, or had lost last night and slipped to 8, we might feel differently. unless they went into the playoffs and lost 4-1, then we would go back to feeling the same way. so idk

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link

"I can pretty much do everything. It's just a matter of the level that I was playing at before my hamstring. I don't want to go out there and be in my own head and affect the team when I can just be on the sideline supporting them more."

— Zion Williamsonpic.twitter.com/m6vUT46MeX

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 11, 2023

Spottie, Wednesday, 12 April 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link

lmao

k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 22:47 (one year ago) link

reminds me of derrick rose

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 April 2023 23:52 (one year ago) link

oh, zion. time to stop talking buddy

call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 00:34 (one year ago) link

DeMar's daughter is screaming whenever the Raptors take free throws 😂 pic.twitter.com/HxmMz3BYgq

— ESPN (@espn) April 13, 2023

cmon lol

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:10 (one year ago) link

that was an amazing reveal

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:12 (one year ago) link

Raptors have missed 13 free throws tonight, the most they've missed in any game this season.

— Keerthika Uthayakumar (@keerthikau) April 13, 2023

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link

nurse hasnt played his bench at all and now the raptors are collapsing in the second half

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link

so if the Bulls win it's 100% because of DeMar's daughter

frogbs, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link

lol theyre doing a live split screen with her now

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link

lol i heard that noise when i wasn't looking at the tv and was wondering what was going on

call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:25 (one year ago) link

lol entire toronto crowd silent during raps fts except one girl doing the most annoying scream its funny

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:28 (one year ago) link

damn you can’t even really ban a little kid like that it just wouldn’t feel right

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link

pic.twitter.com/hvUnlQp5oy

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) April 13, 2023

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:29 (one year ago) link

levine is balling

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:30 (one year ago) link

28 in the second half. he’s had a really nice season actually

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:30 (one year ago) link

i'm turning this on just bc i want to hear the girl scream

Clay, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link

haha yessss

Clay, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link

ref just said pat bev on tv

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link

every team must have a screaming girl now bal don't lie

Clay, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link

lol derozans kid just turned to her mom and said “one more” and the mom nodded this is a conspiracy

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link

its too funny

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:40 (one year ago) link

wau siakam

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link

haa derozen jr just wrecked siakim

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:48 (one year ago) link

justice was served on that three-shot foul

call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:49 (one year ago) link


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