Worst gift in the pile: 2023 NBA Play-Ins

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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

well i never thought i'd see it happen but a 10th place team has advanced to the second play-in to compete for the 8th seed

Clay, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link

miracles still happen

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:52 (one year ago) link

will not miss this dumb edition of the raptors

call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link

pulling hard for the thunder. they’re so fun to watch and I also love the matchup for denver

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link

proves that bad vibes are bad for a team

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:55 (one year ago) link

you gotta root for any team that starts two guys with the same name who also look the same

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link

love the "zion williamson out for 46th game" infographic

Clay, Thursday, 13 April 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link

i'm just happy he's supporting his team from the bench which is the most useful thing he could be doing rn

call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:02 (one year ago) link

if he were playing hed be all thinking about stuff

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=gilgesh01&p1yrfrom=2023&player_id2=wadedw01&p2yrfrom=2006

feel like wade is my favorite SGA comp, a wade updated for the hoisting era

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:06 (one year ago) link

wade was definitely one of the coolest players ever we need more wades out there

k3vin k., Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:06 (one year ago) link

relentless driving is def one of the best ways to play

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:09 (one year ago) link

Diar DeRozan deserved her own highlight reel tonight 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nUMNKrGtVQ

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2023

lag∞n, Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link


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