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Runway8
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| Crowd not into it. If AD ain't coming back, we getting run off the court in the 3rd. |
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Inspector Gadget
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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What happens if the Rockets jump into the play in and we end up 11th?   |
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Runway8
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| AD gonna need surgery on that eye and miss the rest of the season. It's gotta be serious for him to not get back in. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| eye contusions are usually day to day |
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Bron2AD
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Runway8 wrote: | | AD gonna need surgery on that eye and miss the rest of the season. It's gotta be serious for him to not get back in. |
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Laker_Jocker
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“Whoever came up with that s--- needs to be fired," James said.“
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lakersfan32
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| uh oh, rockets only 3.5 back now |
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| This team sucks |
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PLAYOFFS
- Denver Nuggets (47-20) ** 5 GAME WIN STREAK **
- Oklahoma City Thunder (47-20)
- Minnesota Timberwolves (46-21)
- Los Angeles Clippers (42-24)
- New Orleans Pelicans (41-26)
- Phoenix Suns (39-28)
PLAY-IN
- Sacramento Kings (38-28)
- Dallas Mavericks (38-29)
- Golden State Warriors (35-31)
- Los Angeles Lakers (36-32) << WE ARE HERE >>
LOTTERY
- Houston Rockets (32-35) ** 5 GAME WIN STREAK **
- Utah Jazz (29-38)
- Memphis Grizzlies (23-45)
- Portland Trailblazers (19-48)
- San Antonio Spurs (14-53)
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Hanging from Rafters
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Phoenix projects to go 6-5 with 11 games left, losing every other game against tough opponents assuming they beat SA tonight. The Lakers are projected to finish 7-4 over the final 11 games splitting against tough opponents and winning all their games against inferior opponents.
The projection isn’t enough to get the 8th rank as Dallas/Sac have easier schedules. Even tho the Kings have a tougher route it’s not as brutal as the Suns so it’s more logical to consider how the Lakers can pass the Suns for a top half of play-in bracket. The Mavs schedule is soft so they likely won’t figure in to the Lakers moving up.
The Lakers need to win an extra game projected while the Suns need to lose an extra game project to account for the 3 games needed to make up to get 8th for the Lakers. It’s gonna be close. I don’t think it matters either way tho since the Lakers didn’t upgrade the back up C position to improve rebounding and defense when AD is out. As a long time Laker fan I’m really not interested in just doing well in the playoffs when I can’t envision a path to the championship which I can’t atm.
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We beat rockets then we beat the clippers then we face the number #1 seed, nothing to it, bring on the play in
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BandwagonLBJhopper
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| Hanging from Rafters wrote: |
Phoenix projects to go 6-5 with 11 games left, losing every other game against tough opponents assuming they beat SA tonight. The Lakers are projected to finish 7-4 over the final 11 games splitting against tough opponents and winning all their games against inferior opponents.
The projection isn’t enough to get the 8th rank as Dallas/Sac have easier schedules. Even tho the Kings have a tougher route it’s not as brutal as the Suns so it’s more logical to consider how the Lakers can pass the Suns for a top half of play-in bracket. The Mavs schedule is soft so they likely won’t figure in to the Lakers moving up.
The Lakers need to win an extra game projected while the Suns need to lose an extra game project to account for the 3 games needed to make up to get 8th for the Lakers. It’s gonna be close. I don’t think it matters either way tho since the Lakers didn’t upgrade the back up C position to improve rebounding and defense when AD is out. As a long time Laker fan I’m really not interested in just doing well in the playoffs when I can’t envision a path to the championship which I can’t atm. |
It's possible, the Nuggets are invincible with Murray going Jordan on us but he is also injury prone. You never want to rely on that, but part of playoff success is luck and the matchups could fall your way. |
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Hanging from Rafters
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W or L - win or loss was as predicted
W - unpredicted win
L - unpredicted loss
Pho_____LAL
SA L……....Mil L
Den L….…..Mem W
OKC L……..Ind L
NOP W..…..BKN W
Cle L.……….Tor W
Min L………..Was W
NOP L……….Cle L
LAC W……….Min L
LAC L…………GSW W
Sac W….……Mem W
Min L………..NOP W
Final Prediction:
Pho_____LAL
4-7……………7-4 (On pace; On pace to finish better; On pace to finish worse)
8th LAL 46-26
9th Pho 46-26 (-1)
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Looking at the standings. This play-in is gonna be tough. We just gotta win out and hope we grab the 8th seed. That way we have 2 shots to make the playoffs.
If we stay at 9th.
And if the Suns are a 7th/8th seed. I'm not sure who I want in the other 7th/8th spot.
Normally I would say I'd prefer the Kings over Mavericks. But the Kings have had our number.
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Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed.
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| kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Would be entertaining to have a Lakers-Suns play in. |
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markjay
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| governator wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now? |
Yep |
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lakeshowtacular
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| governator wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now? |
Yes I believe that's how it works. If we could get the 7th seed and OKC is 2, that could be the favorable matchup that puts us into round 2. If Towns is not 100%, I could see us getting to the WCF...now if we could get a Clippers upset of the champs, we would essentially have HCA for the WCF. That's is our only road thru the playoffs, I am thinking. Denver looks pretty formidable and Buck Foston!
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Hanging from Rafters
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| lakeshowtacular wrote: | | governator wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now? |
Yes I believe that's how it works. If we could get the 7th seed and OKC is 2, that could be the favorable matchup that puts us into round 2. If Towns is not 100%, I could see us getting to the WCF...now if we could get a Clippers upset of the champs, we would essentially have HCA for the WCF. That's is our only road thru the playoffs, I am thinking. Denver looks pretty formidable and Buck Foston! |
The winner of the 7th/8th play in game gets the 7th seed. That game will most likely be the Lakers at 8th vs Dal/LAC/Sac at 7th. Hope Sac gets 5th tho with Clips at 6th.
Preferred Path:
Beat Dal in 1st play-in for 7th seed
Beat OKC in 1st rd 7vs2 series
Beat Clips in 2nd rd with 6Clips upset of 3Min
Beat NOP in WCF with 4NOP (beat Sac 1st rd 4vs5), upset of 1Den
Beat Ind for Ship in rematch of IST champ game lol!
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Hanging from Rafters
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W or L - win or loss was as predicted
W - unpredicted win
L - unpredicted loss
Pho_____LAL
SA L……....Mil W
Den L….…..Mem W
OKC L……..Ind L
NOP W..…..BKN W
Cle L.……….Tor W
Min L………..Was W
NOP L……….Cle L
LAC W……….Min L
LAC L…………GSW W
Sac W….……Mem W
Min L………..NOP W
Final Prediction for last 11 games:
Pho_____LAL
4-7……………7-4 (On pace; On pace to finish better; On pace to finish worse)
8th LAL 46-26 (+1)
9th Pho 46-26 (-1)
The Lakers are +2 games ahead of the projected pace needed to finish ahead of Phoenix for 8th in the standings.
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BandwagonLBJhopper
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| lakeshowtacular wrote: | | governator wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now? |
Yes I believe that's how it works. If we could get the 7th seed and OKC is 2, that could be the favorable matchup that puts us into round 2. If Towns is not 100%, I could see us getting to the WCF...now if we could get a Clippers upset of the champs, we would essentially have HCA for the WCF. That's is our only road thru the playoffs, I am thinking. Denver looks pretty formidable and Buck Foston! |
This would be amazing! |
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| Hanging from Rafters wrote: | | lakeshowtacular wrote: | | governator wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Say we do get through the play in. And get slotted as an 8th seed. That's not ideal either. I won't be surprised if Denver goes in a #1 seed. |
What if we ends up at the 8th seed but beat the 7th seed in the first rd of playin, are we in 7th now? |
Yes I believe that's how it works. If we could get the 7th seed and OKC is 2, that could be the favorable matchup that puts us into round 2. If Towns is not 100%, I could see us getting to the WCF...now if we could get a Clippers upset of the champs, we would essentially have HCA for the WCF. That's is our only road thru the playoffs, I am thinking. Denver looks pretty formidable and Buck Foston! |
The winner of the 7th/8th play in game gets the 7th seed. That game will most likely be the Lakers at 8th vs Dal/LAC/Sac at 7th. Hope Sac gets 5th tho with Clips at 6th.
Preferred Path:
Beat Dal in 1st play-in for 7th seed
Beat OKC in 1st rd 7vs2 series
Beat Clips in 2nd rd with 6Clips upset of 3Min
Beat NOP in WCF with 4NOP (beat Sac 1st rd 4vs5), upset of 1Den
Beat Ind for Ship in rematch of IST champ game lol! |
That would be wild if it turned out that way. I think almost all of the possible scenarios are very favorable for the Lakers. The only two teams the Lakers don’t match up well against are the Nuggets and Kings. The Kings will be out in the first round and there are a few teams that could potentially take out the Nuggets. I still think the Lakers could take them in a series anyway but they’re really the only team standing in their way. |
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Hanging from Rafters
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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W or L = win or loss was as predicted
W = unpredicted win
L = unpredicted loss
Pho_____LAL
SA L……....Mil W
Den W….…..Mem W
OKC L……..Ind L
NOP W..…..BKN W
Cle L.……….Tor W
Min L………..Was W
NOP L……….Cle L
LAC W……….Min L
LAC L…………GSW W
Sac W….……Mem W
Min L………..NOP W
Final Prediction for last 11 games:
Pho_____LAL
4-7……………7-4 (On pace; On pace to finish better; On pace to finish worse)
8th LAL 46-26 (+1)
9th Pho 46-26
The Lakers are +1 game ahead of the projected pace needed to finish ahead of Phoenix for 8th in the standings.
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