Game Thread May 16, 2021 07:00PM MT: Jazz at Kings

[NUMBERICA]

Cool, thanks. May the league step-in to help the Lakers in the 7/8 game.

 

[Gameface]

Cool, thanks. May the league step-in to help the Lakers in the 7/8 game.

If it were only for that game I'd be for it.

 

[fishonjazz]

And neither did the Nuggets!
(Gotta say I feel a little bad for the Suns, they finish with the second best record in the League and will likely lose to the Lakers in the first round- ouch!)

Would be sweet if suns beat the Lakers and Mavs beat the clippers. (Mavs are 5 seed iirc but I'm not sure

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[Release the Kraken]

Is that a given. Everyone is assuming the Lakers beat the Warriors. If the Lakers lose to the Warriors then they play the winner of the 9/10 game. The winner of that game plays the Jazz. So if I am reading this right, The Jazz could play the Lakers in the first round.

Absolutely correct, and definitely cause for concern. I assume every Jazz fan will be watching that play-in game. But it will be played in LA and the Lakers are deeper, bigger etc, etc. There shouldn’t be any funny stuff because that would mean having to play another sudden death play in game.

 

[Release the Kraken]

Would be sweet if suns beat the Lakers and Mavs beat the clippers. (Mavs are 5 seed iirc but I'm not sure

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No doubt, but I wouldn’t bet on it!

 

[Gameface]

Tonight was the first time I've watched a game in real time in years. I'm getting a new TV and if I understand correctly you only get a 4k signal for live or streamed content but DVR recordings are in regular HD. New TV gets here on Thursday so I needed a little warm-up.

 

[MT Steve]

Logically, the Lakers are a nightmare matchup for the Warriors. They have multiple fantastic defenders at the guard position to use to blitz Curry, LeBron/AD should eat their wings alive, and the Warriors will get absolutely crushed on the boards.

That's logically. In reality when it comes to other teams, whatever outcome screws the Jazz over most tends to be what happens.

 

[cowhide]

There is a very good possibility that the Jazz play either the Lakers or Warriors in the first round. Neither of those teams will be an easy out. I am hoping for SA, too funny. Congrats to the Jazz they held it together and finished first. It is too bad DM and Conley were injured because they could have clinched a lot sooner if both had played.

 

[Gameface]

Logically, the Lakers are a nightmare matchup for the Warriors. They have multiple fantastic defenders at the guard position to use to blitz Curry, LeBron/AD should eat their wings alive, and the Warriors will get absolutely crushed on the boards.

That's logically. In reality when it comes to other teams, whatever outcome screws the Jazz over most tends to be what happens.

I'm gonna throw some pennies in a fountain wishing that Curry goes nuclear and scores 82 points.

 

[Avery]

There is a very good possibility that the Jazz play either the Lakers or Warriors in the first round. Neither of those teams will be an easy out. I am hoping for SA, too funny. Congrats to the Jazz they held it together and finished first. It is too bad DM and Conley were injured because they could have clinched a lot sooner if both had played.

My play-in guess:

LAL > GSW for #7 seed
MEM > SAS for #9 seed
GSW > MEM for #8 seed

Yeah, not groundbreaking and most would vote that way. I'd love for the Spurs to win two in a row but that ain't happening.

 

[fishonjazz]

I mean, yay, the Jazz did it! I should be happier but I'm focused on how ugly the second half of the season was and the needless amount of play that our oldest main guys got tonight.

Look at the positive. Niang and bogey got their groove back, Conley got rest and looked amazing in the last two games, Donovan is healthier than he has been all season.
Jazz got hit with the injuries in the second half of the season and still got the #1 seed. It was a pretty much wire to wire league leading season.

We set all kinds of records. 3 all stars (4 if you count coach), DPOTY, 6th man of the year and the runner up for 6th man of the year.

Homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. 31-5 at home. Best home record in the nba.

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[fishonjazz]

So the Clippers tank their last two games so they can get matched up with us in the second round.

Actually I think they were worried the Lakers would finish 6th and they were trying to avoid the Lakers. I don't think it had anything to do with their second round opponent

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[MT Steve]

Actually I think they were worried the Lakers would finish 6th and they were trying to avoid the Lakers. I don't think it had anything to do with their second round opponent

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It 100% had to do with their second round opponent. Clippers/Lakers in Round 1 was already mathematically impossible coming into tonight.

 

[cowhide]

Lakers are going to empty every round in the gun to win, at home, that first game. If they lose, then, hell, bring 'em on. They aren't ready yet. Might as well get them now.

Sure they are going to try to win the game but maybe they like the Jazz in the first round vs the Suns. Not unrealistic to think so. Warriors have been playing much better than earlier in the year. Curry has been amazing. Of course I think the Lakers will win but I wouldn't be shocked if GS either. I think both of those teams will beat the winner of the 9/10 game. So the Jazz most likely will either play the Lakers or the Warriors. Not exactly easy opponents for 1st seed.

 

[MT Steve]

Sure they are going to try to win the game but maybe they like the Jazz in the first round vs the Suns. Not unrealistic to think so. Warriors have been playing much better than earlier in the year. Curry has been amazing. Of course I think the Lakers will win but I wouldn't be shocked if GS either. I think both of those teams will beat the winner of the 9/10 game. So the Jazz most likely will either play the Lakers or the Warriors. Not exactly easy opponents for 1st seed.

It is incredibly unrealistic to think the Lakers would prefer a Jazz/Clippers path to the WCF over a Suns/Murray-less Nuggets path.

 

[fishonjazz]

Kind of hard to feel excited about the 1 seed when, if the Lakers lose on Wednesday, it will be literally the worst seed of the entire playoffs to have.

Lakers-Clippers path to the WCF. This is a broken league.

Lakers haven't got the 1 seed yet. In fact I think most people have the Lakers getting the 7th seed

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[The Thriller]

We don't know that yet.

I don't think the Lakers are as good as people are expecting them to be.

They miss Green, Rondo, and Howard.

 

[fishonjazz]

Is that a given. Everyone is assuming the Lakers beat the Warriors. If the Lakers lose to the Warriors then they play the winner of the 9/10 game. The winner of that game plays the Jazz. So if I am reading this right, The Jazz could play the Lakers in the first round.

Or the warriors or the grizzlies or the spurs

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[Release the Kraken]

We did it in 98. Jazz had home court advantage throughout the playoffs but lost in 6 to the Bulls. Back then it was the 2-3-2 format. Which is why “the shot” was on the delta center floor.

Yeah but we actually had identical season records with the Bulls that year. This is one better!

 

[fishonjazz]

So I still don't know how the tournament works. Is the 7th seed basically whoever wins out of the 7/8 (GSW/Lakers) game? Then 8 is determined by the winner between the loser of 7/8 and the winner of 9/10?

Yes

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