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yamers said:
so, how do we beat the thunder? Hope westbrook bricks everything?

it's like the worst matchup for us.
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Where are the bad matchups? Maybe Favors vs. Anthony? Crowder will shut him down when he's in there. Their worst player. Maybe PG vs Ingles, I'm not worried. Ingles will outsmart him. As far as Westbrook goes, just have Mitchell gaurd him or at least take some time with him
infection said:
Facts about Thunder:

1. We beat them in the first game. Westbrook was pretty much non-existent.

2. Second game we lost by 6 with Gobert fresh off a return.

3. We got blown out in the third game without Gobert.

4. We have not played them since December.

5. They locked Donovan down with Roberson.

6. We have never faced them since the defensive emergence of Royce.

7. We have had JJ and Hood when we played them.

8. They have not faced us with Crowder.

9. They have never game-planned for the new-look Jazz.

10. Carmelo sucks.
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Exactly my thoughts. The Thunder hasn't played this team
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Where are the bad matchups? Maybe Favors vs. Anthony? Crowder will shut him down when he's in there. Their worst player. Maybe PG vs Ingles, I'm not worried. Ingles will outsmart him. As far as Westbrook goes, just have Mitchell gaurd him or at least take some time with him

Exactly my thoughts. The Thunder hasn't played this team
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Can't wait to see Anthony try to defend Favors.
 
Avery said:
Part of not wanting to play OKC is much is I can pretty much guarantee that PG/Russ will get the superstar treatment. I worry that they'll force our guards into early fouls and we won't receive the same fairness.
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Yeah, I could see that making for very frustrating games where the Jazz fall behind early and never get into a rhythm.
 
I don't know if I am more upset about the possibility of watching Westbrook drop 40 on the Jazz 5 games in a row, or the missed opportunity of watching OKC vs Warriors in the first round.
 
Spinoza said:
I saw that one, but I think the tiebreaker for playoff seeding would be determined by the records of the 4 teams against each other as a whole, with Utah coming out on top above OKC, Portland, and Spurs.
What's messed up is Utah would be the 3 seed, OKC would be the 6 seed, but OKC would have home court because home court advantage is determined by head-to-head record, not by playoff seeding.
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Is this true? In your scenario it seems like Utah would have the 3 and OKC would have the 4, so they wouldn't even play each other. But if they did play each other home court is determined by head to head record, not seeding? It would be possible for an 8 seed to have home court over a 1 seed? Or is this home court thing something that only kicks in in the event of a tie?
 
It's basically OKC or Porty and GS on the road. I get why people are scared of OKC.... but they play a traditional big, so Rudy is going to stay on the court. Westbrook will get 40, but PG pooped his pants last post season (kind of). They don't have the shooting that GS and Porty do.

Honestly... I'd rather see Westbrook than Dame and CJ. PG on Donovan is tough but I also think Quin is a much better coach than Billy. Plus Carmelo sucks... set picks with his guy to get separation for Donovan.

Also Ingles and Adams definitely fight. There are no easy matchups that are truly possible. I'm fine with OKC.
 
Memphis could make the playoffs very, very interesting if they can somehow upset OKC.

If that happens, there’s a couple of scenarios that would put any of NO, Minnesota and/or OKC opening up against Houston and Golden State. That would shake things up a bit.
 
mellow said:
I don't know if I am more upset about the possibility of watching Westbrook drop 40 on the Jazz 5 games in a row, or the missed opportunity of watching OKC vs Warriors in the first round.
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Yeah I think there is a very slim chance of OKC getting 7th, even if they lose. They'd have to lose, we would have to lose both games, and Nuggets and Pelicans would have to win is the only way OKC is 7th I think. Weirdly enough if I'm looking at it right I think Denver jumps all the way to 4 in this scenario and has home court against us.
 
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