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Game #47: Utah Jazz 97 -Toronto Raptors 93

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  • Gonzz
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    Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
    If they get to the top of the heap.... and I have every confidence they will.... it will be interesting to watch how the first place overall team is still a darkhorse to win the east ....
    538 only looks at stats and they have us at 42% chance to make finals, twice that of Boston or Cleveland.Beating GS at just over 10%, assuming Golden State gets in.

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  • G__Deane
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    Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
    If they get to the top of the heap.... and I have every confidence they will.... it will be interesting to watch how the first place overall team is still a darkhorse to win the east ....
    It could still be argued (especially now with the Cavs cratering and the Celts looking more human) that there are any number of lower teams that could get hot for a series and take out any of the others.

    If they finish Boston, Toronto, Celveland in any order, who couldn't see Philly or Milwaukee having a chance at taking one of them out? More likely, Miami or Indiana, maybe Washington.

    To get through the Cavs or Celts, you may have to survive a series you're supposed to win and there will be a first round upset of some sort imo

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  • KeonClark
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    LJ2 wrote: View Post
    Time to claim the top seed and have absolutely nobody talk about it.
    Just did quick research: Only twice in the 17 years of this millenium has the Eastern Conference 1st seed not been in the ECF- and once was the Derrick Rose/Noah injury to the Bulls in round 1. So we're certainly helping our chances to do so

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  • Demographic Shift
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    DanH wrote: View Post
    Game day!

    Going to have a tough time watching games after tonight, as I'm traveling on business for a week to the states, and hotel room wifi is not the most reliable for streaming.
    You could watch ESPN SC for updates.....mmmm... then again...sit in the lobby for the best wifi

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  • Demographic Shift
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    LJ2 wrote: View Post
    Time to claim the top seed and have absolutely nobody talk about it.
    If they get to the top of the heap.... and I have every confidence they will.... it will be interesting to watch how the first place overall team is still a darkhorse to win the east ....

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  • DanH
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    Game day!

    Going to have a tough time watching games after tonight, as I'm traveling on business for a week to the states, and hotel room wifi is not the most reliable for streaming.

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  • LJ2
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    Time to claim the top seed and have absolutely nobody talk about it.

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  • 007
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    Yeah, now is the time to make a big run

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  • slaw
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    Time to make hay boys. 10 of the next 14 are at home and it's hardly a murderer's row of opponents, only one back-to-back, plus they get a full 8 days off for the all star break.

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  • G__Deane
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    "Not only does Toronto not have play on the road in the Western Conference again this season, the Raptors have played just 20 games at home, the fewest in the NBA. Of their 36 remaining games just 15 are on the road while 21 are at home, where they are 17-3, the second-best home record in the NBA after the San Antonio Spurs, who are 20-3."

    The biggest problem (also defensive rebounding) is they are 26th in the NBA in 3 point shooting accuracy and throw up too many from guys who ..... just shouldn't be.

    Don't take the UT and Lakers games lightly and keep rolling.

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  • Jclaw
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    What a professional game thread, OP!

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  • 3inthekeon
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    Wow! people really give a fuck about McMahon and the XFL?

    For basketball fans Zach Lowe with stuff on tonights opponents in his 10 Things - They've got issues.

    It might be time to pull the plug on the Ricky Rubio-Derrick Favors-Rudy Gobert trio. The Jazz know it too, which is why they pull the in-game plug three or four minutes into each half.

    Utah has scored just 90.5 points per 100 possessions with those three on the floor -- dead last among 500-plus trios that have logged at least 275 minutes together, per NBA.com. That is a full 10 points below Sacramento's league-worst overall offense -- equivalent to the gap between the Kings and the No. 4 Raptors. (Congrats to the Kings, by the way, for jumping out of the basement in points allowed per possession so that they are not dead last on both sides of the ball. And congrats to the Cavs for finally sinking to the bottom on defense!)

    Opponents have outscored Utah by almost 16 points per 100 possessions in the 278 minutes those three have played together. Only six of those 500-plus trios have worse scoring margins. (Four of those six come from Sacramento.)

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  • G__Deane
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    Game day
    Game Day!

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  • Maury
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  • KeonClark
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