Everything Playoffs

[slaw]

Sixers without Embiid looks quite pedestrian. down 20 at home to Portland right now

Celtics laying down a stinker in Chicago. Meanwhile, Indy is taking care of business: 2-0 out of the break.

[S.R.]

Celtics laying down a stinker in Chicago. Meanwhile, Indy is taking care of business: 2-0 out of the break.

Nice line for JV tonight, 25 + 11 in 30 mins with the start.

[007]

Celtics lose to the Bulls, have lost four of their last six...you just hate to see it

[Demographic Shift]

Celtics lose to the Bulls, have lost four of their last six...you just hate to see it

Yeah..the apologists for the Chowders are now talking about how teams are reg season teams and playoff teams ..of which the Lepradicks are the latter. So don’t worry. They will be there.....yeah right.

But the best scenario for Raps fans and Chowder haters is the one where the Pacers finish third and then watching the Celtics and Hinkies face off in round 1 is becoming more probable with each passing Indy win.

The Pacers have 22 to go and are up by 2 and 3 in the loss column against Philly and Boston respectively.

If the Pacers go 13 and 9 that puts 53 wins on the board. That’s about 600 ball. Do-able. They could do better and they could do worse.

So if the Pacers hang that up..that means the Celtics have to go 17 and 5 down the stretch to beat them out by a game and the Sixers have to go 16 and 6. That’s .775 and .730 ball.

It’s not at all out of the realm of probability that Philly and Boston face off in the first round.

[Ebonhawke]

Indiana has home games against:
Minnesota, Orlando, Chicago, New York, OKC, Denver, Orlando, Detroit, Boston, Brooklyn

They're on the road against:
Detroit, Dallas, Milwaukee, Philly, Denver, Portland, Clippers, Golden State, OKC, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta

The Pacers have a REALLY tough schedule the last two weeks of March

[inthepaint]

Yeah..the apologists for the Chowders are now talking about how teams are reg season teams and playoff teams ..of which the Lepradicks are the latter. So don’t worry. They will be there.....yeah right.

But the best scenario for Raps fans and Chowder haters is the one where the Pacers finish third and then watching the Celtics and Hinkies face off in round 1 is becoming more probable with each passing Indy win.

The Pacers have 22 to go and are up by 2 and 3 in the loss column against Philly and Boston respectively.

If the Pacers go 13 and 9 that puts 53 wins on the board. That’s about 600 ball. Do-able. They could do better and they could do worse.

So if the Pacers hang that up..that means the Celtics have to go 17 and 5 down the stretch to beat them out by a game and the Sixers have to go 16 and 6. That’s .775 and .730 ball.

It’s not at all out of the realm of probability that Philly and Boston face off in the first round.

I would love for Philly & C***tics to face each other on the first round. That would mean a 1st round exit from one of them and a big "stfu" to some of these talking heads that are so desperately trying to prop up these 2 teams and downplay the Bucks/Raptors/Pacers.

The thing is Indiana unfortunately has a brutal March ahead of them:
@ MIL
@ PHI
vs NYK (the only "guaranteed" W here)
vs OKC
@ DEN
@ POR
@ LAC (second night of a b2b)
@ GSW
vs DEN
@ OKC
@ BOS
vs ORL (second night of a b2b)

Without Oladipo they could conceivably actually lose all these games (other than the NY one). I think they'll put up a good fight, they're a good team, but realistically they'll be very lucky to go .500 over this stretch.

So I think it'll be very difficult for them to hang on to 3rd, but April gets easier for them (last 5 games of the season), and if Boston & Philly continue to lose they have a shot.

[inthepaint]

Indiana has home games against:
Minnesota, Orlando, Chicago, New York, OKC, Denver, Orlando, Detroit, Boston, Brooklyn

They're on the road against:
Detroit, Dallas, Milwaukee, Philly, Denver, Portland, Clippers, Golden State, OKC, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta

The Pacers have a REALLY tough schedule the last two weeks of March

lol, beat me to it...

[Demographic Shift]

Look at the scenario in a shorter term...

This week Indy gets Detroit, Dallas, Minny and Orlando...rose coloured glasses they go 3 and 1 ...better odds 2 and 2.
Philly sans Embiid gets New Orleans, OKC and GSW....1 and 2 ?
Boston gets the Raps, Portland on a B2B and The Whiz....1 and 2..or 2 and 1...

If Indy can get the hat trick this week and both Boston and Philly stumble.....It gets exponentially harder to make up 3 or 4 games in the loss colum with 18 to play...

Big week to see how this plays out.

[spicy_d]

i just dont want to play orlando ...looks like we dont match upw ell against them

[Demographic Shift]

i just dont want to play orlando ...looks like we dont match upw ell against them

Any of Orlando / Detroit / Charlotte /Miami ... is like getting East Baptist Cupcake State from the play in game in the 1 vs 16 matchup in te NCAA tourney....... Look you can't win them all and last night the Raps were as flat as we have seen them in a couple of months...Look for a rebound against the Chowders....

Raps are going to finish 1 or 2.. more likely 2 ... so anyone in the 7 and 8 slot of Orlando or Pistons or Charlotte or Miami... the raps will take in round 1.....

[Zainab]

Honestly, we should not be scared of anyone. We should not be the hunted, rather the hunters!!!

Raps in 4

[bertarapsfan]

Bruno just had a huge block of a kuzma dunk that was incorrectly called and foul. Oh ya he's guarding lebron james to :0

[RandomGuy]

Bruno just had a huge block of a kuzma dunk that was incorrectly called and foul. Oh ya he's guarding lebron james to :0

As if he learned how to play yesterday. Problem is the next day he usually forgets it.

[The Claw Reborn]

Bucks are 2.5 games ahead of us with them getting the tiebreaker as well.

They are currently 46-14 with 22 games left

Raps are 44-17 with 21 games left

Even we go 18-3 the rest of the way, they would only need to end their season with 16 wins (16-6) to take the no.1 spot because of the tie breaker.

I just hope that Indiana will stay put at the no.3 spot so Phil and Boston can dog it out in the 1st round and eventually Bucks and whoever wins the Sixers and Celts in the 2nd round.

However if we ever get past the Pacers, then having to win the series against the Bucks to get the ECF title without HCA will probably come down to COACHING.
Thus, a Coach Bud duel vs. Nick Nurse is a depressing sight.

Lets just hope that either Boston or the Sixers will manhandle Giannis and his amigos of three point shooters.

HCA is always a premium but load management I guess is more valuable. I hope the ROI is worth it.

[golden]

As if he learned how to play yesterday. Problem is the next day he usually forgets it.

Nah, Bruno's been pretty consistent as the Grizz best rim protector and SF defender. It looks like the lightbulb finally went on. Good for him, but sucks that we didn't get any value out of developing him.