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[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

@rome8180

 

[rome8180]

Love when a statement is not just wrong but is almost the polar opposite of the truth. Which MVP seasons would actually rank over his? Maybe a few of James's, a few of Jordan's, and Steph's 2016 season?

 

[rome8180]

The three worst MVP winners of the last 40 years are Iverson (by a mile), Rose, and Westbrook. I'm guessing Arenas loves those guys. The internet does.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

I mean, Gil has been known to shoot from the hip.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

So the Celts almost blew a 19 point lead with 6 left. Mazzulla pulled the starters but Mike Brown left everyone in. Kings went on a 21-1 run to take the lead, but Mazzulla didn't blink and Tillman hit a shot with 7 seconds to win. Obviously the Celtics had nothing to lose, but pretty ballsy. The game counted for the Kings, so what a gut punch. Like the coaching.

 

[Pantone287]

Hadn't even seen this when I randomly checked the Magic score early and lo and behold this is the screen that loaded:



Has to be some amazing omen.

 

[Pantone287]

That might be it for me with the Pelicans. Even when they get good luck, they get bad luck.

1) Ingram injury came at the worst possible time given the schedule. With a tightly bunched-up race, they had a stretch of five games against playoff teams. They lost four of them.

2) They're 14 games over .500. Because of this historically strong version of the West, that's the 7 seed. In other years, that could have been the 3 seed.

Annnnnnd they just lost to the Spurs. At home.

 

[rome8180]

I'm actively rooting for them to lose their play-in games now.

 

[rome8180]

I'm not a big believer in the Celtics anyway, but their potential 1st round draws are brutal right now. I would argue that either the Heat or the Sixers with Embiid back are tougher matchups than maybe anyone above them. There's a chance that the Sixers and Heat could both leapfrog the Pacers. That would be ideal.

 

[Grit]

Yeah, the anti-Tatum (and Jokic) circlejerks will be in overdrive as Embiid proves he's the best player in the league and dominates the Celtics on both ends, despite having zero all star teammates and still recovering from a brutal in-season injury.

 

[DrKlahn]

 

[rome8180]

Pelicans' season has completely gone off the rails at the last possible moment. What a disappointment. But totally in keeping with their franchise.

 

[rome8180]

I hope Orlando can hang onto the 3 seed they have right now. They'd currently be matched up with the Pacers and have homecourt. I'd pick them in that series.

 

[DrKlahn]

If anything, the stats understate how good Zion was in this game tonight.

 

[Pantone287]

Pelicans' season has completely gone off the rails at the last possible moment. What a disappointment. But totally in keeping with their franchise.

Huge road win at Phoenix tonight though, and Zion was amazing. Would be nice to keep out of the play-in somehow.

 

[DrKlahn]

Quite a few people on Twitter are calling that the best game of Zion’s career, and I’m not sure I disagree. Put the team on his back in the 4th quarter.

 

[rome8180]

Yeah, given the opponent and the context this was probably the biggest win of the season for them.

 

[rome8180]

The offensive rebound at 2:26 is just ridiculous. He's playing his ass off.

 

[rome8180]

Actually the sequence with the recovery block followed by the gliding layup that starts at 3:00 might be more ridiculous.

 

[Pantone287]

Yeah, that fourth quarter really reminded me of young LeBron on those undermanned Cavs team. He was just dominating in every facet of the game.