The thing is, if they lose to NO they'll then have to beat the winner of GS/Sac to make the playoffs, hard to believe they wont show up and risk not getting in the postseason
DEN owns them, plus a big adjustment from the Sunday opener, and with Ingram back, it changes a lot of things.
I really think they like their chances better at home against SAC or GSW who they're more familiar with and possible series v. OKC.
That's one man's opinion
No shame in losing to the defending champs, but if they lose twice and don't even get into the Dance, that's a huge embarrassment to LeBron, AD, and the whole organization, of course they'd rather avoid Denver, but not at the expense of possibly not even making the postseason. Do you think LeBron will intentionally play bad? Do you think Ham will coach to lose? this is a crazy take from someone who I regard as pretty sharp
One last thing regarding the Lakers, they're 0-3 vs Sac this year losing by an average of 10 points per game, and they're 1-3 vs GS also losing by an average of 10 points per game, with their only win coming by 1 point in OT, and while I understand the playoffs are a different animal, they're playing with fire if they lose tonight and have to play a team that they're a combined 1-7 against, and the majority of those losses haven't been closeIf they lose, they're at home.
The East is fucking crazy. This is what it is in reality:
1 Boston
2 New York
3 Milwaukee
4 Cleveland
5 Magic
6 Pacers
7 Philadelphia
8 Miami
9 Chicago
10 Atlanta
That doesn't mean Heat can't lose to somebody else but Celtics can only lose to Heat or Sixers.
Hey, Fagduel. Grade that Wings shit tonight not after fucking game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.