NBA 2022-2023 Regular Season Thread : Donkey Punching Poole Party

[6souls]

It's a tough L, but on the plus side, the Lakers are definitely infected now.

https://twitter.com/Timberwolves/sta...991482371?s=20
https://twitter.com/JonKrawczynski/s...686371328?s=20

[Buffy]

I like everything I'm hearing about the new league deal, ESPECIALLY the 65 game minimum for post-season awards. Since things like All-NBA and MVP are tied to escalators in a lot of contracts, this should increase the number of games the average high-end player plays

[Krandor]

Wolves losing to the Blazers is fucking inexcusable

[archibaldcrane]

Wolves losing to the Blazers is fucking inexcusable

How tf did KAT take 3 shots in 25 minutes?

[Deejay]

knicks win their 4th in a row and clinched a playoff spot w/o randle or rj

we back

[Andalusian girls]

Wiggins coming back after missing several months for personal issues + Gary Payton Jr is healthy. Golden State's championship core finally back together just in time for the playoffs.

[Krandor]

Embiid might have sealed up the MVP with his game tonight against the Celtics.

Dropped 52/13/6 tonight, the entire rest of the Sixers scored 51

[archibaldcrane]

Embiid might have sealed up the MVP with his game tonight against the Celtics.

Dropped 52/13/6 tonight, the entire rest of the Sixers scored 51

On 20-25 shooting, 12-13 from the line - on the same night the Nuggets inexplicably lose to the double-digit underdog Rockets by 21 with Jokic limping to a 14/10/4 on 13 shots.

[Krandor]

For one of those fun archi style posts

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=p...ocks+in+a+game

And he did it on 14 less shots than MJ.

Man put on an absolute masterclass today.

[archibaldcrane]

Bucks clinched the #1 seed and best record in the league tonight with 2 games to go.

[archibaldcrane]

The West is wild rn. There are 5 teams that could each finish as high as the 5-seed or as low as the 9-seed - the Clippers, Warriors, Lakers, Pelicans, and Timberwolves - with only two games remaining.

[Kaslo]

The West is wild rn. There are 5 teams that could each finish as high as the 5-seed or as low as the 9-seed - the Clippers, Warriors, Lakers, Pelicans, and Timberwolves - with only two games remaining.

and my Thundering have been floundering here at the end luckily the Mavs have been just as bad.

[archibaldcrane]

Sixers get washed by the Heat tonight

tweet related

https://twitter.com/JacobRoggero/sta...5I9OKMdmA&s=19

[Deejay]

who cares, that shit got thrown out the window last year when they gave jokic the award

[Andalusian girls]

or when Russ won the exact same number years earlier

but yeah who cares if Russ and Jokic are getting it for winning 46 and Embiid wins 45 what are ya gonna do. even Giannis's 51 was the lowest in what 20 years outside those two. best player best team rationale is trending down.

[archibaldcrane]

Middleton got an MRI on his right knee, which came back clear, so they're hoping he'll be ok for the playoffs. He's only played 33 games this season and has only looked good in ~10 of them.

Somehow the Bucks still clinched the best record in the league with 2 games to spare.

[6souls]

and my Thundering have been floundering here at the end

[Roranora]

Mavs eliminated from the playoffs and the Thunder get a play-in game. what a shitty stretch for Dallas

rest of the matchups and seeding to come this weekend~

[6souls]

Always a local angle

https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA/sta...32612549996554

[Kaslo]

This play-in birth ends OKC's longest streak without going to the post-season at 2 years.