Suns get lottery pick from Lakers if they miss playoffs

[slinslin]

http://espn.go.com/nba/lottery2013/mockdraft

10 Tries

1. #6 Oladipo
2. #5 Oladipo
3. #5 McLemore
4. #3 McLemore
5. #2 Noel
6. #1 Noel
7. #3 McLemore
8. #4 McLemore
9. #5 Oladipo
10. #6 Porter

Bad Luck

 

[SirStefan32]

Tony Parker does that all the time.
Kobe gets his phantom calls, and no calls when he commits legit fouls.

Like I already said, year after year Im slowly losing interest in this league because of BS.

Of course not. Lakers are fighting for a playoff spot and the game is in LA. If you want to beat the Lakers in that situation, you have to make sure you put yourself in a position where you don't have to depend on the refs.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Of course not. Lakers are fighting for a playoff spot and the game is in LA. If you want to beat the Lakers in that situation, you have to make sure you put yourself in a position where you don't have to depend on the refs.

I think it's more accurate to say that if you want to beat the Lakers in any situation, you have to make sure you put yourself in a position where you don't have to depend on the refs. To be fair, that applies to any opponent but in the NBA, it's even more important if you're facing one of the league's favorites.

Steve

 

[slinslin]

Looks like the Clippers are sweeping the Lakers.

So for the moment Utah is back in 8th and I'd say the Lakers magic number is down to 2 if Utah beats Golden State tonight.

 

[SirStefan32]

Looks like the Clippers are sweeping the Lakers.

So for the moment Utah is back in 8th and I'd say the Lakers magic number is down to 2 if Utah beats Golden State tonight.

I can't imagine Utah beating the Warriors on the road. I do hope that the Lakers' momentum stops with this loss to the Clippers though.

 

[slinslin]

Well if Utah can win tonight they might end up going 3-1 with a loss to OKC, two wins vs Minnesota and then Memphis might be resting players in the last game since they probably won't be able to catch Denver.

 

[SirStefan32]

I just don't understand how Kobe has anything left in the tank. Someone that age who's played so many seasons should not be able to play 46-48 minutes a night and not run out of gas. I am still hoping he's gonna run out of gas before the end of the season.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Utah fails in this type of situation every time. I am not getting my hopes up.

 

[slinslin]

Utah wins.

 

[Battle of Evermore]

Way to go Utah. Big win. The next week and a half I will be Jazz fan

 

[SunsTzu]

If Utah finishes 2-2 the Lakers will need to finish 4-1 to take the 8th seed. Utah finishes with Thunder, T-Wolves, @T-Wolves, @Grizz. Lakers finish Hornets, @Blazers, GSW, SAS, Rockets. It may come down to higher seeds resting players down the stretch once the clinch their spots.

 

[slinslin]

Detroit won too.

If New Orleans beats us it is a perfect day.

#4 odds would be locked up. If we beat New Orleans there is still a chance that we could catch New Orleans.

Losing tonight gives us a high chance to have #3 odds since Cleveland still plays Detroit and Charlotte and we go on a 3 game road trip and then finish with Houston and @Denver so we have good chance to lose all games but could probably even afford 1 more win.

 

[slinslin]

If only Mike Conley simply made that layup vs the Lakers they would be pretty much out at this point..

 

[Cheesebeef]

wow... that was a big road W for the Jazz tonight.

 

[TJ]

Jazz schedule for the season looks like this:

OKC
MIN
@MIN
@MEM

Meanwhile, the Lakers looks like this:

NO
@POR
GS
SA
HOU

Lakers getting three playoff teams to end the season is good for us. I can easily see them go 2-3 while the Jazz go 2-2. Hell, even if the Lakers get lucky and go 3-2 they still miss the playoffs.

 

[JCSunsfan]

So glad to be wrong

 

[JCSunsfan]

Jazz schedule for the season looks like this:

OKC
MIN
@MIN
@MEM

Meanwhile, the Lakers looks like this:

NO
@POR
GS
SA
HOU

Lakers getting three playoff teams to end the season is good for us. I can easily see them go 2-3 while the Jazz go 2-2. Hell, even if the Lakers get lucky and go 3-2 they still miss the playoffs.

The great thing is that they are still the Lakers. Everyone still wants to beat them, and every team gets satisfaction from keeping them out of the playoffs. I doubt anyone takes a game off against them.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Jazz schedule for the season looks like this:

OKC
MIN
@MIN
@MEM

Meanwhile, the Lakers looks like this:

NO
@POR
GS
SA
HOU

Lakers getting three playoff teams to end the season is good for us. I can easily see them go 2-3 while the Jazz go 2-2. Hell, even if the Lakers get lucky and go 3-2 they still miss the playoffs.

the problem is all of those are home games for the Lakers except Portland and those last two games they might be playing depleted squads who are keeping people out/giving players rest for the playoffs.

 

[TJ]

the problem is all of those are home games for the Lakers except Portland and those last two games they might be playing depleted squads who are keeping people out/giving players rest for the playoffs.

Golden State and Houston haven't clinched playoff berths, yet. And seeding is tight between the 6 and 7 seeds. Trust me, 6 seed is going to be more valuable than ever seeing as no one wants to play OKC or the Spurs in the first round. In addition to which, I think every coach wants to see the Lakers out of the playoffs. Popabitch will probably rest his guys, but somehow embarrass D'Antoni like old times.

The Jazz own the tie breaker, so they would have to completely fall apart and the Lakers do something monumental at the end of the season for them to get into the playoffs. I like our chances.

GO JAZZ!!!

 

[JCSunsfan]

Yup. For the Lakers, the downside of getting all the calls and getting games handed to you down the stretch is that all the other teams hate you for it. Every team is going to want to be THE team that puts Kobe and team out of the playoffs.

 

[Errntknght]

San Antonio is not likely to be taking any games off with OKC so close on their heels (1 game) - the two teams are 2-2 on the year and OKC has the better conference record by three games, so they are very likely to end with the tie breaker. SA has two games after their one against the Lakers, too, so I don't see Pops letting them have easy time.

Portland may give the Lakers a nasty surprise as they've often done in the past. The game is in Portland and it would be the high point of their year if they could end it by knocking LA out of the playoffs - and winning the season series 2-1.

 

[Superbone]

The magic number is 4, folks. Any combination of Lakers losses and Utah wins from here on out need to add up to at least 4.

 

[jandaman]

The magic number is 4, folks. Any combination of Lakers losses and Utah wins from here on out need to add up to at least 4.

Huh?

What do you mean?
Lakers loses and Jazz wins total 4? As in;
Lakers 0 loses and Jazz 4 wins
Lakers 1 loss and Jazz 3 wins
Lakers 2 loses and Jazz 2 wins
Lakers 3 loses and Jazz 1 win

??



Stern can still make the following happen
Lakers 0 losses Jazz 0 wins though...

Ill keep my fingers crossed until its confirmed...

 

[Superbone]

Huh?

What do you mean?
Lakers loses and Jazz wins total 4? As in;
Lakers 0 loses and Jazz 4 wins
Lakers 1 loss and Jazz 3 wins
Lakers 2 loses and Jazz 2 wins
Lakers 3 loses and Jazz 1 win

??

That's exactly what I mean.

 

[slinslin]

Noel still has to be picked top 3. It not like his knee is fundamentally broken or anything. He just tore an ACL and at his age the likelyness of full recovery is near 100% it is just time-consuming and it would suck to not have him for summer league and the first part of the season.

He is an absolute special athlete. You don't average 4.4 bpg and 2.2spg.

And he only turns 19 on Wednesday.

And I hear sunsfan spreading propaganda that he is only the next Larry Sanders (which btw wouldn't even be bad since Sanders is a stud).

Noel put up almost as many assists in his freshman season than Sanders in 3 college seasons combined. Same for steals. (and Noel didn't even play the full season)

http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/co...s&i=1&larry-sanders=2007-2008&p1=nerlens-noel

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