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Very strange situation.
I never would have expected Philly to finish ahead of Cleveland, and Philly even managed to win in Cleveland.
I think if Cleveland continue to only win games by scoring big, and with no sign of defense, I like Philly's chances in a playoff series.
I agree...not only did I not expect Cleveland in the fourth slot, but didnt expect Philly in the 5th position either.
Another big blow to the Celtics, but they should shut Irving down for the season...don't rush him back like the Cavs did in 2015. Hopefully all the stars will align with Kyrie and Heyward back and they will dominate in 2018-19.
I wish Kyrie a speedy recovery and healthy rest-of-career.
But as long as the Raps can hang on to most of this team, they'll be battling for Top Dog in the East for a few years. I don't see anyone dominating the East for the next half-dozen years. Unless, of course, LeBron decides to hook up with Philly or Boston.
Despite what people out there, including on this forum, will tell you about the Spurs, that all this drama is 'overblown' and all, clearly there is something going on in the Spurs locker room that shows it's NOT all peachy.
It's clear some Spurs players want Kawhi to play, while Kawhi himself seems to not want to play.
Keep in mind that there's a potential 200 million dollar extension at play this summer, perhaps Kawhi doesn't want to risk that contract due to a potential injury.
President Trump be like "Coach Gregg Popovich should stop worrying his silly little head over the White House and start taking care of his OWN house. Spurs are a DISASTER. So Sad!"
Stephen Curry is expected to return tonight. However, I don't think he'll be 100%.
When I saw your comment last night, the first thing I thought was, "If he isnt 100%, he might get hurt again." But then I thought that wasnt what you meant, but that him not being 100% would be the result of rust, not physical.
Either way, he is hurt again, and that cant be good.
It was a freak injury for Curry. I hope not but I suspect a tear or serious strain of the MCL, and that is not good. Without Curry these Dubs have no chance at a repeat.
A nightmare scenario where injuries decide the playoffs.
If Curry is out or not at 100%, the other surging teams like the Blazers, Rockets, and Jazz smell blood.
In the East the Cavs should make it to the finals again.
I have severe doubts about Cleveland winning the East.
Toronto played 3 games in 4 days, the 3rd game was their narrow loss at Cleveland.
When you play 3 games in 4 days, you are supposed to lose the 3rd game if its on the road to a playoff team.
But Toronto still almost won that game.
So Cleveland is yet to do anything this season to suggest they'll beat Toronto in a best-of-7 series.
Cleveland have only proven they have horrible defense that will make it very hard to win all their home games in a playoff series.
It appears that LeBron has almost no control over whether Cleveland win or lose, because he's only dominating the offensive end, nothing defensively.
LeBron is producing career-best numbers, and Cleveland are losing regularly despite that.
That's a bad sign for the playoffs if the idea is that LeBron is going to carry them to the Finals.
If LeBron was at his peak defensively, he could carry them to the Finals, but he's playing perhaps the worst defense of his career or close to it.
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