Caruso is the Lakers’ Eli Brooks.
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I thought KCP traveled multiple times there before the kickout, but replay shows he kept the pivot. Good no call.
Dang. Jordan had a great look the previous possession, shame he couldn’t hit it. Lakers got bailed out by sloppy turnovers by the warriors and favorable reffing
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what a colossal shot by the LeBrontosaurus
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Heck of a game. Hope the Warriors beat Memphis and we get to see Steph try to singlehandedly beat the Jazz in a seven game series.
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Adam Silver thinking about a permanent play-in
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Thought for sure Poole’s shot was going down.
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Doubt the owners vote for it. Only reason they could justify it this year is due to the shorter schedule.
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Poor 2nd half from warriors. So many wild turnovers.
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They’ll see the ratings from tonight and see this for the extra revenue it can bring. Celtics-Wizards put up 2.3 million viewers. Tonight’s finale will probably be over 3.5 million if I had to guess. Play in tournament is here to stay imo.
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The play-in is great until we end up with 4 games of Dillon Brooks against the 1 seed instead of Steph Curry
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Going from that Spurs offense to that Warriors offense gave me whiplash.
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Poole with the assist!
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AD and Lebron need second year man Jordan Poole’s comments to provoke them into playing harder or better?
Good to know.
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Exactly. If the Grizzlies end up winning than the play in was an unmitigated disaster for the NBA and fans. And if it didn’t exist the Grizzlies and Warriors would have had a “play in” on the last day of the season for the 8 seed anyway
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I mean, I think their comeback had more to do with playing AD at the 5 and spacing the floor, and I often think there’s too much narrative put on games that usually come down to “make or miss”, but from watching last night, I do think the Lakers needed a wake up call. Plus, it came straight from AD’s mouth as opposed to the TV guys for instance, so I assume it was at least a factor.
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Wow, I was way off on my guess. 5.6 million viewers for LAL-GS last night, highest rated NBA game on ESPN since the 2019 WCF. Play-in games are here to stay.
Not a surprise. It was a long time since I saw a NBA game until these play in games. It always seem like just one more game among many, even the play off. With the play in it’s now or never. I wish there were less games in an NBA season. That’s just not going to happen, but I would watch more.
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I think it’s actually trending the opposite - even the EC games got more eyeballs than the normal playoffs (it was a “game 7”) and that’s not considering last nights rating bonanza
while it may be here to stay, the relative amount of money generated from 6 extra games is extremely minimal compared to the total revenue they already bring in.
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