2016-17 Running NBA Thread

Dude, he's barely 20 years old and just did something only 5 other players have done. He put up more points than Michael Jordan ever did. On top of that, they scored 120 against a very good Celtics team despite the fact that Suns management is in full tank mode. A day or two earlier the Suns started the youngest lineup in NBA history.

I mean, what do you want from these guys? They are a bunch of kids who just had a teammate put up a mind-boggling night while damn near every teammate who is old enough to drink was in street clothes. They should celebrate the hell out of this.

 

Warriors were down 22 to the Spurs and win by 12. They likely have locked up the 1 seed barring something stupid.

Meanwhile the Thunder still need Westbrook to get a triple double in order to win games. This time he puts up 57 in an overtime win.

Lastly the Cavs could easily become the 2 seed in the East.

Crazy final stretch of NBA action coming up.

 

All true.
And the Final Four is coming.

And yet, Opening Day can not come fast enough.

 

Very crazy game in the Alamo City. And without Durant ...

 

Westbrook goes for 57 points (exactly half of his team's 114) 13 boards, 11 assists and 3 steals in their win tonight. Holy fucking hell, what a stat line.

Best thing about Durant going to GSW has been Westbrook going into nightly unrestrained monster mode in his absence.

 

The way Washington is going the Cavs could easily be the three seed

 

Especially since Lue, assuming he's actually the coach and not LeBron, has talked about shutting down some of the guys until the playoffs.

Seed doesn't matter for the Cavs since they can win anywhere, but I'd try to avoid the Wizards and Wall/Beal as long as possible. I think Wizards are about 50/50 to reach the NBA Finals.

 

The NBA should be banished to the Third World at this stage of the season.

 

Take that back. Curse of Lez Boulez is now upon them

 

Celtics have the best record in the East and the Lakers have the worst record in the West.

 

Yet the Celtics will likely pick higher than the Lakers in the draft.

 

The tankoff between the Suns and Lakers is pretty solid. Big difference for Lakers being in the 2nd and 3rd spots for the Lakers as the margin for error disappears for them to keep their pick if they are in 3rd.