CWG4BF | Rockets

217 | 7 hours ago

Injuries aside, I do really hope we get LeBron vs KD in the first round.

u_sijenci | Nuggets

225 | 7 hours ago

Lol I bet you do.

Rhellish | Mavericks

146 | 7 hours ago

Everyone fighting to play lakers first round lol

seclusionx | Rockets

42 | 6 hours ago

(guy licking his lips behind a tree meme)

Impressive-Band-397

8 | 2 hours ago

You guys are the only ones shit enough we can still be delusional about beating

yonkerbonk | Rockets

1 | 4 hours ago

That guy is former NFL defensive back Anthony “Spice” Adams

WurstDayEver_7 | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

He was a d lineman

berrytree198

13 | 6 hours ago

Both team’s ceiling is 2nd round anyway

axecalibur | CHI

1 | an hour ago

Too bad for the Lakers it will literally be Lebron vs Rockets.

SplitOk186

131 | 7 hours ago

I think the Lakers go 1-2 (Utah will tank but they’ll lose to GS with Curry back and Phoenix)

So the Rockets will need 2 wins to get homecourt advantage I think they can do that

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

58 | 7 hours ago

If Phoenix beat Dallas they’ll have the 7 seed locked up and might rest starters against the Lakers

Pure-Vanilla9768 | Suns

19 | 5 hours ago

No if we beat Dallas then lose out and the Clippers win out the Clippers pass us. So either Clippers lose another one or Suns will keep playing everybody. Suns want to get reps with their starters cuz we’ve been injured all year too.

DarkGalaxy23

19 | 5 hours ago

I think OP is assuming the Thunder beat the Clippers today to lock up the #1 seed, which gives them the opportunity to rest their starters against Denver. Who knows what the Suns decide to do tho if OKC wins

Practical-Art5931 | Lakers

8 | 6 hours ago

Yeah this is the hope.

guess-what-babe | East

0 | 2 hours ago

I think Booker may play as he’s on like 63 games for the season

yuhanz | PHO

53 | 7 hours ago

I think 80% chance Rockets get 4 seed. Lakers dont really care atp.

Might even be more preferable to fall to 5 if they’re hoping on Reaves/ Luka to maybe come back just so they are stronger (maybe) at home.

All i know is Amen will run circles on them

SplitOk186

34 | 7 hours ago

Realistically HCA shouldn’t matter that much in this series if the Rockets are even semi-serious

They’re prone to horrible shooting games so could drop 1 but it should be over in 5

shangalang69 | Raptors

0 | 3 hours ago

nah despite all of houston’s flaws and possiblr shooting variances, it should be a sweep no matter what. lebron and the zits is the worst playoff team i can remember

Lmao1903 | NBA

20 | 7 hours ago

Realistically, they have no answer to any of the main 3 from the Rockets and all 3 should run circles. I don’t think Ayton and Hyaes is the answer for stopping Sengun for 7 games, I don’t think they can stop Amen, and KD should be just fine other than the blitzes.

Unironically, Reaves was good defensively in their HOU games, and Doncic’s size defensively has been good too, standing in front of his man, his rebounding ability and off ball reading the passing lanes against a team that already likes to turn the ball over. Without those 2, its at best a 4-1 HOU for them

tripleyothreat

4 | 7 hours ago

And with luka and Reaves?

Lmao1903 | NBA

12 | 7 hours ago

Lakers would win in 6 or 7 games. The offensive firepower those 2 have alongside Lebron is too much for this team.

Ok_Turn6757 | Lakers

-5 | 6 hours ago

Luka is projected to come back in game 3-6, if he’s back in game 3 we winning that shit

Lmao1903 | NBA

3 | 3 hours ago

Is he projected to come back though? I heard maybe he comes back in the 2nd. And we know how guys return from hamstring issues, there is no chance he comes back 100%

2ToTooTwoFish | HOU

1 | 3 hours ago

If he comes back and destroys us, then they have to drug test him.

Lmao1903 | NBA

1 | an hour ago

I have seen him return from injury a lot, I think usually it takes him a couple weeks to get back to form because his game requires it due to the high volume 3s and need for rhythm

cire1184 | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

What are you talking about? We just unleashed Drew Timme. It’s Timme Time.

lethalizered | Thunder

1 | 38 minutes ago

Don’t know if you know this, but Timme is sadly ineligible for postseason play.

SebastianC1

0 | 2 hours ago

I’m hoping to fall to 5 to get a better pick. Genuinely going 15-2 kind of nuked next season cause if we 6-9( our schedule was insane and that could have happened) we’d be on the peripheral of the lottery

MazKhan | Lakers

44 | 6 hours ago

We got all those tie breakers against teams that were fighting for seeding against us and we lose 2 of our top 3 players for the season 😢

Undead_One86 | Lakers

38 | 7 hours ago

Who gives a shit, season is over

brnccnt7

6 | 6 hours ago

You can try to get Gabe back

Kostya77

7 | 4 hours ago

Just for him to do record-breaking cardio…nah

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

28 | 7 hours ago

Need nuggets to lose they go on a shithousery first 10 game winning streak in jokic era… GGs

1GeorgeMarcus2MJ8LBJ | Rockets

19 | 7 hours ago

y’all got that 6 seed locked up though. yall probably gotta go through nuggets spurs then thunder to make finals

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

28 | 7 hours ago

Folk 🫩

Mikic0077

7 | 6 hours ago

All the more glorious! Cheer up!

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

10 | 6 hours ago

“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men.” take us home 5, lets be the weirdest team ever. The 94 rockets

Mikic0077

3 | 6 hours ago

Now that lakers are out, I’m all for you guys. You never know… Hope for some bloodbath.

yonkerbonk | Rockets

6 | 4 hours ago

You never know. 94-95 Rockets were #6 seed and beat #3 (Jazz) in 1st round, #2 (Suns) in 2nd round, #1 overall (Spurs) in WCF, and then #1 in East (Magic).

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

10 | 6 hours ago

Honestly, if the bracket truly ends up Nuggets 3, Rockets/Lakers ⁴⁄₅, Wolves 6, it feels almost guaranteed the Thunder make the finals.

Wolves/Nuggets/Spurs are gonna beat each other to hell. Whoever emerges from that lineup probably played at least one knock-down drag out series, and it could easily be 2 straight.

Meanwhile the Thunder will likely obliterate whoever is at 8 and probably dominate the winner of ⁴⁄₅.

A rested Thunder team against a worn-down team feels like near certain victory. They’ll just bury teams with effort/depth.

seclusionx | Rockets

2 | 6 hours ago

HashtagAnyoneButTheSpurs

RyouBestGirl | Japan

5 | 6 hours ago

Dirk Nowitzki looking run

Ok_Possible_5702

13 | 6 hours ago

The Rockets have one guaranteed win (Memphis) and the Lakers have at best one win (Utah).

So all the Rockets need to do is win one of Philly or Minnesota.

But it doesn’t really matter, it’s a ⁴⁄₅ matchup and the Lakers are DOA without Luka and Reaves, even with HCA.

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

12 | 7 hours ago

Not just Rockets/Lakers, but the seeding of 3 - 5 is still too early to call.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

21 | 7 hours ago

Na you guys have got the 3 seed in the bag, you are winning tomorrow and then even if you lose to OKC the spurs will rest starters on the last day

SplitOk186

11 | 7 hours ago

Spurs will play starters vs. Denver if Denver can fall to 4 to avoid them in the 2nd round

But OKC will tank the game against Denver for the same reason so the result is the same

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

9 | 7 hours ago

If it’s the last game of the season I doubt any playoff team would play their starters if it doesn’t directly benefit them

Different sport, but this year the Eagles rested everyone in week 18 even though a win would’ve given them an ‘easier’ game in the playoffs

SnooDonuts9093

7 | 6 hours ago

football is totally different considering you’re basically assaulting each other every play

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

2 | 6 hours ago

Yeah but there’s the argument that with a longer season the NBA players might have a similar amount of wear & tear

It’s not the best example but it was the most recent one I could think of tbh

Lmao1903 | NBA

2 | 7 hours ago

Question is, do they even want to, they can easily rest guys in the last game or 2 to matchup against Lakers or even Houston, from 4-5. Then they face OKC in the 2nd. But as it stands, they are already going to face OKC, but instead of facing them after Lakers/Houston, now they’ll do Wolves, Spurs and OKC

Frustratedtx | Spurs

1 | 20 minutes ago

Do the nuggets even want the 3 seed? They’ll have to play okc and the Spurs regardless if they want to win a championship, but if I’m the nuggets I’d much rather play Houston or LA in the first round than a healthy Wolves team.

Ok_Possible_5702

5 | 6 hours ago

It’s too early to call, but there are clear favorites. The Nuggets have the tiebreaker against the Rockets and are 1 game ahead. They need to win against the Grizzlies at home, and it’d force the Rockets to go 3-0 in the last 3 games

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

2 | 6 hours ago

The Wolves are all but locked into the 6-seed, which means the Lakers are likely 3, 4, or 5.

I could see the Nuggets or Rockets trying to stay at 4 or 5 to matchup against the Lakers in round 1.

SwizzGod | Lakers

10 | 5 hours ago

Our season is over

coolycooly | Nets

3 | 7 hours ago

If Im the Lakers I want to play Minnesota because Houston is way too athletic for the Lakers, and you can’t play in shootouts with Denver with their current roster. No real reason not to want to play Minnesota other than they are just better but all three of those teams are.

Lmao1903 | NBA

12 | 7 hours ago

Yeah but there is nothing they can do to Minnesota either, they lost in 5 with Reaves and Luka last year. Now Bron is older and they don’t have 2 of the 3 best players in the team

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

8 | 6 hours ago

Lakers probably don’t care. They’re getting bodied regardless.

There’s no way they stand a chance against any of the other teams in 3-6, unless Ant’s out for the playoffs too.

TippyTripod1040 | Lakers

1 | 12 minutes ago

Yea our season ended with those injuries. I would love to see LeBron win one more playoff game in a Lakers uniform, that might be our highest aspiration

-Radiation

5 | 7 hours ago

Even if they wanted to play Minnesota it is irrelevant, they wont be able to climb to 3rd seed

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

5 | 4 hours ago

Doesn’t matter who we play, we’d be lucky to win 1 game against any playoff team if both Luka and Reaves are out

Qt9195 | Thunder

1 | 14 minutes ago

If i’m the lakers i’m sitting my starters in the playoffs.

SebastianC1

1 | 2 hours ago

I’m sorry the rockets fans begging for us after having got belted by us twice in their building are infuriating. Talking tough while your up is so nasty when it’s due to our guys being hurt

bjorn_ironside_94

1 | 5 hours ago

With the way the Rockets are playing right now and Lakers injuries, they can

transizzle | SAC

1 | 43 minutes ago

Lakers-Rockets both feels like the NBA TV matchup of round 1 and the one that ends up on ABC depending on how you look at it

Qt9195 | Thunder

1 | 12 minutes ago

Rockets needed this vibes boost so bad. Getting a playoff win will go a long way for this regime.

markjay6 | Lakers

1 | 8 minutes ago

I hope the Lakers drop to 5th. Move up a spot in the draft. They are getting swept in the playoffs anyway.

bettingsharp

0 | 4 hours ago

I really think Lakers v Rockets has the chance to be the first series where a team comes back from 3-0 down. Rockets go up 2-0, Luka comes back for 3rd game but is rusty so they go down 3-0, Lakers win next two to make it 3-2. Reaves possibly comes back for games 6 and 7 and lakers close out series 4-3.

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

0 | an hour ago

I think Lakers have a better chance at going 2-1 than the Rockets do

Ricoh881227

-4 | 7 hours ago

Fraud Vs Fraudulent..(rockets and lakers just slot yourself in whichever fits the title)

karmawhale | Rockets

7 | 6 hours ago

We’re both and going to win!!

The Rockets and Lakers now have the same record at 50-29, LA is ahead due to tiebreaker with 3 games to go.