The Official 2024 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread

[Adapting]

Curry out. Unfortunate.

But fuck the warriors.

 

[Apoho Creed]

Draymond just returned and now Curry goes down bad luck for them. They should stay afloat with Klay and those young guns for them.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Russell Westbrook is so fucking salty about losing to the Timberwolves lel

 

[Swerve]

 

[Chris]

He made that shit look way too easy in that first gif

 

[Apoho Creed]

The Sixers team could of packed it in tonight and it's a beautiful thing to see a team without two of their Stars fight and win.

 

[Swerve]

Remember when Kyrie Irving scored 50 points on only 19 shots in Charlotte earlier this month? Well he shot 6-22 for only 16 points in his season home debut tonight as my Hornets cut down the Nets in Brooklyn 119-110 to win the season series 2-1 and takeover the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference in the process. Karma!

 

[Apoho Creed]

 

[Bobby Barrows]

 

[Cam!]

Really sucks to see Robert Williams out with a torn meniscus... Boston has been rolling, and he's been a huge part of it.

 

[Apoho Creed]

To a nicer Fanbase it couldn't happen. Blow it up Lakers blow it up.

 

[Doom]

To a nicer Fanbase it couldn't happen. Blow it up Lakers blow it up.

I'm completely surprised how disappointing the Lakers were this season.

They are 31-48 with three more games left in the regular season. The team's severely depleted with injuries, especially from Anthony Davis, the lack of depth despite veteran players such as Carmelo Anthony, and the declining quality of Russell Westbrook.

That's pretty bad despite all the hype the team had before the season started.

 

[Apoho Creed]

I'm completely surprised how disappointing the Lakers were this season.

They are 31-48 with three more games left in the regular season. The team's severely depleted with injuries, especially from Anthony Davis, the lack of depth despite veteran players such as Carmelo Anthony, and the declining quality of Russell Westbrook.

That's pretty bad despite all the hype the team had before the season started.

That is the thing we were hurt all Season even Lebron wasn't healthy as a whole this Season but I saw when they were healthy during times this Season be completely terrible on both sides of the Ball. The thing is as well if you want to improve I don't think people will want to call up for Westbrook who is making 40 plus Million and I think that goes up next Season. The only guy people would want is AD I don't know if they are willing to trade him away if they don't get a major star plus in return.

 

[Adapting]

That is the thing we were hurt all Season even Lebron wasn't healthy as a whole this Season but I saw when they were healthy during times this Season be completely terrible on both sides of the Ball. The thing is as well if you want to improve I don't think people will want to call up for Westbrook who is making 40 plus Million and I think that goes up next Season. The only guy people would want is AD I don't know if they are willing to trade him away if they don't get a major star plus in return.

AD is a moron. He could have probably eliminated 3 of his leg injuries if the guy would help himself and wear high tops.

 

[Doom]

Joel Embiid wins NBA scoring title for first time, becomes first center since Shaq to claim crown​

ESPN

Joel Embiid clinched the 2021-22 scoring title Sunday, becoming the first international player to lead the NBA in scoring for a season.

Embiid was already the overwhelming favorite to claim the first scoring title by a center since Shaquille O'Neal in 1999-2000 heading into the final day of the regular season, but he clinched the honor when Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out of the Milwaukee Bucks' finale against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

According to ESPN Stats & Information, had Embiid scored zero points Sunday against the Detroit Pistons, Antetokounmpo would have had to score 47 against Cleveland to win the title. If Embiid hadn't played, Antetokounmpo would have needed 78.

Embiid's stiffest competition, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (30.3 PPG), didn't qualify for the scoring title after a sprained ankle cost him the final few games of the season. James played in 56 games in 2021-22, under the 58-game threshold necessary to qualify for season-ending awards.

Beyond becoming the first international player to lead the league in scoring, Embiid also set several other marks by winning the scoring title. The MVP candidate became the first center to average more than 30 points for a season since Moses Malone in 1981-82 -- when the Hall of Famer won the MVP award.

Embiid will set the record for playing the fewest minutes per game by a scoring champion since the shot clock was introduced in the 1954-55 season. His current 33.8 minutes per game would surpass Stephen Curry's 34.2 minutes in 2015-16 and last season.

Philadelphia enters Sunday in fourth place in the East and can move up to third with a win over Detroit and a loss by the Boston Celtics in Memphis against the Grizzlies.

In that scenario, Philadelphia would play the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs, which begin next weekend. Otherwise, the 76ers will have the fourth seed and will face the Toronto Raptors in the first round.

Embiid is listed as questionable to play against Detroit with right knee soreness.