Western Conference Discussion Thread

32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 74486

Mavs, Kings and Jazz won tonight.
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32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 74486

12/5 games

Warriors at Cavs
Nuggets at Magic
Thunder at Nets
Clips at Grizzlies
Hornets at T-Wolves
Mavs at Pelicans
Spurs at Lakers
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chantruong · Star Player Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 8894 Location: SGV

PHILosophize · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 10758

Warriors are only favored by 11.5 tonight against Cleveland

any takers?
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32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 74486

Nuggets won again.
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32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 74486

Nice choke job by the Nets. Thunder were down by 18 to start the 4th qtr.
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Turning out to be a bad night. Hopefully the Clipper will lose.
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chantruong · Star Player Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 8894 Location: SGV

Grizzlies can't run a fast break to save their life

chantruong · Star Player Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 8894 Location: SGV

Mavs lost. Theres a two game buffer between us and the 8th spot

32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 74486

Houston at Utah tonight. Who are we rooting for? If Utah wins they will both have 13 losses.
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Hornets lead the Nuggets by 11 at the half. Hope they hold on.
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Treble Clef · Franchise Player Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 23972

The western conference is starting to look really winnable this year.

Potential playoff matchups:

Golden State: Relies a lot on outside shooting and when teams try to live or die on threes against the Lakers, they die. Plus they love to party in LA.

Oklahoma City: Very weak shooting

Portland: Decent shooting team but they don't shoot well against this team and are losing the season series

Denver: HCA will be the key in this series

Dallas: Same writeup as Portland

Houston: Same writeup as Golden State

Utah: Tough on defense but they just won't be able to outscore the Lakers.

San Antonio: Yeah they're 1-3 against them but I think they'd beat them in a series. All of those games could have been wins.

Memphis: The ideal first round matchup. They completely own these guys.

Clippers: The Clippers look better this year but the Lakers will have seven home games in that series.

PHILosophize · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 10758

I'm not quite as confident as you are but I still do like our chances overall. It will really depend, in a lot of these matchups, on HCA. To me, GSW, Denver, Portland, OKC, and Utah worry me, in that order, if they have HCA. I also think that we lose against GSW even if we have HCA. Honestly though, I think that we could beat any other team in a 7 game set regardless of HCA. If Houston turns things around my opinion on them could change, I guess would be my other thought.
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hype · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:51 pm Post subject:

I agree, as things currently stand I take the Lakers confidently against any team other then GSW. I keep seeing constantly every single sports personality talk about how the lakers have no chance at a championship then they mention the Clippers, Nuggets, OKC etc. I honestly don't get that at all.

I think we even have a chance against GS though but it would obviously be a huge upset. With Curry ready to go down at any moment with his glass ankles/ legs and possible drama in the locker room along with the role players getting older there is def. much more of a question mark around them then there ever has been.

PHILosophize · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 10758

Personally I was assuming each team would be healthy. Of course, if GSW is banged up and we're fully healthy, I could see us beating them.
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JerryWest_44 · Retired Number Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 26213

AD is so tough

VicXLakers · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 11823

the West only has 1 team with a negative average point differential of more than -2

http://www.espn.com/nba/standings/_/sort/differential/dir/desc

3peat_pete · Star Player Joined: 13 Mar 2009 Posts: 5477

praying for Kings, Spurs and Rockets losses tomorrow.

Gellollo · Star Player Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 1576

Gotta hand it to PG, that was a helluva shot to give OKC the win in double-overtime.

Lakerfan 4 Life · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Apr 2001 Posts: 16171

Wow, Steph. LMAO He missed a wide open dunk that could've cut the Rockets' lead to 2 in the final seconds in the game.

noahp45 · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:49 pm Post subject:

Clippers can't handle The Suns

noahp45 · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:52 pm Post subject:

Portland and Houston look garbage. The west is wide open this year.

My playoff teams

Lakers
Clips
Suns
Dallas
Nugs
Jazz
Spurs
Timber