Tonight has been one of the weirdest nights of basketball I've ever witnessed.

1. Steph sprains his right foot in a completely meaningless game.

2. AD shows up in a "That's All Folks" Looney Tunes shirt.

3. Luke Walton is still with the Lakers while Magic quits without telling Jeannie Buss first.

4. DWade and Dirk both drop 30 in their last home games.

5. Jamal Crawford drops 50.

6. OKC stuns HOU in the final seconds.

7. The western conference playoffs is a complete mathematical mess in determining seeding.

 

Warriors need HOU to stay at the 3rd spot and OKC to stay at the 6th.

So for the final day of the season today, they need OKC to win against MIL and POR to lose to SAC.

 

First round predictions:

GSW > LAC
DEN < SAS
POR < OKC
HOU > UTA

MIL > DET
TOR > ORL
PHI > BKN
BOS < IND

 

I feel the same way about guys I grew up watching in the middle to late 90s and 2000s. Makes you feel old when all the players you remember either watching or being in their prime are now on TV doing games. It was cool to see the Reignman again though, especially at Dirks retirement, Kemp as a beast. Will have to bust out my Kamikazes sometime in his honor.

 

Can't wait for the playoffs. Not underestimating Portland by any means, but they don't do well in the playoffs.

 

Hoping Portland dont see another first round sweep again. Last playoffs sweep was brutal.

 

Just when you though Philly losing to a decent Brooklyn squad was embarrassing, Toronto pulls a "hold my beer" and loses to Orlando.  

Amir Johnson and Joel Embiid getting caught looking at a cell phone mid game is comedy gold.  

 

So Amir Johnson was checking his phone for updates on his daughter who's sick.

Totally understand as a parent and hope for the best for his family.

I'd still run to the tunnel to check though. On the bench while your team is being embarrassed will bring a lot of attention.

 

Wow, KD and Beverly both getting tossed was a complete joke. This is the Playoffs, we can't have a little trash talking in a game? So sick of the Refs these days and I'm not even a fan of either team.

 

Awfully quiet up in here, then again it is still mad early on the left coast.

Bringing things back east, hope my Raps don't shit the bed tonight and can square things up & eventually handily close out the series.

 

Yeah, gsw didn’t to win that one.

 

I'm sure a great many GSW fans are waking up this morning and finding out that the W's actually lost that game... after having a 31 point lead in the 3rd. How Durant allows Beverley to guard him is beyond me. Durant should be owning Beverley and eating that midget's lunch. I'm kind of surprised that the refs allow Beverley to continuously hug and grapple, but still. Durant is a foot taller and should be feasting. This reminds me when Bruce Bowen was guarding Dirk and taking him out of the game.

The face of fear:

 

I'm in London right now so I'm learning all things the following day.

Boogie with a torn quad is upsetting.

 

Warriors/clippers game went as expected. a true blow out, no miracle tonight. Clips are a good young team but they have no chance and should be happy they got one game.

 

If the Thunder don't win tomorrow, then it's over.

 

Can we just move on to the second round already?

 

Really starting to think that Russ is the reason OKC can't win.

KD couldn't win with him and now PG can't win with him.

 

Yeah.

EDIT: It's a shame too. He is a great player.

 

Can we please stop talking about how bad Westbrook has been and start talking about how awesome Dame has been? Leading the playoff in scoring, dishing out assists left and right, AND actually playing good D for a change!

 

Dame is a great player. I will never deny that. But that's a given for me.

Russ' storyline is more intriguing for me because he's the common denominator for OKC. It makes KD leaving that much more revealing.