I am pretty sure that there is a talk about changing something about this play-in situation. There are more and more teams who have a losing record that is getting at the closer levels of "why are there even there?" situation.

I get that making a bit more money, having a few more games where the teams could sell seats and beers and all that would be profitable for business, but it is not good for the league. Look at the situation at west, there are so many teams with losing records that are fighting for the last spots and that's a shame. Because the top teams are so much better than it is nothing but just watching a sweep happening beforehand basically, because you know it will be easy for the top teams.

KD really had a terrible 1st half in his home debut with the suns, I think on his 6th or 7th shot he finally hit one.
2nd half was slightly better with 2 important 3s but other than that he was not really back yet.

Dallas is slowly getting in deep trouble, as of now they are out of a post season position. Next 2 games are also on the road in MIAMI and Atlanta, 2 solid teams.
Even the last 3 home games after that are not easy (except vs the spurs of course).

I wouldn't bet any money of them getting into the playins but with Luka and Kyrie you never know.

This team definitely need a big push now, otherwise the season is over and the dark horse is out.

The Dallas Mavericks have lot's of struggles since the Kyrie Irving trade.

Before they got Kyrie, they are at the 4th spot of the Western Conference. When the trade happens and got Kyrie, many knew already that it was a fail experiment though many thought that it would be beneficial for the team especially for Luka because he will now have an all-star type of player on his team. What is the expense of the Kyrie trade? Their best defensive player in DFS, their supposed back-up point guard in Dinwiddie and some draft picks. Before the trade deadline, they are already one of the worst defensive teams around the league. After the trade? They got even worse than they are before the trade. Also add the frustration that Luka is dealing on each game, and that also affects his performance on every game.

The Mavericks are now on a position that they might not enter the playoffs this season because of what's happening to them. The team already is 6-14 since they got Kyrie. There is also a chance that the Mavericks might not sign Kyrie on the off-season because he wants a long term contract like a 4-year max contract, and for sure they will not give it to him knowing his drama and controversies that he got a few years ago. They traded their best players for nothing because they might not sign Kyrie on the off-season.

The size of the team is very awful as well, so it would be beneficial for the team to get some bigger wing defenders, but looking at the free agents, I don't see any notable players out there.

Kyrie contributes to Dallas very well but unfortunately they are lacking with proper support to their players since they trade those guys which is willing to work with their rules on the team. Two ball dominant superstar in the team is already proven that it will never work so I guess in part of Dallas they might think twice to sign up kyrie to their team in off season especially if they fall and will not compete to playoffs this season. I wonder why their management destroy their last roosters where they are already in best position on standing now they are struggling so bad and this can be a huge upset to their franchise.

well, the Pacers made an effort in this game, but they were unable to reverse the superiority of the Bucks, in the first period the Bucks won with a small difference of points, it was only 4 points, something very small, in the second period the Bucks did not manage to win, but they didn't lose either, the second period ended in a tie, it was a good chance that the Pacers had made more effort in the third period to stop the Bucks, something that did not happen and the Bucks won in the third period with a difference of 6 points, at that point they already I realized that the Bucks would win, the Pacers could not beat the Bucks, at most they would achieve a tie in the second period, in the fourth period the Pacers also lost, but this time the difference was smaller than that of the third period, in the fourth period the difference was only 1 point. Bennedict Mathurin of the Pacers was of great help in this game, he managed to score 41 points


wow, that means you're sitting in a privileged place, from the angle at which the photo was taken from the evidence that it was taken from a place close to where the players have been sitting, without a doubt that watching the game live is much better than watching the game on a screen, no matter how big the screen is, does not compare with watching it live

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Bulls 110 - 121 Lakers

at least the lakers won after in the first leg they lost by a difference of 10 points, this time the Lakers managed to win by a difference of 11 points, the Lakers dominated the game from the beginning

Yeah, saw that one and everyone is loving it, Pat did that to Lebron and we all know that they are competitive, but I think it's disrespectful to do that with your former team mates. And now that the Lakers got their revenge win and then this gesture by AR, Lol, its classic karma.

And even Lebron appreciate it after the game and was having fun, and says that although he loves it and AR got his back, AR still loves Kobe more than Lebron, but it was all just for fun.

It was Jrue Holiday who bring it with the Bucks as he registered 51 big points in this game. Giannis has his triple double and it was very close till the first half and even at the start of the 3rd quarter.

But as I have said, Holiday and Giannis combine in the 4th and Brook Lopez again having a good game as well. The Pacers really missed it's top scorer in this game and it's just a matter of time before the Bucks find their rhythm and that's what happen to this game.

That was the kind of game the Lakers badly needed from him but it seems like he can't do that freely because of the pressure against him at the Clippers, he has some teammates to rely on and it's working because they are now getting more wins in this circus runs in the western conference and it is the most important thing he can contribute to the team because they need him to play on that level, especially in the NBA playoffs. Let's just hope they won't get choked this time.

It's too bad that in 2 seasons with the Lakers, we didn't see that kind of performance from him. On the other hand, it's worst, outside shooting, his turn overs and late game choke from him.

So maybe this is just a blip in his performance with the Clippers, it could be good if he can do that again with Leonard on the floor or even Paul George if he can come back in the playoffs. For now the haters of Westbrook can't say anything about this performance of his beating the number 2 seed with their winning streak on the line.