The match-up between the 9th-10th seed is way exciting than the 7th-8th seed.
The series between these 2 teams is tied at 2 a piece.

The only difference now is the availability of players. Right now, GPII is out on the Warriors due to injury which for me isn't that significant though he's a good defender, but comparing it to the Kings that has no Huerter, and Monk coming into this elimination game is pretty huge. I mean with them out, you are removing players who are averaging more than 25+ PPG combined. Monk as we know is a big difference for the team in some of their games as their 6th man. I'm not saying that the Kings already lost the battle, but they need somebody to step up on offense to win against the Warriors who already defeated them in a 7-game series last season.

I always believe that injuries are big factor when it comes to the playoffs so with this 9th-10th game, I believe that the Warriors will won and will face the Lakers in the 8th seed battle.

With the NBA Play-in starting tomorrow, what are your predictions? Especially in the west.

Lakers vs. Pelicans
I think this one will be just a replay of the last game of the season. Lakers won't slip this chance to get a guaranteed spot in the playoffs, even if facing Denver is the reward. Pelicans might make some adjustments since Ingram did have limited minutes last outing, and we can see to increase it this play-in game. We can also see some adjustments from Zion since he did not play well last game as he registered only 12 points. Lakers might lose this game if AD won't play (but most likely he will), if they play the way they did last meeting, and also if there is no Darvin Ham slander. Overall, the Lakers can win this game and look forward to the first round.

Kings vs. Warriors
This one will be a close matchup. Looking back at the last three games of these teams, the only lead of the winning team is a point, and their season head-to-head matchup is tied, with Warriors winning the first two games and Kings winning the last two. The Kings will be missing the service of Malik Monk and, on the other hand, Gary Payton III for the Warriors. Kings having the home advantage is an edge for them. This is really a close call, but I can see the Kings winning this one because this is just a one-game knockout, but if it is a series, I can see the Warriors winning.

That's the most exciting part when we don't have any idea if they're going to push through the bracket and have plans of giving in lowkey to move to the other bracket competing against other team that they prefer.

I am speaking about the teams that are in the in-play.

Everyone loves to see Lebron at the playoffs except his haters, with his age and physique, he's going to make another history.

Yeah, we have the mentally that the Warriors are going to beat the Kings here, not sure what it is, could be that even if the age is a big factor for the Warriors and we say that their dynasty is over, at some point we want them to win.

Unlike the Pelican vs the Los Angeles Lakers, we want to see how the Lakers will go against the power of Zion, or we will have the task to stop him in this game. And the Lebron and AD being healthy again, can they beat the young and hungry Pelicans?

Yeah, it's probably time for his to retire, Lob City was one of the best teams to watch with him, CP3 and DeAndre Jordan, who I think is still playing. But when Blake got injured, it's just a matter of time before he lose his athleticism.

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I will go with the Lakers over Pelican, -1.5, at 2.06 odds. I think the Lakers can cover the handicap, as Lebron and AD are healthy enough to counter the youth of Pelicans. Plus their starting five as one of the solid fives this season as they literally can score 100+ points or more with Reaves, D'Lo and Hachimura.

Sad news indeed. I have a neighbor here who likes Blake Griffin and is a big fan of his. If I break this news to him he will probably be devastated. Well, his dunks will never be forgotten especially that time when he jumped over a car. Still, I don't see him as an effective player without a good point guard being paired with him.

New Orleans Pelicans versus LA Lakers live now.
It's getting hot. 2 technical fouls were already given to two players. Jose Alvarado and D'Angelo Russell. The vibes of the playoffs are already happening and we can see the defense also getting sticky. We might see more action later and then in the next game too the Warriors versus the Kings. These teams ain't going to mess around anymore in a do or die situation.

Zion is definitely trying to do something special today but it doesn’t look good as far as the rest of the team actually winning the game. The Lakers look dominant out there. Zion is going to have to find some help if they’re going to make this a game down the stretch. Looks like he might end up with 40 and a loss.

Edit: Zion getting help now! They just went on a 9-0 run and got within 2. The Lakers better start guarding the other guys…

Edit 2: LeBron looking tired… Falling asleep on defense and settling for bad 3 point shots early in the clock on offense… LA needs to burn some timeouts!

Edit 3: Glad to see they just took back to back timeouts. Game is tied now though…

Edit 4: A couple questionable calls in the last 2 minutes and Zion going down with an injury in the last minute saved the Lakers who looked like they were about to lose. I hope Zion is OK.

This Kings vs Warriors game is living up to expectations. Their games during the regular season were so close… I think this one will come down to the wire too. The Kings have a chance to end the Warriors dynasty for good right now but you know the Warriors aren’t going down without a fight. This is one of those games you know you’ll wake up bruised tomorrow from.

Edit: As soon as I talk about how close this game will be the Kings run out to a 15 point lead…

5 minutes left on Q4.

Safe to say congrats in advance to the Sacramento Kings. So in the first round of the playoffs, we'll see Thunders vs Kings.