Nuggets tanked the game Sunday night against Portland with the hopes of dropping Houston down to the 4 seed and push them to the Warriors side of the bracket for the second round. A risky move, but genius if it pays off. In order for it to happen, 3 things had to go right.
OKC had to beat Houston on Houstons final game (they did)
Denver had to win 1 of their final 2 games. They lost tonight at Utah but have another chance at home tomorrow vs Minnesota to lock up the 2 seed.
Portland has to win it’s final 2 games. Starting with the Lakers tonight and ending with the Kings tomorrow. Portland would then finish with the same record as Houston and takeover the 3 seed due to h2h record.
If all 3 things go right, Houston drops to 4 and sets up the Hou vs GS deathmatch in the second round rather than the WCF. Denver comes out lookin like geniuses for setting themselves up not only for an easier trip to the WCF, but better news for every other team in the playoffs because those 2 teams will have to go through each other sooner than expected. First things first, Portland needs to take care of LAL tonight, which they’re currently struggling to do.
Yep. Good thing we went the right direction this year while they didn’t lol they have nothing to play for tomorrow and are sitting Kat out. If we can’t handle business tomorrow and lock up the 2 seed then we don’t deserve to win the first round no matter how smart that plan might have been
