Correct, and based on the separation of 5-8 we could still end up playing anybody out of the Jazz, Clippers, Thunder, and Spurs

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Hickory High said:

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The MVP award has always been a narrative award. It's never been a best player award. It's not really worth caring about either way IMO.

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Agreed. Both players are having great years and you can make a case for both winning it. Maybe James NOT winning the MVP will light a fire in him for the playoffs.

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The award doesn't get announced until after the Finals

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I don't think Harden would be getting screwed if Giannis wins - it would not nearly be as bad as Westbrook two years ago. While Harden is having an unmatched statistical season - so is Giannis - no one has ever averaged 27, 12 & 6 in a season and he is going to finish in the top 3 of the defensive player of the year as well. I honestly thinks it's a toss up but as others have stated the narrative is going to lean toward Giannis with the "his turn, best player - best team". I am just excited about the team being healthy and playing really well going into the playoffs after getting off to the 11-14 start (40-14 since).

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I agree but I'm still pretty mad at how Westbrick won it 2 seasons ago because of his statpadding for rebounds

Short of Harden having a 70 point game, I think it's over.

Farmer1906 said:

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Short of Harden having a 70 point game, I think it's over.

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What better time than tomorrow night? He only has to score 9 more points than his other game against the Knicks.

Farmer1906 said:

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Short of Harden having a 70 point game, I think it's over.

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The amazing thing is, with Harden, a 70 point game is not out of the question.

If he scores 110 points in his last three games he will score more points in a season than everyone not named Jordan and Chamberlain.

Giannis going to score 100 the way philly is guarding him tonight.

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Farmer1906 said:

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Short of Harden having a 70 point game, I think it's over.

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The amazing thing is, with Harden, a 70 point game is not out of the question.

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If he gets 70, it will be seen as selfish and not the right style to win a championship.

Giannis won the MVP tonight.

No, he didn't. He already won it.

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Frok said:

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Hickory High said:

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The MVP award has always been a narrative award. It's never been a best player award. It's not really worth caring about either way IMO.

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Agreed. Both players are having great years and you can make a case for both winning it. Maybe James NOT winning the MVP will light a fire in him for the playoffs.

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The award doesn't get announced until after the Finals

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Oh shoot, forgot they changed that.

Frok said:

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WES2006AG said:

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Frok said:

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The MVP award has always been a narrative award. It's never been a best player award. It's not really worth caring about either way IMO.

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Agreed. Both players are having great years and you can make a case for both winning it. Maybe James NOT winning the MVP will light a fire in him for the playoffs.

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The award doesn't get announced until after the Finals

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Oh shoot, forgot they changed that.

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NBA figured they needed a post season fashion show disguised as an awards show

We own the Knicks

2 more to go let's finish strong

Just keep winning

Legit chance could be a 3 way tie...need trailblazers to win both against Denver and then Denver win other two games.

Guess best case Portland wins both but loses to another team and Rockets get 2 seed outright.

I'm actually glad Portland dropped one. Didn't like them tied in the loss column owning the tie breaker against us.

Now we need Portland to win the next one and the Nuggets to trip into another L.

If we win out, and Denver loses 2 of next 3....we end up tied with them right? We own that tiebreaker due to us winning 2 of 3 over them I believe.

2nd place in west if Portland & Jazz can beat them and we take care of business.

We just need to take care of business against the Suns and see where things stand going into that last game against the Thunder. Interestingly enough if Portland beats Denver then the Nuggets have to play the Jazz who still have a slight chance and getting the 4 seed and home court advantage over Portland. If the Jazz and Blazers end up with the same record, they split the season series so it goes to division record since neither will actually win the division. Jazz have the advantage.

Edit to add: We play our last game Tuesday against the Thunder. Tip time is 30 minutes after tipoff between the Nuggets and Jazz.

Still plenty of scenarios on the table.

If we don't beat OKC we might end up having to play them in the first round. We have to win that game.

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If we don't beat OKC we might end up having to play them in the first round. We have to win that game.

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On the flip side, beating them might ensure you play them in the first round if we end up 2/7.

Just win and don't worry about opponents.

I mean, opponent matters, but avoiding Golden State for as long as possible matters more

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I mean, opponent matters, but avoiding Golden State for as long as possible matters more

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This.

That's why the blazers grabbing an L was big. Ultimately 2 and 3 and the corresponding first round matchup won't make a huge difference. All teams the Rockets should beat but all upset capable if they are off.

Well this makes things interesting

I don't blame them. If we meet them in the playoffs it might be a sweep.

So the nuggets would rather face the warriors?

I get it now. They want the blazers to catch us

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So the nuggets would rather face the warriors?

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No. They want to stay in 2nd and have us fall to 4th.

If they wanted the blazers to catch the rockets then they should not have beat them a few days ago. Rockets aren't losing to the suns and a .500 over the last month thunder team

Hopefully the guys aren't napping on Phoenix. I remember 1993.

Next to last game of the regular season, and the Rockets are playing the Mavericks, who I believe were 9-71. They were headed toward matching the 9-73 76ers mark for worst season ever.

Anyway, game is at the Summit, and the Rockets lose...they finish the season tied with Seattle for #2 seed, Seattle wins the tiebreaker and has home court when the Rockets play them in the West semis...Seattle wins in 7, with Game 7 going to OT.

Better days were ahead, but that one stung...if they're at home in Game 7, maybe the outcome is different. Home team won all 7 games in that series.

All that to say, beat ****ty teams and don't coast.

The nuggets are playing with fire. They still have to play at Utah who are the only team hotter than the Rockets and, with a POR loss, would have a shot at the 4 instead of the 5!

If DEN loses to Portland and Utah, we could easily get the #2. That means we would still get to be in their bracket AND they lose home court advantage in the second round.

We're going to beat them with or without home court. They'd rather take this risk and face an injured Portland team in case we lose to OKC on Tuesday.