Elliott: Don't Expect Big 3 vs. Lakers

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Originally Posted by Splitman4evah

Sean is tied in and all, but he can be used as a pawn in Pop's 3D chess game just as easily as he can be a reliable source. I expect tomorrow night to be a playoff game mentality. We'll find out soon enough!

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It's possible. Elliott was oddly specific about details so he obviously heard something. Maybe it changes ... guess we'll see.

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Originally Posted by GSH

Tim is lobbying to play tomorrow in the post-game.

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Either the players are very good actors or even they don't know in advance who is going to play when in a unique b2b2b situation. Which leads me to believe Sean doesn't know either, is just speculating.

They should play and avoid a 40 point loss embarrassment.

pop might want them to think big three will not play and they will be bummer then they see them in the lineup and go now what

Play for the 1 seed.

I can see the Lakers finishing 4-1 down the stretch and locking up the 3 seed. Split the games against LA and try your best to win all the other games.

Might even get lucky and have OKC drop another 1 or 2 games.

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Originally Posted by ducks

pop might want them to think big three will not play and they will be bummer then they see them in the lineup and go now what

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CIA Ducks on CIA Pop.

Classic.

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Originally Posted by timvp

I think Pop got lucky. Now, forfeiting tomorrow isn't such a horrible move. Even after a forfeit, the Spurs still have the inside track at the number one seed. Giving the Lakers a win helps them stay at 3. So .............. damn, forfeiting isn't the horrible move it was 30 minutes ago, tbh.

That said, I'd probably still rather the Spurs just try to win it.

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Yeah,but we should defeat them in the next game. If we lose both then 1st seed could go to OKC.

So why not try to win tomorrow and then we can forget the second one? We should win one of two. It's better to have 2 chances than only one.

Of course OKC could lose more games so we could lose both vs Lakers but we don't know that. We only know we'll be the 1st seed if we only lose one game.

OKC would have to drop 1 game if we split LA. If OKC some how loses 2 games then we are golden.

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Originally Posted by timvp

In an interview before the game against the Warriors, Sean Elliott basically said that even though the Big 3 probably won't play big minutes tonight, he still doesn't expect to see the Big 3 against the Lakers tomorrow night. Since Elliott is so plugged in, there's no doubt he was using some inside info when making that prediction.

What do you think about Pop sitting the Big 3 even if their minutes are limited tonight against Golden State?

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I think that Jerry Buss might imitate Steve Sarver tomorrow night.

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Originally Posted by Mugen

Play for the 1 seed.

I can see the Lakers finishing 4-1 down the stretch and locking up the 3 seed. Split the games against LA and try your best to win all the other games.

Might even get lucky and have OKC drop another 1 or 2 games.

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Heh... if he was really CIA Pop, he would tank ALL of the remaining games, and fall to the 4 seed. Then meet Memphis in the first round, OKC in the second, and whoever is left in the WCF.

A Thunder win over Clippers would have made it obvious than trying to win the game @Lakers was the right move with Pop having been able to limit a lot minutes played against GS.

With the Clippers win, the situation is now damn complex. There are just too much parameters to know what the right move is. I'm fine with with Pop tanking or trying to win the game against Lakers because I don't have a clue about what he should do.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

OKC would have to drop 1 game if we split LA. If OKC some how loses 2 games then we are golden.

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It's def possible. Phoenix/LA/Denver all fighting to make the playoffs and for better seeding.

OKC hasn't been playing their best ball. Spurs need to split the LA games and win the games they're supposed to win then they are in good shape.

Something else to consider: the Kings have two days of rest before the Spurs arrive in town. The Spurs on the third night of a b2b2b vs. a Kings team who didn't travel plus had two days off could be more difficult that it appears at first glance.

That may be another reason why Pop is (allegedly) leaning toward tanking tomorrow night.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

OKC would have to drop 1 game if we split LA. If OKC some how loses 2 games then we are golden.

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If we lose only one game vs LA we'll have the 1st seed because we have the tiebreaker.

Man that's a tough call for tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Josepatches_

If we lose only one game vs LA we'll have the 1st seed because we have the tiebreaker.

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Assuming OKC loses another game as well.

Then again, out of the last 3 Laker games, the closest one was the one when the Big 3 sat :lol

It will be a punk move

Play to win

It's very possible IMO that OKC just runs the table from here on out and in that case we should just do everything possible to knock LA down to 4. I mean I have no idea what to do.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Something else to consider: the Kings have two days of rest before the Spurs arrive in town. The Spurs on the third night of a b2b2b vs. a Kings team who didn't travel plus had two days off could be more difficult that it appears at first glance.

That may be another reason why Pop is (allegedly) leaning toward tanking tomorrow night.

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That's a good point. Cousins will be a handfull, and the Kings have a bunch of guys who can flat go off. Come in a little tired and flat, and that could easily be one of those surprise L's.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

Assuming OKC loses another game as well.

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Spurs have one less loss than OKC. OKC would have to win out and the Spurs would need to drop two for them to take the #1 seed.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

Assuming OKC loses another game as well.

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No, for OKC to win the West the Spurs must lose 2 more games than Thunder over the course of the remaining games.

What makes me laugh is the perception that the Spurs have gone pussified against the LAL thinking that the LAL will play this share the ball O and play Bynum as option 1 when Bean comes back.
:lmao
It's not the Spurs or Pop that's soft...its the fans that crave a REG season victory. Fuck that...its about playoff victories and this team has the best team going in.
They ain't underdogs against the LAL. Health is more important. The Big 3 will play but win or lose Tuesday, I just don't think that the LAL can beat the Spurs 4 out of 7 with the big 3 healthy.

When considering the seeding, keep in mind that it's very unlikely that Pop will play big 3 in the last 2 games. So unless OKC free fall till the end of the season, we're very unlikely to get the No.1 seed.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Something else to consider: the Kings have two days of rest before the Spurs arrive in town. The Spurs on the third night of a b2b2b vs. a Kings team who didn't travel plus had two days off could be more difficult that it appears at first glance.

That may be another reason why Pop is (allegedly) leaning toward tanking tomorrow night.

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Sure but would it be more difficult that game or to defeat the Lakers at our home?? I like our chances in SAC even in a b2b2b.
If we lose tomorrow we should win the rest of the regular games. If we win we could lose at least one.

Against SAC it would be a b2b2b for our bench anyway and playing more minutes like they usually play tonight and tomorrow .

Yes,we are deep but...It's not easy.