LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

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  1. lakerjones

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    Nice game from the old man last night. 21 points and a triple double with some ferocious slams (other than that early one that came in and out of the rim).
     
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    Think he needs some time off before the playoffs - he missed some And 1s and drives. This was stuff he was making recently and more along how he looked when he just got back and was out of shape.
     
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    No rest for the weary right now though. It's money time. We beat the teams we were supposed to but this is a tough stretch coming up. We are holding on to 3rd place for dear life at the moment with games coming up against the Cavs and OKC twice. We only have a couple gimmes down the stretch against Dallas, and Utah, and some that could go either way vs. GS, and the Suns. Meanwhile Denver is skating pretty easy until they face the Spurs April 7th, have a bunch of gimmes and then one v. OKC and another against SA but things might be settled by then. They could still jump up into our slot and they are playing great and have good health.

    I really think seeding matters this year. I know the three spot didn't help us last season, but we look better and we've won our head to head series against our 3-6 competition. We need a favorable matchup. To me the Rockets and Minny are luckily a better matchup than Denver who are always dangerous. We should be good in that way - I see us ending up having HCA over Houston and Minny. We have a good cushion over them to get at least the 4 seed.
     
    lakerjones, Mar 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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    LakeShowAZ, Mar 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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    you just don't want denver in round 1. you're going to be on the road in round 2 against a heavy favorite regardless. only reason 3/4 matters is if both us and denver upset the top seeds, you'd have home court in the conference finals. that's pretty unlikely, so the magic numbers in my head are to stay at 4. need to go 4-3 to ensure that. we have three games that we'll be favored in down the stretch. but if minny and houston each lose any game (they have one against each other, so there's one for one of them), we stay head even if we go 3-4.

    i'm curious to see how okc and sas play it. i'm guessing both would prefer us to denver in round 2. will they adjust strategy if manipulating that becomes possible?
     
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