(04-14-2024, 12:23 AM)myconsumerclub Wrote: Plus if OKC wins then we may play them in the 2nd instead of DEN or MIN and I think we wipe the floor with them at full strength so lets go with the flow rest our stars and let OKC get 1st.
OKC is the team I´d be most confident about beating, followed by the Lakers (if they did not have the refs in their back pocket) and Suns.
We have zero incentive to win this game and for the people that says it does not matter, you got to beat everybody. It does matter. It can literally decide championships.
Remember the We Believe Warriors. We could have avoided that 1st round match-up by beating them in the 2nd last regular season game, but we rested all our players. Lost by 30, finished the regular season 0-3 against them (20% of our total regular season losses) and the rest is history. They should have fought for their lives in that one regular season game. They win that one game, we have an excellent chance to win the title. As the Jazz proved in the next round, if we had avoided the Warriors in the 1st, somebody else would likely have taken care of them. Thexy were not that good, just a Nelliemare for us.