RE: 76ers win final game of the season vs Bucks, playing Magic in 7/8 Eastern Conference Play-In!
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I know that the Heat made it to the finals after barely making the playoffs several years ago... but off the top of your head can you think of any play-in team other than them that did really well in the overall tournament?
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Well no but the Play-In hasn't existed for very long so it's hard to say that the play-in isn't worthy. It's not as if there's a rich history of the play-in. I think it's very nature suggests the odds are slim for whoever makes it out of the tournament. You can say the same for any 7-8 seed before the tournament. Should there not be eight or seven seeds? It is what it is. I like the potential for an underdog story. Its fun and adds lore.
the playoffs are really the only time of year that I truly pay attention to NBA because there are just too many games and I often feel as though a lot of teams don't really even try to excel until about a third of the way through the season. There are exceptions of course.
I'm a Boston fan, which you are likely obligated by geography to dislike :)
I respect the Celtics. Celtics should advance of course, but I hope it's a good series.
I haven't properly followed them since the Paul Pierce days. Honestly I have kind of fallen out of love with NBA because of the way the game has become more like street ball in recent years. I guess some people like that but for me, the collection of egregious violations of the rules like 5 step drives to the basket and traveling or restarting dribbling after picking up and all that not being called is more entertaining to me than most of the actual games. There is also the massive amount of commercials that I find kind of makes most games unwatchable. Until we get deeper into the playoffs it is likely that I will just watch highlights instead of entire games.
Definitely understandable! I am just a sports junkie so I put up with silly aspects of the game I guess.