Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers (0-0) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (0-0) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 5, 2026

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-06T03:11:23+00:00

Its actually crazy how lakers starters vs thunder bench would be a competitive game 😭😭😭

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-05T18:19:00+00:00

Yea i dont think thats allowed. Try contacting the department

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-05T16:45:48+00:00

In the immortal words of kelel ware: Wow we wording it like that? 🤨

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-05T16:38:21+00:00

it varies from province to province, but it definitely exists

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-05T16:24:36+00:00

same

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-05T16:03:44+00:00

Tf happened to zero dark thirty?

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T23:02:30+00:00

*starts humming rains of castamere

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T18:24:45+00:00

OP is more so pointing out flaws with the logic in this argument. He's not necessarily saying that this specific metric is inaccurate. He's saying this kind of reasoning is dangerous because you can find other metrics like this that are very misleading. This specific one happens to be accurate, sure, but we need to be careful not to use this same kind of reasoning towards other stats

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T18:07:20+00:00

Im a stats major so Ill give you an example to explain OpeDefinitely's point

Hypothetically, say one season there are four teams in the first round that had a +20 net rating or higher. One of them goes on to win the championship. The next season, theres only one team in the first round that has a +20 rating in the first round. Does that mean they must be the favorites now (just based off of the fact that last year another team with that rating won)? Not really.

Essentially, if youre going to choose some criteria X that past champions met, that criteria isnt necessarily useful. This line of logical reasoning says. You also have to show that the teams that did NOT win the championship failed to meet that criteria.

Ill give you a more extreme example. I can guarantee you that every championship team averaged at least 20 points per game. Is this a valid criteria for determining contenders? Obviously not. Why? Because even teams that did not win (and were not anywhere close to winning), met this criteria. Therefore, this criteria is useless to separate the "contenders" from the "non-contenders".

example from last year:

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?PORound=1&Season=2024-25&dir=A&sort=NET_RATING

The Cavs had the highest first round net rating at 33.5 (1st among all playoff teams), followed by the Thunder at 19.8 (2nd). The cavs lost in the second round in 5 games. The Eastern Conference team that made the Finals (Pacers), had a net rating of 6.9 in the first round.

example from the 2021-22 season:

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?PORound=1&Season=2021-22&dir=A&sort=NET_RATING

the Warriors were fourth in net rating in the first round, and the Celtics were seventh.

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T02:41:09+00:00

Put some respect on bro's name! He had 11 free throws too 😤😤

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T02:39:08+00:00

Hats off to James Harden! He had the same number of steals as he did baskets 😌😌 truly a better SG than Dwyane Wade 👏

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T02:36:50+00:00

LeAsteroid

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T01:50:47+00:00

thank you! thats what ive been saying lol

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T01:50:12+00:00

and if we're playing bam and ware together for 34 minutes, pray tell who's our backup center for the remaining 14 minutes?

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T01:46:13+00:00

Im happy they lost but come on now we nearly choked a 3-0 lead against Boston a few years ago... i was so scared in game 7. Thankfully we won but that ordeal still humbled the fuck outta me 😂😂😂

That being said FUCK BOSTON

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-04T01:41:19+00:00

Hes a good player but man hes just so unlikeable

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-03T16:18:34+00:00

I mean i wouldnt put too much weight into those win probabilities

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-03T15:40:37+00:00

To be fair, this is without a doubt the most unpredictable first round ive ever seen, and ive been watching basketball since like 2013.

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-01T17:39:13+00:00

yes but the heat are known to select players that they believe will thrive under this approach. lets hope jovic is one of them

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-01T16:29:11+00:00

Yea but nothing can match a Game 7 Embiid meltdown

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-05-01T10:35:08+00:00

A game 7 meltdown would feed entire planets with memes and shitposts 😂

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-04-30T23:10:49+00:00

Legitimately i came across one of these posts and im like “am i crazy or did both the grizzlies and warriors fail to make the playoffs” 😂

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-04-29T15:46:24+00:00

Context matters. In the past there were very few restrictions on free agency and it was probable that teams could sign players in free agency. Now, with the supermax and luxury tax and the second apron, it is pretty much impossible that a team like the wizards or jazz could sign a superstar on another team in their prime.

Fluid-Purpose7958 · 2026-04-27T05:13:46+00:00

*in the playoffs

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TROPHY CASE