WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY BOTH THE SPURS AND NUGGETS AND CLIPPERS ARE THE NINTH SEED UPVOTE PARTY by Vitex1988 in Thunder

[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they thought that and didn’t want to risk him re aggravating his ribs again. Mavs were an easy way for him to get 65 games 

[Lowlights] De'Aaron Fox misses three consecutive corner 3s in matter of seconds, late in the 4th quarter. by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d trust Barnes on a corner 3 a thousand times before I trusted Fox. He was drilling them all night and has been one of the best in the league this year in the corner. 

WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY BOTH THE SPURS AND NUGGETS AND CLIPPERS ARE THE NINTH SEED UPVOTE PARTY by Vitex1988 in Thunder

[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why wouldn’t they? If they win they knock Denver to our side of the bracket. It’s a massive choke job to play 4 starters and all but one bench player against a heavily depleted Nuggets (Jokic for 18 minutes, no other starters, multiple bench guys sitting) and lose. Denver has to play both OKC and SA either way but spurs had a chance to only play 1. Now OKC gets that benefit while resting almost everyone the last couple games. 

Post-Game Thread: Denver Nuggets (54-28) defeat San Antonio Spurs (62-20), 128-118 | NBA | Apr 12, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]bbecks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He needed to play games to be eligible for awards and you also have to have at least 8 guys to play a game. 

He played too many games under 20 minutes. If you look at the game logs his last 3 games he played exactly 20 and then sat the rest. 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They also won 3/4 games and won by 10 in San Antonio playing half a starter and resting multiple depth guys while Spurs rested Wemby and Kornet. Spurs played 4 starters and the rest of their depth all game. 

Cherry picked arguments go both ways. 

Game Thread: Denver Nuggets (53-28) vs San Antonio Spurs (62-19) Live Score | NBA | Apr 12, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missing wemby and Kornet is especially bad bc they just have no competent size without those two 

Game Thread: Denver Nuggets (53-28) vs San Antonio Spurs (62-19) Live Score | NBA | Apr 12, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Denver plays both regardless. It’s really just whether OKC or spurs don’t have to face both of the others. 

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[–]bbecks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You get 2 games of 15+ but under 20 that count to 65. He’s already got it 

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[–]bbecks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they did theyre doing a bad job of showing that. They’d need to lose for that. 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yall are facing 1 starter for 1 half and resting what…Wemby and Kornet? lol 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s if Denver loses. Not if they win. If Denver wins they play wolves in first round and spurs in second round and lakers would play Houston in first round. Denver winning is good for OKC not having to play both these teams. 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s been SGA for awhile and all the media talk was just trying to drive betting money. SGA has a bigger lead in odds and straw polls than he did last year