Before the NBA resumed in 2020, LeBron James said he was a league fan who had a play-in tournament until the playoffs. With the Los Angeles Lakers in danger of falling into a play-in a season later, James’s tone changed. .
“Whoever proposed this has to be fired,” James said after the Lakers’ 121-114 defeat to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
The loss for Third Consecutive and Seventh through the Lakers in their last nine games, placing them in a three-way draw for the most sensitive seed 5-7 with the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers would be seeded No. 6 and avoid the entry-in game if the season ended today due to the tiebreaker’s profits over Portland.
Seed 7 and 8 are expected to play a playoff game for seed No. 7 after the end of the normal season. The loser of this setting would play the winner of an adjustment between the no. nine and seed No. 10 for seed No. 8.
The NBA instituted the play-in by unanimous vote before the 2020–21 season for one year. Throughout the normal season, a season bogged down by COVID-19 and injuries, some expressed displeasure. who voted for the play-in, his vote was a “big mistake” last month, and he told Tim MacMahon of ESPN:
“I sense why the NBA does it. But if we have to be artistic by COVID, we go straight on to 1-20 and let the last 4 play. This is the year especially to do it from the 10 games. [From the general” 82-game calendar] were at the conference.
“The worst thing about this technique is that it doubles the voltage of the compressed calendar. Instead of betting on a place in the playoffs and being able to rest players while the ranking is clearer, the groups want to apply the technique of each game as a playoff game to get in or stay in the six most sensitive, since the consequences, as Luka said, are enormous. Players play more games and more minutes in fewer days. “
Most of Cuba’s complaint is similar to the normal condensed season of the 72-game league by 2020-21. He said that a move in a more popular 82-game season, when groups are not required to rest players due to the compression of time, may simply be more feasible.
Others, adding Pelican coach Stan Van Gundy, felt some bitter grapes from Cuba. Van Gundy noted that the complaint only came here when it became clear that the Cuban team would take part in the play-in.
The same can be said of James, if the Lakers had no trouble keeping their heads out of the water amid their injury problems, so it’s fair to wonder if James’ tough complaint about the play-in would have arisen.
The play-in worked from a league point of view, twenty-five of the league’s 30 groups remain eligible for playoffs with fewer than 10 games remaining, it’s almost certain that there will also be a lot of excitement around the exclusive play. -in format, so it is more likely than not that the playback will be there in the long term.
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