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Playoff Seedings (Oh, and James White Content, Of Course)

by sungo on Apr 10, 2007 2:22 AM CDT

Your playoff seedings, including all games played through Monday night.

DAL 64-13 -
PHX 58-19 -6
SA 56-21 -8
UTA 48-29 -16
HOU 49-29 -15.5
DEN 41-36 -23
LAL 40-38 -24.5
GS 38-40 -26.5
LAC 37-39 -26.5
NO 36-41 -28

The Lakers lost to Denver tonight, and the Nuggets therefore have the tiebreaker over L.A. So the Nuggets would have to lose at least 3 of their last 5 games for LA to have a shot at the 6th seed. Assuming they even want it. See the new, related poll.

And now for the obligatory James White content. I only saw the second half, where he played the whole fourth quarter. Spectacular he wasn't, but he never seemed out of place on either end. His stats suggested he played much better in the first, where he hit two jumpers, including a 3.

Oh, and he sort of led the team in +|-, with +19. What does that mean? It means the team, as a whole, played well, in comparison to the opponent, while he was on the court. That's it. Nothing more.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, his discarded fingernail clippings are used as currency in Moldova.

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Re: Playoff Seedings

watched the whole fourth too and I was actually pissed at Duncan and Bowen for not giving up the ball to White on that 3 on 2 fast break. Also Bonner missed White for a wide open dunk too. Damn these fools, pass it too White. I was proud of seeing Butler looking rather slim and comfortable around the rim.

But I still want too see some damn lobs to our boy. Is Oberto the only one that can pass to White?

by adam8065 on Apr 10, 2007 11:42 AM CDT reply actions

+19

The +19 for White seems too good to be true, but it was the reserve unit that won the game. I don't want to get into Parker bashing because that can get overdone, but the team did make their runs when he was on the bench. The defense improved. The ball moved around more. And White looked completely comfortable. (I know Parker had a solid game by his standards but the overall score didn't indicate much progress for the team.)

White only had one bad play I remember when he drove into the lane trying to force things and got his shot thrown back. Of course I fell to my knees and wept for White being noble enough to show his humanity and making mistakes like all the rest of us mortals.

But overall, the +19 was not because of White, probably more to do with Jacque Vaughn and Bonner "getting after it", but White did show he deserves to get more minutes.

I never would have thought that White and Finley could both get playing time in the same game and both play well. Previously I thought Finley was in the way of White getting PT but now who knows? It's all too much to comprehend. Finley not sucking, White playing in the last week of the regular season.

Ok I'm going to drink water now.

by Jones on Apr 10, 2007 2:46 PM CDT reply actions

Re: Playoff Seedings

Parker did play a great game but Jones you are right, the ball movement was a lot better when Parker was on the bench. I did get a little perturbed by Tony at the end of the 3rd quarter when he blatantly took every single shot out there. I know he was on fire but he still does have teammates, and he didn't even pass the ball up once! Maybe that is why Pop didn't put him back in the game, to teach him a lesson.

by adam8065 on Apr 10, 2007 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

Barry's Back?

Although I'm happy to see White get his chance, I wonder about the health of Barry's back. I thought I read somewhere that he had more than one MRI. Is Pop playing White this much because he knows something about Barry that hasn't been expressed yet in the media, or is it a general fear of not playing small ball, or something completely explanable.

But back to White, he does "play within the system", unlike Beno, I hate to admit, who just jacks up shots as soon as they come his way. I wanted to blame Pop for ruining Beno, but I wonder if Pop just exposed Beno to the light and he is what he is.