Nuggets Secure #4 Seed and Home Advantage in NBA Playoffs

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00:00on friday the lakers were victorious against the rockets la clinching that three c but we had a lot

00:06to figure out on sunday afternoon afternoon four five six and seven who would fall into the top

00:13spot in the play in tournament let's start with the four c the denver nuggets leave no doubt and

00:19clinch home floor advantage with a victory on the road against the rockets denver wins by 15

00:25they comfortably cruised to a seven and a half point road spread cover as well for denver all

00:32five starters drs for the nuggets scoring in double figures all five starters for houston did play but

00:38nobody more than 27 minutes they got some run they got some work they weren't really all that

00:44significant and the nuggets take advantage winning three straight with an interim head coach in place

00:49to make sure they have home floor advantage in the opening round of the playoffs maybe it was the

00:54right move maybe it wasn't the right move but then you take a look and say well what actually

00:58happened here well if you fire your general manager and your head coach with a team that's headed towards

01:02the playoffs and they lose three in a row heading into the playoffs that's how you know you absolutely

01:07did the wrong thing so the grades are still going to be out there and we'll see how the nuggets play

01:10in the playoffs and keep in mind the nuggets winning eight playoff round is not a successful season for

01:15them fresh off a championship just a few short years ago so understand this they need to play well

01:19keep moving but i like the fact that the three and oh pressure situations came up they won those

01:24now they're a top four seed they get a little bit of a break this week to get a little bit healthier

01:28before they head into the playoffs and also they are going to have home court advantage in round

01:33number one in elevation sort of get that peddling and also still get used to your new head coach with

01:37the michael malone system that's now not there and also michael malone obviously not there as well so

01:42i'm happy to see what the nuggets have but understand this too like they're supposed to get respect

01:46they're supposed to win basketball games but that is a tough western conference where if you win a

01:50couple rounds it still might be a good season but for the nuggets who just won with maybe the

01:54best basketball player in the world you gotta win a couple series here if you felt like firing the head

01:59coach was a reason to do that in that first round set the four five split denver and the los angeles

02:06clippers is going to be great theater that was probably the game of the day on sunday to end out the

02:11regular season in the association the clippers on the road in san francisco against the golden state

02:17warriors both teams with a ton of motivation both trying to avoid the play in tournament

02:22that's what la was able to accomplish winning in ot 124 119 the clippers winning outright as a three

02:31and a half point dog the clips win eight straight to end out the regular season and after dropping six

02:37of their first seven following the all-star break the clippers win 18 of their last 21 on the other end of

02:44that coin drs golden state dropping two of its final three in this final week of the regular

02:49season yesterday understandable against a red hot la side the one that will haunt them late last week

02:57at home as a 17 point favorite against the spurs harrison barnes former warrior hitting a buzzer beater

03:04to beat his former team but in terms of a playoff atmosphere type game we certainly got that on a

03:10sunday afternoon in san francisco no we certainly did and it's great too because you know we don't

03:15have the same energy which we'll get to the eastern conference but you're talking about legitimate

03:19possible title contenders with championship pedigree that are now in the play in round so

03:24understand how important this final couple games of the season was because so many times like ah what

03:28am i going to do ben lose a spot maybe two we'll still be fine like we've never seen you could be the

03:33three seed or the seven seed in the blink of an eye in the final week of the season and we got that

03:37in the western conference finals and i don't know if it's like oh you get a little moral victory

03:41there's no moral victory for the warriors they're used to winning championships now they're in the

03:45play in round saying we have to play extra basketball as a veteran team which we would love

03:48to have had five six and seven days off before our playoff series started have other teams in that

03:54play in round and sort of worse for the wear and tear once they get there i'm not worried per se

03:58about the warriors because if we look at that you know six seven eight nine and ten i do think the

04:03warriors actually are the best team of that bunch but it's just a shame that hey man look at the way

04:07it turned out we had to play the clippers in the final game of the season you know it would have

04:10been better if we got to play a team like the philadelphia 76ers that were just looking for

04:14losses late in the season but it added great drama to the nba broadcast and you saw yesterday an

04:19overtime game with seating on the line we love to see that

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