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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