Tuesday night’s Western Conference play-in tournament between the LA Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans is rapidly approaching. The victor will face the Denver Nuggets in a seven-game series and receive the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
Provoking Caption
Nevertheless, some of the keenest-eyed admirers have noticed an inaccuracy.The two teams will play one other for the first time on Tuesday night. LA leads their season series 2-1 and has already defeated them in the In-Season Tournament. But before the game began, a visual was displayed that astute spectators saw.
There was a graphic that showed Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham being thrown out. Jovan Buha of The Athletic shared the picture on X along with a thought-provoking caption.
It’s likely that the graphic had a mistake when it was being tested. The game had not yet begun when the clock displayed, and it was getting close to tipoff.Another option is that it was being tested by the graphics team to make sure there were no issues.
The winner of the Lakers vs. Pelicans game on Tuesday night will play the reigning champions. Playing the Nuggets in a seven-game series is challenging since they are among the better teams in the Western Conference.
Don’t Win Tonight
There have been several suggestions that LA try to aim for the eighth seed before to their play-in game versus the Pelicans. The team holding that seed will take on the youthful OKC Thunder squad, which won the Western Conference.
NBA pundit Mike Greenberg implored the California-based squad to purposefully lose against the Pelicans, and he had some favorites in the matchup on Tuesday night. Greenberg said, “Don’t win tonight. ‘Cause then you walk into a buzzsaw.” “Playing the Nuggets in Denver is like that. Just the quick conclusion of your season.”
However, a former star of the franchise, Magic Johnson, said it would be ridiculous to lose intentionally. Johnson wants his former team to excel against the Pels and secure the seventh spot so the roster won’t have to play another game.
The team was in the play-in tournament last season and advanced to the Western Conference finals. But they were swept by the Nuggets at that stage, which is why some want LA to intentionally lose.
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