All times are CENTRAL-Visitor-HomeTime(44-35) DENVER NUGGETS(42-37) LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS2:30 pm (NBATV)(42-37) MILWAUKEE BUCKS(28-51) NEW YORK KNICKS6:30 pm(26-53) BROOKLYN NETS(27-52) CHICAGO BULLS7:00 pm(45-34) NEW ORLEANS PELICANS(57-22) GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS7:30 pm(45-34) OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER(64-15) HOUSTON ROCKETS7:30 pm (ABC)(48-31) PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS(45-34) SAN ANTONIO SPURS8:00 pm
For Mission OKC Miss the Playoffs: Go Nuggets, Rockets, Pels and Spurs. If first two win, OKC will end the day in 9th.
Then we need okc to lose vs heat or okc could sneak in after minnesota or denver lose on the last day of the season
NBA Referee Assignments April 7, 2018 Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day. Game Official 1 Official 2 Official 3 Alternate Denver @ LA Clippers Marc Davis (#8) Leon Wood (#40) Gary Zielinski (#59) Milwaukee @ New York Mike Callahan (#24) Ron Garretson (#10) Tre Maddox (#73) Brooklyn @ Chicago Brian Forte (#45) Marat Kogut (#32) Justin Van Duyne (#64) Oklahoma City @ Houston Zach Zarba (#15) Derrick Collins (#11) Karl Lane (#77) New Orleans @ Golden State James Capers (#19) Tyler Ford (#39) Josh Tiven (#58) Portland @ San Antonio David Guthrie (#16) Bennie Adams (#47) Curtis Blair (#74) Replay Center: Mark Lindsay , Ed Malloy , Michael Smith
Denver right now has to be kicking themselves for that inexplicable loss to Memphis last month. OKC is guaranteed to beat Memphis at the end of the year. If they lose tonight AND to Miami, they might finish 8th. Denver's three remaining games are all challenging.
Man jokic is such a joy to watch. He truly is magnificent offensively but I hope Denver makes it to the 8th seed. We would murder him on constant PnR and just attack his lack of mobility on the way to an easy sweep.
Pleeeeease let them get the 8th seed. I love it when teams play this kind of defense against the Rockets. When they play unselfish, focused and clinical on offense, the Nuggets look really good. It makes up for their lack of intensity on the other end against most teams.
I blame the GARM morons who were praying for the 7th seed vs Warriors angle when connoisseurs like us knew that true pleasure was in knocking them out of the playoffs altogether. We were this close to reaching Thunder schadenfreude nirvana!