Steph Curry Supernova
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In any case they do celebrate it. Its called the MVP and the Allstar ballot midseason. Thats all, and that's plenty.
Mass Appeal
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I don't watch enough soccer to know what team that is or the league it's in but MLS definitely has playoffs.
Lebron is in Space Jam, not whoever that is.
I caught myself wishing the NBA would abolish the playoffs and go with a soccer league setup where regular season wins counted for points. Then every game would truly matter in theory.
But..who knows how it would turn out in the NBA? The Warriors would have wrapped up the title by March in such a system.
hydragonwarrior
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That really was a supernova
So does the UEFA Champions League.
TheAutomator
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The English Premier League doesn't do a playoffs, because English teams can't win playoff format football (Euro, World Cup) so they banned it from their national league.
TheAutomator
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As it should be. GSW were much better than the rest of the league. That's how the league should work.
Very funny. That does not explain the German league or the Spanish league, two of the top soccer leagues in the world.
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In which the top 4 teams in the league qualify for the UEFA champions league, which is continent wide instead of country wide, which culminates in a playoff system.
This also discounts the world cup, which itself is a playoffs tournament and the most popular soccer event in the world.
But it isn't how it works. So...
If GSW gets knocked out of the playoffs, then they aren't the best team in the nba this year.
Byakuya769
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what the hell? No it shouldn't. WHy aren't they winning now if they're so good? This is insane, damn this has to be the saltiest I've ever seen somebody.
TheAutomator
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EPL and Champions League are two separate things though. One is a league and the other is a knockout tournament.
psynergylover
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Bullshit! every team would rather take the chip than having the best regular season, like many have said no one will remember this 73-9 record if the Warriors don't win the finals, no one talks about the Patriots 18-1 record because the didn't win the championship
Skellig Gra
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Soccer certainly does have playoffs. They have the Europa and the Champions league all which you qualify for based on your regular season record.
Mass Appeal
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No it shouldn't lmao. I agree the playoffs are too long and that the first round should be 5 games again but your idea of basketball is beyond wrong. What about players who get Injured during the season but come back in playoffs to make a difference? IMO the regular season is also way too long and needs to be shortened.
You should read this
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/shane-battier-nba-western-conference-finals-preview/
yet you claimed """""""""""SOCCER""""""""""" doesn't have playoffs.
TheAutomator
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Like I said, Europa and Champions League are separate and you don't have to win them for your league win to be "counted".
They talk more about those Patriots than they do those Giants.
This is like someone thinking winning the SEC means more than winning the college football playoffs, lmfao
but the champions league (basically playoffs) is a more lucrative prize than the league title isn't it?
psynergylover
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Yeah they talk about their loss rather than the 18-1 record
Shhh.
Not to the English.
It also says something that the 4th place EPL team could win the Champions league.
TheAutomator
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It's more lucrative, but it's not a requirement like the NBA playoffs apparently is.
Plus, with the TV deal, EPL will probably be the most lucrative league in the world soon enough.
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ok i laughed
LyleLanley
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Regulus Tera
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The Champions League is considered more important than the national league. It's how Liverpool fans have been able to exist without breaking down for the past two decades.
JimmySlippers
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Oh man, I think this might be over for them finally. No way they win 3 in a row against OKC. Lebron/Durant finals rematch should be fun at least
And they getting Westbrook'd right now when it actually matters.
Just like Hakeem smacked Shaq around in '95
Injuries I'll give you, but how does having superior matchups mean an inferior team wins? Having answers to your opponent's lineups is part of being a better team. By that same token, not having an answer to your opponent's strengths makes you a worse team.
We also don't know how teams would play the regular season if there weren't playoffs involved. Like, it's entirely possible the Spurs would have been right there with GS, but they tend to rest players more to prepare for the playoffs.
Anyway, I'll take the dramatic moments of the playoffs over regular season greatness, because I (and I suspect many others) value greatness when everything is on the line as much as greatness over the long haul. It might not be fair to just how much teams can accomplish in the regular season, but sports ain't fair.
Does anybody talk about the Giants? I think most reasonable people would agree that the Patriots were the better team but they got beaten that day and that was that. It happens all the time in these flukey one and done playoff tournaments: the better can sometimes lose.
The real point is, you're going to remember these Warriors regardless of the outcome of this series. They made history. If they don't win a title, so what? They won a title last year. They don't have anything left to prove. The stretch of excellence they put together for like 150+ plus games is indicative of how great they are and ultimately serves as a better gauge of the team than one playoff series.
I don't think there's any shame in losing to that Thunder team. At all.
The_Almighty_Swan
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That's the most delusional thing I've ever heard. Teams play harder in the playoffs then the regular season. The Warriors are healthy right now and struggling with the OKC Thunder. It's funny how a team can choke when the opposition actually gameplans to stop your strengths during a playoff series.
Bam Bam Baklava
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The two things they would have in their favor that teams which go down 3-1 typically don't is a) a talented team since most teams down 3-1 are just outmatched and b) they have two home games left and 1 road games, most teams down 3-1 did not come into the series with home court so they are in the opposite situation.
The latter is probably why the Rockets came back from 3-1 last year against LAC. They just needed to win one game in LA.
Randolph Freelander
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Golden State can win 3 in a row. It's hard to imagine it, with the way they've been dismantled in the past 2 games, but they're also the same team that blew out OKC in game 2 and, of course, notched the best record in the regular season*. The pendulum can swing. I'm not predicting that it will, though. It's a tall order.
(*Which still means nothing without a championship, TheAutomator. Stop tripping and conflating this with soccer leagues.)
(*Which still means nothing without a championship, TheAutomator. Stop tripping and conflating this with soccer leagues.)
elrechazado
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Just like we remember the greatest of all time Mariners.
psynergylover
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Yes they made history but if they don't win the championship it always going to look slighted. What made the original 72-10 record so cherished is that the Bulls also won the title. No one is saying that 73-9 isn't an amazing feat. But my reply to the original person I quoted is NO team will chose having a record breaking regular season over winning a championship! That's why these professional athletes play the game(well money as well)
I don't watch a lot of baseball but I remember that team!
Yeah, these players will take a championship any day. I don't disagree. It's what most people recognize as the mark of greatness and all of the players eventually want to make their mark. A championship is the easiest way.
TheAutomator
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They would not choose the record over a championship because they don't get rings for having the best record, which is bullshit. NBA either has to shorten the long regular season or abolish the playoffs for me to take it more seriously.
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Randolph Freelander
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They very much do. 73 needs the +16.
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