With Lakers climbing to 3-0 in the in-season tournament would the NBA help them reach the finals for the widest reach and coverage for this new format? Lakers getting the very first in-season tournament sounds like a very marketable idea for this tournament moving forward.
I mean the group they’re in is absolutely shit, it’s got Portland (tanking), Utah (kinda tanking but not great anyway), Memphis (who are terrible for other reasons) and the suns who were struggling when the lakers played them, the lakers are trying to contend so I’d be surprised if they weren’t leading
I can see the logic of that group but its just turned into an easy matchup for the lakers