East Group C:
Celtics: 3-1 (+27)
Magic: 3-1 (+22)
Nets: 3-1 (+10)
The Nets beating the Raptors created a 3-way tie between the top 3 teams in the group (Celtics beat Nets, Magic beat Celtics, Nets beat Magic), so point differential decides the winner of the group.
This shit is awesome good job NBA
Every team really should be playing at the same time on the final day. It’s a little unfair Boston knew how much they had to win by and they went all out
The fact that the Celtics won the tie break against a Magic team that easily whooped their ass exposed the flaws of this system. How tf do you lose a tie break to a team who’s ass you whooped head to head!?
this is the dumbest fucking thing i’ve ever heard of
When Jaylen Brown threw the ball away with 2 minutes left and the lead at 28 or something, I was 100% sure the Celtics would be out. Still I have no idea how they managed to be up 33 with 4 to go and still somehow be in danger of not winning by at least 23. Unclutchest team in the league
Using H2H as the first tiebreaker in the group stage is flawed when each team only plays one game against every other team in the group. The NFL does this as well for conference seeding among teams in different divisions - and they’re wrong for it. For it to be fair, the group stage would have to be 8 games. Where each team has a home game against every other team. Otherwise, differential should be the first tiebreaker.
Would have been interesting to see what would happen if the Celtics were only up by like 20 at the end of the game.1) to see if they would have actually went for the points. And 2) to see how much derozan would have cried about jt
All final IST group games need to be played on the same night. Probably a lot harder to do, but Boston had the advantage of knowing how many points they needed to win by.
Watching tonight felt a lot like gambling. Just covering spreads
This is all fun and games… until Tatum or Brown gets injured for this mickey mouse tournament
If we lose: who gives a fuck about Adam Silver’s glorified summer league
If we win: BANNER 17.5, EAT IT LAKERS
Hello darkness my old friend…I hope your futile win was fruitful Brooklyn. Because you helped the Celtics instead of the Magic
It’s such a ridiculous disadvantage to have your games finish before the rest of your group, that’s definitely got to be adjusted in the future somehow
Last game of the IST should be played simultaneously. We got fucked hard
wake me up when this winter season ends