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[–] BrerChicken 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I don't have much to say about the tournament, mostly because I friggin love basketball and I'm just as excited about it in December as I am in April!

But did anyone else find it weird that in there s article, in the list of groups all teams were referred to ONLY by their city, except for LA? They got some LA fans at the AP?

West Group A — Memphis, Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers, Utah and Portland.

West Group B — Denver, the Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans, Dallas and Houston.

West Group C — Sacramento, Golden State, Minnesota, Oklahoma City and San Antonio.

East Group A — Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Indiana and Detroit.

East Group B — Milwaukee, New York, Miami, Washington and Charlotte.

East Group C — Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago and Orlando.

EDIT: Duh, I totally ignored the Clippers, which is extra special because they're literally in the next group down 🤦‍♂️

[–] mephiska 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s because there are two teams in LA, the Lakers and the Clippers. Technically NY has two teams but the nets go by their borough Brooklyn.

[–] BrerChicken 1 points 1 year ago

You're absolutely right, I totally missed that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have to distinguish between the Clippers and Lakers somehow.

[–] BrerChicken 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're totally right. Like everyone else, I was ignoring the Clippers!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No worries. I bet most LA basketball fans forget the Clippers exist too