# NBA 2018-2019 Season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 19, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212 "2018-10-19T15:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/541 "2019-06-13T00:02:47Z")
Not that crazy. If you assume the teams are absolutely evenly matched Toronto should be a 3-1 favorite just because they only need to win one more game, while the Warriors need two. For this to be even money, you need to think the Warriors have a 70 percent chance of winning each game, which seems over the top to me. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/542 "2019-06-13T23:13:31Z")
All right, if Raptors lose tonight, how mad will the panic be? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/543 "2019-06-14T03:05:15Z")
What a game! Hope that Thompson is ok. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/544 "2019-06-14T03:23:36Z")
Come on rapppps ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/545 "2019-06-14T03:27:58Z")
Well, the Raptors are up 3 with 4 minutes to play. Klay Thompson is out of the game and not returning. If Toronto loses this one, I really don’t think they’ll recover. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/546 "2019-06-14T03:39:47Z")
Wow ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/547 "2019-06-14T03:49:38Z")
The dinos did it! ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/548 "2019-06-14T03:51:53Z")
Could not be happier for Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/549 "2019-06-14T03:54:41Z")
Goaltending should be a reviewable play, like shot clock and 3 point shots (re Green’s illegal tip in that wasn’t called). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/550 "2019-06-14T04:09:06Z")
Congrats to Toronto :). Wherever Kawhi may go from here, even if he just ends up being a one year rental that trade paid off BIG TIME. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/551 "2019-06-14T04:19:36Z")
Congrats to the Raptors. Such bad luck for the Warriors with injuries, I hope Klay’s injury is minor. It was a really interesting series. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/552 "2019-06-14T04:34:05Z")
Interesting trivia: this is the first time since 2001 that an NBA team (in this case, Warriors) has gone 0-3 at home in the Finals. Wonder if any team has ever gone 0-4 at home in a best-of-seven series, in any sport? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/553 "2019-06-14T04:56:22Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Wonder if any team has ever gone 0-4 at home in a best-of-seven series, in any sport? I’d note that for this to happen, neither team could win a single home game. I feel certain that an NHL series several years ago went to game 7 with no home team having won a game yet, but the home team won game 7. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/554 "2019-06-14T05:49:34Z")
Sounds like a torn ACL for Klay. Brutal. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/555 "2019-06-14T05:51:42Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Interesting trivia: this is the first time since 2001 that an NBA team (in this case, Warriors) has gone 0-3 at home in the Finals. > > Wonder if any team has ever gone 0-4 at home in a best-of-seven series, in any sport? The finals of the [1992 Calder Cup Playoffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Calder_Cup_playoffs)\* were won by the Adirondack Red Wings over the St. John’s Maple Leafs, 4 road wins to 3 road wins. I don’t think it’s happened in the NBA or NHL. \*for the American Hockey League, a top-tier minor hockey league ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/556 "2019-06-14T06:27:30Z")
Congrats to the Raptors and their fans. A well-deserved championship. I can do with the loss but could do without all the players sustaining all the injuries… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/557 "2019-06-14T10:50:54Z")
Congratulations Toronto…as someone who is not a Raps fan but does work here, this was more fun to watch than Mike James and Rafael Araujo. Won reports the Wiz will offer Masai 10/yr. I have a hunch that if anything, Masai will renegotiate with Toronto. I know nothing though. Everyone expects Kawhi to sign a 1 and 1 with Toronto. Not everyone, but I’ve herd it a lot…I expect that with his injury history that he gets the max. I have a hunch he leaves. Just please not the Lakers! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/558 "2019-06-14T12:21:19Z")
Congrats to the Raptors, but I hate watching a team win the Finals over a team with serious injuries. Ah well, the Raptors don’t control that, and a year or two from now, nobody will even remember or care. The Raptors will have a championship banner hanging from the rafters. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/559 "2019-06-14T12:34:37Z")
A curious Steph Curry stat: he is now a career 0-8 on go-ahead shots with less than 20 seconds remaining on the clock in the NBA playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/560 "2019-06-14T13:03:59Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Congrats to the Raptors, but I hate watching a team win the Finals over a team with serious injuries. Ah well, the Raptors don’t control that, and a year or two from now, nobody will even remember or care. The Raptors will have a championship banner hanging from the rafters. 2 years from now the fact that they beat Giannis and Embiid to get there may come out. Sure GSW wasn’t 100%, but on the whole, they beat some good teams to win it all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212.md?page=29)