And those two defeats were two of the Grizzlies' toughest, as they lost to the Trail Blazers in overtime on July 31 and by two points to the Spurs on Aug. 2, their first two seeding games.Now, even if Memphis finishes in the No. "We are dedicated to driving the sustainable change that is long overdue," Silver wrote in an open letter to NBA employees posted on the league's website. ".Players and the NBA established a social justice coalition, with representatives from players, coaches and team owners to focus on a broad range of issues, including increasing access to voting, promoting civic engagement and advocating meaningful police and criminal justice reform.In cities where the NBA team owns and controls its own arena, team owners will work with local elections officials to convert the facility into a voting location for the 2020 US general election, allowing safe in-person voting options in communities fearful of Covid-19.If that option won't work, NBA team owners will try to find another election-related use for the arena, such as for voter registration or ballot counting.The league vowed to work with players and broadcast partners on advertisements in each playoff telecast dedicated to promoting greater civic engagement in elections. 8 and 9 teams in the Western Conference will face each other on Saturday.If the No. He asks people who’re watching the games but turns off the comments so nobody can reply.However, it doesn’t seem like it’s working.Will you support sports teams that encourage or allow "Activism" on the court, track or field?Things are looking very bleak for the NBA, and as they descend deeper into “wokeness,” more people are tuning out and instead of being a smart businessman and recognizing that his customers don’t like the product he’s selling, Mr. Cuban, who has stage 5 TDS, maks excuses and burrows even deeper into his “woke” hole.You gotta check out this video on Cuban and the new “woke” NBA. The NBA has its plan set in place for a return to the regular season on July 31.
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• The NBA has released an NBA Finals schedule to teams and their target is still a Sept. 30 Game 1.
Game 1: Rockets 112, Lakers 97; Game 2: Lakers 117, Rockets 109; Game 3: Lakers 112, Rockets 102 After that it’s the playoffs on August 17 and then the trek toward the Finals.
8 spot may not be enough to reach the opening round of the playoffs.After the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, it guaranteed there will be at least one play-in game for the final playoff berth. As pointed out last night, year-over-year, the first round of the playoffs was down an eye-popping 27%. However, the league suspended the season on March 11, 2020, hours after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and after some players tested positive for the virus. Get woke, go broke:The NBA’s two-year ratings tank just took tanking up another notch.
8 spot, and there were four other teams ahead of them.Despite that, Phoenix is in a position to potentially reach the play-in game after winning its first six seeding games. "I wholeheartedly support NBA and WNBA players and their commitment to shining a light on important issues of social justice.
It's been an impressive and improbable run, but it will need to keep playing well in order to get into the postseason, which seemed like an unlikely scenario two weeks ago. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin on April 18. The NBA Finals will start September 30, 2020. NBA Playoff Schedule Dates Aug. 15: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Phoenix Suns or Portland Trail Blazers, 2:30 p.m. You can make a huge impact in the war against fake news by pledging as little as $5 per month. The Suns already beat the Mavericks once since the season resumed, notching a 117-115 victory on Aug. 2. July 30 -- Season resumes with Seeding Games.
8 spot.The Trail Blazers have been playing well since play resumed, going 4-2 through their first six seeding games. For the first time since the NFL’s 2016 decline, sports media added the ratings beat to its fading arsenal. 8 seed in the Western Conference was the Grizzlies' to lose when the 2019-20 season resumed in July. And now, even getting to the No.
But even if they win both games, they'll need to hope the Grizzlies and/or Trail Blazers lose to move in front of one of them.Like the Suns, the Spurs are in a position where they'll need some help to get into the play-in game. But that's not the team's focus at the moment. As pointed out last night, year-over-year, the first round of the playoffs was down an eye-popping 27%.
This guy absolutely nails it, and calls out the NBA and Cuban for the woke junk and TDS.Right now Cuban has to be in absolute panic mode.The first-round NBA playoffs have hit 11-year ratings low. Furthermore, the first round’s 1.94 million average is down 40% from two seasons ago, the last time LeBron James participated in the playoffs.Bizarrely, NBA ratings were the top sports topic on Twitter Thursday.
So, that could bode well for Memphis as it tries to remain in the No.
"I'm not worried about no play-in game right now," Grizzlies guard Ja Morant said, according to.The Grizzlies are still to play the Celtics and Bucks, and although those are two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, both could rest key players as they are already locked into their seeds for the playoffs.