Losing on purpose to change playoff positioning to avoid a certain team

[DrunkerThanAMotherfucker]

It works out sometimes

Like when Philly tanked their last few games of the season so they could play Chicago in the 1st round instead of Miami

Philly had no shot of winning that series until Rose went down.

 

[DrunkerThanAMotherfucker]

But it worked

I suppose

 

[nieman]

Idk, I don't think the Cavs wanted to see Chicago or Miami in the 1st round this year.

I agree with this. They definitely didn't want those matchups

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

I used to think it was some hoe shyt until somebody did it as a lower seed and pulled up the upset years back, may have been memphis or Golden State vs Dallas

I think the Clippers did it in 06 to avoid Dallas and get Denver because of the weird standings shyt they had that season. They fixed it the very next year

 

[H. Selassie]

Cavs didn't want no fonk with the Bulls in the 1st round

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I definitely don't think the Cavs wanted to face the Bulls, but I doubt that's why they pulled their stars the last two games. Everyone has been looking gassed as hell and the season ended with 3 games in 4 days. I think Lue just said, "fukk it, I'd rather go into the playoffs on a few days rest than go in completely wiped out no matter what the seeds are."

Everyone is ignoring that Cleveland pulled its starters on Monday, but it was impossible to know who was going to be in the 7th, 8th, or 9th slot until Wednesday.

 

[CookisaCac]

cavs didnt want to play miami. would of been beyond embarrassing if lebron lost to them first round

 

[intruder]

Who??

Many teams have done this.

Shaq himself said on TNT that Lakers management told him to sit out games at the end of the season when they were trying to tank for positioning purpose