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- Malcolm: I'm definitely gonna be tuned in for hopefully a very exciting NBA playoff season, postseason. I think we should definitely get some prediction stuff going on the page, see what people think and what people feeling. Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see for sure. Thomas: No, in fact, I don't even know who, the playoffs aren't set yet, right? The last game is. Malcolm: Now a couple of matches are, the Rockets and the ⁓ Lakers ⁓ already kind of like. Thomas: Lakers should win that. Well, actually, isn't Luke out for a minute? Malcolm: I so. ⁓ Let me see. right. Yeah. So OK. Yeah. So we got actually know they are damn it pretty much set. This is the end. They are set already. So obviously Thunder plan whoever comes out of the West and plan. So Clippers Warriors playing each other in the plan. Sons and Trailblazers playing each other in the plan. The winner of those become the eight and the seven seed playing the Thunder and Spurge respectively. You got the Lakers and Rockets first round Nuggets and Timberwolves first round. Then you got Hornets and Heat in the play-in, Magic and Sixers in the play-in, then the winner of those play the Pissons and Celtics respectively is a 7-8 seed. You got Cavs, Hawks first round, and then Knicks and Raptors first round. Thomas: This is a bloodbath. Thunder got it. I'm not going to say easy path to conference finals, but I don't see thunder getting bumped until conference finals. Malcolm: Yeah bro, yeah they're not playing. They have to, only people, see coming up, it's either, it's coming down to the top three so you see the Thunder, Spurs, or Nuggets bro. Because the, that's what, yeah, the Thunder, yeah, they're wax everybody, I ain't gonna lie, but hopefully the East is a bit more like, true. Thomas: you Yeah. You East, bro, I need to see in the East. I'm bro, I, this is hard because I kind of want to see the heat when like I always like seeing the heat in the playoffs. It just, but the Hornets. Yeah, I want to see the Hornets. Hornets Pistons would be. Malcolm: I need to see the Hornets, the Hornets are on fire. I want to see them go against the Pistons so bad, bruh. Cause they already got beef, bro. That's going to be a fire. And I ain't going lie, Hornets may be the 9th seed, but the way they playing right now, bruh, I don't know if I want to see them. They can upset somebody for sure. Thomas: ⁓ yeah, no, no, no. think Hornets, Pistons, because who won the matchup the other day between them? Malcolm: I think the Pistons ⁓ Thomas: You know what, either way, I think it's a good matchup, I think. Malcolm: It's still gonna be a good game. Yeah, they beat them by 18, but yeah. Thomas: Yeah, bro, mean, if Khan, if Khan's hitting Mello, Mello's, you know, on more than he's off in those games because he's very hot and cold. He's like. Malcolm: I mean, starts, yeah, yeah. But I go last crazy was they finished one and two for most three pointers made this season. And Klan, Klan stepped it four times. This is the first time that two teammates outside of them to finish top one and two and three pointers made in the season. That's crazy. Thomas: But Steph hit like 400 something threes in the season, 430 something, 20 something threes. That record. Malcolm: I mean, they hit like 270, 267 each. But it's just like, bro, Steph is, you can't compare to Steph, bro. He's just insane. Thomas: No, no, think, let me check. thought someone was saying Steph. Let me see, how most three-pointers scored in the season? most threes in the season is a Steph record 402 three pointers made during the 2015-2016 season by himself. That's. Malcolm: ⁓ no, I believe it. yeah, it's crazy. Thomas: Okay. Malcolm: Hey man, exciting times are among us. Playoff basketball is back. Play in tournament April 14th through 17th. Playoff start April 18th. Hey man, we tuned in this week for sure. Thomas: And all my betters. Be smart. Malcolm: Be smart, Be smart.