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April 20, 2026
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Not as many games as Duke has lost in the tournament with teams featuring guys like Banchero who go on to make big waves in the NBA.
Anyone who doesn't win a title with a team that has Kon and Flagg...should keep coaching Duke.
posted by beaverboard at 12:02 PM on April 20, 2026
Has Orlando going a little bit of sandbagging? I was at the game when they lost to the Celtics JV team a week ago. It looked then like they were resting the starters, and the bench guys weren't really interested. At that time, had they won, they were still in contention for 6th place. Instead they went through the play-in, and they really didn't seem to play all that hard then. Is it possible to get away with that in the NBA? I'm not thinking of tanking for draft position, rather of maximizing rest and disguising tactics and abilities. Magic have been up and down all year, so maybe it's just that, but I would rather have a conspiracy theory.
posted by Howard_T at 12:50 PM on April 20, 2026
Pistons have lost 11 straight playoff games? Oof