November 14th - New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves - 7-6

[soggymoss]

My biggest concern is the West is an absolute freaking animal this year.. We could possibly win 48-50 games and still miss the playoffs, so games like these we cannot afford to lose

[Pelicanidae]

My biggest concern is the West is an absolute freaking animal this year.. We could possibly win 48-50 games and still miss the playoffs, so games like these we cannot afford to lose

Agreed. It's easy to get overworked about early games, and it's important to recognise that it's a long season and 99% of the time any given single November game doesn't matter come playoff time.

But if you miss the playoffs by one game, suddenly that one November loss looms large.