Yes. A wins a wins a win.

I expect the knockout rounds to be even more exciting than this group play shit.

my whole life depends upon the outcome of the nba in season tournament

I do. Boston was stacking 10 rings during the civil rights era and now those are legitimate rings as part of their history. The longer this goes on the more important it becomes.

I’ll care retroactively if we win

No, but I’d like to assume if this team is as tight knit as we are to believe, the main guys will grind out to get their bench squad some money out of this.