The Official Playoff & Division Elimination Thread

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I'll update the thread as it happens...The magic number is the number of wins that the 8th seeded team has plus the number of losses by the team trailing them subtracted from 82 (games in an NBA season)ie: Memphis' 48 losses + LA Clippers 29 wins = 7782 - 77 = 5 which is how many losses Memphis neeeds and/or how many wins the Clippers need to eliminate the Grizzlies from playoff contentionAnd for the division the formula is losses by the trailing team plus the wins by the 1st place team subtracted from 82ie: Memphis' 48 losses + Dallas' 52 wins = 100 = Eliminated like 18 games ago lol<u>Magic Numbers for teams to be/that are eliminated from the playoffs</u>Memphis - EliminatedBoston - EliminatedMilwaukee - EliminatedAtlanta - EliminatedSeattle - EliminatedPortland - EliminatedCharlotte - EliminatedSacramento - EliminatedMinnesota - EliminatedNew York - EliminatedPhiladelphia - EliminatedNew Orleans - EliminatedIndiana - EliminatedLA Clippers - Eliminated<u>Magic Numbers for teams to be/that are eliminated from their division</u>Memphis - Eliminated (Southwest)New Orleans/Oklahoma City - Eliminated (Southwest)Houston - Eliminated (Southwest)San Antonio - Eliminated (Southwest)Golden State - Eliminated (Pacific)Sacramento - Eliminated (Pacific)LA Clippers - Eliminated (Pacific)LA Lakers - Eliminated (Pacific)Seattle - Eliminated (Northwest)Portland - Eliminated (Northwest)Minnesota - Eliminated (Northwest)Denver - Eliminated (Northwest)Charlotte - Eliminated (Southeast)Atlanta - Eliminated (Southeast)Orlando - Eliminated (Southeast)Washington - Eliminated (Southeast)Milwaukee - Eliminated (Central)Indiana - Eliminated (Central)Chicago - Eliminated (Central)Cleveland - Eliminated (Central)Boston - Eliminated (Atlantic)Philadelphia - Eliminated (Atlantic)New York - Eliminated (Atlantic)New Jersey - Eliminated (Atlantic)March 18, 2007 -- Phoenix clinches the Pacific Division titleMarch 22, 2007 -- San Antonio & Dallas clinches playoff spotMarch 25, 2007 -- Detroit + Utah clinches playoff spotMarch 26, 2007 -- Houston clinches playoff spotMarch 28, 2007 -- Cleveland clinches playoff spotMarch 29, 2007 -- Utah clinches the Northwest Division titleMarch 30, 2007 -- Chicago clinches playoff spotApril 1, 2007 -- Toronto clinches playoff spot, Dallas clinches Southwest titleApril 5, 2007 -- Miami clinches playoff spotApril 6, 2007 -- Toronto clinches Atlantic divisionApril 10, 2007 -- Detroit clinches Central division, Washington clinches playoff spotApril 12, 2007 -- Miami clinches Southeast division<u>Division Champions</u>Toronto - AtlanticDetroit - CentralMiami - SoutheastUtah - NorthwestPhoenix - PacificDallas - Southwest

 

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Wow. great thread! Nice research.

 

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Yeah..I'll probably update it weekly or whenever there's mass eliminations

 

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Pinned. Great thread playa! Wow it just hit me - there are only around 20 games left for each team.

 

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Updated..Phoenix clinched the Pacific title....Dallas (Southwest) and Utah (Northwest) are next for their divisions..Memphis is statistically out of the playoffs and Boston is next probably

 

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When's the last time Pacific had a real race? Suns have blown it away the last 3 years, and ending right b4 that was the lakers 'dynasty'.

 

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Nice Thread Man

 

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Spurs have clinched a spot.

 

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That's pretty cool. Magic numbers!Man, Phoenix clinched the division early. Crazy.

 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Mar 20 2007, 10:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When's the last time Pacific had a real race? Suns have blown it away the last 3 years, and ending right b4 that was the lakers 'dynasty'.</div>2000-2001. The Lakers finished 1 game ahead of Sacramento, 5 games ahead of Phoenix and 6 in front of Portland. Ironically enough during the Lakers dynasty it was Sacramento that controlled the division. The following years saw the Kings winning the division with a cushion of around 5-10 games I believe.

 

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Updated...a few playoff spots clinched

 

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Add the Jazz clinching the NorthWest to your page. There really surprising this year.

 

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About to update the numbers from last night right now....Raptors are also very close to clinching the Atlanticexciting?

 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Mar 29 2007, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>About to update the numbers from last night right now....Raptors are also very close to clinching the Atlanticexciting?</div> Izz Nice.

 

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Raptors clinched a playoff spot tonight. Good Stuff.

 

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Dallas clinches division..Toronto clinches playoff spot

 

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Toronto clinched their division title..

 

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Washington Wizards clinched playoff berth.

 

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Miami clinched the SouthEast Division title.

 

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Memphis clinches the league's worst record :beerchug: now we can rest lol