I actually like our chances. I think we'll have our tie breaker vs SA (knock on wood), we'll beat LA once more, and our division record will be solid. 3 or 4 seed is my prediction.
I think we end up with the 3rd best record in the West (OKC #1, SAS #2), but I think that puts us in the #4 seed behind LAC (who takes the Pacific)
Division champ only guarantees top 4 seed. If we finish ahead of the clips, we'll be the 3 seed, unless we also finish behind Houston.
Hope I'm wrong. Seems likely that I will be, but if the past hasn't conditioned you to be a pessimist then you've only recently become a Blazers fan.
We can get 5th seed and still have HCA. In fact if playoff started now, we would be 5th seed but have HCA against 4 seeded Clippers. So there is a option missing on this poll. 5th seed with HCA. Team with better record gets HCA no matter what.
No. 3rd best record behind OKC and SA would give us the 3 seed. Clippers would be 4 seed. I like your optimism by the way. Repped.
Ooops. Meant to click 5th, but accidentally hit 6th. Stupid laptop. We're going to have to fight to stay in 5th if we continue our recent trajectory. If LaMarcus can come back healthy soon, if we can keep the rest of our starters relatively healthy, and if we could get more contributions from the bench so we don't have to burn our starters up, we could move up in the standings and challenge for home court. Oh and our defense HAS to improve. I don't see all of those things happening though.
At this point, with the way the Blazers are playing, and the way the rest of the western teams are playing, I voted they won't make the playoffs. I have lost a lot of confidence in the team since January, and their body language seems to agree with the loss in confidence. Unless they bounce back soon, and also learn how to play defense, I am not so sure they are even going to make the 8th seed.
