6th place BABY!!!!!!!!!!

[Chuck Taylor]

Oh yeah, that might be it. Explanation anyone?

Found it:


Teams 1 to 4 in each conference are the three division winners and the team with the next best regular-season record, with the seeding of these four teams determined by regular-season record. The playoffs seedings of Teams 5 to 8 are based upon regular-season record. Ties are broken pursuant to the rules set forth below.

So if I'm reading this right, the Suns could be #2 or #3. So, as another poster wrote, we should root for Denver & Utah to be 4/5 in either order so we avoid them. Then we hopefully stay in 6th or 7th & play Phoenix or Dallas. Which means....we want the Lakers to win tonight over Denver.

http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html

 

[rocketeer]

Found it:


Teams 1 to 4 in each conference are the three division winners and the team with the next best regular-season record, with the seeding of these four teams determined by regular-season record. The playoffs seedings of Teams 5 to 8 are based upon regular-season record. Ties are broken pursuant to the rules set forth below.

So if I'm reading this right, the Suns could be #2 or #3. So, as another poster wrote, we should root for Denver & Utah to be 4/5 in either order so we avoid them. Then we hopefully stay in 6th or 7th & play Phoenix or Dallas. Which means....we want the Lakers to win tonight over Denver.

http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html

if i remember correctly from last year, the suns not winning their division only comes into play if they have the same record as a division winner. then the division winner automatically gets the higher seed(as the spurs got the higher seed than the blazers last year). as long as the suns finish the season with a better record than one of the other division winners, they can finish as the 2 or 3 seed.

 

[THE HCP]

I would love if all this end of season talk was in the same thread.

 

[Natebishop3]

draco commented that the blazers weren't a bad team anymore and shouldn't lose games on purpose. i replied that all i'd seen was you saying that and that in the past you'd said you would be ok with the team doing bad(or take some good out of it or whatever) as long as the end result was getting what you wanted. see how that is relevant? or how it is similar? bad season to get rid of a coach that you perceive is bad or a bad game to keep from having a matchup that you perceive is bad? shouldn't be too hard of a connection to make.


yes, the best matchup for portland in the first round this year is dallas. yes, facing utah or denver would be bad for portland. but with a utah/phoenix game occurring at the same time as portland's final game and the standings as tight as they are, it seems unlikely to me that portland can control their 1st round matchup by intentionally losing a game.

I see the correlation now. I guess I thought you were trying to hit below the belt with that comment.

 

[crandc]

I wish we could freeze frame right now with Dallas in first round (did you see Mark Cuban's bombast about how they would beat Portland? Haven't done it yet this year!) and Phoenix/Utah in the second (cheering for Suns over Jazz).

 

[mgb]

I would love if all this end of season talk was in the same thread.

Quit whining! A single thread would get so large and bloated many wouldn't even attempt reading it.

 

[Draco]

Found it:


Teams 1 to 4 in each conference are the three division winners and the team with the next best regular-season record, with the seeding of these four teams determined by regular-season record. The playoffs seedings of Teams 5 to 8 are based upon regular-season record. Ties are broken pursuant to the rules set forth below.

So if I'm reading this right, the Suns could be #2 or #3. So, as another poster wrote, we should root for Denver & Utah to be 4/5 in either order so we avoid them. Then we hopefully stay in 6th or 7th & play Phoenix or Dallas. Which means....we want the Lakers to win tonight over Denver.

http://www.nba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html

Being a division winner only guarantees you the 5th seed. It will prevent you from falling to the 6th seed. It is worth very little.

Winning a division does trump the normal tie-breakers of head to head season record. So if we tied with Dallas but they won the division they would still end up with the higher seed even though we won the season series.

Technically the NBA rules state division winners are guaranteed the "4th" seed but they will not have HCA against a team with a better record so I don't see how you can call yourself a "4th seed" when your playing on the road against the "5th seed".

 

[Draco]

I wish we could freeze frame right now with Dallas in first round (did you see Mark Cuban's bombast about how they would beat Portland? Haven't done it yet this year!) and Phoenix/Utah in the second (cheering for Suns over Jazz).

I don't think that exact seeding is possible, if you mean Phoenix and Utah are in a first round matchup.... If we get the 6th seed and play Dallas than Phoenix could be the 2nd seed but Utah isn't going to fall to 7th. So I'm hoping OKC gets matched up with the Suns then we would play the winner of them and even have HCA over the Thunder if both us and them were somehow able to win.

I'd much rather have Utah and especially the Nuggets/Lakers on the other side of the bracket

 

[mgb]

Being a division winner only guarantees you the 5th seed. It will prevent you from falling to the 6th seed. It is worth very little.

Winning a division does trump the normal tie-breakers of head to head season record. So if we tied with Dallas but they won the division they would still end up with the higher seed even though we won the season series.

Technically the NBA rules state division winners are guaranteed the "4th" seed but they will not have HCA against a team with a better record so I don't see how you can call yourself a "4th seed" when your playing on the road against the "5th seed".

From reading this:

Originally Posted by Chuck Taylor
Found it:


Teams 1 to 4 in each conference are the three division winners and the team with the next best regular-season record, with the seeding of these four teams determined by regular-season record. The playoffs seedings of Teams 5 to 8 are based upon regular-season record. Ties are broken pursuant to the rules set forth below.

It sounds like they are guaranteed no lower than 4 not 5?

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Didn't realize you supported Liverpool, brah.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Didn't realize you supported Liverpool, brah.

lol

 

[HailBlazers]

I wish we could freeze frame right now with Dallas in first round and Phoenix/Utah in the second (cheering for Suns over Jazz).

Ideal. We'll see how the lotto balls bounce