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5 of the top 7 teams in the league are East teams. Is the East better this year or it is a mere early season fluke?
 
Well i can think of at leas two teams that are better....Atlanta and Miami. Philly should eventually be better. Totonto is better. Washington is a little worse. Overall i would say yes they are better.

The west rright now is not as good as they were last year. We will see what happens. Long season
 
The West was deeper last year, but the East had the 3 best teams in the league...at least 3 of the top 4.
 
44Thrilla said:
The West was deeper last year, but the East had the 3 best teams in the league...at least 3 of the top 4.
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Just the top 2 last year. Cleveland wasn't in the top 4. This year, they are though. They're the owner of the longest win streak this season. 8. If the Lakers lose tonight (likely), Boston and Cleveland are the top two teams in the league and 3 of the top 4. Then you have Detroit and Orlando. And Atlanta is 6-4. Meanwhile, teams like the Mavs, Spurs, and Hornets are worse than last year.
 
44Thrilla said:
The West was deeper last year, but the East had the 3 best teams in the league...at least 3 of the top 4.
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I'd say two of the three best teams in the NBA were from the west, the Lakers and Hornets. The Celtics were the best.

Who the fourth best team was, I'd say was a toss-up between Utah and Detroit.
 
Minstrel said:
I'd say two of the three best teams in the NBA were from the west, the Lakers and Hornets. The Celtics were the best.

Who the fourth best team was, I'd say was a toss-up between Utah and Detroit.
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Record wise, Boston and Detroit were best last season.
 
I'm sorry but Cleveland would have beat NO, Utah and probably the Lakers in a seven game series last year.
 
I wish Cleveland had played the Lakers last season. Would've been sweet to see LeBron prove, once and for all, that he owns Kobe.
 
44Thrilla said:
I'm sorry but Cleveland would have beat NO, Utah and probably the Lakers in a seven game series last year.
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I agree Thrilla.


As for the main question, the East is much better this year and I'm pretty sure it'll continue that way.
 
44Thrilla said:
I'm sorry but Cleveland would have beat NO, Utah and probably the Lakers in a seven game series last year.
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No apologies necessary, I simply don't think that's remotely true.
 
KingSpeed said:
Cleveland swept the Lakers 2-0 last season and LeBron thoroughly outplayed Kobe.
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It took one of the best defenses of all time (Celtics last season) to beat the Cavs in 7, that's how close it was.

Cleveland would have beaten NO and Utah easily, and I would give them a chance against the Lakers any day.
 
CelticKing said:
It took one of the best defenses of all time (Celtics last season) to beat the Cavs in 7, that's how close it was.

Cleveland would have beaten NO and Utah easily, and I would give them a chance against the Lakers any day.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^truth^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
The Cavs series was by far the toughest for the Celtics last season.
 
I'm scared to meet them in the playoffs again.

Especially after getting the news that LeBron keeps growing and getting bigger, by the time the playoffs come he'll have the body of a center. lol
 
Me too. After that series, the next 2 felt like cakewalks.
 
zagsfan20 said:
That's because they had to play the good teams in the West twice instead 3 to 4 times like most Western conference teams did.
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yeah but they also didn't get to play the Sonics, T-Pups, Clipps and Grizz last year either.. aka 4 of the 6 worst teams in the league, aka 12-16 easy W's instead of 8 ;)
 
Plus Lakers get an extra 2 home games every year, which is an advantage to their schedule.
 
If we're focused on last year, this thread is absurd. The East had a couple really good teams, but squat for depth. Last year the 8th slot in the East had a 37-45 record and the 8th slot in the West had a 50-32 record. Golden State didn't even make the playoffs despite having a 48-34 record -- in the East, they would've been in the 4th slot. Anyone want to bet on whether which conference had the better overall record head to head?
 
When the blazers were terrible, I rooted for the West.
Now, I root for the Eastern teams to beat the teams ahead of us.
 
mobes23 said:
If we're focused on last year, this thread is absurd. The East had a couple really good teams, but squat for depth. Last year the 8th slot in the East had a 37-45 record and the 8th slot in the West had a 50-32 record. Golden State didn't even make the playoffs despite having a 48-34 record -- in the East, they would've been in the 4th slot. Anyone want to bet on whether which conference had the better overall record head to head?
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alright, I got bored.

The 8 eastern conference playoff teams record vs the West last year was;
Boston 25-5
Detroit 22-8
Cleveland 17-13
Toronto 12-18
Orlando 14-16
Philly 15-15
Washington 14-16
Atlanta 13-17

Total Record: 132- 108

The Western confernce playoffs teams record vs the East last year was;
LAL 20-10
NOH 22-8
Utah 21-9
SAS 23-7
Pheonix 24-6
Houston 22-8
Dallas 18-12
Denver 19-11

Total Record 169 - 71

So there is quite a difference.
The interesting thing will be to see how different those records are at the end of this year. That will dictate if the East is catching up or not.
 
Celtic Fan said:
alright, I got bored.

The 8 eastern conference playoff teams record vs the West last year was;
Boston 25-5
Detroit 22-8
Cleveland 17-13
Toronto 12-18
Orlando 14-16
Philly 15-15
Washington 14-16
Atlanta 13-17

Total Record: 132- 108

The Western confernce playoffs teams record vs the East last year was;
LAL 20-10
NOH 22-8
Utah 21-9
SAS 23-7
Pheonix 24-6
Houston 22-8
Dallas 18-12
Denver 19-11

Total Record 169 - 71

So there is quite a difference.
The interesting thing will be to see how different those records are at the end of this year. That will dictate if the East is catching up or not.
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God bless ya for doing that. I wanted to, but was too lazy.
 
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