Houston shutting Yao down for last 2 games?

[illmatic99]

So, essentially, a four-way tie at 54-28 would be best for us as we'd play SA in the first round WITH home court.

Go Houston! Go Spurs!

 

[MAS RipCity]

SA doesn't need to lose a game for us to get 3rd..all we need is to win out and houston lose once.
2-denver 3-pdx 4-sa 5-hou

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

All this I can't even process until wednesday. Can't we still beat Denver for the division? Or if we win out, have the same record as them, do they own the tie breaker on us? I am just gonna wait til wednesday. I want our Division!

 

[alex42083]

All this I can't even process until wednesday. Can't we still beat Denver for the division? Or if we win out, have the same record as them, do they own the tie breaker on us? I am just gonna wait til wednesday. I want our Division!

We need Denver to lose to Sacramento at home on Monday, and for us to beat OKC on Monday and Denver on Wednesday to take the division.

Basically, Denver's magic number to clinch the division is 1 -- one Denver win or one Portland loss.

 

[illmatic99]

All this I can't even process until wednesday. Can't we still beat Denver for the division?

Yes, but Denver would have to lose against SAC (in Denver) and also lose @ POR for that to happen.

Or if we win out, have the same record as them, do they own the tie breaker on us?

Yes, they have the tie-breaker as they have the better record against teams in the NW division.

I am just gonna wait til wednesday. I want our Division!

Root for SAC.

 

[Sinobas]

Interesting. So we by no means control our own destiny, and we need one of those teams to lose to get HCA? ouch.

Someone on this board said Houston would win the tie breaker due to having a better record against Western Conference playoff teams. If that's true, then we'd get home court advantage vs SA in the 1st round.

But Houston finishes their season at Dallas...and SA hasn't been playing very well lately. They have GS on the road in the 2nd night of a back to back, and may lose that one.

 

[MAS RipCity]

Houston and Denver have 16 WC losses, but for a tie to happen PDX would have to beat Denver which would give them 17 home losses..so if HOU won out, itd go Hou, Den, Us, SA

 

[Draco]

SA doesn't need to lose a game for us to get 3rd..all we need is to win out and houston lose once.
2-denver 3-pdx 4-sa 5-hou

Wrong.

If SA wins the division they would have the tiebreaker over us. That would bump us down to #4 hosting HOU.

(assuming Den beats the worst team in the league at home) we need Hou AND SA to each lose a game for us to get #3.

 

[Draco]

Houston and Denver have 16 WC losses, but for a tie to happen PDX would have to beat Denver which would give them 17 home losses..so if HOU won out, itd go Hou, Den, Us, SA

Hou also has the head to head tiebreaker over Denver which actually takes precedence over conference record.

 

[Natebishop3]

I hate all this tie-breaker shit. Whatever happened to a good-old-fashioned playoff game to break the tie? IMO, if we end the season with the same record as Denver, we should have a one game playoff for the division title.

 

[Minstrel]

I hate all this tie-breaker shit. Whatever happened to a good-old-fashioned playoff game to break the tie? IMO, if we end the season with the same record as Denver, we should have a one game playoff for the division title.

Who'd host it? Winner of tie-breakers?

 

[Natebishop3]

Who'd host it? Winner of tie-breakers?

Flip a coin!