Playoff Question

[blazers2285]

I don't think this will happen but say we have the forth best record behind LA, Denver, and Utah. We still cannot get home court advantage, am I correct.

 

[Minstrel]

I don't think this will happen but say we have the forth best record behind LA, Denver, and Utah. We still cannot get home court advantage, am I correct.

Right. The division winners would all get top three seeds, dropping Utah to 4 and Portland to 5. Portland would then not have home court advantage in Round 1, since Utah had a better record.

Of course, if Portland ended up facing the Southwest division champion in a later round, Portland would have home court due to superior record.

 

[J_Ray]

Wrong, If your the 5th seed and you get the SW division leader who has the 5th best record in the conference, you get homecourt. It happened in the Utah/HOU playoff series few years back.

 

[Minstrel]

Wrong, If your the 5th seed and you get the SW division leader who has the 5th best record in the conference, you get homecourt. It happened in the Utah/HOU playoff series few years back.

Don't the division winners get the top three seeds? If so, that makes it impossible for the 5 seed to get the SW division winner in the first round.

If the division winners no longer get the top three seeds, then yeah, I was mistaken.

 

[MAS RipCity]

No division winners are only guaranteed a top 4 seed..I believe

 

[Minstrel]

No division winners are only guaranteed a top 4 seed..I believe

Ah, okay, thanks. And to J_Ray.