Semi OT: Memphis crushing NO

[Steelblazer]

Which puts us in sole possession of the 6th seed.. Now lets just hope that LA holds on to the 2 and beats OKC tonight... (can't believe I just said that)

 

[BlazerBeav]

Sweet!

 

[tlongII]

Big game Tuesday night against Memphis!

 

[Steelblazer]

If Portland loses to Memphis and we all end up with identical records, does anyone know what the seeding will be for 6, 7 and 8?

 

[brooklynballer]

If Portland loses to Memphis and we all end up with identical records, does anyone know what the seeding will be for 6, 7 and 8?

Yes, NO would get 6, Memphis gets 7, and Portland ends up 8

 

[illmatic99]

If Portland loses to Memphis and we all end up with identical records, does anyone know what the seeding will be for 6, 7 and 8?

I believe it will be:

6. NO
7. MEM
8. POR

We can just avoid all this by winning both our games to stay @ 6.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If Portland loses to Memphis and we all end up with identical records, does anyone know what the seeding will be for 6, 7 and 8?

It says here:

Memphis has won eight of 10 and plays host to New Orleans before wrapping up with road games against Portland and the Clippers. If the Grizzlies win out, it could set up a three-way tie with the Blazers and Hornets. In that case, New Orleans would finish sixth, Memphis seventh and Portland eighth. The Blazers can avoid a three-way tie, however, simply by beating the Grizzlies on Tuesday night at the Rose Garden.

 

[Minstrel]

If Portland's two likeliest seeds are 6 and 8, that's a good position IMO. Either Dallas or San Antonio would be a good match-up, with Dallas as my preference. I'd just like Portland to avoid LA in round 1.

Now if LA manages to drop into the 3 seed, that would be somewhat annoying. Though I do think a Portland/LA match-up would be a decent series.

 

[illmatic99]

The only issue is Dallas and LA could still swap spots and the Lakers could end up 3rd.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

If I were the Lakers, I don't know if I'd want to play Memphis right now. Lionel Hollins has that team playing some good basketball. I think the Lakers would much rather play New Orleans. That game on Tuesday here at the RG is going to be fucking epic.

 

[Steelblazer]

Hell maybe we're better off losing the Memphis game and getting the 8 seed. Although its ridiculous to tank for the Spurs now that I reread that.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Hell maybe we're better off losing the Memphis game and getting the 8 seed. Although its ridiculous to tank for the Spurs now that I reread that.

The Spurs, after getting Duncan and Parker back, have won their last 4, I think they've got their shit together again.

Order of Priority the Blazers would want:

1. Dallas
2. Lakers
3. Oklahoma City
4. San Antonio.

 

[tlongII]

My order of priority would be:

1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Los Angeles
4. Oklahoma City

 

[illmatic99]

Lakers clearly tanking for 3rd (for what???? nobody knows). They're getting killed by OKC right now.

With a loss tonight, DAL and LAL will be tied in the loss column (LA leading because they're 2-1 against DAL).

 

[KingSpeed]

Lakers might be the 4 seed.

 

[tlongII]

The Lakers aren't tanking. There's a difference between tanking and sucking.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Lakers might be the 4 seed.

If they are, that first round with Denver is going to be a war.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

The Lakers aren't tanking. There's a difference between tanking and sucking.

I wish I could believe that, tlong. But I've seen too many Phil Jackson teams do this and then "flip the switch" when the playoffs start to buy it.

 

[KingSpeed]

Rebecca Haarlow just said Perkins said Pau is soft.

 

[KingSpeed]

If they are, that first round with Denver is going to be a war.

We could still be 5 seed.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

We could still be 5 seed.

Who owns the tiebreaker between Denver and Portland? Because Portland would have to win both their remaining games and Denver lose theirs to TIE. And with Denver playing Golden State at home and Utah at Utah... yeah, not happening.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If we're honest, we're going out in round 1 whatever happens (barring sudden massive injuries to the two best players on the other team), so why not go out fighting the Lakers? Maybe we can take out a couple of their players in the process. Dallas does seem weak at the moment, and have an unfortunate history in the playoffs, but Dirk Nowtizki has been kicking this team's ass for a long time.

And we want no part of San Antonio, not with a healthy Ginobili.

 

[illmatic99]

Who owns the tiebreaker between Denver and Portland? Because Portland would have to win both their remaining games and Denver lose theirs to TIE.

DEN would have to lose to UTA in order for us to tie, meaning they would lose to another division opponent, giving US the tiebreaker.

 

[KingSpeed]

Who owns the tiebreaker between Denver and Portland? Because Portland would have to win both their remaining games and Denver lose theirs to TIE. And with Denver playing Golden State at home and Utah at Utah... yeah, not happening.

Portland would own tie breaker if they won out. Denver easily could lose out. Neither of those games are gimmees. Both teams beat the Lakers last week.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I wish I could believe that, tlong. But I've seen too many Phil Jackson teams do this and then "flip the switch" when the playoffs start to buy it.

Agreed: Jackson teams always always lose some strange games in the month or so before the playoffs. Even the 72-win Bulls did, I believe. And if you look at the Lakers' record in the second half of last season, they were 25-16, tied (with us and San Antonio) for 6th in the West. Didn't matter, did it?

 

[tlongII]

If we're honest, we're going out in round 1 whatever happens (barring sudden massive injuries to the two best players on the other team), so why not go out fighting the Lakers? Maybe we can take out a couple of their players in the process. Dallas does seem weak at the moment, and have an unfortunate history in the playoffs, but Dirk Nowtizki has been kicking this team's ass for a long time.

And we want no part of San Antonio, not with a healthy Ginobili.

I disagree. We can beat anybody in the playoffs this year as long as we're healthy. And San Antonio would be an excellent matchup for us. They have no size and we have more overall team speed than them.

 

[tlongII]

Agreed: Jackson teams always always lose some strange games in the month or so before the playoffs. Even the 72-win Bulls did, I believe. And if you look at the Lakers' record in the second half of last season, they were 25-16, tied (with us and San Antonio) for 6th in the West. Didn't matter, did it?

The Lakers already had HCA wrapped up last year. They don't this year. I predict that it WILL matter.

 

[Pinwheel1]

The Lakers are the 2 time defending champs. If you can avoid them, you do. Doesn't mean the other teams will be easy. We will still be big underdogs to all of them. But common sense says the Lakers would be the toughest obstical to over come.

I would prefer Dallas, then OKC, then SA, then the Lakers.

 

[Minstrel]

If we're honest, we're going out in round 1 whatever happens (barring sudden massive injuries to the two best players on the other team)

I don't agree with that even when I'm being honest. I think Portland is legitimately the underdog in any first-round match-up and therefore most likely will exit in round 1, but I don't think it's certain against any team other than LA (due to a combination of factors).

I think Portland would have a significant chance of upsetting Dallas, Oklahoma City or San Antonio. Less than 50%, but still significant.

And if I'm being dishonest, I don't even think the Trail Blazers are an underdog to any team in the playoffs and are, in fact, the defending champions.

 

[KingSpeed]

I disagree. We can beat anybody in the playoffs this year as long as we're healthy. And San Antonio would be an excellent matchup for us. They have no size and we have more overall team speed than them.

Spurs have plenty of size. Duncan, Splitter, Blair, and McDyess is a deeper frontcourt than we have.