Simplified seeding

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  1. BengalDuck

    BengalDuck Well-Known Member

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    Portland wins
    Houston loses

    Portland is 3rd seed

    Portland wins
    Houston wins

    Portland is 4th seed

    Portland loses
    Houston wins

    Portland is 5th seed

    At least, this is what I think... feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
     
    BengalDuck, Apr 13, 2009
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    What if all three teams in the Spurs, Rocks, and Blazers win? What if both the Spurs and Blazers lose?
     
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    SAS loses, PDX loses
    4th seed
     
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    You need to factor SA in. If they win their last game in your scenarios the best Portland would do is fourth as Den and SA would be tied with us, but they would both be division winners, which is the first tie breaker.
     
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    chris_in_pdx OLD MAN

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    I believe this is correct. Whether San Antonio loses or wins is irrelevant to Portland seeding, it only affects whom the Blazers play in the first round.
     
    chris_in_pdx, Apr 13, 2009
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    OddEnormous I'M FLYING!! I'M FLYING!!

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    Thank god this has all been simplified

    :rolleyes:


    :grin:
     
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    Portland wins
    Houston loses
    SA Wins

    Portland is 4rd seed

    Portland wins
    Houston wins
    SA doesn't matter.

    Portland is 4th seed

    Portland loses
    Houston wins
    SA loses

    Portland is 4th seed
     
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    It will be:

    2) Houston, 3) Denver, 4) Portland, 5) Spurs

    It will be:

    4) Portland, 5) Spurs.

    The magic number for the Blazers to clinch HCA is either one Blazer win, or one Spurs loss.

    Oh, and the only way we can get third is if both the Spurs AND Rockets lose, provided we win.
     
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    OddEnormous I'M FLYING!! I'M FLYING!!

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    There ya go... Nice one!
     
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    Okay. Correct me if I'm wrong, again...

    Only way to get the 3rd seed is if Houston loses and we win. Everything else is irrelevant (we own the tiebreaker versus SA)

    Only way to get the 5th seed is if SA and Houston win and we lose.

    Every other combination is the 4th seed.
     
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    SA would have the tie breaker over us if they win their division (SA win Hou loss)

    If SA losses we are guaranteed 4th.
     
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    I don't think so. There is some new rule that division winners get top 4 seed, so even if the Spurs and Blazers win, and Rockets lose, we're stuck at #4 against Houston.

    Or, the Spurs could win, and both the Blazers and Rockets could lose.
     
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    Houston doesn't have to win. They have the tie-breaker over Portland. If Portland loses, San Antonio must also lose or Portland gets the 5 seed.
     
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    Which I selfishly kinda want.

    I want the Blazers to meet and beat the Spurs in the first round.

    And then I want to murder the Lakers in the 2nd round. Even if the Blazers lose the series, I want the Lakers so beat up and worn down by Portland that they don't stand a chance beating Houston, Denver, or Cleveland.
     
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    What if the Blazers win, and Denver goes down in a "mysterious plane wreck". :devilwink:
     
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    i expect it to end in a 4-way tie :cheers:
     
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    the first tiebreaker for seeding is whether or not the team is a division champ. if houston loses and the spurs win, the spurs win that division and will be seeded ahead of the blazers(though the blazers would still get homecourt over the spurs if they were to end up playing them in a series).
     
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    4rd?
    :dunno:
     
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  19. MARIS61

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    So, as I understand this "simplification", we are already guaranteed HCA regardless since worse case is we're 5th and SA 4th but we have the season series so would have HCA?

    Correct?
     
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    3 games left DEN@POR, HOU@DAL, NO@SA

    Scenario1
    W-Por,Dal,SA
    2.Nug
    3.SA
    4.Blazers
    5.Rockets
    6.Dal
    7.NO

    Scenario2
    W-Por,Dal,No
    2.Nug
    3.Blazers
    4.Rockets
    5.SA
    6.NO
    7.Dal

    Scenario3
    W-Por,Hou,SA
    2.Rockets
    3.Nug
    4.Blazers
    5.SA
    6.NO
    78.Dal

    Scenario4
    W-Por,Hou,No
    2.Rockets
    3.Nug
    4.Blazers
    5.SA
    6.NO
    78.Dal

    Scenario5
    W-Den,Dal,SA
    2.Nug
    3.SA
    4.Rockets
    5.Blazers
    6.Dal
    7.NO

    Scenario6
    W-Den,Dal,No
    2.Nug
    3.Rockets
    4.Blazers
    5.SA
    6.NO
    7.Dal

    Scenario7
    W-Den,Hou,SA
    2.Nug
    3.Rockets
    4.SA
    5.Blazers
    6.NO
    78.Dal

    Scenario8
    W-Den,Hou,No
    2.Nug
    3.Rockets
    4.Blazers
    5.SA
    6.NO
    78.Dal
     
    Draco, Apr 13, 2009
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