Dallas, Denver, Utah, and Phoenix? They're all currently tied at 50-27. I still believe the Blazers will pass San Antonio and play one of the above. Question still remains, which one?
If this link is to be believed: http://www.nba.com/statistics/playoff_picture.html ... then it goes Dallas, Denver, Utah, Phoenix, if they're all tied at the end of the season. I'm not sure if any of them play each other again before the end of the year, if so, that'd change things. On the conference records, it looks like Denver and Phoenix have the best records there. I'd prefer the Blazers play either Dallas or Phoenix in the first round than Denver or Utah, but we'll see. It's a total toss-up, as far as I can tell. The key is to get out of the 8th spot, obviously, and avoid the Lakers. Say what you will about Andre Miller's "market" comment, but it's very hard to beat LA in the first round.
If we win out we will pass: Phoenix if they drop three out of SA @OKC HOU DEN @UTA Oklahoma City if they drop one of MIN @UTA DEN PHO @GS MEM San Antonio if the drop one of @LAL @SAC @PHO MEM @DEN MIN @DAL We play @LAC DAL @LAL OKC GS We have the tie breaker over the above teams (if we beat OKC). Even though we can sweep Dallas with a win they would still have the tie breaker over us for winning their division. A bit off topic but I can't really help it, just hoping we can get the 5th or 6th seed.
Thanks for this. Man, any one of these tied teams could go from, say, 2nd seed with HCA and not be in the Lakers bracket.......to 5th seed and no HCA while being in the Lakers bracket.
Yes--at the moment, that is accurate. First thing determined is division winners--DAL wins SW, and DEN has H2H tie-break over UTA. Then between those two, DAL has H2H tie-break over DEN, so DAL is 2 and DEN is 3. Between UTA and PHX, UTA leads the season series 2-1, but they play on the last night of the season. If they end up tied--and neither won their division--whoever won that game gets the tie-breaker (because PHX's conference record is better).
