Yep, the ONLY way the Clippers take the second seed is if they finish with a better record than all of POR, MEM, HOU and SAS. If they tie with any of those teams, they lose the tie breaker to the division winner. That's why the loss to BRK was so costly. We still had a chance to tie the Clippers and get HCA in a potential POR vs. LAC 4/5 match up. BNM
That game is played in LA, with the Grizzlies having played in Utah the night before and the Clips with more than 3 days rest. If MEM win that game, I will be shocked.
Against a team that's won 11 of their last 12 - with their only loss being a 4 point loss to GSW. The Grizzlies have lost 4 of their last 6 and they haven't beaten a playoff team since they beat us back on March 21 in a game where we didn't have Kaman and both Aldridge and Batum sat out the second half. They basically beat the same team BRK beat on Monday. They did beat the 9th place Thunder (gawd, I LOVE saying that) last Friday, but right now OKC isn't a playoff team and certainly isn't on the same level as the Clippers. BNM
Yeah that's my bad. Forgot the clips can't win their division due to Warriors. Spurs #2 seed if tie'd w/ clips. Clips #3.