A funny playoff stat

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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Half of the Western Conference playoff teams call the NW Division home (and 1/4 of all playoff teams)
     
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    Another funny stat: Only one team actually located in the NW.
     
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    Yes, one of the most competitive divisions (if not the most competitive division) in all of basketball.

    We have to play the likes of Denver, Oklahoma City and Utah 4 times each while the Lakers get to play Golden State, Sacramento and the Clippers. Hardly seems fair, right?! That extra 2-3 wins per year is the difference between 2nd and 8th this year.
     
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    Good point, but at least we go up against the Elite more on the regular. Its a better test for our team.
     
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    What's funny, is that going into the season NOBODY predicted the division to be this strong. The Thunder were dismissed as being at least a year away from the play-offs, and a fair number of people were predicting Utah was headed for a crash.
     
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    Since we're the only team in the NW, we should be the only team in the NW division. Top 3 Western seed guaranteed!
     
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    Umm... we play(ed) the Kings, Clippers, and Warriors 4 times each this season.

    And the Lakers play(ed) Denver, Oklahoma City, and Utah 4 times each this season.

    There is no advantage.
     
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    See above. It's not true. We play all of those teams the same amount of times.
     
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    It USED to be, back in the day when there were less teams, that you played your division opponents 5 times and everyone else in the conference 4 times. Now, you basically play everyone 4 times with only a few exceptions that you play only 3 times.
     
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    There are 5x teams tied for the 2-5th spots right now in the Western conference.. all with 27 losses. We are actually only 3 games out of 2nd spot. But time is running out

    wow
     
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