Lakers drop to 4th seed. We are 3rd and Memphis is 7th. Memphis has a shot at beating the 2nd seed if it's Thunder or Mavs. We have a shot at beating either Dallas or Thunder as well. Could there be 2 upsets in the first round with Portland beating #3 and Memphis beating #2? If this happened, then Portland would have HCA in the second round. This actually could be possible, as long as L.A. dropped to 4th. This maybe a possibility too, because honestly, I think the Lakers would much rather face SAS in the second round than the log jammed 2,3,6,7 teams in the West. All those teams, possibly excluding Dallas are teams that could give the Lakers fits.
I don't think we can move higher then 5th FAMS........... PORTLAND WINS BOTH, DENVER LOSES OUT – 5 PORTLAND WINS BOTH – 6 PORTLAND SPLITS (BEATS MEM), NO SPLITS – 6 PORTLAND SPLITS (BEATS MEM), NO WINS OUT – 7 PORTLAND SPLITS (BEATS MEM), NO LOSES OUT – 6 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM WINS OUT, NO SPLITS – 7 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM WINS OUT, NO WINS OUT – 8 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM WINS OUT, NO LOSES OUT – 7 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM SPLITS, NO SPLITS – 6 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM SPLITS, NO WINS OUT – 7 PORTLAND SPLITS (LOSES TO MEM), MEM SPLITS, NO LOSES OUT – 6 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM AND NO WIN OUT – 8 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM WINS OUT, NO SPLITS – 8 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM WINS OUT, NO LOSES OUT – 7 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM LOSES TO LAC, NO WINS OUT – 8 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM LOSES TO LAC, NO SPLITS – 8 PORTLAND LOSES BOTH, MEM LOSES TO LAC, NO LOSES OUT – 7
Let me clarify... #1 Spurs vs. #8 NOH #2 Dallas or Thunder vs. #7 Memphis #3 Dallas or Thunder vs. #6 Portland #4 Lakers vs. #5 Denver Dallas or Thunder loses to Memphis Thunder or Dallas loses to Portland. Lakers beat Denver Spurs beat NOH Second Round: #1 SAS vs. #4 Lakers #6 Blazers vs. #7 Memphis (Blazers obtain home court advantage)
LMAO I just read it and yes I did say we were third. I meant to say Dallas, but I was too damn excited to talk about this! Sorry FAM