By the way, Grizzlies are stuck in the #2 lottery position and accomplish nothing by losing so they may try to win and that could cause us some trouble. Also, OKC usually struggles against teams they feel are 'beneath' them.
And those games will be over by the time our game starts. Wonder how Terry would play it if we already have home court secured. On one hand we have a bunch of guys that need to get it going, but on the other hand I think a lot of it is fatigue based, and they could use rest.
Nope. For us to get 5th, both SA and Memphis have to win. Not just Memphis. Also- we would need to lose.
Yep. It'll be interesting. Which team would you rather play in 2nd round if the top seeds win? GS or Houston? I say we go for 3 seed plus our team desperately needs a win right now. Just to feel good about themselves.
For me, in a perfect world, we get the 3 seed and Denver gets to 6 seed. We are way more experienced than Denver, Nurkic plays well against them, and Denver would be playing 4 games on the road and they are not good on the road. This would involve OKC losing though and we would HAVE to beat Utah.
The only team I wanted to avoid was Utah so it don’t matter to me who we play, although I will admit a Pop coached team still scares me.
Blazers win, most likely matchup will be OKC. Blazers lose, drop to 5th to play winner of Spurs/Pels. Simple as that. Don't see OKC losing to Memphis, so other scenarios not likely. OKC would be a battle royale with the Nation rooting for that @#$% Westbrook. Go Blazers!! Man! Just would suck losing homecourt. Either way, Blazers need to turn this brutal losing streak around, and go into the playoffs with a little Mo.
Blazers I thought head to head decides HCA, but then I read that scenario on the last page with the three way tie, and Blazers win that. So I am wrong, and need a drink! to figure this BS out.
I believe this is incorrect. It seems HCA is NOT decided based on seeding, but by the head-to-head record in a playoff matchup unforunately. Essentially, we would NOT have HCA against Spurs if we fall to 4th seed in this scenario. Quote from BlazersEdge: https://www.blazersedge.com/2018/4/...ay-no-seriously-nba-playoffs-tiebreakers-jazz
None of this is true. We will not be playing OKC in any possible scenario. If we lose, we do not drop to 5th unless Spurs and Memphis win. Read my thread: http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/all-the-playoff-scenarios-this-was-a-lot-of-work.329540/
That is not true. Blazers Edge is wrong. That is a memo from three years ago. 2015 was different because we were a higher seed due to being a division leader but the team with the better record got HCA. Division win doesn't guarantee top 4 seed anymore. If Blazers, Spurs, and OKC are tied, Blazers get HCA against Spurs due to three way tiebreaker.
