You root for the Pelicans because we own the tiebreaker over them. We are essentially an extra game ahead of them.
I don't think so. If NO wins out, they are 33-39 If we go 1-2, we are 33-41. So we don't have to lose out for them to make play-in. Remember- when we have a tie with them isn't we have the same amount of wins. It's the same GB. 33-39 beats 33-41. We need to win 2 of our games to stop a NO team that wins three straight.
I've decided that I can't concern myself with these other teams trying to get into that eighth seed. Our team just needs to take care of business. If our guys play the next 5 games (maybe it will only have to be 4) with intensity for every minute, with intent every play on both ends of the court and if we will just use the fucking Dame/Nurk pick and roll more often, then we are more than capable of winning all of those games. Just look at the Houston game and add in some more pick and roll action with Dame and Nurk. That would put us in the playoffs and set a precedent for how the team will play during the playoffs.
You're right, brain fart. But 2-1 gets us in over them winning out. So we ideally just need to split one of the next two, then beat Brooklyn.
Interesting thing to follow too: if Mavs lose tonight, they'll have nothing to play for against us. Sixers unfortunately have a lot to play for and the Nets might too.
There are no ties, we can't end up with the same record as any of the teams that are vying for the play-in. We'll have played more games than all of them.
You probably don't need this extra explanation but usually at the end of the season you just look at what team is either more games above .500 or in this case less games below .500 but this season is different because different teams had played more or less games coming into the bubble and every team only got eight more games in the bubble. So if we are the same amount of games below .500 as NOLA or Sac because they will end with an even amount of games and so will we, (SA and PHX can't be the same amount of games below .500 as us because they will end with an odd amount of games) then we will be ahead of NOLA and/or Sac by percentage points because we have played more games, so we would be ahead of them not tied with them.
