Getting home court advantage in the first round

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  1. KingSpeed

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    After the game last night, Mo said he wanted to move up in the standings. I was surprised because I had given up on that. So I looked at the possibilities. Houston is probably uncatchable because they have the tie breaker. The Clippers are another story. They are losing to Houston right now. If they lose that one and then 3 of their next 7 (say to Phoenix, Dallas, and OKC), and we win all the rest of our games, we would win the 4th seed with a win over the Clippers on closing night. It's a longshot but it's possible. 6 of our last 8 are at home. The two road games are against the woeful Jazz and Lakers.
     
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    The Blazers win the rest of their games. It's very possible. And it could be their mindset.
     
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    Isn't Houston more "catchable" without Beverly and Howard for the last 10 games?
     
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    They are both catchable
     
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    Number 3 seed and the HCP eats his crow in front of you. Will you take pics of his meal so we can enjoy?:ghoti:
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I'd rather lose the bet and get home court advantage FAMS!
     
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    :cheers::chestbump: id eat crow with you for hca. As long as its free and there's a bobble head involved.
     
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    I highly doubt this is going to happen. Lets beat Memphis first.
     
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    I know!
     
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    10-0
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    You misspelled "should." Just sayin'.
     
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    I guess. The problem is we don't play them again and we don't have the tiebreaker (which is why games earlier in the season matter. We need to win out and hope the Rockets lose 5 games. In the case of the Clippers, we have control over on of their losses.
     
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    I'd love to catch Houston but we have to go 8-0 to catch them IMO. The Rockets have a pretty easy schedule the rest of the way even without Beverly and Howard. I think they finish at least 6-4 or 7-3 to close the season and that puts us out of HCA. We have no shot at catching the Clippers unless Griffin and CP3 break their legs within the next 10 minutes.
     
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    In therey the bottom 4 teams are the ones that should get HCA but then every single team would be tanking.
     
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    We will be third seed in the western conference
     
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    Portland just needs to worry about making the playoffs. I think the gap is too big now to jump up to 4. Houston has 4 less losses than us and not sure who has the tie breaker.
     
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    Houston has the tie breaker.
     
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    haha. We're 4 1/2 back from LAC with 7 to go.

    I completely agree with Sinobas. Lets just take what we can get.
     
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    We will go 7-0 the rest of the way.
     
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    I say we lose at least 1. :P
     
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