Wrong http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/matchups?season=2009 Two-Team Tiebreaker 1. Division winner (this criterion is applied regardless of whether the tied teams are in the same division) 2. Better record in head-to-head games So if Hou has one loss but us and SA win out SA would get the 3rd seed over us due to the first tiebreaker being division winner.