i dunno... i think phil is fine with finishing 3rd in the west... we actually won the 2002 championship finishing in this spot... why? if the playoffs started now... we would play portland or utah... we can easily handle them... if the top 4 seeds in the west go through it would look like this: LAL vs. Dallas and SA vs. OKC. I think we'd much rather face Dallas, everyone knows OKC gives us migraines and we match up well with the Mavs (the only reason we lost the 1st game was bec. kidd exploded from 3). That will leave the thunder with the spurs. They'll tire each other out and we'll we waiting for whoever wins in the WCF.