Race for the 5th-9th seeds

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  1. KingSpeed

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    If we win tomorrow and Memphis loses tomorrow, we can clinch with a Mavs loss to Clippers on Sunday. That is the ideal scenario.
     
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    We have the tiebreaker. They can't catch us even if they win out and we lose out.
     
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    Agreed. Aldrich has been very good this year. Jordan and he are going to be a problem for us in the playoffs.
     
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  4. KingSpeed

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    By the way, who has tiebreaker if Dallas, Portland, and Memphis all tie?
     
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    What about in a 3 way tiebreaker?
     
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    Cole Aldrich has had a great year. Wasn't he in trainwreck of New York last season? Seems like he ended up in a great situation this year at the right time as much as he has improved his play.
     
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    Dallas wins; we are 2nd; Memphis losses.

    Dallas 5-2
    Blazers 3-4
    Memphis 3-5
     
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    Wow Crawford with game winning 3. Jazz can't beat a depleted Clippers team.
     
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    Crawford.........can we please not boo this guy in Portland. No reason to get him even more fired up to play us. And quite frankly, he doesn't deserve to be booed.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Crawford was professional throughout his time here.

    Plus he aided the tank.
     
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    1st tiebreaker will be cumulative records between all tied teams. We beat Utah 3-1, tied Memphis 2-2, lost to Dallas 1-2. Dallas beat Memphis 3-1, Utah beat Memphis 2-1, Dallas and Utah are tied 1-1 with 1 game remaining.

    If we tie with Utah/Memphis, we'd be 5-3, Memphis would be 4-3, and Utah would be 3-4--so we'd win. Even if Utah beat Dallas in their final game and the three of us ended up tied, we'd win that tie-breaker 4-3 to Dallas' 3-3 and Utah's 3-4.

    With that in consideration, maybe we actually want Utah to win out, since they could conceivably help us in a 3-way tie situation thanks to our 3-1 advantage over them.

    Edit: whatever--doesn't matter now...
     
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    In Utah, no less. Houston fans rejoice!
     
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    another Clippers buzzer beater? Really?

    Fuck em.
     
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    Pretty crazy that the Mavs have won 6 straight to jump all the way up to the 7 seed (for now).

    Also pretty crazy that the Jazz have the 10th best point differential in the league (5th in the West) but have a very real chance to miss the playoffs.
     
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    How was it professional to ask the Clippers broadcasters to bring him in as a free agent in the middle of a Blazers game?
     
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    They really lack a go to scorer in crunch time. A lot of analytic geeks think close wins are all random noise but with the Jazz I certainly believe there are real reasons behind it.
     
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    That really happened?
     
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    Yeah Jazz could have potentially helped us with unlikely multi way tie but it's not possible now.
     
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    We win 2, we get #5.

    Simple as that
     
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    Yeah it was ridiculous. Can't believe more don't remember it. Was after we traded Gerald, fired Nate, and the tank was on but still damn insulting to fans and teammates.
     
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