zocool16
12-13-2006, 06:05 PM
Maybe one of these days we'll come to a realization, a realization that maybe this new playoff format is still flawed.
The new format has the three division winners and the second-place team with the best record in the conference aligned 1 through 4. Everything seems in order now, there is no expectation of something like last year's gaffe which had the Mavericks and Spurs meeting in the Western Conference Semifinals, right?
For maybe just the nightmares of whoever organizes these new formats, the HOUSTON ROCKETS have become serious playoff contenders(at least up until before McGrady got hurt). With Yao Ming's improved play and its new surrounding cast, it is a serious possibility that 3 teams from the same division, the Western Southwest (The Mavs, the Spurs and the Rockets) might have 60-wins seasons, or at least close.
What's going to happen then if hypothetically we have a division winner with a 45-37 record or something of that sort (let's recall the horrific East Atlantic division)?
Let's let our wild imagination make up a possible scenario at the end of the regular season. This is our standings (hypothetically):
1. Spurs (61-21)
2. Mavs (60-22)
3. Lakers (54-28)
4. Utah (45-37) ...assuming these hadn't been these GREAT Utah Jazz...
5. Rockets (60-22) (mavs own tie-breaker)
6. Suns (53-27)
7. Hornets (43-39)
8. Nuggets (42-40)
Do you see what that would be like? Assuming 1 through 3 get by and 5 beats 4, the Semifinals would stand : 1) Spurs vs. Rockets, 2) Mavs vs. Lakers
Not really fair for the number 1 seed huh?. That could be any of the 3 Texas teams... hypothetically.
Hypothetically speaking though, the best team always wins no matter where they play at, they get through everyone and everything. Hypothetically speaking this is what would have happened this year if not for the amazing run the Jazz is having right now...hey but it's early, there is still a chance this could happen...
...Hypothetically.
May god bless the Jazz.
The new format has the three division winners and the second-place team with the best record in the conference aligned 1 through 4. Everything seems in order now, there is no expectation of something like last year's gaffe which had the Mavericks and Spurs meeting in the Western Conference Semifinals, right?
For maybe just the nightmares of whoever organizes these new formats, the HOUSTON ROCKETS have become serious playoff contenders(at least up until before McGrady got hurt). With Yao Ming's improved play and its new surrounding cast, it is a serious possibility that 3 teams from the same division, the Western Southwest (The Mavs, the Spurs and the Rockets) might have 60-wins seasons, or at least close.
What's going to happen then if hypothetically we have a division winner with a 45-37 record or something of that sort (let's recall the horrific East Atlantic division)?
Let's let our wild imagination make up a possible scenario at the end of the regular season. This is our standings (hypothetically):
1. Spurs (61-21)
2. Mavs (60-22)
3. Lakers (54-28)
4. Utah (45-37) ...assuming these hadn't been these GREAT Utah Jazz...
5. Rockets (60-22) (mavs own tie-breaker)
6. Suns (53-27)
7. Hornets (43-39)
8. Nuggets (42-40)
Do you see what that would be like? Assuming 1 through 3 get by and 5 beats 4, the Semifinals would stand : 1) Spurs vs. Rockets, 2) Mavs vs. Lakers
Not really fair for the number 1 seed huh?. That could be any of the 3 Texas teams... hypothetically.
Hypothetically speaking though, the best team always wins no matter where they play at, they get through everyone and everything. Hypothetically speaking this is what would have happened this year if not for the amazing run the Jazz is having right now...hey but it's early, there is still a chance this could happen...
...Hypothetically.
May god bless the Jazz.