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how does it mean nothing? why would they want the 7th seed instead?..
Dallas has owned Portland this year, and they match up well enough against the Rockets, and against us..
The 6 seed means nothing. Dallas might rather finish with the 7 depending upon playoff matchups.
how does it mean nothing? why would they want the 7th seed instead?..
Dallas has owned Portland this year, and they match up well enough against the Rockets, and against us..
The thing I like about the 4th or 5th seed is, if we win we get to face the Lakers early in the 2nd. Although it would be a big series, it wouldn't be a pressure-packed as a WCF matchup with them which would be better for the new guys. On top of that, we would be MUCH fresher playing the Lakers than we would be if we saw them a round later which would be better for the veteran guys. Last year when we faced them, they were peaking and we were on fumes.
By the way, I updated the first post in this thread to include all of games played up to and including tonight's. So, the seedings, records ... are current -- 4-13-09
So, if you want the current seedings, record, ..., then you can simply look at that first page.
Go Spurs !
Go _allas !
Go Spurstalk !
I completely agree..
it's the best scenario, but even the 3rd seed wouldn't be so bad compared to usual years..Portland has the best shot to knock off LA, so if we advanced, we could just hope the Blazers give them a tough battle..
nothing we can do though, so let's just see how it plays out..
I could defnitiely see that, though I have a feeling facing the Lakers in a series might prove to be a bit overwhelming for the upstart Blazers. They have proven they certainly have the tools to beat L.A., but it would be interesting to see if they have the championship drive and poise to actually pull it off for 4 games.
I don't expect them to beat the Lakers, but I'd really be surprised if it ended in less than 6..Portland just matches up with the Lakers in every part of the game..
obviously we don't know how they'll look in the playoffs though..I'd just like to avoid Portland, especially since Oden is starting to play consistently..
Remember, if there is a 2 way tie between Houston and Portland, Houston holds the tiebreaker because they won the series (2-1).
So, Houston would end up ahead (e.g. number 3 seed).
Portland would end up the number four seed.
San Antonio would end up the number five seed.
Then, we wouldn't have hca any round of the playoffs. We would have to play Portland in the first round without hca rather than Houston. LA would be our second round match up if we got that far.
Dallas has a pretty good chance of beating Houston in Dallas.
And we can beat New Orleans in San Antonio if we play well.
So, we have not yet lost the seeding war to Houston.
To get the number three seed, we must win and Houston and Portland must both lose.
To get the number four seed, Houston must win, we must win and Portland must lose.
To get the number five seed, anything else happens.
Here's the bad news up to the minute.
http://www.nba.com/standings/team_re...w_Std_Cnf.html
so if the Spurs and Blazers win, but Houston loses...?..
True. The NBA playoffs always seem to mess with a young team's confidence though. If this was the MLB they'd probably be a threat to go all the way. Still, I too would at least expect them to push it to 6.
Current seedings:
1. Lakers
2. Nuggets
3. Houston
4. Portland
5. San Antonio
6. New Orleans
7. Dallas
8. Utah
I could be wrong, but I think if the Spurs win and the Rockets lose, SA gets the 3 seed regardless.
3 Spurs
4 Blazers
5 Rockets
Portland would get the number 3 seed, we would get the number 4 seed, Houston would get the number 5 seed.
(Portland owns the 2 way tiebreaker between us).
No. It would be a 2 way tie in overall record between Portland and San Antonio, but Portland owns the 2 way tiebreaker.
So, we would be the number 4 seed and Portland would be the number 3 seed. Houston would fall to fifth seed because their overall record would be worse than the Spurs.
The new rule this year states that if two teams are tied, if one of the two teams is a division winner, they automatically get the higher seed.Portland would get the number 3 seed, we would get the number 4 seed, Houston would get the number 5 seed.
(Portland owns the 2 way tiebreaker between us).
And this actually sucks this year because I'd rather the Spurs play the Rockets than the Mavs.
I just checked to make sure..
Dallas is 0-4 vs. Denver..they're 3-0 vs. Portland..
they'll be playing hard for that 6th seed..
However, if the Blazers and Spurs finish tied in the standings, the Blazers win the tiebreaker for the fourth seed and possibly home court advantage in the first round. The Blazers won three of four games against the Spurs this season.
That's from the first post in this thread. It is a direct quote from the article I posted.
So, the reason why the Blazers would win the 2 way tiebreaker if both the Spurs and the Blazers finish with identical records, but Houston falls behind them because of a loss is that the Blazers won the regular season series against the Spurs 3 to 1.
Exactly so bottom line is if the Spurs win AND the Rockets lose Spurs get the third seed no matter what Portland does.
This applies to the 3 way tiebreaker.
Spurs as Division winner get the three seed in a tie with a non Division winner.Portland would get the number 3 seed, we would get the number 4 seed, Houston would get the number 5 seed.
(Portland owns the 2 way tiebreaker between us).
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...are-in-th.html
If there is a 3 way tie, this is true.
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