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Something looks wrong because it seems they keep giving the tie breaker with Portland to SA. Portland wins the tie breaker with SA.
Spurs Notebook: How the Spurs can lock up the 6 seed in the West
by Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5
Kobe Bryant's inability to make free throws has just opened up the playoff race in the Western Conference.
Not for the Lakers, though.
Perhaps you missed it, so a brief recap: the Trail Blazers led by five with two minutes remaining against the Lakers. And then weird things starting happening. Weird things like Derek Fisher running Student Body Right to clear open the three-point line for Bryant. Like Bryant and Fisher going 1 for 4 from the line in the final minute. Like Martell Webster somehow coercing Bryant into fouling on a three-pointer with fewer than four seconds remaining. Like the Lakers inbounding the ball to Pau Gasol (a career 18-81 three-point shooter) to attempt a game-tying buzzer-beater.
So despite all that Portland finished off a huge 91-88 win, causing all sorts of chaos in the race for the six seed in the West.
The five seed is mathematically out of reach for the Spurs. So here's the race for the 6-7-8 seeds. Your remaining games:
Spurs
vs. Minnesota
at Dallas
Oklahoma City
at Golden State
at Portland
vs Memphis
Portland
at Oklahoma City
vs. Golden State
So let's make some assumptions:
1. The Spurs will beat Minnesota
2. Oklahoma City and Portland will both beat Golden State
And for the sake of simplicity:
3. Oklahoma City will beat Memphis, who have lost four of their last five
That puts the Thunder at 51-30, the Spurs at 50-31 and the Trail Blazers at 50-31. What it'll come down to is two games: Oklahoma City-Portland on April 12, and San Antonio-Dallas on April 14.
The Spurs get the 6 seed if:
-Spurs beat Dallas
-Portland beats Oklahoma City
-In this scenario, Oklahoma City gets the 7 seed and Portland gets the 8 seed
The Spurs get the 7 seed if:
-Spurs beat Dallas
-Oklahoma City beats Portland
-Oklahoma City gets the 6 seed and Portland gets the 8 seed
OR
-Spurs lose to Dallas
-Oklahoma City beats Portland
-Oklahoma City gets the 6 seed and Portland gets the 8 seed
The Spurs get the 8 seed if:
-Spurs lose to Dallas
-Portland beats Oklahoma City
-Oklahoma City gets the 6 seed and Portland gets the 7 seed.
That last scenario is the doomsday one for the Spurs, who'd end up in a match-up with the Lakers. On Saturday, reporters asked coach Gregg Popovich: on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad do the Spurs want to face the Lakers in the opening round?
Popovich's answer: "Minus-5."
Something looks wrong because it seems they keep giving the tie breaker with Portland to SA. Portland wins the tie breaker with SA.
The best case scenario, IMO, would be Spurs beat Dallas, Portland beats OKC and Denver beats Phoenix..
Spurs would get the 6th and Denver would get the 3rd, according to this..
this looks weird
why not just say, if OKC beats Portland, the Spurs get the 7 seed?
as long as we dont line up with Dallas im ok with it.
summing up, we need to beat _allas
MORE THAN TWO TEAMS TIED
1. If applicable, division champions must be determined first.
2. Better winning percentage in all games among the tied teams.
3. Better winning percentage against teams in own division (only if all tied teams are in same division).
4. Better winning percentage against teams in own conference.
5. Better winning percentage against teams eligible for playoffs in own conference (including team that finished the regular season tied for a playoff position).
6. Best point differential between offense and defense.
Note: If a multiple team tie is reduced to a two-team tie at any point using the above criteria, the two-team tie will be resolved in accordance with the existing two-team tie procedure.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/7164305
i think its overall winning % between the 3 teams head to head. Unless i'm totally off.
You're right, I think it'd be Blazer, Spurs and then Thunder
blazers - 5-1
spurs - 3-4
thunder 2-5
So the KENS article is wrong
how surprising
I will be pulling for the Spurs as long as not playing the Mavs. Best of luck my friends
I think our best chance to get the 6th seed is a Warriors win against the Thunder today and then Thunder beat Blazers tomorrow. Very unlikely
I think we'll finish 7th
anything but 8. I'm not buying the matchup vs the lakers.
I want the LAL. Outside of the injury issues, their lax play for the last month, their continued issues with defending pick & rolls. There is also this. Playing them means the league schedules out the games for a maximum of rest and air time.
LA last year went Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Saturday.
That's a lot of rest.
2 Sundays in a row, Kobe rested, Lakers playing like garbage. There ain't no switch.
Lakers and Kobe will be a different beast in the playoffs. I'm not saying we can't beat them but it's not the safe choice IMO.
+ out of the 4 games between the spurs and lakers this season there have been a total of 0 games where both teams were at full strength. It's hard to take anything from any of those.
I don't buy into the Lakers lax play recently. Playoffs will change their ways quickly. I don't understand a lot of ideology on this board.
Once those assumptions are made, the Spurs can't finish 6th. That can only happen if OKC and/or Portland lose one or more games that this article assumes those two teams will win.
Easiest way to look at it:
If the Spurs win both remaining games then they cannot finish 8th. So if the goal is to avoid the Lakers, the Spurs control their own destiny.
Spurs (6) @ Nuggets (3) would be a dream
Money is on spurs being 7th. I think okc will beat portland easy.
Allow me to post this one more time
And yes the article is wrong about the tiebreaker.
Here's how it all breaks down for the Spurs finishing 6-8:
Spurs get 6th if:
SA 3-0, OKC 2-1 or worse, POR 2-1 or worse
SA 2-1, OKC 1-2 or worse, POR 1-2 or worse
Spurs get 7th if:
(If there is 3-way tie, the order would be POR, SA, OKC)
SA 3-0, OKC 3-0, POR 2-1 or worse
SA 3-0, OKC 2-1 or worse, POR 3-0
SA 2-1, OKC 1-2 or worse, POR 2-1 or better
SA 2-1, OKC 2-1 or better, POR 1-2 or worse
SA 1-2, OKC 1-2, POR 0-3
SA 1-2, OKC 0-3, POR 1-2
Spurs get 8th if:
SA 2-1, OKC 2-1 or better, POR 2-1 or better
SA 1-2, OKC 1-2 or better, POR 1-2 or better
SA 0-3
im confused. anyways a 6th seed would be an automatic 1st round advance for the spurs. the nuggets are close to done. matchup wise the spurs are a good matchup. spurs lack big men depth but so the thuggets. jr smith is stupid so jeffesons trash play wont be magnified.
Spurs can lock up 6th seed if we win and Thunder lose. Period.
Pretty simple. Focusing on highest seed.
6th seed if Spurs 3-0, OKC losses one and Portland loses one.
Doesn't look likely.
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