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I don't think they do that because that's to hypothetical, we have no clue what will be the seeding. I think for most teams it's just to win out
I'm almost a 100% sure the Warriors go all out against the Grizzlies. I don't think they want any part of the Spurs in that 5 seed tbh.
I don't think they do that because that's to hypothetical, we have no clue what will be the seeding. I think for most teams it's just to win out
We'll get the #2 seed if we win out, regardless of what happens with Houston, Memphis or Clippers.
EDIT: Incorrect, we get the #2 seed on a 3 way tie or if Memphis drops a game and we win out.
I still dont get how memphis wins a 3 way tie tbh
assuming spurs grizz rockets win out, memphis wins tiebreak over spurs, spurs win tiebreaker over houston , houston over grizz (whats grizz rocketts h-h)?
My 2 ideal scenarios:
- Grizzlies lose to Warriors, beat Pacers
- Spurs win out
- Rockets win out
- Clippers lose 1 game
2. Spurs
3. Rockets
4. Blazers
5. Clippers
6. Grizzlies
or
- Grizzlies beat Warriors and Pacers
- Clippers win vs. Denver and Phoenix
- Rockets lose to NO
- Spurs win out
That would lead to:
2. Grizzlies
3. Clippers
4. Blazers
5. Spurs
6. Rockets
What will probably happen:
- Grizzlies lose to Warriors, beat Pacers
- Spurs win out
- Clippers win out-
- Rockets win out
2. Spurs
3. Clippers
4. Blazers
5. Rockets
6. Grizzlies
Spurs win a 3-way tie due to combined record against each other
you think it's worth the push or better to coast in, take the 5?
Might aswell wrap up the season in style, tbh... especially if Memphis loses tomorrow...
wrong, we would be the 2
Come on just give Spurs the 2nd seed, Lebron and his ty Cavs are 2nd IS NOT FAIRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Definitely want the Clippers in the 5 seed so they face the Warriors in the 2nd round. Clippers are probably the third best team in the West and won't be a complete steam roll for the Warriors.
Same, but they probably need to lose a game, which is unlikely..
I'd much rather the Clips have a shot at the Warriors in the semis than Houston or Memphis, but LA's basically a lock at 3rd unless he SW division winner finishes with a worse record than they will. It's highly likely they'll win out and finish with 56 wins, the Spurs (best case scenario) would finish 2nd by virtue of winning their division, and that leaves the Clips, Rockets, and Grizzlies in some manner of a tie (most likely). Memphis could easily, and probably will, lose to Golden State, finishing with at best 55 wins. If Houston then wins out, also finishing with 56 wins, they finish ahead of Memphis but behind LA by virtue of LA having a better conference record.
Or, let's say Memphis beats Golden State and wins out, finishing with 56 wins, LA finishes with 56 wins, the Spurs and Rockets both finish with 56 wins. Spurs get second by winning the division, leaving LA, Memphis, and Houston in a three way tie. First tie breaker is head to head in all games, where all three teams are 4-4 against each other. Next tie breaker is division records, but Houston and Memphis aren't in LA's division, so they go to the third tiebreaker, which is conference record. LA finally wins the tiebreak, hypothetically finishing with a 37-15 conference record to Memphis' best-case 36-16 conference record.
LA can only finish second if the Spurs, Grizz, and Rockets all finish with no fewer than 27 losses apiece. Anybody in the SW division with an identical record to the Clips will finish second ahead of them by virtue of being a division winner.
The only way they finish fifth is to lose another game, and have the SW division winner finish second, and the SW division runner-up finish 3rd, but still finish ahead of the SW division second runner-up. For that to happen, LA probably can't have anybody but Houston finishing third in the Southwest, meaning Houston must also lose another game, and that probably means Memphis winning the division and finishing second. In this scenario, the Clips are in a two-way tie with the SW division third place finisher, in this situation Houston, and since we already know they went 2-2 against Houston, they'd finish fifth by virtue of conference record.
So, unless I'm missing some other insane tiebreak situation, the only way LA finishes with the 2 seed is if the Spurs, Rockets, and Grizzlies all lose one more game apiece - or just as long as whomever wins the Southwest Division has a worse record than LA. They can only finish with the 5 seed if Memphis wins the SW, the Spurs finish runner-up and get the 3 seed, and Houston loses a 27th game, falls into a two-way tie with the Clippers, and the Clippers win on conference record.
God, my brain ing hurts. This message took twenty minutes to write up and I'm still not 100% certain of my calculations.
I respect your opinion, but I suspect Kerr and Curry have a different insight. I'd be shocked if he didn't play at least a half against MEM. MEM will also be without Conley and probably without Gasol.
Aggregate H2H
If Spurs and grizz finish div 9-7, then Grizz get 3rd seed with better conf record.
Spurs get 5th seed.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 04-12-2015 at 08:50 AM.
How is that any better than "My bucks from my hometown can beat your squad of bucks from your hometown!"?
And you may very well be correct.
Go Warriors Go!!!
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