Official Seedings Thread

[TampaDude]

Yep New Orleans own both Divison and Conference tiebreakers, Suns own your asses by virute of a 3-1 spanking in the season series!

Too bad regular season record doesn't mean ...just ask the Cavs...

[greens]

They aren't a lock in the 3rd seed.

I think the Spurs can be the 2nd seed, if N.O. loses both games and the Spurs win.
I think if it ends up a 4 way tie (Spurs, Rockets, Hornets, Suns), then I think the Spurs would drop to 6th.

Do you think Pop will let Manu play vs Utah? I mean, we wouldn't want him to be rusty in the first game of the playoffs! Plus, it is the home court advantage on the line! And he says that he is feeling just fine...he wanted to play vs the Lakers...

[Princess Pimp]

There would be a 4 way tie if that happened and we might end up 6th in that scenario.

Ouch I would say 5th, you own the tiebreaker against the Rockets (if endup tie)

[TampaDude]

Nope you will drop to 5th without home court.

We'd be 6th...no, wait...the season series vs. Houston is tied 2-2, but the Spurs would have a better division record...still the Jazz, but without HCA...tough choice...

[dbreiden83080]

They were saying that on TV but I don't think that is correct. If the Spurs lose against the Jazz and the Rockets and Suns both win, it'll be a four-way tie. The tiebreaker is ulative record versus the tied teams.

The four teams would be Spurs, Jazz, Suns and Rockets. The Spurs are 4-8 versus those teams, the Rockets are 5-6, the Suns are 6-5 and the Jazz are 7-3.

That'd make the bracket end up us:

1. Lakers
2. Hornets
3. Jazz
4. Suns
5. Rockets
6. Spurs
7. Mavs
8. Nuggets

That'd be horrible for the Spurs. Going out on the road with a rusty team into the hardest gym in the NBA against a team that just beat the Spurs at home?

That'd most likely be season over.

The Spurs MUST beat Utah on Wednesday.

Oh boy that is not good at all.

[Warlord23]

This is a useful link if you want to look at all possible scenarios. Basically we can be anywhere between #2 and #6 and it will come down to the last day of the season:

Yahoo scenarios link

[Princess Pimp]

Too bad regular season record doesn't mean ...just ask the Cavs...

Yes it does! this is the perfect example! seeding and HCA

[Amuseddaysleeper]

but Timvp, the Suns matchup blows as well, because they arguably play us better in SA than they do at home themselves.


Having said that, I see your logic, you obviously want HCA, especially when the alternative is to not have it against the best home team in the NBA, but barring the slim chance we face houston, this is a brutal brutal brutal first round for SA, who aren't even close to clicking on all cyclinders.

[timvp]

I suppose the other most likely scenario is to play the Suns with HCA?


I hate both matchups, but I feel more comfortable about the Spurs getting a split in the first two games against Utah and trying to hold serve at home than facing PHX who seem to have SA figured out since the Shaq trade (yes, you were right about the Shaq trade)

As sure as I was right about the Shaq trade, I'm telling you the Spurs have a much better chance of beating the Suns with HCA than the Jazz without HCA. The Jazz are on fire, they're amazing at home and the Spurs aren't equipped to step out of the gates and be forced into must-win games. Shaq made the Suns harder but the Spurs need those two home games to start the series to shake out the cobwebs.

[greens]

I think whether the Spurs beat Utah depends on if Pop will let Manu play...

Look what happened vs the Lakers...

[Princess Pimp]

Wrong...we'd be 6th...

Damn! even WORSE..Bye Bye Spurs you are out in the First Round if this even happens!

HCA will be huge this year...Even if Popazit says otherwise.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I think the Spurs just need to make their last game a great win in preparation for playoff mode.

The standings are too confusing this year.
And we all know AJ paid for trying to mess with the bball gods last year.

[timvp]

Do you think Pop will let Manu play vs Utah? I mean, we wouldn't want him to be rusty in the first game of the playoffs! Plus, it is the home court advantage on the line! And he says that he is feeling just fine...he wanted to play vs the Lakers...

I think Manu has to play on Wednesday. It'd be suicide to go into Utah with Manu playing his first game. A couple more days of rest won't do Manu much good. If he's going to re-injure himself, two or three days won't make a difference one way or another.

The playoffs start Wednesday.

[some_user86]

Parker's double-double helps Spurs secure third seed in West

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Tony Parker had a season-tying 32 points and 11 assists as the San Antonio Spurs clinched the third seed in the Western Conference with a 101-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.

The victory, coupled with Houston's loss to Utah, gave the Spurs third place in the conference for a second straight season. A year ago they defeated Cleveland in the NBA Finals.

LINK: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280414023

[ChumpDumper]

Damn! You're still a !

[DAF86]

Answer this:

If we win, the suns win and the rockets lose, would the standings look like this?

1.Lakers
2.Hornets
3.Spurs
4.Jazz
5.Suns
6.Rockets
7.Dallas
8.Denver

this could be great

[dastrey]

Essentially, if the Spurs beat Utah they will take the #3 seed and play Phoenix. If they lose they will drop to 6th and play Utah on the road. This is assuming Houston beats the Clippers and Phoenix beats the Blazers.

[SequSpur]

Essentially, if the Spurs beat Utah they will take the #3 seed and play Phoenix. If they lose they will drop to 6th and play Utah on the road. This is assuming Houston beats the Clippers and Phoenix beats the Blazers.

Thanks Mr. Cliff note.

[Kori Ellis]

Parker's double-double helps Spurs secure third seed in West

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Tony Parker had a season-tying 32 points and 11 assists as the San Antonio Spurs clinched the third seed in the Western Conference with a 101-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.

The victory, coupled with Houston's loss to Utah, gave the Spurs third place in the conference for a second straight season. A year ago they defeated Cleveland in the NBA Finals.

LINK: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280414023

I don't think the Spurs have clinched the 3rd seed.

[sa_kid20]

One the last day of the year...

Spurs lose
Rockets & Suns both win

Jazz get 3rd seed
Rockets get 4th seed
Spurs get 5th seed (but would have HCA because of tiebreaker)
Suns get 6th seed



Spurs & Rockets win
Suns lose

Spurs get 3rd seed
Jazz get 4th seed
Rockets get 5th seed
Suns get 6th seed



Spurs & Suns win
Rockets lose

Spurs get 3rd seed
Jazz get 4th seed
Suns get 5th seed
Rockets get 6th seed


(There is a chance we could still be 2nd if NO loses their last two games and we beat Utah)

[Princess Pimp]

Damn! You're still a !

Barely Beating the Kings without Ron Ron, Martin, Miller...Ouch!

[ChumpDumper]

Thank God someone started a thread about seedings!

[Princess Pimp]

Essentially, if the Spurs beat Utah they will take the #3 seed and play Phoenix. If they lose they will drop to 6th and play Utah on the road. This is assuming Houston beats the Clippers and Phoenix beats the Blazers.

Which is very likely!

Bye !

[dbreiden83080]

I am almost not looking forward to the playoffs the way we are playing, and with these matchups.

[FearDaFro]

Just FYI guys, you can still finish 6th. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think i am.

In the event that Utah beats San Antonio on wednesday, Phoenix, Utah, Houston and San Antonio could easily all be tied at 55-27 after the season ends.

According to my calculations, the tiebreaker would go to ulative head-to-head record among all 4 teams:

Utah: 7-3
Phoenix: 6-5
Houston: 5-6
San Antonio: 4-8

That's right, the Spurs will probably wind up with the 6th seed if they lose on Wednesday. They need to play it like a playoff game.