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The Laker game is April 12th.
Right now the magic number to clinch the Western Conference is 3.
If the Laker game was tomorrow, and the Spurs won, they would be 3 games up in the loss column, with 3 games left to play. So the worst they could do is tie. And beating the Lakers one more time would give the Spurs a 3-1 record head-to-head with the Lakers, which is the first tiebreaker.
So if the Spurs win the Laker game, they clinch the West no matter what else happens.
If they lose to the Lakers, they have to win all 3 of their other games to clinch. They could still win the West without winning all 3 of the other games, but the only way to be sure would be to win out.
The Laker game is April 12th.
Right now the magic number to clinch the Western Conference is 3.
I think we are poised to hand the Lakers their @$$ at home.
Too bad Pop seems to be floundering on the lineup, but perhaps he is CIA Pop, we'll know if Splitter comes out and clubs Gasol again. Splitter sits against the Lakers and I will become very worried.
Dude. I'm not letting anyone pick a fight with me tonight. Just stop a minute and think about what I am saying. It doesn't matter if we play the Lakers on the 12th, or tomorrow. The records are the records. If we beat the Lakers, we clinch the best record in the West. Period.
That's it. That's all I said. There are only a few games left, the records are very close, and there is a tiebreaker at stake. That one game is a lot more significant than the other three. If we win that one, nothing else matters in the West. I would call that a pretty magic number, wouldn't you?
No, it's not.
You said:
There are various scenarios to clinch the West, but there is only one magic number at any given point in time.
Right now, the magic number to clinch the West is 3.
All right, Dexter. Have it your way.
GSH, with his go to move, the personal attack.
Bravo.
Showing your true colors. Unable to accept being wrong on a simple matter of fact, you resort to ad hominem attacks. It's your go to move and entirely predictable.
What next, internet tough guy?
Holy . When did your mom cut her hair?
Why up a perfectly good thread with all the geek stuff? I told you what the point was. If you just want to argue, I'm not playing. You win. I lose. You're smart, I'm stupid. Whatever it takes to get you to shut up.
Bravo.
Showing your true colors. Unable to accept being wrong on a simple matter of fact, you resort to ad hominem attacks. It's your go to move and entirely predictable.
What next, internet tough guy?
I'm sure there are a few people who took note of the fact that beating the Lakers is enough to clinch. That's enough.
Yeah, I was the one escalating things.
LOL NO, 3 wins is 100% guaranteed! Not 95% with two games up on LA! They can lose that LA game, hope they don't but they can and still win it without dropping the other games! Thats is assuming LA does win out?
You do realize he posted that yesterday... before today's win?
I'm going to pretend like you can have a discussion without sniping. Even if you can't - maybe someone else will be interested. It's kind of a strange situation we have left.Yeah, I was the one escalating things.
Usually, when they talk about a "magic number", it refers to a combination of wins by one team, and losses by another. With the standings we have right now, it's not that simple.
1. Technically, our "magic number" right now really is 3. And if the Lakers win tonight it stays at 3 - right? But... if LA loses tonight, it would drop to 1. Yep.... the "magic number" would drop by two, with no difference in our record, and a single loss from LA. Normally, "magic numbers" don't work that way.
2. If (this is pretend like)... IF our game against LA was tomorrow, what would our "magic number" be? Well, technically it would still be 3, because 3 wins would guarantee HCA in the West. But if we won the game against LA, we would clinch the West. That would be 1 win for us, and 1 loss for LA, but our "magic number" would drop from 3 to 0. Normally, "magic numbers" don't work that way.
3. Magic numbers are a combination of wins by your team, and losses by their nearest opponent. So if we lose to Sacramento (and LA doesn't lose) our magic number would still be 3. So if we beat Utah, it would go down to 2... right? Nope. The next game would still be the Lakers, which means the magic number would be 1. But that's not the weird part. If we lost to LA, we would no longer have a magic number, because LA would own the tiebreaker, and would control their own destiny. So we would have a "magic number" of 1 before the game... but we could win our last game and still not clinch? Normally, magic numbers don't work that way.
If you hadn't been so quick to jump on me, you might have noticed that there was a point to what I was saying. Yes, we can clinch with 3 more wins. But it's not the usual situation of a combination of X wins for us, or losses for LA. It's a strange situation. Maybe it's a little fun to think about. Or maybe it just irritates you, because THE magic number is 3, dammit. Whatever.
crofl @ the Lakers losing to Utah
2 wins!
Argue all you want...
magic number to beat the Lakers is now 2.
crofl @ the Spurs losing 6 games in a row.
Lakers lost and now we only need to win following 2 games.
Lakers lose again, thanks Utes!
Magic number to clinch #1 overall seed:
Magic number to clinch #1 seed in the Western Conference:
Never expected the Lakers to lose that game... wow.
At the "switch" being flipped for L.A....
Thanks to LA, it's now 2. Win the next two, see what Chicago does with their tough games coming up, and shut it down.
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