1. Dallas - 60-11
2. Phoenix - 53-17 - Pacific Division Clinched
3. San Antonio - 51- 20
4. Utah 47-24 - NW Division Clinched
5. Houston - 46-26
I know they changed seeding rules since last year...Is Utah guaranteed one of the top 4 seeds for having clinched the NW Division? What if Houston ends up with a better record than Utah, could Utah still be seeded 5th having won the NW Division? Doesn't it make sense to just have the best 4 teams seeded based on record, rather than ending up with a top 4 seed NOT having homecourt advantage like last year? NBA needs to do away with divisions.
I would've thought that an expert like yourself would know these things
jeffdrums22 = owned
I would've thought that an expert like yourself would know these things
jeffdrums22 = owned
That thread doesn't tell me anything.
It comes down to overall record
Utah is guaranteed a top 4 seed if they have clinched. The top 4 seeds are the 3 division winners and the other team with the best record (in order of record).
Dallas, Phoenix, and Utah have all clinched top 4 seeds. Dallas could theoretically lose the division (basically, if they lost out and the Spurs won out) but can't fall to any worse than #3 at this point.
The Mavs have a magic number of 3 to win the Southwest outright (any combination of 3 Mavs wins or 3 Spurs losses) -- that does away with any tiebreaker scenario.
I think the Mavs' magic number to seal up the West is 6 (any combination of 6 Mavs wins or 6 Suns losses).
The Spurs have a magic number of 6 (I think) to clinch a top 4 seed (any combination of 6 Spurs wins or 6 Rockets losses will do that trick).
The Spurs also have a magic number of 8 to clinch no worse than the #3 seed (any combination of 8 Spurs wins or 8 Jazz losses).
If Houston ends up 5th Seed with a better record than 4th Seed Utah, Utah will still be 4th seed but Houston will have homecourt advantage in that round.
I do believe that that is the question he wanted answered.If Houston ends up 5th Seed with a better record than 4th Seed Utah, Utah will still be 4th seed but Houston will have homecourt advantage in that round.
That doesn't make sense. I thought all Division Winners had home court advantage in the first round regardless of record. If the previous statement were true that Houston would have HCA as a 5th seed, why not just say they are the 4th seed ?
That doesn't make sense. I thought all Division Winners had home court advantage in the first round regardless of record. If the previous statement were true that Houston would have HCA as a 5th seed, why not just say they are the 4th seed ?
Yes, Houston will have HCA as the #5 seed IF they have the better record.
Because then a division winner would be seeded lower then fourth, and by rule, they can't be.If the previous statement were true that Houston would have HCA as a 5th seed, why not just say they are the 4th seed ?
Seeding effects the brackets (1, 4, 5, 8 and 2, 3, 6, 7), W-L determains homecourt in a series.
BTW, Jazz will have the tiebreaker over Spurs even if Spurs win tonight.
More importantly, I believe the Spurs will have the tiebreaker over Phoenix if they win next Thursday.
ummm...does anyone really know what the heck is going on? And we still have 10ish games left....!!!!
^ i'll tell you what's going on. the mavs are going to have hca throughout the playoffs. that is until they lose game 1 to the spurs in the wcf.
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