Comments on: Looking at tie-breakers

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:14:49 +0000

It doesn’t matter who Boston faces. They are going to sweep their way into the ECF the way the Heat did the year the Pistons beat them.

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By: Sauce1977

Sauce1977 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:37:23 +0000

AH, MCCRAPSTICKS.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3341664

Rot in hell, Milwaukee!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:44:37 +0000

Ya, I don’t want to see Cleveland any time soon… but I’m thinking the Bullets will beat Cleveland. Cleveland is pretty beat up, and Washington is looking for revenge. This goes back to their series 2 years ago where Washington choked away 2 overtime games. Since then Cleveland has been pretty smug against the Bullets and it irritates the hell out of any Bullet that played in that series. I would LOVE to see the Cavs bounced in round 1. With everyone healthy Washington is a major threat and could give Boston more a run for their money than Cleveland.

By: Toledo Joe

Toledo Joe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:58:24 +0000

As to being the number 2 seed, I thought getting Orlando as opposed to the Cavs was a bigger plus than “not being overconfident.” Although Orlando is playing well, and the Cavs seem a bit banged up.

I would like to have home court advantage in a possible Finals matchup, but I would rather (i) have everyone healthy, especially Rip; (ii) have Flip come up with some good ideas for a playoff rotation; and (iii) most importantly, get through the first two rounds of the playoffs relatively quickly (4-0, 4-1).

By: IsraeliPiston

IsraeliPiston — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:09:18 +0000

off the subject
watched alex aker play against maccabi tel aviv
in short - we don’t need him and he has nothing to offer
he plays for barca and was basically a non factor

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:45:03 +0000

I’m OK with being the #2 seed, but I’d still rather be the #1 seed. The only reason the #2 seed is good is because we have a problem with being overconfident. That’s the players own fault. If you’re not mentally approaching the game the right way then who’s to blame?

Right now, the main thing for me is I really don’t want to have to beat the Celtics with them having home court THEN have to beat SA or LA where they have home court. At least we know that IF we get to the ECFs, the Celtics will grab our attention. There won’t be any excuses this year, unless Orlando or Philly beat us. Even then… what can you say?

It’d be nice to finish the season on a winning streak and not have to worry about home court against the West.

By: Kevin s.

Kevin s. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:00:02 +0000

Celtics.

By: JackDutch

JackDutch — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:21:33 +0000

a few games ago. can’t figure out why they’d want to play him for the last 10 games of a lost season. i sort of assume elton wants to show other teams he’s healthy in case he decides to opt out and become a FA. though i don’t know if i’d want to leave 16 million on the table. even if it meant playing for the clippers another year.

By: Quick Darshan

Quick Darshan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:41:11 +0000

When did Elton Brand come back?

By: Garrett

Garrett — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:13:53 +0000

The West is going to be such an awesome slug-fest. I can’t wait.

By: Brad Bice

Brad Bice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:07:13 +0000

I believe that the Pistons are in a great spot in the East at #2, and will be in an even better spot if as many teams as possible overtake them in the West. And as of now, only Dallas and Denver can not do that.

Detroit needs that 3-game stand in the Finals. It worked in 2004, and if not for Big Shot Rob, it would have worked in 2005.

Being the 2nd seed in the East is wonderful for Detroit because it gives them a little bit easier road to the ECF, plus they’ll be major underdogs to Boston (or whoever magically beats Boston.) And we all know Detroit likes an underdog status.

By: Matt Watson

Matt Watson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:18:57 +0000

Matt: I think you’re probably right. Not 100% positive about the head-to-head point differential, but yeah, the more I look, the more I realize those other tie-breakers are just for conference stuff.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:40:58 +0000

Sorry, but this isn’t accurate. First, the best-record-in-the-division tiebreacker only applies if the two teams are in the same division. Second, there’s no indication that the tiebreakers listed above apply to the NBA finals. They are definitely for conference standings, but not necessarily between conferences. I’m sure the West winner will complain if the Pistons win due to a better conference record.

My guess is that if it’s Pistons-Lakers, they’ll use head-to-head point differential.

By: JackDutch

JackDutch — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:06:27 +0000

i want to keep washington in that 5 spot. let boston and cleveland deal with them. even with arenas not 100%, butler and jamison are both headaches.

and i don’t want to say eddie jordan would coach circles around flip, but, er, i guess i just said it.