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Jeff Lebowski · 04-05-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Denver is 4 games back of Utah. So that means that Utah has not clinched it's division.

SA and Lakers have an identical record, yet Lakers have clinched while SA has not. It must be because the Lakers win the tiebreaker with SA.

As of two days ago, not a single team in the west had clinched a spot yet. As of last week, the Jazz were three games out of first, and three games out of ninth place.

On the other hand, if you took all of the east teams and put them in with the west teams, all of the east teams except for Boston would be eliminated from the playoffs.

Crazy year.

TripletDaddy · 04-05-2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Denver is 4 games back of Utah. So that means that Utah has not clinched it's division.

SA and Lakers have an identical record, yet Lakers have clinched while SA has not. It must be because the Lakers win the tiebreaker with SA.

I got it. you guys are talking about division, I was referring to the playoffs in general. I think the Jazz did clinch a playoff spot last night.

TripletDaddy · 04-05-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

As of two days ago, not a single team in the west had clinched a spot yet. As of last week, the Jazz were three games out of first, and three games out of ninth place.

On the other hand, if you took all of the east teams and put them in with the west teams, all of the east teams except for Boston would be eliminated from the playoffs.

Crazy year.

To add further injustice, the Top seed in the East opens against an 8 seed that isnt even .500. The top seed in the West opens against an 8 seed that has probably won 50 games.

MikeWaters · 04-05-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I got it. you guys are talking about division, I was referring to the playoffs in general. I think the Jazz did clinch a playoff spot last night.

I believe the answer is "no they did not." not according to espn.

JohnnyLingo · 04-05-2008, 10:37 PM

I was talking West vs. East with a friend of mine last night, and he brought up an interesting point.

Sure, if teams like Golden State and Dallas and Denver were in the Eastern Conference, they'd take the place of teams like Atlanta and Cleveland and Washington based on their records.

But if the Warriors or Mavs played in the Eastern Conference, they'd have even more wins, because they'd be playing weaker competition more frequently.

MikeWaters · 04-05-2008, 10:39 PM

it's not going to matter if the Celtics win it all. And I don't think anyone would be surprised if this happened.

Surfah · 04-06-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

I was talking West vs. East with a friend of mine last night, and he brought up an interesting point.

Sure, if teams like Golden State and Dallas and Denver were in the Eastern Conference, they'd take the place of teams like Atlanta and Cleveland and Washington based on their records.

But if the Warriors or Mavs played in the Eastern Conference, they'd have even more wins, because they'd be playing weaker competition more frequently.

This is true. You'd have a whole bunch of 60 win teams.

TheSizzle36 · 04-06-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

As of two days ago, not a single team in the west had clinched a spot yet. As of last week, the Jazz were three games out of first, and three games out of ninth place.

On the other hand, if you took all of the east teams and put them in with the west teams, all of the east teams except for Boston would be eliminated from the playoffs.

Crazy year.

Don't forget about Detroit and Orlando. Those three would be in the playoffs in the West, or at least not elimintated. Everybody else would.

TheSizzle36 · 04-06-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I got it. you guys are talking about division, I was referring to the playoffs in general. I think the Jazz did clinch a playoff spot last night.

No, it was playoffs. They needed a win and a Warriors loss. The Warriors won. Still need either one more Jazz win or Warriors loss and they are in.

Surfah · 04-06-2008, 04:36 PM

It will be interesting to see how the Jazz do on this road trip.

04-06-2008, 04:36 PM	#20
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	It will be interesting to see how the Jazz do on this road trip. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

04-05-2008, 10:37 PM	#15
JohnnyLingo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,175	I was talking West vs. East with a friend of mine last night, and he brought up an interesting point. Sure, if teams like Golden State and Dallas and Denver were in the Eastern Conference, they'd take the place of teams like Atlanta and Cleveland and Washington based on their records. But if the Warriors or Mavs played in the Eastern Conference, they'd have even more wins, because they'd be playing weaker competition more frequently.

04-05-2008, 10:39 PM	#16
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	it's not going to matter if the Celtics win it all. And I don't think anyone would be surprised if this happened.