All our playoff teams are set. Please correct me if I have the situations below messed up Eastern Conference: Indiana and Miami are set in the 1 and 2 seeds. Toronto and Chicago are currently tied for the 3 seed, with TOR having the tiebreaker. A chicago win and Toronto loss moves Chicago into the 3 seed. Any other combination keeps TOR at the 3 seed. A BK win tonight or tomorrow night, or a WAS loss tomorrow night gives BK the 5 seed. If BK loses both games and WAS wins their game, BK slides to the 6 seed. A Washington loss and Charlotte win throws CHA in to the 6 seed and WAS in to the 7 seed. Hawks are set in the 8 seed. Western Conference: San Antonio is the 1 seed. OKC is the 2 seed and a loss to Detroit tomorrow and 2 LAC wins (tonight and tomorrow night) slides LAC into the 2 seed. OKC dropped a game vs a limited NO squad which shouldn't happened. That caused the race for the 2 seed to extend one more day. Hou has clinched home court vs Portland in the 4/5 as they won the season series 3-1. GS has the 6 seed clinched. If Dallas wins and GS loses, GS has the season series on DAL. If Memphis wins and GS loses, GS has the conference record tiebreaker on Memphis. Memphis and Dallas play wednesday night and winner takes the 7 seed. SA is 4-0 this year vs both Memphis and Dallas. OKC is 3-1 vs Memphis and 1-2 vs Dallas. I didn't look at who played in what games so SA might have been missing Kawhi or Memphis Gasol/Conley or OKC Westbrook, etc etc. So not sure how telling those seasons series are. If I'm Memphis and Dallas, I don't think it makes a difference facing SA vs OKC, uphill battle either way. If your Memphis you can hope your ZBO/Gasol lineup you can force Kendrick Perkins onto the floor for OKC and have OKC not play their better lineups. As a fan I'm rooting for Heat vs Bobcats, Tornoto vs Washington, Chicago vs Brooklyn Spurs vs Mavs, Clippers vs Grizzlies, Thunder vs Warriors The Clips/Grizz matchup is very unlikely as mentioned above, it requires OKC losing to Detroit Wednesday night in OKC.
John Hollinger @johnhollinger 11h Somebody at ESPN made a formula that gave us a 0.2% chance of making playoffs in mid-December. Would hate to be that guy.
I wonder how Dallas/Memphis approach this final game. Its really a unique situation considering both have the same record, the 1 and 2 seeds are set, and they both are playing each other in the final game of the season. If one wants the Spurs they can legitimately just hold the ball and lose intentionally.
Reading through this quickly, I agree with most of it. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...threat-matrix-how-dangerous-are-all-the-teams
Washington stays alive for the 5 seed, if they want that. Brooklyn could lose, Washington could win, Chicago could win, and Toronto lose and Chicago/BK would happen as the 3/6 matchup putting the winner on a path to Miami.
Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball 1m Bulls tip an hour before Nets and Raps. Best would be if Raps see Bulls win, Nets losing to fall to six, then tank to put CHI 3 vs. BKN
Not sure I follow where you're getting at. Pacers are top seed so they have home court advantage in the conference finals.
It's going to be real exciting tonight trying to keep up with all the final games of the year. I just learned that my home team is announcing it's sale. I'm kind of in shock. I really hope they stay in WI.
550 million. *whistles* Owners snuck one by the players in the new CBA. I think I read somewhere Kohl, the Bucks soon to be previous owner, said he was only going to sell to owners looking to keep the team in MIL. Yep, at least according to this article http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/sto...m-silver-larry-sanders-oj-mayo-brandon-knight Seattle will have to wait.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo 17s Game 1s Sat: at OKC TBD, at LAC TBD, ATL @ Ind TBD, at TOR, TBD. Game 1s Sun: AT Spurs 1 PM, Por @ Hou 9:30 PM, at MIA 3:30 PM; at Chi 7 PM More friendly way to read it: Saturday games @OKC @LAC ATL@IND @TOR Sunday games 1 PM @SAS 3:30 PM @Miami 7PM @CHI 9:30 PM POR @ HOU
Knicks screwing up the battle for the 3 seed. Woodson must think the Knicks are in the playoffs. Toronto Raptors New York Knicks Pos Player Pos Player F Terrence Ross F Iman Shumpert F Amir Johnson F Amar'e Stoudemire C Jonas Valanciunas C Cole Aldrich G DeMar DeRozan G J.R. Smith G Kyle Lowry G Pablo Prigioni Flat out sitting two starters, plus Carmelo sitting the last two games with a shoulder injury. Although I guess whether Felton is a net positive or not is up for debate. Speaking of which, Simmons' last mailbag. http://grantland.com/features/nba-mailbag-this-is-the-end/ Q: So who was the LVP for the 2013-14 season? —B.S., Los Angeles SG: Fine, I wrote that one. They wouldn’t let us vote on this, but here’s how my ballot would have looked. 1. Josh Smith: Helped get a first-year coach and a once-great GM fired (it’s coming); drained Detroit’s salary cap; is completely and totally untradable; probably launched somewhere between 700 and 750 truly reprehensible shots; enraged the advanced metrics nerds; nearly broke the SportVU cameras and Goldsberry’s shot charts; sucked the life out of Detroit’s fan base; was disowned by the no. 1 Defender of All Lefties (Jalen Rose); couldn’t have been less fun to watch. Did I miss anything? Oh, wait — his old team (the Hawks) played better without him. And he achieved the advanced metrics triple crown, with his PER dropping from 17.7 to 14.1, his win shares per 48 minutes dropping from .075 to .021, and his sulks per 48 minutes skyrocketing from 8.2 to 14.8. If the LVP trophy changed sizes depending on the season, then Josh Smith’s 2014 season is a 40-pounder. He did everything short of getting arrested. The good news — we still have five days to go. 2. Raymond Felton: He’s gotta be in disbelief right now. What else did Ray Felton have to do? He was the league’s worst starting point guard, by every conceivable calculation, and somehow became untradable even with a cheap contract. He single-handedly derailed New York’s slash-and-kick offense by being unable to slash or kick. He seemed to actually gain weight during the season, which is always funny because these guys play sports for a living — I mean, you REALLY have to eat to gain weight when you’re an NBA starter. He became involved in an embarrassing gun scandal that stole some NY Post headlines and saw his wife making crazy accusations about him. And if that weren’t bad enough, New York’s mid-December deal for Kyle Lowry fell through … and the Raptors immediately took off and eventually made the playoffs. Find me the one Knicks fan who likes Ray Felton right now. Seriously, I’ll wait.
That's great! I didn't play fantasy NBA and haven't in a long time (aside from occasional draftstreet freerolls). I can play next season if you want. I mainly do ESPN's baseball challenge. You have to set a lineup each day before 3 AM (which makes it a guessing game as to which guys will be in the lineup, which games might get postponed, etc.). When I remember to play, I'm very good. I won the second segment last year (they do first segment, second segment, and overall for prizes. I missed some days early in the season so I didn't win overall, although I finished high).
Cheering for Memphis, I think they are a legit threat and could upset OKC. As a Spurs fan I dont fear em but ill take Dallas over Memphis.
