scratch all that:
The following seeding scenarios for the undetermined 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th seeds in the western conference playoffs, should get you through another day of endless headaches and questions about who to root for:
4 way tie at 56-26 = SA 2, LAC 3, Mem 5, Hou 6
3 way tie at 56-26 w/o Hou = Mem 2, LAC 3, SA 5, Hou 6
3 way tie at 56-26 w/o SA = Mem 2, LAC 3, Hou 5, SA 6
3 way tie at 56-26 w/o Mem = SA 2, LAC 3, Hou 5, Mem 6
3 way tie at 56-26 w/o LAC = SA 2, Mem 3, Hou 5, LAC 6
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o Hou, LAC = Mem 2, SA 3, Hou/LAC 5, Hou/LAC 6 (LAC holds tiebreaker over Hou)
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o Hou, Mem = SA 2, LAC 3, Hou/Mem 5, Hou/Mem 6 (Mem holds tiebreaker over Hou)
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o Hou, SA = Mem 2, LAC 3, Hou/SA 5, Hou/SA 6 (SA holds tiebreaker over Hou)
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o LAC, Mem = SA 2, Hou 3, LAC/Mem 5, LAC/Mem 6 (tiebreaker determined by conf. record which could be tied at season’s end. Next is record vs playoff teams in own conference, including ties. Mem currently 19-11, including games w/ both NO & OKC. LAC currently 16-13, including games w/ both NO & OKC)
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o LAC, SA = Mem 2, Hou 3, LAC/SA 5, LAC/SA 6 (LAC holds tiebreaker over SA)
2 way tie at 56-26 w/o SA, Mem= Hou 2, LAC 3, Mem/SA 5, Mem/SA 6 (Mem holds tiebreaker over SA)
– Houston can still win the southwest division and be number 2 seed.
That would require the following:
Hou: 2-0 (at Cha, vs Uta)
SA: 0-1 (at NO)
Memphis: 1-1 or 0-2 (at GS, vs IND)
i think our best bet is to lose 1, stay at 6, hope everyone else wins out and we play clips in the first and SA is the 5 seed or any scenario which puts us at 2 and SA at 5
agreed though. if we don't hit free throws it doesn't matter.
ultimately i think we'll regret not grooming nick johnson or KJ McDaniels this season. in fairness to mchale though, the injuries haven't allowed us to win comfortably like we should.
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