Eastern Conference Standings Watch

[ogi]

What are their justifications for calling for Vogel's head?

FYI there are people calling for Pop's and Kerr's heads as well. You will never make everyone happy. Some critiques are ridiculous, whereas some have merit

Issues with lineups, issues with plays... standard fare for a fanbase that watches every game of one particular team.

[Demographic Shift]

Sam Mitchell was coach of year. Meaningless IF lose in first round.

Thats not a reason why...

[Demographic Shift]

The race for 3 through 6 is at the quarter pole... and down the stretch they come

Monday sees Atlanta going in to Cleveland to meet the Lebron's. Cleveland needs to get a little momentum going for the playoffs after shitting the bed against the Bulls on national TV and generally playing uneven ball over the past couple of weeks. The Houston loss at home didn't help either. Atlanta is playing really well but its on the road. Atlanta takes a loss in this one.

Atlanta gets redemption by facing the likely Wall-less Whiz on Wednesday. Wall has sat out the last 3 for the Whiz and there is no reason to see why he suits up again this year. A Hawk W.

The Hornets head in to Boston to play the Celts on a back to back. Celts are ready and waiting with an extra day off and want home court and this is one they have to win. The Hornets have played 8 of their last 10 on the road and this is the 9th of 11 games. Pretty tough grind on the Buzz. A W to the plucky warriors from Boston putting them back in the race for 3rd seed and pretty much relegating the Hornets to 6th.

Best game of the night on Wednesday sees the Heat in Boston to see who gets home court. If the Celts beat both the Hornets and the Heat and the Hawks go 1 and 1 they finish 4th and get homecourt as the tiebreaker goes to Atlanta over Boston. Think the over hyped Celts beat the over rated Heat in this one.

Order of finish would be 3. Hawks 4. Celts 5. Heat and 6. Hornets.


The jockeying for 7th and 8th.

Right now its a tie as they come down the stretch. Tie breaker goes to Indy.
No games Monday night but on Tuesday the Pacers get the Knicks at home and the Pistons get the Heat.
Indy should beat the Knicks and put themselves in the drivers seat for 7th. On Wednesday they go Milwaukee who is playing for draft position. You have to like the Pacers for 7th no matter what the Pistons do.

Pistons get the Heat .. then travel to Cleveland to likely play Clevelands bench on Wednesday. Think they lose to the Heat and win in Cleveland. It really doesn't matter unless someone puts barbituates in Indys water bottles and they lose to the Knicks and the Deer.

[Miekenstien]

Pistons get the Heat .. then travel to Cleveland to likely play Clevelands bench on Wednesday. Think they lose to the Heat and win in Cleveland. It really doesn't matter unless someone puts barbituates in Indys water bottles and they lose to the Knicks and the Deer.

the cleveland detroit game is going to be pretty cool. potential 8 games in a row against a team. that detroit cleveland game is going to be about setting up a mentality for the series. if cleveland comes out thinking their shit don't stink and detroit wins that game, it could be bad(good for us).

really looks like we are getting indiana. hopefully we really bring it.

[The Great One]

Who holds the tiebreaker between the Hawks and the Heat?

[enlightenment]

Who holds the tiebreaker between the Hawks and the Heat?

I do. Let me know if either of em wants it back.

[rocwell]

Who holds the tiebreaker between the Hawks and the Heat?

Miami.

[GLF]

Who do we face if we get to the second round? The winner of the 3 and 6 matchup or the winner of the 4 and 5 matchup?

[Nilanka]

Who do we face if we get to the second round? The winner of the 3 and 6 matchup or the winner of the 4 and 5 matchup?

Unlike the NHL, the NBA does not re-seed after each round. So the playoff bracket is set upfront, so that if all the top seeds advance, the #1 seed still has the most favourable matchup.

Winner of 1v8 will face winner of 4v5.

Winner of 2v7 will face winner of 3v6.

[Jclaw]

Who do we face if we get to the second round? The winner of the 3 and 6 matchup or the winner of the 4 and 5 matchup?

Not Miami. It doesn't matter which seed. Not that I don't think we can't beat miami. They just have the most voodoo potential. Bosh would probably descend from the rafters for game 1 to start.

[GLF]

Unlike the NHL, the NBA does not re-seed after each round. So the playoff bracket is set upfront, so that if all the top seeds advance, the #1 seed still has the most favourable matchup.

Winner of 1v8 will face winner of 4v5.

Winner of 2v7 will face winner of 3v6.

Oh okay.

[Nilanka]

No matter who we face between the Pacers and Pistons, I sincerely hope our scouting department has already started their homework.

[Demographic Shift]

From the Front Pages of RR... Here are the Tie Breakers as best we know them.

ATL: Tiebreaker vs. Bos, Cha
BOS: Tiebreaker vs. Mia, Cha
MIA: Tiebreaker vs. Atl, would win 3-way tie with Atl & Bos (per Matt Moore)
CHA: No tiebreakers but could get tiebreaker vs. Mia

[Demographic Shift]

The race for 3 through 6 is at the quarter pole... and down the stretch they come

Monday sees Atlanta going in to Cleveland to meet the Lebron's. Cleveland needs to get a little momentum going for the playoffs after shitting the bed against the Bulls on national TV and generally playing uneven ball over the past couple of weeks. The Houston loss at home didn't help either. Atlanta is playing really well but its on the road. Atlanta takes a loss in this one.

The Hornets head in to Boston to play the Celts on a back to back. Celts are ready and waiting with an extra day off and want home court and this is one they have to win. The Hornets have played 8 of their last 10 on the road and this is the 9th of 11 games. Pretty tough grind on the Buzz. A W to the plucky warriors from Boston putting them back in the race for 3rd seed and pretty much relegating the Hornets to 6th.

Order of finish would be 3. Hawks 4. Celts 5. Heat and 6. Hornets.

Well one for one.

Missed by two time zones on the Celtics/Hornets matchup.

Looks like that Wednesday game between the Pluckiest team in the East and the Heat will be the determining factor on who gets homecourt and who doesn't.

[Jclaw]

We're number 2! Definitely something to be proud of. Best regular season ever boys. Let's make some new history in the playoffs.