Raps, Bulls, Bobcats, Heat - Beat up on the West in January

[brothersteve]

It was not long ago that another NBA Western Conference love-in was happening in the media.

The pitiful bottom half of the Eastern Conference playoff teams compared to the six Western Conference clubs fighting it out for the last three playoff spots. And all those Western contenders for the last few playoff spots playing well over .500 ball while those teams in the East didn’t look so good.

But as usual, some in the media didn’t look all that hard at what had really been happening.

Those bottom four playoff teams in the East have been absolutely feasting on the West for the last month! The Raptors, Bulls, Bobcats, and Heat went a combined 21-7 against the West in January.

Raptors, Bulls, Bobcats, Heat: Feasting on the West

The playoff race in the East is getting hard on the West! The Spurs dropped 3 games to the East's bottom 4 playoff teams in January. The Suns did worse!

Maybe those ridiculous suggestions of picking playoffs teams based solely on record (ignoring conferences) will dry up and blow away like they should.

[.40 Cal Flakes]

The race for seeding in the east is going to be very exciting and should come down to the last couple of games. Apart from Cleveland at the top every seed is up for grabs. ATL, ORL, and BOS can switch seeds and spots 5 through 8 are separated by only 1.5 games! Should be an interesting finish.