iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
The Suns are already light on depth so I have to imagine they will pull off the Woss
Kings Playoff Standings Watch!!!
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QWERTYLICIOUS
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You then look at head-to-head records between all three teams involved in the tiebreaker, so it would be as follows:
1. Clippers 4-3
2. New Orleans 3-3
3. Lakers 2-5
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
I hear ya. And as an avid user of Excel, and someone who has some exposure to web design, I also feel ya...
SLAB
Hall of Famer
… craaaaaaaaaaaaap
sactowndog
All-Star
right but you need to weight the scenarios.
I clipped down the relevant portion of this and stole it to put in my post above. The NBA apparently disagrees with my calculation of one of the tiebreakers...I'll believe them.
NewArena
All-Star
Don’t be so sure. They can’t mess around cuz the pelicans are right on their heels
Caccia
Starter
The Warriors randomly threw the ball into the stands a half dozen times last night. In fact, they had 24 turnovers against a team lacking four of its rotation players, including its two All-Stars. The Kings had 12. Later, the players admitted to a lack of concentration.
I submit that you cannot turn concentration on and off at will, just because the playoffs are finally here. Like anything else in basketball, it requires practice and consistency. Even two plays where you fire the ball into the stands are enough to lose an entire series.
twslam07
All-Star
If I had to rank who I’d like to face in the 1st round it’d likely be:
- NOP
- LAC
- GSW
- LAL
- PHX
Clippers have some solid playoff experience on their roster but George is out which makes me feel more comfortable facing them. I also think their iso ball centered offense will be easier for Brown to scheme for. They also don’t have anyone that I think can handle Sabonis.
Warriors could be a sleeping giant considering they won the championship last year. Especially with Wiggins coming back, Payton healthy, and their championship caliber core ready to lock in during the playoffs. Not to mention our home court advantage would feel largely mitigated by the amount of GSW fans that will be in attendance. Part of me also thinks we’d be playing against the refs in this one too. Having said that, they are getting older and they don’t have anyone at PF/C with great size and length to neutralize Sabonis. I think it’d be a tough matchup, but I don’t feel super worried about their players shutting down our stars.
Lakers worry me a bit due to ref bias, home court advantage being neutralized, and playoff Anthony Davis neutralizing Sabonis. Davis has the size, length, and the athleticism advantage over Sabonis which makes me worry about how impactful Sabonis can be in this type of matchup.
Suns just seem like a sleeper championship contender. A big 4 of Paul-Booker-Durant-Ayton is pretty hard to beat. If they had that roster from the beginning of the year and were relatively healthy, I would guess they would have been a top seed.
reptilexcq2
Bench
Nah, if Clips lose....they're dropping out of #6 seed if Pelicans win.
reptilexcq2
Bench
Is that by rules or you just make it up?
ockingsfan
Starter
Yes, but Kawaii played today and I have not seen him play back to back since returning from his injury.
It’s going to be interesting, because I can’t see Phoenix being motivated to win tomorrow, given a win likely means they play GSW in the first round.
If Phoenix just straight out tanks (likely), the Clippers win this one, since they need it more to guarantee they don’t drop to the play-in. Meaning we will probably get GSW in the first round.
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
In what scenario would the Clippers drop to the play in?
The Clippers basically lose all their tiebreaker opportunities with the Pelicans. So if they lose and the Pelicans win, they fall to the #7 seed in 3 of 4 cases (in the other case, a 4-way tie with NOP, LAL, GSW, they still come in behind NOP, but finish at 6th).
LPKingsFan
All-Star
Yeah, I just noticed those Clippers scenarios as well. Would they really be that scared of the Suns that they’d rather take their chances in the play in? That seems crazy to me. I see the Clippers and Lakers both trying to win.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
I’m not seeing it. Not without 5-on-8 help.
MEM plays really good defense and can score well enough that they should beat LA rather easily.
LAL has nobody to stop Ja Morant at the end of games and both JJJ and Brooks will wreak havoc on them defensively.
If officiated properly, I’d take MEM over LAL in 5 or 6 games.
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
But it obviously will be 5 on 8 won't it? Especially now that Ja Morant has compromised his "chosen one" status by being an embarrassment for the league.
coolhandluke
Starter
Looking at all the permutations and combinations, I'm just relieved that the Kings don't have to worry about their spot in the playoffs going into the last game of the season.
reptilexcq2
Bench
I tend to think that the above apply to two teams only...not three or more. Sure, it's easy to figure out if it's just two teams tied based on that rules. You're saying the above rule apply to three or more team tied as well? So, the head-to-head won lost percentage are combined head-to-head won lost percentage among each other rather than between two teams.
ockingsfan
Starter
It's actually brilliant game scheduling by the NBA to have all the Eastern Conference and all the Western Conference games start at the same time today.
That way the odds of teams trying to win or lose a game to manipulate their playoff and play-in positions are minimized.
That way the odds of teams trying to win or lose a game to manipulate their playoff and play-in positions are minimized.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Possibly so. The NBA did just go out of their way to gift LAL a fake title during the 2020 pandemic season, so there’s that.
Let’s hope they’re done with that.
coolhandluke
Starter
Yikes. How many FRPs did the Wolves give up for Gobert?
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