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With seedings nearly locked in, are the Mavs acceptable?

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They my biggest fear, even though I feel we can easily beat them...its just I still have nightmares about 06

FreshCo

I'm hoping we drop to 5 so we can play Utah- which IMO is easier than most. and then play nuggets or hornets the next round, and all 3 of these teams id rather play then phoenix, LA, and Dallas.

ezealen

Any team in the West could beat any other team. That said, I think the Nuggets and the Rockets are the two weakest, but I don't want to see the spurs drop games to fall to a lower seeding. Home court advantage's ganna be pretty crucial this year.

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Even though the Heat won against the Mavs, I think a Spurs-Heat mathchup would have been pretty good.

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Kunlun

Nuggets and Mavericks would be the preferred match ups.

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DaRizzle

I guess you know your team better than me but when I saw the standings I actually would want you guys play Utah with them having HCA. I think they would have a decent shot at beating you guys.

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They wouldn't have HCA

XxMia_9xX

yeah i'd want them to go against nuggets but it's not really possible, so my 2nd choice would be utah or rockets. i think it's easier to beat them, than the suns or mavs.

ezealen

There's a slim chance the suns can overtake the Rockets' spot as the 5th seed. Otherwise, it looks like we're ganna be playing the Suns, and I just don't see this team being able to keep up with them.

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Aylwin

The only way we overtake the Rockets is if they lose at home to the Clippers. That's simply not going to happen. Of course, we still need to beat the Blazers.

Your game against Utah is critical. You win, you keep the 3rd spot. Utah wins, they get homecourt advantage in the 1st round. Also, we could be looking at a 4-way tie with us, Utah and Houston. If that happens, I think you drop down to 6th and we move up to 5th but I'm not sure. It's a bit confusing.

Is Manu playing? Utah is crap on the road but if Manu isn't playing then that gives them a fighting chance.

Us meeting in the 1st round is the most likely scenario. While I like our chances this year, it's going to be a real battle for both teams. Plus, you'll have homecourt advantage. If possible, I'd rather we not meet in the 1st round. The only exception is if Manu is still not playing. How bad is his injury?

DaBobZ

Of course, I'd take the Rockcets in a heartbeat.
We can beat both the Suns & Jazz, but we don't match them up as good as last year, and don't get me wrong both of them want to kick our butts.

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DaBobZ

If that scenario (four way tie):

I'm not sure how exactly the NBA would break a four-way tie. The Jazz would have to be assured a top four seed as a division champion.

As far as individual tiebreakers go, the Spurs have a better division record than Houston, Phoenix owns the season series against San Antonio and Houston has a better conference record than Phoenix. Round and round we go.

If it comes down to conference record, the Jazz would finish 34-18, Houston 33-19, San Antonio 32-20 and Phoenix 31-21. The Jazz would play the Suns in the first round under this tiebreaker.

If it comes down to head-to-head against the other three teams, the Jazz are 7-3, Phoenix is 6-5, Houston is 5-6 and San Antonio is 4-8. The numbers are different because some teams were only scheduled to play three times this season.



Complicated isn't it???

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