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Fucking hell, you people don't want to see anyone in the first round, do you?
Wait, this isn't the NFL where we get bye week in the first round?
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Wait, this isn't the NFL where we get bye week in the first round?
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There's no way this is a serious post... This has to be bait
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Or maybe the West is being overrated. They have seven 40-win teams.. only two more than the East. They only have one 50-win team.. but so does the East have one 50-win team.
Atlanta and Cleveland have been tearing the West up. Atlanta in particular has been doing it the whole season. They are 21-6 vs. the West and we are 13-2 vs. the West since LeBron's return.
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What I am saying is that the disparity between East and West is not as big as it is made out to be. Atlanta and Golden State are basically even in terms of the 1 seeds. The top 5 teams in the East are all within the ballpark of those seeds in the West. And teams at the bottom of the East like Indiana and Boston are rapidly improving. Other than Milwaukee, most teams in the East are headed upward. Portland is starting to spiral downward without Matthews and even Memphis is sputtering.
I really am opposed to the whole top 16 thing. So what if Westbrook or Anthony Davis miss out? We're talking about 1 team with a gripe. Would anyone argue for including Phoenix post trade deadline?
I really am opposed to the whole top 16 thing. So what if Westbrook or Anthony Davis miss out? We're talking about 1 team with a gripe. Would anyone argue for including Phoenix post trade deadline?
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The west isn't overrated. If you really think the freaking wizards, raptors, and bulls stack up to the west then you are naive.
do you realize he was comparing Boston indiana and miami to San antonio, New Orleans, and OKC?
The west isn't overrated. If you really think the freaking wizards, raptors, and bulls stack up to the west then you are naive.
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All of a sudden, spots 6-10 in the East are a mess. Today, the Pacers are out, and Boston - Boston! - is in.
White Diamonds has put that team on his back! ON HIS BACK! He has become a force of NATURE!
White Diamonds has put that team on his back! ON HIS BACK! He has become a force of NATURE!
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Boston has surprised me this year. I thought they were going to tank, guess not.
Brad Stevens should get coach of the year votes.
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Getting Thomas at the deadline was a great move for them
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Who Thomas?
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Assuming he means Isiah Thomas. It's crazy that they are better without Rondo than Dallas with Rondo.
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Thought this might be a place where this article would fit. Great stuff about schedule wins and schedule losses.
West/East gap isn't only schedule imbalance
March, 20, 2015
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
Western Conference teams have been privately (and not so privately) complaining for years about the gulf in top-to-bottom class between the West and East.
They've been grumbling about how much better East teams have it because they each get 52 regular-season games against weaker overall competition ... while West teams with win totals in the mid-to-high 40s routinely miss the playoffs.
They've pined for something resembling a balanced scheduled. Or tweaks to the playoff format, at the very least, that ensured trips to the postseason for the 16 teams with the best records.
Less discussed -- until now -- is the very wide (and mysterious) disparity league-wide when it comes to some of the most coveted games on any team's schedule: Playing after a night off against a team on the second half of a back-to-back.
The Dallas Mavericks, for example, had played a whopping 18 such games through Wednesday's play.
The Washington Wizards had played an East-leading 17.
The Atlanta Hawks, by contrast, are running away with the East's No. 1 seed despite playing only three such games to date.
LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers, meanwhile, had only played four games with a one-night rest edge heading into Thursday night's schedule.
Imagine how the teams feel at the tail end of the wild West playoff chase. Oklahoma City and New Orleans have played just seven and six games this season, respectively, against a team on the second night of a back-to-back while coming off a night of rest.
Several fewer, in other words, than the Mavericks.
It would be even worse for the Thunder and Pelicans, though, if the Mavs weren't so wasteful with those scheduling gifts. Dallas has won just 10 of those 18 games against tired teams. The league average for playoff teams in those situations is .702 ball; Washington, for example, has won 13 of its 17 games with an extra night of rest.
Shown below is a complete list of how many games each team has played so far this season with a night of rest against a team completing a back-to-back set.
We've also included last season's breakdown, too, which reveals that the Los Angeles Clippers played nearly a third of their 2013-14 games with a decided rest advantage ... while Michael Jordan's then-Charlotte Bobcats played only five out of 82 games under those favorable conditions.
(PS - the list was not attached at the bottom)
West/East gap isn't only schedule imbalance
March, 20, 2015
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
Western Conference teams have been privately (and not so privately) complaining for years about the gulf in top-to-bottom class between the West and East.
They've been grumbling about how much better East teams have it because they each get 52 regular-season games against weaker overall competition ... while West teams with win totals in the mid-to-high 40s routinely miss the playoffs.
They've pined for something resembling a balanced scheduled. Or tweaks to the playoff format, at the very least, that ensured trips to the postseason for the 16 teams with the best records.
Less discussed -- until now -- is the very wide (and mysterious) disparity league-wide when it comes to some of the most coveted games on any team's schedule: Playing after a night off against a team on the second half of a back-to-back.
The Dallas Mavericks, for example, had played a whopping 18 such games through Wednesday's play.
The Washington Wizards had played an East-leading 17.
The Atlanta Hawks, by contrast, are running away with the East's No. 1 seed despite playing only three such games to date.
LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers, meanwhile, had only played four games with a one-night rest edge heading into Thursday night's schedule.
Imagine how the teams feel at the tail end of the wild West playoff chase. Oklahoma City and New Orleans have played just seven and six games this season, respectively, against a team on the second night of a back-to-back while coming off a night of rest.
Several fewer, in other words, than the Mavericks.
It would be even worse for the Thunder and Pelicans, though, if the Mavs weren't so wasteful with those scheduling gifts. Dallas has won just 10 of those 18 games against tired teams. The league average for playoff teams in those situations is .702 ball; Washington, for example, has won 13 of its 17 games with an extra night of rest.
Shown below is a complete list of how many games each team has played so far this season with a night of rest against a team completing a back-to-back set.
We've also included last season's breakdown, too, which reveals that the Los Angeles Clippers played nearly a third of their 2013-14 games with a decided rest advantage ... while Michael Jordan's then-Charlotte Bobcats played only five out of 82 games under those favorable conditions.
(PS - the list was not attached at the bottom)
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So what's the best case scenario for tonights games?
Imo, if Cavs win (obviously), if Raps win over Chicago and if Washington wins in LA (will be tough).
I just hope Washington finishes ahead of Chicago as the 4th seed, so that we would face Toronto in a potential second round series.
Imo, if Cavs win (obviously), if Raps win over Chicago and if Washington wins in LA (will be tough).
I just hope Washington finishes ahead of Chicago as the 4th seed, so that we would face Toronto in a potential second round series.
