Playoff Positioning

[gourimoko]

 

[czvo]

Milwaukee or Boston, please.

 

[col63onel]

Miami wins, Bucks lose. Miami now 1.5 out of 6th spot, 1 in loss column. Milwaukees next 2 games are Cavs and Heat.

 

[Rich]

Hey, who still wants to play Indiana!!!!

 

[Dylan Windler's Mom]

Miami 1.5 back from 6th and play the Bucks next week.

Keep winning Miami!

 

[Nightperson]

Bucks need to figure something out fast or they aren't going to make the playoffs.

 

[MRMsix6]

Hey, who still wants to play Indiana!!!!

The prospect of playing the Pacers with a healthy Paul George in round 1 is only slightly terrifying.

But hey, the Cavs are still fortunate to play in the East.

 

[wremy]

FK the Pacers...honestly a 1st Rd matchup vs MIA would be awesome.. just beat the shit out of them.. Mil would be nice for a sweep

 

[wremy]

Mil very well may lose 8 of their last 11..schedule for them isn't good the next 5 look like L's

 

[Ryan Gladish]

Wow pistons storm back to beat the bulls, and indiana loses NICE

 

[Zog]

Bulls go down. Now if the Cavs can beat the Bulls in the last meeting coming up, that's effectively a 4 game lead over the Bulls. Hopefully the Bulls win their next matchup vs the Raptors, which will give the Cavs a three game lead over the Raptors plus tiebreaker vs both Raptors and Bulls.

Would be nice to have the second seed wrapped up with 5 games left to play so that we can get well rested.

 

[col63onel]

I'd like the Cavs to have the #2 seed clinched by the 2nd last game of the season. It's a back to back, so I'd prefer to rest as many people as possible for that game and the finale.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

...and it was a good night!

 

[*L-Train*]

Bulls go down. Now if the Cavs can beat the Bulls in the last meeting coming up, that's effectively a 4 game lead over the Bulls. Hopefully the Bulls win their next matchup vs the Raptors, which will give the Cavs a three game lead over the Raptors plus tiebreaker vs both Raptors and Bulls.

Would be nice to have the second seed wrapped up with 5 games left to play so that we can get well rested.

i disagree about that part. i want the Raptors to make the 3rd seed and become our (potential) 2nd round opponent (Atlanta would then have to go through Chicago in round 2 instead of Toronto--> no cakewalk).

imo the worst case for us is: Indy at #7 (Miami wouldn't be great either), Chicago at #3 (2nd round opponent) and Atlanta playing Boston (#8) + Toronto (#4) in the first two rounds.

 

[Zog]

i disagree about that part. i want the Raptors to make the 3rd seed and become our (potential) 2nd round opponent (Atlanta would then have to go through Chicago in round 2 instead of Toronto--> no cakewalk).

imo the worst case for us is: Indy at #7 (Miami wouldn't be great either), Chicago at #3 (2nd round opponent) and Atlanta playing Boston (#8) + Toronto (#4) in the first two rounds.

I just looked at it from the perspective that the Cavs would then gain another game on the Raptors and be able to get another game of rest at the end of the season. But I agree I would rather the Raptors be the 3 seed.

Both teams have pretty easy schedules from here until the end of the season so that game may very well decide the 3 seed.