EASTERN CONFERENCE 1. Boston 41-9 ... - 2. Detroit 39-13 ... 3 GB 3. Orlando 33-21 ... 10 GB 4. Cleveland 29-23 ... 13 GB 5. Toronto 28-23 ... 13.5 GB 6. Washington 25-27 ... 17 GB 7t. New Jersey 23-30 ... 19.5 GB (.434 winning percentage) 7t. Philadelphia 23-30 ... 19.5 GB (.434 winning percentage)
9. Atlanta 21-28 ... 19.5 GB (.429 winning percentage) 10. Chicago 21-31 ... 21 GB 11. Indiana 21-32 ... 21.5 GB 12t. Milwaukee 19-34 ... 23.5 GB 12t. Charlotte 19-34 ... 23.5 GB 14. New York 15-37 ... 27 GB 15. Miami 9-42 ... 32.5 GB
Yes, there are an insane NINE teams at the top of the Western Conference within 4.5 games of each other, meaning each one is a losing streak away from falling out of the playoffs completely. If anyone will be the odd team out, I'd have to look at New Orleans. There's no way they can keep up their torrid pace with ZERO fan support.
The Eastern Conference belongs to Boston and Detroit and I can only see Boston as the real championship contender. Detroit is constantly haunted by the Cleveland LeBrons, who gave them a huge scare in '06 and finished the job in '07. As long as a Detroit/Cleveland match looms, I don't count on the Pistons getting very far.
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Couldn't the NBA make an executive order and put the 9-10 seeds in the West into the East? The Nets and Sixers are just terrible teams.
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I just keep staring at those standing, trying to figure out the least probable statistic. I've finally settled on "how is the difference between 5th and 7th in the East 33% greater than 1st and 9th in the West?"
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Originally posted by Big BadCouldn't the NBA make an executive order and put the 9-10 seeds in the West into the East? The Nets and Sixers are just terrible teams.
Stern doesn't want to do that. It's come up in previous years, and he's said he doesn't think it makes sense because of the unbalanced schedule.