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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
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good post i found

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Introduction

Before I recently wrote about the Western Playoff Races, I hadn't considered how big of a deal the race for the East's third seed would be. I haven't noticed much discussion about this on this sub, and there really should be a lot more chatter.

The difference between the third and fourth seed in the East is huge. The third seed gets to play Washington or Charlotte — both solid teams of course (the Bobcats have come on very strong recently), but obviously more preferable than any of the higher seeds.

Then they get the chance to play Indiana, whose recent struggles are well publicized (to the point where they're no sure thing to get that far).

On the other hand, the team who's unlucky enough to fall to the fourth seed lands in a world of pain: play an extremely good Brooklyn team in the first round. And if you're lucky enough to survive that, you get Miami. The chances of making a deep playoff run are at least 4-5 times higher for the third seed compared to the fourth seed.

Both teams are tied right now in the standings, with a 45-32 record, and five games left for each. Who has the upper hand the rest of the way?
Tiebreakers

Throw out the head-to-head matchups (tied 2-2), throw out the conference records (Chicago has the advantage), if these two teams are tied at the end of the season Toronto gets the third seed every time.

Why? Since they're leading the Atlantic Divison, and the Bulls aren't doing the same in the Central, the Raptors get the benefit of the tie break every time. The same would apply to Brooklyn if they somehow gained two games on this pair, an unlikely possibility.

Basically, Chicago must finish with a better record than Toronto. No way around this.



Interestingly enough, the two teams have all their remaining games on the same day (from the league that brought you a three-way round-robin for the last two Western playoff spots to end the season). Both only have one SEGABABA, both at home v. Eastern bottom-feeders (although Orlando will also be on a back-to-back).



It seems to me, however, that Toronto has a clear scheduling advantage with its remaining games. Not only do they play the two worst teams in the league (along with one that has tried to stake claim to that title in recent weeks), they also get a pair of games against the flailing Knicks — with the road tilt coming on a back-to-back for New York.

The Verdict

Provided they manage to stay healthy and don't start any Indiana-type shenanigans, the Raptors will be favored in every one of these games and should lose one at the very most. Not only will they break the franchise record for wins (47, set twice), they have a good chance at running the table and breaking the 50-win barrier for the first time ever (though they've got a long ways to go if they want to catch up to Tim Duncan).

In a realistic scenario where Toronto drops one of these five games, Chicago must finish with a perfect record. Of course, they've got a much tougher road if they want to do that — a road game in Minnesota (although the Wolves face the Spurs at home the night before), a road game in New York, and the season finale in red-hot Charlotte are all games the Bulls could lose.

They could do it, of course, but realistically they're probably going to drop at least one — in which case they'd need Toronto to fall in two, a much less likely scenario.

Chicago has done well in recovering from what seemed like a lost year, coming as far as to tie Toronto in the standings. But Toronto has the tiebreaker and the much easier schedule, so Chicago should start preparing for another series with Brooklyn (in this scenario, it's tough to gauge Miami's response — will they be relieved they only have to face one of these two teams, or apprehensive because they must face one of the two?)

EDIT: I did not mention Brooklyn as a serious challenger for either the third or fourth seed. They're two losses back and lose the tiebreaker to both the Raptors and Bulls, so they'd need one or both of those two teams to lose at least three games (and go undefeated themselves!).

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I'm not sure if that is interesing or not, because I'm not going to read it.
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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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Memphis last year: WCF

Toronto this year: possibility for 50 win season

tl;dr trade Rudy Gay = profit
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hahaha nets sweep the heat , plumlee blocks lebitch for the win
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yea, clearly hits his hands and not the ball in the replay. lebron is correct. it was a foul.

i agree...lebron got fouled like 3 times on that play. i understand them not calling the 2 reach-ins at that point in the game, but the "block" was all lebron's hand at the rim and should be called
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Originally posted by smurf_king

i rather be a pedophile than a homo

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yes it was a foul. you couldnt see it that clearly live
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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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Last edited by Jon; on Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:08 am; edited 1 time in total

Isn't the hand considered an extension of the ball?

Yes, that's why Mason's swat isn't a foul.
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Originally posted by Jon;
Isn't the hand considered an extension of the ball?

Yes, that's why Mason's swat isn't a foul.

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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after the block was made, it doesn't matter.
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i said before the season brooklyn had a real chance to beat the heat if they stayed healthy -blid laughed , what a dumb ass. they aren't even healthy and swept the heat..
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Originally posted by Jon;
after the block was made, it doesn't matter.

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Originally posted by Jon;
i said before the season brooklyn had a real chance to beat the heat if they stayed healthy -blid laughed , what a dumb ass. they aren't even healthy and swept the heat..

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
yes it was a foul. you couldnt see it that clearly live

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Originally posted by smurf_king

i rather be a pedophile than a homo

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Originally posted by Jon;
i said before the season brooklyn had a real chance to beat the heat if they stayed healthy -blid laughed , what a dumb ass. they aren't even healthy and swept the heat..

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Originally posted by smurf_king

i rather be a pedophile than a homo

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Originally posted by foonat

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
yes it was a foul. you couldnt see it that clearly live

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the view from around mid-court actually shows him hitting the hand really clearly. it was like a big high five

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hmm u can play around with the html5 version of the gif

http://gfycat.com/SereneTartIchthyosaurs

adjust speed and size, play it backwards and stuff..
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Originally posted by foonat

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
yes it was a foul. you couldnt see it that clearly live

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the view from around mid-court actually shows him hitting the hand really clearly. it was like a big high five

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he hit him in the hand after the block was already made, it shows in the gif i posted.

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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lol the pacers starters are being given a time out
Pacers will start: Donald Sloan, Evan Turner, Rasual Butler, Luis Scola & Ian Mahinmi. CJ Watson is back but will play limited mins

Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner · 11m

All five #Pacers starters will sit tonight in Milwaukee

Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner · 4m

#Pacers coach Frank Vogel on resting starters in MKE: "We want to try to get the starters on track by getting their legs back under them...
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i zero bagged your mother

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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Originally posted by Jon;
Isn't the hand considered an extension of the ball?

Yes, that's why Mason's swat isn't a foul.

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
lol the pacers starters are being given a time out
Pacers will start: Donald Sloan, Evan Turner, Rasual Butler, Luis Scola & Ian Mahinmi. CJ Watson is back but will play limited mins

Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner · 11m

All five #Pacers starters will sit tonight in Milwaukee

Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner · 4m

#Pacers coach Frank Vogel on resting starters in MKE: "We want to try to get the starters on track by getting their legs back under them...

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Jon it's not REALLY for rest you know?
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i zero bagged your mother

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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those predictions are stupid. i think OKC vs Heat final
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Originally posted by smurf_king

i rather be a pedophile than a homo

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i have difficulty imagining anything other than a spurs / heat rematch at this point. i think they were trying to be bold and not going with obvious predictions.
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i do not have difficulty imagining the thunder taking out the spurs. i would say the spurs are only slight favorites over okc. and that's not to mention gsw, hou, lac, ... the west is fairly unpredictable. heat already won the east. i thought the pacers would beat them initially. but now ...
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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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Spurs defense is superior to any team in the west, only team that has a chance of beating them in a series is OKC because of Durant.
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What a retard.
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i zero bagged your mother

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Originally posted by Fast Luck
hassan-i-asher: majorin in takin pictures
dreamin bout wayne from catalina wine mixers
listen little friend stay outta the deep end
cuz you're less street than vampire weekend

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