(06-04-2020, 03:13 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Will playoff standings be decided by win % or what?
Short answer. Yes, some teams will end up playing more games than others so winning % will factor into the seeding
https://www.nba.com/nba-returns-2020-faq
As I understand it from reading this link the rules are as follows:
-The 22 teams that are 6 games or less out of playoff contention get to resume play. So Charlotte, Chicago, New York, Detroit, Atlanta (farewell Vince), Cleveland, Minnesota, and Golden State are already finished for the year
-Each of these 22 teams will be scheduled to play 8 more regular season games
-The top seven teams in each conference will be seeded on record
-The 8 seed will be subject to a play in series if the ninth seed is four games or less behind the 8 seed
-The play in game would be a best of two series meaning the 9 seed would have to beat the 8 seed twice to advance to the first round. The 8 seed would only need to win once
-From there the playoffs go on as normal
Based on this the top 6 seeds in each conference have now clinched playoff spots. We would almost have to lose out and Memphis would pretty much need to run the table for us to relinquish the 7 seed and fall to the play in series because we're 7 games up on them.