03-22-2022, 11:23 AM
(03-18-2022, 08:15 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'd be surprised if we don't pass Utah for 4th in the west. The bigger question is whether we have a shot at 3rd given Curry's injury. They are 4-6 in their last 10. If they keep that up, they get five more wins to 52 if you round up. Dallas is 8-2 in its last 10. Keep that up and we get to 53 wins if you round down. Season series is tied and right now we own the tie breaker with a better division record.
Huh?
1. The Mavs won the season series against the Warriors, 3 games to 1.
2. Division records are never used as a tie-breaker for teams in different divisions. (Winning a division, on the other hand, is an important tie-breaker, regardless of whether the tied teams are in the same division.)
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In the event two or more teams are tied in the standings, a series of tiebreakers are applied to determine which team receives the higher seeding.
TIE-BREAKER WHEN TWO TEAMS ARE TIED:
1. Better record in head-to-head games
2. Division winner (this criterion is applied regardless of whether the tied teams are in the same division)
3. Higher winning percentage within division (only if the tied teams are in the same division)
4. Higher winning percentage in conference games
5. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
6. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
7. Higher point differential between points scored and points allowed
TIE-BREAKER WHEN MORE THAN TWO TEAMS ARE TIED:
1. Division winner (this criterion is applied regardless of whether the tied teams are in the same division)
2. Best head-to-head winning percentage among all teams tied
3. Highest winning percentage within division (only if all tied teams are in the same division)
4. Highest winning percentage in conference games
5. Highest winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
6. Highest point differential between points scored and points allowed
Playoff Tie-Breaker Procedures
(1) (a) Ties to determine the division winners must be broken before any other
ties.
(b) When a tie must be broken to determine a division winner, the results of
the tie-break shall be used to determine only the division winner, and not
for any other purpose.
© When three or more teams are tied, teams will be assigned a seeding
based on the multi-team tie-breaker basis above. If three or more teams
have equivalent records, the first tie-breaker criteria that creates
differentiation applies. If two or more teams remain tied after applying
that criteria, the team(s) that are not tied are assigned their seed and the
tie-breaker criteria restarts with the remaining teams.
Example: Teams A, B, and C are all tied at the end of the season. None of
the teams are division winners, and Team A had a 4-0 record in common
games, and Teams B and C had a 1-3 record in common games. Team A
would receive the highest seed, and the 2-team tie-breaker would then
apply to Teams B and C to determine their relative seed.
(2) If application of the criteria in subparagraph (a) or (b) does not result in the
breaking of a tie, the playoff positions of the tied teams will be
determined by a random drawing.
https://www.espn.com/nba/standings
https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength
