(03-31-2024, 03:24 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: That wouldn't screw things up at all if the Mavs take care of business and end up in the fourth or fifth seed, which should be preeminently doable if they don't lose games they should win at this point (like today). Most favor not having to face Denver until the WCFs. If that's the case, then you *want* them in that 2/3/6/7 bracket. The Mavs would then face the Pels or Clippers in the first round, the pretender first seed (Minnie or OKC) in the second round, and the Nuggets in the WCFs.
It looks like Denver and Dallas are playing a game of cat'n'mouse, lol. Mavs went up to 6th, Nuggets went down to 3rd... Mavs moved up to 5th, Nuggets went back up to 1st.
My preference would be for Denver and Dallas to avoid each other until the WCF. The reason being, I don't want either Luka or Jokic to knock each other out before the WCF and give another team from the West a chance of sneaking through to the WCF or go even further. It would also be best for Luka's and Jokic's legacies for them to meet in the WCF, and then may the best man/team win.
So I think Luka and Jokic need to get on the phone and put the fix in for the seedings.
