Denver @ Phoenix

by drawingjeremy on Jan 7, 2008 6:05 PM PST

With our upcoming road trip it seems rather unlikely that this would last too long, but we have a non-Blazer game to look forward to tonight. First place in the NW Division? We shall see.

This seems an appropriate place to link: jksnake99's timely diary Scoreboard Watching For Dummies:

http://www.blazersedge.com/story/2008/1/6/234113/0936

Poll

Assuming we are in 1st tonight, how long do we hold the division lead?

1 game

1 votes

2 games (start of road trip)

16 votes

3 games

6 votes

4 games

7 votes

5 games

1 votes

6 games

0 votes

7 games

0 votes

8 games (last game on road trip)

0 votes

9+ games

4 votes

We'll hold the spot all the way until the playoffs if we are put there tonight.

23 votes

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92-70 phx

in the middle of the third, looks like Phx should pull this out, barring a big comeback by Denver. PHX hung 46 on them in the 1st qtr. Granted they scored 34 themselves, but I don't think Denver is going to win anything with defense like that.

by usmcr3049 on Jan 7, 2008 7:38 PM PST reply actions

Yeah, I just flipped it on a little while ago...

...and then flipped it right back off. Looks like a massacre in progress!

by webted on Jan 7, 2008 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

I do love me some suns

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by ratbastird on Jan 7, 2008 8:27 PM PST up reply actions

Did you see that the Suns

scored 46 in the first quarter? 46. Wow!

by drawingjeremy on Jan 7, 2008 7:46 PM PST reply actions

well it is official...

The Blazers are in 1st place! Which means if the playoffs started today they would be the 4th seed I believe, which would equal home court for the 1st round, unless I am mistaken. Can anyone confirm that?

by usmcr3049 on Jan 7, 2008 8:54 PM PST reply actions

the fourth seed yes...

but not necesarily home court. If the fifth seed had a better record than portland, they would have homecourt. If the playoffs started right now, we would play the hornets and the hornets would have homecourt advantage.

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by myemic23 on Jan 7, 2008 9:02 PM PST up reply actions

That's right

I kind of forgot about that... haven't had to think about that much lately!

by drawingjeremy on Jan 7, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions

4th seed but no home court

no... because New Orleans has a better record than us. they have a 2 game lead therefore they'd get homecourt advantage even though their the 5th seed

by Blazerhopeful on Jan 7, 2008 9:03 PM PST up reply actions

Why does NBA.com

always rank Denver above us even though we have ALL the possible tie breakers other then +/- differential. What gives????

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by Idog1976 on Jan 7, 2008 8:59 PM PST reply actions

Total guess:

The program they wrote looks alphabetically through each team. I assume they'll fix it, hopefully soon. Golden State is having their way with the Spurs so far tonight.

For now, looks better to look at espn.com's rankings:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings

by drawingjeremy on Jan 7, 2008 9:08 PM PST up reply actions

I thought division winners get top 3 seeds

Wouldn't we be 3rd seed? There's only 3 divisions...

by Blazerholic on Jan 7, 2008 10:34 PM PST reply actions

top 3 teams plus the next best team...

get the top 4 spots, so winning the division only guarantees you a top 4 seed. This change was made to avoid the situation where the Mavs and Spurs met in the 2nd round despite being the top 2 teams.

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Stupid Spurs are not helping us out at all. Lost to both Denver and GS this week.

by jksnake99 on Jan 7, 2008 10:37 PM PST up reply actions

Plus the rub

If you hold the 4th spot but the 5th seed has a better record, you still play the series on the road (which is what our current situation would be). I don't know why they don't just consider it the 5th spot. I like the 4th spot adjustment the league did, allowing the 2nd or 3rd best team to move above one division winner if warranted. I don't agree with the 4th spot being the road team even if they have a worse record than the 5th seed. Doesn't make winning the division as important.

by einman77 on Jan 9, 2008 2:28 AM PST up reply actions