and in those 9 years, 3 teams made it into the playoffs with 39 or fewer victories including a 36 win Boston team in 2004. So based on recent history 1 out of every 3 years a team with 39 wins makes the playoffs. But what to me is more interesting is that in those 9 years a 39 team win could have made the playoffs is that in 6 of those same years the 9th place team in the conference had less than 39 wins, so a team was only required to win 39 games to make the playoffs. Granted all of these below .500 teams that did/could have made the playoffs came out of the East. But with the West being comprised mainly of the 9 quality teams and then 6 crappy teams with a couple of key injuries a .500 team could make the playoffs in the Western conference. The odds certainly seem better than 2 out of 5000 for that occurrence.

Early 80’s as I recall (Clyde’s rookie year?…maybe)

Here’s a link.

Hollinger explains that, subjectively, he thinks the Blazers are just about as much of a lock as a team could be, due to their amazing depth. They’re less vulnerable to injuries.

Of course, in the West, nobody’s REALLY a lock except LA. One of the next eight teams isn’t going to make the playoffs, and Dallas is kicking it into high gear right now. Utah and San Antonio are currently 8th and 9th in the playoff odds, and they’ve had multiple superstars injured for extended stretches.

Hollinger said during his chat yesterday he thinks the Suns are the most likely team to miss the playoffs out of the top nine. As we’ve seen in two Ls so far, they’re no pushovers.

the next day, roys surgery was anounced, he loled, so now everytime i see him i give him the score of our last game, and our current record, or any kind of update thats on my mind.