First time in the Tatum era as the 1 seed seems crazy but kinda makes sense
How, I thought the tiebreaker over the bucks isn’t clinched yet lol
How many more wins for the best record in the league?
this seems wrong. still need to win 1 more.
It’s a little weird but if were to lose out and the bucks win out. We don’t clinch the 1 seed. Bucks beat us on the record against playoff teams assuming we lose out and they win out. We haven’t officially clinched the 1 seed.
1. Record would be tied 2. Head to head would be tied 3. Both teams would win their divisions 4. Both teams would have the same conference record
5th tiebreaker. Bucks would have the better record against playoff teams
This is all assuming we lose out and bucks win out
Rest starters the rest of the way?
I think this was true even without the Charlotte caveat if “playoff eligible” is top 10. The problem with the Charlotte result is it never mattered to begin with. Boston plays Atlanta in their next 2 games. Since the Boston/Milwaukee tiebreaker would require Boston to lose every game, that’s +2 for Atlanta and would mean even if they lost to Charlotte Saturday, they would be at worst 32 wins, and Charlotte’s 52 losses would make them unable to catch Atlanta, effectively eliminating them.
Charlotte was never a factor in this scenario after Boston beat Chicago if it’s the top 10 in the East. There are 0 combinations where a top 10 of Boston, Milwaukee and 8 other teams from Cleveland, New York, Orlando, Indiana, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Brooklyn and Toronto would be advantage Milwaukee.
Charlotte being factored in made sense if they were part of the equation since Boston’s 0-3 and Milwaukee 3-0 could have been a huge swing, but from the remaining opponents, I don’t believe the math was done where Boston’s opponents still win games as part of that equation, since after Boston beat Chicago, the only 2 possible outcomes were Boston outright clinching the 1 seed based on overall record, or a tie where Charlotte was eliminated from the playoffs and unable to tie Atlanta.
Best case with teams that can currently finish top 10 is something like Boston, Milwaukee, Cleveland, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Brooklyn, where Boston would be 25-8 against these teams, and Milwaukee would be 24-9.
Boston is 4-0 vs Toronto while Milwaukee is 2-1. Boston is 3-2 vs Indiana while Milwaukee is 1-4 and would just result in a further difference if you include these teams, which you have to since Indiana is 40-31 while Brooklyn and Toronto can only finish with 37 and 34 wins respectively, plus they have the tiebreaker over Atlanta. Indiana can not fall below the 10th seed, and couldn’t be worse than 9th in a Boston/Milwaukee tie.
Since a top 8 scenario could be 19-8 to 18-8 in favor of Milwaukee, and a top 6 could be 14-6 to 13-6 in favor of Milwaukee, so any results tonight wouldn’t have changed that, sounds like somebody didn’t do the math of where Atlanta had to finish if they were still considering Charlotte.
If anyone is wondering why, it’s because of the record against eastern conference playoff eligible teams (including play-in). No matter what permutation of Bulls/Hawks/Nets/Raptors get the last two available spots, the Bucks cannot catch us (going 1-4 against the Pacers, who are locked in, killed them)
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First time in the Tatum era as the 1 seed seems crazy but kinda makes sense
How, I thought the tiebreaker over the bucks isn’t clinched yet lol
How many more wins for the best record in the league?
this seems wrong. still need to win 1 more.
It’s a little weird but if were to lose out and the bucks win out. We don’t clinch the 1 seed. Bucks beat us on the record against playoff teams assuming we lose out and they win out. We haven’t officially clinched the 1 seed.
1. Record would be tied
2. Head to head would be tied
3. Both teams would win their divisions
4. Both teams would have the same conference record
5th tiebreaker. Bucks would have the better record against playoff teams
This is all assuming we lose out and bucks win out
Rest starters the rest of the way?
I think this was true even without the Charlotte caveat if “playoff eligible” is top 10. The problem with the Charlotte result is it never mattered to begin with. Boston plays Atlanta in their next 2 games. Since the Boston/Milwaukee tiebreaker would require Boston to lose every game, that’s +2 for Atlanta and would mean even if they lost to Charlotte Saturday, they would be at worst 32 wins, and Charlotte’s 52 losses would make them unable to catch Atlanta, effectively eliminating them.
Charlotte was never a factor in this scenario after Boston beat Chicago if it’s the top 10 in the East. There are 0 combinations where a top 10 of Boston, Milwaukee and 8 other teams from Cleveland, New York, Orlando, Indiana, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Brooklyn and Toronto would be advantage Milwaukee.
Charlotte being factored in made sense if they were part of the equation since Boston’s 0-3 and Milwaukee 3-0 could have been a huge swing, but from the remaining opponents, I don’t believe the math was done where Boston’s opponents still win games as part of that equation, since after Boston beat Chicago, the only 2 possible outcomes were Boston outright clinching the 1 seed based on overall record, or a tie where Charlotte was eliminated from the playoffs and unable to tie Atlanta.
Best case with teams that can currently finish top 10 is something like Boston, Milwaukee, Cleveland, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Brooklyn, where Boston would be 25-8 against these teams, and Milwaukee would be 24-9.
Boston is 4-0 vs Toronto while Milwaukee is 2-1. Boston is 3-2 vs Indiana while Milwaukee is 1-4 and would just result in a further difference if you include these teams, which you have to since Indiana is 40-31 while Brooklyn and Toronto can only finish with 37 and 34 wins respectively, plus they have the tiebreaker over Atlanta. Indiana can not fall below the 10th seed, and couldn’t be worse than 9th in a Boston/Milwaukee tie.
Since a top 8 scenario could be 19-8 to 18-8 in favor of Milwaukee, and a top 6 could be 14-6 to 13-6 in favor of Milwaukee, so any results tonight wouldn’t have changed that, sounds like somebody didn’t do the math of where Atlanta had to finish if they were still considering Charlotte.
If anyone is wondering why, it’s because of the record against eastern conference playoff eligible teams (including play-in). No matter what permutation of Bulls/Hawks/Nets/Raptors get the last two available spots, the Bucks cannot catch us (going 1-4 against the Pacers, who are locked in, killed them)