Will Phoenix Match GS Efforts Tommorrow?

[TheHopToad]

So who would have home court advantage then, Phoenix or Houston? Does it default back to the two-team tiebreaker (which Houston has) to determine that?

Actually, the tiebreaker process only determines seeding. Once seeding and opponents are determined, homecourt advantage is always determined by head to head record, therefore it's possible for the Suns to get the #4 seed and face a #5 Rockets, but with Houston having HCA.

Yep, it's pretty wierd.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Actually, the tiebreaker process only determines seeding. Once seeding and opponents are determined, homecourt advantage is always determined by head to head record, therefore it's possible for the Suns to get the #4 seed and face a #5 Rockets, but with Houston having HCA.

Yep, it's pretty wierd.

You sure on this? Would this mean the wizards would get HCA vs the celtics?

 

[Griffin]

Once seeding and opponents are determined, homecourt advantage is always determined by head to head record

But only in case of a tie. A team with a better regular season record will always have home court advantage vs. a team with a worse record, regardless of their head-to-head record.

 

[TheHopToad]

You sure on this? Would this mean the wizards would get HCA vs the celtics?

Let me clarify, we're talking about ties here and once seeding is determined among tied teams using the tiebreaker process, then the tiebreaker among just those two teams determines HCA, starting with head-to-head.

In the case of the Celtics-Wizards, there are no ties. Boston has HCA throughout because of better overall record.

 

[Bufalay]

Let me clarify, we're talking about ties here and once seeding is determined among tied teams using the tiebreaker process, then the tiebreaker among just those two teams determines HCA, starting with head-to-head.

In the case of the Celtics-Wizards, there are no ties. Boston has HCA throughout because of better overall record.

You're pretty much a badass with the tie-breaker breakdown

 

[NugzFan]

go suns!

(btw; im sure this has been discussed in detail a lot on this board but are you guys going to be fighting for anything tomorrow or resting your starters?)

 

[cly2tw]

Let me clarify, we're talking about ties here and once seeding is determined among tied teams using the tiebreaker process, then the tiebreaker among just those two teams determines HCA, starting with head-to-head.

In the case of the Celtics-Wizards, there are no ties. Boston has HCA throughout because of better overall record.

So, theoretically it could happen that a 4-way tie may result in a 7-seed having HCA over a 3-seed! I don't think it's fair.

Anyway, the best case scenario for us might be that Utah wins the remain 2 games vs. Spurs and we win our 2 too. These will put Utah at 3rd seed for sure and give us a 4/5 seed no matter what.

In other words, it should be that the higher seeded team always has the HCA unless the higher seeded team has a worse overall record which can be the case for the 4th seed.

 

[cly2tw]

I'm pretty sure we can move up higher than #6, but trying to figure it out gives me a headache. Here is what I have so far with current records and games remaining:

Phoenix (53-27): vs Warriors, vs Portland
Houston (54-26): at Utah, vs Clippers
San Antonio (54-26): at Sacramento, vs Utah
Utah (53-27): vs Houston, at San Antonio
New Orleans (55-25): vs Clippers, at Dallas

If each team wins only the bolded games above then we'll have a five way tie for #2, with all teams finishing at 55-27. It's not realistic to think that the Hornets are going to lose to both the Clippers and Dallas, so let's forget about them and concede New Orleans the #2. Then you would have four teams tied for the #3.

I gotta sort through the tiebreakers and see who comes out where. Suffice to say, it's pretty much still a crapshoot....

I hope we could keep the game tomorrow close up until end of 3rd quarter and decide to win or lose depending on the outcomes of Rox/Jazz and Spurs/Kings games. If Utah loses or Spurs win, we want to lose. If Utah wins but Spurs lose, we want to win. It is meant to avoid a matchup with Utah.

 

[Bufalay]

I hope we could keep the game tomorrow close up until end of 3rd quarter and decide to win or lose depending on the outcomes of Rox/Jazz and Spurs/Kings games. If Utah loses or Spurs win, we want to lose. If Utah wins but Spurs lose, we want to win. It is meant to avoid a matchup with Utah.

lol If the Suns pulled something like that I'd throw up all over my computer.

 

[cly2tw]

lol If the Suns pulled something like that I'd throw up all over my computer.

Then, eat something bad before the game since the likelihood that you will have to do it is very high.