I read it. I hope that's true. It's annoying that I can't find it anywhere on NBA.com. Oh well, we don't need to worry about it for a month and a half anyway.
To be honest...we won't have to worry about it at all lol, but it's fun to think about. I'm about 99% sure that tiebreaker is accurate as I've heard it several times over the years. Plus it just makes sense. Essentially what it does is reward the team with the more difficult schedule with home court.
that would be a great problem to have and also we would have went way beyond this year's expectations which was to get out of the 1st round and possibly past 2nd.
(1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division The Rockets are not leading their division.
If the OP was an actual argument instead of a question what you said would actually make sense. Try to actually think instead of just regurgitating stuff you heard in philosophy class in an attempt to sound sophisticated. Or will you ignore this post because it began with "if"?
All those tiebreakers listed on NBA.com are conference tiebreakers. Not tiebreakers for the NBA finals. Divisions are irrelevant when the teams are in separate conferences.
It is a possible scenario. The way the bracket is set up, it is completely to our favor. OKC and Clippers are going to have a tough first two rounds. Those are our only two worries as of now. I am not saying Portland and SA will be a breeze - as that would be foolish. But, I think we have every single reason to believe we can make it to the WCF, which from there, anything can happen.
I think we can beat the Heat; it is Portland, SA, OKC, and the Clippers I am worried about. We can lose to any of the teams in the West. If we get through the West, the Rockets can beat any team in the East in a seven game series. It may not be the Heat or the Pacers.
TIEBREAKER BASIS: (-) Tie breaker not needed (better overall winning percentage) (1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division (2) Head-to-head won-lost percentage (3) Conference won-lost percentage (4) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, own conference (5) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, other conference (6) Net Points, all games --------- That's in the 'heirarchy' order, right? Meaning, if (1) does not settle the tiebreaker, proceed to (2). If (2) does not determine the tiebreaker, proceed to (3). If so, Rockets doesn't have HCA, because (1) already settles the tiebreaker. Heat are division leader, Rockets are not. No need to look at (2) or the rest of the tiebreaker rules. PS I know we have a very minimal chance of getting past WCF, but it's good to know what happens in this kind of situation.
