Okay, someone maybe Bull or it might have been Bill... anyway they made the comment during the game that when the Rockets won the game it would be 10 teams in the West with 20 wins, versus only 3 teams in the East with 20 wins. HTML: W L PCT GB HM RD CONF DIV PF PA DIFF STRK L10 Dallas 25 11 .694 - 17-3 8-8 16-5 6-2 100.9 95.6 +5.3 Won 6 8-2 Phoenix 25 11 .694 - 12-4 13-7 12-9 6-3 110.0 104.8 +5.1 Lost 1 7-3 LA Lakers 24 11 .686 ½ 14-5 10-6 15-5 4-1 107.6 100.9 +6.7 Won 5 9-1 Portland 22 13 .629 2 ½ 17-3 5-10 16-7 8-2 96.9 95.6 +1.3 Won 4 9-1 San Antonio 23 11 .676 1 17-3 6-8 16-9 6-3 98.0 92.4 +5.6 Lost 2 5-5 New Orleans 24 12 .667 1 10-7 14-5 17-8 4-2 97.7 93.8 +3.9 Won 1 8-2 Denver 22 13 .629 2 ½ 15-5 7-8 13-10 5-2 106.9 103.6 +3.3 Won 1 7-3 Golden State 21 16 .568 4 ½ 10-7 11-9 14-10 4-2 108.4 107.1 +1.3 Won 1 6-4 Houston 20 17 .541 5 ½ 9-6 11-11 10-11 3-5 95.6 93.4 +2.3 Won 5 7-3 Utah 20 17 .541 5 ½ 14-3 6-14 11-10 3-3 104.8 100.1 +4.7 Won 2 6-4 In the East teams are close... but only Boston (30) Detroit (27) and Orlando (23) have 20 or more wins. Going by SOS ... Do you think that the West will spread out to show a few more dominating teams or do you think that the records stand for themselves, no matter who those teams ahead of us have played they will still be able to maintain as their schedules get tougher? Here is the current SOS numbers HTML: RNK TEAM RPI W L PCT SOS 1 Houston .526 19 17 .528 .526 2 Toronto .522 18 17 .514 .525 3 Memphis .461 10 25 .286 .519 4 Utah .524 20 17 .541 .519 5 LA Lakers .557 23 11 .676 .518 6 Golden State .527 20 16 .556 .517 7 Sacramento .484 14 20 .412 .509 8 Portland .537 22 13 .629 .507 9 Detroit .567 27 9 .750 .506 10 Dallas .551 24 11 .686 .506 11 Cleveland .504 18 18 .500 .506 12 Chicago .475 13 20 .394 .502 13 Boston .594 29 4 .879 .499 14 LA Clippers .451 10 22 .313 .497 15 San Antonio .542 23 11 .676 .497 16 Indiana .480 16 21 .432 .495 17 Philadelphia .468 14 22 .389 .495 18 Atlanta .495 16 16 .500 .494 19 New York .436 9 25 .265 .494 20 New Orleans .535 23 12 .657 .494 21 Orlando .525 23 14 .622 .493 22 Minnesota .406 5 29 .147 .493 23 New Jersey .497 18 17 .514 .491 24 Miami .424 8 28 .222 .491 25 Denver .521 21 13 .618 .489 26 Seattle .430 9 26 .257 .487 27 Charlotte .459 13 21 .382 .485 28 Milwaukee .470 15 20 .429 .484 29 Phoenix .535 25 11 .694 .482 30 Washington .488 17 16 .515 .479 Phoenix has the second lowest SOS which could account for why they have 5 more wins than us. New Orleans is down there too. Dallas and San Antonio seem to be middle of the pack. The Lakers and Utah have played nearly as tough as schedules as the Rockets. LA having had a little more success, but Utah is right there with us with 20 wins. Point of fact, Portland isn't too far behind. Just thought I would bring all this up for discussion! Do you all think that the East is more likely to level out or that the West is more likely to have the alpha dogs move forward and leave some teams in the West behind?
The Suns are doing well, but they aren't playing with the same level as last level. I don't know whats wrong with them. Mind you they are still playing solid ball. If you look at the West all the top 10 teams can really make the 8 and be a top 4 seed in the East. I daresay if we played in the East we would be definetly in play off contention no matter what. The Bulls are a good example. They aren't even that far off from being in the playoffs. And they are like playing HORRIBLE
man....i seriously doubt we will even get home-court advantage 1st this year ..... considering our situation now, it would already be GREAT if we can be the 7th or 8th seed...
