Would be entertaining to have 2-3 teams have virtually the same record and it has to be determined by those other variables such as head to head comparisons, how many you won in your own Division and Conference.
A year after the OP? A changed team and a changed head coach and coaching staff (thank god!). I honestly don't know how we'll start the season, how we'll be playing by the Break, and what we'll be doing in the Spring and heading towards the end of the season. It's difficult for me to know what to expect after the upheaval. Watching the playoffs without being in it? Somehow clawing our way into the play-in? I just don't know. I tend to be optimistic early on, at least until our team proves that foolish (which has happened before). I think we'll be better than most believe.