I forgot how messed up the 2005-06 Western Conference standings were!

[ninephive]

I remember it being bad that the Spurs & Mavs had to play in the second round, but I forgot the 4-seeded Mavs finished 16 games better than the 3-seeded Nuggets (the same record as the 8th-seeded Kings!). Wow!

1 z - San Antonio 63 19 .768
2 y - Phoenix 54 28 .659
3 y - Denver 44 38 .537
4 x - Dallas 60 22 .732
5 x - Memphis 49 33 .598
6 x - LA Clippers 47 35 .573
7 x - LA Lakers 45 37 .549
8 x - Sacramento 44 38 .537

[ArbitraryWater]

Yea West was pretty weak outside of Mavs/Spurs/Suns from 2005-2007, 100% serious..

Imagine if we had that LEGENDARY Mavericks/Spurs series in the WCF and not the WCSF.... Would have made it the GOAT series IMO if it turns out exactly the same...

Dirk and-one to deny the Spurs and Duncan their finals ticket in the dying seconds of game 7...... :bowdown:

[Nowitness]

wait. how is this even possible?

[ninephive]

wait. how is this even possible?
Denver won their division with 44-38 and automatically got the 3 seed. In fact, they went 1-3 in their H2H with the Kings, so if there wasn't a rule that the division winner automatically got a top-3 seed, the Nuggets would have missed the playoffs!

[Nowitness]

Denver won their division with 44-38 and automatically got the 3 seed. In fact, they went 1-3 in their H2H with the Kings, so if there wasn't a rule that the division winner automatically got a top-3 seed, the Nuggets would have missed the playoffs!

what kind of rule is that? weren't people getting mad? has it always been like that?

[Magic 32]

Yea West was pretty weak outside of Mavs/Spurs/Suns from 2005-2007, 100% serious..

No.

Kobe hater.

[NugzFan]

Denver won their division with 44-38 and automatically got the 3 seed. In fact, they went 1-3 in their H2H with the Kings, so if there wasn't a rule that the division winner automatically got a top-3 seed, the Nuggets would have missed the playoffs!

Wouldn't we have been 8th then?

[Random_Guy]

Wouldn't we have been 8th then?
no as the previous post stated, you guys lost the h2h matchup with the kings

[NugzFan]

no as the previous post stated, you guys lost the h2h matchup with the kings

Who would have been the top 8 then?

Who's the missing team?

[Random_Guy]

Who would have been the top 8 then?

Who's the missing team?
oh crap my bad, brainfart:facepalm :facepalm

[ArbitraryWater]

oh crap my bad, brainfart:facepalm :facepalm

lol.. I sometimes make that same mistake aswell...

I was quizzing for hours over some similar shit like this.. had no one to help out lol

[embersyc]

That led to the rule change where winning your division only guarantees you a top 4 spot. Not a top 3.

[Random_Guy]

lol.. I sometimes make that same mistake aswell...

I was quizzing for hours over some similar shit like this.. had no one to help out lol
repped:lol :lol :cheers:

[ArbitraryWater]

repped:lol :lol :cheers:

haha :cheers:

[Nowitness]

i've never heard of this.

why wouldn't the teams with the best record have the highest seeds??

[20Four]

Yea West was pretty weak outside of Mavs/Spurs/Suns from 2005-2007, 100% serious..

Imagine if we had that LEGENDARY Mavericks/Spurs series in the WCF and not the WCSF.... Would have made it the GOAT series IMO if it turns out exactly the same...

Dirk and-one to deny the Spurs and Duncan their finals ticket in the dying seconds of game 7...... :bowdown:
Reported for you being so fvcking stupid

[ArbitraryWater]

i've never heard of this.

why wouldn't the teams with the best record have the highest seeds??

damn dude, just google it ffs

[NugzFan]

i've never heard of this.

why wouldn't the teams with the best record have the highest seeds??

I thjnk the logic was that if they did that , divisions become meaningless.

[Droid101]

I thjnk the logic was that if they did that , divisions become meaningless.
That is how it used to be. They wanted to artificially make divisions more important in the early 2000's so the introduced the rule.

It was stupid, so they changed it in a couple of years to Guarantee a top 4 seed with division win, but that's it. No home court if the lower seed has a better record.

[ninephive]

Wouldn't we have been 8th then?
Oh yah, good call. They would have been 8th.

[SpanishACB]

I always wondered why the NBA did things this way.

Have everyone play everyone else twice, one home, one away, and have overall standings. Adjust games per season. Profit.

[clipps]

I remember the Clipps tanking a few games so they can have HCA against a weeker Nuggets team instead of playing a powerhouse Mavs team with no HCA.