Western Conference Playoffs

[WayOfWade]

So we have these teams set as far as I'm concerned, they won't move up or down in the standings:
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Thunder
4. Clippers
5. Grizzlies

6-8 is where it gets tough, but I did a little break down to see how the situation should end up. As it stands now, here are the rankings 6-9 in the Western Conference:
6. Blazers: 38-36
7. Jazz: 36-37
8. Rockets: 36-38
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9. Mavericks: 35-38

Here is the remaining schedule for each of those teams:
Blazers: vs. Kings, vs. Celtics, vs. Heat, @ Warriors, @ Kings, vs. Thunder, vs. Wolves, vs. Nuggets 6 games in Portland, 2 on the road. 4 games against playoff teams, 4 games against non-playoff teams
Jazz: vs. Lakers, vs. Warriors, vs. Wolves, @ Suns, vs. Spurs, vs. Clippers, @ Nuggets, vs. Mavericks, @lakers. 6 games in SLC, 3 games away. 3 games against playoff teams, 6 games against non-playoff teams
Rockets: @ Cavs, vs. Bulls, vs. Thunder, @ Mavericks, vs. Suns, vs. Lakers, @ Wolves, vs. Kings. 5 games in Houston, 3 games away. 2 games against Playoff teams, 6 games against non-playoff teams
Mavericks: @ Nuggets, vs. Knicks, @ Pisons, @ Wolves, vs. Rockets, vs. Grizzlies, @ Clippers, @ Jazz, vs. Spurs. 4 games in Dallas, 5 games away. 5 games against playoff teams, 4 games against non-playoff teams

Assuming every team loses to the teams with better records and beats the teams with worse records, the standings should end up something like this:
6. Blazers 42-40
7. Rockets 42-40
8. Jazz 42-40
9. Mavericks 39-43

Now obviously anything can happen, but the Mavs have by far the toughest schedule, closing out the year against 5 playoff teams, not to mention having the most away games out of the bunch with 5. This would set up a Warriors/Jazz series, a Spurs/Rockets series, and a Thunder/Blazers series, although I really don't know how the Blazers/Rockets season series will even out seeing as they split 2-2 I believe (possibly Blazers 2-1), and I have them both finishing the year with the same conference record.

So the year should end up more or less like this:
#1 Warriors vs. #8 Jazz
#2 Spurs vs. #7 Rockets
#3 Thunder vs. #6 Blazers
#4 Clippers vs. #5 Grizzlies

To be honest, no matter what the scenario of how the 6-9 seeds end up, I would be stunned if there are any upsets in the Western Conference's first round series.

Thoughts?

[ninephive]

Hope the Spurs do get Houston in round 1. It's the only Western Conference team Duncan hasn't beat in the playoffs. (He's never played them)

[FreezingTsmoove]

We need Blazers - Warriors

Rockets - Spurs

And OKC - Jazz for some good old fashioned black on white crime :applause: Durant gon kill that white boy

[WayOfWade]

Hope the Spurs do get Houston in round 1. It's the only Western Conference team Duncan hasn't beat in the playoffs. (He's never played them)
That is insane that Duncan has beat all those Western Conference teams, although I don't recall him playing against/beating the Nuggets, I'll have to research that. That however would be the series I would want to see most with the Spurs.


We need Blazers - Warriors

Rockets - Spurs

And OKC - Jazz for some good old fashioned black on white crime Durant gon kill that white boy
Today 11:37 PM
For pure entertainment value, that would probably be the best option for the first round, although I personally want to see the Jazz play the Warriors in the first round