Not saying we can make a run or anything, but Dallas is the only team that is over .500 (.526) and we are only 6 games back.

Dallas 10 - 9
Memphis 10 - 10
San Antonio 6 - 13
New Orleans 6 - 17
Houston 4 - 16

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Posted by Pelefraan 1

Member since Jan 2018

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 8:49 am to saints5021

Remember 14-15 when all SW teams made the playoffs? Good times

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Posted by Bkaaw

Member since Sep 2015

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 9:06 am to saints5021

Is a division winner get an automatic playoff spot? As much nba as I watch I'm not sure.

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Posted by Pelefraan 1

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 9:16 am to Bkaaw

Nope

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Posted by Bronc

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 9:21 am to Pelefraan 1

Yeah there is basically no point to divisions anymore.

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Posted by saints5021

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 9:28 am to Bronc

that would be the most Pels thing ever ... overtake Dallas to win division, still wind up in the play in game and lose.

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Posted by Mickey Goldmill

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 11:48 am to Bronc

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Yeah there is basically no point to divisions anymore.

I think the only time winning your division matters is if you're in a tiebreaker with another team for playoff seeding and you have identical head to head records.

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The Board also approved changes to tiebreak criteria for playoff seeding and home-court advantage. Head-to-head results have become the first criterion to break ties for playoff seeding and home-court advantage between two teams with identical regular-season records; the second criterion is whether a team won its division. Under the old tiebreak system, a division winner was awarded the higher seed and received home-court advantage in a series if the two teams met in the playoffs.

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