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re: NBA - Is Western conference dominance over the East finished?
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:24 am to LSU Piston
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:24 am to LSU Piston
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Someone else can say that the cavs (or raptors) will have a tougher route to the conference finals than the Warriors or Spurs.
Except that that isn't even true.
Lets say the Spurs play the Mavs, OKC, and then GSW in the playoffs (as it's set right now). The combined W/L of those three teams is 149-65.
On the other side, Toronto is set to play Indiana, Atlanta, and Cleveland with a combined record of 131-84.
Or we can do look at GSW opponents and see that their combined record (as set right now) would be 139-75. And Cleveland's opponents record would be 128-86.
This post was edited on 3/25/16 at 11:31 am
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Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:28 am to Ostrich
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Except that that isn't even true
Safe to say that the Warriors and spurs are both terrified of their current first round matchups with Houston and Dallas, who is 2-8 over their last 10 games.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:34 am to Ostrich
Nowhere have I said that the East is better the west. But the East took a huge step forward this year. The west took a huge step back. The fact that the east wins over 48% of its games against the west shows that things have evened out. Nothing that I have said is controversial. It's supported by facts.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:34 am to LSU Piston
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Safe to say that the Warriors and spurs are both terrified of their current first round matchups with Houston and Dallas, who is 2-8 over their last 10 games.
Clearly as I laid it out for you in the post above, the road for GSW/SA is harder than it is for CLE/TOR.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:44 am to LSU Piston
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Nothing that I have said is controversial. It's supported by facts.
Except for the fact that the path to the Finals is much tougher in the West than the East whether you're a top seed or a low seed. The West has three of the top four teams in the league (arguably the top 3).
Are the East's crappy teams better than the West's crappy teams? In general yes. However, the power still resides in the West as it has for over a decade.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 11:51 am to Ostrich
The West is having a strange year where several teams are playing below their normal level. The Rockets, obviously, are the most glaring example. Memphis wasn't playing well even before all of their injuries. Pelicans are playing way below what they were expected to and are much worse than last season, the Suns became a dumpster fire, the Jazz didn't improve like they were expected to, the Clippers aren't quite as good as last year, etc.
Then again you can say the same in the East with the Bulls, Wizards, Hawks and Bucks.
It's been a strange year.
Then again you can say the same in the East with the Bulls, Wizards, Hawks and Bucks.
It's been a strange year.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:01 pm to Ostrich
This is my last post.
I said path to the CONFERENCE finals, not NBA finals. The first round of the east will be fun to watch. The first round of the West?
You may believe in teams like the clippers. I don't.
Who cares? I'm speaking about the whole conference. Besides, I already said this on the last page.
By crappy you mean seeds ranging from about 4 or 5 all the way down to about 13? So you mean at least half of the teams in the east are better than their western equivalent?
Ok. Over the last 10 years, the west has won 6 titles, while the east has won 4. If that is dominance, then so be it.
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Except for the fact that the path to the Finals is much tougher in the West than the East whether you're a top seed or a low seed.
I said path to the CONFERENCE finals, not NBA finals. The first round of the east will be fun to watch. The first round of the West?
You may believe in teams like the clippers. I don't.
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The West has three of the top four teams in the league (arguably the top 3).
Who cares? I'm speaking about the whole conference. Besides, I already said this on the last page.
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Are the East's crappy teams better than the West's crappy teams? In general yes.
By crappy you mean seeds ranging from about 4 or 5 all the way down to about 13? So you mean at least half of the teams in the east are better than their western equivalent?
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However, the power still resides in the West as it has for over a decade.
Ok. Over the last 10 years, the west has won 6 titles, while the east has won 4. If that is dominance, then so be it.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:02 pm to LSU Piston
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Over the last 10 years, the west has won 6 titles, while the east has won 4. If that is dominance, then so be it
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thread title by LSUPiston
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Is Western conference dominance over the East finished?
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:06 pm to Lester Earl
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Lester Earl
You know that this thread is about the regular season.
Ok, that was my last post
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:09 pm to LSU Piston
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I said path to the CONFERENCE finals, not NBA finals
Gee, I wonder why?
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This is my last post.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:29 pm to LSU Piston
quote:its a fluke year. Next year it wil be back to normal
Nowhere have I said that the East is better the west. But the East took a huge step forward this year. The west took a huge step back. The fact that the east wins over 48% of its games against the west shows that things have evened out. Nothing that I have said is controversial. It's supported by facts.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:36 pm to Ostrich
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:55 pm to Lester Earl
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so you think there will be no sub .500 east playoff teams this year?
how many games are the Pistons, Boston and CHA going to win?
Check out this gem of a post.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:56 pm to brgfather129
you cant talk shite about a question you were afraid to answer
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:59 pm to Lester Earl
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so you think there will be no sub .500 east playoff teams this year?
Nope.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 1:00 pm to brgfather129
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how many games are the Pistons, Boston and CHA going to win?
nada.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 1:05 pm to Lester Earl
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The idea that two of Boston, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indiana, even Charlotte finish .500 or better isn't exactly a bold take.
I was wrong...it will be 4/5.
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