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Originally Posted by OSUmavsfan
The fact that Dallas isn't a division winner doesn't supersede this tiebreaker?
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according to
http://www.nba.com/statistics/playoff_picture.html, ties are broken by regular season record and then "ties for playoff positions (including division winners) will be broken utilizing the criteria set forth... below"
and the first tiebreaker is better winning percentage amongst tied teams.
nothing in the rules says anything about division leaders, except that 3 of the top 4 seeds will be the division leaders regardless of record (but won't necessarily have HCA if they face a team with a better record)