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Originally Posted by nowhereman
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) |
I did see that, but above that it says:
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TIEBREAKER BASIS:
(-) Tie breaker not needed (better overall winning percentage)
(1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division
(2) Head-to-head won-lost percentage
(3) Division won-lost percentage
(4) Conference won-lost percentage
(5) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, own conference
(6) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, other conference
(7) Net Points, all games
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which seems to contradict what it says below. So I'm not really sure what to believe.