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Originally Posted by Male30Dan
I think you're forgetting how much better the West got in general, making it that much tougher to get wins against teams that we play the majority of the time.
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I would almost say that we have improved to the bottom tier of playoffs teams and a few teams have seriously downgraded (LAC,UTA). I could see LAC actually falling completely out of the playoffs and DEN is kind of a wild card. Given that, DAL could actually reach the 6 seed if POR stumbles and we improve significantly with DSJ.
Tier 1 - GSW, SAS, HOU
Tier 2 - OKC, POR
Tier 3 - LAC, DEN, NOP, DAL (1 will miss playoffs)
Tier 0 - MEM, PHO, LAL, MIN, SAC, UTA
2017 WC final season rankings and Mavs record against them:
GSW 0-3 - waiting on trophy
SAS 1-3 - added Rudy Gay
HOU 0-4 - added Chris Paul, PJ Tucker
LAC 2-2 - lost Chris Paul
UTA 1-3 - lost Gordon Hayward, George Hill
OKC 1-2 - added Paul George, Ray Felton, Patrick Patterson
MEM 2-2 - lost Zach Randolph, Vince Carter, added Ben McLemore
POR 2-2 - pretty much the same
DEN 1-3 - lost Danilo Gallinari, added Paul Millsap
NOP 2-2 - added Rajon Rondo
DAL
SAC 1-2 - lost Tyreke Evans, Rudy Gay, added Zach Randolph, George Hill
MIN 1-2 - still young and improving
LAL 4-0 - still suck
PHO 1-3 - still suck
Total 17-31