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Old 04-06-2006, 01:41 AM   #3
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Thanks for clearing up. DMoore once explained it on DMN's Inside the Mavs and I thought he was wrong....
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MOORE: We’ve received a lot of e-mails on this in the past two weeks, so much that it deserves to be addressed again.

As of Feb. 14, the Spurs and Mavericks did own the same record (40-11). The Mavericks were listed as the No. 1 seed and San Antonio No. 4.

That is correct. The Mavericks and Spurs have split their two games so far this season. The next tiebreaker in this scenario is division record. The Mavericks were 8-2 in the division vs. 6-2 for the Spurs, giving Dallas the edge.

A lot of people have written to say that we’re wrong on this, that NBA.com and other Web sites list the Spurs ahead of the Mavericks. I can assure you we’ve talked to the NBA office, and we’re not wrong. In fact, if you check on the NBA Web site today, you will find the Mavericks with the No. 1 seed.

After head-to-head, conference record is the first tiebreaker to determine the playoff position of two or more teams outside the division. But the division has to be determined first, which gives division results a greater weight than conference record.
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