Onus wrote:Onus wrote:vagelis wrote:If Warriors win 6 of their 7 remaining games what will be their ranking at the end?
Have Warriors any chance to avoid play in?
Highly unlikely but there's a chance
Dallas - 4 games (3 games if we beat them)
ATL, GSW, HOU, CHA, MIA, DET, OKC
New Orleans - 4 games (3 games if we beat them)
ORL, SA, PHX, POR, SAC, GSW, LAL
Sacramento - 3 games
NY, BOS, BKN, OKC, NOP, PHX, POR
Phoenix - 3 games (actually 4 losses back since they have the tie breaker)
CLE, MIN, NOP, LAC, LAC, SAC, MIN
Lakers - 1.5 games (.5 game if we beat them)
WAS, CLE, MIN, GSW, MEM, NOP
Warriors
DAL, UTAH, LAL, POR, NOP, UTAH
Basically we need to win out and then Dallas, NOP, SAC, PHX need to drop 3 more games and the Lakers have to drop a game somewhere. It seems like they all have games against someone else so they will have to lose some games.
The best path is Dallas and PHX get 5 and 6 in whatever order. Lakers get 7, we get 8 and then NOP or SAC get 9 and 10. That way we get to stay in CA and we don't have to take a long flight to New Orleans.
Given their away record this year I am not sure away games are a disadvantage. One of the players, Steph iirc, has said maybe they will have to stay in a hotel pre-game in San Francisco so it is more like playing away.
Definitely want to avoid the Lakers if at all possible, for both match-up and officiating/likely FT disparity reasons, and particularly would like to avoid playing them in LA where Curry has historically shot poorly.