PLAYOFFS WATCH (All in for 7th seed!!!)

[Lyrix]

Here are some notable games to watch out for:

Feb 22 - Lakers vs. Portland
Feb 28 - Lakers vs. Minnesota
Apr 2 - Lakers vs. Dallas
Apr 10 - Lakers vs. Portland
Apr 17 - Lakers vs. Houston *Last game of the season

If we win 70-75% of our remaining games and the bolded games, we'll be in good position.

Can someone post the tiebreaker statuses between us and the 7-12 seeds?

Right now we have the tiebreaker on everyone 7-12, except the Blazers.

[minifang]

There's no one in our division so we go by conference record, correct?

[AdonisDeMarion]

If the Spurs are the top seed the I want the 8th seed. this would be best for us. We can take them out, then eithe the Warriors or Grizzlies in the next round

[moonpie]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcerISqI8s[/youtube]

[SniperHawk10]

Here are some notable games to watch out for:

Feb 22 - Lakers vs. Portland
Feb 28 - Lakers vs. Minnesota
Apr 2 - Lakers vs. Dallas
Apr 10 - Lakers vs. Portland
Apr 17 - Lakers vs. Houston *Last game of the season

If we win 70-75% of our remaining games and the bolded games, we'll be in good position.

Can someone post the tiebreaker statuses between us and the 7-12 seeds?

Right now we have the tiebreaker on everyone 7-12, except the Blazers.

I thought we lost our tiebreaker to Houston. Isn't it head to head matchups first for tie breakers? With us being down 0-2 with just 1 game remaining

[AdonisDeMarion]

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) Conference won-lost percentage
(4) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, own conference
(5) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, other conference
(6) Net Points, all games
x-Clinched Playoff Berth | o-Eliminated from Playoffs contention | e-Clinched Eastern Conference | w-Clinched Western Conference
nw-Clinched Northwest Division | p-Clinched Pacific Conference | sw-Clinched Southwest Division | a-Clinched Atlantic Division
c-Clinched Central Conference | se-Clinched Southeast Conference
*-Games remaining vs.Teams Over/Under .500



Rockets
April 17th (home)
( Houston leads season series 2-1)


TralBlazers
February 22nd (home)
April 10th (away)
(season series tied 1-1)


Jazz
(won the season series 2-1)
we need to have a better overall record to over take them

Mavs
February 24th (away)
April 2nd (home)
(season tied 1-1)

[Lyrix]

Here are some notable games to watch out for:

Feb 22 - Lakers vs. Portland
Feb 28 - Lakers vs. Minnesota
Apr 2 - Lakers vs. Dallas
Apr 10 - Lakers vs. Portland
Apr 17 - Lakers vs. Houston *Last game of the season

If we win 70-75% of our remaining games and the bolded games, we'll be in good position.

Can someone post the tiebreaker statuses between us and the 7-12 seeds?

Right now we have the tiebreaker on everyone 7-12, except the Blazers.

I thought we lost our tiebreaker to Houston. Isn't it head to head matchups first for tie breakers? With us being down 0-2 with just 1 game remaining

Oops, your right, I stupidly went to wikipedia for the tiebreaker rules. Thought it seemed weird.

[minifang]

Portland at Minnesota tonight. Blazers are two and a half games ahead of us atm. The Wolves are two back.

[minifang]

What a comeback by the wolves. Too bad they couldn't hang on. Now Portland is 3 games ahead.

[Kobe System]

POR & UTAH won. DAL & MIN loss. We really need to win tomorrow's game against Brooklyn. Standings updated.

[AcecardZ]

POR & UTAH won. DAL & MIN loss. We really need to win tomorrow's game against Brooklyn. Standings updated.

Yes! Yes! And yes...

We need to somehow win 3 of next 4 games but if we do go 2-2 to close out this road trip we're still alive even if just barely. If we only win 1 or god forbid lose all four of our remining road games this trip you can unplug our life support because our season's over.

If we go 3-1 in the remaining 4 games of this trip our record will be 25-27.. We'll be well on our way to .500 and in position to catch Porty and Utah.

[JohnVancouver]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1515 ... a-playoffs


Bleacher Report, but oddly readable. Worth a look

[GeneralNash]

Good chance Houston will fall to Golden State. If they lose and Lakers win, Only 2.5 games back from 8th seed.

[Beethoven]

In order to fall into eight seed we need to win at a .550 - .575 by end of reg season.
That means we need to win 45 games out of 82.

Which means we need to win 23 more games.
We have 34 games left to play.

I believe we are going to make the playoffs.
I actually believe we can go as high as 6th or 7th.

However
I want us to stick it at eigth seed if we can.

Why?
Because spurs/okc/clips are all a wash in terms of level of difficulty to surmount.


Why exert more energy to reach a 7th or 6th seed only to face every single one of spurs/okc/clips.
Why not just take the eight seed, try to beat whoever is 1st seed and then get a breather by facing 4/5th seed.



Basically if we can do enough by winning two out of every three games from here on out and God forbid any further injuries, I think we are set for 8th.


I may be the only one but I firmly believe we can beat spurs or clips in a seven game series. Okc I am not too sure but it isn't impossible to beat them.

[krikor]

entertaining thread to read

[minifang]

Good win tonight but Houston is going to blow out Golden State.

[Kobe System]

LAL, HOU & DEN won. GSW loss. Still 3.5 games outside the 8th spot. Next stop: Boston. Pau might be out as well. Standings updated.

[GeneralNash]

Got to get over .500 first before even thinking about that 8th seed.

[Kobe System]

Got to get over .500 first before even thinking about that 8th seed.

Thought you won't watch another Lakers game until we are over .500?

[GeneralNash]

Houston lost today