OT: Lets Congratulate

sp1187 · Post #1 » by **sp1187** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:10 am

...The 37-45 Atlanta Hawks on making the playoffs...

Do you think theyll keep any of the 4 games close?

Last Guardian · Post #2 » by **Last Guardian** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:13 am

Nope. And with the way Philly has been playing, they are gone in 4 as well.

Post #3 » by **UCFJayBird** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:13 am

yea i wouldn't be surprised to see both of them swept quite easily.

magicman123 · Post #4 » by **magicman123** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:18 am

i dont see it..boston should make it quick..philly might win a game since they beat the pistons twice in the season, but i think they are so depleted from that cavs loss that they might just role over...

mattyBoi · Post #5 » by **mattyBoi** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:20 am

Hawks fan in disguise!!!

j-ragg · Post #6 » by **j-ragg** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:25 am

Not trying to be too cocky and overlook Toronto but I hope Philly can take their series as far as possible to try and tire out the Pistons. They're so damn durable though I doubt it will phase them.

Post #7 » by **ORL** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:53 am

Good for them. I mean, since 1999, that's a long time. It took us 4 years to get back, and it too long. Imagine twice as long...

Superman · Post #8 » by **Superman** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:01 am

Solid Snake wrote:Nope. And with the way Philly has been playing, they are gone in 4 as well.

So that means only the CLE v WAS series will go beyond 4 games :wink:

AdamTheGreek · Post #9 » by **Devin 1L** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:18 am

On a semi-related note, I did a little article before the season regarding preseason/regular season records. The Hawks have now "messed up" those numbers, while the Magic have held up their end of the bargain.

One interesting note is that, at least as far back as the 99-00 season, no team who has lost at the most, one preseason game, has gone on to win less than 42 games in that upcoming season. Teams who would fall into this category this year would be the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic .

The first thing that sticks out to me is that, with the exception of the Miami Heat, all of the teams who have won an NBA Championship (Lakers, Spurs, Pistons) in this time frame all show little and/or a negative correlation with respect to preseason and regular season record. This is consistent with the above table which shows that teams who win 46+ games (good teams) show a slight, but negative, correlation with preseason records, while teams who win <46 games (average and bad teams) show a relatively strong correlation with preseason records. Also, I can