Official BKN Pick Watch Thread 2016 Season [3.0]

[165bows]

Do not hink PHO can stay ahead...but they try...can win last 3 games, there is our hope @NOP, SAC, LAC.

But tonight...that would be a miracle...go suns

Quality tanking pun right there.

[DK-All Day]

The Suns will slip up once. Ainge may have to give his friend Doc a "call" for the last game of the season

[radcot]

Mixed bag of results last night. 5 meaningful games tonight. In order of importance (imo): WAS over BRK (keep #3 hope alive); HOU over DAL (for the lottery); BOS over NOP (HCA); NYK over CHA (BOS HCA implications); POR over OKC (DAL seeding implications).

Love these multiple plot lines!!

[watsonthedragon]

Mixed bag of results last night. 5 meaningful games tonight. In order of importance (imo): WAS over BRK (keep #3 hope alive); HOU over DAL (for the lottery); BOS over NOP (HCA); NYK over CHA (BOS HCA implications); POR over OKC (DAL seeding implications).

Love these multiple plot lines!!

Not sure how you can not put our game first on your list. Can MAYBE see the BRK game being more important but the DAL game? Getting HCA is much more of a priority than getting the 12th vs 16th pick, imo.

[radcot]

Mixed bag of results last night. 5 meaningful games tonight. In order of importance (imo): WAS over BRK (keep #3 hope alive); HOU over DAL (for the lottery); BOS over NOP (HCA); NYK over CHA (BOS HCA implications); POR over OKC (DAL seeding implications).

Love these multiple plot lines!!

Not sure how you can not put our game first on your list. Can MAYBE see the BRK game being more important but the DAL game? Getting HCA is much more of a priority than getting the 12th vs 16th pick, imo.

Don't disagree with your priorities, but the HOU/DAL game is probably THE definitive game as far as whether Dallas makes the playoffs or not. Don't see that the NOP/BOS game is quite as critical re HCA (but it's close).

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

The Suns will slip up once. Ainge may have to give his friend Doc a "call" for the last game of the season

The Clippers have that 4th seed locked up. I'm sure Doc will rest his guys. Maybe Blake might get some run to work him into game shape, but I can't imagine Chris Paul, DJ and Reddick getting heavy minutes. Let's just hope that the Suns squad is better than the Clippers' scrubs.

[peachbucket]

Mixed bag of results last night. 5 meaningful games tonight. In order of importance (imo): WAS over BRK (keep #3 hope alive); HOU over DAL (for the lottery); BOS over NOP (HCA); NYK over CHA (BOS HCA implications); POR over OKC (DAL seeding implications).

Love these multiple plot lines!!

Not sure how you can not put our game first on your list. Can MAYBE see the BRK game being more important but the DAL game? Getting HCA is much more of a priority than getting the 12th vs 16th pick, imo.

Don't disagree with your priorities, but the HOU/DAL game is probably THE definitive game as far as whether Dallas makes the playoffs or not. Don't see that the NOP/BOS game is quite as critical re HCA (but it's close).

Yup, if Dallas loses this one they will probably not make it since I don't see them wining at Utah with the way the Jazz are playing D.

[BillessuR6]

This is the day. DAL vs HOU... If DAL wins they are in....

[shawn unkempt]

Mixed bag of results last night. 5 meaningful games tonight. In order of importance (imo): WAS over BRK (keep #3 hope alive); HOU over DAL (for the lottery); BOS over NOP (HCA); NYK over CHA (BOS HCA implications); POR over OKC (DAL seeding implications).

Love these multiple plot lines!!

It really has made this season much more interesting. I was getting pretty bored/burnt out at one point but this is bringing me back.

[Wes-J]

BRK not losing 4th. We need to win tonight.

(pound on wood)

[reload141]

Wizards without Wall tonight...

[31to6]

Houston@Dallas tonight. If Houston wins then they only have to play even with Dallas the rest of the way. They have LAL, MIN, SAC, and PHO.

I think if Dallas loses this game they are out.

Game Of The Year in the Mid-Level Outsourced Tanking Bracket! Let's go HOU bastards!

[KGboss]

Predicting Nets don't win another game this year and Suns beat the Pelicans to tie it up

[Homerclease]

Wizards doing their part. Let's go Rockets!

[Fencer reregistered]

Wizards doing their part.

Walls are overrated.

[Fencer reregistered]

I imagine much of this has been posted above, but please forgive me for not checking. Anyhow:

If I'm reading it correctly, Dallas, Houston, and Utah have a round-robin coming up with each other, and otherwise they'll be playing opponents who won't have anything in particular to play for. The rest of this post assumes they win all games except against each other.

If they all go 1-1 in the round-robin, everybody's tied, and it goes to tiebreakers. If somebody goes 0-2, they have the worst record, so they're out of the playoffs.

Tiebreaker rules are in http://www.nba.com/news/features/playoff.tiebreakers/

http://www.slcdunk.com/2016/3/31/11341098/nba-playoffs-2016-houston-rockets-dallas-mavericks-utah-jazz-three-way-tie-information also has the tiebreaker rules, and has further information, which seems to boil down to if the 1-1 round robin scores go one way (Houston beats Dallas, etc.), then Dallas is out of the playoffs, while if they go the other way (Houston beats Utah, etc.) Dallas is in. But I didn't follow the argument closely enough to check it.

[Fencer reregistered]

All that said, it doesn't look like the difference between 8th and 9th in the West will amount to a lot of draft slots.

[DK-All Day]

I'm anticipating Barea going for 40 tonight.

[Homerclease]

Thunder are resting their men against Portland tonight, shouldn't matter too much as I don't think Dallas can catch the Blazers at this point

[klemen4]

Still the most critical team is MEM guys...Also if DAL loses both HOU and DAL game and wins other 3 (MEM, @LAC, SAS) they would be better vs MEM in any two or even three tie.