Who Do West Teams Want to Play?

magicfan4life05 · Post #1 » by **magicfan4life05** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:49 pm

Here are the current standings

1. Hornets
2. Lakers
3. Houston
4. Utah
5. San Antonio
6. Phoenix
7. Dallas
8. Golden State

I'm sure the final standings will change a little. So hypothetically, who are the opponents these teams want to face b/c they think they have a good chance to beat them?

For instance, i think the hornets want to play phoenix b/c they've had their number all year, they play them very well, and they were too fast for them when shaq was playing.

Post #2 » by **dockingsched** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:52 pm

the lakers would prefer to play the warriors.

Ming Kong! · Post #3 » by **Ming Kong!** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:03 pm

For Utah:

1.GS
2.Dallas
3.Denver
4.NO
5.Houston
6.PHX
7.LAL
8.SA

I believe Denver will actually slip into the playoffs, and I think it's likely that Nowitzki's injury for up to two weeks will cause Dallas to miss the playoffs.

The teams in bold are the teams I'm uncertain about how the Jazz would fare, I think the Jazz would do well vs any of the others. Keep in mind that the Jazz have the best record vs playoff teams. They unfortunately play up to their competition so they don't take mediocre teams seriously and they obviously struggle on the road. So pretty much teams with home court will give the Jazz a tough series.

Hood President · Post #4 » by **Hood President** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:12 pm

new orleans wants houston or pheonox, lakers want dallas or phenoex, golden state want lakers, denver wants pheonox, pheneox wants dallas.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #5 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:15 pm

Hood President wrote:new orleans wants houston or pheonox, lakers want dallas or phenoex, golden state want lakers, denver wants pheonox, pheneox wants dallas.

is that anything like Phoenix?

Suns_Fever · Post #6 » by **Suns_Fever** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:17 pm

I think somebody needs to learn how to spell "Phoenix" correctly.

Hood President · Post #7 » by **Hood President** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:19 pm

Rasheeed!!! wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

is that anything like Phoenix?

i guess so. the suns are 1 and done

BirdIsDaKing · Post #8 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:09 pm

lol I dont think you get his question

Shabi__5 · Post #9 » by **Shabi__5** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:14 pm

For my Rockets I prefer
Nuggets
Warriors
Dallas
NO
Utah
PHX
SA
LA

Post #10 » by **loserX** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:27 pm

Ming Kong! wrote:For Utah:

1.GS
2.Dallas
3.Denver
4.NO
5.Houston
6.PHX
7.LAL
8.SA

Pretty much. We seem to match up with the Warriors very well, and for whatever reason we seem to have the Nuggets' number. Hard to get a read on Dallas with Kidd in and Dirk out...and although the Hornets look great, Deron always seems to play his best ball against Paul. The bolded teams always seem to thrash us...Spurs and Lakers are definitely the scariest to me. And Ming Kong is right...home court is very important to us no matter who we face.

Suns_Fever · Post #11 » by **Suns_Fever** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:32 pm

Hood President wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

i guess so. the suns are 1 and done

First you mispell the city "Phoenix" and then you say Suns are one and done. Just wait for the playoffs little buddy, just wait to be proven wrong.

Heyvoon24 · Post #12 » by **Heyvoon24** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:34 pm

If Lakers get Bynum and Gasol back fully healthy by the playoffs, I'd prefer them to play the Warriors.

joe.linnen · Post #13 » by **joe.linnen** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:14 pm

LA Lakers:

1.Nuggets
2.Warriors
3.Mavericks
4.Suns
5.Jazz
6.Rockets
7.Hornets
8.Spurs

gmurray8 · Post #14 » by **gmurray8** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:16 pm

LA Lakers:

1.Nuggets
2.Warriors
3.Mavericks
4.Rockets
5.Jazz
6.Hornets
7.Suns
8.Spurs

RobertGlory · Post #15 » by **RobertGlory** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:21 pm

Hornets

1. Suns
2. Mavericks
3. Nuggets
4. Rockets
5. Warriors
6. Lakers
7. Jazz
8. Spurs