Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Playoff Scenarios - Plenty to play for

Here's the breakdown on how each team can finish in the playoff seedings. This is heading into Tuesday with each team having one remaining game.
Remaining Schedule
Tuesday
Jazz at Lakers

Wednesday
Rockets at Mavericks
Hornets at Spurs
Nuggets at Blazers

WESTERN CONFERENCE
1. LOS ANGELES LAKERS
2. Denver or Houston
3. Denver, Houston, Portland, or San Antonio
4. Houston, Portland, or San Antonio
5. Houston, Portland, or San Antonio
6. New Orleans, Dallas, or Utah
7. New Orleans, Dallas, or Utah
8. New Orleans, Dallas, or Utah
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WESTERN
Denver will be seeded:
* #2 if Nuggets win OR Rockets lose
* #3 if Nuggets lose and Rockets win

Houston will be seeded:
* #2 if Rockets win and Nuggets lose
* #3 if Rockets win and Nuggets win OR if Spurs and Blazers lose.
* #4 if Rockets lose, Spurs win and Blazers lose OR if Rockets lose, Spurs lose and Blazers win.
* #5 if Rockets lose and Spurs and Blazers win.

Portland will be seeded:
* #3 if Blazers win and Rockets and Spurs lose.
* #4 if Blazers win and either the Rockets or Spurs win (but not both) OR if Blazers and Spurs both lose.
* #5 if Blazers lose and Spurs win.

San Antonio will be seeded:
* #3 if Spurs win and Rockets lose.
* #4 if Spurs win, Rockets win and Blazers lose.
* #5 if Spurs lose OR if Rockets and Blazers win.

New Orleans will be seeded:
* #6 if Hornets win OR if Mavericks and Jazz lose.
* #7 if Hornets lose and either Mavericks or Jazz win (but not both)
* #8 if Hornets lose and Mavericks and Jazz win.

Dallas will be seeded:
* #6 if Mavericks win and Hornets lose.
* #7 if Mavericks win and Hornets win OR if Mavericks lose and Jazz lose.
* #8 if Mavericks lose and Jazz win.

Utah will be seeded:
* #6 if Jazz win and Hornets and Mavericks lose.
* #7 if Jazz win and either the Hornets or Mavericks win (both not both)
* #8 if Jazz lose OR Hornets and Mavericks win.

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