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Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #345 on: March 25, 2017, 01:50:43 PM »

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Wow, so both Indiana and Atlanta lost, meaning Milwaukee and Atlanta are now tied for the 5th seed at 37-35 and Indiana falls back to the 7th seed at 36-36.  Additionally, Chicago, Detroit, and Charlotte all lost, putting them even farther from the 8 spot.

Don't be surprised to see Indy fall to 8th, and Atlanta could fall to 7th, meaning a tough potential first round for us.

Indiana doesn't concern me in least.   I think we'd beat them in 4 or 5 games easy. Not a lot of talent on that team outside of PG13. Teague is overrated, Turner is too inexperienced, and Monta just flat out sucks.

Atlanta only concerns me if Millsap comes back and is healthy enough to contribute. I do think a front line of Howard/Millsap could spell problems for us.

Yeah, I was meaning more Atlanta not Indiana. They don't really scare me either.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #346 on: March 25, 2017, 01:52:14 PM »

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Raptors(completely dependant on Lowry's health)
Wizards
Hawks




Milwaukee
Miami
Chicago
Detroit
Indiana

That's about how I see it, too. I'd say my preference for matchups goes like this:
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Miami
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Washington
Toronto
Cleveland

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #347 on: March 25, 2017, 02:11:43 PM »

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Milwaukee
Miami
Chicago
Detroit
Indiana

That's about how I see it, too. I'd say my preference for matchups goes like this:
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Miami
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Washington
Toronto
Cleveland

Agree with both these posts.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #348 on: March 25, 2017, 02:25:55 PM »

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Just curious: is there anyone who is more concerned about Washington than Toronto? Doesn't seem that way.

Question 2: would you rather have the 3 seed with Washington as the 2, or the 2 seed, with Toronto as the 3?

Mike
« Last Edit: March 25, 2017, 02:55:58 PM by mef730 »

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #349 on: March 25, 2017, 02:28:45 PM »

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Just curious: is there anyone who is more concerned about Washington than Toronto? Doesn't seem that way.

Question 2: would you rather have the 3 seed with Washington as the 2, or the 2 seed, with Washington as the 3?

Mike

Huh? Wouldn't you obviously want to be the 2 seed to have home court advantage? Did you mean to put Toronto in one of those spots?

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #350 on: March 25, 2017, 02:57:12 PM »

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Just curious: is there anyone who is more concerned about Washington than Toronto? Doesn't seem that way.

Question 2: would you rather have the 3 seed with Washington as the 2, or the 2 seed, with Washington as the 3?

Mike

Huh? Wouldn't you obviously want to be the 2 seed to have home court advantage? Did you mean to put Toronto in one of those spots?

Yup. Meant to ask 2 seed vs Toronto or 3 vs Washington. I corrected it.

Mike

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #351 on: March 25, 2017, 02:58:58 PM »

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Just curious: is there anyone who is more concerned about Washington than Toronto? Doesn't seem that way.

Question 2: would you rather have the 3 seed with Washington as the 2, or the 2 seed, with Washington as the 3?

Mike

Huh? Wouldn't you obviously want to be the 2 seed to have home court advantage? Did you mean to put Toronto in one of those spots?

Yup. Meant to ask 2 seed vs Toronto or 3 vs Washington. I corrected it.

Mike

Celtics can win at Washington if everyone is healthy and the starters be playing hot like how they're playing right now.

But we need home-court advantage regardless against either WSH or TOR. And it's best to avoid TOR until the ECF.


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Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #352 on: March 25, 2017, 10:14:11 PM »

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Celtics now just .5 games out of the first seed! A win tomorrow against the Heat would tie us, and a Cavs loss in San Antonio would put us solely in the lead by 1 win (.5 games)!

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #353 on: March 25, 2017, 10:30:13 PM »

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Celtics now just .5 games out of the first seed! A win tomorrow against the Heat would tie us, and a Cavs loss in San Antonio would put us solely in the lead by 1 win (.5 games)!

It is ours for the taking! 1st seed in the East and top lottery odds are both very realistic outcomes for us heading towards the last few weeks of the season. Amazing.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #354 on: March 25, 2017, 10:40:57 PM »

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If we win against the Heat

I think the guys step up and help IT get the first seed he wants so badly.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #355 on: March 25, 2017, 11:14:41 PM »

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538 gives us a 59% chance of getting the #1 seed.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #356 on: March 25, 2017, 11:16:44 PM »

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My "i dont want to play them" ranking

Cavs
Raptors(completely dependant on Lowry's health)
Wizards
Hawks




Milwaukee
Miami
Chicago
Detroit
Indiana

That's about how I see it, too. I'd say my preference for matchups goes like this:
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Miami
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Washington
Toronto
Cleveland

Agree with both these posts.

We're going to be the #1 seed.  Those teams are worrying about not matching up with us.  I guarantee you Jae Crowder and IT could give a **** about who they matchup with.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #357 on: March 26, 2017, 02:27:52 PM »

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My "i dont want to play them" ranking

Cavs
Raptors(completely dependant on Lowry's health)
Wizards
Hawks




Milwaukee
Miami
Chicago
Detroit
Indiana

That's about how I see it, too. I'd say my preference for matchups goes like this:
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Miami
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Washington
Toronto
Cleveland

Agree with both these posts.

We're going to be the #1 seed.  Those teams are worrying about not matching up with us.  I guarantee you Jae Crowder and IT could give a **** about who they matchup with.

Meh, players do care about matchups. In fact Crowder expressed disatisfaction last year when we were matched up against the Hawks.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #358 on: March 26, 2017, 02:37:35 PM »

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I'll be annoyed if the Hawks fall to the 7th or 8th seed opposite us due to injury, only to be at full strength for the playoffs.  We should still beat them, but that would be a team of 2nd round quality that we'd have to matchup with in the first round, despite a top seed.

On the other hand, I'd be ecstatic to play the Hawks without Millsap in the first round.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #359 on: March 26, 2017, 03:02:07 PM »

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Team            Record  Games Back

1. Cleveland     47-25    0
2. Boston        47-26    .5
3. Washington 45-28    2.5
4. Toronto        44-29    3.5
5. Atlanta         37-35    10
6. Milwaukee     37-35    10
7. Indiana         36-36   11
8. Miami           35-37   12
9. Chicago        34-39    13.5
10. Detroit       34-39    13.5
11. Charlotte    32-40   15

Bold = games still yet to be played tonight/yet to be determined

Miami at Boston

Brooklyn at Atlanta

Phoenix at Charlotte

Chicago at Milwaukee

Philadelphia at Indiana



Another huge night for us. If we win, then we'll be tied in the standings with Cleveland, and with a game in San Antonio looming for Cleveland tomorrow night, we could be in sole possession of the first seed as early as tomorrow!

But there's several other important games tonight. Atlanta is in a free fall, and if they would lose while Milwaukee and Indiana both win, then Atlanta would be tied with Indiana for the 6/7 seed.

Further, a Miami loss and a Chicago win could put Chicago back on the brink of the playoffs.