Pilchard
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Sunday night Game 7 to Wednesday night Game 1 for Atlanta
Friday night Game 7 to Sunday afternoon Game 1 for LA. That is a big difference.
And to Juice's point earlier, if you make ECF Game 1 tonight, and WCF Game 2 tomorrow, then both Hawks and Clippers had roughly same rest and you dont have 2 WCF games played before ECF Game 1
The scheduling is flawed. Apparently, ESPN/ABC gets the WCF and TNT has the ECF this year, and ESPN and ABC were guaranteed games Sunday and Tuesday (because the lottery is tonight, and ESPN wants a game to pair it with). So, the NBA allowed the WCF to get out two games ahead of the ECF. If the Bucks sweep the Hawks, and the Suns/Clips play a long series it won't matter. If the Suns/Clips have a short series and the Bucks/Hawks is extended, then things will get more out of whack.
FWIW: here are the NBA lottery percentages:
In the flattened lottery system, the odds of a team moving up outside the top three -- as compared to year's past -- is higher. But it's still relatively low, considering the chances the top three worst-record teams each has 14% odds, accounting for 42% of the total odds to win the No. 1 slot.
Houston Rockets 14.0%
Detroit Pistons 14.0%
Orlando Magic 14.0%
Oklahoma City Thunder 11.5%
Cleveland Cavaliers 11.5%
Minnesota Timberwolves 9.0%
Toronto Raptors 7.5%
Chicago Bulls 4.5%
Sacramento Kings 4.5%
New Orleans Pelicans 4.5%
Charlotte Hornets 1.8%
San Antonio Spurs 1.7%
Indiana Pacers 1.0%
Golden State Warriors 0.5%
This is another factor why tanking is not a reliable "process". You can suck for an entire season and your odds of getting the top pick are 14%. The odds of getting a top 3 pick is less then 50%.