In a perfect (NBA) world...

[Michael]

... the Mavericks will lose to New Orleans while Denver beats Memphis.

Later on, the Rockets will beat the Clippers, San Antonio will suffer a loss to Utah and Phoenix will complete the perfect standings with a win over Portland.

That would leave the following first round match-ups:

1 Lakers vs 8 Mavericks
4 Suns vs 5 Rockets
2 Hornets vs 7 Nuggets
3 Jazz vs 6 Spurs

It would be beautiful and a nice way to end the regular season and make such interesting pairings for the playoffs.

I am excited for this final day of the season.

But then in the perfect NBA world the Suns will then move on to win their first NBA championship with Amaré winning his first of many Finals MVPs.

The Suns organization will send Shawn Marion a championship ring for his efforts with the team and for helping them to win 30+ games this season.

Marion, touched by the gesture, will opt out of his contract and sign with the Suns for the minimum.

"That's where my heart is. This half-season in Miami opened my eyes. I'm a Phoenix Sun and realised just how dumb some of my views were. I don't give anything about my scoring or being the third, fourth or whatever most famous member of the team.
I just want to help the Phoenix Suns win a lot of championships, knowhwatimsaying?"

Just one week later on, Elton Brand will sign for the minimum - thrilled by the options to win a title and a possible huge amount of playing time behind Amaré and Shaq.

Amaré - meanwhile - spends the whole offseason working on his defense, while Leandro is watched playing Nintendo's new "Vision Training" on their handheld console DS.

After Mike Tyson is seen in a nightclub, trying to land some Scottsdale chicks, and gets his bum kicked by a furious Boris Diaw, the Suns are as ready as ever for the coming season.

Their 15th draft pick is used on an overlooked point guard who will be the perfect back-up for Steve Nash.

Phoenix wins it second title after finishing the regular season with 77 wins and 5 losses.

Is anyone else day-dreaming?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

... the Mavericks will lose to New Orleans while Denver beats Memphis.

Later on, the Rockets will beat the Clippers, San Antonio will suffer a loss to Utah and Phoenix will complete the perfect standings with a win over Portland.

That would leave the following first round match-ups:

1 Lakers vs 8 Mavericks
4 Suns vs 5 Rockets
2 Hornets vs 7 Nuggets
3 Jazz vs 6 Spurs

If Houston doesn't lose too, they seeding will still be the same, but Houston gets homecourt.

 

[IBleedPurpleAndOrange]

LOL, more like "in a perfect (suns fan) world"

 

[Ninjafish]

No, perfect would be

Suns vs Spurs
Jazz vs Rockets

This would make for the greatest first round in perhaps ever.

Also dammit, we need redemption. I don't want the Spurs to beat the Jazz. I want the Suns to. I'll be really disappointed if we don't face the Spurs.

 

[Michael]

If Houston doesn't lose too, they seeding will still be the same, but Houston gets homecourt.

According to ESPN. com (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=playoffpush-080416story)

Here's why. San Antonio, Utah, Phoenix and Houston could all finish in a 55-27 tie for third place in the West, with the first tiebreaker coming down to head-to-head winning percentage among the four tied teams. However, as a thorough accounting of the various scenarios in the Salt Lake City Tribune notes, the Jazz are removed from the tiebreaking procedure because they are a division champ.


San Antonio could actually finish as the sixth seed if it loses to the Jazz. That could happen if two other entirely plausible and likely results come to pass: the Rockets beat the visiting Clippers and the Suns beat the visiting Blazers. That would create the four-way tie for third.


The complicated tiebreakers would slot in the Jazz, Suns, Rockets and Spurs as the order of the seeds 3 through 6.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

According to ESPN. com (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=playoffpush-080416story)

Here's why. San Antonio, Utah, Phoenix and Houston could all finish in a 55-27 tie for third place in the West, with the first tiebreaker coming down to head-to-head winning percentage among the four tied teams. However, as a thorough accounting of the various scenarios in the Salt Lake City Tribune notes, the Jazz are removed from the tiebreaking procedure because they are a division champ.


San Antonio could actually finish as the sixth seed if it loses to the Jazz. That could happen if two other entirely plausible and likely results come to pass: the Rockets beat the visiting Clippers and the Suns beat the visiting Blazers. That would create the four-way tie for third.


The complicated tiebreakers would slot in the Jazz, Suns, Rockets and Spurs as the order of the seeds 3 through 6.

That only determines what seed you are in. Once the seeds have been determined, then head to head matchups determine home court advantage.

Under this scenerio, Houston and Phoenix will have the same win-loss record. They will also have the same head to head record. After that, you go to the 4th tiebreaker which is conference record (which Houston has a better record than Phoenix), because the next tiebreaker (Division record) doesn't apply. The two teams are not within the same division.

 

[Michael]

That only determines what seed you are in. Once the seeds have been determined, then head to head matchups determine home court advantage.

Oh. I didn't know. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Oh. I didn't know. Thanks for clarifying.

It's something that hasn't been clear at all in most of the reports coming out.

I edited what I said a couple of times to try to make it easier to understand...

 

[Chaplin]

It sounds like the only way we can have just a chance at homecourt is if the Clippers win tonight against the Rockets.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

It sounds like the only way we can have just a chance at homecourt is if the Clippers win tonight against the Rockets.

Yep. If we would haven't blown that Dallas game, we had a chance at the #3 seed alone. What a crazy year.

 

[nashman]

^Not just the Dallas game lots of games to inferior opponents such as the T-wolves.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

DAMN THAT DALLAS GAME!

(and those games lost to minnesota miami and atlanta)

 

[KCi]

lol.. it looks like all of your predictions did not play out.

 

[Cheesebeef]

DAMN THAT DALLAS GAME!

(and those games lost to minnesota miami and atlanta)

eh, without those loses to Minny and Miami, we probably never make the trade and we're complete and utter pretenders going forward, thus I can't lament those.

It's the Dallas one which really killed us. That was pathetic.

 

[cly2tw]

Shaq will have 7 rings at the end of his career!

 

[D-Dogg]

Shaq will have 7 rings at the end of his career!

What? The Lakers are going to take him back?

 

[Lorenzo]

What? The Lakers are going to take him back?

shaq....man for some reason he is probably my least favorite athlete. not that I hate the guy...he actually is entertaining and good in many aspects. I like nash though...and if my mavs fall out I hope nash pulls it out this year. the odds are more against him though than ever. there is no perfect world in this year's playoffs.

 

[Bufalay]

shaq....man for some reason he is probably my least favorite athlete. not that I hate the guy...he actually is entertaining and good in many aspects. I like nash though...and if my mavs fall out I hope nash pulls it out this year. the odds are more against him though than ever. there is no perfect world in this year's playoffs.

I don't really care if the Suns win the championship. I really just want to see Diaw win one. He really deserves it. I mean he's been so close so many times with the Suns and the Hawks, it would be a shame for him to enter his late 20's without one.


Sorry, I'm not mocking you. That thought just popped into my head and I made myself laugh.

 

[nashman]

The Mavs? Ha, not gonna happen man I think you know that though.