Talk:National Basketball Association Playoffs

Playoff seedings
I've read that David Stern wants to implement seedings where the top four teams (i.e. the three division winners and the top second place team) would be seeded by record, with the remaining teams seeded accordingly. This way a team like the Mavericks aren't punished for being in the same division as the Spurs, while allowing a division title to still mean something. I know Stern mentioned this on the NBA Lottery show in May, and I've tried finding an article where it was mentioned, but I've been unable to. Can anyone help me out on this? --Highway99 18:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Are the playoffs a pure bracket system or does the top ranked team always play the lowest ranked team? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.188.45.95 (talk • contribs) 13:29, April 29, 2007 (UTC)


 * It's a pure bracket system. -- Howard  the   Duck  16:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Referee selection
How are the playoff referees selected? --Blainster 07:55, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The NBA selects who refs all the games regular season and playoffs. As to how they go about selecting which refs work wich games remains unknown to me, but there's apparently sn emphasis on experience.  For what it's worth, the NBA itself handles all of it. Dknights411 03:14, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Playoff stages
I wonder if it's a good idea to have separate pages for each of the rounds; we already have NBA Finals and NBA Conference Finals? How about NBA Playoffs First Round and NBA Conference Semifinals? (The MLB has articles for each round.) -- Howard  the   Duck  16:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
The 2006 contraversy seems way too big. It doesn't explain the 2006 changes until the seventh paragraph; almost a full screen down the section for my view. I'm going to cut it down (particularly the many examples that are not necessary) and try to actually make it a lot clearer what the contraversy was. TheHYPO 05:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Question: "The result was that each conference would have three divisions of five teams each, and the winner of each division was guaranteed a top-three playoff seed, regardless of whether the team had one of the top eight records in its conference." I've done this analysis with NHL, but I must has here - is there ANY mathematical way for the division leaders to make the playoffs and be lower than 8th in points?

With 3 divisions of 5 teams, the only way for this to happen would be if two divisions combined had either 5 and 3, or 4 and 4 teams respectively, all with higher point totals than ALL teams in the third division. considering the intra-conference and intra-division schedules these teams have, is this even mathematically possible? I suppose if all 5 "loser division" teams split their 16 intra-division games 8-8, and all 5 teams lose ALL their other games, while the rest of the conference split all their games except those against the loser division, this could happen, but the possibility is so implausable and remote, I can't see why one would bother noting the "regardless of being in the top 8" part. Has this EVER happened? TheHYPO 05:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Denver had the 7th-best (actually tied for 7th-8th) record on 2006 NBA season:
 * 7. NW-Denver 44-38
 * 8. P-Sacramento 44-38
 * 9. NW-Utah 41-41
 * So it was close. It also depends if the division is really, really weak with no clear front runner. -- Howard  the   Duck  05:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The WORST (absolute, mathematical worst) a team can ever be and still win the division is 11th (as the other 4 teams in its division will be 12-15th). However, since this is such a mathematically remote possibility, and the fact the article is clear - top team in each division makes it - I don't think the "regardless of finishing top8" is necessary. It's implied and unlikely. TheHYPO 15:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The 2006 history is way too long. It should be discussed in the 2006 Playoff article and only briefly mentioned in the current article. I will try to rework this section soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreasjb (talk • contribs) 21:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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