[ThePundit]

Get this: The LOSER of tonight's Memphis-Clippers game gets to play DENVER with home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The WINNER has to play DALLAS with DALLAS having the home court. Hmm...Nuggets at home, Dallas away. This is a no brainer and a dicey scenario for the NBA.

[DrCool]

This is the problem with the 3 division winners automatically getting the top seeds. Dallas is 16 games ahead of Denver but seeded below them? That just isn't right. In a perfect world the seeds would be:

San Antonio
Dallas
Phoenix
Memphis
LA Clippers
LA Lakers
Denver
Sacramento

I absolutly think the division winners should all be in the playoffs regardless but they should be seeded according to their overall record.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Get this: The LOSER of tonight's Memphis-Clippers game gets to play DENVER with home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The WINNER has to play DALLAS with DALLAS having the home court. Hmm...Nuggets at home, Dallas away. This is a no brainer and a dicey scenario for the NBA.

I Predict a 55-54 Clipper victory...on account that they are the Clippers and will find a way to screw up...

[pete_b]

Its a CONFERENCE thing, not a division thing. Please lets leave baseball out of this. Baseball almost screwed up the holy of holy division championships with their wild card. Basketball is not Baseball OK! And the NBA is not the MLB.

[cjg11582]

Clearly, The Clippers didn't try nor should they have. This is the leagues rule, not theirs. You cannot fault them for taking advantage of it by losing. If I was Dunleavy I would have been pulling people out of the stands.

[ThePundit]

Stern should have declared the winner gets the higher seed. He could have done it in the "best interests of the game." Otherwise, the NBA should switch to rankings as Dr. Cool says.

Pete B: What am I missing? Who mentioned baseball?