I apologize if there's another thread out there like this already, but it looked like most of them dealt mainly with out draft picks rather than seeding.
The C's are in a dogfight with Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami for the 3-6 spot in the East. After beating Orlando tonight and with Washington beating Atlanta, here are the current standings:
1) Cleveland 50-20
2) Toronto 48-21
3) Miami 40-29
4) Atlanta 41-30
5) Boston 41-30
6) Charlotte 40-30
7) Indiana 37-33
8 ) Detroit 37-34
9) Chicago 35-33
Some important notes:
1) Atlanta currently owns the tiebreaker against us, but we have a chance to tie the season series against them on this upcoming road trip.
2) We own the tiebreakers against both Miami and Charlotte, so they must have an outright better record than us to get the higher seed, unless it's a three-team tie, which has other standards for breaking the tie.
3) We play each of these three teams once more before the season ends (@ Atlanta, vs Charlotte, vs Miami), so we control our own destiny when it comes to seeding.
Here's the remaining schedule for each team:
Boston -
3/23 vs Toronto
3/26 @ Phoenix
3/28 @ Los Angeles Clippers
3/31 @ Portland
4/01 @ Golden State
4/03 @ Los Angeles Lakers
4/06 vs New Orleans
4/08 vs Milwaukee
4/09 @ Atlanta
4/11 vs Charlotte
4/13 vs Miami
Best case scenario - 9-2 (50-32)
Likely scenario - 7-4 or 6-5 (48-34 or 47-35)
Miami -
3/22 @ New Orleans
3/23 @ San Antonio
3/25 vs Orlando
3/28 vs Brooklyn
3/30 @ Los Angeles Lakers
4/01 @ Sacramento
4/02 @ Portland
4/05 vs Detroit
4/07 vs Chicago
4/08 @ Orlando
4/10 vs Orlando
4/12 @ Detroit
4/13 @ Boston
Best case scenario: 11-2 (51-31)
Likely scenario: 9-4 or 8-5 or 7-6 (49-33 or 48-34 or 47-35)
Atlanta -
3/23 @ Washington
3/25 vs Milwaukee
3/26 @ Detroit
3/28 @ Chicago
3/30 @ Toronto
4/01 vs Cleveland
4/05 vs Phoenix
4/07 vs Toronto
4/09 vs Boston
4/11 @ Cleveland
4/13 @ Washington
Best case scenario: 7-4 (48-34)
Likely scenario: 6-5 or 5-6 (47-35 or 46-36)
Charlotte -
3/22 @ Brooklyn
3/25 @ Detroit
3/26 @ Milwaukee
3/29 @ Philadelphia
4/01 vs Philadelphia
4/03 @ Cleveland
4/05 @ Toronto
4/06 @ New York
4/08 vs Brooklyn
4/10 @ Washington
4/11 @ Boston
4/13 vs Orlando
Best case scenario: 9-3 (49-33)
Likely scenario: 8-4 or 7-5 (48-34 or 47-35)
So how is everyone feeling about our chances of both A) getting back to the three spot, and B) having homecourt advantage in the first round? I think it will ultimately depend upon how healthy we stay and when Crowder comes back, but I think we can definitely still have home court advantage in the playoffs, even making it up to the three spot if Miami struggles with their playoff opponents that remain.