Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread

[KGs Knee]

Most likely we are going to finish 2nd and Indiana finish 7th.  I like that matchup.

Anything beyond that isn't worth worrying about.  You have to beat the teams in front of you, whoever they are.  Cleveland, Toronto, and Washington will all be tough matchups.

[CelticSooner]

The seeding is pretty interesting. Literally no seed locked up at this point lol

[jpotter33]

Most likely we are going to finish 2nd and Indiana finish 7th.  I like that matchup.

Anything beyond that isn't worth worrying about.  You have to beat the teams in front of you, whoever they are.  Cleveland, Toronto, and Washington will all be tough matchups.

Maybe. Chicago owns the tiebreaker over Indiana, so if Chicago goes 2-0 (vs ORL and vs BRK) and Indiana goes 1-1 (@ PHI and vs ATL), then Chicago will be at 7. Atlanta might still be playing hard to keep Milwaukee at bay, too, so that's very possible.

[KGs Knee]

The seeding is pretty interesting. Literally no seed locked up at this point lol

Interesting, no doubt.

Worth worrying about, no chance.

[KGs Knee]

Most likely we are going to finish 2nd and Indiana finish 7th.  I like that matchup.

Anything beyond that isn't worth worrying about.  You have to beat the teams in front of you, whoever they are.  Cleveland, Toronto, and Washington will all be tough matchups.

Maybe. Chicago owns the tiebreaker over Indiana, so if Chicago goes 2-0 (vs ORL and vs BRK) and Indiana goes 1-1 (@ PHI and vs ATL), then Chicago will be at 7. Atlanta might still be playing hard to keep Milwaukee at bay, too, so that's very possible.

Yeah, I suppose that is possible.  Indiana has been playing much better lately, and Atlanta has mostly sucked.  I wouldn't be surprised if Indy lost to Atlanta, but odds seem against it.

[jpotter33]

Most likely we are going to finish 2nd and Indiana finish 7th.  I like that matchup.

Anything beyond that isn't worth worrying about.  You have to beat the teams in front of you, whoever they are.  Cleveland, Toronto, and Washington will all be tough matchups.

Maybe. Chicago owns the tiebreaker over Indiana, so if Chicago goes 2-0 (vs ORL and vs BRK) and Indiana goes 1-1 (@ PHI and vs ATL), then Chicago will be at 7. Atlanta might still be playing hard to keep Milwaukee at bay, too, so that's very possible.

Yeah, I suppose that is possible.  Indiana has been playing much better lately, and Atlanta has mostly sucked.  I wouldn't be surprised if Indy lost to Atlanta, but odds seem against it.

They've played much better as of late. They beat us in Atlanta the other night and Cleveland in Cleveland the very next night. I'm really hoping they can get another win against Cleveland at home tomorrow, too, though by then they'd have probably wrapped up the 5 seed and would be resting in Indiana due to owning the tiebreaker over Milwaukee.

[Phantom255x]

Ugh so now there's a great chance if we make it past the first round, we match up with Toronto with a healthy Lowry back too. 

[j804]

Ugh so now there's a great chance if we make it past the first round, we match up with Toronto with a healthy Lowry back too. 

Brutal they will beat us up Ibaka/Jonas will feast on our front court

[hpantazo]

Ugh so now there's a great chance if we make it past the first round, we match up with Toronto with a healthy Lowry back too. 

If we legitimately fear the Raptors, then we have no business worrying about a deep playoff run to begin with.

[jpotter33]

Well, with today's Raptors win, Washington is now set in the 4 seed. Toronto could possibly get to the 2 seed, though it'd require Boston to lose out (unlikely). They are unable to make the 1 seed, though, because they've been swept by the Cavs thus far this year.

Thus, our last remaining chance of avoiding Toronto in the playoffs is to hope for the Cavs to lose 2 of the next 3. But it's more complicated than that. Essentially, they need to lose the next two in Atlanta and in Miami, because if they don't, then Toronto has no incentive to beat them in the final game of the season, since that would only bring them the Cavs sooner in the playoffs.

There is a glimmer of hope, though. Though it's unlikely, they very well could lose the next two games in a back to back on the road. Historically this season, they've been bad on the road, especially in back to backs. Further, both Atlanta and Miami are currently 2-1 against the Cavs this year, so they both present certain matchup problems for them. And with both of them fighting for crucial playoff seeding, they will be motivated, especially the Heat. Finally, the Cavs are not playing great right now, so there's a very real chance that it could happen.

And since they've already got the 2 seed locked up and have not rested an ailing Kyrie (knee) and Lebron lately, who has had to play a ton of minutes and has looked physically fatigued, if they lose today's Atlanta game, I could very well see them not playing their guys against the Heat. They'd be unlikely to win that game with how things are going right now anyways, and after their shellacking of Boston in Boston this week, they might feel confident that they could beat us without having HCA in the conference finals. Lue has said that he's not going to rest his guys until they locked up the number one seed, but that was before their loss in Atlanta. It's hard for me to see them pushing an ailing Kyrie and an aging Lebron that hard just for the number one seed when they just proved that they can beat Boston in Boston. Finally, since they've beat Toronto three times already, they should also feel comfortable facing them over Washington in the second round.

So today's Atlanta game is very, very important and could ultimately decide whether or not we get that first seed.

[Dino Pitino]

Well, with today's Raptors win, Washington is now set in the 4 seed. Toronto could possibly get to the 2 seed, though it'd require Boston to lose out (unlikely). They are unable to make the 1 seed, though, because they've been swept by the Cavs thus far this year.

Thus, our last remaining chance of avoiding Toronto in the playoffs is to hope for the Cavs to lose 2 of the next 3. But it's more complicated than that. Essentially, they need to lose the next two in Atlanta and in Miami, because if they don't, then Toronto has no incentive to beat them in the final game of the season, since that would only bring them the Cavs sooner in the playoffs.

There is a glimmer of hope, though. Though it's unlikely, they very well could lose the next two games in a back to back on the road. Historically this season, they've been bad on the road, especially in back to backs. Further, both Atlanta and Miami are currently 2-1 against the Cavs this year, so they both present certain matchup problems for them. And with both of them fighting for crucial playoff seeding, they will be motivated, especially the Heat. Finally, the Cavs are not playing great right now, so there's a very real chance that it could happen.

And since they've already got the 2 seed locked up and have not rested an ailing Kyrie (knee) and Lebron lately, who has had to play a ton of minutes and has looked physically fatigued, if they lose today's Atlanta game, I could very well see them not playing their guys against the Heat. They'd be unlikely to win that game with how things are going right now anyways, and after their shellacking of Boston in Boston this week, they might feel confident that they could beat us without having HCA in the conference finals. Lue has said that he's not going to rest his guys until they locked up the number one seed, but that was before their loss in Atlanta. It's hard for me to see them pushing an ailing Kyrie and an aging Lebron that hard just for the number one seed when they just proved that they can beat Boston in Boston. Finally, since they've beat Toronto three times already, they should also feel comfortable facing them over Washington in the second round.

So today's Atlanta game is very, very important and could ultimately decide whether or not we get that first seed.

These are so awesome. You are the world's leading Celtics playoffs seeding summarizer. Best thing is hearing it all in my head narrated breathlessly like Charlie Day gossiping in the prom episode.

[SHAQATTACK]

Well, with today's Raptors win, Washington is now set in the 4 seed. Toronto could possibly get to the 2 seed, though it'd require Boston to lose out (unlikely). They are unable to make the 1 seed, though, because they've been swept by the Cavs thus far this year.

Thus, our last remaining chance of avoiding Toronto in the playoffs is to hope for the Cavs to lose 2 of the next 3. But it's more complicated than that. Essentially, they need to lose the next two in Atlanta and in Miami, because if they don't, then Toronto has no incentive to beat them in the final game of the season, since that would only bring them the Cavs sooner in the playoffs.

There is a glimmer of hope, though. Though it's unlikely, they very well could lose the next two games in a back to back on the road. Historically this season, they've been bad on the road, especially in back to backs. Further, both Atlanta and Miami are currently 2-1 against the Cavs this year, so they both present certain matchup problems for them. And with both of them fighting for crucial playoff seeding, they will be motivated, especially the Heat. Finally, the Cavs are not playing great right now, so there's a very real chance that it could happen.

And since they've already got the 2 seed locked up and have not rested an ailing Kyrie (knee) and Lebron lately, who has had to play a ton of minutes and has looked physically fatigued, if they lose today's Atlanta game, I could very well see them not playing their guys against the Heat. They'd be unlikely to win that game with how things are going right now anyways, and after their shellacking of Boston in Boston this week, they might feel confident that they could beat us without having HCA in the conference finals. Lue has said that he's not going to rest his guys until they locked up the number one seed, but that was before their loss in Atlanta. It's hard for me to see them pushing an ailing Kyrie and an aging Lebron that hard just for the number one seed when they just proved that they can beat Boston in Boston. Finally, since they've beat Toronto three times already, they should also feel comfortable facing them over Washington in the second round.

So today's Atlanta game is very, very important and could ultimately decide whether or not we get that first seed.

TP .....good job Pot 

[j804]

Cute run by the Hawks to cut it to 13 but Clevelands not losing this game. They look like the way they came out playing against us just not going to be denied.

[SHAQATTACK]

Ugh so now there's a great chance if we make it past the first round, we match up with Toronto with a healthy Lowry back too. 

If we legitimately fear the Raptors, then we have no business worrying about a deep playoff run to begin with.

TP ....true ......the Raptors are basically a two man team .  Two guys scoring 30 a piece or more .  And you can't stop them.  We have to have 30 each from AB and IT to counter this .  AB is too irratic health and scoring to make his 30 to be counted on ....so yes it does look bad. ....leaving the IT to score 45 and drains him of energy.

[j804]

The Celts deserve this though two p--- poor efforts against the Cavs/Hawks when they had the number one seed in hand