2007-05-01 06:54:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
because the 1 seed plays the winner of the 4/5 matchup which is chicago
If the 8 seeded Warriors win their matchup as expected they will face either houston or utah who are the 4/5 seeds
the NBA doesn't switch everything around like football does
2007-05-01 07:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by truthistold2u 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NBA playoffs break off into brackets and that's how the brackets break down. Theoretically the top seed is supposed to win and if it worked out that way in the 2nd round the 1 seed would play the 4 and 2 would play the 3. But upsets happen and at time the 5 plays the 1 and 2 plays the 6, just like this year. But none of that matters in the NBA because their seeding system is messed up where it gives the division an at worst 3rd or 4th seeding. If the NBA seeded their teams correctly the Bulls would be playing the Cavs and the Pistons would be playing the Nets.
2007-05-01 16:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by jake p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idiot above me. It was Cleveland that has the 2nd best record in the east.
Cleveland and Chicago are in the same division, so how can Cleveland win out the division if they don't have a better record? Have some common sense.
1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5
it was set up this way so that 1 would play 4 or 5;
2 would play 3 or 6;
theoretically 4 would beat 5 so it would be 1 vs 4
theoretically 3 would beat 6 so it would be be 2 vs 3
then 1vs2.
In this season's case, the Pistons have the best record, and the Bulls should have had the 3rd best.
The right way would have been 1) Pistons 2) Cavs 3) Bulls 4) Raptors 5)Heat 6) Nets 7)Wizards, 8)Orlando
Cavs still would have played the Wiz
Pistons still would have played the Magic
Raptors should have played the Heat and lost
Bulls should have played the Nets
2007-05-01 14:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although Chicago has the 2nd best record I do believe, it was Cleveland who won their division. So the winner of Clevelands division gets the 2 seed, and then so on. So the top 3 seeds in each conference may not be the 3 teams with the best record but the 3 teams that won their divisions. Not sure if that makes any sense but that is how the NBA does it.
2007-05-01 14:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by titans3481 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quite simply, chicago lost the last game of the regular season which would have shoed them in as a 2 seed. as a result, cleveland won their last game giving them the 2 seed. there are 3 divisions in the east. each winner of those divisions, detroit, cleveland, toronto, are your top 3 seeds. the 2nd place team with the best record, chicago is the 4 seed. if they would have won their last regular season game, they would have a better record than cleveland giving them the second best record in the east and would have won their division. even though they may have had a better record than toronto, the top 3 seeds go to division winners regardless of record.
2007-05-01 14:25:40 · answer #5 · answered by TheJester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NBA Playoffs are determined (i.e. who plays against whom) according to certain rules. It just so happened that the Pistons are going to play against the Bulls in Round 2.
2007-05-01 14:11:49 · answer #6 · answered by cidyah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called bracketing.
2007-05-01 15:52:50 · answer #7 · answered by Pop D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because thats how it works.
2007-05-05 02:02:18 · answer #8 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-05-01 14:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by cutting_edge 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋