Will only be listening H2H tiebreakers that are relevant (i.e. not going to list a team owning the tiebreaker vs. teams that are mathematically eliminated from winning their group).
For 3-way or greater ties, it goes to point differential. That gets a little too messy to determine as is, so we’ll wait till it’s closer to determine who may come out ahead in 3 (or greater) team tiebreakers.
The Eastern Conference breakdown can be found at: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/17y1ua7/inseason_tournament_breakdown_eastern_conference/
West A:
Lakers: 3-0 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Suns)
Jazz: 2-1 (lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Suns)
Suns: 1-1 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Jazz, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Lakers)
Trailblazers: 1-2
Grizzlies: 0-3
Lakers clinch with a win at home vs. Jazz on 11/21.
Jazz clinch with a win @ Lakers on 11/21 AND at least 1 Suns’ loss.
Suns clinch with winning their last 2 AND Lakers losing at home vs. Jazz on 11/21.
Trailblazers are mathematically eliminated from winning their group.
Grizzlies are mathematically eliminated from winning their group.
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West B:
Pelicans: 2-1 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Nuggets and Mavericks, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Rockets)
Nuggets: 2-1 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Mavericks and Clippers, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Pelicans)
Rockets: 1-1 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Pelicans, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Clippers)
Mavericks: 1-2 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Clippers, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Pelicans and Nuggets)
Clippers: 1-2 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Rockets, lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Nuggets and Mavericks)
Pelicans clinch with a win @ Clippers on 11/24 AND at least 1 Rockets loss.
Nuggets clinch with a win @ Rockets on 11/24 AND Pelicans losing @ Clippers on 11/24.
Rockets clinch with winning their last 2.
Mavericks can’t outright win their group without a tiebreaker that’s greater than 2 teams - they need to hope for a 4-way tie and pray for a huge blowout win at home vs. Rockets on 11/28 AND the Clippers winning at home vs. Pelicans on 11/24 AND Rockets winning at home vs. Nuggets on 11/24.
Clippers can’t outright win their group without a tiebreaker that’s greater than 2 teams - they need to hope for a 4-way tie and pray for a huge blowout win at home vs. Pelicans on 11/24 AND Mavericks winning at home vs. Rockets on 11/28 (preferably but not a huge amount) AND Rockets winning at home vs. Nuggets on 11/24.
So you’re saying there’s a chance.
West C:
Kings: 2-0
Timberwolves: 2-0 (own H2H tiebreaker vs. Warriors)
Warriors: 1-1 (lose H2H tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves)
Thunder: 1-2
Spurs: 0-3
Kings clinch with winning their last 2 OR winning @ Timberwolves on 11/24 AND Warriors losing at least 1.
Timberwolves clinch with winning their last 2 OR winning at home vs. Kings on 11/24 AND either Kings at home vs. Warriors on 11/28 OR Warriors losing @ Spurs on 11/24.
Warriors can clinch with winning their last 2 AND Kings winning @ Timberwolves on 11/24 AND Timberwolves losing their last 2.
Thunder are mathematically eliminated from winning their group.
Spurs are mathematically eliminated from winning their group.
There can be a 3-way tie if Warriors win their last 2 AND Kings win @ Timberwolves on 11/24 AND Timberwolves win at home vs. Thunder on 11/24.
Suns clinch seems wrong. Wouldn’t it go to point differential on a 3 way tie?
Correct. All 3 teams would be at 3-1, and 1-1 against eachother. So it would be point differential, and LA has a big lead there so they’d have to lose to Utah by a lot or Phoenix would have to run up the score against Portland and Memphis.
Thanks for all this