CTaylor42 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 One of my friends is a Lakers fan. He asked a good question, that I didn't have a answer to. How did the Spurs get the home court advantage, when they were a lower seed? I thought maybe one of you guys might know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drex Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 The two division winners from each conference are assured the top two seeds. The Lakers were the winners of the Pacific division with the #2 seed and the Spurs, despite being the #3 seed, had a better regular season record than the Lakers, thus providing them with the home court advantage in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The X-Factor Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 They were a lower seed, but they still had the better record. The Spurs and the Wolves play in the same division, and two teams from the same division cannot get both the #1 and #2 seeds. The Lakers won their division, thus earning them the #2 seed. Hopefully that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 The Lakers won their division, hence a higher seed, but the Spurs had a superior record and once you're past the first round that's how things are determined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor42 Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 Thanks Guys In the NFL the division winner gets home field advantage. He thought it was that way in the NBA also. He was pretty p!ssed about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwo40 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 It's actually a pretty fair way to go....and it's happening in the Detroit/NJ series right now too. Detroit is the #3 seed but had a much better record than the Nets, so they are getting the homecourt...despite the Nets being the #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big z Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I'd just like to say props to the Lakers for finally showing up and doing so in a big way yesterday...they really kicked my Spurs asses. HOWEVER....i hope you recorded the game. You lake fans will be watching it over and over again this offseason after the Spurs knock you out. :point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 My questions are 1- Does anybody watch the NBA anymore? 2- Why does it take a month and a half to play a 7 game series? Id rather watch paint dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 edit nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 I watch the NBA and enjoy it very much but I don't watch it all. I watch all my Hawks games during the regular season, watch all the Tim Duncan games, and if there's no Tim Duncan on, I'll watch KG. Other than that, I just watch the good matchups. I watch all the playoff games, but I only enjoy the ones with Duncan or KG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor42 Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 Originally posted by big z I'd just like to say props to the Lakers for finally showing up and doing so in a big way yesterday...they really kicked my Spurs asses. HOWEVER....i hope you recorded the game. You lake fans will be watching it over and over again this offseason after the Spurs knock you out. :point2sky I know what you mean. They completely shut Tim Duncan down. I hope the Spurs can pull it out, or I won't hear the end of it from my friend. GO SPURS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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