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idiot said:
I don't think regular season matchups say much when it come to the playoffs. Don't remember for sure, but hadn't we lost the season series in our two upset playoff series wins against the Thunder and Clippers?
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We got dominated in both those season series and still won in the playoffs. My personal opinion is that 2 of 3 losses against Denver this season had more to do with the Jazz choking down the stretch, as opposed to Denver dominating us.
 
idiot said:
Not at all. If OKC decides it wants #6 (which I'm not sure it does), it could easily outmaneuver us there. Then we'd be at #5, likely against Rockets.
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If the Jazz lose their two remaining games, OKC can't drop to the 6th seed. Utah would be 43-29, and even if OKC loses all of its remaining games, OKC would have the same record and get the 5th seed due to winning the season series 2-1.

Dallas could grab the 6 seed if the Jazz lose both their games, and Dallas wins all of their last three games. That means Dallas would have to beat both Portland and Phoenix after beating the Jazz.
 
OKC vs Denver we can have the conversation. But the Thunder are just annoying. If Denver comes down to Gobert vs Jokic and Mitchell being better than the Denver #2 guy then I will take that every time.

Quin always comes up with something that will win if executed correctly, and open shots go in. I just think against Denver we have the best chance of that working.


**** playing Houston, always.
 
Catchall said:
If the Jazz lose their two remaining games, OKC can't drop to the 6th seed. Utah would be 43-29, and even if OKC loses all of its remaining games, OKC would have the same record and get the 5th seed due to winning the season series 2-1.

Dallas could grab the 6 seed if the Jazz lose both their games, and Dallas wins all of their last three games. That means Dallas would have to beat both Portland and Phoenix after beating the Jazz.
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Right, so if Jazz win today, they are vulnerable to be overtaken to #6 from above by OKC. If Jazz lose today, they are vulnerable to be overtaken to #6 from below by Dallas. (But I think #6 is still likeliest, all things considered).
 
idiot said:
Right, so if Jazz win today, they are vulnerable to be overtaken to #6 from above by OKC. If Jazz lose today, they are vulnerable to be overtaken to #6 from below by Dallas. (But I think #6 is still likeliest, all things considered).
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If the Jazz need to, they can probably beat San Antonio in their last game. I want to see Dallas beat Phoenix and Portland first to see if we really need to win a game. Until then, we need to match the Thunder loss for loss. I'm expecting either Portland or Phoenix to beat Dallas because those teams really want to win.
 
BTW, Darius Bazley is starting to play well for OKC. That was a guy I liked for the Jazz in last year's draft before we traded our pick.
 
Catchall said:
If the Jazz need to, they can probably beat San Antonio in their last game. I want to see Dallas beat Phoenix and Portland first to see if we really need to win a game. Until then, we need to match the Thunder loss for loss. I'm expecting either Portland or Phoenix to beat Dallas because those teams really want to win.
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We got a break in the schedule: The Thursday TBD games ended up with Dallas playing first and should end just as we're starting. So you're right -- Dallas will indeed have played its full schedule before we play the Spurs. We'll be able to better calibrate if we want to win or lose (although the full shenanigans of seed 2-4 may not yet be determined by that point).
 
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idiot said:
We got a break in the schedule: The Thursday TBD games ended up with Dallas playing first and should end just as we're starting. So you're right -- Dallas will indeed have played its full schedule before we play the Spurs. We'll be able to better calibrate if we want to win or lose.
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It's a question of how motivated Dallas is to compete for the 6th seed. They were willing to concede today's game to the Jazz. Meanwhile, Portland and Phoenix are playing for every win they can get in order to get into the post season.
 
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