Spurs power rankings (Sim 5)

[havliceker]

Sorry about missing sim 4. I wanted to release them at the all-star break (but the I got roped into a busy weekend).

Anyway, here is 5.

		Total	Home	Road
Rank	Team	W L	W L	W L	Total Pts	pts/game	Comments
1	Utah Jazz	42 - 10	20 - 2	22 - 8	60	1.15	Jazz appear to be the team to beat as the trading deadline looms.
2	Detroit Pistons	38 - 13	21 - 2	17 - 11	51	1.00	Pistons elavate to the league elite.
3	Phoenix Suns	35 - 14	18 - 3	17 - 11	46	0.94	Average sim let's Lakers put pressure on the Suns in the Pacific.
4	Atlanta Hawks	33 - 17	18 - 5	15 - 12	38	0.76	Hawks soar into the three seed into the east.
5	Boston Celtics	34 - 17	15 - 9	19 - 8	35	0.69	Vet Celtic team knows it is now or never when it comes to winning.
6	New York Knicks	31 - 18	17 - 6	14 - 12	33	0.67	Knicks loose an opportunity to gain ground on the Celtics.
7	Los Angeles Lakers	37 - 18	22 - 8	15 - 10	36	0.65	Lakers have played more games then the Suns & are set up to capitalize on a Sun slip.
8	Indiana Pacers	30 - 19	16 - 8	14 - 11	28	0.57	Sabonis would be a perfect fit on this Euro heavy outside shooting team.
9	Portland Trailblazers	30 - 22	17 - 8	13 - 14	27	0.52	Highest ranked team with a losing road record, need to stay ahead of the Spurs.
10	San Antonio Spurs	28 - 21	19 - 7	9 - 14	23	0.47	Spurs could help themselves by catching Blazers and home court in the 1st round.
11	Dallas Mavericks	25 - 23	14 - 7	11 - 16	22	0.46	Quick, somone take the Mavs before some mentally unstable computer geek with a bad haircut does.
12	Denver Nuggets	27 - 28	17 - 9	10 - 19	19	0.35	Nuggets maybe turning their season around at the right time, will the new additions gel in time?
13	Chicago Bulls	29 - 22	19 - 11	10 - 11	17	0.33	Jordan will have to work his playoff magic on the road if their record doesn't improve.
14	Orlando Magic	27 - 24	18 - 10	9 - 14	16	0.31	Magic are staying a step ahead of their competetion in the playoff race.
15	Philadelphia 76ers	25 - 25	19 - 9	6 - 16	13	0.26	Great home record is offset by poor road record.
16	Cleveland Cavaliers	25 - 25	16 - 11	9 - 14	12	0.24	Trying to avoid being the ninth team in an eight seed playoff bracket.
17	Vancouver Grizzlies	23 - 25	15 - 11	8 - 14	9	0.19	Grizzly fans have to be excited about the possiblity of a 1st year playoff appearance.
18	Miami Heat	22 - 27	16 - 10	6 - 17	8	0.16	Playoff hopes may be fading, but their young core should contend for years.
19	Houston Rockets	18 - 27	13 - 9	5 - 18	5	0.11	Hakeem's dream turing into a nightmare.
20	Sacramento Kings	24 - 32	17 - 13	7 - 19	5	0.09	Kings have turned a bad start around, and look to pressure the Rockets and Griz for the 8th seed.
21	Milwaukee Bucks	23 - 31	12 - 16	11 - 15	2	0.04	The East seems to be a battle of the have and have nots, with the Bucks on the wrong side of tracks.
22t	Los Angeles Clippers	18 - 32	11 - 12	7 - 20	1	0.02	Posted a good sim. with more point guard stability, they can post more.
22t	Washington Bullets	19 - 33	11 - 13	8 - 20	1	0.02	Bullets won't be able to shoot without a point guard ro distribute the ball.
24	New Jersey Nets	19 - 29	9 - 15	10 - 14	-1	-0.02	League worst in turn overs, an offical member of the Gary Payton sweepstakes.
25	Golden State Warriors	20 - 32	12 - 15	8 - 17	-2	-0.04	Need to focus on being 5 games out of the playoffs; not about 12 games under .500.
26	Charlotte Hornets	17 - 32	10 - 16	7 - 16	-8	-0.16	Hornet fans will challenge team's commitment to winning as long as they only have 2 post players.
27	Minnesota Timberwolves	15 - 33	8 - 16	7 - 17	-10	-0.21	Stocking up for the future, with five first round picks in the next three drafts.
28	Seattle Sonics	15 - 38	9 - 17	6 - 21	-13	-0.25	With nothing to lose, the Sonics can give more minutes to their up and comers.
29	Toronto Raptors	7 - 49	6 - 23	1 - 26	-38	-0.68	Total wins may not make double digits

[JScott]

I think this thing is broken...

Move up the standings, dammit!!

Ugh....Spurs, fix it!!

[C.Vilhauer]

Sabonis would be a perfect fit on this Euro heavy outside shooting team.

Yes. Yes he would.

[havliceker]

I'd say it's the curse of the ABCA Hawks, but I am tired of all of the cursed curse crap in sports.

Anyway, what I am trying to say is I know how you feel, there is nothing worse then sitting in the mid-teens with the playoffs looming.

I finished the old league in a similar spot all four seasons. I made it 3 out of 4, but it really should have been 2 out of 4 at most.

I'd say it's between the Magic, Sixers, and the Cavs. You'd have to think Sir Charles is going to have to factor in the end result somehow.

[JScott]

Yeah the 76ers = bums...

But the Cavs just added English and Natt to super charge their SF position which was really their only glaring weakness early in the season.

They should climb up, but I should still finish 7th or 8th as my original prediction...

Who wants to face the Magic in Round 1?!?!

[Golden State]

Keep moving up. Could be a possible preview of the finals.

[Mephi]

ill see u in the finals detroit:P

[JScott]

You'll see Mr Barkley and Company at the finals....

We have reserved front row seats from all arenas:)

I <3 The Playoffs.

[Golden State]

Well the only way you'll see Sir Charles is if he does play by play for CBS.

[JScott]

Detroit said:

Well the only way you'll see Sir Charles is if he does play by play for CBS.

Him and the Warrior's Tom Tolbert:)

Who has Trent Tucker again, New York?