Currently the Bulls are in the 8th seed for the NBA playoffs. I heard that the first 2 games are at home (Chicago), then the next 3 are away, then the next 1 at home and the final one away. Is this the schedule?
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for sure, the Chicago bulls would end up at the bottom 4 of the eastern conference playoff line-up. \n\nSince the first round is a best of seven affair, the format would be 2-2-1-1-1\n\nthe Bulls would be away on Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 since the team they would be facing would have 4 games home court advantage compared to their 3. Bulls would host games 3, 4 and 6.\n\nMy prediction, Bulls vs. Pistons on 1st round.
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I saw them winning, I didn't see them winning by 42...\n\nThe star player on the Bulls is and will be Luol Deng.  He's grown 2 inches since they drafted him and is poised to be a similar type of player to Scottie Pippen (maybe even better than Pip...seriously).  But the signature with this team isn't a "best player" though, because so many of their players are right there with Deng at the top and the Bulls play as a team, you could make an argument for up to 7 guys being their best players:  Deng, Big Ben, Little Ben, Kirk, Nocioni, Thomas, and even Sefolosha down the road.  They're going to have a great season.
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All I know is each team will play 16 regular season games.  8 at home and 8 on the road.
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for the playoffs, this is how it goes for each of the two confererences (eastern conference and western conference):\n\nthe first three teams are the teams with the best records (win-loss percentage) in their divison.  the rest of the teams from #4 down are ranked according to their record.  this gives an incentive for a team to win their division. each conference has 3 divisions.  \n\nsome divisions contain teams that win a lot and some divisions have teams that don't win a lot.  that's why there's teams who are ranked higher but are division leaders even though they lose more than others teams who win a lot but are not division leaders.
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It all came about in the 1984-85 season. It was purely a shrewd marketing move by new commissioner David Stern. It had nothing to do with team fatigue (though that was the excuse that Stern used at the time). What it DID do was increase the likelihood of a six or seven game series, and that's when viewership increased as well as revenues.\n\nWhat it also did was make it almost essential for the team with home court advantage to win it's first two games, or risk not returning for games six and seven.\n\nI totally disagree with this concept. To me, game five in a seven game series is the most critical game, and it should be held at the home team's arena. If fatigue was such a factor, they could increase the days between games to give the players an extra day of rest.
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So it's 5-3 for every 8 games. So that's 4 times 8 games.\nSo that should make a total of 5x4 win against 3x4 losses, or a 20-12 record.
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At this point the exact dates are still to be determined but according to NHL.com: \n\n"The regular season concludes April 18. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are scheduled to begin April 21 and conclude no later than June 19." \n\nHome and away schedules will be determined by Stanley Cup playoff seeding of the top 8 teams in each conference.
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No the top 2 teams moves on...everyone in the group plays 3 games...against each other (4 in a group) the 2 with the highest point total advance to a knockout round...then the quarterfinal...semifinals...and then the finals.
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The only feasible ways to do it are having the #4 and #5 team play in a preliminary round while #1, #2, and #3 all get byes.\n\nThen, #1 would face the winner of #4/5 and #2 would face #3 in the semifinals.\n\nOr, #2 would face #5 and #3 would face #4 in the first round, and the winners of #2/5 and #3/4 would face each other in the semifinals, all while #1 gets a bye straight through to the finals.\n\nThe first option is more equitable.
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It is easy to understand, just like many other tournaments. \n\nThe first place team plays the eigth place team. The second place team plays the seventh place team, and so on. The other thing to note are the three divisions in each conference. The three winners of each division (Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast) for the Eastern Conference are automatically seeds 1, 2, and 3 depending on who has the most points. Seeds 4 - 8 are determined by the five next best teams, even if the fourth place team has more points than the division-leading third place, they are still seeded 4th in the playoffs. \n\nAfter the first round, the highest place team left plays the lowest place, the second highest plays the second lowest. For example if teams 1, 3, 5, and 7 are left...team 1 will play 7, team 3 will play 5
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GO SUNS!!! I'm a Phoenix local, and these games are HUGE!! I totally hope they win. They have Bell back in the game, so the chances are even greater. Game 5 tomorrow.
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i think it is asked too much. why don't they ask something else instead?  as far as the odds of edmonton, buffalo, carolina and anaheim i'd say were pretty low.  no one predicted early in the season that there would be 2 lower seeds in the west battling in the conference finals.  in the east no one foresaw carolina or buffalo battling it out in the eastern conference finals.  i did some research and found some sites with the odds. the first site(vegas insider) edmonton was predicted to have a 25-1 chance, anaheim a 40-1 chance, buffalo a 75-1 chance, and carolina a 100-1 chance.  the second site (usa today) predicted buffalo odds at 30-1, carolina 45-1, anaheim 50-1, and edmonton 90-1.
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Jay Williams's jersey was retired after he lead them two national title. He then was drafted by the bulls, but messed up his career in a motocycle accidents after his rookie year in the Nba in 2003 and havent came back yet
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Home court advantage will still be a factor (Just not a big one cause both teams can still sleep at their own house) - but since season ticket holders get the first chance at buying tickets - For the Clipper games - the majority will be Clipper fans, and same for the Lakers.  The floors will still change of course.  \n\nThey will meet in round 2.  I think it will be a good close series.  The Clips have home court and a better team, but the Lakers have Phil Jackson who is a playoff legend.  I see the Clippers wining in 7 games.
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Haha, that was me about an hour ago (only I used language not as nice as yours). LoL. I think that the quality of play in this series has been badly tampered because of the whistles being blown during the games. Neither team has been able to play to their full potential, and I would've liked to see STRAIGHT UP BALL instead of a free throw bonanza. The Spurs have played as well as they could under the circumstances (give or take a turnover/missed shot here or there) and I am a firm believer that they could come back just like the Suns did the last round.  One thing is for sure: Dallas is LUCKY. This series could easily be 3-1 Spurs, and if they think Game 5 is going to be a cake walk, they are sorely mistaken! Spurs are the defending champs, and they CERTAINLY won't go down without a fight..! How great that fight actually is...? We'll just have to see Wednesday! =)
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The Bulls definately have gotten better overall with the addition of Ben Wallace to an already sound defense. But they are still young and don't have many players on their roster with playoff experience. \n\nThe Pistons have lost Wallace, who for 4 years has been their identity. Sure they have Chaucey Billups, Tayshawn Prince and Rip Hamilton, but losing their defensive presence in the middle and adding Nazr Mohammed to the team has reformed them as a running team. \n\nThe Cavaliers are my pick to win the Central. They have the same starting 5 from a year ago and if Larry Hughes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas can stay healthy, then a championship run is definately in the cards for them. Remember, they have the King... the best player in the NBA.\n\nCavs- 57-25\nBulls- 54-28\nPacers- 48-34\nPistons- 44-38\nBucks- 42-40\n\nOnce again, all Central teams make playoffs.
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At the end of the regular season the top seeded teams play bottom seeded teams.  For example:\n\n1st vs 8th\n2nd vs 7th\n3rd vs 6th\n4th vs 5th\n\nAnd from each round of playoff the top seeded team gets home-ice advantage.  To win a Stanley Cup a team must win 16 games.\n\nThe usual game time is 7PM local time but sometimes the games are played in the afternoon (usually on Sat. or Sun)