Atlanta earned home court over Miami by virtue of finishing the season 40-42, three games better than the Heat.
The Magic won the Southeast Division, but had only the seventh-best record in the East, so they also had to go the play-in route to advance. The Southeast, without a playoff team at regular season's end, is now assured of having two of the final eight, equaling the number from the Atlantic Division. The Central will have four.
The home-court advantage no doubt is comforting to the Hawks, whose 120-95 shellacking at the hands of the Magic on Tuesday came on the road.
All four games in the Hawks-Heat season series were won by the home team by double-figure amounts. Atlanta notched 10- and 12-point home wins in December and February; two days after Miami's second loss, the Heat rebounded with a 22-point victory at home before evening the season series with a 10-point triumph in March.
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What do you call an Eternal Optimist? An accordion player with a beeper!
Atlanta earned home court over Miami by virtue of finishing the season 40-42, three games better than the Heat.
The Magic won the Southeast Division, but had only the seventh-best record in the East, so they also had to go the play-in route to advance. The Southeast, without a playoff team at regular season's end, is now assured of having two of the final eight, equaling the number from the Atlantic Division. The Central will have four.
The home-court advantage no doubt is comforting to the Hawks, whose 120-95 shellacking at the hands of the Magic on Tuesday came on the road.
All four games in the Hawks-Heat season series were won by the home team by double-figure amounts. Atlanta notched 10- and 12-point home wins in December and February; two days after Miami's second loss, the Heat rebounded with a 22-point victory at home before evening the season series with a 10-point triumph in March.
Memphis (48-34) looked headed to a high seed before encountering problems late in the season. The Grizzlies lost 10 of their last 16 regular-season games and fired coach Taylor Jenkins during the struggles as they fell into the play-in round.
Dallas (39-43) enters the contest brimming with confidence after posting a dominating 120-106 victory over the host Sacramento Kings in Wednesday's play-in game.
Memphis won three of the four regular-season meetings, including a 132-97 whipping of the visiting Mavericks on Sunday. Both teams rested key players.
Five days later, both teams will be in do-or-die mode.
What do you call an Eternal Optimist? An accordion player with a beeper!
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Memphis (48-34) looked headed to a high seed before encountering problems late in the season. The Grizzlies lost 10 of their last 16 regular-season games and fired coach Taylor Jenkins during the struggles as they fell into the play-in round.
Dallas (39-43) enters the contest brimming with confidence after posting a dominating 120-106 victory over the host Sacramento Kings in Wednesday's play-in game.
Memphis won three of the four regular-season meetings, including a 132-97 whipping of the visiting Mavericks on Sunday. Both teams rested key players.
Five days later, both teams will be in do-or-die mode.
Good luck buddy. Been away for a bit with a pretty serious hand injury which I'm starting to heal from so I decided to post using voice dictation as I've been able to at least do some high-level analysis on the games.
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Good luck buddy. Been away for a bit with a pretty serious hand injury which I'm starting to heal from so I decided to post using voice dictation as I've been able to at least do some high-level analysis on the games.
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