From: matthew@pram.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
Subject: If the playoffs were today & Lottery Update! (4/7/92)
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date:  7 Apr 92 16:43:42 GMT

Thanks (as always) to Gidi Avrahami, who sends me the standings every Tuesday.

An added feature at the end of the posting: Lottery Update.  Find out how 
many balls your team will have in the NBA's award winning game show.

Only one more week before the playoffs!

The seeding information is reverse chronological.  That is, the current
seed is listed the the left, with the position in past weeks going right.

Example:
3. (1,2,B,...) Bayonne (10-3)...

Means that Bayonne is #3 seed this week, and was #1 last week and #2 the
week before.  A week before that, they were 11th (in hex 11=B), and so on.

The tie-breaker is division record followed by conference-record.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3) CHI (61-14) -+
                                                            |-+
8. (6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,8,5,5,6,4,5,4) ATL (35-40) -+ |
                                                              |-+
5. (5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,7,5,7,A,7,7,A,6,1) DET (43-31) -+ | |
                                                            |-+ |
4. (4,5,5,5,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,2,2,4,3,6,9) BOS (44-31) -+   |
                                                                |--
3. (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,3,3,7,6,D) CLE (52-22) -+   |
                                                            |-+ |
6. (7,6,7,8,B,A,A,B,B,C,B,A,A,A,A,9,A,C,B,C,B) IND (37-39) -+ | |
                                                              |-+
7. (9,8,A,B,8,B,B,A,A,9,A,C,C,C,C,D,E,E,E,E,C) NJN (35-39) -+ |
                                                            |-+
2. (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,4,6,4) NYK (48-27) -+ lead div.

Games Behind (sorted by percentage)

GB  Pos Previous                                  Team
1.5   9 (8,A,9,9,9,7,9,8,8,8,9,9,8,7,5,5,9,5,2,2,8) MIA (34-42)
2    10 (A,9,8,7,7,8,8,7,6,7,8,8,9,9,8,5,6,8,4,3,2) PHI (33-42)
4.5  12 (C,C,C,C,C,C,C,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,B,D,D,D,D,D) CHA (30-44)
5    11 (B,B,B,A,A,9,7,9,9,9,7,7,5,6,6,8,7,8,9,A,7) MIL (30-45)
11.5 13 (D,D,D,D,D,D,C,C,C,B,C,B,B,B,B,E,C,B,B,A,A) WAS (23-51)
17   14 (E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,C,B,A,8,4,4) ORL (18-57)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. (1,1,1,1,3,3,1,1,1,3,4,3,3,3,3,4,3,5,5,7,7) POR (53-22) -+
                                                            |-+
8. (8,9,9,8,8,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,3,1,3,2,3,4,A) LAL (40-34) -+ |
                                                              |-+
5. (5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,6,1,4,1,2) SAN (44-31) -+ | | 
                                                            |-+ |
4. (4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,3,4,4,3,3,5,7,8,A,C,6) PHO (49-27) -+   |
                                                                |--
3. (3,3,3,1,1,1,3,4,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,3,1,2,1) GOL (50-25) -+   |
                                                            |-+ |
6. (6,6,6,6,6,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,9,9,5,7,6,4,5) SEA (43-32) -+ | |
                                                              |-+
7. (7,8,8,9,9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,6,9,B,8,9,4) LAC (41-34) -+ |
                                                            |-+
2. (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,6,2,2,6,7,7,7) UTA (48-27) -+ lead div.

Games Behind (sorted by percentage)

GB  Pos Previous                                    Team
1.5   9 (9,7,7,7,7,8,9,7,7,7,7,7,8,6,2,8,8,3,2,2,8) HOU (39-36)
16   10 (A,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,A,B) SAC (25-51)
17.5 11 (B,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,B,B,A,9,B,6,5) DEN (23-52)
21.5 12 (C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,B,B,B,B,B,A,A,B,9,9,A,D) DAL (19-56)
26   13 (D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,C) MIN (14-60)

Lottery Race

Note: GB is games behind amongst the current lottery teams.  If Miami 
actually won 6 in a row and passed Houston, they'd certainly be in the 
playoffs and ineligible for the lottery anyhow.

GB  Balls Team Record  Worst possible pick
-     1   HOU  (39-36) 11th
5.5   2   MIA  (34-42) 11th
6     3   PHI  (33-42) 11th
8.5   4   CHA  (30-44) 11th [ The most unlikely event in the lottery ]
9     5   MIL  (30-45) 10th
14.5  6   SAC  (25-51) 9th
15.5  7   WAS  (23-51) 8th
16    8   DEN  (23-52) 7th
20    9   DAL  (19-56) 6th
21   10   ORL  (18-57) 5th
24.5 11   MIN  (14-60) 4th

In spite of their 3-game winning streak, looks like the T'Wolves have just 
about wrapped up 11 balls in the ol' bin.

The race is still on to see if Minnesota will win more than Chicago loses.
Right now, they're tied at 14 apiece.
--

Matthew Merzbacher	ARPA:	matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
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