From: matthew@pram.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
Subject: If the playoffs were today (4/12/92)
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:32:10 GMT

This week, for several reasons, I'm using Wednesday's standings.

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

Playoffs start next week!

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. (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3) CHI (65-15) -+
                                                              |-+
8. (8,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,8,5,5,6,4,5,4) ATL (37-42) -+ |
                                                                |-+
5. (5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,7,5,7,A,7,7,A,6,1) DET (48-32) -+ | |
                                                              |-+ |
4. (4,4,5,5,5,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,2,2,4,3,6,9) BOS (49-31) -+   |
                                                                  |--
3. (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,3,3,7,6,D) CLE (55-24) -+   |
                                                              |-+ |
6. (6,7,6,7,8,B,A,A,B,B,C,B,A,A,A,A,9,A,C,B,C,B) IND (39-41) -+ | |
                                                                |-+
7. (7,9,8,A,B,8,B,B,A,A,9,A,C,C,C,C,D,E,E,E,E,C) NJN (39-41) -+ |
                                                              |-+
2. (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,4,6,4) NYK (50-30) -+ lead div.

Games Behind (sorted by percentage)

GB  Pos Previous                                      Team
.5    9 (9,8,A,9,9,9,7,9,8,8,8,9,9,8,7,5,5,9,5,2,2,8) MIA (37-43)
4    10 (A,A,9,8,7,7,8,8,7,6,7,8,8,9,9,8,5,6,8,4,3,2) PHI (33-46)
6.5  11 (C,B,B,B,A,A,9,7,9,9,9,7,7,5,6,6,8,7,8,9,A,7) MIL (31-49)
7    12 (B,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,B,D,D,D,D,D) CHA (30-49)
13.5 13 (D,D,D,D,D,D,D,C,C,C,B,C,B,B,B,B,E,C,B,B,A,A) WAS (24-56)
17   14 (E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,E,C,B,A,8,4,4) ORL (20-59)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. (1,1,1,1,1,3,3,1,1,1,3,4,3,3,3,3,4,3,5,5,7,7) POR (56-24) -+
                                                              |-+
8. (9,9,7,7,7,7,8,9,7,7,7,7,7,8,6,2,8,8,3,2,2,8) HOU (42-37) -+ |
                                                                |-+
5. (6,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,9,9,5,7,6,4,5) SEA (46-34) -+ | |
                                                              |-+ |
4. (4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,3,4,4,3,3,5,7,8,A,C,6) PHO (51-29) -+   |
                                                                  |--
3. (3,3,3,3,1,1,1,3,4,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,3,1,2,1) GOL (53-27) -+   |
                                                              |-+ |
6. (5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,6,1,4,1,2) SAN (46-33) -+ | | 
                                                                |-+
7. (7,7,8,8,9,9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,6,9,B,8,9,4) LAC (44-35) -+ |
                                                              |-+
2. (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,6,2,2,6,7,7,7) UTA (52-27) -+ lead div.

Games Behind (sorted by percentage)

GB  Pos Previous                                      Team
.5    9 (8,8,9,9,8,8,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,3,1,3,2,3,4,A) LAL (41-37)
14.5 10 (A,A,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,A,B) SAC (28-52)
19   11 (B,B,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,B,B,A,9,B,6,5) DEN (23-56)
22   12 (C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,C,B,B,B,B,B,A,A,B,9,9,A,D) DAL (20-59)
28   13 (D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,D,C) MIN (14-65)

Lottery Race

Note: GB is games behind amongst the current lottery teams.  The Lakers 
and Miami still have playoff hopes.

GB  Balls Team Record  Worst possible pick
-     1   LAL  (41-37) 11th
5     2   MIA  (37-43) 11th
8.5   3   PHI  (33-46) 11th
11    4   MIL  (31-49) 11th
11.5  5   CHA  (30-49) 10th
14    6   SAC  (28-52)  9th
18    7   WAS  (24-56)  8th
18.5  8   DEN  (23-56)  7th
21.5  9   ORL  (20-59)  6th
21.5 10   DAL  (20-59)  5th
27.5 11   MIN  (14-65)  4th

Congratulations to the Timberwolves, who have clinched 11 balls in the bin.
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Matthew Merzbacher	ARPA:	matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
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