Bulls tied for best record in the NBA

[nwfisch]

Originally Posted by thedude33

Do we have any updates on Brewer and Noah?

Brewer is out. Noah is questionable for tonight.

[Anytime23]

Noah shouldnt even be questionable. Thibs needs to get his head out of his ass and sit him. Give him all of the rest you can. Noah is just not effective when he doesnt have his legs.

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Originally Posted by houheffna

That is within the conference, not league wide.

They are talking about it on the Spurs forum too...here is a post from that site...

This is wrong. East vs west tiebreakers do not follow the normal criteria. It goes like this:
1. Head to head (1-1)
2. Record against opposite conference (23-7 for both SAS and CHI)
3. Random draw

As written by Tim Griffin on spursnation.com,

"If the two teams are tied at the end of the season, the first two tiebreakers would be null as the season series is tied at one game apiece and the Spurs and Bulls have equal records against the opposite conference. That would mean that homecourt advantage would then be determined on the third tiebreaker — a random drawing."

And this from KC Johnson

..There are always challenges to chase for Rose. The Knicks, who will play without Amare Stoudemire again, represent the only team the Bulls haven't beaten this season. The Bulls trail the San Antonio Spurs by one game in the race for the league's best record.

That's why Rose said he will approach this back-to-back -- the Bulls finish the regular season at home on Wednesday against the Nets -- by not asking coach Tom Thibodeau to lower his minutes.

"If I ask him, he'll probably look at me and walk away anyway," Rose cracked.

If the Bulls and Spurs finish tied in overall record, all the tiebreakers are deadlocked, too. So a random draw will determine home-court advantage should those teams advance to the NBA Finals.

"We're focused on it," Rose said. "We know it's pretty close. Coach always says we're playing for something. So why not go for it?"

Its a coin flip people, no other tiebreakers apply...

Ahh.

Damn it.