Official "3 Seed" Watch Thread

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

I intend to update this every day, so don't swat it...

Making the case that Orlando is a lock to be the 3 seed, (in which case BOS & CLE can bang it out in the semis)...

Orlando is 35-22

Cleveland is 31-24

Orlando has 25 games remaining, 6 Vs. teams over .500, and 7 within their division...

Cleveland has 27 games remaining, 9 Vs. teams over .500, and 10 within their division (3 of which are Vs. Detroit (3/19, 3/29, 4/16))

Orlando and Cleveland play eachother 2 more times this year (Mar 17, Apr 5), Cleveland won both of the previous meetings...

Orlando has 6 games Vs. the West remaining, Cleveland has 4, Orlando is 12-12 Vs. the West this year, Cleveland is 14-12

Toughest Remaining Games

Orlando- San Antonio (3/25), New Orleans (4/1), and the 2 CLE games

Cleveland- @ Boston (2/27), New Orleans (3/26), us 3 times, and the two ORL games



All things considered, Orlando is currently 3 games ahead of Cleveland...

Barring a key injury to one of Orlando's "somewhat-big 3", Orlando easily has the advantange to win the 3 seed