quick update on the state of the league:
in the blue side, we had a huge move from wdc buying a 70k pg, which sets them up with a much improved starting lineup heading into the postseason.
the 2 and 3 seeds are neck and neck. baker street has the clear pd advantage, but homeboyz has the slightly easier schedule. it's unlikely either will catch the wizards as they have cowmen next game, and a win there will lock them as the 1 seed.
bucsblue has the 4 seed on lock. they can neither improve nor worsen his seed.
the rest of the seeds are still in flux. diamantes has 5 wins along with a 51 pd advantage over their nearest competitors in that department, the kinghts, and a 86 point advantage over the next nearest win total team, the eclipse, who are tied with diamantes at 5 wins.
the la at diamantes game has huge relegation relevance, as the homeboyz game will be tough sledding with homeboyz having home court likely on the line that game.
mitsubishi has cowmen their last game, and if they can win that, they could very well be safe from relegation as the 5 seed.
la has made plenty of improvements to their roster, and it could start paying off these final few games. they have a chance to move up slightly, and even snag a 5 seed if they're really lucky. bucsblue won't have anything to play for, and we've already discussed that huge diamantes game.
cowmen are all but out of it. 1 loss to the wizards will seal the deal, as their pd will be too much to overcome.
all in all, things are all but settled in seeds 1-4, and pretty much nothing is settled between seeds 5-8 with 2 games to go.
as for the red side, that's a quite different story:
the only things locked up for sure is orlando will have homecourt throughout the playoffs, and crosstown would need to win their next 2 games by an average of 45 and have svj lose by an average by 45. in other words, they're gone. similarly, svj is pretty much locked as the 7 seed, and a formidable 7 seed they will be for whoever faces them from the blue side.
if sparta hybla wants to avoid a relegation series, they need to win, and need lionpride to beat ballstars. if both of those things don't happen, their final game against fbc will be meaningless. if both of those things do happen, you may see some fireworks in the final game after all.
ballstars is still very much in the hunt, but will, in all likelihood, need to win both of their last 2 games to make the playoffs. not impossible, as both lionpride and svj are perfectly beatable, and svj has nothing to play for.
yours truly needs only really win 1 of their last 2 games to lock up a playoff appearance with a healthy pd advantage over ballstars, though i could very well improve to even the 2 seed. i'd need to win both, but it could happen. if i finish with the same record as rhino, i'll have the pd advantage.
lionpride's spot is still very much in flux. a date with the tragic looming in the final game, the ballstars game is huge, and probably a must-win if they want to make the playoffs.
surprisingly, rhino is nowhere near out of the woods just yet. they'd better win twice, or face a road game round 1 of the playoffs. the crosstown game should be pretty routine, but the fbc game is huge in terms of playoff seeding.
so the 1, 7 and 8 seeds are pretty much decided on red, while 2-6 are could go any of about a hundred different directions.