Comments on: Best Records vs. Top-4 Seeds, 1984-2010 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37382 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:47:15 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37382 You know you're team is ridiculous when Michael Jordan drops 63 on you in the playoffs and you still win the game.

]]> By: Jay http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37357 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:10:50 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37357 That '86 Celtics team continues to show others why there are the best ever. The Celtics that year were 31-5 vs 50+ win teams (including postseason). Pretty damn impressive. They were also ranked #1 in defense & rebounding, they had a lethal front court with Parish/McHale/Bird/Walton & the backcourt was led by HOFer Dennis Johnson. And you know this team is scary when your fifth offensive option is averaging 15 PPG+ on 55% shooting in the postseason (Danny Ainge).

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37318 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:10:08 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37318 That 2010 Celts team tanked the second half of the season though trying to rest Pierce and KG (in hindsight). Not surprised to see them so low on the list.

Not surprised to see the 86 Celts, 96 Bulls, and 2000 Lakers on top either. Those were hugely talented teams with fantastic chemistry on both sides and very few weaknesses to exploit.

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37284 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:24:51 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37284 You mean APBRmetrics? Yes, it looks like they're having a problem. Not sure if Kevin Pelton still runs the show there, but he used to be the guy to get in touch with when it went down.

("Apebears"? Classic. :)

]]> By: Greyberger http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37282 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:44:06 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37282 Is sonicscentral.com/apebears down?

]]> By: Knick with the Knack http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37247 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:33:00 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37247 More evidence for my longstanding belief that the '93 Knicks were the best team in the league. @#$%^%$#& Charles Smith bull#&@! non-call....

]]> By: Sean http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37233 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:09:12 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37233 Wow. That 1986 Celtics crew continues to impress.

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37212 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:25:14 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37212 Re: #3 - Actually, this doesn't include playoff games vs. the top-4 seeds; it's regular-season only.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37209 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:12:30 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37209 Look at that cluster of teams in the early '90s that went .500. Four in 1991, including the first Bulls championship team, and three in 1992. And interesting to note that the Suns had the same record vs. Top 4 teams in 1992, pre-Barkley trade, as they did in 1993, after they got Sir Charles.

]]> By: Ben http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442&cpage=1#comment-37208 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:06:56 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8442#comment-37208 Good stuff, but I think you buried the lead. The correlation data is pretty interesting.

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