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Originally Posted by blankall
I feel like we're watching different leagues. Usually by about game 50, there's 4 or so locks for the playoffs in each conference, 3 hopeless teams, and everyone else vying for the other half of the playoff spots. One five have losing or winning streak makes or breaks the season.
The regular season matters more now that it has in a long time.
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I think it depends on how variable you believe the results are. The loser points make standings appear closer. So you can probably say that the 9th team is 6 points back of the 3rd place team but for that team to miss the playoffs 7 teams needs to pass them.
Realistically 12 of 16 are fixed by American thanksgiving.