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Originally Posted by ken0042
But that never happens. Why do people focus on being over .500? Because that's kind of the benchmark for making the playoffs.
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Except that it isn't. Each conference is separate, and most years it's easier to make the playoffs in one conference than the other. And loser points count just as much as any other kind of points.
People focus on being over .500, I suspect, because fans want sports to be a morality play in which the good guy wins, and loser points feel like cheating.