I think we’re going to see a bunch of young, “play hard” teams gunning for those older squads. Yeah, I made Miami, last year’s Eastern Conference finalist, a play-in team.
(And if none of them are right, I’ll descend into silent shameful oblivion) And don’t be surprised if after the season I message you privately and brag about my correct takes. I imagine some of you will ridicule me in the comments. Cleveland is overrated, New York is underrated, Chicago will decide to tank amidst a slew of injuries, and Orlando’s young talent will surprise the league and reach the play-in. I think Philly is the hungriest team in the east, and I considered moving Brooklyn to 3 because of Milwaukee’s aging core, but I can’t quite bet against Giannis. My hot takes: Knicks over Cavs, Magic in the play-in, Raptors over Heat, and Bulls being bad. Cleveland may not make a lot of noise in the playoffs, but they’re going to be a strong regular season team. This is a hungry young team with a great coach who just added one of the 25 best players in the league. One hill I’m ready to die on is the Cavs jumping into the top-4. While almost every Eastern Conference contender made significant upgrades, Miami elected to run it back. I don’t expect this team to be nearly as formidable as they’ve been in years past. Just based on their landing spot alone, my hottest take might be the Heat finishing sixth. Each has the talent - albeit young, inexperienced talent - to contend for a play-in spot.
Eastern conference how to#
Surprisingly, the hardest part of this order was figuring out how to arrange the bottom five teams. My gut, which maybe I’m confusing for my heart, is telling me the Celtics will end up as the only squad in the East with 60-plus wins. Conference championships were not awarded in the 1997 inaugural season, and they were again discontinued since the WNBA adopted its current single-table playoff format in 2016.Finishing out our staff roundtable series, we try to predict the end of season standings in the Eastern Conference. The WNBA awarded conference championships between 19 to the winners of the Conference Finals in the playoffs.
Eastern conference series#
The winners of these series advance to the best-of-five WNBA Finals.
Eastern conference plus#
Both series are best-of-five and played in a 2–2–1 formet, with the higher seeds (1 and 2) hosting the first two games plus a possible fifth game. In this round, the 1 seed plays the lower seed among the second-round winners, and the 2 seed plays the other second-round winner. The winners of these games advance to the WNBA Semifinals, where they face the top two seeds in best-of-five series. The 3 seed hosts the lower seed among the first-round winners, with the 4 seed hosting the other first-round survivor. The first-round winners advance to the second round, where they play the 3 and 4 seeds in single-elimination games.
7) in the first round, with the higher seeds (5 and 6) hosting the games. The bottom four playoff teams play single-elimination games (5 vs. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, which are seeded based strictly on regular-season record (with tiebreakers as needed). Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners receiving Conference Championships and advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. įrom the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences.
The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams. Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association Eastern Conference League
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