Eastern Conference
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Lawrence: Magic's Howard is walkin' the line...for Vince Carter's first game back in New Jersey against the Nets. That day, Howard talked about how the reigning Eastern Conference champs were being taken too lightly. Everybody was talking about Shaquille O'Neal going to Cleveland to... In this article: Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic, NBA, Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, Vince Carter, Brandon Roy, Eastern Conference, Grant Long, and Rex Ryan |
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washingtonpost.com | November 10, 2009
Haywood left off all-star ballot
The list of 12 Eastern Conference centers is Dwight Howard, Shaquille O'Neal, Andrea Bargnani, Andrew Bogut, Tyson Chandler, Al Horford, Brook Lopez, Jermaine O'Neal, Kendrick Perkins, Samuel Dalembert, Brad Miller and Rasheed Wallace.
In this article: Brendan Haywood, Brad Miller, Samuel Dalembert, Dwight Howard, Rasheed Wallace, Jermaine O'Neal, Brook Lopez, NBA, and Antawn Jamison
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The State | November 11, 2009
LeBron, Shaq help Cavs to 102-93 win over Magic
...this time: a win. James scored 36 points, Shaquille O'Neal provided an inside presence and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 102-93 on Wednesday night in a rematch of the Eastern Conference finals. Cleveland Cavaliers...
In this article: Orlando Magic, Dwight Howard, Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando, Mike Brown, Vince Carter, Mo Williams, and Cleveland
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boston.com - Boston Celtics news | October 26, 2009
Cavaliers open about rivalry
...to oppose Ray Allen. Even if the Cavaliers lack West, they will feature James and Shaquille O'Neal, the answer to their issues with checking Orlando's Dwight Howard during the Eastern Conference finals last season. O'Neal, 37, played in...
In this article: Cavaliers, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Mike Brown, Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Boston, and NBA
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Bleacher Report | October 29, 2009
Cavs' Slow Start Simply a Hiccup...Isn't It?
...win one game already." The Cleveland Cavaliers, last season's No. 1 seed in the NBA's Eastern Conference and the team with the best overall record in the league, are only two games into their 2009-'10 campaign. Coming into this year,...
In this article: Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland, LeBron James, Toronto Raptors, NBA, John Kuester, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Chris Bosh
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Cavaliers work on attitudes
...to a title. Cavaliers star LeBron James didn't impress many NBA critics with his "sore loser'' behavior last season following the team's Eastern Conference finals loss to Orlando, so each superstar has motivation. O'Neal wants to...
In this article: Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Cavaliers, Cleveland, Mike Brown, NBA, Dwight Howard, Miami, Florida, and Heat
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nola.com | October 24, 2009
For Shaquille O'Neal, the ring's the thing that matters most
...limit for this team." The Cavaliers pursued O'Neal after they finished with the league's best record at 66-16, including a 39-2 record at home, but were eliminated by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference finals. Magic center Dwight...
In this article: Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Cleveland, Orlando Magic, NBA, Boston, Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Garnett, and Dwyane Wade
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Sportingnews | October 22, 2009
Garnett's return, Wallace's arrival boost Celtics
...champion Los Angeles Lakers got stronger with Ron Artest. The Eastern Conference finalist Orlando Magic, who eliminated Boston, picked up starting forwards Vince Carter and Matt Barnes. The Eastern semifinalist Cavaliers, Boston's opening...
In this article: Rasheed Wallace, Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce, NBA, Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis, Boston, and Shaquille O'Neal
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The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each.
The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their record, with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8. This leaves open the possibility that a #2 seed could be a non-division winner. Home-court advantage in a playoff series is decided by record, not by seeding, so if a #4 and #5 team met in a playoff series in which the #5 team had the better record, the #5 team would have home-court advantage.
The reasoning behind this seeding arrangement is due to the fact that a non-division winner could have a better record than the winners of the two divisions other than the non-division winning team in question. If the three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 for the playoffs in order of their record, and all non-division winners seeded 4 through 8, it would be possible for the two best teams of the conference to meet in the Conference Semifinals. This actually happened in the 2006 NBA Playoffs when the two best teams in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks, both from the Southwest Division, faced one another in the Western Conference Semifinals while the 3rd seed, the Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets, had fewer wins than the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th seeds. The NBA proposed and approved of the current format to ensure that the best two teams of a conference can meet no earlier than the Conference Finals.
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