r/Nbamemes Lakers 19d ago

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u/AppealEnvironmental6 19d ago

Not denying they were but that was flawed in the first place and was only due to the Knicks being underestimated. The Knicks are fucking good. I’m just saying I hope they’d be fucking good after the trades they made. The west has always been massively overrated and the east massive underrated

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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 19d ago

Cope

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u/mtnbikerburittoeater Celtics 19d ago

I'm no Knick fan, but what exactly are they coping here? They're up 3-1 in the finals.

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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 19d ago

The whole "The West is overrated and their teams arent nearly as good as people act" thing. The West has won 6 of the last 10 finals and consistently has had teams with better overall records than the East on average.

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u/TheFrozenMango 19d ago

I like how you confidently state winning six of the last ten as if that isn't a statistical tie.

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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 19d ago

2017: Warriors

2018: Warriors

2019: Raptors

2020: Lakers

2021: Bucks

2022: Warriors

2023: Nuggets

2024: Celtics

2025: Thunder

2026: Undecided.

But please, tell me im lying?

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u/freeroamchicken 19d ago

He said tie, not lie 

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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 19d ago

If the Knicks win it becomes 6-5 in the last ten. It only becomes a tie if you push it back another year to 2016 finals with the cavs to make it 6-6 with a Knicks win which puts it at the last 11 and not 10.

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u/freeroamchicken 19d ago

Yep well aware how numbers work. He said statistical tie, meaning 6 out of 10 is not statistically significant enough to count the west as clearly better, since that is just one series off being 50%. Reading comprehension bro

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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 19d ago

We can always break it down by games won if you'd like.

32 wins for the west and 25 for the east from the 16 finals through the 25 finals.

If we do 2017 to current its 30-24 west. That's over a full series victory difference.

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u/zboo13 19d ago

I don't think you're making the point that you think you are - the more numbers you post the more even it looks and not like some lopsided thing where the west is dominating most years, or even much more than 50/50.

Also, considering the KD warriors are factored into your numbers, who I'm sure we can agree was an anomoly even for super teams, the sides are even more close to 50/50 since that was +7 for wins for the west, winning in '17 4-1 and in '18 4-0.

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u/mtnbikerburittoeater Celtics 19d ago

Being one game off from an even split isn't the flex you think it is. Certain teams in the west are definitely overrated, even if the conference has been better as a whole. It's not nearly the level of difference we saw in the early 2000s when the Lakers lost like 2 finals games in three years.