TIEBREAKER BASIS FOR TWO-WAY TIES: TIEBREAKER BASIS FOR MULTI-WAY TIES: Strength of Schedule: Looks at the opponents for your remaining games, their winning percentage on the road or at home, and ...

Those records were averaged out, and a projected final Eastern Conference standings were ... current version of the NBA’s ...

Consider that 70 percent of NBA champions were No. 1 seeds halfway through the season. Compare that to NFL and MLB champions, whose percentages are 47 and 40, respectively.