Simply put, if Boston and Atlanta finish the season with identical records, the Celtics will receive the higher seed (most likely the No. 3) even though they lost all four regular-season games to the Hawks. That is because they will be champions of a division (the NBA's Hindenburg) while the Hawks will not, losing out to Orlando. 当本季结束时，若波士顿跟亚特兰大有相同战绩，塞尔提克会得到比较高的顺位(最有可 能是第三顺位)，即使他们输掉季赛对老鹰的四场比赛，这是因为他们是分区龙头(这是 NBA的隐藏谬误)而老鹰不是，老鹰在分区竞争是输给魔术的 "I don't understand that at all," said ESPN analyst Jon Barry. "Why wouldn't head-to-head be No. 1? There's no fairer barometer than head-to-head. It doesn't seem right. I'm shocked. The Celtics are in a terrible division, which they're going to win. But realistically, what does a division title mean anyway?" “我完全搞不懂”ESPN分析师说 “为什麽不看对战结果，没有比这个更公平的，这不对 劲，我十分惊讶，塞尔提克分在很烂的一组，这让他们可以获胜，真的，分区龙头代表什 麽吗” Here's what it means: a better seed, with possibly huge implications in the playoffs. Should the Hawks and Celtics finish with the same record behind Cleveland (duh!) and Orlando (all but a lock), then the Celtics would get the third seed and Atlanta the fourth seed. Not only does that give Boston a (theoretically) easier opponent in the first round -- say Miami or Charlotte instead of Milwaukee -- it also takes the Celtics out of the Cavaliers' bracket until the conference finals. So should the Celtics and Hawks both prevail in their first-round series, the Hawks would then draw the Cavs in the second round. The Celtics would be in line to meet the Magic, assuming everything goes according to Hoyle. 分区龙头代表的就是更好的顺位，这对季後赛可能会造成极大的影响，老鹰跟超赛的战绩 一样，就在骑士跟魔术後面，然後超赛会拿到第三顺位，老鹰则是第四顺位，这样不仅给 了塞尔提克第一轮较轻松的对手，有可能是热火、山猫或是公鹿，这也让塞尔提克到东区 决赛为止都不必遇到骑士，当超赛跟老鹰都晋级第一轮，老鹰遇到第二轮的对手是骑士， 超赛则是对上魔术，假设一切都跟Hoyle说的一样 --

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