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. 當本季結束時，若波士頓跟亞特蘭大有相同戰績，塞爾提克會得到比較高的順位(最有可 能是第三順位)，即使他們輸掉季賽對老鷹的四場比賽，這是因為他們是分區龍頭(這是 NBA的隱藏謬誤)而老鷹不是，老鷹在分區競爭是輸給魔術的 "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分析師說 “為什麼不看對戰結果，沒有比這個更公平的，這不對 勁，我十分驚訝，塞爾提克分在很爛的一組，這讓他們可以獲勝，真的，分區龍頭代表什 麼嗎” 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. 分區龍頭代表的就是更好的順位，這對季後賽可能會造成極大的影響，老鷹跟超賽的戰績 一樣，就在騎士跟魔術後面，然後超賽會拿到第三順位，老鷹則是第四順位，這樣不僅給 了塞爾提克第一輪較輕鬆的對手，有可能是熱火、山貓或是公鹿，這也讓塞爾提克到東區 決賽為止都不必遇到騎士，當超賽跟老鷹都晉級第一輪，老鷹遇到第二輪的對手是騎士， 超賽則是對上魔術，假設一切都跟Hoyle說的一樣 --

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