After the 2025 Playoff field was finalized, I wrote a follow-up post highlighting how SRS can differ from win-loss record. The 37-45 Miami Heat made the 2025 Playoffs (and were unsurprisingly sent home quickly). One would think a 37-45 team would have qualified for my worst playoff team survey... but the Heat actually had a positive SRS and Net Rating. Go figure. I examined whether they had the worst record of a positive SRS/Net playoff team (spoiler: they did).
https://thenewleafjournal.com/best-nba-playoff-teams-with-losing-records/
N.A. Ferrell /
npub1qz…sn8zk
2025-04-30 17:53:35
in reply to nevent1q…kg59
Author Public Key
npub1qz08as93v7sznfu26qp420095vncj97433n94vj3nul3chkcvszqdsn8zkPublished at
2025-04-30 17:53:35Event JSON
{
"id": "bc748f9a803bf6d55c78ed12f7ee415fe6f930121ec6433bd2f4fee7b3a1587b",
"pubkey": "009e7ec0b167a029a78ad003553de5a3278917d58c665ab2519f3f1c5ed86404",
"created_at": 1746035615,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"13bd671c7faa14b4a1f7891341a450d1a015969ee6f78119fea56d6572cab3d1",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub",
"reply"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://linuxrocks.online/users/nafnlj/statuses/114428190105341211",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub"
]
],
"content": "After the 2025 Playoff field was finalized, I wrote a follow-up post highlighting how SRS can differ from win-loss record. The 37-45 Miami Heat made the 2025 Playoffs (and were unsurprisingly sent home quickly). One would think a 37-45 team would have qualified for my worst playoff team survey... but the Heat actually had a positive SRS and Net Rating. Go figure. I examined whether they had the worst record of a positive SRS/Net playoff team (spoiler: they did).\n\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/best-nba-playoff-teams-with-losing-records/",
"sig": "02f6457912bf53a86097ed0c18ad0d97e01bd7904b2f5f59631adf686fc2a44d338e361be9a90c73fb26c208e432a0005bf0f2dfa028e4b80cba6c20c8ee50f4"
}