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Originally Posted by DSpivack
I'm not sure if it makes sense to calculate the magic # for a team who would not currently make the playoffs. You get weird numbers as you just cited: a magic # higher than the remaining games on the schedule.
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That makes sense though, right?
\puts on plastic rimmed glasses, takes out mechanical pencil and graph paper
If there are 20 games left and Team X is 5 games up on Team Y. In its simplest form: to win, Team Y would need to win out (20 games) and Team X would have to lose (at least) 6 games. So: games remaining plus games back (or minus games ahead) plus 1.