2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup quotient cheatsheet

Screw the NBA. We all know that's fixed, so let's watch the PBA, where not fixed happens!
Heck you went here for the quotients so here's the dirt, these aren't really quotients, but differentials. But the end-result is the same as long as you're using the same subset of data, in this case, scores among the tied teams. It gets different if it's overall quotients, and say, two teams have the same differentials but may have different quotients. That scenario doesn't happen here.

First, the tie for #7 is resolved as follows:

#  Team  W  L   PF   PA   PD
7. BBE   6  8  212  177  +35
8. ROS   6  8  177  212  -35

Aside from that, there are a few more things certain whatever the results of Sunday's games: Talk 'N Text and B-Meg are the top 2 teams, Alaska is #9, and Shopinas.com's Franz Pumaren became the PBA's Lawrence Frank... only that it's the other way around. Or is he???

Games on Sunday:
Rain or Shine vs Alaska
Talk 'N Text vs Barangay Ginebra

There are four results from those two games, so let's cover all bases. First, the most probable thing that'll happen: Rain or Shine and Talk 'N Text both win:
That means Talk 'N Text will have 11 wins and be #1. No need for quotients there. Meanwhile, a ROS win will tie them with Petron, while Ginebra goes down to a tie with Meralco. The tiebreaking situation would be:

#  Team  W  L   PF   PA   PD
3. PBB   9  5   90   80  +10
4. ROS   9  5   80   90  -10

5. MER   8  6   94   93   +1
6. BGK   8  6   93   94   -1

Hence the playoff bracket will be:
(1) TNT vs. (8) POW
(4) ROS vs. (5) MER
(2) BMEG vs. (7) BBE
(3) PBB vs. (6) BGK

Now, on the second most probable result: Rain or Shine and Ginebra both win:
That means TNT and BMEG will be tied for #1, and there'll be a three-way tie for #3.

#  Team  W  L   PF   PA   PD
1. BMEG 10  4  208  200   +8
2. TNT  10  4  200  208   -8

3. PBB   9  5  179  171   +8
4. BGK   9  5  184  183   +1
5. ROS   9  5  174  183   -9

Hence the playoff bracket will be:
(1) BMEG vs. (8) POW
(4) BGK vs. (5) ROS
(2) TNT vs. (7) BBE
(3) PBB vs. (6) MER

On my second least probable result, in which Alaska and Talk 'N Text both win:
TNT will be #1, BMEG will be #2, PBB will be #3, and there'll be a triple tie for #4:

#  Team  W  L   PF   PA   PD
4. ROS   8  6  321  273  +48
5. BGK   8  6  262  257   +5
6. MER   8  6  343  396  -53

Hence the playoff bracket will be:
(1) TNT vs. (8) POW
(4) ROS vs. (5) BGK
(2) BMEG vs. (7) BBE
(3) PBB vs. (6) MER

On my least probable result, where Alaska and Ginebra both win:
BMEG will be the #1 seed and TNT will be #2.

#  Team  W  L   PF   PA   PD
1. BMEG 10  4  208  200   +8
2. TNT  10  4  200  208   -8

3. BGK   9  5   91   89   +2
4. PBB   9  5   89   89   -2

5. ROS   8  6  228  179  +49
6. MER   8  6  179  228  -49

Hence the playoff bracket will be:
(1) BMEG vs. (8) POW
(4) PBB vs. (5) ROS
(2) TNT vs. (7) BBE
(3) BGK vs. (6) MER

It's also interesting that this conference had emerged to be one of the most open in years. If TNT loses on Sunday, the #1 team is just two games ahead of the #6 team. In conferences where teams had played 10 games or more in the elimination round, the last time the #6 team was 2 games behind the #1 team was in... eh like never?

And to make everyone happy, here are pics of Sasha Grey reading to kids at your nearest elementary school!

"Kids, this is my 'O' face. Go ask your dad what means!"

Note: Previous versions of this post was as bad as an ABS-CBN report stating Arroyo rode an ambulance en route to VMMC instead of a coaster.