Week 18 Recap: Wangs Clinch

****Reminder: The Trade Deadline is SUNDAY***

The Wangs have unofficially clinched the regular season championship and earned the 1 seed for the playoffs. If you disagree, consider this: The Wangs are almost as close to second place (21.5 games) as the OzzieGuillens are to the playoffs (24.5 games). Congrats to the Wangs for kicking my ass and essentially clinching the title.

The rest of the playoff picture is a six team race for 3 spots with the OzzieGuillens playing spoiler. This week, the South Side Hit Men's playoff hopes took a major blow. The Hitmen beat the OzzieGuillens by the slimmest of margins and now face a tough road to the playoffs. Since the six teams in the middle of the league are all so close, the remaining schedule comes down to 1) Do you still HAVE to play the Wangs? 2) Do you still GET to play the Guillens? Two teams are done with the Wangs and still get to play the Guillens- L-Trains and Dynasty. They face the easiest road to the playoffs. The Hitmen and the Giant Killers have already played the Guillens for the last time, but still have to play the Wangs. They face the toughest road. The Fellows and Trolley Dodgers have matchups remaining with both teams.

The Week 18 Awards are as follows:
Best Team: The Rise of Wang
Trolley Dodger Award: The Dynasty (first of the season)

Here's what you deserved:

Team	W	L	T
Wang	9	3	0
Fellows	7	4	1
Hitmen	6	5	1
L-Trains	5	5	2
GKs	5	6	1
Dynasty	4	6	2
TDs	4	7	1
Ozzie	4	7	1

Here are the updated standings:

	Phil Hellmuth Standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB
Wang	108	89	19	.544	0
Dynasty	108	90	18	.542	0.5
GKs	105	92	19	.530	3
L-Trains	101	96	19	.512	7
Hitmen	97	102	17	.488	12
Fellows	93	102	21	.479	14
TDs	93	102	21	.479	14
Ozzie	82	114	20	.426	25.5

	Matchup
Team	W	L	T	PCT
GKs	70	47	9	.591
Wang	66	48	12	.571
L-Trains	62	50	14	.548
Dynasty	63	56	7	.528
Hitmen	56	62	8	.476
Fellows	54	61	11	.472
TDs	52	60	14	.468
Ozzie	38	77	11	.345