no. cause if they end up 9-6-1 and another team ends up 9-7 they'll get in the playoffs over them. If they would have lost that game, they would both by 9-7 and would have had to go to the tiebreakers and may not get in the playoffs.
the tie is just as ofiba said, worse than a win but better than a loss. it sounded good though, murra.