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The race to potentially avoid the Lakers...and general WC seeding talk

B.A.R.

B.A.R.

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LA Lakers

May 11New York Knicks 10:00 PM
May 12Houston Rockets 10:30 PM
May 15@ Indiana Pacers 12:00 AM
May 16@ New Orleans Pelicans 12:00 AM

Portland Trailblazers

May 12@ Utah Jazz 9:00 PM
May 13@ Phoenix Suns 10:00 PM
May 16Denver Nuggets 12:00 AM

Utah Jazz

May 12Portland Trail Blazers 9:00 PM
May 14@ Oklahoma City Thunder 8:00 PM
May 16@ Sacramento Kings 12:00 AM

Phoenix Suns

May 11@ Golden State Warriors 10:00 PM
May 13Portland Trail Blazers 10:00 PM
May 15@ San Antonio Spurs 12:00 AM
May 16@ San Antonio Spurs 12:00 AM

Dallas Mavericks

May 11@ Memphis Grizzlies 8:00 PM
May 12New Orleans Pelicans 9:00 PM
May 14Toronto Raptors 9:00 PM
May 16@ Minnesota Timberwolves 12:00 AM




Current standings:


1. Utah 50-19
2. Phoenix 48-20
3. LA Clippers 45-23
4. Denver 44-24
5. Dallas 40-28
6. Portland 40-29
7. LA Lakers 38-30
8. Golden State 36-33




Here are our narratives...

The Lakers obviously want no part of a play-in..

No wants a part of a play-in, but a team that had a lot of injuries just might get stuck in it...

No one, as a higher seed, wants to potentially face the Lakers as a 7 seed...

Yes, I am assuming if the finish at #7 that they win the play-in...


Looking at the top, Phoenix and Utah obviously want that #1 seed. Phoenix holds the tiebreaker. This is two-fold right now because you might miss the Lakers in Rd1 and also would most likely not see the Clippers till round the Western Conference Finals.

So, I want to use this as a capping tool as we hit these last few games... so lets get a solid discussion going here...

Portland is going to have a HUGE say in how all of this shakes out.
 
Suns ain't catching Utah I don't believe although GSW helped them last night for sure
 
KJ said:
Suns ain't catching Utah I don't believe although GSW helped them last night for sure
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Well, they need to win their games and get one Utah loss..

That clinches the #1 seed unless I'm missing something.
 
League doesn’t mind Lakers launching the new play in format and winning their game and moving on as the 2 and then getting a Suns team they’re confident against.
 
Book prolly happy to end up on the Lake/Clip side of the bracket for all that extra Kendall ass during the playoffs anyway
 
That Suns 4th quarter collapse all but clinches things for Utah as #1 seed.

Unless we see something wild happen losing to bad teams...
 
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