The NBA Western Conference standings are set 👀 What matchup are you most looking forward to?
The Suns are sitting Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton and Cameron Payne. The Trail Blazers need to lose to maintain their draft lottery position. The Jazz played Saturday and have little incentive to win too. The likeliest scenario is that the Clippers, Warriors and Lakers all win and maintain their position in the standings with the winner of Pelicans-Timberwolves earning the No. 8 seed and the loser dropping to No. 9. .
Golden State will avoid the Play-In with a win over Portland and will get the No. 6 seed in such a scenario unless the Clippers lose. If the Warriors slip up, they could fall to the No. 8 seed if the Pelicans and Lakers win. The three teams would have the same record, but three-way tiebreaker scenarios would put the Lakers sixth, Pelicans seventh and Warriors eighth.
The Lakers cannot get to No. 5 because they lost the tiebreaker to the Clippers, but they can earn the No. 6 seed and avoid the Play-In if they beat the Jazz and the Warriors lose to the Blazers, no matter what happens in Pelicans-Timberwolves. New Orleans' only path to a top-six seed involves the Clippers losing. Minnesota will be ninth with a loss, eighth with a win plus a Lakers victory or seventh with a win and a Lakers defeat.
Again, the likeliest scenario is that the Clippers, Warriors and Lakers all win. In that case, the postseason matchups are as follows:7. Lakers vs. 8. Pelicans/Timberwolves, winner vs. 2. GrizzliesBut just because that's the safe bet doesn't mean it will happen.
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