These 7 teams are separated by 3.5 games with about 20 left.

At least one of em gonna be the odd team out.

Poll question: Who misses the playoffs in the West?

Poll result (15 votes) Blazers (0 votes) Vote Pels (0 votes) Vote Okc (2 votes) Vote Clips (9 votes) Vote Denver (3 votes) Vote Spurs/Twolves (1 votes) Vote

the difference between 3rd and 9th is one bad week.

between getting swept by GS/ROX or playing Portland in round 1 lol

http://www.playoffstatus.com/nba/westernstandings.html

no rhyme or reason whatsoever.

5 teams with a basically equal chance of finishing 5th. okc has better odds of missing the playoffs than finishing 3rd or 4th. portland with pretty even odds from 3rd thru 9th.

shit's wee todd edd.

without jimmy they're basically the same fucking lottery team they've been the last couple years.

KAT's alright but KAT's not real. good player but not at all an alpha.

Last night after we beat Phoenix, we sat at 6th. After Utah beat Minny, we moved to 5th. If we beat Portland tonight, we're 3rd. Shit is gonna be a heart attack every night.

Can everyone finally admit that maybe Westbrook is just a pain in the ass to play basketball with

the Thunder and you don't even have to wait for all that...because PG disagrees:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22205131/paul-george-says-russell-westbrook-all-star-game-support-makes-future-decision-easier
He's also having his best season of his career from three. He and Russ have developed great chemistry and play off each other really well.

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Clips and Jazz have fought through a lot of injuries this year, had great coaching, etc.

The Thunder are a loathsome lot of paper champions and the Pelicans are boring to watch.

I think.

And if we didn't let Boban the Giant fuck us up last Wednesday, I'd be saying it with even more swag.

We'll be fine. See you in 15 games.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and continue riding with my guys. We'll check back in later.

>Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and continue riding with my guys.

I know we didn’t shoot well but we got pretty much any look we wanted...and it’s not just us - as I said above, 2nd worst def rating & worst fga%.

they've still got away @ toronto, boston, spurs, pels, rockets and heat, and home ties with the clipps, miami, portland, denver and the champs.

that is some rough sledding.

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>they've still got away @ toronto, boston, spurs, pels,
>rockets and heat, and home ties with the clipps, miami,
>portland, denver and the champs.
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>that is some rough sledding.

And looking at that schedule, it's not evenly likely that Golden State, Houston, Toronto, or Boston are going to rest their players since they all are in play for top spots in their respective conferences.

To make matters somewhat worse, I wonder if Kawhi is going to return for the Spurs in time for that OKC match-up.

To make matters somewhat better for OKC, they would have to fall under .500 to completely miss the playoffs if my memory and math serves me right. I suppose that is possible if they lose the majority of the games you typed up, but I dunno if that's likely.

>To make matters somewhat better for OKC, they would have to
>fall under .500 to completely miss the playoffs if my memory
>and math serves me right. I suppose that is possible if they
>lose the majority of the games you typed up, but I dunno if
>that's likely.

8th seed in the west is going to need at least 46 wins, more likely 47. assuming the finale vs memphis is a gimme, they're going to need to pull another 5 or 6 wins from that 11, and that's just to qualify.

if i was a thunder or spurs fan i'd be at least a little worried right now.

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0) Utah: not listed but the team that most needs to not make it. fuck donovan and anyone trying to make the ridiculous ROY case. fuck rubio's perpetually overrated white wish fulfillment ass. fuck the "these guys are so scrappy!" narrative. fuck greasy quinn snyder. fuck orrin hatch.

1) OKC: fuck hero ball Russ, fuck washed up and sorry Melo, fuck the white entitlement poster children okc fans

2) Denver: fuck no D Jokic and all his fanboys

3) TWolves: fuck people lyin on some KAT over Embiid bullshit. fuck Andrew Wiggins' dumb ass. Triple fuck overrated, below average head coach Tom Thibodeau, but minus fucks given for all the players whose careers the Butcher is shortening.

4) Spurs: fuck their Trump supporting owner and all their "play the white way" national media fans. Emeritus fuck MVPau for being old and sorry.

5) Blazers: half hearted fuck Dame's pouty, scowling, "thanks for the motivation" schtick, but even I've warmed to him. fuck all the dudes who told me what a genius neil oshey was 2 years ago.

I really hate just about everything from Utah

I pick them to fail at all times..



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nice one, here. Corey Brewer has fit in marvelously!! High scorer for the team. Dude is always moving and the ball finds him. Been banging the corner 3. He's not Dre on defense, but he has been really good. 6 steals, himself, tonight. Russ with his 4th straight triple-double. Adams with 18pts, 14reb, 6 blocks and 3 steals. 17 steals for the team. Sitting in 4th place. At Toronto Sunday. #thunderup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVn6TQ8l6jQ

come on, Clips...get this W, tonight.

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fuck! With Portland losing, a win last night would have been even more helpful. Shit, Melo...lol
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2018_standings.html

Id like to see the Nuggets in but theyre so bad on the road, and fuck mike malone.

Man the way the Jazz and Blazers have played the last 3 months, imagine if they didnt have slow starts wed be looking at almost 4 60+ win teams

but it ain't happening.

7 of their 11 remaining games are on the road, and the 4 home games are all against playoff teams (mil, ind, min, pdx)

remaining opponent win % is 2nd highest in the L behind okc.

it's a wrap. the millsap injury killed them.

You know, the worst team in the league that was sporting a 19-game losing streak.

That we fuckin LOST to whilst starting off the most important stretch of our year.

So many bad losses, man. So many. And last year's stretch run went the exact same way.

Millsap or no, we're just some bullshit. After Malone gets fired, we'll find out how much of it is him.

Pels getting detonated...that's a good night. Got Portland coming into the 'Peake, tomorrow.

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most teams with 3 games left....shit

Denver knocked off the Wolves last night for a huge win. Pulled up to an 8th place tie.

RIGHT today:
#4 Utah...finish: @Lakers, vs. Warriors, @Blazers
#5 San Antonio...finish: vs. Blazers, vs. Kings, @Pelicans
#6 OKC...finish: @Rockets, @Heat, vs. Grizzlies
#7 New Orleans...finish: @Suns, @Warriors, @Clippers, vs. Spurs
#8 Minnesota...finish: @ Lakers, vs. Grizzlies, vs. Nuggets
#8 Denver...finish @Clippers, vs. Blazers, @Wolves

Looks like the easiest slate of remaining games to me.

You're probably still right, though.

And either the Spurs or Thunder get the fuck up outta here. Preferably the Spurs.

But assuming the Spurs miss, they'll win the lottery get DeAndre Ayton. Pop coaches for 10 more years. Kawhi says, "I was just playing." Pop invites DeAndre to the Virgin Islands to spend the summer with Tim and talk about basketball and life. They win 4 titles in the next 10 years.

Boom.

They're currently projected to pick around, what, 20?

GARY TRENT TIME BABY COME ON POP LET'S DO THIS

They'll probably pick too high to choose Grayson Allen-- I'll have to sit back and hope the Celtics or the Warriors take Allen for EXTREME COMEDY GOLD/MAD-MAKING SYNERGY.

We @ Houston, Portland @ San Antonio and New Orleans @ Golden state tonight. Goodness...an OKC win with Spurs/Pels losses would be fucking amazing.

great job by doc rivers. one wonders what is next for this franchise.

kinda feel bad for him. He was halfway out the door and they all basically forced him to stay, then he got left holding the bag.

I can remember. Beg the dude to stay after he is pretty much out the door, it works, then they break up the team. Oh well, at least he's rich.

welp...it's simple. Beat Miami or Memphis and you're in the playoffs, Thunder.

they host the Grizzlies, who are driving the tank and then host Denver, who has to play Portland, before them...and Minny holds the tie-breaker over Denver.

Denver is a much better team at home. I hope they pull it off.

even if Minny and Denver both split their last two, if Minny is the one that hands Denver the L...Denver is out.

I just think the protolanguage game being at home is going to help. I think they will beat Minny in the last game.

I'd like to see them in, too. I don't like Minnesota. Just saying they have a tough row to hoe.

id be fine with Minny if Jimmy were there,

but hey if Jimmmy were there they wouldnt be fighting for their lives

West W L
POR* (3) 48-32
UTA (4) 47-33
NOP (5) 46-34
SAS (6) 46-34
OKC (7) 46-34
MIN (8) 45-35
DEN (9) 45-35

Remaining games:
Por - @Nuggets, Jazz
Utah - Warriors, @Blazers
SAS - Kings, @Pelicans
OKC - @Heat, Griz
NOP - @Clippers, Spurs
Min - Griz, Nuggets
Den - Blazers, @Wolves

Portland, currently 3 could lose out as the Nuggets need to win to get in and the Jazz will be fighting to steal the 3rd seed (the f*cking JAZZ!)

Utah should be able to beat the Warriors tomorrow who I believe will be resting players to get right for the post season. That leaves them with winning vs the Blazers to get the 3 seed (and they lead the season series with Portland, 2-1).

Spurs 'should' handle the kings which will secure their playoff spot as they hold the tie breaker with Minny (split the season with Den, so second tie breaker would kick in...division record). But if they slip to the kings, they are in trouble. Pels need that last game to not end up on the outside as they lose the tiebreaker to Denver. They still might be looking at a 7 or 8 seed with the split though.

Pelicans should beat the Clippers but that's not a gimme game. And they HAVE to beat the spurs. It's in their best interest to win both games as 2 L's would place them squarely outside the playoffs.

The Thunder only win a tie breaker with the Jazz (they split with the spurs) but they literally lost the season series to everyone else. They literally have to win out to not miss the playoffs. A tie with anyone but Utah could mean lottery for them. Saving grace is Heat are only jockeying for position which isn't AS important as playing for a spot so they may not go as hard. Griz should be a cakewalk.

Wolves won the season series with everyone but the Spurs and tied with Utah. None of the teams above them can really slip or Minny moves up. If everyone above them does well except the spurs and minny slips, they are out (so, Spurs lose out, Minny Splits, Den wins out...Wolves miss the playoffs...IF everyone else splits).

Nuggets are unfortunately in the worst spot. Outside looking in, lost season series to the team closest to them and playing two squads who HAVE to win. Portland can lose homecourt and fall to #6 (but no lower) with 2 losses. Wolves will need the game to make it in, especially if they slip to the Griz, and will need it for good seeding.

Next 3 days will be awesomely nuts!

we win tonight or Wednesday and we're in. There's even a scenario where we could lose both and still get in...even crazier, there is a scenario where we could still get the 4th seed. But, yeah...we just need to win one of the last two.

Yeah you right. Didn't factor in that Minny/Den game means one of them can't get to 47 wins.

They lose both games though (46-36), Den split (46-36), Min split (46-36) and they out. They lose the tie breaker to both teams.

And yeah, there's a scenario where they can lose both and still make it (Den or Minny losing both games).

But anybody 5-9 could miss the playoffs. It's crazy.

on the line...fuck it, pack it in and call it a year.

win at home against Memphis Wednesday and be no worse than the 6 seed. 16 rebounds and Russ will average a triple double for the season...again.

Nuggets fighting for their playoff lives.

Dame gets the shot and foul on Murry and misses the free throw. Denver still up 3.

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loser's season is over...winner goes to the playoffs.

And if Utah beats GS tonight then Portland vs Utah for the 3 seed. Shit should be a good last day of the season.

At least that's what they said on the radio this morning.

shit is mind-boggling. There's still a way for us to get the 4th seed and home court, lol.
https://twitter.com/OMaroneyNBA/status/983770949798395904/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Ftimberwolves%2Fwolves-playoff-watch-viewing-guide-april-10-2018

It seems like the Warriors have very little chance of playing OKC in the opening round. I only saw two scenarios for that happening.

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a Utah win guarantees that neither Utah or OKC will be the 7th seed and will not meet GS in the 1st round.

if they beat portland, they host okc @ 3/6. if they lose you host them @ 4/5.

(that's assuming y'all beat memphis)

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I'm all in with O_E and Basa on Thibs and Wiggins.

IJS...at home, one game, winner goes to the 'offs, loser goes home.

If you can't get up for this and meet your potential, I dunno what to tell you.

Jimmy ain't 100% but he playing so he gotta be at around 85-90%. That's enough.

Den wins and I think Joker gets elevated even more to me.

And think, either of these teams could win the lotto this yr/get a top 3 pick. SMH

We needed some time to see him grow. Potential was/is there but what he does with it, how he develops is all him.

He hasn't become what he 'could' have become. Personally, I think his ego is bruised because he thought this was his team and they brought in 2 guys with more talent than him.

Personally though, I think if he worked as hard as Jimmy, he'd be better than him. I don't think Wiggins does.

either with us the 4 and they the 5, or us the 6 and they the 3. Obviously, home-court would be nice.

at least, after separating his shoulder last night against the Lakers. That suuuuuucks.

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Really wanted him in 2016, he's an All Star next year.