Standings Watch: Race To The Playoffs

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  1. ElginTheGreat

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    I kind of feel like LeBron is back for the last 3 games or so especially if the play in game is still up in the air. No medical knowledge whatsoever in that, just based off his posts and comments of players.

    If he isn’t then I don’t know that he is going to make it back this season.

    Also, I don’t think this is an easy task. But I do think that if this team shows up it can get it done here.

    We will definitely see.
     
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    Today’s games : Twolves vs Knicks

    Warriors vs Rockets
    Mavs vs Grizzlies
    Kings vs Jazz
     
    DeeZee, Mar 20, 2023
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    The Rock, Mar 20, 2023
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    this is a year in which the play-in makes a lot of sense. other times, less so.
     
    abeer3, Mar 20, 2023
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    We'd be 6th right now if we didn't choke that Mavs game..
     
    NickthaQuick, Mar 20, 2023
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    Not looking good tonight. TWolves about to beat the Knicks. Warriors are going to beat the Rockets. Mavericks are up double digits in Memphis and the Jazz are blowing out the Kings. Suns game on Wednesday is another must win.
     
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    Mavs lost their lead and might lose it now. They are down by 5 with 17 seconds to go, so they are probably done.
     
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    Sacramento might come back against Utah. Still 2 quarters to play. They were down by 20+, now only by 14.
     
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    The ebbs and flows of the regular season. Worked his a** to beat us and now out for the season probably
     
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    Jazz win, Warriors win, Wolves win, nobody is going to help us, we have to stop choking games. If we didn’t lose to the Rockets and Mavs we’d be out of the play-in spots for the night.

     
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    The way these past two years have gone, THT and Westbrook are going to put a dagger in our play-in aspirations in that upcoming back-to-back aren’t they?

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    Unbelievable what Utah is doing

    After a great season, they traded Conley for nothing, sat Clarkson for the season and continue to win games. Goddamn

    We deserve this, lost games we couldn't lose. Have to make up for it
     
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    Took a look at the others teams schedules and it doesn't look good at all for us .

    I think we won't make the play-in if we don't get to 42 wins as the tiebreakers are not in our advantage at all.
     
    wcsoldier81, Mar 21, 2023
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    yeah, we're not getting to 42 wins, and i have no idea what utah is doing. i was counting on them to fall out of the play-in, and their b team just smacked the kings.

    i think we'll finish tied with dallas and NO at 40 wins. i think okc gets to 42 and minny and utah end up with 41. would be a pretty bad scenario if that plays out, because it's quite possible NO gets the tiebreaker in that situation, so it's a double whammy.
     
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    Sigh… just be better than the Pelicans or not win the lottery
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Mar 21, 2023
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    Last night was tough, only the Mavs played along.



    Can we get some of the healing waters these other teams have on standby


    That said, Wolves still have a rough schedule, even with them back it's uphill sledding.
     
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    Current
    Warriors 37-36
    Mavs 36-36
    Wolves 36-37
    Thunder 35-36
    Jazz 35-36
    Lakers 35-37
    Pelicans 34-37

    538 projections: 3/21
    Pelicans > Spurs
    Clippers > Thunder


    538 projections: 3/22
    Mavs > Warriors
    Wolves > Hawks
    Jazz > Blazers
    Lakers > Suns

    Projected standings at that point:
    Mavs 37-36
    Warriors 37-37
    Wolves 37-37
    Jazz 36-36
    Lakers 36-37
    Thunder 35-37
    Pelicans 35-37

    Getting tight - can't drop many more games.
     
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    No, we really can't afford to drop many more games. We do have an easier schedule than most of these teams, but the most important games are those in which we face them (like the OKC game this week, for example). We'd be able to make up a lot of ground if we could win those crucial games. OKC, Wolves, Jazz (twice) all coming up pretty soon. At least AD is going to be available for the next b2b game, that's encouraging. I think most of those sites that are heavily into analytics have us with around 74% chance to make the play-ins, but - as we know full well - injuries happen, and that % could easily go up or down if an important player on any of those teams just sprains their ankle and is out for 2 weeks.
     
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    can't see us beating the Suns if we play like how we've been playing.
     
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