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The Los Angeles Lakers blew a four-point lead with 7.2 seconds to play to take a bitter loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday. With the win, mixed with Golden State’s loss to Atlanta, Dallas strikes into the No. 6 seed whereas the Lakers fall to No. 10, tied within the loss column with the No. 12 Pelicans.
The Warriors, who’ve now misplaced 10 straight street video games, fall into the play-in at No. 7.
Below is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Western Conference playoff and play-in races getting into play on Saturday. This put up will replace day by day all through the rest of the common season or till all seeds are clinched.
Reminder on how the play-in event works: No. 7 performs No. 8 and No. 9 performs No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 sport will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 sport for the No. 8 seed.
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NOTE: Our SportsLine mannequin, developed by predictive information engineer Stephen Oh, simulates all the season 10,000 occasions to supply essentially the most unbiased and exact projections possible.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Projected seed: 1Current first-round matchup: TBDTiebreaker vs. Memphis: Nuggets have clinchedTiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Season collection tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Nuggets lead season collection 2-0 with two to playProjected seed: 3Current first-round matchup: Winner of Warriors-Timberwolves play-inTiebreaker vs. Denver: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Memphis: Kings at the moment personal through convention win share Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to playProjected seed: 2Current first-round matchup: vs. MavericksTiebreaker vs. Denver: Nuggets have clinchedTiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Kings at the moment personal through convention reportTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Grizzlies personal through division chief
4. Phoenix Suns (38-32)
Projected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. ClippersTiebreaker vs. Memphis: Grizzlies personal through division chiefTiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Phoenix leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Suns have clinched Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: Suns at the moment personal through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Clippers: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
5. Los Angeles Clippers (37-33)
Projected seed: 5Current first-round matchup: at SunsTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Clippers lead through division win shareTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Mavericks at the moment personal through convention reportTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 1-0 with two to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz clinchedTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Clippers clinched
6. Dallas Mavericks (36-35)
Projected seed: 7Current first-round matchup: at GrizzliesTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns owns through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Dallas at the moment owns through convention reportTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Dallas leads 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Dallas leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Mavericks clinched
Play-In Tournament
7. Golden State Warriors (36-35)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: vs. Timberwolves (Play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns have clinched Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers lead through division win shareTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Warriors clinched
7. Minnesota Timberwolves (35-36)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: at Warriors (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: Wolves clinched Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Wolves clinchedTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Wolves at the moment personal through division reportTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Wolves clinchedProjected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: vs. Lakers (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: OKC leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Portland: OKC clinched
10. Los Angeles Lakers (34-37)
Projected seed: 8Current first-round matchup: at Thunder (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinchedTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Lakers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz lead 2-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. OKC: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Portland: Blazers at the moment personal through convention win share
Outside Looking In
11. Utah Jazz (33-36)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Jazz Clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Jazz lead 2-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. OKC: Thunder lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Portland: Blazers lead 2-1 with one to play
12. New Orleans Pelicans (33-37)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Pelicans lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: Mavericks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Lakers clinchedTiebreaker vs. OKC: Pelicans clinchedTiebreaker vs. Portland: Pelicans clinchedProjected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Utah: Blazers lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Blazers at the moment personal through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans clinchedTiebreaker vs. OKC: Thunder clinched