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The Golden State Warriors scored possibly their greatest regular-season win for the reason that Mark Jackson period by defeating the Dallas Mavericks — on the street! — on Wednesday, sustaining their maintain on the West’s No. 6 seed and sealing the tiebreaker over Dallas.
Golden State holds a one-loss lead over the No. 7 Timberwolves, who beat Atlanta in Karl-Anthony Towns’ return. The Warriors and Wolves nonetheless have one matchup left.
Also, the Lakers jumped again into the play-in image with a win over Phoenix, which now holds only a one-loss lead over the No. 5 Clippers with one head-to-head matchup remaining.
Below is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Western Conference playoff and play-in races getting into play on Thursday. This put up will replace every 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 recreation will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 recreation for the No. 8 seed.
READ: Eastern Conference playoff image
NOTE: Our SportsLine mannequin, developed by predictive knowledge engineer Stephen Oh, simulates the complete season 10,000 instances to provide 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: 2Current first-round matchup: vs. Timberwolves-Thunder play-in winnerTiebreaker vs. Denver: Nuggets have clinchedTiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Kings at present personal by way of convention fileTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Grizzlies personal by way of division chiefProjected seed: 3Current first-round matchup: vs. WarriorsTiebreaker vs. Denver: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Memphis: Kings at present personal by way of convention win share Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to play
4. Phoenix Suns (38-34)
Projected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. ClippersTiebreaker vs. Memphis: Grizzlies personal by way of 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 present personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Clippers: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
5. Los Angeles Clippers (38-35)
Projected seed: 5Current first-round matchup: at SunsTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Clippers lead by way of division win shareTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Mavericks at present personal by way of convention fileTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 1-0 with two to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz clinchedTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Clippers clinched
6. Golden State Warriors (38-36)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at KingsTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns have clinched Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: Warriors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers lead by way of division win shareTiebreaker vs. Thunder: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Lakers clinchedTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Warriors clinched
Play-In Tournament
7. Minnesota Timberwolves (36-37)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: vs. Thunder (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 present personal by way of division fileTiebreaker vs. Lakers: Wolves clinchedProjected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: at Timberwolves (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Warriors: Golden State leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Dallas: OKC clinchedTiebreaker 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
9. Dallas Mavericks (36-37)
Projected seed: 7Current first-round matchup: vs. Lakers (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Oklahoma City: OKC clinchedTiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns owns by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Dallas at present owns by way of convention fileTiebreaker 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
11. Los Angeles Lakers (36-37)
Projected seed: 8Current first-round matchup: at Mavericks (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Warriors: Lakers 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 present personal by way of convention win share
Outside Looking In
11. Utah Jazz (35-37)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Jazz clinchedTiebreaker 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 (35-37)
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 present personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans clinchedTiebreaker vs. OKC: Thunder clinched
