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NBA Playoffs: High tension is still guaranteed in the West

Tension is guaranteed in the west: the defeat of the Trail Blazers helps the Mavs and the Lakers. The Grizzlies draw level with the Warriors. The Kings, however, are eliminated. SPOX has an overview of the race for the playoff places.

A total of ten teams are sure to participate in the playoff. The duel for fourth place in the east between Atlanta, Miami and New York is particularly interesting. All three teams could win their games on Friday night. Miami surprisingly even beat the Philadelphia favorite.

So it goes in lockstep in the decisive final games, with the Hawks with 40 wins just ahead of the two competitors. In the west, Portland’s narrow defeat helped the Dallas Mavericks battle for fifth place. The Lakers should also breathe a sigh of relief.

Eastern Conference: These playoff teams have been determined

Rang Team Siege Defeats
1 Philadelphia 76ers 47 23
2 Brooklyn Nets 46 24
3 Milwaukee Bucks 45 25
4 Atlanta Hawks 40 31
5 Miami Heat 39 31
6 New York Knicks 39 31

Play-in tournament: Boston safely lands in 7th place

Behind the top 6, it remains exciting. Due to the defeats of the Hornets and the Pacers, the Celtics now land safely in 7th place, while Indiana and Charlotte are in a close race for 8th place.

After the Bulls beat the Raptors, 10th place is still within reach for Chicago – if the Wizards lose their two remaining games.

Eastern Conference: The race for the play-in tournament

Rang Team Siege Defeats
7 Boston Celtics 35 35
8 Charlotte Hornets 33 37
9 Indiana Pacers 33 37
10 Washington Wizards 32 38
11 Chicago Bulls 30 40

bold = play-in participation is guaranteed

As a reminder: this is how the play-in tournament works!

Play-in in the east according to today’s status:

  • Game 1: (7) Boston vs. (8) Charlotte – the winner goes into the playoffs as a 7-seed
  • Game 2: (9) Indiana vs. (10) Washington – the winner remains in the play-in tournament, the loser is eliminated
  • Game 3: Loser from Boston / Charlotte vs. winner from Indiana / Washington – the winner goes into the playoffs as an 8-seed

Das Playoff-Picture in der Western Conference

The hoped-for help for the Lakers and Mavs came from the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. In a crime thriller, the Trail Blazers lost to the Suns and that in turn enables the Lakers to draw level on their own if you win all the games. But after the Blazers have the tiebreaker over LA, Portland would have to lose one more game for the Lakers to avoid the play-in.

Portland’s defeat also helps the Mavs: Dallas initially gets some air between themselves and rank 6 – currently there would be a clash with the Denver Nuggets around Nikola Jokic.

Western Conference: These playoff teams have been determined

Rang Team Siege Defeats
1 Utah Jazz 50 20
2 Phoenix Suns 49 21
3 L.A. Clippers 47 23
4 Denver Nuggets 46 24

Play-in tournament: The Kings fall out, Spurs are sure to be there

Over the past few days, the Golden State Warriors (currently 8th place) have turned out to be the favorite scare after victories over the Jazz and Suns. “We were the hunted for years. Now we’re hunting again,” said Draymond Green, satisfied afterwards. And now the question arises as to which of them is hunted and how. After the victory of the Grizzlies on Friday night, Memphis is level with the Warriors, and nothing is possible upwards. Spicy: Memphis and Golden State have to face each other again on the last day of the game, there they could still swap places.

Eliminated in the fight for the playoffs are the Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings, who suffered a narrow defeat against those Grizzlies. “I would be lying if I said that it feels like any other defeat,” said top scorer Justin James after he had braced himself against the defeat with 31 points. “It’s a shame for us, a shame for our city, but we will make it in the future.”

As a consequence of this, the San Antonio Spurs are certainly represented as 10th place in the West in the play-in tournament despite their defeat against the Knicks.

Western Conference: The race for the play-in tournament

Rang Team Siege Defeats
5 Portland Trail Blazers 41 30
6 Dallas Mavericks 41 29
7 Los angeles lakers 40 30
8 Golden State Warriors 37 33
9 Memphis Grizzlies 37 33
10 San antonio spurs 33 37

bold = play-in participation is guaranteed

Play-in in the west as it stands today:

  • Game 1: (7) Los Angeles vs. (8) Golden State – the winner goes into the playoffs as a 7-seed
  • Game 2: (9) Memphis vs. (10) San Antonio – the winner remains in the play-in tournament, the loser is eliminated
  • Game 3: Los Angeles / Golden State losers vs. Memphis / San Antonio winners – the winner enters the playoffs as an 8-seed

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