Minnesota Sports Forum

monsterpile wrote:

Phenom's_Revenge wrote:Interesting development. With Mavericks win over the Lakers, the Mavs are just a game behind the Warriors for 3rd place and the Lakers are now in a tie for 10th with San Antonio.

Looks like the Spurs have the tiebreakers so if they remain tied at the end of the season The Spurs would be in and the Lakers out.

Lakers have a super tough schedule down the stretch

Wolves win tonight guarantees 2 home play in chances.

Well that was a downer. Still a win or Clipper loss away from dropping the Clippers from the klunk o meter.

Golden State now has a spot though, pending tonight's outcome.

Clippers lose to the Bulls. Wolves have guaranteed a home game in the play in, likely against those Clippers.

The margin for error for every team is razor thin. Seed 3 thru 7 could be completely flipped and shaken by the end. If the Lakers want to get in they will simultaneously help the Wolves cause.

Jazz with another loss. They might just be the Wolves ticket out of the play in. Wolves need to win out and see what happens.

If Dallas loses out and Wolves win out they will finish tied in the standings. A 2 way tie goes to Dallas with a better conference record. But if it becomes a 3 way tie between Dallas, Denver, and Minnesota it appears the Wolves will win with the best head-to-head-to-head record.

The Wolves went 5-3 in total
Mavs were 4-3 since they only played Denver 3 times
Nuggets are then 2-5 in those games.

Surely will be rendered moot soon.

Nuggets just beat a LBJ less Lakers team. Wolves will still need to win out and the nuggets to 1-2 down the stretch

kekgeek1 wrote:Nuggets just beat a LBJ less Lakers team. Wolves will still need to win out and the nuggets to 1-2 down the stretch

At this point I'm almost more scoreboard watching to see if the Lakers don't make the playoffs than the Wolves to get the 6th seed...

So it's down to Wolves and Nuggets. 6 or 7. Time to start game-planning for the Clippers.