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AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2026 10:20 am I count 6 win em or you're not serious games left for the wolves, and 8 for the Lakers.

If LA gets to 52 they're completely out of reach, but 51 might be enough given the tie breakers.

Houston has.... 9 of those games yikes. Plus, for the wolves to leap both teams they likely need the Rockets to sweep the Lakers, but sweep the Rockets themselves.

The Timberwolves have done themselves zero favors with the cluckers they've had

60WinTim wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:27 pm I'm confident FNG did not have a Rockets loss at the Bulls on his Bingo card...

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Top Teams:		Cavaliers,Celtics,Knicks,Lakers,Nuggets,Pistons,Rockets,Spurs,Suns,Thunder,Timberwolves					
							
Bottom Teams:		Bucks,Bulls,Grizzlies,Jazz,Kings,Mavericks,Nets,Pacers,Pelicans,Wizards					
							
		                               					
Projections:							
	Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Klunks	Anti-Ks	Net-Ks *
	1.	Thunder	64	18	0	1	-1
	2.	Spurs	63	19	1	1	0
	3.	Lakers	55	27	2	2	0
	4.	Rockets	52	30	5	0	5
	5.	Nuggets	52	30	5	1	4
	6.	Wolves	52	30	4	2	2
	7.	Suns	48	34	5	0	5
							
* Klunkers / Anti-Klunkers since the All-Star Break ("-" is anti-klunkers)							

FNG wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:22 am

60WinTim wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:27 pm I'm confident FNG did not have a Rockets loss at the Bulls on his Bingo card...

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Top Teams:		Cavaliers,Celtics,Knicks,Lakers,Nuggets,Pistons,Rockets,Spurs,Suns,Thunder,Timberwolves					
							
Bottom Teams:		Bucks,Bulls,Grizzlies,Jazz,Kings,Mavericks,Nets,Pacers,Pelicans,Wizards					
							
		                               					
Projections:							
	Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Klunks	Anti-Ks	Net-Ks *
	1.	Thunder	64	18	0	1	-1
	2.	Spurs	63	19	1	1	0
	3.	Lakers	55	27	2	2	0
	4.	Rockets	52	30	5	0	5
	5.	Nuggets	52	30	5	1	4
	6.	Wolves	52	30	4	2	2
	7.	Suns	48	34	5	0	5
							
* Klunkers / Anti-Klunkers since the All-Star Break ("-" is anti-klunkers)							

You're correct, Tim...that was a klunker for Houston. And it follows the 2 klunkers they had against the Lakers last week. They are really struggling now, and it bodes well for the Wolves who play them twice in their final 10 games. I haven't had many klunkers in my spreadsheet other than the Rockets (the Wolves had one against Portland, but they offset it with an anti klunker against Boston, and their klunker last night dropped them below the Wolves in my forecast. Here's my latest:

OkC 63
Spurs 61
Lakers 52
Denver 52
Wolves 50
Rockets 49
Suns 47

I've had the Wolves 6th for several weeks, but fading Houston now has us 5th and playing Denver in the first round. Unfortunately that means we would play OkC in round 2 if we beat Denver. Finishing 6th might actually be better.

Tim, I see you have us in a 3-way tie for 4th. Have you looked at how the tiebreaker would work? I know our two remaining games with Houston will be meaningful.