Minnesota Sports Forum

Camden wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:The jazz have now lost 5 straight games and fallen into a tie with the Nuggets for 6th. Great news, until you factor in that it was the clippers who beat them after storming back from 25 down with Paul George playing like he never left..

Minnesota's still just 2.0 games back of both Denver and Utah for a top-six seed. I'm still holding on to hope that the Wolves run the table the rest of the way and get a little help on top of it.

The Jazz have 3 likely gimmes against the Lakers, Thunder, and Portland. Possibly the Warriors as well with them being unhealthy. Likely losses against the Grizzlies and Suns. So yeah, we really need to play some perfect ball or pray for something to break our way in 1 or 2 of those 4 easier games. I'm not sure who has the tiebreaker between the Wolves and the Jazz.

The Nuggets get the Pacers tonight, and the Lakers twice. All 3 likely wins. Spurs and Grizzlies which are toss up. Then of course us on Friday, which is an absolute must win if we have any hopes of catching them.

If we are to get that 6th seed it is far more likely Nuggets move to 5th and we bump the Jazz to 7.

Even if we get stuck at 7, we have 2 chances to see where we stand.

If the Wolves want the 6 seed they are going to need to go 6-0 or 5-1 (with a win over the nuggets) to get there. It's going to be tough but who knows

The Jazz hold the tiebreaker over Minnesota.

kekgeek1 wrote:If the Wolves want the 6 seed they are going to need to go 6-0 or 5-1 (with a win over the nuggets) to get there. It's going to be tough but who knows

And that still might not be enough.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:The Jazz hold the tiebreaker over Minnesota.

kekgeek1 wrote:If the Wolves want the 6 seed they are going to need to go 6-0 or 5-1 (with a win over the nuggets) to get there. It's going to be tough but who knows

And that still might not be enough.

Yep, I wanted to way that also. Jazz hold the tiebreaker.

Like even if the Wolves went 6-0 the jazz would need to go 2-4 for the Wolves to pass them. (I don't know who holds the tiebreaker if all 3 teams are tied)

Philly lost to Detroit and Harden struggled from the field. That makes me very happy.

kekgeek1 wrote:It's going to be tough but who knows

Me, I know!

Q-was-here wrote:Philly lost to Detroit and Harden struggled from the field. That makes me very happy.

Me too!! :)

Lakers currently without Lebron lose to the Jazz dropping then behind the Spurs again.

Right now all the EC playoff teams have a winning record. If the Knicks and Wizards were in the WC they would be in the playoffs or fighting for a shot to get in.

Edit: Lebron AND AD expected to play tonight against the Pelicans. That should be interesting.

What in the hell got into Robert Covington tonight - holy shit!

Q-was-here wrote:What in the hell got into Robert Covington tonight - holy shit!

Yeah that's pretty wild and Amir Coffey had a pretty good night too.