<div align="center"><u>In Playoffs As Of Now:</u>1) Dallas Mavericks --2) Phoenix Suns 1.53) San Antonio Spurs 74) Utah Jazz 85) Houston Rockets 96) Los Angeles Lakers 107) <span style="color:#000099">Los Angeles Clippers</span> 148) Denver Nuggets 14.5<u>Outside Looking In:</u>9) Minnesota T'Wolves 210) Golden State Warriors 2.511) New Orleans Hornets 312) Sacramento Kings 413) Portland TrailBlazers 5<u>Bring On The Draft:</u>14) Seattle Sonics 715) Memphis Grizzlies 12</div>
<u>1/31 Recap:</u>Warriors lost to the Hawks of Atlanta and drop to 2.5 games behind the Clippers and Nuggets for the 7th/8th seeds.Lakers beat the Celtics as I expected and keep their 4.5 game lead on the Clip-Show for the 6th seed.76ers defeat the Hornets, dropping them to 4 games behind the Nuggets and Clippers.Sonics lose to the Rockets, keeping Houston to 6 games up on the Clippers for the 5th seed.Kings go into Minnesota and do the Clippers a HUGE favor as they defeat the Wolves, which gives the Clippers the 7th seed as Minny owns the tie breaker with LA, but LA owns the tie breaker with the Nuggets.Jazz beat the Spurs and remain 6 games up on LA.Blazers help the Clippers again, beating the Nuggets and the Clippers are now tied with them for the 7th seed.<u>2/1 Preview[Q's Birthday]:</u>Only West Coast teams in action are the Spurs playing @ Phoenix so nothing that will help nor hurt the Clippers.
The Clippers started out the season really slow and everyone was ragging on them as they had been a playoff team last year and even advanced past the first round. Elton Brand,Cassell, Mobley, and Kaman were all not playing very well at the beginnning of the year but now Brand and the rest have really picked it up and the Clippers are really playing well and should make the playoffs this year again. If they don't this will be a real dissapointment for a team that has loads of talent.
<u>2/1 Recap:</u>Spurs lost to the Suns, makes little difference for Clipper Nation.<u>2/2 Preview:</u>Lakers @ Pacers - Again, Clippers can cut to 3.5 games behind the Lakers, but they need the Pacers to pull the upset. Warriors @ 76ers - Golden State has suddenly dropped to 2.5 games back, but they can cut an entire game off tomorrow. Wolves @ Hornets - Minny is a game out, and with a win and Clippers loss, they will be tied with LA for either the 7th or 8th seed. Minnesota owns the tie breaker between the squads though. Nuggets vs Blazers - Both teams are completing a home and home series, and Blazers have already beat the Nuggets. They can help the Clippers yet again if they defeat the Nuggets Friday evening. Blazers are currently 4 games out and it could be as little as 3 after tomorrow.Sonics vs Bulls - Being 6.5 out of the 8th seed, Seattle has a very outside shot in making the PO's. Could tomorrow just be a start of a run? I doubt it, but you never know.
<u>2/2 Recap:</u>Lakers defeated Hibachi and the Wizards to jump back up to 4 games up on the Clippers and got 3rd seed back in their sight.Warriors lose to the Bobcats and drop to 3 games behind the Clippers, but 2.5 behind the Nuggets for the 8th seed.Grizzlies are now really waiting for the draft, no doubt no doubt.Wolves drop their 9th game in 11 as they lose to the Mavericks. They are now 2.5 behind LA, but 2 behind the Nuggets.Hornets defeat the Rockets, leapfrogging the Kings and Blazers and dropping to 3 games out of the 8th seed[3.5 behind LA]. Rockets loss puts them at 5 games up on the Clippers.Jazz defeat the Suns, and now seem to be on cruise control for the division, at least for now.Blazers lose to the Bulls and drop to 5 back, as opposed to it possibly being 4.Nuggets lost to the Kings, which drops Denver into 8th place and the Clippers solely in 7th. Sacramento is also just 4 games out now.<u>2/3 Preview:</u>No other games in the West but the Clippers. LA can have a full game on the Nuggets possibly, drop to 3.5 behind the Lakers for the 6th seed and 4.5 behind the Rockets for the 5th seed.
