Portland vs Memphis: Memphis has a 2 game lead, but right now, they own the tie-breaker (conference record) essentially giving them a 3 game lead with 5 games to play (them). They have a really tough schedule, and they are playing like a young team that hasn't been there before right now, but with only 2 games left to impact conference record. Portland might catch them, but the Blazers probably need to go at least 5-1 to do it. Right now, I think the Pels are the surest candidate for the playoffs; they may very well pass Memphis for the 8th seed. If Portland finishes 9th and New Orleans is 8th, the Blazers are facing a major challenge. I think the Pels are a bad matchup for Portland. Winning both games would be difficult
Memphis has 5 games left, and is 32-36. We have 6 games left at 30-38. The tie-breaker situations won't come in to play because of the difference in games left to be played and games that were previously played. The closest we'd get is a half game in either direction.
That Clippers loss is pretty bad for the Blazers. If the Clippers had won they may have been closer to locking up the second seed with nothing to play for by the time they play us.
Pretty sure the Grizzlies are done after this one. They aren't winning any more games, even against Milwaukee's B team.
brutal. but we've been there. Nurk going down with a season ending injury right before the playoffs is a yearly occurrence.
Why do you think Pelicans are good enough to go on a 6 game win streak? They haven’t done that all year. They aren’t that good. Phoenix may finish with better record than them. They’re a half game back right now.
