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The Western Conference was projected to be a dogfight before the season. With six days of regular season action left, the West is meeting and possibly exceeding those expectations.
While the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference have separated themselves from the pack, Oklahoma City is the only team out West to clinch its playoff positioning.
Outside of the top-seeded Thunder, a lot of scenarios will change based on upcoming results.
The Memphis Grizzlies are in the heat of that race, currently sitting at the bottom of a four-way tie for the fifth seed. If a team isn’t in the top six, it will have to play at least one postseason play-in game.
Memphis has four games left. Two of those games are against teams the Grizzlies could surpass in the standings with wins. The Grizzlies have a realistic at finishing anywhere between third and eighth.
Here’s where the Grizzlies stand.
April 8 at Charlotte (6 p.m.)
April 10 vs Minnesota (8:30 p.m. TNT)
April 11 at Denver (8 p.m.)
April 13 vs Dallas (2:30 p.m.)
Memphis is currently seeded eighth because it has to worst combined record against the four teams in a tie. That result is drastically impacted by a combined 1-6 record against the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.
Of the five teams with 32 losses, Memphis has the third toughest remaining schedule.
Winning three of the last four games should Memphis in a solid spot to secure a top-six seed. The Grizzlies have the tiebreaker over the Timberwolves, and Friday’s game against the Nuggets decide the winner of that season series.
Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at [email protected]. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Latest Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Western Conference playoff standings
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While the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference have separated themselves from the pack, Oklahoma City is the only team out West to clinch its playoff positioning.
Outside of the top-seeded Thunder, a lot of scenarios will change based on upcoming results.
The Memphis Grizzlies are in the heat of that race, currently sitting at the bottom of a four-way tie for the fifth seed. If a team isn’t in the top six, it will have to play at least one postseason play-in game.
Memphis has four games left. Two of those games are against teams the Grizzlies could surpass in the standings with wins. The Grizzlies have a realistic at finishing anywhere between third and eighth.
Here’s where the Grizzlies stand.
NBA Western Conference standings today
- Oklahoma City Thunder (64-14)
- Houston Rockets (52-27)
- Los Angeles Lakers (48-30)
- Denver Nuggets (47-32)
- LA Clippers (46-32)
- Golden State Warriors (46-32)
- Minnesota Timberwolves (46-32)
- Memphis Grizzlies (46-32)
- Sacramento Kings (39-40)
- Dallas Mavericks (38-41)
- Phoenix Suns (35-43)
- Portland Trail Blazers (35-44)
- San Antonio Spurs (32-46)
- New Orleans Pelicans (21-57)
- Utah Jazz (16-63)
Remaining schedule
April 8 at Charlotte (6 p.m.)
April 10 vs Minnesota (8:30 p.m. TNT)
April 11 at Denver (8 p.m.)
April 13 vs Dallas (2:30 p.m.)
Key results over next four games
Memphis is currently seeded eighth because it has to worst combined record against the four teams in a tie. That result is drastically impacted by a combined 1-6 record against the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.
Of the five teams with 32 losses, Memphis has the third toughest remaining schedule.
Winning three of the last four games should Memphis in a solid spot to secure a top-six seed. The Grizzlies have the tiebreaker over the Timberwolves, and Friday’s game against the Nuggets decide the winner of that season series.
Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at [email protected]. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Latest Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Western Conference playoff standings
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