NBA Western Convention playoff image: Warriors, Lakers clinging to reverse ends of play-in line

The Clippers withstood a 50-point barrage from Stephen Curry on Wednesday to defeat the Warriors and leap into the West’s No. 5 Seed. Golden State fell to No. 6.

The Lakers didn’t play Anthony Davis on a back-to-back and it value them a loss to the Rockets, leaving L.A. tied within the loss column with No. 11 Utah and No. 12 New Orleans.

Beneath is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Western Convention playoff and play-in races getting into play on Thursday. This put up will replace day by day all through the rest of the common season or till all seeds are clinched.

Reminder on how the play-in match works: No. 7 performs No. 8 and No. 9 performs No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 recreation will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 recreation for the No. 8 seed.

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NOTE: Our SportsLine mannequin, developed by predictive knowledge engineer Stephen Oh, simulates your complete season 10,000 occasions to supply probably the most unbiased and exact projections conceivable.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Projected seed: 1
Present first-round matchup: TBD
Tiebreaker vs. Memphis: Denver has clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Season sequence tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Denver leads season sequence 2-0 with two to play

Projected seed: 3
Present first-round matchup: vs. Clippers
Tiebreaker vs. Denver: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Memphis: Kings at present personal by way of convention win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to play

Projected seed: 2
Present first-round matchup: vs. Timberwolves-Thunder play-in winner
Tiebreaker vs. Denver: Nuggets have clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Kings at present personal by way of convention document
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Grizzlies personal by way of division chief

4. Phoenix Suns (37-32)

Projected seed: 4
Present first-round matchup: vs. Warriors
Tiebreaker vs. Memphis: Grizzlies personal by way of division chief
Tiebreaker vs. Sacramento: Phoenix leads 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Suns have clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Suns at present personal by way of convention win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play

5. Los Angeles Clippers (37-33)

Projected seed: 5
Present first-round matchup: at Kings
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Clippers lead by way of division win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Mavericks at present personal by way of convention document
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 1-0 with two to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Clippers clinched

6. Golden State Warriors (36-34)

Projected seed: 6
Present first-round matchup: at Suns
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns have clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers lead by way of division win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Warriors clinched

Play-In Match

7. Minnesota Timberwolves (35-35)

Projected seed: 8
Present first-round matchup: vs. Mavericks (Play-in)
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Warriors lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Wolves clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Wolves clinched
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Wolves at present personal by way of division document
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Wolves clinched

8. Dallas Mavericks (35-35)

Projected seed: 9
Present first-round matchup: at Timberwolves (Play-in)
Tiebreaker vs. Phoenix: Suns owns by way of convention win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Dallas at present owns by way of convention document
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Dallas leads 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Dallas leads 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Dallas leads 2-1 with one to play

Projected seed: 10
Present first-round matchup: vs. Lakers (Play-in)
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: OKC leads 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Portland: OKC clinched

10. Los Angeles Lakers (34-36)

Projected seed: 7
Present first-round matchup: at Thunder (Play-in)
Tiebreaker vs. Clippers: Clippers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Wolves clinched
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Lakers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz lead 2-0 with two to play
Tiebreaker vs. OKC: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Portland: Blazers at present personal by way of convention win proportion

Outdoors Trying In

11. Utah Jazz (33-36)

Projected seed: Lottery
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Jazz Clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Jazz lead 2-0 with two to play
Tiebreaker vs. OKC: Thunder lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Portland: Blazers lead 2-1 with one to play

12. New Orleans Pelicans (33-36)

Projected seed: Lottery
Tiebreaker vs. Golden State: Pelicans lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Timberwolves: Tied 1-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Dallas: Mavericks lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Jazz clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Lakers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. OKC: Pelicans clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Portland: Pelicans clinched

Projected seed: Lottery
Tiebreaker vs. Utah: Blazers lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Lakers: Blazers at present personal by way of convention win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. New Orleans: Pelicans clinched
Tiebreaker vs. OKC: Thunder clinched