Each passing day seems to shake the congested middle class of the Western Conference. On Monday, the five teams ranked between n ° 4 and n ° 8 were all tied in the loss column. As such, each game for these teams has drastic implications in the classification.
Two of these teams, the Grizzles of Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis, faced Thursday, and thanks to an explosion of 44 points by Anthony Edwards, Minnesota proved to be victorious, 141-125. This victory was enormous for Minnesota, of course, but it has major ramifications throughout the ranking.
The largest beneficiary of the Minnesota victory was not in fact the Timberwolves. No, it was the Golden State Warriors. Wednesday, Warriors have lost a stunner At San Antonio Spurs on a Buzzer-Paker by Harrison Barnes. This blow dropped the Warriors in the game tournament, but the minnesota victory pushed them to No. 6. Now the Warriors control their own destiny. If they beat the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday and the Los Angeles clippers on Sunday, they are assured of a Six Top-Top seed.
The exact seed they would hold remains to be determined, and there are still two critical games on the calendar that affects all this group of teams. Friday, the grizzlies will have to withdraw from the carpet after this loss of Minnesota and compete with the Denver Nuggets. This match has thematic connections as well as thematic connections. Grizzlies and nuggets Surprisingly pulled the head coaches at the end of the season. Now, both are fighting to avoid the game tournament.
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We have this Warriors-Clippers match on Sunday. One could easily say that these are the two most dangerous teams of the Western Conference apart from the thunder of Oklahoma City best classified at the moment. The Warriors are 22-7 since the deadline for exchanges, which gives them the second best record in the West over this period. The Clippers are not far behind at 20-9, and their net note of +8.9 since then has been at a distance by shouting from the +9.5 bar of Golden State. These are two teams which, in normal circumstances, could meet in the Western Conference final. Depending on how the next few days are taking place, they could also meet in the first round. Or miss the playoffs entirely through the game tournament.
There are far too many equality and possible results to treat anything as particularly likely at this stage. The Timberwolves are the only team of this group who finished their table with each other. They close the season with gims against nets and jazz. But everyone is still fighting for their life in the playoff series, so with two complete slates of 15 games to play on the calendar (Friday and Sunday), almost everything is always possible.
