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14th Tank Platoon

Sactown is officially no longer in the discussion.

LA has 2 more wins than us, and Boston has 2 likely wins against Philly coming up.

We got this.

Lakers schedule is brutal. They may not win another game. And I wouldn't put those Philly games in the W column just yet for Boston. Celtics have been doing just enough to lose. Boston wins 2x; Jazz pick up victories over NO and Lakers. I could honestly see Lakers, Jazz and Celtics ending in a 3-way tie at 25-57.
 
Big, big games tonight.

NO @ UTA
ORL @ CHA
DET @ BKN
PHI @ BOS
DAL @ LAL (sigh wanted a DAL win for the GS race but the LAL win is clearly more important)

Also :

DEN @ MEM
PHO @ POR
SAC @ GS

This will give Utah some seperation and close the gap between ORL and UTA for the 3rd pick pre lottery.
 
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Orlando's schedule is about equal to Utah's. I don't see them making up a 2-game gap. But if Utah can lose their remaining 7 games, you never know!

Detroit is likely out of reach. The good news is they play Boston tomorrow on a back-to-back. And the Pistons are motivated to tank. Their pick is top-8 protected, IINM. They need to fall another spot (behind Sacramento) just in case a team from 9-14 gets lucky in the lottery.

As for the Lakers, yep, have to cheer for them. They have a brutal schedule to finish. They need to pull off a surprise victory somehow against a WC playoff team or @ Utah.
 
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Orlando's schedule is about equal to Utah's. I don't see them making up a 2-game gap. But if Utah can lose their remaining 7 games, you never know!

Detroit is likely out of reach. The good news is they play Boston tomorrow on a back-to-back. And the Pistons are motivated to tank. Their pick is top-8 protected, IINM. They need to fall another spot (behind Sacramento) just in case a team from 9-14 gets lucky in the lottery.

As for the Lakers, yep, have to cheer for them. They have a brutal schedule to finish. They need to pull off a surprise victory somehow against a WC playoff team or @ Utah.

I agree. It is unlikely but still possible. I say about a 20% chance that Utah ties them now. I'm pulling for every little thing. Utah would have to lose the rest of their games to have any shot of that.
 
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