Important note: we may want to lose against the Clippers to drop to 6th if OKC wins out, but both Portland and OKC may decide to throw away their last games too. This brings ridiculous but plausible scenarios like this one I posted on another thread:
OKC beats Houston, Utah loses to Denver, and:
Season finale
02:00
A) OKC loses @ Milwaukee (Mil probably resting players) finishing 6th. *They may prefer 6th*. Look out, because if OKC loses, the Blazers choose oponent for themselves, Houston, OKC, and Utah with their game vs Sacramento: if they win it's Portland-OKC and Houston-Utah. If they lose it's Portland-Utah and Houston-OKC.
B) OKC wins @ Milwaukee, vying for the 5th seed.
1 GS
2 Den
3 Hou 53-29
4 Por 52-29 vs Sac (holds the tiebreaker over Hou)
5 Uta 49-32 @LAC
6 OKC 49-33 (holds the tiebreaker over Utah)
7 SA 48-34 (holds the tiebreaker over LAC)
8 LAC 47-34
04:30 Utah @ Clippers (Clippers then locked at 8th, could rest players)
04:30 Portland vs Sacramento
Utah wins = 5th / Utah loses = 6th
Portland wins = 3rd / Portland loses = 4th
Both teams playing at the same time, and both results creating different matchups: Utah-Houston / Portland-OKC or Utah-Portland and Houston-OKC.
Both teams can choose their seeding, but they can't choose their opponent, because it depends on the other game too.
Madness. This madness is over if Houston beats OKC.