Seeding is very much still up for grabs for the playoffs in the NBA's Western Conference as we head into the final week of the season. The Nuggets, Mavericks, Jazz and Suns are all alive for second place in the conference and potential home court advantage for the first two rounds in the playoffs. Let's take a look at the games remaining involving these teams:
Monday:
Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m. MT (NBA League Pass)
Dallas at LA Clippers, 8:30 p.m. MT (NBA TV)
Tuesday:
Utah at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. MT (FSN-Utah & NBA League Pass)
Denver at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. MT (TNT)
Wednesday:
San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m. MT (NBA League Pass)
Phoenix at Utah, 8:30 p.m. MT (ESPN, espn3.com, FSN-Utah)
Dallas is 53-27 right now, the other three are 52-28. For the Jazz to get the two seed they need to win out and hope for Dallas and Denver to lose. The Jazz have the tiebreaker with Dallas but not Denver. Beyond that, I'm not going to trouble my speculative powers right now. The Jazz should be favored in both of their remaining games as Golden State isn't having a very good year and the Jazz get the Suns at home. I figure Denver and Dallas both win tomorrow against non-playoff teams, but you never know and a guy can always hope. The better hope is for Dallas to lose to the Spurs, who have been playing very well, on Wednesday. The Spurs are in a three way tie for sixth-place with Oklahoma City and Portland at 49-31 and could very well be playing for playoff positioning themselves. Remember, nobody wants to face the top seeded Lakers in the first round. I'll pick Phoenix to beat Denver at home Tuesday setting up a really big one Wednesday in Salt Lake for the Jazz and Suns. It should be an exciting few days as the regular season winds down. It's too close to call, but I'll have my eye on the developments and be back on here for updates.
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