NBA Western Conference Standings Battle Heating Up

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00:00Now, the West is what's interesting, as we put up the West standings, because we know

00:05that OKC is going to be the one and the Rockets are going to be the two.

00:09But looking from three to eight, the Lakers, 48-30, Denver, 47-32, Clippers, 46-32, Golden

00:16State, 46-32, Minnesota, 46-32, Memphis, 46-32.

00:23I mentioned this to you last week.

00:25You talk about a difference from either hosting, having home court in a first-round series,

00:31or going on the road in a play-in tournament game.

00:35That is an enormous swing for these couple teams, and all these games are going to matter

00:40this week for all of them.

00:41Like Kerr was saying, we've got to win our last four.

00:43So they play the Suns in the footprint in the desert tomorrow.

00:46I think they'll win that game because the Suns, I just saw them, they're awful.

00:50I mean, they are really running out a bunch of hacks in that lineup.

00:56Besides Booker, like they played Beal at the Garden, but he does nothing.

01:01Beal literally is like doing nothing anymore, but he can't be traded.

01:06He's got the best deal ever.

01:07He does nothing and they can't trade him.

01:10But then they play at home against the Spurs, which I think they'll win at the Chase.

01:15They play at the Moda in Rip City.

01:18That's a dangerous game against that young Blazer team.

01:21I think they could have their hands full there.

01:23That could ruin it.

01:24And then I think it will be a great game on Sunday when they play host to the Clippers

01:31at the Chase.

01:32And I know the Clippers can beat them.

01:33I don't know if they will at the Chase, but I think that Clipper-Dubbs game is going to

01:39be for all the marbles.

01:41And I think that's going to be a fantastic game on Sunday at 3.30 in the afternoon, which

01:45will be, I think, a 12.30 game out there, right?

01:50Or maybe at home.

01:51Maybe it's...

01:52Maybe...

01:53No, it is.

01:54Because on Sunday, the last day of the regular season, everybody plays.

01:57Noon East is when every Eastern Conference team plays.

02:01They all played their last game.

02:02And then all the West teams play that last game at 3.30, 12.30 local.

02:08So that's when they play.

02:09Now I was looking at all their schedules, all these teams that have the 32 losses.

02:14I would say going into this week, Minnesota has the easiest ride, I would think, to win

02:22these games because they play the Bucs, the Grizzlies, the Nets, and the Jazz.

02:28I mean, those last two games, Nets, Jazz.

02:30Those last two are juicy.

02:33They're very juicy for them, whereas, you know, Denver's got Kings, Grizzlies, Rockets.

02:40Memphis has Hornets, Timberwolves, Nuggets, and Mavs.

02:45It's gonna be tight.

02:46I think the Memphis Grizzlies are, like, didn't they, like, all of a sudden wake up from their

02:50malaise?

02:51Like, they were losing left and right, but they beat the Pistons, and they beat the Heat

02:57in secession.

02:58So they've snapped out of it after they fired Jenkins.

03:02And then they find Joff or the gun finger pointing and everything else.

03:06But Bain went out and said, screw this.

03:09Bain and Jaron Jackson Jr. got it done.

03:13They sure did.

03:14So it's going to be a fun last week.

03:16All those teams with either three or four games left to play.

03:18Finally, games that matter in the NBA, imagine that.

03:23This is not just seeding here.

03:24This is real significant not being in that playing tournament and making sure that you're

03:29already advanced into the following week.

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