NBA Western Conference Showdown: Teams Vie for Top Spots

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00:00so in the west of course it's much stronger at the bottom here and and it does look like

00:04to me that any of these teams could move spots between now and sunday i mean denver is the four

00:10they have 48 wins minnesota's the eight they have 47 wins so when i when i look at this at least i'm

00:16going to see some competitive basketball playing and i haven't checked the schedule by the way to

00:20see who they're you know indeed playing this weekend i'm guessing they're not all playing

00:23each other and so that is the dynamic where you had basically the nba is like all right we'll make

00:27these games meaningful but i just don't know how meaningful they're going to be to the teams

00:31they're playing against you know we do get clippers warriors sunday so that'll be a good one to close

00:36the season with and you know all of these teams again there's a huge difference between finishing

00:41that top six and not having the stress of in the play-in tournament something happens guy sprains

00:46an ankle twists an ear whatever and now you're facing elimination and not making the playoffs at

00:50all these things happen and we've seen them happen in the past so i think there's going to be that

00:54sense of security that these teams are playing for to try and get in that top six and there's so

00:58much left to be decided i mean we saw the other day harrison barnes hits a turnaround game-winning

01:03three-pointer to beat the warriors and now the warriors things are up in the air for them again so

01:07even if they're playing some of these teams i think the lottery odds are pretty much locked in as well so

01:11those lower teams who don't necessarily have anything to lose for anymore can go out and play

01:15freely and maybe play spoiler for some of these teams as well so i have a close eye on those games as

01:20well some of these underdogs might try to keep things interesting and play spoiler late season

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