West Playoff Seedings & Projections (Page 4 UPDATE)

[Deivork]

Standings update: Mavs leap Kings for No. 6 with their win vs the Jazz. With the Kings' loss in Washington, they fall to 8th because the Suns (now 7th) won vs the Hawks too.

Timberwolves (3) - Mavericks (6) would be a really, really fun series.

[Exp0sed]

Standings update: Mavs leap Kings for No. 6 with their win vs the Jazz. With the Kings' loss in Washington, they fall to 8th because the Suns (now 7th) won vs the Hawks too.

Timberwolves (3) - Mavericks (6) would be a really, really fun series.

since the Kings aren't all that (and now have lost Huerter as well and Ingram might miss time too, I don't any reason the Mavs don't close the gap to 5th which would mean the Clippers nightmare haha, meeting Luka and Kyrie in the first round..yikes

it's also possible that Minny without KAT will drop to 4 and you will get ur Wolves\Mavs series but as 4/5 and not 3/6

[Deivork]

Standings update: Mavs leap Kings for No. 6 with their win vs the Jazz. With the Kings' loss in Washington, they fall to 8th because the Suns (now 7th) won vs the Hawks too.

Timberwolves (3) - Mavericks (6) would be a really, really fun series.

since the Kings aren't all that (and now have lost Huerter as well and Ingram might miss time too, I don't any reason the Mavs don't close the gap to 5th which would mean the Clippers nightmare haha, meeting Luka and Kyrie in the first round..yikes

it's also possible that Minny without KAT will drop to 4 and you will get ur Wolves\Mavs series but as 4/5 and not 3/6

Good points, indeed! What the heck happened to Ingram now?

https://www.nba.com/news/brandon-ingram-knee-injury

[shrink]

Personally I would root for a Clippers-Nuggets WCF, because I think they're the 2 best and imo most deserving teams. For that to be possible OKC should keep the 1st seed and LA should not overtake Minnesota for the 3rd. Or else they both should move up one spot. I see the former as the likelier possibility because the Clippers have slipped off a bit lately and are 3.5 games below the Wolves. We'll see.

Why exactly would Clippers especially be more deserving than Wolves, Thunder ? Also I haven't seen much evidence to say Clippers are better team than Wolves at this point. Wolves will beat Clippers if they meet in playoffs

It's mostly subjective, I like them better and I want veterans to have their chance. That's why I stated "in my opinion".

Edit: also, as the standings are and my projections, for the Wolves to meet the Clips it would very likely need to be in the 3rd round. That's very unlikely to happen statistically, so I guess we won't know if Minnesota would indeed beat LA this year.

I understand regular season is different, but the Wolves nearly swept the Clippers this year

118-100
88-89
121-100
109-105

[Deivork]

Phoenix (42-29) climbs up the standings and overtakes both Sacramento and Dallas for the 6th spot for now, but with one extra game played.

All Top-9 West teams have won at least their last game: that is their doing their homework and are all on winning streaks.

Houston has won their last 8 games , and are just 1.5 game behind the 10th seed Warriors, who lost their last game.

[Deivork]

Why exactly would Clippers especially be more deserving than Wolves, Thunder ? Also I haven't seen much evidence to say Clippers are better team than Wolves at this point. Wolves will beat Clippers if they meet in playoffs

It's mostly subjective, I like them better and I want veterans to have their chance. That's why I stated "in my opinion".

Edit: also, as the standings are and my projections, for the Wolves to meet the Clips it would very likely need to be in the 3rd round. That's very unlikely to happen statistically, so I guess we won't know if Minnesota would indeed beat LA this year.

I understand regular season is different, but the Wolves nearly swept the Clippers this year

118-100
88-89
121-100
109-105

So would you favour the Wolves against the Clips in a series? Maybe someone who watched those games could explain for the rest how that match-up would look like.

[Deivork]

Interesting turn of events last night: with their home loss vs Philly (39-32), the Clippers (44-26) virtually say goodbye to any hopes for the 3rd seed. Watched the game and they seemed out of sorts. The Sixers out-shot and out-hustled them. I think they miss Wesbrook's grit.

On top, Timberwolves (49-22) beat the Dubs (36-34) at home in a close game and remain the fighting and resilient team they've been all season, even without Towns. Thunder (49-21) clearly lost by to an improving Bucks (46-25) team, who killed them on the boards and with defense. Denver (50-21) is now back on the 1st seed and a potential Wolves-Thunder second round match-up looks yummy too.

Lakers (39-32) won at home vs the Pacers (40-32) and separate themselves a bit further (2.5 games) from Warriors and Rockets (35-35) at 9th.

New Orleans (44-27) beat the Pistons in Detroit and are now just 1 game behind LAC in the loss column at the 5th spot.

[Bosnian Diehard]

Standings update: Mavs leap Kings for No. 6 with their win vs the Jazz. With the Kings' loss in Washington, they fall to 8th because the Suns (now 7th) won vs the Hawks too.

Timberwolves (3) - Mavericks (6) would be a really, really fun series.

since the Kings aren't all that (and now have lost Huerter as well and Ingram might miss time too, I don't any reason the Mavs don't close the gap to 5th which would mean the Clippers nightmare haha, meeting Luka and Kyrie in the first round..yikes

it's also possible that Minny without KAT will drop to 4 and you will get ur Wolves\Mavs series but as 4/5 and not 3/6

The Kings have played really well without Huerter this half of the season. We’re something like 8-1 with Keon Ellis starting in place of Huerter and have something like a top 10 defense in the league post All Star break, in large part due to Ellis. Wouldn’t quite count the Kings out just yet.

[Special_Puppy]

The West would be even more chaotic if Memphis didn't have a historic amount of injuries

[jkvonny]

The West would be even more chaotic if Memphis didn't have a historic amount of injuries

True.
Next season when they are healthy. They will be back to being good playoff team again.

[Exp0sed]

Standings update: Mavs leap Kings for No. 6 with their win vs the Jazz. With the Kings' loss in Washington, they fall to 8th because the Suns (now 7th) won vs the Hawks too.

Timberwolves (3) - Mavericks (6) would be a really, really fun series.

since the Kings aren't all that (and now have lost Huerter as well and Ingram might miss time too, I don't any reason the Mavs don't close the gap to 5th which would mean the Clippers nightmare haha, meeting Luka and Kyrie in the first round..yikes

it's also possible that Minny without KAT will drop to 4 and you will get ur Wolves\Mavs series but as 4/5 and not 3/6

The Kings have played really well without Huerter this half of the season. We’re something like 8-1 with Keon Ellis starting in place of Huerter and have something like a top 10 defense in the league post All Star break, in large part due to Ellis. Wouldn’t quite count the Kings out just yet.

def not counted out and honestly it might be better for you guys to come into the postseason as complete underdogs, being the faves didn't really work out last year

[Mrakar]

I have Pelicans, Kings and Mavs at 48-34, Suns at 47-35, Lakers at 46-36 and Warriors 45-37. Sadly i didn't put Rockets in my projections because 5 games ago no1 gave them a chance.

[jkvonny]

since the Kings aren't all that (and now have lost Huerter as well and Ingram might miss time too, I don't any reason the Mavs don't close the gap to 5th which would mean the Clippers nightmare haha, meeting Luka and Kyrie in the first round..yikes

it's also possible that Minny without KAT will drop to 4 and you will get ur Wolves\Mavs series but as 4/5 and not 3/6

The Kings have played really well without Huerter this half of the season. We’re something like 8-1 with Keon Ellis starting in place of Huerter and have something like a top 10 defense in the league post All Star break, in large part due to Ellis. Wouldn’t quite count the Kings out just yet.

def not counted out and honestly it might be better for you guys to come into the postseason as complete underdogs, being the faves didn't really work out last year

They wore the old GSW team out (defending champs) in the 1st round. Went all games 7 even had 2-0 lead on them. GSW blew their wad in that series just to squeeze past Sacramento. Kings did the Lakers a favor because GSW was exhausted and banged up. Lakers crushed GSW in the next round.
Had it been Kings/Lakers. Kings probably wins that series onto the WCF. Lakers dont match up well vs the Kings. Been that way for the past several seasons. kings own the Lakers in recent yrs.

The Kings hadnt made The playoffs in 16 seasons until last seasons turn around. They performed well last season.

[jkvonny]

and I have the Warriors finishing at 45-37. Sadly i didn't put Rockets in my projections because 5 games ago no1 gave them a chance.

What?!

Are you sure about that? Lol

[gottamakeit]

I have Pelicans, Kings and Mavs at 48-34, Suns at 47-35, Lakers at 46-36 and Warriors 45-37. Sadly i didn't put Rockets in my projections because 5 games ago no1 gave them a chance.

You have a 3-way tie ?!?
how often does that happen?

[Mrakar]

and I have the Warriors finishing at 45-37. Sadly i didn't put Rockets in my projections because 5 games ago no1 gave them a chance.

What?!

Are you sure about that? Lol

I made the projections 4 games ago, and they **** the bed since then. They have easy schedule, 5 free games and i thought they can go 5-7 for the rest but they already lost 3 out of 4 which makes it almost impossible.

[Mavrelous]

Clippers need to snap out of it or they'll find themselves in the 6th seed war very soon.

[ChipotleWest]

Clippers need to snap out of it or they'll find themselves in the 6th seed war very soon.

I have them as a play in, they're just 10-12 in their last 22 after they lose this game.

They just fell to 5th because they lose tiebreaker with Pelicans.

I think the Mavs will end up 5th.

[Mrakar]

Kings loosing to Wizards and Bulls really stinks for them. They could have been tied for 4th right now.

[jkvonny]

Kings loosing to Wizards and Bulls really stinks for them. They could have been tied for 4th right now.

They've had a lot of weird bad losses , could be a top 4 team.