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It would appear that the last two spots in the west are going to come down to Dallas, Golden State and Denver. Of the 3 teams, Golden State has played one less game than the other two. Denver lost their extra game, Dallas won theirs and has one other win. Thus the loss column looks like this

Dallas 26
Golden State 27
Denver 28

With 11 to 12 games left, who gets left out? A lot may be decided by sunday night as each team plays the other two between now and then. Golden State also gets an extra game in there against Portland to bring them even in games played. By sunday night each team will have just 9 games left and it could be a 3 way tie at 45-28 or either Denver or Golden state could fall off a bit.

These games are pretty much do or die for Denver as dropping both could make it really tough to get in the playoffs and they follow these two games up with a back to back vs Phoenix.

The pressure is also really on Dallas as winning both could really help secure a playoff spot with Dirk out while losing both puts them in real danger of missing the playoffs the year after their 67 win season.

yeah ever since the dirk injury i feel like they are going to fall like crazy. I believe they still haven't beaten a team over 500 yet and without Dirk then it will most likely continue

they all have 7 tough games on their last 12 games.

warriors will have a tough road games. id say they will go 3W - 4L.


GOLDEN STATE

vs Por
at Den
vs Dal
at SA
at Dal
at Mem
at NO
vs Sac
vs Den
vs LAC
at Pho
vs Sea

its gonna be tough for dallas without dirk..for their tough 7 games id say the most win they can get is 2W - 5L..possibly 1W - 6L.

DALLAS

at Den
at GS
at LAC
vs GS
at LAL
at Pho
vs Sea
vs Uta
at Por
at Sea
vs NO

4 of nuggets tough 7 games are home games. id say 4W - 3L...

DENVER

vs Dal
vs GS
at Pho
vs Pho
vs Sac
at Sea
at LAC
at GS
at Uta
vs Hou
vs Mem

without dirk, its gonna tough for dallas to hang on. the most crucial games are the ones that they meet each other..

i think denver will make it..

even before Dirk's injury I was expecting Dallas to come down. 7th Golden State 8th Denver Nuggets

Nene could make this a bit more interesting. Im guessing Dallas is gonna be the odd man out.

From 67 wins to missing the playoffs...OUCH. I feel for Dallas, the little general might be on his way out

Tonight is a big night for the 3, with them all playing including Dallas vs Denver.

Warriors are going to play Dallas twice??? oh, God,........when would you stop?

warriors 51 31
nuggets 51 31
mavericks: 50 32

LOL, sorry mavs.

Yao_noodle wrote:Warriors are going to play Dallas twice??? oh, God,........when would you stop?

Did you know the Mavs this season is undefeated against the Warriors? I wouldn't sweat it... They'll make it. It'll be either Warriors or Nuggets as 8th.

what do the head to head matchups look like thus far between the 3 teams?

The 06 finals were cursed. The two teams playing in that finals went from in the finals to losing in the first round to out of the playoffs.

lj4mvp wrote:what do the head to head matchups look like thus far between the 3 teams?

Nugs have split the season series so far with GS (1-1) and with Dallas (1-1) Winner of tonights games decides the season series for Den/Dallas. If Denver splits with GS they should also win that season series due to a better conference record.

I believe Dallas has won both meetings so far between GS, so they just need to win one of the last two to win the season series between the two teams.

Should be an entertaining last few weeks of the season.

So denver just pulled to within a game of dallas and now has the head to head tiebreaker. Golden State seems to be on their way to maintaining their spot right between the two teams as they are up 19 after 3, setting up a possible 3 way tie for the last two spots after sunday with each team having 9 games left beyond that.