There were only two games last night, and both were, well, 'meh' games in terms of the Utah Jazz, so let's just go to the Standings.
| Western Conference - While you were sleeping April 17th | ||||||||
| Seed | Team | Game | Result | W | L | % | GB | |
| 1 | y | San Antonio Spurs | @ LAL | W | 44 | 16 | 73.3% | -- |
| 2 | y | Oklahoma City Thunder | 44 | 17 | 72.1% | 0.5 | ||
| 3 | x | Los Angeles Lakers | vs. SAS | L | 39 | 23 | 62.9% | 6 |
| 4 | x | Los Angeles Clippers | 38 | 23 | 62.3% | 6.5 | ||
| 5 | Memphis Grizzlies | @ MIN | W | 36 | 25 | 59.0% | 8.5 | |
| 6 | Denver Nuggets | 34 | 27 | 55.7% | 10.5 | |||
| 7 | Dallas Mavericks | 34 | 28 | 54.8% | 11 | |||
| 8 | Phoenix Suns | 32 | 29 | 52.5% | 12.5 | |||
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 32 | 29 | 52.5% | 12.5 | |||
| 10 | Utah Jazz | 32 | 30 | 51.6% | 13 | |||
| 11 | Portland Trail Blazers | 28 | 34 | 45.2% | 17 | |||
| 12 | o | Minnesota Timberwolves | vs. MEM | L | 25 | 38 | 39.7% | 20.5 |
| 13 | o | Golden State Warriors | 22 | 38 | 36.7% | 22 | ||
| 14 | o | Sacramento Kings | 20 | 41 | 32.8% | 24.5 | ||
| 15 | o | New Orleans Hornets | 19 | 42 | 31.1% | 25.5 | ||
| z - clinched conference | x - clinched playoffs | |||||||
| y - clinched division | o - out of playoffs | |||||||
Pretty blah night in the West..
More info on what happened last night and what to look for tonight, after das jump.
The Good:
Nothing
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The Bad:
Also nothing.
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The Meh:
- The Spurs beat the Lakers without Kobe Bryant, and retook 1st place in the conference by half a game
- The Grizz beat the T-Wolves. Memphis is too far ahead for us to worry about, and Minnesota too far below.
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Tonight's Big Games:
- New Orleans @ Memphis: both teams want Memphis to win. The Grizz are still fighting for home court
- Houston @ Dallas: Houston has gone into a tailspin from a few weeks ago, Dallas needs to get the job done to help the Jazz
- Los Angeles Clippers @ Denver: rooting for Blake Griffin makes me feel dirty here
- Oklahoma City @ Phoenix: same thing for rooting for Russell Westbrook
- Utah @ Portland: beating Dallas and then losing to Portland would be just so predictable, gotta win this
- San Antonio @ Sacramento: meh
- Los Angeles Lakers @ Golden State: Go Golden State! I guess Kobe will play in this one though.