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I'm not going to lie. During the middle of the second quarter of last night's game I was about ready to put the WYWS on Raja Bell status: out indefinitely. Glad the guys didn't get as down in the dumps as I did. The Jazz didn't get any help from the scoreboard, but they did keep their own heads above water.
Standings and what happened while you were sleeping, after the jump.
The Standings:
| Western Conference - While You Were Sleeping | |||||||
| Seed | Team | Game | Result | W | L | % | GB |
| 1 | Oklahoma City Thunder | MEM | L | 40 | 13 | 75.5% | -- |
| 2 | San Antonio Spurs | 36 | 14 | 72.0% | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 20 | 62.3% | 7 | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles Clippers | @DAL | W | 32 | 21 | 60.4% | 8 |
| 5 | Memphis Grizzlies | @OKC | W | 29 | 22 | 56.9% | 10 |
| 6 | Dallas Mavericks | LAC | L | 30 | 24 | 55.6% | 10.5 |
| 7 | Denver Nuggets | 29 | 24 | 54.7% | 11 | ||
| 8 | Houston Rockets | @CHI | W | 29 | 25 | 53.7% | 11.5 |
| 9 | Utah Jazz | @POR | W | 28 | 26 | 51.9% | 12.5 |
| 10 | Phoenix Suns | 26 | 26 | 50.0% | 13.5 | ||
| 11 | Portland Trail Blazers | UTA | L | 25 | 29 | 46.3% | 15.5 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | @SAC | W | 25 | 30 | 45.5% | 16 |
| 13 | Golden State Warriors | 20 | 31 | 39.2% | 19 | ||
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | MIN | W | 19 | 34 | 35.8% | 21 |
| 15 | New Orleans Hornets | 13 | 40 | 24.5% | 27 | ||
While you were sleeping:
The Good
- Jazz 102 - Trailblazers 97: That's right Sap, thumbs up.
The Meh
- Clippers 94 - Mavericks 75: Jazz just 2 games back from the 6th spot.
The Bad
- Rockets 99 - Bulls 93: Didn't see this one coming.
- Grizzlies 94 - Thunder 88: That Sunday OKC/CHI game wasn't that hard fought, yet both teams lose.
- Timberwolves 108 - Kings 116: Why bad? The Kings are now just two games behind the Warriors.
Tonight's Important Games:
- Warriors @ Grizzlies: That draft pick is slipping away
- Suns @ Kings: A Suns win will keep that 2 game gap between the Kings and Warriors