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Okay, now that the NBA Trade Deadline has come and gone we can focus on what's important -- the NBA Playoffs, oh wait, I mean the NBA Draft. First things first, this entire season for the Utah Jazz seems to just be leading up to the Draft Lottery. I don't know when that is but I know that the NBA Draft will be June 26th, in New York Sea Tay.
Usually we use the "While you were sleeping" tag to see how the Jazz fare in the lead up to the Western Conference Playoffs. This season is very different. So, we're looking at two things here -- bubble playoff teams, and the lotto. And, well, we have some new things to worry about. For us, it's all about getting ping pong balls and hoping that Mark Jackson 's team loses games.
BEHOLD!
| Record | Games | Lottery Situation | Recent Events | ||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | % | Ahead | Left | Conf. | Seed | Lotto? | Owns Pick? | Last night | Tonight | ||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee Bucks | 10 | 45 | 18.2% | 0.0 | 27 | East | 15 | Yes | Yes | vs IND | L | |||||
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers | 15 | 41 | 26.8% | 4.5 | 26 | East | 14 | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| 3 | Orlando Magic | 17 | 40 | 29.8% | 6.0 | 25 | East | 13 | Yes | Yes | @ TOR | ||||||
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 19 | 38 | 33.3% | 8.0 | 25 | East | 12 | Yes | Yes | @ SAC | L | |||||
| 5 | Sacramento Kings | 19 | 36 | 34.5% | 9.0 | 27 | West | 15 | Yes | Yes | vs BOS | W | @ DEN | ||||
| 6 | Los Angeles Lakers | 19 | 36 | 34.5% | 9.0 | 27 | West | 14 | Yes | Yes | vs BKN | ||||||
| 7 | Utah Jazz | 19 | 36 | 34.5% | 9.0 | 27 | West | 13 | Yes | Yes | vs MIN | L | |||||
| 8 | New York Knicks | 21 | 35 | 37.5% | 10.5 | 26 | East | 11 | Yes | DEN ** | @ ATL | L | |||||
| 9 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 34 | 39.3% | 11.5 | 26 | East | 10 | Yes | Yes | vs WAS | ||||||
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | 23 | 33 | 41.1% | 12.5 | 26 | East | 9 | Yes | Yes | vs DAL | L | |||||
| 11 | Denver Nuggets | 23 | 32 | 41.8% | 13.0 | 27 | West | 11 | Yes | Yes | vs SAC | ||||||
| 12 | New Orleans Pelicans | 25 | 29 | 46.3% | 15.5 | 28 | West | 10 | Yes | Yes | @ WAS | L | |||||
| 13 | Brooklyn Nets | 25 | 28 | 47.2% | 16.0 | 29 | East | 8 | ATL * | @ GSW | L | @ LAL | |||||
| 14 | Atlanta Hawks | 26 | 29 | 47.3% | 16.0 | 27 | East | 7 | Yes | vs NYK | W | ||||||
| 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | 27 | 30 | 47.4% | 16.0 | 25 | East | 6 | Yes | vs MEM | W | ||||||
| 16 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 27 | 28 | 49.1% | 17.0 | 27 | West | 10 | Yes | Yes | @ UTA | W | @ POR | ||||
| 17 | Memphis Grizzlies | 31 | 24 | 56.4% | 21.0 | 27 | West | 9 | Yes | Yes | @ CHA | L | |||||
| 18 | Dallas Mavericks | 34 | 23 | 59.6% | 23.0 | 25 | West | 8 | Yes | @ DET | W | ||||||
| 19 | Golden State Warriors | 34 | 22 | 60.7% | 23.5 | 26 | West | 7 | UTA *** | vs BKN | W | ||||||
| 20 | Phoenix Suns | 33 | 21 | 61.1% | 23.5 | 28 | West | 6 | Yes | vs HOU | |||||||
| * - ATL has right to swap picks with BKN | |||||||||||||||||
| ** - DEN owns NYK pick | |||||||||||||||||
| *** -- UTA owns GSW pick | |||||||||||||||||
The Good:
- The Jazz lost to the Timberwolves
The Grizzlies beat the BobcatsThe Bobcats lost to the Grizzlies- I was wrong, CHA beat MEM, thanks man!
- The Mavericks beat the Pistons
- The Timberwolves beat the Jazz
- The Pistons lost to the Mavericks
The Meh:
- The Bucks lost to the Pacers
- The Celtics lost to the Kings
- The Kings beat the Celtics
- The Knicks lost to the Hawks
- The Hawks beat the Pacers
- The Pelicans lost to the Wizards
The Bad:
- The Warriors beat the Nets
- The Nets lost to the Warriors
Yeah, lots of redundancy last night. In future posts there will be less redundancy I hope. Basically everything went right last night save for the Warriors win. Not bad.