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NBA Playoffs and/or Lottery seeding roundup -- While you were sleeping March 13th, 2014

All of the good, bad, and meh things that happened in the races we care about.

By AllThatAmar
Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

So now that we're tracking both the playoffs (the usual) and the lotto (the new) we have an expanded "While you were sleeping" schedule to track. Here was all the action from last night:

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  • The Bucks lost to the Hawks, so, good for Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver, right?

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  • The Lakers lost to the Thunder, and now are in a three-way tie with us, and Boston for fourth.

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  • The Schedule was Meh tonight.

Movers and Shakers:

  1. The Lakers, Jazz, and Boston are all tied at 9.0 games behind the Bucks.
  2. The Kings are 1.0 games behind LAL/UTA/BOS
  3. Still not out of the woods, we have the Cleveland and Detroit being 3.0 games back of us too

The Big Board:

Record Last 10 Remaining Standings Game Result
Team W L % GB W L % Gm v20 v10 Seed Lotto Last Next
1 Milwaukee Bucks 13 52 20% 0.0 3 7 30% 17 7 5 East 15 1 @ ATL L
2 Philadelphia 76ers 15 49 23% 2.5 0 10 0% 18 11 5 East 14 2 vs IND
3 Orlando Magic 19 47 29% 5.5 3 7 30% 16 11 3 East 13 3 vs WAS
4 Utah Jazz 22 43 34% 9.0 3 7 30% 17 13 4 West 15 4 vs LAC
5 Boston Celtics 22 43 34% 9.0 3 7 30% 17 12 5 East 12 4 vs PHX
6 Los Angeles Lakers 22 43 34% 9.0 3 7 30% 17 10 5 West 14 4 @ OKC L @ SAS
7 Sacramento Kings 23 42 35% 10.0 4 6 40% 17 12 4 West 13 7
8 Cleveland Cavaliers 25 40 38% 12.0 3 7 30% 17 12 6 East 11 8 @ GSW
9 Detroit Pistons 25 40 38% 12.0 2 8 20% 17 10 6 East 10 9
10 New York Knicks 26 40 39% 12.5 4 6 40% 16 11 7 East 9 10 3*
11 New Orleans Pelicans 26 38 41% 13.5 3 7 30% 18 9 4 West 12 11 vs POR
12 Denver Nuggets 28 36 44% 15.5 2 8 20% 18 10 3 West 11 12 4* @ MIA
13 Atlanta Hawks 28 35 44% 16.0 3 7 30% 19 11 4 East 8 vs MIL W
14 Charlotte Bobcats 31 34 48% 18.0 6 4 60% 17 13 7 East 7 vs MIN
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 32 31 51% 20.0 7 3 70% 19 14 6 West 10 13 @ CHA
16 Brooklyn Nets 33 30 52% 21.0 8 2 80% 19 16 9 East 6 1*
17 Phoenix Suns 36 28 56% 23.5 3 7 30% 18 13 7 West 9 14 @ BOS
18 Dallas Mavericks 39 27 59% 25.5 6 4 60% 16 13 6 West 8
19 Memphis Grizzlies 38 26 59% 25.5 7 3 70% 18 13 5 West 7 @ TOR
20 Golden State Warriors 41 25 62% 27.5 8 2 80% 16 13 8 West 6 2* vs CLE
1* - ATL has right to swap picks with BKN
2* - UTA owns GSW pick
3* - DEN owns NYK pick
4* - DEN owes ORL their lower of their two 1st round picks


Tonight's Action:

LOTS OF GAMES TONIGHT!

  • IND @ PHI -- expect Philly to lose their 19th game in a row
  • WAS @ ORL -- I also expect the Magic to lose again here
  • LAC @ UTA -- we should keep up with the neighbors with a loss tonight
  • PHX @ BOS -- hopefully Phoenix wins, even if that means the Celtics keep stride with us
  • LAL @ SAS -- Lakers with a rare back-to-back game here, and play in Texas against the Spurs, so, loss
  • POR @ NOP -- duh, on who is going to win
  • DEN @ MIA -- same here
  • MIN @ CHA -- a rare game where two boring teams that no one cares about play each other. They are 14th and 15th in these standings, but because of the conferences they play in, one of them is the 6th seed and in the playoffs
  • MEM @ TOR -- this is a tough one, but hope the Grizz do it. This used to be part of that Vancouver / Toronto rivalry way back when
  • CLE @ GSW -- BOOOOOoooOooo!!!

At this stage we can't hope for the teams ahead of us in the tank to win every game, especially when they have really tough games ahead of them on the schedule. We have to pick our poison on what we want to happen each night.

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