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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:
- DET @ PHX: The Suns won, woO! Remember when that used to happen all the time?
- DEN @ DAL: The Mavericks won too, so they are now 1.5 games behind the Warriors. (Of course, I figured out today that no one will catch them.)
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- MEM @ MIA: The Grizzlies lost to the Heat, which is sad, but understandable.
- NYK @ PHI: The Sixers lost again.
- WAS @ LAL: The Lakers lost.
- BOS @ BKN: The Celtics lost.
- SAS @ SAC: The Kings lost too.
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- NOP @ ATL: The Pelicans won! Woo!
Movers and Shakers:
- Memphis lost, and Dallas won, so they flipped spots: #7 and #8 in the West
- GSW, BKN, NYK are all 8-2 in their last 10.
- MIL, PHI, ORL, UTA, DET are all 2-8 or WORST in their last 10.
- Somehow DEN and NOP are still willing games. Don't they know . . . ?
Tankapalooza:
Record | Last 10 | Remaining | Standings | Game Result | ||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | % | GB | W | L | % | Gm | v20 | v10 | Seed | Lotto | Last | Next | ||||
1 | Milwaukee Bucks | 13 | 56 | 19% | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 13 | 4 | 4 | East 15 | 1 | |||||
2 | Philadelphia 76ers | 15 | 54 | 22% | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0% | 13 | 9 | 4 | East 14 | 2 | vs NYK | L | @ CHI | ||
3 | Orlando Magic | 19 | 50 | 28% | 6.0 | 2 | 8 | 20% | 13 | 9 | 3 | East 13 | 3 | @ UTA | ||||
4 | Utah Jazz | 22 | 47 | 32% | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | 10% | 13 | 12 | 4 | West 15 | 4 | vs ORL | ||||
5 | Los Angeles Lakers | 22 | 46 | 32% | 9.5 | 3 | 7 | 30% | 14 | 10 | 5 | West 14 | 5 | vs WAS | L | |||
6 | Boston Celtics | 23 | 47 | 33% | 9.5 | 3 | 7 | 30% | 12 | 8 | 5 | East 12 | 5 | @ BKN | L | |||
7 | Sacramento Kings | 24 | 45 | 35% | 11.0 | 4 | 6 | 40% | 13 | 11 | 4 | West 13 | 7 | vs SAS | L | |||
8 | Detroit Pistons | 25 | 43 | 37% | 12.5 | 2 | 8 | 20% | 14 | 8 | 6 | East 11 | 8 | @ PHX | L | @ LAC | ||
9 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 26 | 43 | 38% | 13.0 | 3 | 7 | 30% | 13 | 11 | 6 | East 10 | 9 | vs HOU | ||||
10 | New Orleans Pelicans | 28 | 40 | 41% | 15.5 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 14 | 7 | 3 | West 12 | 10 | @ ATL | W | vs MIA | ||
11 | New York Knicks | 29 | 40 | 42% | 16.0 | 8 | 2 | 80% | 13 | 9 | 5 | East 9 | 11 | 3* | @ PHI | W | ||
12 | Denver Nuggets | 31 | 38 | 45% | 18.0 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 13 | 7 | 2 | West 11 | 12 | 4* | @ DAL | L | ||
13 | Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 36 | 46% | 19.0 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 15 | 8 | 4 | East 8 | vs NOP | L | ||||
14 | Charlotte Bobcats | 33 | 36 | 48% | 20.0 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 13 | 9 | 6 | East 7 | vs POR | |||||
15 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 34 | 33 | 51% | 22.0 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 15 | 11 | 5 | West 10 | 13 | |||||
16 | Brooklyn Nets | 36 | 31 | 54% | 24.0 | 8 | 2 | 80% | 15 | 13 | 8 | East 6 | 1* | vs BOS | W | |||
17 | Phoenix Suns | 40 | 29 | 58% | 27.0 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 13 | 9 | 4 | West 9 | 14 | vs DET | W | |||
18 | Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 28 | 59% | 27.5 | 7 | 3 | 70% | 14 | 11 | 3 | West 8 | @ MIA | L | vs IND | |||
19 | Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 28 | 60% | 28.5 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 12 | 10 | 5 | West 7 | vs DEN | W | ||||
20 | Golden State Warriors | 44 | 26 | 63% | 30.5 | 8 | 2 | 80% | 12 | 10 | 5 | West 6 | 2* | vs SAS | ||||
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 rnd picks |
Tonight's Action:
Somewhat big night for us.
- PHI @ CHI -- Philly on the second night of a back to back, on the road, lemme mark this down for a loss.
- ORL @ UTA -- This is #3 vs #4 here. Jazz will probably win, because, you know, we are smart.
- DET @ LAC -- Second night of a back to back, long road trip. They'll probably lose here. We play them a short distance after too.
- HOU @ CLE -- Cavs will get blasted.
- MIA @ NOP -- Second night of a back to back for Pelicans here, and Heat too. Should be interesting. For about 5 minutes.
- POR @ CHA -- Big Al Jefferson is getting some good feathers for his cap this season. He'll go up against LaMarcus Aldridge here. Fun game for both.
- IND vs MEM -- Indy is reeling, and Memphis needs all of the wins now.
- SAS vs GSW -- This is a huge game. Go Spurs!
The Jazz can really help themselves here if they lose. So, I can only imagine what they'll do.