04-04-2024, 09:52 AM
Very interesting set of games today.
Sacramento plays New York. They have exact same score, yet Sacramento is 8th in the West and NY is 5th in the East (with a chance to jump at 3rd). Sacramento absolutely needs to win this in the playoff race.
Golden State plays in Houston. Houston is 3 games behind GSW in the loss column. GSW has the tiebreaker at the moment with 2 wins vs 1. But Houston has a far better division record and if they win this one, they will also own the tiebreaker. So a win puts Houston within two (still relatively far from play-in), loss puts GSW 5 games in front (because they win the tiebreaker) and ends all realistic hopes. A must win game for GSW which would allow them to calmly prepare for play-in.
Mavs will start a three game home stretch and I think they need to win at least two to control the play-off seed. The game against Atlanta is likely the easiest of the stretch. Atlanta is in fight with Chicago for 9th spot but can't neither move higer than that or lower than 10th. Atlanta can score, but they are a bad defensive team.
Sacramento plays New York. They have exact same score, yet Sacramento is 8th in the West and NY is 5th in the East (with a chance to jump at 3rd). Sacramento absolutely needs to win this in the playoff race.
Golden State plays in Houston. Houston is 3 games behind GSW in the loss column. GSW has the tiebreaker at the moment with 2 wins vs 1. But Houston has a far better division record and if they win this one, they will also own the tiebreaker. So a win puts Houston within two (still relatively far from play-in), loss puts GSW 5 games in front (because they win the tiebreaker) and ends all realistic hopes. A must win game for GSW which would allow them to calmly prepare for play-in.
Mavs will start a three game home stretch and I think they need to win at least two to control the play-off seed. The game against Atlanta is likely the easiest of the stretch. Atlanta is in fight with Chicago for 9th spot but can't neither move higer than that or lower than 10th. Atlanta can score, but they are a bad defensive team.