AROUND the NBA:

[F Gump]

Interesting night tonight. Mavs at Pistons.  Suns get Cleveland at home.  Cleveland has lost 3 straight, so I am sure they will be motivated to end that streak despite not being in a must win scenario.  Although they have fell behind OKC for best record. 

The Spurs play the tanking sixers.  They are three games back of the Mavs, but Mavs own tie breaker. 

The trailblazers play Denver.  Last I saw, there is concern Jokic may be out.  They are two games back of the Mavs.  Mavs also own the tie breaker.

Magic play the Wizards.

There is only a tiebreaker in play right now for seeding the playoffs (or play-in tournament). 

For lottery purposes, no one will own the tiebreaker as the season ends. Then as to official lottery seed, ties in the season record are broken by a coin flip to determine who starts where, but for the lottery itself the tied teams are left in a tie and equally split the applicable ping-pong balls for those seeds.