SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – There are eight days left in the regular NBA season, and with the postseason approaching fast, each game has the potential to change the final seed for the Western Conference playoffs. </ With just a handful of games left for each squad, the top 10 teams in the west are almost done, even if they aren't.
With that in mind and understanding that every game affects these teams , this will affect the final placement. Let’s take a look at the most important games that remain in the regular season schedule of the NBA for the remaining eight nights.
The Utah Jazz took a top two starting position in the west with the victory over the Houston Rockets and took over with four remaining games are 1.5 games ahead of the Phoenix Suns.
The Nuggets lost their last home game of the season to the Brooklyn Nets, but are finishing their toughest stretch to end the year after being out for four days the New York Knicks, Jazz and Nets have provided. They went 1-2 in the distance.
With the defeat, Denver is 1.5 games behind the third-occupied Los Angeles Clippers, four games are left to play.
With the loss, the Spurs can’t go any higher than to complete the eighth seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.
The Spurs are just two games ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans for last place in the play-in tournament and two games behind the Memphis Grizzlies for ninth place on the grid.
With the win, Portland is 1.5 games ahead of the Lakers in sixth place on the grid, and there are only four games left in the season.
With the win, the Grizzlies take two games ahead of the Spurs, only five games in of the season.
This is the Clippers’ last home game of the regular season before the year ends with four consecutive street games.
With one win, the Clippers can get two games ahead of the Nuggets for the third seed in the Move west.
The suns can set the season Sweeping the line with a win over the Lakers and looking for the top seed in the West within a game of jazz.
With a loss and a win by Clippers, the Suns would be just two games ahead of LA and four more games have to play. The Clippers own the tie-breaker in the season series.
This is the final Jazz Road game against a playoff or play-in tournament team and a possible preview of the first round NBA playoffs.
This is the Trail Blazer’s final game of the season against a non-top 4 seed in the West, before finishing the season en route against Jazz and Suns before returning home to face the Nuggets .
The Mavericks would prevent the Grizzlies from overtaking them in the final standings with a win.
A possible preview of the first-round NBA playoffs. The suns would sweep the season series with a win.
This will be the Lakers’ last game of the regular season against a team with a record win.
This is the last Jazz home game of the season and the last matchup against a team that will play in the playoffs or play-in tournament.
This will be the Sun’s last home game of the regular season. This game is also a potential preview of the first-round NBA playoffs.
This is the first game in a two-game series between the Suns and Spurs that concludes the season and a possible preview of the NBA -Playoffs of the first round.
The second game of a two-game series between the Suns and Spurs and a possible preview of the NBA playoffs of the first round.
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