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OKC Thunder: Wild races for seeding in final week of regular season

By Tamberlyn Richardson

AUGUST 09: Terrance Ferguson #23, Darius Bazley #7, Chris Paul #3, Devon Hall #14, and Luguentz Dort #5 of the OKC Thunder celebrate after defeating the Washington Wizards (Photo by Kim Klement - Pool/Getty Images)
AUGUST 09: Terrance Ferguson #23, Darius Bazley #7, Chris Paul #3, Devon Hall #14, and Luguentz Dort #5 of the OKC Thunder celebrate after defeating the Washington Wizards (Photo by Kim Klement - Pool/Getty Images) /
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OKC Thunder seed affected by other teams: Gary Trent Jr. #2 and Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers react after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies 140-135 in overtime at (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

Four-way race for two seeds in West Play-in Tournament

Grizzlies (33-38): Memphis has two games remaining versus the Celtics and Bucks. Although these are tough opponents with both locked into their seeds neither will push for the win at the expense of a core player getting injured. That bodes well for the Grizzlies.

Blazers (33-39) -0.5: Portland has two games remaining facing the Mavericks and Nets.

Spurs (31-38) -1.0: Two games remaining facing tough opponents (Rockets, Jazz) who are also seeking to secure specific seeds.

Suns (31-39) -1.5:  It’s conceivable the Phoenix Suns could go unbeaten in the bubble and still not get one of the two seeds for the play-in tournament. Of the six West teams who were vying for those two play-in berths, the Suns had the hardest seeding schedule based on opponent cumulative win percentage. Their final three games feature the OKC Thunder, 76ers, and Mavericks.

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