NBA’s seeding-game schedule on August 14, Yahoo Sports NBA will provide a daily primer on bubbles, complete with updated leaderboards and a breakdown of the schedule, from game odds to playoff implications and bigger storylines. . Today marks day 11 of the resumption of the 2019-20 season.“data-reactid =” 16 “>Until the end of the NBA’s seeding-game schedule on August 14, Yahoo Sports NBA will provide a daily primer on bubbles, complete with updated leaderboards and a breakdown of the schedule, from game odds to playoff implications and bigger storylines. . Today marks day 11 of the resumption of the 2019-20 season.
NBA ranking
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee Bucks (55-15)
Toronto Raptors (49-19)
Boston Celtics (46-23)
Miami Heat (43-27)
Indiana Pacers (43-27)
Philadelphia 76ers (42-27)
Brooklyn Nets (33-36)
Orlando Magic (32-38)
Washington Wizards (24-45)
Western conference
Los Angeles Lakers (51-18)
LA Clippers (47-22)
Denver Nuggets (46-24)
Houston Rockets (43-25)
Oklahoma City Thunder (42-26)
Utah Jazz (43-27)
Dallas Mavericks (42-30)
Memphis Grizzlies (33-37)
Portland Trail Blazers (32-39)
Phoenix Suns (31-39)
San Antonio Spurs (30-38)
New Orleans Pelicans (30-39)
Sacramento Kings (29-40)
The Sunday program
Washington Wizards v Oklahoma City Thunder, 12:30
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Toronto Raptors, 2pm
San Antonio Spurs v New Orleans Pelicans, 3pm (ABC)
Orlando Magic v Boston Celtics, 5pm
Philadelphia 76ers vs Portland Trail Blazers, 6:30 pm (NBATV)
Houston Rockets v Sacramento Kings, 8pm
Brooklyn Nets v Los Angeles Clippers, 9pm (NBATV)
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Implications in the playoffs
Washington Wizards (24-45) v Oklahoma City Thunder (42-26)
The Wizards were eliminated from the playoff contest.
The Thunder will remain in position to play the Rockets in the West 4-5 series with a win. A defeat would drop Oklahoma City to sixth place behind the Jazz, positioned for a potential 3-6 series with the Nuggets.
Memphis Grizzlies (33-37) vs Toronto Raptors (49-19)
The Raptors would have won the No. 2 in the East with a win.
The Grizzlies can take eighth place with a Blazers win and defeat. This means that the ninth-placed team would have to win two games in a row in a play-in series to unseat them from the final seed of the Western playoffs. However, Memphis’s hold on eighth place could only loosen mid-game with a defeat and a win in Portland.
San Antonio Spurs (30-38) v New Orleans Pelicans (30-39)
The Spurs can jump to ninth place in the West with a win and defeat for Blazers, capable of forcing a play-in streak with the Grizzlies’ eighth place with only two games remaining on their regular season schedules.
The Pelicans would be eliminated from the playoff contest with a defeat and a win for the Blazers.
Orlando Magic (32-38) vs Boston Celtics (46-23)
The Celtics would be stuck in seed # 3 in the East with a Raptors defeat or victory.
Magic would have been stuck in seed no. 8 in the East with a defeat and a victory for the Nets.
Philadelphia 76ers (42-27) vs Portland Trail Blazers (32-39)
The Sixers would lose an entire game of both fourth-place Heat and fifth-place Pacers. Miami and Indiana both have direct tie-breaks against Philadelphia.
The Blazers can draw within the mid-game of eighth place with one win and one defeat for the Grizzlies. Portland could come out of ninth place with a Spurs defeat and victory, out of the playoffs with two games left to re-enter.
Houston Rockets (43-25) v Sacramento Kings (29-40)
The Rockets would be nearly eliminated from the contest for the number 3 seed in the West with one defeat.
The Kings will be eliminated from the playoff contest with a defeat or a win by Blazers.
Brooklyn Nets (33-36) vs Los Angeles Clippers (47-22)
The Nets can conquer the No. 7 in the East with one Magic win and one defeat.
The magic number of the Clippers to conquer the seed no. 2 in the West would only be one with a win.
Who and what to watch
The cultural advantage of San Antonio
basketball? A two-decade foundation of success built on great coaching, sound decision-making and heightened awareness of each player’s responsibility to the team in his role. Welcome to the San Antonio Spurs model." data-reactid="108">Do you know what helps when you live in a bubble after four months of absence from basketball? A foundation of two decades of success built on excellent coaching, solid decision-making and an increased awareness of each player’s responsibility to the team in their role. Welcome to the San Antonio Spurs model.
More than any other team still fighting for the play-in series between eighth and ninth place in the West, with the exception of the Blazers, the Spurs understand the stakes. There can be no brake pedal in a seeding game and running under pressure is critical to any possession. With LaMarcus Aldridge sidelined, Spurs are far too often at a talent disadvantage, and a defensive mistake on three-time winner 76ers guard Shake Milton on Monday was a reminder of their slim margin for error in keeping hope alive.
NBA careers — will be held in the sort of culture-setting atmosphere San Antonio has acclimated to ever since drafting the last great power forward No. 1 overall." data-reactid="114">It is with this wisdom that Spurs enter Sunday’s match against choice no. 1 absolute Zion Williamson and the Pelicans. The loser will need a miracle to find safe ground before the bubble bursts. New Orleans is trying to establish an identity under a new front office in the wake of Anthony Davis’ departure, and this game – with Williamson and former Lakers Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart facing what is essentially their first win. must-see game of their young NBA careers – it will take place in the kind of cultural vibe San Antonio has grown accustomed to ever since drafting the last great number 1 forward ever.
For those who ring the bell
The Spurs and the Pelicans are not the only Western Conference teams in dire need of victory on Sunday, but only the only two going head to head. The Blazers, Grizzlies and Kings are all vying for their lives in the playoffs, either in the form of a place in the play-in series or on the verge of joining one as an eighth seed.
NBA heroes and goats will be born on Sunday." data-reactid="117">Damian Lillard has built a career by responding to such situations, but who will join him? Ja Morant and De’Aaron Fox, respective point guards for Memphis and Sacramento, hope to establish themselves as The Next Damian Lillard or some version of it. New NBA heroes and goats will be born on Sunday.
We may also see close in some teams. While some playoff teams will use their last few games to boost their intensity, others will rest players before heavier taxes on their conditioning. Still others will resign themselves to the fact that there is nothing left to play for in Orlando. The Wizards have been eliminated from the playoff contest and several teams in the West are poised on the edge. It could get ugly when they fall.
