It’s official now. The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) It already has its 10 teams that will participate in the postseason, either in the play-in qualifying as in the Playoffs, the last guest at the Fiesta Grande being the San antonio spurs.
The above, despite the fact that the Texas squad lost an incredible game at the home of New York Knicks, where he had a 17-point advantage and ended up falling by 98-102, at the expense of the other team fighting for advancement that could complicate their lives.
That was Sacramento Kings, who to stay alive had to win all the games that remained; However, in his first final challenge, before Memphis Grizzlies, was defeated by 110-116, being out of any option to get into the play-in, opening the door for the Spurs.
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The definition in the West for going straight to the NBA Playoffs
The concrete thing is that San Antonio has already secured its place in the previous instance, where it must wait for a rival, which could be Golden State Warriors o Memphis, which will depend on what happens in the last two games that both play this weekend.
In the play-in, Spurs will face whoever finishes in ninth position, where whoever wins will play a defining duel to enter the NBA Playoffs 2021 against the loser of the game between the seventh and eighth of the West, so He’s only guaranteed one playoff game.
The posting of San Antonio Spurs as classified to the Play-In (@spurs)
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Who will go straight into the NBA Playoffs in the West?
This Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May we will see a fierce fight between four teams to define the last two direct quotas for the Fiesta Grande, together with those already classified. Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers y Denver Nuggets, and whoever finishes in the dreaded seventh place.
Those involved in this fight are Dallas Mavericks (with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses), Portland Trail Blazers (41-30) and Los angeles lakers (40-30), where the two best placed will get into the Playoffs, and the other will live a nightmare facing Stephen Curry and company.
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