NBA Western Conference Seeding Battles Heat Up This Weekend

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00:00let's talk about what is at stake in the western conference to begin the lakers currently the

00:06three seed the nuggets the four slightly in front of the clippers despite having the same record at

00:1248 and 32 the warriors 47 and 33 the grizzlies 47 and 33 the timberwolves 47 and 33 and both the

00:21kings and the mavericks have already earned a play in tourney spot they will be the 9-10 matchup

00:27just a matter of who hosts that 9-10 game more than likely it will be sacramento the kings have a

00:34game advantage so let's start drs with what we have to figure out in the jumbled three through six who

00:41is going to avoid a play in tourney spot who is going to be a playoff team from the very start

00:47again a reminder oklahoma city and houston have already clinched their playoff seeds okc the one

00:53houston the two out west the lakers tonight will host the houston rockets before visiting the

00:59portland trailblazers to end out the regular season the nuggets have the grizzlies and the rockets they

01:05travel to houston the rockets probably going to be resting over these final three games or three days

01:12i should say the clippers visit their northern california foes in the kings and the warriors

01:17both teams still with a ton at stake the warriors visit the trailblazers tonight before hosting the

01:23clippers on sunday that's going to be a huge game the dubs and eclipse on sunday afternoon

01:28yeah a lot of them i look at the first two teams listed the lakers nuggets i expect sweeps out of

01:32both of them houston doesn't matter it doesn't care maybe it's los angeles they might get excited

01:36lakers win that game they need that game same thing with portland if they need that game on sunday

01:40but also changes we're talking about friday sunday some of these games might not mean anything on sunday

01:45and that could drastically change but we're just anticipating that these teams will still be in the

01:49market let's just say for seating purposes and nothing can change at this point

01:52nuggets again i expect memphis and houston the clippers are interesting they'll beat sacramento

01:56tonight because again sacramento already has it wrapped up there's no reason for them to expend

01:59any more energy and get any injuries because they're gonna have a quicker turnaround time

02:03playing in the play-in than let's just say the kid then the uh clippers would have at that point so

02:08that's my expectations on the first three warriors they'll beat portland and then who knows if

02:12the clippers need that game sunday same exact thing but i think it's pretty paint by numbers

02:16and what's going to happen this weekend

02:17and what's going to happen this weekend

02:18and what's going to happen this weekend

02:19and what's going to happen this weekend

02:20and what's going to happen this weekend