03-28-2025, 04:50 PM
(03-28-2025, 06:23 AM)bubbler86 Wrote: The Kings won, so there is no tanking for the West final spots, but the Mavs' hopes of getting to the 8th or 9th seed for the draft are mostly tanked. The Lakers cannot beat the Bulls...one might say the Mavs playing better than the Lakers right now.
The Mavs were NEVER getting to the 8th or 9th lottery seed, no matter what.
It's incredibly hard to "move up" much in the Tank Race, because the teams in front of you are typically tanking too. (Some look like they arent, but that is often deceptive, and they reel off a slew of consecutive losses once some team gets close.)
The did have a possible shot at 11, but more likely 12-13, and that hasn't changed. But the play-in has the potential to change things unexpectedly if some team makes the actual playoffs who wasn't slotted to do so. Including Dallas.