Last night was a good night for the Grizzlies with the win against San Antonio and losses by New Orleans, Portland, Houston, and Phoenix.
With 8 games to play, here is where they stand:
Denver - 13
Portland - 11 (Would be one game less if the Grizz win at Portland on 4/12 to win the tiebreaker)
New Orleans - 10 (Grizzlies play New Orleans twice, but even with 2 wins New Orleans would likely still hold the tiebreaker)
Houston - 7
Phoenix - 5 (would be 6, but Grizz have the tiebreaker with the Suns)
Utah - 4
You have to think Phoenix and Utah are basically eliminated at this point.
When you look at remaining schedules, the 6 seed is actually very feasible, especially if the Grizzlies can take one of the two against New Orleans and somehow steal the road game against Portland. If they do that, they will almost definitely get the 6 seed, though there is some debate over whether it would be better to get the 8 seed and the Spurs or the 3 seed and the Mavs. Either way I think you want to avoid the Lakers.
With 8 games to play, here is where they stand:
Denver - 13
Portland - 11 (Would be one game less if the Grizz win at Portland on 4/12 to win the tiebreaker)
New Orleans - 10 (Grizzlies play New Orleans twice, but even with 2 wins New Orleans would likely still hold the tiebreaker)
Houston - 7
Phoenix - 5 (would be 6, but Grizz have the tiebreaker with the Suns)
Utah - 4
You have to think Phoenix and Utah are basically eliminated at this point.
When you look at remaining schedules, the 6 seed is actually very feasible, especially if the Grizzlies can take one of the two against New Orleans and somehow steal the road game against Portland. If they do that, they will almost definitely get the 6 seed, though there is some debate over whether it would be better to get the 8 seed and the Spurs or the 3 seed and the Mavs. Either way I think you want to avoid the Lakers.
