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Today, four teams will finally decide which two clubs get spots in the play-in series to determine the No. 8 seed in the NBA's West playoffs.

“We can finally look at it,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “It’s our next step. We know we’re not totally in control of our fate, but we put ourselves in a good position. Nobody would have guessed theThe Suns are 7-0 at the season restart, the darlings of the NBA bubble — but finishing the seeding games at 8-0 doesn’t even guarantee them a play-in spot. Phoenix plays Dallas in a 4 p.m. game, the same time as a matchup between Memphis and Milwaukee.

“The way things have been down the stretch for these games, as tight as it’s been, it’s been pretty exciting,” Portland coach Terry Stotts said. Portland goes into the final day of the West race a half-game up on Memphis, which is technically ninth because it holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with 10th-place Phoenix. San Antonio, in 11th, is also just a half-game back of Portland.

The play-in series between the eighth- and ninth-place teams after Thursday’s games begins Saturday; the No. 9 team must win Saturday and Sunday to advance, the No. 8 team has to win just once.Even if the NBA counts the play-in games toward a team’s overall record, the best winning percentage that any of the four teams would take into the playoffs and Game 1 against the Lakers is .480. The last time a team made the West playoffs with a record below .

 

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