Three days before the end of the regular season, we can already see a little more clearly, in the East as in the West. But if the podiums are almost known, if a few series are already pointing the tip of their noses, a duel is still in full swing, the one that sees the Mavs and the Thunder opposing each other at a distance for the tenth and last qualifying place for the play-in tournament.
We are almost there. Three more nights of NBA and the regular season will have revealed all its secrets. Among those? The end result of the rather unexpected race between the Mavericks and the Thunder. Dallas disappoints in the large widths, OKC surprises, and 72 hours from the verdict it is indeed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his teammates who are best placed, who have their destiny in their hands. IInfographics, and we’re talking just below:
???? Who will qualify for the Playin Tournament between Dallas and OKC? Here are the scenarios to follow! pic.twitter.com/t1sUr1vmBE
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First indication, maybe tomorrow morning the dice will be thrown. Dallas loses tonight once morest the Bulls? Season over in Texas, happy holidays. Otherwise everything will be played on Sunday evening between Oklahoma City and Dallas, with the reception of the Grizzlies by the Thunder and the Spurs by the Mavericks.
Given the standings and the stakes, Luka Doncic and his boys should be fine and might win their last two games, even if the Bulls still have a slim chance of ninth place, even if Gregg Popovich will potentially coach his last game once morest to the Mavs and would not be once morest playing a last trick on the neighbors.
It is therefore rather on the side of Oklahoma that the suspense will find its most cozy home, but there too the fact of knowing the Grizzlies 99.5% sure of finishing second might reshuffle the cards in favor of the Thunder.
To make it short? The calculations are very simple but the truth will rather be found in the desire of everyone (Bulls, Spurs, Grizzlies) to play a real game of basketball. But what if we wanted to make a prediction? We would already like a good holiday to Kyrie Irving and a good job search to Christian Wood.