4 losses in a row and Jazz is officially out of the play-in picture now. Mavericks have 2 games left, against Bulls and Spurs. Bulls guaranteed their 10th place so it's very possible for Mavs to win both games. Thunder have only one game left and they'll play with Grizzlies. Normally it'd be a though game but we probably see big rotation before play-off so Thunder may win this one. Last place for play-in will be determined in last games literally. I'm okay with both teams, either Thunder or Mavs for play-in but I don't think they'll get a spot in play-off.

It's sad that the Jazz is out for good. But it was a good season for them in spite of being branded as a rebuilding team. The team has too many future draft picks in the coming years. Lauri Markkanen showed star potential and hopefully, the management will try to start making the team competitive otherwise he is wasting his stay in Utah.

I want to see Dallas enter the play-ins rather than OKC. The Pelicans without Zion and the Timberwolves are inconsistent teams and are still beatable especially since Dallas has more playoff runs than these teams. I am not sure what happens if in case of a tie. Is head-to-head the first option? OKC is 2-1 against the Mavs so they are most likely to qualify then.

Good start, a bad ending for the Jazz. We all witness how they are in the hype when they are winning most of their games in the first 10 games of the season but now they won't even make it to the play-in tournament. Well, they are a young team and the management is rebuilding their roster so I think it is given. It's just a waste of talent if their newly acquired stars will be injured, so just let them rest.

Yeah, Thunder may win it against the Grizzlies but sometimes unexpected things happen if they won't play well. One good example is the Suns almost defeated by the Nuggets bench.
2 assists for CP3. That tells us something is not right. He actually was 0 assists until the 3rd quarter, this is not the usual point god that we got used to watching. The plays are mostly isolation, I understand it because they have KD now but something must be done and I think there is a huge room for improvement.
They are playing against the Nuggets bench. They are probably not happy with that win.

And there were moments in the 3rd quarter that the bench players are out scoring Durant, Booker and CP3 and out hustling them and take a 4 point lead. But the Suns are not bothered though, maybe they think that they can still salvage the game in the 4th quarter and that's what they did.

But a bit disappointed for the fans as yeah, they just won by just 4 points against a team that is resting their players.

While the Suns has to go full throttle in order to take this W.

I think Danny Ainge really isn't thinking of the playoffs like it's his priority. I mean he has young players, and lots of draft picks on their roster. I believe that they will be using it to get some better role players in the off-season.

As for the Mavericks, the door is still not closed for them, but it's hard that your are relying on other teams just for you to get the 10th spot. I mean if Thunder will lose against the Grizzlies, and Mavericks somehow manage to win those 2 remaining games, they will get the 10th spot. If the Thunder manages to win against the Grizzlies, and the Mavericks lost one game of their remaining 2 games, they're out of the league already. Now if the Thunder, and the Mavericks manage to win on their remaining games, we will see a tiebreaker between the 2 teams, and whoever wins will get the 10th spot.

TBH, I would love to see the Mavericks getting that 10th seed rather than the Thunder, and they won against the Kings, so maybe that built a bit of momentum for the team. The remaining 2 games of Mavericks isn't that hard because it's against the Bulls who are already in the play-in tournament, and against the Spurs who are already eliminated. Still, anything can happen and Mavericks can still lose to either one of them. Either way, the Mavericks are in a tough situation right now.

The win was not convincing at all from the Phoenix Suns. Kevin Durant and Paul performed really well for the Phoenix Suns. But the other players did not provide too much importance in my opinion. That’s why the performance was not convincing in my opinion. Because the Suns are not going to be able to perform well in the playoffs if there is. Solo efforts are only going to get them so far. They will have to perform as a team instead of depending too much on certain players.

A big part of that reason why the Dallas Mavericks took their risks on acquiring Kyrie Irving is because the man truly got talents, which give the team a ray of hope when he was traded but all that was shattered when the duo started playing. It seems like it's just too much too ask because even if Kyrie is still a valuable player, he is not that kind of Kyrie anymore way back in the Cavs where he helped Lebron put a chip on their shoulders. The team is all offense and lacks defense, that's why their opponents aren't really having a hard time penetrating.

And this game will happen later, let's see what will the Lakers do in-front of the revamped Phoenix Suns, this is interesting to see
Other than that, a lot of people will surely watch this game because after 4 long years, the chance has come that Durant and LeBron will face each other again in a game because their last game was on Christmas Day of 2018.

For the latest tip-off, the Suns squad especially the cores are all healthy while for the Lakers, D'Lo, LBJ and AD is questionable.

If the Thunders will defeat the Grizzlies on their last game, the Mavs will still remain at the 11th spot which means they can't qualify for the play-in but even if the Thunders will get defeated here and the Mavs will just win one game out of the two remaining, they are still out of the picture because the Thunders have already defeated the Mavs this season with a 2-1 standing. So, even if they'll get a tie in the 10th spot, it belongs to the Thunder.

Kyrie Irving is a weird player. I mean can you argue that he is not better than the PG they had before his trade? Spencer Dinwiddie if I am not wrong, isn' Kyrie better than him? It should be easily clear that he is better than him right? That seems like a clear choice, and yet ever since the trade Mavs has been terrible and I mean like not even remotely close to what it used to be levels of terrible. I still can't understand how terrible of a teammate and person you have to be in order to be a better player and still have a worse result. That is something that rarely ever happens, a team getting a better player but being worse, and Mavs will have a hard time recovering from this move.