According to the standings, the Bucks have already secured a spot in the postseason. However, Lillard's elimination is a very unpleasant situation for them, as the Bucks would have little chance in the later stages of the playoffs without him.
That said, there are already optimistic rumors about Lillard's return. At least some media reports that he might even come back this season, although that is a little hard to believe.

Tough schedule, I can say. But, they are not the only team who's struggling. If you see the Lakers' last 2 games. They got blown out by Eastern teams below .500. The warriors are expected to struggle as well after Curry got injured. But these top 8 teams are most likely going to be in the top 8 for the remainder of the season. It's just a matter of who will get to the 7th and 8th spot to play in the play-in tournament, which is not a good start for any teams in the post season.
The West standings from 2-8 are in tough competition btw.

The way how we see them play without Steph we see them struggle so bad and many people got sad that Butler didn't get his spot light for todays game.

I think Adebayo prove that they are fine without Butler and they show it up on how they dominate Warriors with Butler in their team.

I guess they need Curry badly since if they keep losing maybe Clippers and Wolves would take their spot and they will land at 8 spot. Every game is a must win for Warriors and crazy to know what will be their adjustment after they lose horribly on Heat.

Anyone here can relate to betting before the game starts and have worries about some questionable players to play?
The best example is for tomorrow's match, like Boston vs Phoenix, where J. Tatum is questionable to play. And Nuggets vs Bucks, like a Giannis and Jokić, are also questionable. Any advice?

Obviously they are still fourth so they do not have too much to worry about. If they finish fifth, they are facing the same team as they would if they finish fourth, so Memphis doesn't matter, they are going to face them one way or another.

Sixth place warriors are the only ones they have to care about, and I do not see lakers dropping that hard. If Lakers finished third, they would face Warriors, and that would be the worse result, first round exit possibility, with Butler in their team, Warriors are looking like a strong team again. Lakers were on a great winning streak when Luka joined, so they do have the talent to win we all know that, maybe they are just actively resting and not caring about wins just to make sure they are ready for playoffs.

This is a good suggestion which I’m not aware until you brought up, I thought fantasy sports usually just have virtual players like NBA2K that doesn’t reflect the actual roster that will play on the game.

I’m only relying on the google stats when the game is started that’s why I rarely bet on prematch because some questionable players usually play/not play unexpectedly on the actual match.

The odds variation is just minimal factor to consider if the questionable players usually play gives a huge impact on the game.

That's good to hear, I thought that it's something very serious because the look on his face is an absolute terror of pain. So, moving on, the Celtics are fine and Tatum is still going to be back soon. But with the other teams, looks they have their injuries as well for their key players. The seed chart has already been out and we can already look on what to bet for.

Me.
That's always been me, I'm an advanced bettor and when I mean by advanced. I bet hours before the match happens and these announcements come sometimes an hour before the match or even minutes. I think if you want to avoid getting disappointed with this style they do, bet maybe 30 minutes before the match happens or simply search the team's name and their players as keywords if there will be reports of injuries or key players won't play.

Usually though, the shift might not be as big. Just like what has been mentioned, Boston vs Suns, even though that Tatum is questionable and most likely not to play, they are still a huge favorite in this game. So this could be a trap as the game is going to be at Suns homecourt and then without Tatum, they have a good chance to win with Durant and Booker leading them.

Tatum is averaging like 27 ppg, so that is a huge lost already for the Celtics unless someone can cover that offense for them. But let's see at the last minute, Celtics doesn't need to force Tatum to play as they are already sealed for that second spot in the East.

This is what likely what most of the bettors does for NBA.

We check stats through google and when the game is about to start, we miss some of them because information is overwhelming.

And betting on prematches is kind of sickening nowadays with all of these surprising announcement of who's not going to play for the team.