The second group includes Indiana, Atlanta, Boston and Orlando. The first group is Chicago and Miami, the two teams competing for the East's top seed. The East can be broken down into three groups. Wednesday's WC Games to Keep an Eye On: (obviously), to the Western Conference, the Eastern Conference playoff seeds are far from locked up. The highlight of the night, since the Mavericks won, was a Vince Carter dunk attempt that started as a soaring slam from the middle of the pant, turned into a layup halfway through, and ended up on the front rim. The Mavericks remain in 7th place in the West and picked up half a game on the Suns.Īnd now a little bonus coverage from the Mavs' recap: But when you lose to teams like the Cavs and the Hornets you don’t much complain about nights like these.ĭeMarcus Cousins' monster 25 point, 18 rebound performance was not enough to give the Suns the help they needed. In all honesty, they probably don’t win this game if the Kings have a center to keep the Mavs off the board. They missed a lot of easy layups and open looks. It looks good in the box score, but they turned the ball over so much in the first half that you could reasonably be confused who was the point guard for which team. To be honest, tonight, the Mavs survived their warts more than overcame them. NBA Western Conference Playoff Standings as of April 10, 2012:ĭallas Mavericks (7) BEAT Sacramento Kings, 110-100 Make the jump for Tuesday night's scores, a new nickname for Vince Carter and the most recent playoff standings. While most of the Western Conference got the night off, teams in the East were hard at work, many of them in their own playoff race. Only one of the six games on Tuesday night featured teams in the West, and the result of that game was not the one Suns fans were hoping for. As has been the case more often than not since the Bright Side began tracking the playoff fight in the Western Conference, the Phoenix Suns did not get any help from other teams.
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