The final week of qualifying games in the NBA’s Orlando Bubble will be true to the race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.
Portland and San Antonio gained more floors in Memphis on Saturday, while New Orleans and Sacramento were officially withdrawn from the competition.
Damian Lillard and DeMar DeRozan produced notable performances for their respective groups playing in a painful Grizzlies game.
The difference between eighth-place Memphis and 11th-11th Phoenix is 1.5 games. Memphis, Portland and San Antonio still have two games left, while the Suns have three to play.
In the Eastern Conference, Toronto and Boston won to consolidate their seats over Milwaukee at the most sensible point.
The Raptors and Celtics are locked in no.2 and no. 3 seeds, so if they win the first round, they’ll face everyone else in the eastern semifinals.
Oklahoma City 121, Washington 103
Danilo Gallinari (OKC): 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Darius Bazley (OKC): 23 PTS, 7 REB
Jerome Robinson (WSH): 19 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB
Darius Bazley exploded for 23 points off the bench to extend Washington’s miserable stay inside the bubble.
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