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Thursday was a calm-before-the-storm type night before things start getting crazy on Friday, with 15 games on the schedule — yes, all thirty teams are playing! — and lots of clinching scenarios.Of those 15, there are five with no playoff seeding implications, and another four that should be relative cakewalks (Lakers vs. Grizzlies, Heat vs. Raptors, Knicks vs. Nets and Wolves vs. Hawks).One other game — Denver at San Antonio — is huge only if the Nuggets lose, opening the door for Oklahoma City or Minnesota to take the West’s top seed.That leaves five games on the schedule that truly...

At least 13 of tonight's 14 NBA games have some playoff implications, plus there's a Spurs-Grizzlies game that might be really, really interesting to Charlotte fans. But the one to watch is Lakers vs. Warriors (10 p.m. ET), which likely is just to determine who will have home court if the two teams meet again in next week's Play-In Tournament. A Laker win would seal the Warriors into 10th; a Warriors win means Golden State can land ninth if it wins out.In addition, the Lakers have some real move-up possibilities if they win. If the Lakers win their final three game and the Pelic...

Only five games tonight and three of them are functionally irrelevant, unless you think the Blazers can beat Golden State.Still, the other two combine with last night’s results to give us much to discuss, once again.In the East, Orlando’s loss to a shorthanded Milwaukee team is the biggest news. It now puts the Magic in a dangerous position to slide down the seeding chart; they were alive to grab the second seed with a win but now could land as low as eighth!!! More on that in a minute.Meanwhile, the Bucks are in decent shape to hold the second seed, or at worst, slip to third. The Bucks c...