Blazers have now won 3 in a row and are comfortably ahead of us in the standings. They are just 1 game behind the play in line, so they look a bit like the Jazz of last two years who may end up too far away from the bottom that regardless of what they do at the trade deadline they are gonna end up in the 8-10 range.
At this point Wizards and Raptors are leading the charge, but Pels worry me a bit. Philly may be one Embid injury away of joining the race, and if they do its gonna be dirty as they need to be bottom 6 post-lottery to keep their pick (so bottom 2 in standings to guarantee that).