With seven days left in the NBA season, the Western Conference shakeout began in earnest. Portland, Denver, Houston, and Utah maintained status quo with big wins. But that meant teams in the lower playoff seeds got some bad news.
Nuggets 113, Spurs 85
Blazers 116, Grizzlies 89
Rockets 135, Clippers 103
Jazz 118, Suns 97
Golden State still has a 1.5-game lead for the first seed. So we’ll ignore them. Otherwise, nothing changed among the upper seeds Wednesday: The gap between the 2 and 3 seeds is still 1.5 games, with Portland right behind them.