Portland Trail Blazers Coach Terry Stotts says the team will be doing everything it can to beat the Denver Nuggets tomorrow, citing “karma” as a real concern. The Blazers host the Nuggets at the Moda Center tomorrow with final seeding for both teams still to be determined. See all the possible final seeding outcomes here.
In the past, a number of teams have appeared to intentionally lose their final game(s) — by sitting their starters —in order to secure their ideal seeding. It was a tactic many believed Portland used in its final game of the 2018-19 season against the Sacramento Kings by playing Anfernee Simons, Gary Trent Jr.