This week is the first with a complete slate of games since early February. Let’s consider those games from February 27 through March 5, and move the teams around accordingly.
Only a few teams (Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, LA Lakers) are well and truly eliminated from the playoff race. Are the Knicks, Bucks and others taking heart from the astonishing turnaround of teams like the Heat and Wizards?
There’s a lot of drama left to play out.