SALT LAKE CITY — With the NBA season finally resuming Thursday after a four-and-a-half-month layoff, some teams are pretty well set in their playoff positions, while others can make significant moves over the next two weeks to improve their standing.
Despite the number of games each team has played, everybody is playing eight games and the top teams will likely remain the same in each conference with the Lakers and Bucks way ahead. After that there could be several changes as a team like the Jazz has the chance to move up to second or third, but could also fall to fifth or sixth.