Warriors as the 8 seed in the West would be pure cinema
Mar 5, 2026 10:16 PM
I've been thinking about the potential Western Conference first-round matchups, and the storylines out of the current seeding could be crazy.
- Thunder (49-15)
- Spurs (44-17, 3.5 GB)
- Rockets (38-22, 9.0 GB)
- Timberwolves (39-23, 9.0 GB)
- Nuggets (38-24, 10.0 GB)
- Lakers (37-24, 10.5 GB)
- Suns (35-26, 12.5 GB)
- Warriors (31-30, 16.5 GB)
- Clippers (30-31, 17.5 GB)
- Trail Blazers (30-33, 18.5 GB)
If the Suns end up catching the Lakers from two games back, you could potentially end up with first-round matchups that feature:
- Old Dynasty (Warriors) vs. New Dynasty (Thunder)
- Future GOAT (Spurs & Wemby) vs. Current GOAT (Lakers & LeBron)
- Kevin Durant Bowl (Rockets vs. Suns)
- Already Elite Rivalry of Timberwolves and Nuggets
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Of course, the Warriors would need to hold off the Clippers and escape the play-in. GSW is 4-8 over its last 12 games and lost to the Clippers by 13 on Monday... The team needs Curry back asap.
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