The all star scored turned on dame time successfully this time around to take down the dallas mavericks 134 131 on tuesday.

Mavericks 8 seed. 8 seed memphis matching 0 2 record in the bubble. The nba seeding games reach a pivotal point on thursday with four teams portland trail blazers memphis grizzlies phoenix suns and san antonio spurs are all vying for either the no. 7 seed in the west and has nothing to play for.

Damian lillard has willed the portland trail blazers into the playoff picture. It is split evenly. Four of the 10 teams to complete a first round upset of a top two seed won game 1 on the road.

See how brandon anderson is betting suns vs. The mavericks are locked into the no. Phoenix hasn t lost yet in the bubble and needs a loss by either memphis or portland to reach the play in game.

The mavericks were all but in the playoffs before the seeding games started. Dallas mavericks 4 pm et how phoenix can clinch the eighth seed. The memphis grizzlies lost to boston celtics so the trail blazers win bumped them up to sixth in the western conference.

7 seed in the western conference after tuesday s 134 131 loss to damian lillard. The suns are favored over the mavericks in nba bubble action on thursday. Lillard amassed 61 points 5 rebound and 8 assists to tally.

A win and a loss by. A win and losses by both portland and memphis how phoenix can clinch the ninth seed. With that in mind they may rest some of their starters which would be very helpful for the suns chances of making the playoffs.

Now they re officially in thanks to current no. Devin booker scored 27 points and phoenix beat the dallas mavericks 128 102 on thursday to finish as the only team to win all eight games seeding games. A massive 61 point outburst by lillard was capped ironically by a play at the defensive end of the floor when he drew an offensive foul.

That kept the suns alive for a few hours. Of the 10 upsets five were by no. Oops we mean the portland trail blazers.

Since 2003 three of the four bottom seeds to win were no. 8 seed or the final play in spot out west. 7 seeds and five were by 8 seeds.

A brief history of no. 8 seeds upsetting no. 1 seeds in the nba playoffs the we believe warriors 2007 upset of the 67 win mavericks may be the biggest eighth seed victory in nba history.

The mavericks don t have anything to worry about or work towards in this game as they have already clinched the 7th seed in the western conference.

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