National Basketball Association Standings By Conference

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    Scorboard watching is the seasonal habit of the also-rans. Fighting for
playoff spots and seedings are not going to concern the elite teams, but it
feels good, to  at least to be in the running.
    This will be a roller coaster three weeks, with four teams bunched 4-7,
just below us. 
    Charlotte is a beast right now. Philadelphia a pussy cat, but the tiger
may be back. Orlando is weak, even with McGrady healthy and Milwaukee maybe
coasting, or has become dysfunctional, to get out from the pressure that
coach George Karl is trying to impose, as the Pacers became a few years ago,
falling out of the playoffs, following a conference final loss, to the
Bulls, to send Larry Brown packing.
    Lurking just below, seemingly safe and out of our first round sights, in
the 8th spot, is Indiana, but they are capapble of winning five or six in a
row, as they did last season, as we are of losing a few...
    Three more games until Anderson returns. Take a deep breath......
    No one posted an answer to my query last week. Are the rosters frozen,
or could a team with a late season injury, sign a free agent, who could
become playoff eligible?
   JB
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National Basketball Association Standings By Conference
THROUGH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27TH



Eastern Conference
                     W    L    PCT  GB
 1) X-NEW JERSEY    46   26   .639   -
 2) DETROIT         42   29   .592   3 1/2
 3) BOSTON          41   31   .569   5
 4) MILWAUKEE       37   32   .536   7 1/2
 5) ORLANDO         38   33   .535   7 1/2
 6) CHARLOTTE       37   33   .529   8
    PHILADELPHIA    37   33   .529   8
 8) INDIANA         35   35   .500  10
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 9) TORONTO         33   38   .465  12 1/2
    WASHINGTON      33   38   .465  12 1/2
11) MIAMI           31   39   .443  14
12) ATLANTA         29   41   .414  16
13) NEW YORK        27   43   .386  18
14) CLEVELAND       25   46   .352  20 1/2
15) CHICAGO         17   54   .239  28 1/2
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Western Conference
                     W    L    PCT  GB
 1) X-SACRAMENTO    50   19   .725   -
 2) X-DALLAS        49   21   .700   1 1/2
 3) X-LA LAKERS     50   21   .704   1
 4) X-SAN ANTONIO   49   22   .690   2
 5) PORTLAND        44   27   .620   7
 6) MINNESOTA       42   28   .600   8 1/2
 7) SEATTLE         41   31   .569  10 1/2
 8) UTAH            39   32   .549  12
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 9) LA CLIPPERS     36   36   .500  15 1/2
10) PHOENIX         33   38   .465  18
11) HOUSTON         26   44   .371  24 1/2
12) DENVER          21   48   .304  29
13) GOLDEN STATE    18   53   .254  33
    MEMPHIS         18   53   .254  33


X--CLINCHED PLAYOFF BERTH


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 Standings indicate how teams are positioned to make the
       playoffs. The top eight teams in each conference qualify
       for the playoffs with the two division winners seeded
       number one and two regardless of their records. The top
       seed will play the eighth seed in the first round, the
       second seed will play the seventh, etc.



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