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“It's not like it's a death sentence to go to the Play-in.” That’s a hell of a quote from Steve Kerr after all the team has said for weeks has been about avoiding the play-in at all costs

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"We want the week off, but we're also well aware that there's plenty of ways to get through this stuff. You don't even know how matchups are going to play into this, who you'll play, how it will play out. I know the Lakers made the Conference Finals two years ago through the https://t.co/VogQ48CMrj

There's only one meaningful game around the Western Conference today: * Minnesota @ Memphis, 6:30p If the T-Wolves beat the Grizzlies tonight, the Warriors control their own destiny to the 6th seed again and will avoid the play-in as long as they beat the Blazers and Clippers.

Western Conference standings through all games on April 9th, seeds 3-8: 3. LAL 49-31 4. LAC 48-32 5. DEN 48-32 6. MEM 47-32 -------- 7. GSW 47-33 8. MIN 46-33 If the season ended today, the Warriors would host the T-Wolves for the right to play the Rockets in the first round.

The Lakers, Nuggets, and Clippers all won. The Warriors lost. This was the worst-case scenario for the Warriors today.

The Warriors suffer a disastrous loss at home to the Spurs on a Harrison Barnes buzzer-beating 3-pointer. The loss drops the Warriors to 7th in the West. The Warriors need to win their final two games and need a couple other results to fall their way to avoid the play-in.

What are both of these teams doing?! Does anybody want to win this game?

That Draymond pass, my goodness. He bailed himself out on the defensive end.

Hell of a defensive possession by the Warriors. Steph Curry on a dead sprint to contest Vassell's corner 3-pointer while both Draymond Green and Brandin Podziemski pulled off physical box outs down low to ensure they grabbed the rebound. That's the kind of effort that wins games.

The Warriors were 16-16 in clutch games before Jimmy Butler debuted. They're 9-2 in clutch games since he debuted. Can they make it 10-2 by holding on tonight?

Nuggets lead the Kings by 10 after three quarters. Clippers lead the Rockets by 17 with 7 minutes left in the third quarter. Warriors need to hold on here to keep pace with those two (likely) winners.

That was Steph Curry's 3rd 3-pointer of the night and 300th of the season, making this his 6th season with at least 300 triples. James Harden, Klay Thompson, Anthony Edwards (this season), and Malik Beasley (this season) are the only others to do it. They've each done it once.

Moses Moody has been adding to his poster catalogue a lot lately

32-19 Spurs edge in the 2Q. Warriors will have to come back from down 55-51 in the 2nd half in a game they desperately need. A loss has a lot of repercussions, but the easiest way to think about: it'd make the next 2 absolute must wins or else a top-6 seed is very unlikely.