re: I will take a 3-1 record on a left coast road trip every day

Yeah if we go 4-1 that would almost assuredly lock up the 6th. Clippers have some tough games, as do the TWolves. Not as hard as our schedule, but getting these games at home is huge. Really need Z back for the Grizz game. That could determine whether we are the 6 or 7. I think we can take the Clips, Wolves and Knicks.

Kings and Grizz will be the two toughest. None of them are easy but if we split those two and go 1-1. I like our odds of missing the play-in