re: Win out and I think we are in one of the 5th or 6th spots. Can they do it?

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If we beat Sac, Memphis should be locked in at 2 right? may sit starters?

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Correct, they'd be like 95% locked in at 2

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The Kings game tomorrow night is huge. Win that & all bets are off with teams sitting players

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How so? We beat the Kings basically locks up 2 seed for Memphis, so Kings will rest against Warriors, right?

The Kings have the tie breaker over the Grizzlies currently due to conference record. they are 2-2 against each other and not in the same division, and if they end up tied then the Kings will have the better conference record.

If the Kings lose to us, and Memphis beats Portland, then the Grizzlies still need one more W to secure 2nd place since they can't end in a tie with the Kings.
The Grizz aren't going to rest against us. They would need to beat us so they aren't relying on beating a Bucks team on the road who's trying to hold off Boston for the 1 seed. They want to rest the last 2 games, not have to play everyone to win at Milwaukee, or at OKC.
The Kings may rest against GSW if Memphis beats us b/c then they will have secured 2nd place from the Kings. But the Kings have 3 winnable games after us against Dallas who's quitting, GSW who can't win on the road, and a Denver team that won't play anyone in the last game.

SO it's really important we beat the Kings, and then we beat Memphis, b/c beating Memphis means Sacramento still has a chance to pass Memphis, which means they will be playing against GSW.

Also we may get a Knicks team playing scrubs b/c Randle is already out, and if they beat Indy then they secure the 5 spot so i wouldn't be surprised if Brunson and more sit out against us.

We have to assume we'll beat the Knicks and Wovles, but we need at least one W from Kings and Grizzlies and i think we'll be 6th or better.

With the race as tight as it is it’ll be a playoff game atmosphere for us tomorrow. With a win against the Kings the Pels clinch a play-in spot at worst and our odds to avoid the play-in altogether should be well over 50%.