Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs Are on an 11-Game Tear, and the Thunder Better Be Watching
The San Antonio Spurs are absolutely rolling right now. Eleven straight wins. You read that right. But here's the thing that'll keep Spurs fans up at night: they're still two games back of the Oklahoma City Thunder for the top seed in the Western Conference. So even when you're playing the best basketball of your season, you're still chasing.
Saturday afternoon, Victor Wembanyama and company hit the road to face the Denver Nuggets at 3 p.m. ET on Prime Video. The Nuggets are no joke either, winners of seven straight games and now sitting in the fourth seed, which would lock them into home-court advantage in the first round of the West playoffs. This is playoff seeding poker at its finest, and every win matters more than the last.
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The West is stacked and brutal. The Thunder are holding down that top spot. The Spurs are the second seed. Then you've got the Los Angeles Lakers at three, the Nuggets at four, and the Houston Rockets at five. The play-in is waiting below for everyone else, and teams like the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers are fighting for their playoff lives just to stay alive in the tournament.
The East Is Set, But Saturday Has Stakes
Over in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons can clinch the top seed with a win over the Philadelphia 76ers tonight at 7 p.m. ET. The Pistons are running away with it. Meanwhile, the 76ers are sitting at sixth place, tied with the Toronto Raptors, but that guarantees them a playoff spot. The Knicks, Celtics, and Cavaliers round out the top three, with the Hawks at five. The play-in looms below for everyone fighting for positioning.
Saturday is a three-game slate, but two of them feature postseason-bound teams. The Wizards and Heat tip off at 3 p.m. ET as well, but the Spurs-Nuggets matchup is the one that matters most for West seeding. Watch the Spurs keep this run alive.
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